0001144204-14-071393.txt : 20141128 0001144204-14-071393.hdr.sgml : 20141127 20141128162224 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-14-071393 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20141128 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141128 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: China Housing & Land Development, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001303330 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GEN BUILDING CONTRACTORS - RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS [1520] IRS NUMBER: 201334845 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-81759 FILM NUMBER: 141256056 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6 YOUYI DONG LU, HAN YUAN 4 LOU CITY: XI'AN, SHAANXI PROVINCE STATE: F4 ZIP: 710054 BUSINESS PHONE: 86-029-82582632 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6 YOUYI DONG LU, HAN YUAN 4 LOU CITY: XI'AN, SHAANXI PROVINCE STATE: F4 ZIP: 710054 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Pacific Northwest Productions Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040915 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lu Pingji CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001309884 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O LANBO FINANCIAL INVESTMENT COMPANY STREET 2: 6 YOUYI DONGLU, XINGXING HANYUAN CITY: XI'AN STATE: F4 ZIP: 710054 SC 13D 1 v391209_sc13d.htm SCHEDULE 13D

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*

 

China Housing & Land Development, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

16939V103

(CUSIP Number)

 

Pingji Lu

1008 LIUXUE ROAD, BAQIAO DISTRICT

XI’AN, SHAANXI PROVINCE 710038 P.R. CHINA

86-29-83328813

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

December 8, 2006

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ¨.

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 
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CUSIP No. 16939V103

 

1 NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Pingji Lu
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
 
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

PF, OO
5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

 ¨

6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
People’s Republic of China
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
 
5,034,505*
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
 
0
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
5,034,505*
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
0
11

 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

5,034,505*

12

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(See Instructions)

 

¨

13

 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

14.47%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

 

IN

 

 

* Mr. Pingji Lu (“Mr. Lu” or the “Reporting Person”) became a greater than 5% beneficial owner of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of China Housing & Land Development, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Issuer”), on the event date identified on the cover page to this Schedule 13D (the “Event Date”). As of the Event Date, the Reporting Person beneficially owned 3,539,500 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock (which constituted approximately 17.17% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2006, as reported in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 2, 2007) and had (a) sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 3,539,500 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and (b) shared voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 0 share of the Issuer’s Common Stock. Subsequent to the Event Date, the Reporting Person acquired additional shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock as described below.

 

 
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As of July 2, 2008, the Reporting Person acquired 411,435 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and owned in the aggregate 3,950,935 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock (which constituted approximately 12.79% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of September 30, 2008, as reported in the Issuer’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on December 23, 2008) and had (a) sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 3,950,935 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and (b) shared voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 0 share of the Issuer’s Common Stock.

 

As of July 17, 2009, the Reporting Person disposed 411,435 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and owned in the aggregate 3,539,500 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock (which constituted approximately 11.40% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 12, 2009, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12, 2009) and had (a) sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 3,539,500 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and (b) shared voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 0 share of the Issuer’s Common Stock.

 

As of March 26, 2014, the Reporting Person acquired 600,500 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and owned in the aggregate 4,457,999 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock (which constituted approximately 12.93% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 15, 2014, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15, 2014) and had (a) sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 4,457,999 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and (b) shared voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 0 share of the Issuer’s Common Stock.

 

The Reporting Person acquired 166,400 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock on March 27, 2014 and an additional 272,106 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock on March 28, 2014. As of March 28, 2014, the Reporting Person beneficially owned in the aggregate 4,896,505 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock (which constituted approximately 14.20% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 15, 2014, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15, 2014) and had (a) sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 4,896,505 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and (b) shared voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 0 share of the Issuer’s Common Stock.

 

The amounts reported on the cover sheet of this Schedule 13D reflect the Reporting Person’s beneficial ownership of the Issuer’s Common Stock as of the filing date of this Schedule 13D.

 

** Based on 34,848,158 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer as of June 10, 2014 as reported in the Issuer’s preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Issuer with the SEC on August 26, 2014.

