SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.2
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of April 27, 2006, by and among Qiao
Xing Universal Telephone, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin
Islands, with headquarters located at Qiao Xing Science Industrial Park, Xxxx Xxxx, Huizhou City,
Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, 516023 (the “Company”), Qiao Xing Mobile Communications Co.
Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, with headquarters
located at Qiao Xing Science Industrial Park, Xxxx Xxxx, Huizhou City, Guangdong, People’s Republic
of China, 516023 (“QX”)and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto
(individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).
WHEREAS:
A. The Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the
exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “1933 Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1933 Act.
B. The Company has authorized $40,000,000 in principal amount of convertible notes of the
Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (together with any convertible notes
issued in replacement or exchange thereof in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Notes”), which
Notes shall be, in accordance with the terms of the Notes, in whole or in part, (i) convertible
into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (“Company Common Stock,” as
converted, the “Conversion Shares”) or (ii) in the event of an initial public offering of QX,
exchangeable into shares of the common stock of QX, par value $0.01 per share (“QX Shares” as
converted, the “Exchange Shares”).
C. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, severally but not jointly, and the Company wishes to sell,
upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate principal amount of
Notes set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate
principal amount for all Buyers shall be $40,000,000) and (ii) warrants, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Warrants”), to acquire that number of shares of Company
Common Stock (as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”) set forth opposite such Buyer’s
name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers.
D. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and the
Buyers hereto are executing and delivering a registration rights agreement, substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Company RRA”), pursuant to which the Company has
agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Conversion Shares and the Warrant
Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable
state securities laws.
E. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, QX and the Buyers
hereto are executing and delivering a registration rights agreement, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “QX RRA” and together with the Company RRA, the
“Registration Rights Agreements”), pursuant to which QX has agreed to provide certain
registration rights with respect to the Exchange Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
F. The Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Exchange Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares
collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities”.
G. The Notes will rank senior to all future indebtedness of the Company and will be secured by
a guarantee from QX, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Guaranty”)
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.
(a) Notes and Warrants.
(i) Amount. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in
Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally,
but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), a
principal amount of Notes, as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule
of Buyers, along with Warrants to acquire that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite
such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers.
(ii) Closing. The closing (the “Closing”) of the purchase of the Notes and the
Warrants by the Buyers shall occur at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00
a.m., New York City Time, on May 23, 2006 (or such other date and time as is mutually agreed to by
the Company and each Buyer) subject to notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions
to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below (or such other date and time as is mutually
agreed to by the Company and each Buyer).
(iii) Purchase Price. The purchase price for each Buyer (the “Purchase Price”) of the
Notes and related Warrants to be purchased by each such Buyer at the Closing shall be equal to
$1.00 for each $1.00 of principal amount of Notes being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.
(iv) Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (A) each Buyer shall pay its Purchase
Price to the Company for the Notes and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the
Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written
wire instructions, and (B) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer the Notes (in the principal
amounts as such Buyer shall have requested prior to the Closing) which such Buyer is then
purchasing along with the Warrants (in the amounts as such Buyer shall have requested prior to the
Closing) such Buyer is purchasing, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the
name of such Buyer or its designee.
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2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH BUYER.
Each Buyer represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the
requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
applicable Transaction Documents (as defined below) and otherwise to carry out its obligations
thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and each of the Registration Rights Agreements has been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of such Buyer. This Agreement and each of the Registration Rights
Agreements have been duly, executed and delivered by such Buyer in accordance with the terms
hereof, each will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Buyer, enforceable
against it in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited
under the federal and state securities laws and public policy, and (c) that the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses
and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this
Agreement, each Registration Rights Agreement and the Guaranty to which such Buyer is a party and
the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i)
result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event which 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 of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii)
result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal
and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii)
above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(c) No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer (i) is acquiring the Notes and the
Warrants, and (ii) upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants will acquire the
Conversion Shares and the Exchange Shares, as applicable, issuable upon conversion of the Notes and
the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, for its own account and not with a view
towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant
to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by
making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any
minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in
accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such
Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer
does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to
distribute any of the Securities.
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(d) Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that
term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.
(e) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being
offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of
United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the
truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties,
agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine
the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.
(f) Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the
applicable Registration Rights Agreements: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being
registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold,
assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have
delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that
such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant
to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable
assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule
144A promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule
144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance
with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities
under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person (as defined in Section 3(e)) through whom
the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 0000 Xxx) may
require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the
SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to
register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms
and conditions of any exemption thereunder. The Securities may be pledged in connection with a
bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such
pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities
hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company
with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document (as defined in 3(c)), including, without limitation, this Section
2(f).
(g) Legends. Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments
representing the Notes and the Warrants and, until such time as the resale of the Conversion
Shares, the Exchange Shares and the Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as
contemplated by each of the Registration Rights Agreements, the stock certificates representing the
Conversion Shares, the Exchange Shares and the Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall
bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in
substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such
stock certificates):
[NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE
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SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
[CONVERTIBLE][EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR
ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (B) AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II)
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR
FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such
legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by
state securities laws, (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in
connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an
opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such legend is not required
under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, or (iii) such holder provides the Company with
reasonable assurance that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144.
