SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of May 31, 2007, by and among China
Water and Drinks Inc., a Nevada corporation
(f/k/a/
Ugods, Inc.), and all predecessors thereof (collectively, the “Company”),
and
the investors identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an “Investor”
and
collectively, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS,
the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement for Share Exchange,
dated May 11, 2007 (the “Exchange
Agreement”),
with
Gain Dynasty Investments Limited, a company formed under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands (“BVI”) and Xx. Xx Hong Bin, the sole shareholder of BVI,
pursuant to which the Company will, subject to the terms and conditions thereof,
acquire all of the equity interest of BVI, in exchange for 85.53% of the Common
Stock (as defined below) on a fully diluted basis as of the time of the closing
of the exchange under the Exchange Agreement and immediately prior to the
Closing under this Agreement (the “Exchange”).
WHEREAS,
the closing of the Exchange is conditioned, among other things, on the
consummation of the financing contemplated by this Agreement immediately
thereafter.
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
exemptions from registration under the Securities Act (as defined below), the
Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor, severally
and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investors agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes
of
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this
Section 1.1:
“2007
Annual
Report”
means
the
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of the Company for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2007, as filed with the Commission.
“2007
Guaranteed
ATNI” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“2007
Make Good Shares” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“2008
Annual
Report”
means
the
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of the Company for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2008, as filed with the Commission.
“2008
Guaranteed
ATNI” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“2008
Guaranteed
EPS” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“2008
Make Good Shares” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“Action”
means
any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any
partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or threatened
in writing against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency, regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local
or
foreign), stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 144.
“Available
Undersubscription Amount”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(c).
“Basic
Amount”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(b).
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a federal legal holiday
or
a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York, the State of
Nevada or the province of Guangdong in the PRC are authorized or required by
law
or other governmental action to close.
“Buy-In”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“BVI”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“BVI
Financial Statements”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.1(e).
“Certificate
of Amendment”
means
the Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation
increasing the Company’s authorized Common Stock to not less than 150,000,000
shares.
"Certificate
of Designation" shall
mean a Certificate of Designation to be filed prior to the Closing by the
Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, setting forth the
rights, preferences and privileges of the Shares, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares
pursuant
to Article II.
“Closing
Date”
means
the Business Day on which all of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and
5.2 hereof are satisfied, or such other date as the parties may
agree.
"Closing
Escrow Agreement"
means
the Closing Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company
and the escrow agent (the “Escrow
Agent”)
identified therein, in the form of Exhibit
B
hereto.
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“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any securities
into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified or for which it
may
be exchanged as a class.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which entitle the holder thereof
to acquire Common Stock at any time, including without limitation, any debt,
preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any
time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder
thereof to receive, Common Stock or other securities that entitle the holder
to
receive, directly or indirectly, Common Stock.
“Company
Deliverables”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Company
U.S. Counsel”
means
Loeb & Loeb LLP.
“Disclosure
Materials”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the
Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Evaluation
Date” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(s).
“Exchange”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange
Agreement”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“GAAP”
means
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).
“Investment
Amount”
means,
with respect to each Investor, the Investment Amount indicated on such
Investor’s signature page to this Agreement.
“Investor
Deliverables”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
“Investor
Party”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
“Lien”
means
any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, right
of participation or other restrictions of any kind.
“Lockup
Agreement”
means
the Lockup Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company
and each person listed as a signatory thereto, in the form attached as
Exhibit
C
hereto.
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“Losses”
means
any loss, liability, obligation, claim, contingency, damage, cost or expense,
including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation related thereto.
“Make
Good Escrow Agreement” means
the
Make Good Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company,
The
Pinnacle Fund, L.P., as agent (the “Agent”),
the
escrow agent identified therein (the “Make
Good Escrow Agent”),
the
Make Good Pledgor and the Investors, in the form of Exhibit
D
hereto.
“Make
Good Pledgor” means
Xx.
Xx Hong Bin.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
any of (i) a material and adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material and adverse effect
on the results of operations, assets, prospects, business or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (iii) an adverse impairment to the Company’s ability to perform on a timely
basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.
“Money
Laundering Laws”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(gg).
“New
York Courts”
means
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan.
“Notice
of Acceptance”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(c).
“OFAC”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ff).
“Offer”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(b).
“Offer
Notice”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(b).
“Offer
Period”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(c).
“Offered
Securities”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(b).
“Outside
Date”
means
the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement.
“Person”
means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“PRC”
means
the People’s Republic of China, not including Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Macau.
“PRC
Subsidiaries”
means,
collectively, JuanJiang TaoDa Ltd, Co, a Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise
registered in the PRC, ShuanDong TaoDa Ltd, Co, a Wholly Owned Foreign
Enterprise registered in the PRC, GuangDong TaoDa Ltd, Co, a Wholly Owned
Foreign Enterprise registered in the PRC, and ChuangChun TaoDa Ltd, Co, a Wholly
Owned Foreign Enterprise registered in the PRC.
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“Proceeding”
means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced
or threatened.
“Refused
Securities”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(d).
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the
Company and the Investors, in the form of Exhibit
E
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Investors of the Underlying
Shares.
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means
the
Shares and the Underlying Shares.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Share
Delivery Date”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“Shares”
means
the 4,477,612 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued or issuable
to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement.
“Short
Sales”
include,
without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect
stock
pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar
arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other
transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated
brokers.
“Stock
Pledge Agreement” means
the
Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company,
the Investors, Xu Hong Bin and Chen Xing Hua, in the form of Exhibit
F
hereto.
“Stockholder
Approval”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.16.
“Subsequent
Placement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).
“Subsequent
Placement Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(f).
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“Subsidiary”
means
any “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of the Regulation S-X
promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act. The term “Subsidiaries”
shall be deemed to include BVI, and its subsidiaries as if the Exchange shall
have been consummated as of the time of the execution of this Agreement, with
the effect that all references to Subsidiaries of the Company in this Agreement
shall also refer to BVI, and its subsidiaries.
“Trading
Day”
means
(i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (other than
the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading
Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock
is
traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board,
or
(iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which
the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the
Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common
Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then
Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading
Market”
means
whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market
or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading
on the date in question.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Closing Escrow Agreement, the Lockup Agreements, the Make Good
Escrow Agreement, the Stock Pledge Agreement and any other documents or
agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“Trigger
Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).
“Underlying
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of the
Shares.
“Undersubscription
Amount”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(b).
ARTICLE
2.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1. Closing.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing the
Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor shall,
severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, the Shares representing
such Investor’s Investment Amount. The Closing shall take place at the offices
of Xxxxx Xxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 on the
Closing Date or at such other location or time as the parties may
agree.
2.2. Closing
Deliveries.