 

 
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Explanatory note: Notwithstanding the absence of a previously filed Schedule 13D by Mr. Lu, his beneficial ownership was disclosed in the Issuer’s annual proxy statement each year from 2009 to 2013, as well as the preliminary proxy statement filed on August 26, 2014 in connection with the Issuer’s special meeting. Mr. Lu has also filed various Form 4 reports from time to time under Section 16 of the Exchange Act to report transactions in the Common Stock.

 

Item 1.  Security and Issuer.

 

This Schedule 13D relates to the Common Stock of the Issuer. The Issuer’s principal offices are located at 1008 Liuxue Road, Baoqiao District, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, 710038, the People’s Republic of China.

 

Item 2.  Identity and Background.

 

This Schedule 13D is being filed by Mr. Lu, Chairman of the Board of the Issuer. The business address for Mr. Lu is: 1008 Liuxue Road, Baoqiao District, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, 710038, PRC. Mr. Lu is a citizen of People’s Republic of China.

 

During the period beginning 5 years prior to the Event Date through the date of filing this Schedule 13D, Mr. Lu has not, (a) been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), or (b) been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting, or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or a finding of any violation with respect to such laws.

 

Item 3.  Source or Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

As of the date of filing this Schedule 13D, Mr. Lu may be deemed to beneficially own 5,034,505 shares of the Common Stock, as detailed in Item 5 below. Mr. Lu initially acquired the Common Stock through a combination of (i) a cashless share exchange on December 8, 2006, (ii) compensation packages in connection with his employment with the Issuer, and (iii) open market purchases using personal funds. With respect to shares that Mr. Lu acquired in the open market, the aggregate purchase price was approximately US$2,384,477.92.

 

Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction.

 

Mr. Lu has served as the Chairman of the Board since joining the Issuer in September 1999. Before January 12, 2009, Mr. Lu also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer. He resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer on January 12, 2009 but has remained as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Lu acquired the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by him through a combination of (i) a cashless share exchange on December 8, 2006, (ii) compensation packages for his services to the Issuer, and (iii) open market purchases using personal funds. The Issuer’s Common Stock reported as beneficially owned herein was acquired solely for investment purposes.

 

Except as disclosed in the preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Issuer with the SEC on August 26, 2014, Mr. Lu does not currently have and, during the time in which Mr. Lu beneficially owned shares of the Common Stock, since the Event Date through the date of filing this Schedule 13D, did not have, any plans or proposals that relate to or would result in: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present board of directors or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board; (e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer; (f) any other material change in the Issuer’s business or corporate structure; (g) changes in the Issuer’s charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person; (h) causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above. 

 

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

(a)-(b) As of the date of filing this Schedule 13D, Mr. Lu beneficially owned 5,034,505 shares of the Common Stock, representing approximately 14.47% of the Issuer’s outstanding Common Stock based on 34,800,558 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer as of November 13, 2014 as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with SEC on November 14, 2014. Of these 5,034,505 shares of the Common Stock, Mr. Lu had (a) sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 5,034,505 shares of the Common Stock and (b) shared voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 0 share of the Common Stock.

 

 
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(c) The following transactions in the Issuer’s Common Stock were effected by Mr. Lu in the 60 days prior to the Event Date through the date of filing this Schedule 13D:

 

Party Effecting Transaction Transaction
Date
Shares
Acquired
Shares
Disposed
Price Per
Share1
Description of
Transaction
Mr. Lu 12/08/2006 3,539,500 0 $0 Share Exchange2
Mr. Lu 07/02/2008 411,435 0 $0 2007 Share Compensation
Mr. Lu 07/17/2009 0 411,435 $0 Share Cancellation due to Valuation Adjustment Mechanism3
Mr. Lu 07/06/2009 59,999 0 $0 2008 Share Compensation
Mr. Lu 05/29/2012 120,000 0 $0 2011 Share Compensation
Mr. Lu 07/03/2013 138,000 0 $0 2012 Share Compensation
Mr. Lu 03/26/2014 600,500 0 $2.26 Open Market Purchase
Mr. Lu 03/27/2014 166,400 0 $2.38 Open Market Purchase
Mr. Lu 03/28/2014 272,106 0 $2.32 Open Market Purchase
Mr. Lu 06/05/2014 138,000 0 $0 2013 Share Compensation

 

(d) Not applicable.