(h) Residency; Holdings. Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified
below its address on the Schedule of Buyers. As of April 27, 2006, the Buyers beneficially owned
2,045,000 shares of Company Common Stock.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer does not make or has not made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those
specifically set forth in this Section 2.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND QX.
Each of the Company and QX hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each
Buyer:
(a) Significant Subsidiaries. Schedule 3(a) sets forth all of the
Significant Subsidiaries (which for purposes of this Agreement has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934
Act”)) of the Company (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively, “Subsidiaries”). Except as
disclosed in
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Schedule 3(a), the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of
each Significant Subsidiary free and clear of any and all liens, charges, encumbrances, security
interests, rights of first refusal or other restrictions of any kind (“Liens”), and all the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary are validly issued and are
fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights.
(b) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary is an
entity duly 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 or lease and operate 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. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business and is 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, would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) an adverse effect on the legality,
validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material and adverse effect on the
results of operations, assets, business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or (iii) an adverse impairment to the Company or QX’s ability to perform on a
timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party (any of (i),
(ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”).
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. Each of the Company and QX has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each
of this Agreement, the Notes, the Registration Rights Agreements, the Warrants, the Guaranty, the
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined below) and any other documents or agreements
executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder (collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and QX, as applicable,
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without
limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants and the reservation for issuance of the
Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Notes, the Exchange Shares upon exchange of the Notes and
the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company and QX, as applicable, and no further action is
required by the Company or QX, or their respective Board of Directors or stockholders in connection
herewith and therewith (other than the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements
in accordance with the requirements of each of the Registration Rights Agreements and the
Stockholder Approval (as defined below)). Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery
will have been) duly executed by the Company and QX, as applicable, and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company
and QX enforceable against them in accordance with such document’s terms, except (a) as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification and contribution
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provisions may be limited under the federal and state securities laws and public policy, and
(c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may
be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought.
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents by the Company and QX to which it is respectively a party and the consummation by the
Company and QX of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation,
the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares,
the Exchange Shares and the Warrant Shares) do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any
provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, any
certificate of designations, preferences and rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock,
bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, board resolutions or joint venture contract 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, business license or other restriction of any
court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal
and state securities laws, regulations of whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the
American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market (the “Principal Market”) and applicable laws
of the People’s Republic of China (“China”)) that the Company Common Stock is listed or quoted for
trading on the date in question (any of the foregoing, a “Trading Market”)), 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 would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and the Stockholder Approval.
(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 (collectively, “Consents”) with, any Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, in each case in
accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, except for the following consents, authorizations,
orders, filings and registrations (except for clauses (ii) and (v) below, none of which is required
to be filed or obtained before the Closing): (i) the filing with the SEC of one or more
Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreements,
(ii) the application(s) to the Principal Market for the listing of the Conversion Shares, the
Exchange Shares and the Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby,
(iii) all filings required pursuant to Section 4(g) hereof, and (iv) those Consents that have been
obtained prior to the date hereof and (v) the Stockholder Approval. As used in this Agreement,
“Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any
department or agency thereof, including in China.
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(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Notes and Warrants are duly authorized,
subject to the Stockholder Approval and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, will be
duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free from all taxes, Liens and charges with
respect to the issue thereof. The Conversion Shares, the Exchange Shares and the Warrant Shares
have been 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
taxes, Liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to
the Notes and Warrants in order to issue the full number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares as
are or may become issuable in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Warrants. QX has
reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of QX Shares issuable
pursuant to the Notes in order to issue the full number of Exchange Shares as are or may become
issuable in accordance with the terms of the Notes. Upon receipt of the Conversion Shares, the
Exchange Shares and the Warrant Shares, the Buyers will have good and marketable title to such
Conversion Shares, the Exchange Shares and the Warrant Shares.
(g) Capitalization. The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company and QX is set forth in Schedule 3(g). All
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and QX are duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with all applicable securities
laws. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(g), no securities of the Company or QX 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 a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and
except as disclosed in Schedule 3(g), 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 the Company Common Stock or QX Shares, or
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or
may become bound to issue additional shares of Company Common Stock or QX Shares, or securities or
rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Company Common Stock or QX Shares. Except as set
forth in Schedule 3(g), the issue and sale of the Securities will not, immediately or with
the passage of time, obligate the Company or QX to issue shares of Company Common Stock or QX
Shares, respectively, or other securities to any Person (other than the Buyers) and will not result
in a right of any holder of Company 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 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
thereof, for the two (2) years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was
required by law to file such reports) (the foregoing materials being collectively referred to
herein as the “SEC Reports” and, together with the Schedules to this Agreement, the “Disclosure
Materials”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. The Company has
delivered to the Buyers a copy of all SEC Reports not available on the XXXXX system. As
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of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The Company is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable
rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.
The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects
with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect
thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), 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.