(a)
At the
Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor
the
following (the “Company
Deliverables”):
(i) one
or
more stock certificates, evidencing Shares with an aggregate stated value equal
to such Investor’s Investment Amount, registered in the name of such
Investor;
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(ii) a
copy of
the executed, filed and effective Certificate of Designation, accompanied by
a
certificate evidencing the acceptance thereof by the Secretary of State of
the
State of Nevada;
(iii) an
executed consent of at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock then
outstanding, irrevocably approving an increase in the Company’s authorized
Common Stock to not less than 150,000,000 shares;
(iv) the
Closing Escrow Agreement, duly executed by all parties thereto;
(v) the
Make
Good Escrow Agreement, duly executed by all parties thereto, together with
written confirmation that the “Escrow Shares” (as defined therein) have been
delivered to the escrow agent thereunder, along with bank signature stamped
stock powers executed in blank (or such other signed instrument of transfer
acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent);
(vi) the
Stock
Pledge Agreement, duly executed by all parties thereto, together with the
certificates representing the Shares comprising the Collateral (each as defined
in the Pledge Agreement) for the benefit of each such Investor in accordance
with the Stock Pledge Agreement, stamped with a bank medallion guarantee, along
with stock powers duly executed in blank;
(vii) the
legal
opinion of Company U.S. Counsel, in agreed form, addressed to the
Investors;
(viii) the
legal
opinion of special Nevada counsel to the Company, in agreed form, addressed
to
the Investors;
(ix) the
legal
opinion of special British Virgin Islands counsel to BVI, in agreed form,
addressed to the Investors;
(x) the
legal
opinion of special PRC counsel to each of the PRC Subsidiaries, in agreed form,
addressed to the Investors;
(xi) the
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(vi) the
Lockup Agreement, duly executed by each party thereto.
(b) At
the
Closing, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following
(collectively, the “Investors
Deliverables”):
(i) to
the
Escrow Agent for deposit and disbursement in accordance with the Closing Escrow
Agreement, its Investment Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the
Company for such purpose;
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(ii) to
the
Company, the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such
Investor;
(iii) to
the
Company, the Make Good Escrow Agreement, duly executed by such Investor;
and
(iv) to
the
Company, the Stock Pledge Agreement, duly executed by such
Investor.
ARTICLE
3.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1. Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company, hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each
Investor:
(a) Subsidiaries.
The
Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than as specified in the
Schedule
3.1(a).
Except
as disclosed in Schedule
3.1(a),
the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of each
Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and
are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. As
of
the Closing, the Company shall own 100% of the capital stock of BVI, free and
clear of all Liens. BVI is the indirect beneficial owner of 100% of the capital
stock of each of the PRC Subsidiaries.
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Company and each Subsidiary are duly incorporated or otherwise organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its
incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business
as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation
of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. The Company
and each Subsidiary are duly qualified to conduct its respective businesses
and
are in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned
by
it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually
or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
Upon
the filing of the Certificate of Designation with the State of Nevada, the
Company and Subsidiaries will have the requisite corporate power and authority
to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the
Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder.
The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and
each Subsidiary (to the extent such Subsidiary is a party thereto) and the
consummation by each of them of the transactions contemplated thereby have
been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and each
Subsidiary and no further action is required by the Company or Subsidiaries
in
connection with such authorization. Each Transaction Document has been (or
upon
delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company (and each Subsidiary
to
the extent any such Subsidiary is a party thereto) and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company (and each such Subsidiary, as applicable) enforceable
against the Company (and each Subsidiary, as applicable) in accordance with
its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating
to,
or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by
other equitable principles of general application.
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(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
(and each Subsidiary to the extent a party thereto) and the consummation by
the
Company (and each such Subsidiary, as applicable) of the transactions
contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) subject to the filing of the
Certificate of Designation with the State of Nevada, conflict with or violate
any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse
of
time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice,
lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
any
property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
injunction, decree or other restriction of any United States or PRC court or
governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which
any
property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except
in
the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually
or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
Neither
the Company, nor any Subsidiary, is required to obtain any consent, waiver,
authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or
registration with, any United States or PRC court or other federal, state,
local
or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Subsidiary to the
extent a party thereto of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) the filing
with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with
the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) filings required
by
state securities laws, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on
Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities Act, (iv) the
filings required in accordance with Section 4.5, (v) filings, consents and
approvals required by the rules and regulations of the applicable Trading
Market, (vi) the filing of the Certificate of Designation with the State of
Nevada and (vii) those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of
this
Agreement.
(f) Issuance
of the Shares.
Immediately following the filing of the Certificate of Designation with the
State of Nevada, the Shares shall be duly authorized and, when issued and paid
for in accordance with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. Upon the
Stockholder Approval and immediately following the filing of the Certificate
of
Amendment with the State of Nevada, the Company shall reserve from its duly
authorized capital stock the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this
Agreement in order to issue the Underlying Shares.
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(g) Capitalization.
The
number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company, and all shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under
the Company’s various option and incentive plans, is specified in the SEC
Reports. Except as specified in the SEC Reports, no securities of the Company
are entitled to preemptive or similar rights, and no Person has any right of
first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right
to
participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Except as specified in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into
or
exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound
to
issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible
or
exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. The issue and sale of the Securities
hereunder will not, immediately or with the passage of time, obligate the
Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities
to
any Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in a right of any
holder of Company or Subsidiary securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under such securities.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
for the twelve months preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as
the
Company was required by law to file such reports), including, for this purpose,
the current reports on Form 8-K that are being filed by the Company on or about
the date hereof to disclose the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Exchange Agreement (the foregoing materials being collectively referred to
herein as the “SEC
Reports”
and,
together with the Schedules to this Agreement (if any), the “Disclosure
Materials”)
on a
timely basis or has timely filed a valid extension of such time of filing and
has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension.
Except as set forth on Schedule
3.1(h)
hereto,
as of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC
Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company and
each
Subsidiary included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the
Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on
a
consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise
specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present
in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case
of
unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. The
BVI
Financial Statements comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect
thereto as in effect at the time of filing. The BVI Financial Statements have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during
the
periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial
statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present in all material respects
the
financial position of BVI and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods
then
ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial,
year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Press
Releases.
The
press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding
the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made and when made, not
misleading.
(j) Material
Changes.
Except
as
specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event,
occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
of the Company has incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other
than
(A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities
not required to be reflected in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ financial
statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with
the
Commission, (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has altered
its method of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased,
redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock, and (v) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has issued any
equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to
existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before
the Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information.
(k) Litigation.
There
is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity
or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii)
except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as
such), is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation
of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach
of
fiduciary duty, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports. There
has
not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective current or former directors or officers (in his
or
her capacity as such). The Commission has not issued any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the
Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act.
