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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-10-068720
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101228
ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE: 20101229
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101229
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Shiner International, Inc.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001369774
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNSUPPORTED PLASTICS FILM & SHEET [3081]
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 8-K
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33960
FILM NUMBER: 101278952
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 19/F, DIDU BUILDING, RIVER PEARL PLAZA
STREET 2: NORTH LONGKUN ROAD, HAIKOU
CITY: HAINAN PROVINCE
STATE: F4
ZIP: 570125
BUSINESS PHONE: 86-898-68581104
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 19/F, DIDU BUILDING, RIVER PEARL PLAZA
STREET 2: NORTH LONGKUN ROAD, HAIKOU
CITY: HAINAN PROVINCE
STATE: F4
ZIP: 570125
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Cartan Holdings Inc.
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060720
8-K
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 28,
2010
Shiner International,
Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Nevada
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001-33960
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98-0507398
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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19/F,
Didu Building, Pearl River Plaza, No. 2 North Longkun Road
Haikou,
Hainan Province, China 570125
(Address
of principal executive offices; zip code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
86-898-68581104
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to
Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e
4(c))
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement.
On
December 28, 2010, Shiner International, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into one
or more Securities Purchase Agreements (as defined below) with a number of
accredited investors (each an “Investor” and, collectively, the “Investors”) in
connection with a private placement transaction providing for, among other
things, the issuance of up to 3,333,333 units (the “Units”), with each Unit
consisting of one share of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Shares”) and a warrant to purchase twenty
percent (20%) of one (1) share of the Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.70
per share (the “Warrants”), at a purchase price of $1.20 per Unit (the “Offering
Price”) for an aggregate offering of a minimum of $3,000,000 and up to a maximum
of $4,000,000 (the “Offering”). At the closing of the Offering, the Company
issued approximately 2.6 million Units and received gross proceeds in the amount
of $3.13 million. As a result of the issuance of the Shares and,
assuming exercise of the Warrants and issuance of the shares issuable upon such
exercise (the “Warrant Shares”), Investors shall receive or be entitled to
receive an aggregate of 3,130,000 shares of Common Stock.
The
transaction documents memorializing the financing include a Securities Purchase
Agreement for Non-US Persons and a Regulation D Securities Purchase Agreement
(collectively, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Warrants, a
Registration Rights Agreement and various ancillary certificates and exhibits in
support thereof. Roth Capital Partners LLC provided financial advisory services
to Shiner in conjunction with the financing and received compensation in the
aggregate amount of $75,000.
The
following is a brief summary of each of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement. These summaries are not
complete, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of
the agreements or forms of the agreements, which are attached as exhibits to
this Current Report on Form 8-K. Readers should review those agreements or forms
of agreements for a more complete understanding of the terms and conditions
associated with this transaction. The only difference in the
Securities Purchase Agreement for Non-US Persons and the Regulation D Securities
Purchase Agreement is in the representations and warranties made by the
Investor.
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
The
Securities Purchase Agreement provides for the purchase by the Investors and the
sale by the Company of Units, each Unit consisting of a Share and a Warrant to
purchase 20% of a Share of Common Stock. The Securities Purchase Agreement
contains representations and warranties of the Company and the Investors which
are typical for transactions of this type. The representations and warranties
made by the Company in the Securities Purchase Agreement may be qualified by
reference to certain exceptions contained in disclosure schedules delivered to
the Investors. Accordingly, the representations and warranties contained in the
Securities Purchase Agreement should not be relied upon by third parties who
have not reviewed those disclosure schedules, if any, and the documentation
surrounding the transaction as a whole. The Securities Purchase
Agreement contains covenants on the part of the Company which are typical for
transactions of this type.
WARRANTS
The
Warrants entitle the Investors to purchase up to an aggregate of 521,664 Shares
of Common Stock. The Warrants are exercisable in whole or in part upon issuance
and will remain exercisable for a twenty seven month period. The
exercise price of the Warrants is $1.70 per share of common stock, subject to
adjustment in certain circumstances as set forth in the form of
Warrant.
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
The
Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to file a registration
statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) for the resale of the
Shares and the Warrant Shares. The Registration Statement must be filed by
February 28, 2011 and be deemed effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) on or before June 27, 2011. The
Registration Statement must remain effective and available for use until earlier
of the date all of the securities covered by the registration statement have
been sold or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 free of volume
limitations.
If (i)
the Registration Statement is not filed on or before February 28, 2011, (ii) the
Company fails to file a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
(iii) the Registration Statement is not declared effective by June 27, 2011 as a
result of a failure of the Company to meet its obligations or, (iv) following
effectiveness, ceases to remain continuously effective or available to the
Investors for a defined period of time (collectively, the “Event”), the Company
is required to pay liquidated damages in an amount equal to 1.5% of the purchase
price of all registrable securities then held by the Investors and still subject
to Rule 144 volume limitations for each thirty (30) calendar day period until
the Event is cured, subject to a cap of 10%. The Registration Rights
Agreement provides for customary indemnification for the Company and the
Investor.
This
summary is not complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
full text of the agreement or form of the agreement, which is attached as an
exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Readers should review that agreement
or form of agreement for a more complete understanding of the terms and
conditions associated with this transaction.
