STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of September 8, 1999 is entered into by and
between INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AND TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS, INC., a California
corporation (the “Company”) and BERJAYA LOTTERY MANAGEMENT (H.K.) LIMITED (the
“Purchaser’’).
IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
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Sale of
Shares.
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Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined in
section 2 below) the Company will sell and issue to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser will purchase, 6,933,817 shares of common stock, no par value per
share (“Common Stock”), of the Company for the purchase price of $0.75 per
share.
2.
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The
Closing.
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The
closing (“Closing”) of the sale and purchase of the Common Stock under this
Agreement shall take place at the offices of the Company, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, X.X.X. The date of the Closing is hereinafter
referred to as the “Closing Date.”
The
Closing shall occur within thirty (30) days following execution of this
Agreement. At the Closing, the Company will deliver to the Purchaser one or more
certificates (in such denominations as Purchaser shall designate to the Company
in writing at least two business days prior to the Closing) for shares of Common
Stock being purchased, registered in the name of the Purchaser, against payment
to the order of the Company of the purchase price therefor, by wire transfer,
certified or bank cashier’s check or other method acceptable to the
Company.
3.
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Representations and
Warranties of the Company.
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Subject
to and except as disclosed by the Company in Exhibit “A” hereto, the Company
hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:
3.1
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Organization and
Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation and has full corporate power and
authority to conduct its business as presently conducted. The Company has
full corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this
Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature
of its business or of its owned or leased properties makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to so qualify will not
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole.
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3.2
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Capitalization.
The authorized capital stock of the Company (immediately prior to
the Closing) will consist of 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock and
20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, of which 6,009,183 shares of Common
Stock and no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of
August 30, 1999 (the “Outstanding
Shares”). All of the Outstanding Shares have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as
provided in this Agreement or as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined
in section 3.11), (i) no subscription, warrant, option, convertible
security or other right to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares
of capital stock of the Company is authorized or outstanding, (ii) there
is no agreement binding on the Company to issue any subscription, warrant,
option, convertible security or other such right or to issue or distribute
to holders of any shares of its capital stock any evidence of indebtedness
or assets of the Company, and (iii) there is no agreement binding on the
Company to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital
stock or any interest therein or to pay arty dividend or make any other
distribution in respect thereof The Company has not agreed that any person
or entity be entitled to (i) any preemptive or similar right with respect
to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company, or (ii) any rights
with respect to the registration of any capital stock of the Company under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). All of the
Outstanding Shares have been offered, issued and sold by the Company in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities
laws.
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3.3
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Issuance of Shares of
Common Stock; Binding Obligation: Securities Laws. The issuance,
sale and delivery of the shares of Common Stock in accordance with this
Agreement have been duly authorized, and such shares have been reserved
for issuance, by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company, and the shares of Common Stock when so issued, sold and delivered
against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
This Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and is enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforcement is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable
principles of general application (whether considered in an action at law
or in equity) and except as rights to indemnification may be limited by
applicable law. The offer and sale of the shares of Common Stock hereby
are and will be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act and are and will be exempt from the
registration or qualification requirements of all applicable U.S. state
securities laws.
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3.4
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Financial Statements.
Company has provided to the Purchaser (i) the Company’s
audited consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 1998 and the audited
consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and shareholders’ equity
for the twelve-month period then ended, together with the related opinion
of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, independent certified public accounts and (ii) an
unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 1999 and unaudited
consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and shareholders’ equity
for the six months then ended (collectively the “Financial Statements”).
The Financial Statements (a) are in accordance with the books and records
of the Company and its subsidiaries, (b) present fairly the financial
condition of the Company and its subsidiaries at the dates therein
specified and the results of their operations for the periods therein
specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Other than as set
forth in the Financial Statements described in (ii) above or as disclosed
in the Company’s Form 10-QSB for the quarter
ended June 30,
1999, since December 31, 1998, there has been no material adverse
change in the financial condition, business, results of operation or
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries or any transaction outside
the ordinary course of business of the Company and its
subsidiaries.
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3.5
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No Breach of Other
Instruments and Laws. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall not
conflict with or result in;, any violation of, default under, creation of
any lien or right of termination under or material change in the economic
terms of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or of any mortgage, indenture, lease,
agreement or other instrument, permit, concession, grant, franchise,
license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of
their properties.
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Consents. No
consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration
or filing with, any governmental authority or any third party is required
in connection with the valid execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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3.7
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Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities. Except as may arise under this Agreement, the Company
has no material obligation or liability (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent liquidated or otherwise), except (a) to the extent set forth on
or reserved against in its balance sheet as of June 30, 1999 and b)
current liabilities incurred, and obligations under agreements entered
into, in the usual and ordinary course of business since June 30, 1999
that (individually and in the aggregate) do not materially and adversely
affect the business, properties, financial condition or prospects of the
Company.