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(l) Labor
Relations.
No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company. Neither the Company nor
any
Subsidiary has any employment or labor contracts, agreements or other
understandings with any Person.
(m) Indebtedness;
Compliance.
Except
as disclosed on Schedule
3.1(m),
neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any indenture, debt, loan or credit
agreement by which it or any of its properties is bound. Neither the Company
nor
any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has
occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has
the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default
under
or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any
other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or
any of
its properties is bound (whether
or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of
any
order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been
in
violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority,
including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating
to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product
quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as
could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Exchange Agreement complies with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations of the United States and the PRC. The
Company is in compliance with all effective requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, that are
applicable to it, except where such noncompliance could not have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in
the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such
permits.
(o) Title
to Assets.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have valid land use rights for all real property
that is material to their respective businesses and good title in all personal
property owned by them that is material to their respective businesses, in
each
case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect
the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made
and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Any
real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
of
which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, except as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and other similar rights that are necessary or material
for
use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC
Reports and which the failure to so have could, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Rights”).
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice that the
Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates
or
infringes upon the rights of any Person. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports,
to the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any
of
the Intellectual Property Rights. No former or current employee, no former
or
current consultant, and no third-party joint developer of the Company or any
Subsidiary has any Intellectual Property Rights made, developed, conceived,
created or written by the aforesaid employee or consultant during the period
of
his or her retention by the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be,
which
can be asserted against the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may
be.
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(q) Insurance.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
engaged. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew
its and the Subsidiaries’ existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business on terms consistent with market for the Company’s and
such Subsidiaries’ respective lines of business.
(r) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees; Customers.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and, to the knowledge of the Company,
none of the employees of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, is presently
a
party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to
or
by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to
the
knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any
such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner. No material customer of the Company or any Subsidiary has indicated
their intention to diminish their relationship with the Company or any
Subsidiary (as the case may be) and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has
any knowledge from which it could reasonably conclude that any such customer
relationship may be adversely affected.
(s) Internal
Accounting Controls.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and its Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure
controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the
Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers
by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the
Company’s Form 10-KSB or 10-QSB, as the case may be, is being prepared. The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
controls and procedures in accordance with Item 307 of Regulation S-B under
the
Exchange Act for the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter or fiscal
year-end (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”).
The
Company presented in its most recently filed Form 10-KSB or Form 10-QSB the
conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the
Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ internal controls (as such term is defined in
Item 308(c) of Regulation S-B under the Exchange Act) or, to the Company’s
knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ internal controls.
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(t) Solvency.
Based
on the financial condition of the Company, including its Subsidiaries, as of
the
Closing Date (and assuming that the Closing shall have occurred), (i) the
Company’s fair saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be
required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other
liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the
Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its
business for the current fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital
requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital
requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow
of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were
it to
liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses
of
the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt
when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur
debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account
the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its
debt).
(u) Certain
Fees.
Except
as described in Schedule
3.1(u),
no
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant,
finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect
to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Investors shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims (other than
such fees or commissions owed by an Investor pursuant to written agreements
executed by such Investor which fees or commissions shall be the sole
responsibility of such Investor) made by or on behalf of other Persons for
fees
of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(v) Certain
Registration Matters.
Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and warranties set forth
in Section 3.2(b)-(e), no registration under the Securities Act is required
for
the offer and sale of the Shares and the offer of the Underlying Shares by
the
Company to the Investors under the Transaction Documents. The Company is
eligible to register its Common Stock for resale by the Investors under Form
S-1
promulgated under the Securities Act. Except as specified in Schedule
3.1(v),
the
Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including
“piggy-back” registration rights) to have any securities of the Company
registered with the Commission or any other governmental authority that have
not
been satisfied.
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(w) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
Except
as specified in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the two years preceding
the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market to the effect that
the
Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements
thereof. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with the listing and
maintenance requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed or quoted. The
issuance and sale of the Securities under the Transaction Documents does not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market on which the Common
Stock is currently listed or quoted, and no approval of the stockholders of
the
Company thereunder is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the
Investors the Securities as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(x) Investment
Company.
The
Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately following the
Closing will not have become, an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(y) Application
of Takeover Protections.
The
Company has taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable
any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including
any
distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision
under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or
the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to
the
Investors as a result of the Investors and the Company fulfilling their
obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents,
including without limitation the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the
Investors’ ownership of the Securities.
(z) No
Additional Agreements.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has any agreement or understanding with any
Investor with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.
(aa) Consultation
with Auditors.
The
Company has consulted its independent auditors concerning the accounting
treatment of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and
in
connection therewith has furnished such auditors complete copies of the
Transaction Documents.
(bb) Make
Good Shares.
Make
Good Pledgor is the sole record and beneficial owner of the 2007 Make Good
Shares and 2008 Make Good Shares, and holds such shares free and clear of all
Liens.
(cc) Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent
or other person acting on behalf of any of the Company or any Subsidiary, has,
directly or indirectly, (i) used any funds, or will use any proceeds from the
sale of the Shares, for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other
unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made
any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees
or
to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds,
(iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any
Subsidiary (or made by any Person acting on their behalf of which the Company
is
aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) has violated in any material
respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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(dd) PFIC.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is or intends to become a “passive foreign
investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(ee) OFAC.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of
the
Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”);
and
the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of
the
Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any
Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales
or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country
sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ff) Money
Laundering Laws.
The
operations of each of the Company and any Subsidiary are and have been conducted
at all times in compliance with the money laundering statutes of applicable
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
applicable governmental agency (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”)
and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company and/or any Subsidiary
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge
of the Company, threatened.
(gg) Other
Representations and Warranties Relating to the PRC Subsidiaries.
(i) All
material consents, approvals, authorizations or licenses requisite under PRC
law
for the due and proper establishment and operation of each of the PRC
Subsidiaries have been duly obtained from the relevant PRC governmental
authorities and are in full force and effect.
(ii) All
filings and registrations with the PRC governmental authorities required in
respect of each of the PRC Subsidiaries and their respective operations
including, without limitation, the registration with the Ministry of Commerce,
the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the State Administration
for
Foreign Exchange, tax bureau and customs authorities have been duly completed
in
accordance with the relevant PRC rules and regulations, except where, the
failure to complete such filings and registrations does not, and would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Each
of
the PRC Subsidiaries has complied with all relevant PRC laws and regulations
regarding the contribution and payment of its registered share capital, the
payment schedule of which has been approved by the relevant PRC governmental
authorities. There are no outstanding rights of, or commitments made by the
Company or any Subsidiary to sell any equity interest in any of the PRC
Subsidiaries.