 

(e) Not applicable.

 

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

The Issuer entered into a securities purchase agreement with private placement purchasers on May 9, 2007, pursuant to which in the event that the after-tax net income of the Issuer during the fiscal year 2007 was not less than US$16,300,000.00 but the after-tax net income of the Issuer during the fiscal year 2008 was less than US$35,800,000.00, as reported in the Issuer’s audited financial statements for the relevant fiscal year, the Issuer shall pay such private placement purchasers 510,000 management-held shares (shares mortgaged for the make-good provision payment). The Issuer’s net income in 2007 was US$16,686,116 but in 2008 it decreased to US$9,555,853. Because the Issuer failed to meet performance goal for fiscal year 2008, management-held shares were distributed to private placement purchasers, among which 411,435 shares were held by Mr. Lu. As of July 17, 2009, the Issuer completed the distribution of management-held shares to the private placement purchasers.

 

A “form of” the securities purchase agreement is attached as Exhibit 1 to this Schedule 13D. The full text of such agreement is incorporated herein by reference. The summary above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement.

 

Except as otherwise described herein, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings, or relationships (legal or otherwise) between Mr. Lu and any other person with respect to any securities of the Issuer.

 

 

 

1 Exclusive of brokerage commissions and fees.

2 Mr. Lu exchanged 500,000 shares of another company’s common stock for 3,539,500 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock with a stockholder of the Issuer on December 8, 2006 without any cash consideration.

3 Pursuant to a securities purchase agreement between the Issuer and private placement purchasers on May 9, 2007.

 

 
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Item 7.  Material to Be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1Form of the Securities Purchase Agreement between the Issuer and private placement purchasers.

 

 

 

 
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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: November 28, 2014

 

 

PINGJI LU
 

By:  /s/ Pingji Lu

Pingji Lu, Individually 

 

 


 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

     

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit Description

   
1   Form of the Securities Purchase Agreement between the Issuer and private placement purchasers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EX-99.1 2 v391209_ex1.htm EXHIBIT 1

Exhibit 1

 

 

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of , 2007 among China Housing and Land Development, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and the purchasers identified on the signature page hereto (including their successors and assigns, each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers desire to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Warrants (as defined herein), the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein), and the Lock-up Agreement (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:

 

Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. With respect to the Purchasers, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as any of the Purchasers will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

 

Baqiao” means that certain property acquired pursuant to that certain Shares Transfer Agreement entered into on March 9, 2007, between the Company and the shareholders of Xi’an New Land Development Co., Ltd.

 

Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

Closing Date” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Investment Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter have been reclassified or changed into.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock or other securities that entitle the holder to receive, directly or indirectly, Common Stock.

 

Company Counsel” means Baker & McKenzie, LLP.

 

Disclosure Schedules” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.

 

Effective Date” means the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.

 

Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules

and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Excepted Issuance” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

 

GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Knowledge” means, with respect to any statement made to the knowledge of a party, that the statement is based upon actual knowledge of the officers of such party having responsibility for the matter or matters that are the subject of the statement, after due inquiry.

 

Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

 

Investment Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below each Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Investment Amount”, payable in United States Dollars and in immediately available funds.

 

Lead Investor” means Lake Street Fund LP.

 

Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

 

Liens” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

Lock-up Agreement” means the Lock-up Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and its directors, management and founding shareholders, as specified in the Lock-up Agreement, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

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Make-Good Escrow” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.20.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).

 

Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Placement Agent” means Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

 

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

Public Float” means that the aggregate outstanding number of shares held by investors not affiliated with the Company.

 

Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchaser, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Shares and Warrant Shares by the Purchasers as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

 

Right of First Refusal Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

SFO” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.18.

 

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Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement, par value $0.001 per share.

 

Short Sales” shall include all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a).

 

Subsequent Financings” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

 

Subsequent Financing Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

 

Trading Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Lock-up Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time); (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers and reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

Warrants” means collectively the Common Stock purchase warrants, in the form of Exhibit D delivered to each Purchaser at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(b) hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to five years.