(i) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included within 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) the Company
has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and
accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B)
liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or
required to be disclosed in filings made with the SEC, (iii) the Company has not altered its method
of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) the Company has not 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, (v) the Company has not
issued any equity securities to any officer, director or 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 (an “Affiliate”), except pursuant to
existing Company stock option plans, (vi) the Company has not sold any assets, individually or in
the aggregate, in excess of $250,000 outside of the ordinary course of business or (vii) the
Company has not had capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $250,000
outside of the ordinary course of business. The Company does not have pending before the SEC any
request for confidential treatment of information.
(j) Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding
or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or
foreign) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any
of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) 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, is or
has been the subject of any claim, action or proceeding involving a claim of violation of or
liability
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under federal, state or foreign securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty nor has
any director or officer engaged in any criminal activity. There has not been, and to the knowledge
of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the
Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The SEC 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 1934 Act or the 1933 Act, including the Registration Statement.
(k) Labor Relations. No strike, work stoppage, slow down or other material labor
problem exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent with respect to any
of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(l) Compliance. 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,
governmental body, or regulatory or self-regulatory authority or (iii) is 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 would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations, governmental approvals, business licenses and permits issued by the appropriate
United States federal, state and local or Chinese and other relevant foreign regulatory authorities
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the
failure to possess such approvals, business licenses, certificates, authorizations or permits would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title to Assets. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(n), the Company and
the Subsidiaries have good and, where permitted by applicable China law, marketable title to all
real property owned by them that is material to their respective businesses and good and marketable
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 or used in its business are held by them under valid, subsisting
and enforceable leases and land use certificates, as the case may be, of which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are in compliance.
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(o) Patents and Trademarks. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(o), 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 would, individually or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). Schedule 3(o) sets forth a complete
list of all patents, trademarks, servicemarks and trade names that are used by the Company or its
Subsidiaries or in their respective businesses and owned or co-owned by and registered in the name
of the Company or any Subsidiary, all applications therefore, and all licenses and other
intellectual property agreements relating thereto. All of the Company’s Intellectual Property
Rights and relevant applications therefor have been duly registered by the China Patent and
Trademark Office, or the equivalent offices of non-US jurisdictions, and have been properly
maintained in accordance with applicable law in China and such other jurisdictions. None of the
Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or
terminate or be abandoned within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that
the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would
not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual
Property Rights are enforceable. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or
to the knowledge of the Company, being threatened, against the Company or its Subsidiaries
regarding its Intellectual Property Rights.
(p) 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.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew
its 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 without a significant increase
in cost, except for cost increases being experienced by companies in similar businesses and risk
categories.
(q) Foreign Corrupt Practices. To the best of its knowledge, neither the Company
nor any director, officer or employee acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or QX (i) used any corporate
funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any
provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee.
(r) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports filed at least ten (10) days prior to the date hereof, none of the officers or directors of
the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company
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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.
(s) Tax Status. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all
United States federal and state income and all other China and other required foreign tax returns,
reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all
taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or
determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in
good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of
all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or any Subsidiary know of no
basis for any such claim.
(t) Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls which the audit committee of the board of directors
reasonably believes is 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.
(u) Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, (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).
(v) Placement Agent’s Fees. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of
any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory or consultancy fees, brokers’ commissions or
finder’s fee (other than for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or
arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, which fees are set
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forth on Schedule 3(v). The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against,
any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket
expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged
Worldwide Gateway Co., Ltd. as placement agent (the “Agent”) in connection with the sale of the
Securities. Other than the Agent, the Company has not engaged any placement agent or other agent
in connection with the sale of the Securities.
(w) Integration. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person
acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security
or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of
the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable
stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of
any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed
or designated, nor will the Company or any of its Subsidiaries take any action or steps that would
cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings.
(x) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company has not, in the two (2)
years preceding the date hereof, received notice (written or oral) from any Trading Market on which
the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in
compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is
currently in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements and has no reason to
believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be (except as a result of a failure
in the future to comply with minimum trading price requirements), in compliance with all such
listing and maintenance requirements. Subject to the Stockholder Approval, the issuance and sale
of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Market
and the Company Common Stock is currently listed on the Principal Market.
(y) Voting Agreement. The Company has entered into voting agreements with Wu
Holdings Limited, Xxx Xxx Wu and Xxx Xxxx Wu (the “Voting Stockholders”) on April 27, 2006.
(z) Registration Rights. No holder of securities of the Company has rights to the
registration of any securities of the Company because of the filing of the Registration Statement
or the issuance of the Securities hereunder that could expose the Company to material liability or
any Holder to any liability or that could impair the Company’s ability to consummate the issuance
and sale of the Securities in the manner, and at the times, contemplated hereby, which rights have
not been waived by the holder thereof as of the date hereof.
(aa) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, an
“investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(bb) 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 Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter
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documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the
Buyers solely as a result of the Buyers 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 Buyers’ ownership of the Securities.