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(iv) None
of
the PRC Subsidiaries is in receipt of any letter or notice from any relevant
PRC
governmental authority notifying it of revocation of any licenses or
qualifications issued to it or any subsidy granted to it by any PRC governmental
authority for non-compliance with the terms thereof or with applicable PRC
laws,
or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities
carried out by such PRC Subsidiary, except such revocation does not, and would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v) Each
of
the PRC Subsidiaries has conducted its respective business activities within
the
permitted scope of business or has otherwise operated its respective business
in
compliance with all relevant legal requirements and with all requisite licenses
and approvals granted by competent PRC governmental authorities other than
such
non-compliance that do not, and would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect. As to licenses, approvals and government grants
and concessions requisite or material for the conduct of any part of the
business of any PRC Subsidiary which is subject to periodic renewal, the Company
has no knowledge of any grounds on which such requisite renewals will not be
granted by the relevant PRC governmental authorities.
(vi) With
regard to employment and staff or labor, each of the PRC Subsidiaries has
complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations in all material respects,
including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds,
social benefits, medical benefits, insurance, retirement benefits, pensions
or
the like, other than such non-compliance that do not, and would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) Disclosure.
All
disclosure provided to the Investors regarding the Company, the Subsidiaries
or
their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, furnished
by or on behalf of the Company (including the Company’s representations and
warranties set forth in this Agreement) are true and correct and do not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3.2. Representations
and Warranties of the Investors.
Each
Investor hereby, for itself and for no other Investor, represents and warrants
to the Company as follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance
by such Investor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate or, if such Investor is not a
corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable
like action, on the part of such Investor. Each of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed by such Investor, and
when
delivered by such Investor in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute
the valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited
by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation
or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’
rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
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(b) Investment
Intent.
Such
Investor is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account for
investment purposes only and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Securities or any part thereof, without prejudice, however, to such
Investor’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
such Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities
laws.
Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, nothing contained herein shall
be
deemed a representation or warranty by such Investor to hold the Securities
for
any period of time. Such Investor is acquiring the Securities hereunder in
the
ordinary course of its business. Such Investor does not have any agreement
or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of
the
Securities.
(c) Investor
Status.
At the
time such Investor was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof
it
is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
Such Investor is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange
Act.
(d) General
Solicitation.
Such
Investor is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in
any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio
or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(e) Access
to Information.
Such
Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the Disclosure Materials and has
been
afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary
of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning
the
terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks
of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company
and
the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of
operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable
it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such
additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without
unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other
investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Investor or its representatives
or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Investor’s right to rely on the
truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents.
(f) Certain
Trading Activities.
Such
Investor has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf
of
or pursuant to any understanding with such Investor, engaged in any transactions
in the securities of the Company (including, without limitations, any Short
Sales involving the Company’s securities) since the earlier to occur of (1) the
time that such Investor was first contacted by the Company regarding an
investment in the Company and (2) the 30th
day
prior to the date of this Agreement. Such Investor covenants that neither it
nor
any Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will
engage in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including Short
Sales) prior to the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
are publicly disclosed.
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(g) Independent
Investment Decision.
Such
Investor has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase
the
Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and such Investor confirms
that it has not relied on the advice of any other Investor’s business and/or
legal counsel in making such decision. Such Investor has not relied on the
business or legal advice of the Company or any of its agents, counsel or
Affiliates in making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none
of such Persons has made any representations or warranties to such Investor
in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(h) Confidentiality.
Such
Investor hereby acknowledges that all information pertaining to the investment
in the Securities that was provided to such Investor is confidential and such
Investor shall not disclose any such confidential information to any third
party
prior to the public announcement of the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement in accordance with Section 4.5 herein, other than as set forth
herein.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that no Investor has made or makes any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.
ARTICLE
4.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1.
(a) Securities
may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws.
In
connection with any transfer of the Securities other than pursuant to an
effective registration statement, to the Company, to an Affiliate of an Investor
or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company
may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of
counsel selected by the transferor, the form and substance of which opinion
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under
the
Securities Act.
(b) Certificates
evidencing the Securities will contain the following legend, until such time
as
they are not required under Section 4.1(c):
[NEITHER
THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THESE SECURITIES
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED] [THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED] WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE
IN
RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT
OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT
TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL
TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. [THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION OF THESE SECURITIES] [THESE SECURITIES] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that an Investor may from time to time pledge,
and/or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities pursuant
to a
bona fide margin agreement in connection with a bona fide margin account and,
if
required under the terms of such agreement or account, such Investor may
transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties.
Such
a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company
and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor
shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion may
be
required in connection with a subsequent transfer following default by the
Investor transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be required of such pledge.
At the appropriate Investor’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such
reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may
reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities
including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement
under
Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the
Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders
thereunder. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.1(c), any Securities
subject to a pledge or security interest as contemplated by this Section 4.1(b)
shall continue to bear the legend set forth in this Section 4.1(b) and be
subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section
4.1(a).
(c) Certificates
evidencing Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend
set forth in Section 4.1(b)): (i) following a sale or transfer of such
Underlying Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement (including
the
Registration Statement), or (ii) following a sale or transfer of such Underlying
Shares pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferee is not an Affiliate of
the
Company), or (iii) while such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under
Rule
144(k). If an Investor shall make a sale or transfer of Underlying Shares either
(x) pursuant to Rule 144 or (y) pursuant to a registration statement and in
each
case shall have delivered to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent the
certificate representing Underlying Shares containing a restrictive legend
which
are the subject of such sale or transfer
and a representation letter in customary form (the
date of
such sale or transfer and Underlying Share delivery being the “Share
Delivery Date”)
and (1)
the Company shall fail to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor
a
certificate representing such Underlying Shares that is free from all
restrictive or other legends by the third Trading Day following the Share
Delivery Date and (2) following such third Trading Day after the Share Delivery
Date and prior to the time such Underlying Shares are received free from
restrictive legends, the Investor, or any third party on behalf of such
Investor, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Investor of such
Underlying Shares (a "Buy-In"),
then
the Company shall pay in cash to the Investor (for costs incurred either
directly by such Investor or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which
the
total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In (including
brokerage commissions, if any) exceed the proceeds received by such Investor
as
a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Investor shall provide
the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Investor in
respect of the Buy-In. The
Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any
transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set
forth in this Section.
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4.2. Furnishing
of Information.
As long
as any Investor owns the Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or
obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof
pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Investor owns Securities, if the
Company is not required to file reports pursuant to such laws, it will prepare
and furnish to the Investors and make publicly available in accordance with
Rule
144(c) such information as is required for the Investors to sell the Underlying
Shares under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such
further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the
extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell the Underlying
Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of
the exemptions provided by Rule 144.