 

Warrant Call” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.22.

 

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

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ARTICLE II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1 Closing.

 

On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers agree to purchase (i) 9,261,844 Shares at a price of $2.70 per Share and (ii) Warrants exercisable into approximately 2,778,553 Shares, with an exercise price equal to the lower of (a) $4.50 per Share and (b) $0.90 above the market VWAP of the last three trading days prior to the Closing Date. The Warrants shall have a term of five (5) years. The Purchasers shall deliver to the Company via wire transfer or certified check immediately available funds equal to their applicable Investment Amounts and the Company shall deliver to the Purchasers their respective Shares and Warrants, pro rata with each Purchaser’s Investment Amount, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a) and the other items set forth in Section 2.2 issuable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Baker & McKenzie LLP, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree. The commission payable to the Placement Agent shall be paid in full upon Closing.

 

2.2 Deliveries.

 

(a) On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii) a certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to each Purchasers’ applicable Investment Amount registered in the name of the Purchaser, as provided for in Schedule 2.2(a)(ii);

 

(iii) a Warrant registered in the name of the Purchaser exercisable into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 30% of the number of shares of Common Stock purchased by each Purchaser hereunder , with the exercise price set forth in Section 2.1 above, subject to adjustment therein;

 

(iv) the legal opinion of Company Counsel and/or Nevada counsel, in agreed form, addressed to the Purchasers;

 

(v) the Registration Rights Agreement, as provided for in Exhibit B, duly executed by the Company; and

 

(vi) a copy of the duly executed Lock-up Agreement, as set forth in Exhibit A.

 

(b) On the Closing Date, each of the Purchasers shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

 

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(i) this Agreement duly executed by each of the Purchasers;

 

(ii) the Purchasers’ applicable Investment Amounts by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the Company; and

 

(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Purchasers.

 

2.3 Closing Conditions.

 

(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;

 

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and

 

(iii) the delivery by the Purchasers of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.

 

(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;

 

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;

 

(iv) since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably could have or result in (i) an adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, or (ii) a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(v) no statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;

 

(vi) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchasers, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Shares at the Closing; and

 

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(vii) the delivery by the Company of the agreements entered into by the Company in connection with its purchase of Baqiao.

 

ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Purchasers concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure Schedules”) which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to the Purchasers.

 

(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then references in the Transaction Documents to the Subsidiaries will be disregarded.

 

(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default 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 the Subsidiaries 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, could not, individually, or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

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(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

 

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby 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, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, 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) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually, or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.6, (ii) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) filings required by state securities laws in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, which when permitted, will be made prior to the Effectiveness Date (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), (iv) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Shares, Warrants and the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (v) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

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(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the Warrants in order to issue the Shares and the Warrant Shares. The Securities are not subject to any preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

(g) Capitalization. Other than disclosed in the SEC Reports and as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), the Company has not issued any capital stock other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or exercise of outstanding Common Stock Equivalents all as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g). No securities of the Company are entitled to preemptive or similar rights and no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. As of the date of this Agreement, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports and as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g) and as a result of the purchase and sale of the Warrants, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of the capital stock of the Company, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock, or securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) 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. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the Knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

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(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) 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. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 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 Commission 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. The Company maintains and will continue to maintain a standard system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP and the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

(i) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that, individually, or in the aggregate, 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, (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 Commission, and (C) other liabilities that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (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 and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

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(j) Litigation. Other than as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 3.1(j), 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) (collectively, an “Action”) 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 Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. No executive officer, to the Knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(k) Labor Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(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 or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could not, individually, or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is in compliance with all effective requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, that are applicable to it, except where such noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not, individually, or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“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. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens described in Schedule 3.1(n) and Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

(o) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights or similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could, individually, or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. All such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and do not violate or infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of others in any respect that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Company's or the Subsidiary's Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(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, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Investment Amount. To the best Knowledge of the Company, such insurance contracts and policies are accurate and complete. 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.

 

(q) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company 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. In particular, the Company is not an Affiliate of Xindadi and is not under common control with Xindadi.

 

(r) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company is in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures as of the date prior to the filing date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) or, to the Knowledge of the Company, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal controls.