(cc) Disclosure. Each of the Company and QX confirms that neither it nor any
Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any
information that the Company or QX believes constitutes material, non-public information. Each of
the Company and QX understands and confirms that the Buyers will rely on the foregoing
representations and covenants in effecting transactions in securities of the Company and QX. All
disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding each of the Company and QX, its business and the
transactions contemplated hereby, furnished by or on behalf of the Company and QX (including the
Company and QX’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 the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(dd) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities. Each of the Company
and QX acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of arm’s length
purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, and that no Buyer is an officer or director of the Company or QX. Each of the Company and
QX acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or QX
(or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or
agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. Each of the Company and
QX further represents to each Buyer that the Company and QX’s decision to enter into the
Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company, QX and
their representatives.
(ee) Dilutive Effect. Each of the Company and QX understands and acknowledges that
the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the number of Exchange
Shares issuable upon the exchange of the Notes and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants will increase in certain circumstances. Each of the Company and QX further acknowledges
that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with this
Agreement and the Notes, its obligation to issue Exchange Shares upon exchange of the Notes in
accordance with this Agreement and the Notes and its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon
exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is, in each case,
absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the
ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company or QX.
(ff) Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3(ff), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (as
defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which,
or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument would
result in a
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Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any
contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and
defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv)
is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance
of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Schedule 3(ff) provides a detailed description of the material terms of any such
outstanding Indebtedness. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means,
without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken
or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation,
“capital leases” in accordance with GAAP) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary
course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of
credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with
the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case
with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though
the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing
or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered
thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through
(F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or
other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned
by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become
liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above;
and (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability,
contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other
obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such
liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability
that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be
complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part)
against loss with respect thereto.
(gg) Ranking of Notes. No future Indebtedness of the Company or QX will be senior
to or rank pari passu with the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect of payment of
redemptions, interest, damages or upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.
(hh) Form F-1/F-3 Eligibility. (i) The Company is eligible to register the
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale by the Buyers using Form F-3 promulgated under
the 1933 Act and (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, upon an initial public offering of QX Shares, QX
will be eligible to register the Exchange Shares for resale by the Buyers using Form F-1
promulgated under the 1933 Act.
(ii) QX Shares.
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(i) The Company is the beneficial and record owner of 80% of the QX Shares, free and clear of
any Liens, and upon issuance of QX Shares by QX in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, QX will transfer to the Buyers good and marketable title to such QX Shares, free and
clear of any Liens. Upon any such issuance in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents
to the Buyers of any QX Shares and upon registration in accordance with the QX RRA, the QX Shares
shall be resaleable on the Principal Market without any delivery or other requirements whatsoever
and without the need to make any registration or other filing with the SEC.
(ii) The Company has no legal obligation, absolute or contingent, to any other Person to
transfer or sell any of the QX Shares. There is no action, claim, suit, investigation or
proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by or against or affecting the
Company or the Company’s ownership of the QX Shares before any court or governmental or regulatory
authority or body, that could affect the ability of QX to issue to the Buyers any QX Shares. There
are no writs, decrees, injunctions or orders of any court or governmental or regulatory agency,
authority or body outstanding against the Company with respect to the QX Shares.
(jj) China Subsidiaries
(i) Schedule 3(jj) sets forth, for each Subsidiary that is incorporated in China, (i)
the legal classification of such entity under the applicable company laws and foreign investment
laws of China, including true and correct copies of the relevant currently effective business
license, registration documents and capital verification report issued by the relevant China
governmental approval authority for the location in which the Subsidiary maintains an office or
premises for business operations; (ii) the total investment capital (i.e., debt and equity) and
equity (i.e., registered capital); (iii) the holders of record of the equity (i.e., the registered
capital); (iv) the authorized legal representative, directors, officers, legal address and each
business address, as well as the original China approval authority and China governmental authority
with current jurisdiction over the entity; and (v) any agreements with respect to the registered
capital, including outstanding securities, contracts, commitments or arrangements granting any
party the right to obtain any equity ownership of the Subsidiary.
(ii) For each Subsidiary, the holders of record of its registered capital have contributed in
full its subscribed share of the entity’s registered capital pursuant to the relevant joint venture
contract and articles of association, and all such contributions have been verified and certified
by a Chinese registered public accountant according to applicable China law, approved by all
relevant China governmental authorities and fully paid, and verification certificates have been
issued to each such holder of record or previous investor accordingly. All previous transfers or
assignments of registered capital have been approved by the relevant China governmental authorities
and all necessary corporate action.
(iii) Each Subsidiary incorporated in China is a limited liability company duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the applicable company laws and foreign investment laws
of China, has the status of a foreign investment enterprise (where applicable), and is a legal
person with all requisite corporate power to own, lease and
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operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted in each place where
its business is conducted. The Subsidiary and its business operations are in compliance with the
terms and conditions of its business license, joint venture contract (where applicable) and
articles of association. The construction of the Subsidiary’s operating facilities and operation
of its business is and has been in full compliance with its relevant feasibility study and business
license. Each Subsidiary has received all authorizations, approvals, license, permits and other
rights (including but not limited to those pertaining to the manufacture, distribution and sale of
telephone equipment and all other products of the Company’s business) from China governmental
authorities necessary and appropriate for the continued operation of the Company’s business.