4.3. Integration.
The
Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of
the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the
sale
of the Securities to the Investors, or that would be integrated with the offer
or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any
Trading Market in a manner that would require stockholder approval of the sale
of the Securities to the Investors.
4.4. Subsequent
Registrations.
The
Company may not file any registration statement (other than on Form S-8) with
the Commission with respect to any securities of the Company prior to the time
that all Underlying Shares are registered pursuant to one or more effective
Registration Statement(s), and the prospectuses forming a portion of such
Registration Statement(s) is available for the resale of all Underlying
Shares.
4.5. Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
By 9:00
a.m. (New York time) on the Trading Day following the execution of this
Agreement, and by 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Trading Day following the
Closing Date, the Company shall issue press releases disclosing the transactions
contemplated hereby and the Closing (including details with respect to the
make
good provision contained in Section 4.11 herein). On the Trading Day following
the execution of this Agreement the Company will file a Current Report on Form
8-K disclosing the material terms of the Transaction Documents, including
details with respect to the make good provision contained in Section 4.11 herein
(and attach as exhibits thereto the Transaction Documents), and on the Trading
Day following the Closing Date the Company will file an additional Current
Report on Form 8-K to disclose the Closing. In addition, the Company will make
such other filings and notices in the manner and time required by the Commission
and the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Investor,
or
include the name of any Investor in any filing with the Commission (other than
the Registration Statement and any exhibits to filings made in respect of this
transaction in accordance with periodic filing requirements under the Exchange
Act) or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written
consent of such Investor, except to the extent such disclosure is required
by
law or Trading Market regulations.
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4.6. Limitation
on Issuance of Future Priced Securities.
During
the six months following the Closing Date, the Company shall not issue any
“Future Priced Securities” as such term is described by NASD
IM-4350-1.
4.7. Indemnification
of Investors.
In
addition to the indemnity provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Company will indemnify and hold the Investors and their directors, officers,
shareholders, partners, employees and agents (each, an “Investor
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation (collectively, “Losses”)
that
any such Investor Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any
misrepresentation, breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement made by the Company in any Transaction Document. In
addition to the indemnity contained herein, the Company will reimburse each
Investor Party for its reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost
of any investigation, preparation and travel in connection therewith) incurred
in connection therewith, as such expenses are incurred. Except as otherwise
set
forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and
obligations under this Section 4.7 shall be the same as those set forth in
Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
4.8. Non-Public
Information .
The
Company covenants and agrees that following the Closing Date neither it nor
any
other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Investor or its agents or
counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material
non-public information, unless prior thereto such Investor shall have executed
a
written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.
The
Company understands and confirms that each Investor shall be relying on the
foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. The Company shall file a Form 8-K or make a public announcement
describing the offering not later than the business day after the Closing Date.
In the Form 8-K or public announcement, the Company will specifically disclose
any material non-public information provided to the Investors by it or any
Person acting on its behalf, such that following such filing, the Investors
will
not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to
the
Company.
4.9. Listing
of Securities.
The
Company agrees, (i) if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded
on
any other Trading Market, it will include in such application the Underlying
Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary or desirable to cause
the Underlying Shares to be listed on such other Trading Market as promptly
as
possible, and (ii) the Company will take all action reasonably necessary to
continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and
will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and
other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market.
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4.10. Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder for
working capital purposes and not for the satisfaction of any portion of the
Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables and accrued expenses in the
ordinary course of the Company’s business and consistent with prior practices),
or to redeem any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.
4.11. Make
Good Shares.
(a) The
Make
Good Pledgor
agrees
that in
the
event that the After-Tax Net Income reported in the 2007 Annual Report is less
than $19,000,000 (the “2007
Guaranteed ATNI”),
the
Agent will
instruct the Make
Good
Escrow
Agent to release to the Investors (in accordance with the Make Good Escrow
Agreement) on a pro-rata basis (determined by dividing each Investor’s
Investment Amount as of the Closing Date by the aggregate of all Investment
Amounts delivered to the Company by the Investors hereunder) for no
consideration other than their part of their respective Investment Amount at
Closing, 11,194,030
shares of Common Stock (as
equitably adjusted for any stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends
or
similar transactions)
(the
“2007
Make Good Shares”).
In
the
event that either (i) the earnings per share reported in the 2008 Annual Report
is less than $0.300 on a fully diluted basis (as equitably adjusted for any
stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends or similar transactions)
(the
“2008
Guaranteed EPS”)
or
(ii) the After-Tax Net Income reported in the 2008 Annual Report plus
the
amount of any charges recorded against the Company’s After-Tax Net Income that
were attributable to the release or transfer of any or all of the 2007 Make
Good
Shares is less than $30,000,000
(the
“2008
Guaranteed ATNI”),
the
Agent will instruct the Make
Good
Escrow
Agent to release to the Investors (in accordance with the Make Good Escrow
Agreement) on a pro rata basis (determined by dividing each Investor’s
Investment Amount as of the Closing Date by the aggregate of all Investment
Amounts delivered to the Company by the Investors hereunder) for no
consideration other than their part of their respective Investment Amount at
Closing, 11,194,030 shares of Common Stock (as
equitably adjusted for any stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends
or
similar transactions)
(the
“2008
Make Good Shares”).
In
the
event that the After-Tax Net Income reported in the 2007 Annual Report is equal
to or greater than the 2007 Guaranteed ATNI,
the
Agent shall instruct the Make
Good
Escrow
Agent to release the 2007 Make Good Shares to the Make Good Pledgor in
accordance with the Make Good Escrow Agreement. In
the
event that both (i) the earnings per share reported in the 2008
Annual Report is
equal to
or greater than the 2008 Guaranteed EPS and (ii) the After-Tax Net Income
reported in the 2008 Annual Report plus
the
amount of any charges recorded against the Company’s After-Tax Net Income that
were attributable to the release or transfer of any or all of the 2007 Make
Good
Shares is equal to or greater than the 2008 Guaranteed ATNI,
the
Agent shall instruct the Make
Good
Escrow
Agent to release the 2008 Make Good Shares to the Make Good Pledgor in
accordance with the Make Good Escrow Agreement. Any
such
release to the Investors or to the Make Good Pledgor of the 2007 Make Good
Shares or the 2008 Make Good Shares shall be made to the Investors or the Make
Good Pledgor, as applicable, within 10
Business
Days after
the date
which
the
2007
Annual Report or 2008 Annual Report, as applicable, is filed.