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3.8
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Tax Returns and
Audits. All required United States federal state and local tax
returns and reports and all foreign tax returns and reports of the Company
and its subsidiaries, including consolidated federal income tax returns in
which the Company or its subsidiaries are included, have been accurately
prepared and duly and timely filed, and all federal, state and local taxes
required to be paid with respect to the periods covered by such returns
and reports have been paid. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has been delinquent in the payment of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
ever had any tax deficiency proposed or assessed against it and to the
best of the Company’s knowledge there is no pending tax deficiency
threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has executed any waiver of any statute
of limitations on the assessment or collection of any tax or governmental
charge. None of the federal income tax returns nor any state income or
franchise tax returns of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is being
audited by governmental
authorities.
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3.9
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Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 and Other Employment
Matters.
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(a)
Except as described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1998 or its quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter
ended June 30, 1999 and except for consulting agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business, neither the Company nor any affiliate of the
Company (other than Purchaser) (together, the “Company Group”) maintains or
contributes to or has any obligation to contribute to, or has any liability
(including, without limitation, a liability arising out of an indemnification,
guarantee, hold harmless or similar agreement) with respect to any plan, program
arrangement, agreement or commitment which is an employment, consulting or
deferred compensation agreement, or a executive compensation, incentive bonus or
other bonus, employee pension, profit-sharing, savings, retirement, stock
option, stock purchase, severance pay, life, health, disability or accident
insurance plan, or vacation, or other employee benefit plan, program,
arrangement, agreement or commitment, including, without limitation, “employee
benefit plans” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) (individually, a “Plan,” and
collectively, the “Plans”).
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(b) With
respect to each Plan, the members of the Company Group have complied with, and
each such Plan conforms in form and operation to, all applicable laws and
regulations, including, but not limited to, the applicable provisions of ERISA
and the Code, in all material respects.
(c) The
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the acceleration
of the exercisability of any stock option issued to any employee or payment or
series of payments by any member of the Company Group to any person of a
parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.
(d) None
of the members of the Company Group are parties to any collective bargaining
agreements and there are no labor unions or other organizations representing,
purporting to represent, or attempting to represent any employee of the Company
or any of the members of the Company Group.
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Litigation.
Except as described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1998 or its quarterly report on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 1999, there is no legal action,
suit, arbitration or other legal, administrative or other governmental
investigation, inquiry, or proceeding (whether federal state, local or
foreign) pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their
properties, assets or business, except for any action, suit or proceeding
that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company
and its subsidiaries are not in default with respect to any order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any court or of
any governmental agency or instrumentality (whether federal, state, local
or foreign).
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3.11
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SEC Reports.
The Company has provided the Purchaser with correct and complete
copies of its annual reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31,
1996, 1997 and 1998, its quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB for the quarters
ended March 31, 1999 and June 30, 1999 arid its proxy statement for the
1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “SEC Reports”). None of the SEC
Reports, at the time it was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The SEC Reports include all forms,
reports, or other documents required to be filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission since December 31,
1998.
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3.12
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No Brokers or Finders.
No person or entity has, or as a result of the transactions
contemplated herein will have, any right or valid claim against the
Company for any commission, fee or other
compensation as a finder or broker, or in any similar
capacity.
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Disclosure.
Neither this Agreement nor any written document, statement or other
instrument referred to herein or delivered by or on behalf of the Company
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements herein and therein not misleading,
insofar as the same shall relate to the Company and its
subsidiaries.
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Compliance with Law.
The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all laws
and regulations of the United States of America and all foreign countries
having jurisdiction, and of any state or municipality or other
governmental unit, and of any governmental division or agency of any
governmental unit, that are applicable to the conduct of business and the
ownership of property by the Company or its subsidiaries, where failure to
so comply would have a material adverse effect, and the Company and its
subsidiaries have all material local, state, federal and other
governmental licenses and permits necessary to conduct their business as
now conducted.
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3.15
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Proprietary Rights.
The Company’s business does not infringe or violate any patent,
copyright or other intellectual property right or proprietary right of any
other person or entity.
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4.
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Representations and
Warranties of the Purchaser.
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The
Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
4.1
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Investment. The
Purchaser is the sole and true party in interest and is acquiring the
shares of Common Stock for its own account for investment and not with a
view to or for the resale or distribution, thereof, nor with any present
intention of distributing, subdividing or selling the same; and the
Purchaser has no present or contemplated agreement, undertaking,
arrangement, obligation, indebtedness or commitment providing for the
disposition thereof Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser may
pledge the shares of Common Stock acquired hereby in a transaction that
complies with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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4.2
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Authority. The
Purchaser has full power and authority to enter into and to perform this
Agreement. The execution of and performance of this Agreement and
compliance with its provisions by such Purchaser will not conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement or other instrument to which the
Purchaser is a party or by which such Purchaser is bound or any decree,
judgment or order applicable to such
Purchaser.