(iv) All necessary approvals from China governmental authorities have been received to ensure
that each Subsidiary will continue to enjoy, to the extent permitted by applicable China law, all
of the tax clearances, concessions and other benefits available to such Subsidiary prior to the
Closing Date, or otherwise available under applicable China law to foreign investment enterprises
similarly situated.
(v) Each Subsidiary is and has been in compliance with applicable China laws relating to its
relationship to its employees or suppliers or to any governmental taxing or customs authority, and
relating to any other aspect of its business. Each Subsidiary is in compliance with applicable
China law relating to anti-competitive practices, price fixing, and environmental matters,
respectively, and, to its knowledge, there is no proceedings pending or threatened regarding any
violation by it of applicable China law, including work safety, environmental and employment laws.
(vi) Each Subsidiary has obtained all required China product registrations for the products
related to its business.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) Best Efforts. Each party shall use its best efforts timely to satisfy each of
the covenants and the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this
Agreement.
(b) Maintenance of Registration Statement. For so long as any of the Warrants
remain outstanding, the Company and QX, as applicable, shall use its reasonable best efforts to
maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the issuance thereunder of the
Conversion Shares, Exchange Shares (provided that an initial public offering of QX Shares has
occurred) and the Warrant Shares; provided that, if at any time while the Notes and the Warrants
are outstanding the Company shall be ineligible to utilize Form F-3 (or any successor form) for the
purpose of issuance of the Warrant Shares the Company shall promptly amend the Registration
Statement on such other form as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement for this purpose.
(c) Form D and Blue Sky. If required, the Company, on or before the Closing Date,
shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an
exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant
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to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United
States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such
action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings
and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities
or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.
(d) Reporting Status. (i) Until the date on which the Buyers shall have sold all
the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares and none of the Notes or Warrants is outstanding (the
“Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC
pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to
file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would
otherwise permit such termination.
(i) Upon consummation of an initial public offering by QX and until the date on which the
Buyers shall have sold all the Exchange Shares and none of the Notes is outstanding (the “QX
Reporting Period”), QX shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to
the 1934 Act, and QX shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the
1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such
termination.
(e) Listing. (i) The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the
Registrable Securities (for the purposes of this subsection, as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement between the Buyers and the Company) upon each national securities exchange and automated
quotation system, if any, upon which the Registrable Securities is then listed (subject to official
notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing of all shares of Registrable Securities from
time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents. So long as any Notes or
Warrants are outstanding, the Company shall maintain the Registrable Securities’ authorization for
listing on the Principal Market. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any
action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the
Registrable Securities on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in
connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(e).
(ii) Upon an initial public offering by QX, QX shall promptly secure the listing of all of the
Registrable Securities (for the purposes of this subsection, as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement between the Buyers and QX) upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation
system, if any, upon which the Registrable Securities is then listed (subject to official notice of
issuance) and shall maintain such listing of all shares of Registrable Securities from time to time
issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents. So long as any Notes are outstanding, QX
shall maintain the Registrable Securities’ authorization for listing on the Principal Market.
Neither the Company, QX nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably
expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Registrable Securities on the Principal
Market. QX shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under
this Section 4(e).
(f) Fees. At the Closing, the Company shall pay $98,500 for the reasonable fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
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Documents to Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP for the benefit of the DKR SoundShore Oasis Holding Fund
Ltd. (a Buyer), which amount shall be withheld by such Buyer from its aggregate Purchase Price at
the Closing. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees,
financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer)
relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and
hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim
relating to any such payment including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the
Agent. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement or in the Transaction Documents, each party
to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the
Buyers.
(g) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. The Company shall,
on or before 8:30 a.m., New York City Time, on the first Business Day following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, issue a press release reasonably acceptable to the Buyers disclosing
all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Press Release”). On or before
8:30 a.m., New York Time, on the second Business Day following the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 6-K describing the terms of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act, and
attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the
form of the Warrants) as exhibits to such filing (including all attachments, the “6-K Filing”).
From and after the filing of the Press Release, no Buyer shall be in possession of any material,
nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its respective
officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in such Press Release. The Company
shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers,
directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material nonpublic information
regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the press release
referred to in the first sentence of this Section without the express written consent of such
Buyer. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases
or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby;
provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval
of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such
transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 6-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and
(ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations, including the applicable rules and
regulations of the Principal Market (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be
consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior
to its release). Other than in connection with the future SEC Reports, the Company shall not
disclose the name of any Buyer without the prior written consent of such Buyer in any filing,
announcement, release or otherwise.
(h) Additional Registration Statements. Until the date that the Registration
Statement (as defined in the Company RRA) is first declared effective by the SEC (the “Effective
Date”), the Company shall not file a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to
securities that are not the Securities.