(b) In
connection with the foregoing,
the Make
Good Pledgor
agrees
that no later than the date of the Closing, the
Make
Good Pledgor will
deposit the 2007 Make Good Shares and the 2008 Make Good Shares into escrow
in
accordance with the Make Good Escrow Agreement along with bank signature stamped
stock powers executed in blank (or such other signed instrument of transfer
acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent), and the handling and disposition of
the 2007 Make Good Shares and 2008 Make Good Shares shall be governed by this
Section 4.11 and the Make Good Escrow Agreement.
The Make
Good Pledgor
hereby
agrees that its obligation to transfer shares of Common Stock to Investors
pursuant to this Section 4.11 and the Make Good Escrow Agreement shall continue
to run to the benefit of any Investor who shall have transferred or sold all
or
any portion of its Securities, and that each Investor shall have the right
to
assign its rights to receive all or any such shares of Common Stock to other
Persons in conjunction with negotiated sales or transfers of any of its
Securities.
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(c) The
Company covenants and agrees that upon any transfer of 2007 Make Good Shares
or
2008 Make Good Shares to the Investors in accordance with the Make Good Escrow
Agreement, the Company shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to reissue
such 2007 Make Good Shares or 2008 Make Good Shares in the applicable Investor’s
name and deliver the same as directed by such Investor.
(d) If
any
term or provision of this Section 4.11 is in contradiction of or conflicts
with
any term or provision of the Make Good Escrow Agreement, the terms of the Make
Good Escrow Agreement shall control.
(e) Each
Investor, by their execution hereof, agrees to hold the Agent harmless from
and
against any losses arising from Agent’s acceptance of its duties as Agent under
the Make Good Escrow Agreement or performance of its duties as Agent under
the
Make Good Escrow Agreement other than as expressly set forth
therein.
4.12. Independent
Board of Directors. The Company covenants and agrees that no later than 120
days following the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company
shall be comprised of a minimum of five members, a majority of which shall
be
“independent directors” as such term is defined in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule
4200(a)(15).
4.13. Third
Party Hiring. By the thirtieth day following the Closing Date, the Company
shall hire (i) either of CCG Elite, Hayden Communications, or Integrated
Corporate Relations as the Company’s investor relations firm, (ii) Loeb &
Loeb LLP as the Company’s primary United States corporate legal counsel and
(iii) Xxxxxxxx & Company or Xxxxxxx International as the Company’s
independent public auditors (or with the consent of the Investors, another
independent public audit firm).
4.14. Right
of First Refusal.
(a) From
the
date hereof until the one year anniversary of the Effective Date (plus one
additional day for each Trading Day following the Effective Date of any
Registration Statement during which either (1) the Registration Statement
is not effective or (2) the prospectus forming a portion of the
Registration Statement is not available for the resale of all Registrable
Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)) (the "Trigger
Date"),
the
Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to
purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any
option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries’
equity or equity equivalent securities, including, without limitation, any
debt,
preferred stock or other instrument or security that is, at any time during
its
life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (any such
offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a
"Subsequent
Placement")
unless
the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4.14.
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(b) The
Company shall deliver to each Investor hereunder a written notice
(the "Offer
Notice")
of any
proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the "Offer")
of the
securities being offered (the "Offered
Securities")
in a
Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (v) identify and describe the
Offered Securities, (w) include the final form of documents and agreements
governing the Subsequent Placement, (x) specify the price and other terms
upon which the Offered Securities are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and
the
number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged,
(y) identify the persons or entities (if known) to which or with which the
Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer
to
issue and sell to or exchange with such Investors all of the Offered Securities,
allocated among such Investors (a) based on such Investor's pro rata portion
of
the total Investment Amount hereunder (the "Basic
Amount"),
and
(b) with respect to each Investor that elects to purchase its Basic Amount,
any
additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts
of other Investors as such Investor shall indicate it will purchase or acquire
should the other Investors subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the
"Undersubscription
Amount"),
which
process shall be repeated until the Investors shall have an opportunity to
subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.
(c) To
accept
an Offer, in whole or in part, such Investor must deliver a written notice
to
the Company prior to the end of the fifth Business Day after such Investor's
receipt of the Offer Notice (the "Offer
Period"),
setting forth the portion of such Investor's Basic Amount that such Investor
elects to purchase and, if such Investor shall elect to purchase all of its
Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Investor elects
to
purchase (in either case, the "Notice
of Acceptance").
If
the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Investors are less than the total of
all
of the Basic Amounts, then each Investor who has set forth an Undersubscription
Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition
to
the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed
for; provided,
however,
that if
the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between
the
total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the
"Available
Undersubscription Amount"),
each
Investor who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled
to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as
the
Basic Amount of such Investor bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Investors
that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by
the
Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary.
(d) The
Company shall have twenty Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period
above to (i) offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered
Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the
Investors (the "Refused
Securities"),
but
only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein)
and
only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices
and
interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring person or persons
or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and
(ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement
Agreement (as defined below), and (b) either (x) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the
termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with
the Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement
Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.
If
no disclosure has been made by the Company by the end of the twenty Business
Day
period referred to in this subsection (d), the Subsequent Placement shall be
deemed to have been abandoned and the Investors shall no longer be deemed to
be
in possession of any non-public information with respect to the
Company.
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(e) In
the
event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities
(any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in this Section
4.14), then each Investor may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion,
reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice
of
Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of
the
Offered Securities that such Investor elected to purchase pursuant to Section
4.14(c) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be
the
number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue,
sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Investors
pursuant to Section 4.14(c) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the
denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities.
In
the event that any Investor so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered
Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue,
sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered
Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the
Investors in accordance with Section 4.14(b) above.
(f) Upon
the
closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused
Securities, the Investors shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall
issue to the Investors, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified
in
the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4.14(e) above if
the
Investors have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer.
The purchase by the Investors of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases
to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Investors
of a
purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Investors and their respective counsel (such
agreement, the “Subsequent
Placement Agreement”).
(g) Any
Offered Securities not acquired by the Investors or other persons in accordance
with Section 4.14(f) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they
are
again offered to the Investors under the procedures specified in this
Agreement.
(h) In
exchange for the Company’s willingness to agree to these procedures, each
Investor hereby irrevocably agrees that it will hold in strict confidence any
and all Offer Notices, the information contained therein, and the fact that
the
Company is contemplating a Subsequent Placement, until such time as the Company
is obligated to make the disclosures required by Section 4.14(d), or unless
it
notifies the Company in writing that it no longer desires to receive Offer
Notices.
4.15. Liquidated
Damages for Governmental Rescission of Restructuring Transaction. If any
governmental agency in the PRC challenges or otherwise takes any action that
adversely affects the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement,
and
the Company cannot undo such governmental action or otherwise remedy the
material adverse effect caused thereby so that the transaction contemplated
by
the Exchange Agreement can legally occur as contemplated under this Agreement,
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Investors within sixty (60) days of the
occurrence of such governmental action, then, upon written demand from an
Investor, the Company shall promptly, and in any event within thirty (30) days
from the date of such written demand, pay to that Investor, as liquidated
damages, an amount equal to that Investor’s entire Investment Amount without
interest thereon. As a condition to the receipt of such payment, the Investor
shall return to the Company, or to an agreeable third party for the benefit
of
the Company, for cancellation the certificates evidencing the Securities
acquired by the Investor under the Agreement.