 

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(s) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market. Except as described in Schedule 3.1(s), the Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including "piggy-back" registration rights) to have any securities of the Company registered with the Commission or any other governmental authority that have not been satisfied.

 

(t) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

 

(u) Registration Rights. Each Purchaser has the right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities held by such Purchaser, in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(v) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its Knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 24 months preceding the date hereof, received notice 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, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The issuance and sale of the Securities under the Transaction Documents does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed or quoted, and no approval of the stockholders of the Company thereunder is required for the Company to issue and deliver to each Purchaser the Securities contemplated by the Transaction Documents. As of the date hereof, the Company’s Common Stock is listed on the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

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(w) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the representations and warranties made herein are true and correct with respect to such representations and warranties and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

(x) No Integrated Offering. 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 the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

(y) Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the Company’s cash and fair saleable value of its assets in an orderly liquidation 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). The Company has no Knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date.

 

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(z) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no Knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(aa) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers.

 

(bb) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers.

 

(cc) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchasers are acting solely in the capacity of arm’s length purchasers with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Purchasers are not acting as financial advisors or fiduciaries of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by the Purchasers or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Purchasers that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(dd) Acknowledgement Regarding Purchasers’ Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and agreed by the Company (i) that the Purchasers have not been asked to agree, nor have the Purchasers agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that past or future open market or other transactions by the Purchasers, including Short Sales, and specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) that the Purchasers, and counter parties in “derivative” transactions to which the Purchasers are a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) that the Purchasers shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) the Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined and (b) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

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(ee) Manipulation of Price. The Company has not, and to its Knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other than for the placement agent’s placement of the Securities), or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

 

(ff) Press Releases. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the two (2) years preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.

 

(gg) No Additional Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with the Purchasers with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.

 

3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchasers hereby represent and warrant as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:

 

(a) Organization; Authority. Each of the Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of each Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which each Purchaser is a party has been duly executed by each Purchaser, and when delivered by each Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

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(b) Own Account. Each Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting each Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or warranty by each Purchaser to hold the Securities for any period of time. Each Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. None of the Purchasers has any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.

 

(c) Purchaser Status. At the time each Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. The Purchasers are not required to be registered as broker-dealers under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

 

(d) Experience of the Purchaser. Each Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such Knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Each Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(e) General Solicitation. Each Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

(f) Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof. Other than the transaction contemplated hereunder, none of the Purchasers has, directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with any of the Purchasers, executed any disposition, including Short Sales, in the securities of the Company during the period commencing from the time that each Purchaser first received a term sheet from the Company or any other Person setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case that any of the Purchasers is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers have no direct Knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, each Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

 

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The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser 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 3.2.

 

ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1 Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an affiliate of the Purchasers or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act.

 

(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:

 

[NEITHER] THESE SECURITIES [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE]] HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

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The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchasers may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, each Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the expense of the Purchaser, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.

 

(c) Certificates evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) whenever the Shares and Warrant Shares are registered for resale under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale or transfer of such Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) while such Shares or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a standing legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. Following such time as restrictive legends are not required to be placed on certificates representing the Shares or Warrant Shares, the Company will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by the Purchaser to the Company or the Company's transfer agent of (i) a certificate representing such Shares or Warrant Shares containing a restrictive legend (endorsed or with stock power attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect reissuance and/ or transfer), or (ii) an Exercise Notice in the manner stated in the Warrants to affect the exercise of such Warrant in accordance with its terms (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser a certificate representing such Shares or Warrant Shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1(c). Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System.

 

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4.2 Right of First Refusal and Anti Dilution Provisions.