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(i) Additional Notes; Variable Securities; Dilutive Issuances. So long as any
Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company will not issue any Notes other than to the
Buyers as contemplated hereby and the Company shall not issue any other securities that would cause
a breach or default under the Notes. For so long as any Notes or Warrants remain outstanding,
neither the Company nor QX shall, in any manner, issue or sell any rights, warrants or options to
subscribe for or purchase Company Common Stock or QX Shares, as applicable, or directly or
indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Company Common Stock or QX Shares,
as applicable, at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the Company Common
Stock or QX Shares, as applicable, including by way of one or more reset(s) to any fixed price
unless the conversion, exchange or exercise price of any such security cannot be less than the then
applicable Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) with respect to the Company Common Stock or
QX Shares, as applicable, into which any Note is convertible or exchangeable or the then applicable
Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) with respect to the Company Common Stock into which any
Warrant is exercisable. For so long as any Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall
not, in any manner, enter into or affect any Dilutive Issuance (as defined in the Notes) if the
effect of such Dilutive Issuance is to cause the Company to be required to issue upon conversion or
exchange of any Note or exercise of any Warrant any shares of Company Common Stock or QX Shares, as
applicable, in excess of that number of shares of Company Common Stock or QX Shares, as applicable,
which the Company or QX, as applicable, may issue upon conversion or exercise of the Notes and
exercise of the Warrants without breaching the Company’s or QX’s obligations under the rules or
regulations of the Principal Market.
(j) Sale of QX Shares. For so long as any Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, QX
shall not, and the Company shall not permit QX to, sell any QX Shares or any of QX’s ownership
interest in CEC Telecom Co. Ltd. without the prior written approval of the Required Holders (as
defined in the Notes), other than the issuance of QX Shares to the Company in exchange for the $40
million cash contribution from the Company from the proceeds from the transaction contemplated
hereby (the “QX Purchase”). The purchase price for the QX Shares issued in connection with the QX
Purchase shall be subject to the reasonable approval of the Required Holders (such QX Purchase, a
“Valid QX Purchase”).
(k) Reservation of Shares. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all
times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, from and after the Closing Date,
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes and the exercise of
the Warrants being issued at the Closing.
(l) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities for general corporate purposes.
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(m) Additional Issuances of Securities.
(i) For purposes of this Section 4(m), the following definitions shall apply.
(1) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options)
convertible into or exercisable for shares of Company Common Stock.
(2) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares
of Company Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(3) “Common Stock Equivalents” means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.
(ii) From the Closing Date until the date that is 6 months thereafter (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’ debt with no equity component in an amount that
exceeds $3 million, 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”).
(iii) From the Trigger Date until the date that is 150 days thereafter, the Company will not,
directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement, unless the Company shall have first
complied with this Section 4(m)(iii).
(1) The Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of
any bona fide 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 (w) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and
other terms upon which they 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 Buyers all of the Offered
Securities.
(2) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice
to the Company prior to the end of the fifth (5th) Business Day after such
Buyer’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the amount that such
Buyer elects to purchase (the “Notice of Acceptance”).
(3) The Company shall have ten (10) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer
Period above to 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
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Buyers (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.
(4) 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 Section 4(m)(iii)(3)
above), then each Buyer 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
Buyer elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4(m)(iii)(2) 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 Buyers pursuant to Section 4(m)(iii)(3) 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 Buyer 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 Buyers in accordance with Section 4(m)(iii)(1) above.
(5) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the
Refused Securities, the Buyers shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue
to the Buyers, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of
Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(m)(iii)(4) above if the Buyers have so elected,
upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Buyers of any
Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the
Company and the Buyers of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Buyers and their respective counsel.
(6) Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Buyers or other persons in accordance
with Section 4(m)(iii)(3) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again
offered to the Buyers under the procedures specified in this Agreement.
(iv) The restrictions contained in subsection (ii) and (iii) of this Section 4(m) shall not
apply with respect to any Excluded Securities (as defined in the Notes).
(n) Stockholder Approval. The Company shall provide each stockholder entitled to
vote at a special or annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Stockholder Meeting”),
which initially shall be promptly called and held not later than May 22, 2006, a proxy statement
(the “Proxy Statement”), substantially in the form which has been previously reviewed by the Buyers
and a counsel of their choice at the expense of the Company which shall not exceed $10,000,
soliciting each such stockholder’s affirmative vote at the Stockholder
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Meeting for approval of resolutions (the “Resolutions”) providing for the Company’s issuance
of all of the Securities as described in the Transaction Documents in accordance with applicable
law and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market (such affirmative approval being referred
to herein as the “Stockholder Approval”), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
solicit its stockholders’ approval of the Resolutions and to cause the Board to recommend to the
stockholders that they approve the Resolutions. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York Time, on the
fifth Business Day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement the Proxy Statement shall
be filed by the Company with the SEC (the “Proxy Filing Date”). The Company shall set the record
date for purposes of voting at the Stockholder Meeting as the fifth Business Day following the
Proxy Filing Date. If, despite the Company’s best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained
on or prior to May 31, 2006, the Company shall cause an additional stockholder meeting to be held
each calendar quarter until such Stockholder Approval is obtained.
5. TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent, and any subsequent
transfer agent, and cause QX to issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any
subsequent transfer agent, as applicable, to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable
balance accounts at DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the
Conversion Shares, Exchange Shares and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to
time by each Buyer to the Company upon the conversion or exchange of the Notes or the exercise of
the Warrants in the form of Exhibit H attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions”). The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5 will be given by the Company to the
Transfer Agent or by QX to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent with respect to
the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and
records of the Company or QX, as applicable, and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities
in accordance with Section 2(f), the Company shall permit the transfer (or cause QX to permit the
transfer, as applicable) and shall promptly instruct the Transfer Agent or QX’s transfer agent, as
applicable, to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts
at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale,
transfer or assignment. In the event that such a sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion
Shares, Exchange Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the Transfer Agent or QX’s transfer agent, as
applicable, shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be,
without any restrictive legend. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations
hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the
remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5 will be inadequate and agrees,
in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5,
that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or
injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the
necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
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6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY OBLIGATION TO SELL.
The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and the related Warrants
to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each
of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and
may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior
written notice thereof:
(a) Such Buyer shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Company.
(b) Such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Notes and the
related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately
available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
(c) The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except
for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and such Buyer shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and
conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at
or prior to the Closing Date.
7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Notes and the related Warrants at the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following
conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by
such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice
thereof:
(a) Each of the Company and QX shall have (i) executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) executed and delivered the Notes and related
Warrants (in such amounts as such Buyer shall request) being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing
pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Such Buyer shall have received the opinions of the Company’s US counsel and British Virgin
Islands counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, each in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyers.
(c) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the
Company’s transfer agent and by QX’s transfer agent (as soon as reasonably practicable after QX’s
transfer agent is appointed).
(d) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the incorporation
and good standing (if applicable) of the Company and each of its
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Subsidiaries in such corporation’s jurisdiction of incorporation issued by the Secretary of
State or other comparable authority of such jurisdiction of incorporation as of a date within 10
days of the Closing Date.
(e) The Company Common Stock (i) shall be listed on the Principal Market and (ii) shall not
have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the
Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as
of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B) by falling
below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Market.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Memorandum and
Articles of Association and Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date (the “Certificate of
Incorporation”) as certified by appropriate authority under the laws of the British Virgin Islands
within 10 days of the Closing Date.
(g) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of
the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with this
transaction as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such
Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the Memorandum and Articles of Association
of the Company, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
(h) The representations and warranties of the Company and QX shall be true and correct as of
the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for
representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and each of the Company and QX
shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements and
conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Company or QX at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate,
executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the
foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit G.
(i) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company’s transfer agent
certifying the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding as of a date within five days
of the Closing Date.
(j) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and
approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Exchange Shares,
the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
(k) The Company and QX shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.
(l) The Company shall have obtained Stockholder Approval.
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8. TERMINATION. In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to
a Buyer on the Closing Date due to the Company’s, QX’s or such Buyer’s failure to satisfy the
conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party’s failure to waive such
unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement
with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date without liability of any
party to any other party; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated
by a Buyer pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the
non-breaching Buyers for the expenses described in Section 4(f) above.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the
construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the
internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of
law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each
party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder
or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and
hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding
is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to
process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party
at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The Company and QX hereby
appoint Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq., with offices at 0000 XXX Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, as their agent for service of process. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE
ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(b) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical
counterparts, all of which 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;
provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the
signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a
facsimile signature.
(c) Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and
shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
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(d) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity
or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or
written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, QX, their Affiliates and Persons acting on
their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments
referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters
covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the
Company, QX nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect
to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in
writing signed by the Company, QX and the holders of Notes representing at least a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or, if prior to the Closing Date, the Buyers listed on the
Schedule of Buyers as being obligated to purchase at least a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, and any amendment to this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of
this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Notes, as applicable. No provision
hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom
enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less
than all of the holders of the Notes then outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid
to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the
Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Documents, holders of Notes, holders of the Warrants, as the case may be. The Company
and QX have not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms
or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in
the Transaction Documents.
(f) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or
permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by
facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and
kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight
courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses
and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
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If to the Company or QX:
Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc.
Qiao Xing Science Industrial Park
Xxxx Xxxx
Huizhou City, Guangdong,
People’s Republic of China 516023
Facsimile No.: 000-00-000-0000-000
Telephone No.: 000-00-000-0000-000
Attn.: Chairman
Qiao Xing Science Industrial Park
Xxxx Xxxx
Huizhou City, Guangdong,
People’s Republic of China 516023
Facsimile No.: 000-00-000-0000-000
Telephone No.: 000-00-000-0000-000
Attn.: Chairman
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, P.C.
0000 XXX Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
0000 XXX Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
If to the Transfer Agent:
Computershare Trust Company, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Vice President & Trust Officer
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Vice President & Trust Officer
If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies
to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as
the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior
to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of
such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated
by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number
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and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service
shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight
courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
Any document shall be deemed to have been duly served if marked for the attention of the agent
at its address (as set out above) or such other address in the United States as may be notified to
the party wishing to serve the document and delivered in accordance with the notice provisions set
forth in this Section 9(f).