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4.16. Stockholder
Approval.
(a) By
the
Closing Date, the Company shall have obtained the approval of its stockholders
in order to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock to not
less
than 150,000,000 (the “Stockholder
Approval”).
(b) In
furtherance of obtaining the Stockholder Approval, the Company shall take such
action as is necessary in order to file the Certificate of Amendment as
contemplated in subsection (c) below and effectuate the actions set forth in
subsection (a) above (including, without limitation, the mailing by the Company
of an Information Statement meeting the requirements of Section 14C of the
Exchange Act).
(c) Within
forty-five (45) calendar days following the Closing, the Company shall have
filed the Certificate of Amendment amending the Articles of Incorporation of
the
Company to increase the authorized shares of Common Stock of the Company
to
not
less than 150,000,000
shares with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada and delivered to
the
Investors a copy date stamped by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
indicating their receipt and acceptance thereof.
4.17. Liquidated
Damages for Deregistration or Failure of Common Stock to be Listed. In the
event that at any time following the Closing Date and prior to the time that
a
Registration Statement is effective (i) for any or no reason either the NASD
or
the Commission takes any action which has the effect of suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement of the Company filed with the
Commission or (ii) the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market, then,
upon written demand from an Investor, the Company shall promptly, and in any
event within thirty (30) days from the date of such written demand, pay to
that
Investor, as liquidated damages, an amount equal to that Investor’s entire
Investment Amount. As a condition to the receipt of such payment, the Investor
shall return to the Company, or to an agreeable third party for the benefit
of
the Company, for cancellation the certificates evidencing the Securities
acquired by the Investor under the Agreement.
4.18. Form
8-A. The Company covenants and agrees to file a Form 8-A with the Commission
in order to register the Common Stock pursuant to Section 12(b) or Section
12(g)
of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of any Registration Statement with
the
Commission.
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4.19. Business
Activities. For two (2) years following the Closing Date, the Company shall
not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly
or
indirectly, engage in any business other than that conducted on the date of
this
Agreement by BVI and its consolidated subsidiaries and as described in the
Current Report on Form 8-K required by Section 5.1(g).
ARTICLE
5.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
5.1. Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Investors to Purchase
Securities.
The
obligation of each Investor to acquire Securities at the Closing is subject
to
the satisfaction or waiver by such Investor, at or before the Closing, of each
of the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true
and
correct in all material respects (other than those qualified by materiality
which must be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and
as
of the Closing as though made on and as of such date;
(b) Performance.
The
Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to
the
Closing;
(c) No
Injunction.
No
statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any
of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(d) Adverse
Changes.
Since
the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall
have
occurred that reasonably could have or result in a Material Adverse Effect
or a
material adverse change with respect to the Subsidiaries;
(e) BVI
Financial Statements.
BVI
shall have delivered audited consolidated financial statements of Olympic
Forward Trading Company, Limited for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005
and 2006, which shall have been audited by Xxxxxx & Associates CPA’s, Inc.
and the Investors and shall have received an audit report from Xxxxxx &
Associates CPA’s, Inc. for such financial statements, a copy of which shall be
promptly provided to the Investors (collectively, the “BVI
Financial Statements”)
which
report and the BVI Financial Statements contained therein shall be satisfactory
to the Investors in their sole and absolute discretion;
(f) PRC
and BVI Opinions.
The
Company shall have delivered to the Investors, and the Investors shall be able
to rely upon, the legal opinions that the Company shall have received from
its
legal counsel in the PRC and in the British Virgin Islands, with such legal
opinions being in a form acceptable to the Investors in their sole
discretion;
(g) Exchange
Agreement Form 8-K.
Concurrently with or immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall have
acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of BVI pursuant to the Exchange
Agreement, and the Company shall provide the Investors with the Current Report
on Form 8-K to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Agreement, containing
the audited financial statements of BVI and other required disclosure with
respect to BVI;
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(h) Derivative
Securities.
Any
issued and outstanding options, convertible notes or other securities of the
Company that are exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Common
Stock shall have been exercised, converted or exchanged for Common Stock in
a
manner satisfactory to the Investors;
(i) Certificate
of Designation The
Company shall have filed the Certificate of Designation with the State of Nevada
and delivered to the Investors a copy date stamped by the Secretary of State
of
the State of Nevada indicating their receipt and acceptance
thereof;
(j) Related
Business.
Since
the date of execution of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, engaged in any business other than
as
conducted by BVI and its consolidated subsidiaries on the date of this
Agreement;
(k) Company
Deliverables.
The
Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section
2.2(a); and
(l) Termination.
This
Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance
with
Section 6.5.
5.2. Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to Sell Securities.
The
obligation of the Company to sell Securities at the Closing is subject to the
satisfaction or waiver by the Company, at or before the Closing, of each of
the
following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of each Investor contained herein shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the
Closing Date as though made on and as of such date;
(b) Performance.
Each
Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Investor at or
prior to the Closing;
(c) No
Injunction.
No
statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any
of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(d) Investors
Deliverables.
Each
Investor shall have delivered its Investors Deliverables in accordance with
Section 2.2(b); and
(e) Termination.
This
Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance
with
Section 6.5.
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ARTICLE
6.
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1. Fees
and Expenses.
At the
Closing, the Company shall pay to Xxxxx Xxxx LLP $50,000 as reimbursement of
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. and The Pinnacle Fund, L.P. for their respective
legal
fees in connection with the Transaction Documents (either of Pinnacle China
Fund, L.P. or The Pinnacle Fund, L.P. may deduct such amount from the Investment
Amount deliverable to the Company at Closing), it being understood that Xxxxx
Xxxx LLP has only rendered legal advice to Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. and The
Pinnacle Fund, L.P., and not to the Company or any other Investor in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that each of the Company and
the
other Investors has relied for such matters on the advice of its own respective
counsel. Except as specified in the immediately preceding sentence, each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other
experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to
the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties levied
in
connection with the sale of the Securities.
6.2. Entire
Agreement.
The
Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto, contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and
representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the
parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
6.3. Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile (provided the sender receives a machine-generated
confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile number specified
in
this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b)
the
next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section
on
a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on
any Trading Day, or (c) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice
is
required to be given, if sent by any means other than facsimile transmission.
The address for such notices and communications shall be as
follows:
If
to the Company:
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China
Water and Drinks Inc.