 

(a) Prior to the end of Fiscal Year 2008, the Purchasers shall have a right of first refusal, to invest and to participate in any subsequent placements or offerings of Common Stock, except in connection with (i) full or partial consideration in connection with a strategic merger, acquisition, consolidation or purchase of substantially all of the securities or assets of corporation or other entity which holders of such securities or debt are not at any time granted registration rights, (ii) the Company's issuance of securities in connection with strategic license agreements and other partnering arrangements so long as such issuances are not for the purpose of raising capital which holders of such securities or debt are not at any time granted registration rights, (iii) the Company's issuance of Common Stock or the issuances or grants of options to purchase Common Stock pursuant to stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans described on Schedule 5(d) hereto, (iv) as a result of the exercise of Warrants pursuant to this Agreement or any other Agreements or obligations entered into by the Company prior to this Agreement, (v) the payment of any liquidated damages or other damages pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (vi) as a result of underwritten offerings conducted by the Company and (vii) as has been described in the Reports or Other Written Information filed with the Commission not later than three Business Days before the Closing Date (collectively the foregoing are “Excepted Issuances”). The Purchasers shall be given prior written notice of no less than fourteen (14) business days (the “Subsequent Financing Notice”) prior to any such placements or offerings of Common Stock which are not Excepted Issuances (“Subsequent Financings”). The Purchaser who decides to exercise its rights pursuant to this Section shall provide a written notice to the Company (the “Right of First Refusal Notice”) no later than seven (7) business days following the receipt of the Subsequent Financing Notice, providing the amount that such Purchaser is committed to invest. The Purchaser is deemed to have waived its right of first refusal if the Company does not receive the Right of First Refusal Notice by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh business day of the Right of First Refusal Notice period. In the event such terms and conditions are modified during the Subsequent Financing Notice period, the Purchasers shall be given prompt notice of such modification and shall have the right during the fourteen (14) business days following the notice of modification to exercise such right.

 

(b) Other than in connection with the Excepted Issuances and prior to the end of fiscal year 2008, if the Company shall offer, issue or agree to issue any common stock to any person or entity at a price per share which shall be less than the price of the Shares, or less than the Warrant exercise price in respect of the Warrant Shares, without the consent of each Purchaser, then the Company shall issue, for each such occasion, additional shares of Common Stock to each Purchaser so that the average per share purchase price of the Shares issued to the Purchasers (of only the Common Stock or Warrant Shares still owned by the Purchaser) is equal to such other lower price per share and the Warrant exercise price shall automatically be adjusted as provided in the Warrants. The average Purchase Price of the Shares and average exercise price in relation to the Warrant Shares shall be calculated separately for the Shares and Warrant Shares. The delivery to the Purchasers of the additional shares of Common Stock shall be not later than the closing date of the transaction giving rise to the requirement to issue additional shares of Common Stock. The Purchasers are granted the registration rights described in the Registration Rights Agreement in relation to such additional shares of Common Stock, except that the Filing Date and Effective Date vis-a-vis such additional Shares shall be the forty-fifth (45th) day after the closing date giving rise to the requirement to issue the additional shares of Common Stock.

 

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4.3 Furnishing of Information. As long as the Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as the Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchaser to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.

 

4.4 Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchaser or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market.

 

4.5 Conversion and Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchaser in order to exercise the Warrants. No additional legal opinion or other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchaser to exercise its Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

4.6 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. By 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Trading Day following the execution of this Agreement, and by 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Trading Day following the Closing Date, the Company shall issue press releases disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby and the Closing. On the Trading Day following the execution of this Agreement the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the Transaction Documents (and attach as exhibits thereto the Transaction Documents), and on the Trading Day following the Closing Date the Company will file an additional Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose the Closing. In addition, the Company will make such other filings and notices in the manner and time required by the Commission and the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Purchaser, or include the name of the Purchaser in any filing with the Commission (other than the Registration Statement and any exhibits to filings made in respect of this transaction in accordance with periodic filing requirements under the Exchange Act) or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations.

 

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4.7 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other Person that the Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any shareholder rights plan or similar plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that the Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchaser. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

 

4.8 Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide the Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

4.9 Reimbursement. The Company shall reimburse the Lead Investor for legal fees up to, but in no event more than, US$30,000.00, for the services of its counsel retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.10 Indemnification of Purchaser. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10 and in addition to the indemnity provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will indemnify and hold the Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls the Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling person (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach, misrepresentation or inaccuracy of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser, or any of its respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of the Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a material breach of the Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings that the Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by the Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s material breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchaser in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.

 

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4.11 Equal Treatment. 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 is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents.