If the Company and QX’s agent at any time ceases for any reason to act as such, the Company
and QX shall appoint a replacement agent having an address for service in the United States and
shall notify each Buyer in writing of the name and address of the replacement agent. Failing such
appointment and notification, each Buyer shall be entitled by notice to the Company and QX to
appoint a replacement agent to act on the Company and QX’s behalf. The provisions of this Section
9(f) applying to service on an agent apply equally to service on a replacement agent.
(g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the
Notes or the Warrants. Neither the Company nor QX shall assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of at least a majority of
the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued and issuable hereunder, including by way of a
Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions
governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants). A Buyer may assign
some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such
assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.
(h) No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit
of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
(i) Survival. Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the
representations and warranties of the Company and QX and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3,
the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing and the
delivery and exercise of Securities, as applicable. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its
own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and
performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other
agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in
order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) Indemnification. (i) In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of
the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the
Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall
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defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder of the
Securities and all of their shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and
direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives
(including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of
action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in
connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for
which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or
arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or
warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or
document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of
the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document
contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against
such Indemnitee by a third party that is not an Affiliate of such Indemnitee (including for these
purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from
(I) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other
certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (II) any transaction financed
or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of
the Securities, or (III) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the
Company. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any
reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of
the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.
(ii) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 9(k) of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding)
involving an Indemnified Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a claim for indemnification in
respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 9(k), deliver to
the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party
shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense
thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnitee; provided,
however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and
expenses of not more than one counsel for such Indemnitee to be paid by the indemnifying party, if,
in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnitee, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnitee
and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests
between such Indemnitee and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. Legal
counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Investors
holding at least a majority of the Notes. The Indemnitee shall cooperate fully with the
indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Indemnified
Liabilities by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information
reasonably available to the Indemnitee that relates to such action or Indemnified Liabilities. The
indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnitee fully apprised at all times as to the status of the
defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable
for any settlement of any
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action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however,
that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, consent to entry of
any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnitee of a release
from all liability in respect to such Indemnified Liabilities or litigation. Following
indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights
of the Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter
for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying
party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such
indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnitee under this Section 9(k), except to the extent
that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(iii) The indemnification required by this Section 9(k) shall be made by periodic payments of
the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are
received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.
(iv) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (x) any cause of
action or similar right of the Indemnitee against the indemnifying party or others, and (y) any
liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.
(l) No Strict Construction. 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.
(m) Remedies. Each Buyer and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and
remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have
been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such
holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement
shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security),
to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all
other rights granted by law. Furthermore, each of the Company and QX recognizes that in the event
that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction
Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company and QX
therefore agree that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief
in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or
other security.
(n) Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever
any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the
Company or QX, as applicable, does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods
therein provided, then such Buyer 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.
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(o) Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to
the Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or
exercise their rights hereunder or 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.
(p) Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other
Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any
other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to
constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of
entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers 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
Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction
contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled
to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising
out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for
any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to
the Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
QIAO XING UNIVERSAL TELEPHONE, INC.
By: | Title: |
QX:
QIAO XING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD.
By: | Title: |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to
the Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
DKR SOUNDSHORE OASIS HOLDING FUND LTD.
By: | Title: |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to
the Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS:
CEDAR DKR HOLDING FUND LTD.
By: | Title: |
SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||||||
Principal | Number of | Legal Representative's | ||||||||||
Buyer | Address and Facsimile Number | Amount of Notes | Warrant Shares | Address and Facsimile Number | ||||||||
DKR SoundShore
Oasis Holding Fund
Ltd.
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0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Residence: Bermuda |
36,000,000 | 896,973 | Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq. Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 Telephone: (000) 000-0000 |
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CEDAR DKR Holding Fund Ltd. |
0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Residence: Cayman Islands |
4,000,000 | 99,664 | Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq. Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 Telephone: (000) 000-0000 |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Form of Note |
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Exhibit B | Form of Warrant |
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Exhibit C | Form of the Company’s Registration Rights Agreement |
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Exhibit D | Form of the Registration Rights Agreement of Qiao Xing Mobile
Communications Co. Ltd. |
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Exhibit E | Form of Guaranty |
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Exhibit F | Form of Voting Agreement |
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Exhibit G | Form of Officer’s Certificate |
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Exhibit H | Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions |
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Exhibit I | Form of Secretary’s Certificate |
SCHEDULES
Schedule 3(a) | Subsidiaries |
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Schedule 3(g) | Capitalization |
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Schedule 3(n) | Title to Assets |
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Schedule 3(o) | Patents and Trademarks |
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Schedule 3(v) | Placement Agent’s Fees |
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Schedule 3(ff) | Indebtedness and Other Contracts |
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Schedule 3(jj) | China Subsidiaries |
EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT B
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EXHIBIT C
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EXHIBIT D
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EXHIBIT E
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EXHIBIT F
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EXHIBIT G
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EXHIBIT H
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EXHIBIT I
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