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0000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000-000
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Xxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
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Facsimile:
x00 0000 0000 0000
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Attn.:
Chen Xing Hua
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With
a copy to:
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Loeb
& Loeb LLP
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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Attn.:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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If
to an Investor:
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To
the address set forth under such Investor’s name on the signature pages
hereof;
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or
such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner,
by
such Person.
6.4. Amendments;
Waivers; No Additional Consideration.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written
instrument signed by the Company and the Investors holding a majority of the
Securities. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition
or
requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in
the
future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision,
condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either
party
to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Investor to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document
unless the same consideration is also offered to all Investors who then hold
Securities.
6.5. Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated prior to Closing:
(a) by
written agreement of the Investors and the Company; and
(b) by
an
Investor (as to itself but no other Investor) upon written notice to the
Company, if the Closing shall not have taken place by 6:30 p.m. Eastern time
on
the Outside Date; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement under
this Section 6.5(b) shall not be available to any Person whose failure to
comply with its obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of or
resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such
time.
In
the
event of a termination pursuant to Section 6.5(a) upon delivery of a joint
written notice from the Company and the Investors to the Escrow Agent or in
the
event of a termination pursuant to Section 6.5(b) upon delivery of written
notice by an Investor to the Escrow Agent, such Investor shall have the right
to
a return of up to its entire Investment Amount deposited with the Escrow Agent
pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(i), without interest or deduction. The Company
covenants and agrees to cooperate with such Investor in obtaining the return
of
its Investment Amount, and shall not communicate any instructions to the
contrary to the Escrow Agent.
In
the
event of a termination pursuant to this Section, the Company shall promptly
notify all non-terminating Investors. Upon a termination in accordance with
this
Section 6.5, the Company and the terminating Investor(s) shall not have any
further obligation or liability (including as arising from such termination)
to
the other and no Investor will have any liability to any other Investor under
the Transaction Documents as a result therefrom.
6.6. Construction.
The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be
construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden
of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship
of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents.
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6.7. Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the Investors. Any Investor may assign any or all of its rights
under
this Agreement to any Person to whom such Investor assigns or transfers any
Shares, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect
to
the transferred Shares, by the provisions hereof that apply to the
“Investors.”
6.8. No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set
forth
in Section 4.7 (as to each Investor Party).
6.9. Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether
brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or
agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or
with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of the any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that
it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court,
or
that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence
of
delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by
applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions
of
a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall
be
reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs
and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of
such Proceeding.
6.10. Survival.
The
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall
survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.
6.11. Execution.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of
the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same
force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original
thereof.
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6.12. Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and
the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is
a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
6.13. Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting
any
similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Investor
exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document
and
the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods
therein provided, then such Investor may rescind or withdraw, in its sole
discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant
notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future
actions and rights.
6.14. Replacement
of Securities.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution
therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new
certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable
third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is
requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of
such
mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance
of
a replacement.
6.15. Remedies.
In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors and the Company will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties
agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing
sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance
of
any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
6.16. Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Investor pursuant
to
any Transaction Document or an Investor enforces or exercises its rights
thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement
or
exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee,
receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation,
any
bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action),
then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full
force
and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff
had not occurred.
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6.17. Independent
Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Investor under any Transaction Document are several and
not
joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Investor under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Investor to
purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by
such
Investor independently of any other Investor. Nothing contained herein or in
any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association,
a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Each
Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has acted as agent for such
Investor in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Investor
will be acting as agent of such Investor in connection with monitoring its
investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction
Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce
its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this
Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Investors
has been provided with the same Transaction Documents for the purpose of closing
a transaction with multiple Investors and not because it was required or
requested to do so by any Investor.
6.18. Limitation
of Liability.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company acknowledges and
agrees that the liability of an Investor arising directly or indirectly, under
any Transaction Document of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied
solely out of the assets of such Investor, and that no trustee, officer, other
investment vehicle or any other Affiliate of such Investor or any investor,
shareholder or holder of shares of beneficial interest of such a Investor shall
be personally liable for any liabilities of such Investor.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of
the date first indicated above.
CHINA
WATER AND DRINKS INC.
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Name:
Title:
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Only
as to Sections 2.2(a)(v), 2.2(a)(vi) and 4.11 herein:
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Xu
Hong Bin
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Only
as to Sections 2.2(a)(vi):
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Chen
Xing Hua
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of
the date first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
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By:
Name:
Title:
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Investment
Amount: $ ___________________________
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Tax
ID No.: ___________________________________
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
_________________________________________
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Street:
_______________________________________
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City/State/Zip:
_________________________________
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Attention:
____________________________________
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Tel:
_________________________________________
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Fax:
_________________________________________
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
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(if different from above)
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c/o:
_________________________________________
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Street:
_______________________________________
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Attention:
____________________________________
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Tel:
_________________________________________
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Schedule
3.1(a)
List
of Subsidiaries
Subsidiary
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Jurisdiction
of Organization/Registration
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Ownership
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Gain
Dynasty Investments Limited
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BVI
limited company
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100%
owned by the Company
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Olympic
Forward Trading Company, Limited
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Registered
in Hong Kong
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100%
owned by Gain Dynasty
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Guangdong
Taoda Drink Co., Limited
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WOFE
registered in China
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100%
owned by Olympic
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Zhanjiang
Taoda Drink Co., Limited
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WOFE
registered in China
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100%
owned by Olympic
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Changchun
Taoda Beverage Co., Limited
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WOFE
registered in China
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100%
owned by Olympic
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Shandong
Olympic Forward Drink Co., Limited
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WOFE
registered in China
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100%
owned by Olympic
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Schedule
3.1(g)
Capitalization
Warrants
to purchase an aggregate of 2,238,806 shares of Common Stock.
Schedule
3.1(h)
SEC
Reports; Financial Statements
None.
Schedule
3.1(m)
Indebtedness
The
Company borrowed funds from a bank in October of 2003 to acquire an investment
property that is held by the Company for long term investment purposes.
The funds borrowed were collateralized by a mortgage on this investment
property. The monthly installments of the long term loan vary from month
to month depending on the interest rate and the interest rate the loan carried
ranged from 5.5% to 5.6% per annum during 2006 and 2005. The long term
debt matures in October 2012.
Schedule
3.1(u)
Certain
Fees
Commission
and Placement Agent Fees:
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$3,000,000
cash fee
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Warrants
to purchase an aggregate of 2,238,806 shares of Common Stock
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Schedule
3.1(v)
Certain
Registration Matters
The
following Persons have been granted piggy back registration rights:
Ipacific
Assets Management Limited
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2,576,000
shares
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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100,000
shares
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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100,000
shares
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