 

4.12 Form D. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of the Purchaser.

 

4.13 Subsequent Registrations. Other than pursuant to the Registration Statement, prior to the Effective Date, the Company may not file any registration statement (other than on Form S-8) with the Commission with respect to any securities of the Company.

 

4.14 Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board (or another nationally recognized Trading Market). The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in such application the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Purchaser to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will use best efforts and take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed or quoted and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such Trading Market.

 

4.15 Form SB-2 and Form S-1 Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the resale of the Shares and the Warrant Shares by the Purchaser under Form SB-2 or Form S-1 promulgated under the Securities Act and the Company hereby covenants and agrees to use its best efforts to maintain its eligibility to use Form SB-2 until the Registration Statement covering the resale of the Shares and Warrant Shares shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission. If for any reason the Company is not eligible to register the resale of the Shares and the Warrant Shares by the Purchaser under Form SB-2, the Company covenants and agrees to register the resale of the Shares and Warrant Shares on Form S-1 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

4.16 Registration Rights. The Company shall register the Shares and the shares underlying the Warrants pursuant (“Registrable Securities”) to the terms set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement within forty-five (45) days from the Closing Date. If the Registrable Securities are not registered by six (6) months after the Closing Date, the Company shall pay to each Purchaser an amount equal to 1% per month of the aggregate Investment Amount paid by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement. Such penalty shall not apply if delays in registration are due to Commission comments or concerns for any reason relating to or involving Rule 415 of the Securities Act or its interpretation. In the event that the number of Shares and the shares underlying the Warrants to be registered on the initial registration statement as permitted by the Commission is less than the full amount of the Registrable Securities as a result of Rule 415 of the Securities Act or its interpretation, the Company shall file one or more subsequent registration statements to register the rest of the Registrable Securities until all Registrable Securities are registered, which shall be filed within thirty (30) days from the day when the Company becomes qualified or permitted by the Commission to file a new subsequent registration statement to registered the rest of the Restrable Securities; provided that each of such subsequent registration statement shall only register the number of Registrable Securities as permitted under Rule 415 of the Securities Act or its interpretation. Each Purchaser’s shares registered in the subsequent registrations are on a pro rata basis. If a subsequent registration statement is not filed by the deadline, damages equal to the amount of 1.0% of the remaining unregistered principal amount shall be paid to the Purchaser on the first business day after the deadline, and on each anniversary of said date (applied on a daily pro rata basis) until such registration statement is filed.

 

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4.17 Board of Directors. The Company covenants and agrees that it will appoint the requisite number of directors and of independent directors in order to comply with Nasdaq Global Market listing requirements as soon as is reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement. The Company covenants and agrees that, as soon as is reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Lead Investor shall have the right to approve one (1) director to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company as designated in writing by the Lead Investor.

 

4.18 Senior Financial Officer. The Company covenants and agrees that, as soon as is reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, it will retain the services of a Senior Financial Officer, subject to the approval of the Lead Investor (“SFO”), with experience in matters relating to public companies and Commission compliance and requirements. Failure to appoint a SFO by March 30th, 2008 shall result in penalties to the Company in the form of 1% per month additional shares of Common Stock based on the Shares already issued at the Closing, to be issued and allocated among the Purchasers pro rata in accordance with their applicable Investment Amounts.

 

4.19 Make-Good Obligation. In the event that the after-tax net income of the Company during fiscal year 2007 is less than US$16,300,000.00, as reported in the Company’s audited financial statements for fiscal year 2007, the Company shall pay the Purchasers 510,000 management-held shares, held in Make-Good Escrow as set forth in Section 4.20 below, to be distributed to the Purchasers pro rata in accordance with their respective Investment Amounts. In the event that the after-tax net income of the Company during fiscal year 2008 is less than US$35,800,000.00, as reported in the Company’s audited financial statements for fiscal year 2008, the Company shall pay the Purchasers either (i) 510,000 management-held Shares, if the after-tax net income of the Company during fiscal year 2007 was equal to or greater than US$16,300,000.00, to be distributed pro rata in accordance with each Purchaser’s respective Investment Amounts, or (ii) 510,000 newly issued Shares of Common Stock by the Company, if the after-tax net income of the Company during fiscal year 2007 was less than US$16,300,000.00, as reported in the Company’s audited financial statements for fiscal year 2007, and the 510,000 management-held shares have already been distributed to the Purchasers in accordance with this Section 4.19, to be distributed pro rata in accordance with each Purchaser’s respective Investment Amount. The costs associated with the make-good guarantee shall not be included as a cost towards the determination of the after-tax net income for each year.