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Experience. The
Purchaser has carefully reviewed the Financial Statements, SEC Reports and
other documents and information provided to it by the Company in
connection with this Agreement; the Purchaser has had such opportunity as
it deems adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company all such
information as is necessary for it to fully evaluate the merit and risks
of this investment; the officers of the Company have made available to the
Purchaser all information which it has requested and have answered to the
Purchaser’s satisfaction
all inquiries made by the Purchaser; the Purchaser has such knowledge and
experience in financial, business and investment matters that it is
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment, of making
an informed investment decision and of protecting its own interests in
connection with this investment; there has been no representation,
guarantee or warranty made, expressly or by implication, of the percentage
of profit and/or amount or type of consideration profit or loss, to be
realized, if any, as a result of the Purchaser’s investment; the offering
of shares of Common Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act
and has not been registered or qualified under the Blue Sky laws of any
state; any disposition of the shares of Common Stock will be subject to
restrictions imposed by federal and state law; the Purchaser cannot
dispose of the shares of Common Stock absent registration and
qualification, or an available exemption from registration and
qualification; the availability of an exemption in the fixture will depend
in part on circumstances outside the Purchaser’s control; except as
provided in Section 17, no promise or undertaking has been made with
regard to registering or qualifying the shares of Common Stock in the
fixture; and the Purchaser understands that all certificates evidencing
the shares of Common Stock will bear on their face a legend condition as
provided in section 5(b). The
representations made by the Purchaser in this section 4.3 shall not effect
or diminish in any way the representations and warranties made by the
Company to the Purchaser pursuant to section 3 hereof and the Purchaser’s
rights with respect thereto.
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Accredited Investor.
The Purchaser is an “accredited investor" within the definition set
forth in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act; and all information
supplied by the Purchaser to the Company with respect to its purchase
of shares of
Common Stock is true, complete and
accurate.
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Sale or Transfer of
Shares: Legend.
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(a)
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The
shares of Common Stock sold and issued hereby constitute “Restricted
Stock” and may not be sold or transferred unless either (i) they first
shall have been registered under the Securities Act, or (ii) such sale or
transfer is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and all
applicable Blue Sky laws, and the Company first shall have been furnished
with an opinion or memorandum of legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Company, to the effect that such sale or transfer is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable Blue
Sky laws.
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(b)
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Each
certificate representing Restricted Stock shall bear a legend
substantially in the following
form:
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The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may not be offered, sold, transferred,
assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of in the absence of
registration under said Act and all the rules and regulations thereunder and all
applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws or an exemption
therefrom.
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Successors and
Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the respective successors, assigns, heirs,
executors and administrators of the parties hereto. Nothing in this
Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any
other person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever
under or by reason of this
Agreement.
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Survival of
Representation and Warranties. All representations and warranties
contained herein or in any certificate delivered hereunder shall survive
the Closing and shall expire on the second anniversary of the Closing
(except that Section 3.8 shall expire on the expiration of all applicable
statutes of limitation).
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8.
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All
notices, requests, consents, and other communications under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand, by facsimile
transmission or mailed by first class certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid:
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If to the
Company, at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000-0000, Attention:
President, or at such other address as may be furnished in writing by the
Company to the Purchasers, with a copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx; 000 “X” Xxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.;
and
If to the Purchaser, at
Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Insas, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
or at such other address as may be designated to the Company in writing by the
Purchaser.
Notices
provided in accordance with this section 8 shall be deemed delivered upon
personal delivery, confirmation of facsimile transmission or deposit in the
mail.
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Brokers. The
Company and the Purchaser (a) represents and warrants to the other that it
has retained no finder or broker in connection with the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) will indemnify and save the other
parties harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities or
obligations with respect to brokerage or finders fees or commissions or
consulting fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement asserted by any person on the basis of any statement or
representation alleged to have been made by such indemnifying
party.
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Entire Agreement,
Amendments and Warranties. This Agreement embodies the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings relating to such subject matter. This Agreement may be
amended only by a writing signed by both parties
hereto.
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Attorneys Fees.
In the event of any legal action or other proceeding arising out of
or by reason of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
recover, in addition to other damages, its reasonable attorney’s fees and
costs.
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Expenses. The
Company and the Purchaser shall each be responsible for its own fees and
expenses incurred in connection with this
Agreement.
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Headings. The
headings of the sections, subsections and paragraphs of this Agreement
have been added for convenience only and shall not be deemed to be a part
of this Agreement.
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Severability.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision.
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Governing Law and
Place of Performance. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. The
place of performance of this Agreement shall be at Carlsbad, California,
or at any subsequent principal place of business of the
Company.
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Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
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Registration Rights.
The shares of Common Stock sold to Purchaser under this Agreement
shall be “Registrable Securities” under the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of June 16, 1993 between the Company and Purchaser, and the
Purchaser shall be entitled to the registration rights set forth therein
with respect to the shares of Common Stock purchased
hereunder.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the day and
year first above written.
INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY & TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS, INC.
By:/s/ M. Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
M. Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
President
By:/s/
Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Secretary
PURCHASER:
BERJAYA
LOTTERY MANAGEMENT (H.K.) LIMITED
By:/s/
Tan Sri Dato Xxxxxxx
Xxx Chee Yioun
Tan Sri
Dato Xxxxxxx Xxx Chee Yioun
Group
Chief Executive Officer
This
signature page is for the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of September 8, 1999
between International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. and Berjaya
Management (H.K) Limited.
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