 

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4.20 Make-Good Escrow. In order to comply with the requirements of Section 4.19 above, the Company shall place in escrow 510,000 shares of Common Stock held by management, (the “Make-Good Escrow”). The Make-Good Escrow agent shall be appointed by the Lead Investor and the Company.

 

4.21 Public Company Activities. Beginning with the quarter ending in June, 2007, the Company shall conduct conference calls on a quarterly basis. The management of the Company shall visit the United States two times per annum to meet with current and potential investors. The Company shall retain the services of a reputable investor relations company.

 

4.22 Callable Warrants. If the VWAP of the Company’s Common Stock price for any continuous period of twenty (20) days equals or exceeds 200% above the Warrants’ exercise price, the Company can send a call notice on the warrants to the Purchasers for the mandatory exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Call”). The Purchasers shall have sixty (60) calendar days notice for the Warrant Call. If the Purchaser cannot exercise the Warrant within sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of Warrant Call, the Warrant shall be cancelled, forfeited and avoided by the Company. The Company may send a Warrant Call only after the Securities shall have been registered for thirty (30) calendar days.

 

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Fees and Expenses. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale of the Shares.

 

5.2 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated prior to Closing:

 

(a) by written agreement of the Purchaser and the Company; and

 

(b) by the Company or the Purchaser upon written notice to the other, if the Closing shall not have taken place by 6:30 p.m. Eastern time on May 15, 2007; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section shall not be available to any Person whose failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such time.

 

Upon a termination in accordance with this Section, the Company and the Purchaser shall not have any further obligation or liability (including as arising from such termination) to the other except pursuant to Section 4.10.

 

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5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, discussions, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

 

5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile (provided the sender receives a machine-generated confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

 

5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

5.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

 

5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. The Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom the Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply to the Purchaser.

 

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5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.10 (as to each Purchaser Party).

 

5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City 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 (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), 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 improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. 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 via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

5.10 Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery, exercise and/or conversion of the Securities, as applicable for the applicable statue of limitations.

 

5.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.

 

5.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

 

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5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever the Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then the Purchaser 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; provided, however, in the case of a rescission of exercise of a Warrant, the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded exercise notice.

 

5.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

5.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchaser and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

5.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or the Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

5.17 Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

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5.18 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.

 

5.19 Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the liability of the Purchaser arising directly or indirectly, under any Transaction Document of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Purchaser, and that no trustee, officer, other investment vehicle or any other Affiliate of the Purchaser or any investor, shareholder or holder of shares of beneficial interest of the Purchaser shall be personally liable for any liabilities of the Purchaser.

 

(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

CHINA HOUSING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT, INC.  Address for Notice:

 

 

By:   
 Name:
 Title:

 

 

 

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Name of Purchaser:  
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:  
Name of Authorized Signatory:  
Title of Authorized Signatory:  
Email Address of Purchaser:  

 

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):

 

 

 

 

Investment Amount:

Warrant Shares:

EIN Number:

 

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Annex A

 

CLOSING STATEMENT

 

Pursuant to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto, the Purchaser shall purchase up to $25,000,000.00 of Shares and Warrants from China Housing and Land Development, Inc. (the “Company”). All funds will be wired into an escrow account maintained by Signature Bank, escrow agent to the Company. All funds will be disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.

 

Disbursement Date: May 1, 2007 

 

  
  
I.PURCHASE PRICE

 

Gross Proceeds to be Received in Escrow $

 

II.DISBURSEMENTS

 

  $
  $
  $
  $
  $
   
Total Amount Disbursed: $

 

 

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:

 

 

To:     
     
     
     
     
     
     
To:     

 

 

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