The
Securities Purchase Agreement for Non-US Persons, the Securities Purchase
Agreement. the Registration Rights Agreement and a form of Warrant are attached
as Exhibits 10.11, 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14, respectively, to this Current Report
on Form 8-K. The above descriptions are qualified by reference to the complete
text of the documents and agreements described. However, those documents and
agreements, including without limitation the representations and warranties
contained in those documents, are not intended as documents for investors and
the public to obtain factual information about the current state of affairs of
the parties to those documents and agreements. Rather, investors and the public
should look to other disclosures contained in the Company’s reports under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item
3.02 Unregistered Sales
of Equity Securities
On
December 28, 2010, the Company agreed to issue the Shares and Warrants described
in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K in exchange for aggregate gross
proceeds of $3.13 million on the closing of the transactions described in the
Securities Purchase Agreement. The Warrants are immediately exercisable, expire
on the twenty seven month anniversary of their issuance and entitle their
holders to purchase up to 521,664 shares of Common Stock at an initial exercise
price of $1.70 per share, subject to adjustment as described in Item 1.01. The
details of this transaction are described in Item 1.01, which is incorporated in
its entirety by this reference into this Item 3.02.
The
Shares and the Warrants were issued to accredited investors in reliance upon the
exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, as
well as Regulation D and Regulation S promulgated by the Commission
thereunder.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
EXHIBIT
NO.
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DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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10.11
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Securities
Purchase Agreement for Non-US Persons, dated as of December 28, 2010,
between the Company and the Investors thereto
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10.12
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Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2010, between the Company and
the Investors thereto
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10.13
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Form
of Warrant of the Company
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10.14
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2010, by and between the
Company and the Investors
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99.1
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Press
Release of Shiner International, Inc., dated December 29,
2010.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Dated: December
29, 2010
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SHINER
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Qingtao Xing
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Qingtao
Xing
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President
& Chief Executive
Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
EXHIBIT
NO.
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DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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10.11
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Securities
Purchase Agreement for Non-US Persons, dated as of December 28, 2010,
between the Company and the Investors thereto
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10.12
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Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2010, between the Company and
the Investors thereto
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10.13
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Form
of Warrant of the Company
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10.14
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2010, by and between the
Company and the Investors
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99.1
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Press
Release of Shiner International, Inc., dated December 29,
2010
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Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT
10.11
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND
ARE PROPOSED TO BE ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT. UPON ANY SALE, SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE REOFFERED FOR SALE
OR RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
REGULATION S, PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FOR
NON-US PERSONS
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(the “Agreement”), dated
as of December 28, 2010, by and among Shiner International, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, with headquarters located at 19/F, Didu Building, Pearl River
Plaza, No. 2 North Longkun Road, Haikou, Hainan Province, China 570125 (the
”Company”), and the
investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto (individually, a
“Investor” and
collectively, the “Investors”).
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 903
of Regulation S promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to offer, issue and
sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally and not jointly, desire to
purchase from the Company, up to 3,333,333 units (the “Units”), with each Unit
consisting of one share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company
(the “Shares”) and a
warrant to purchase twenty percent (20%) of one (1) share of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $1.70 per share (the “Warrants”), at a purchase
price of $1.20 per Unit (the “Offering Price”) for an
aggregate offering of a minimum of $3,000,000 and up to a maximum of $4,000,000
(the “Offering”). The
Units, Shares, Warrants and shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants (the “Warrant
Shares”) are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and for
other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which is
hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Investors agree as
follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF
UNITS.
(i) Subject
to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7
below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor
severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing
Date (as defined below), the number of Units set forth opposite such Investor’s
name on the Schedule of Investors (the “Closing”).
(ii) Closing. The date and
time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be the
first business day following notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the
conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below at the offices of
Stevens & Lee P.C., 1818 Market Street, 29th Floor,
Philadelphia, PA 19103 (or such other place as mutually agreed upon by the
parties hereto). By agreement of the parties hereto, the Closing may be
alternatively accomplished by facsimile transmission to the respective offices
of legal counsel for the parties of the requisite documents, duly executed where
required, with originals to be delivered by overnight courier service on the
next business day following the Closing Date.
(iii) Purchase Price. The
aggregate purchase price for the Units to be purchased by each Investor at the
Closing (the “Purchase
Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Investor’s name in
the Schedule of Investors. The minimum investment for each Investor shall be
8,000 Units, for a minimum Purchase Price of $10,000.
(b) Form of Payment. On
the Closing Date, (i) each Investor shall pay its Purchase Price for the Shares
and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Investor at the Closing, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written
wire instructions to be delivered to the Investor, and (ii) the Company
shall deliver to each Investor the Shares and the Warrants, in each case duly
executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Investor or
its designee.
2. INVESTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. The Investor hereby acknowledges, represents
and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company as follows:
(a) The
Investor understands that the Units are being offered and sold in reliance on an
exemption from the registration requirements of United States federal and state
securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of
the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings
of the Investor set forth herein in order to determine the applicability of such
exemptions and the suitability of the Investor to acquire the
Units. In this regard, the Investor represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Company as follows:
(i) The
Investor has (x) carefully reviewed this Agreement and the Confidential
Purchaser Questionnaire attached as Exhibit “A” hereto, the Form of Warrant
attached as Exhibit “B” hereto and the Registration Rights Agreement attached as
Exhibit “C” hereto, as well as all of the Company’s filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (“Exchange Act”), copies of which may be accessed through the “SEC
Filings” tab on the Company’s website at http://www.shinerinc.com/html/investor.asp
(the “’34 Act Filings”),
and (y) understands the information contained in each such document including,
but not limited to, the ’34 Act Filings.
(ii) The
Investor has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and each of
the Transaction Documents, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents has been duly authorized, if applicable, and this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents constitute a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Investor.
(iii) All
documents, records and books pertaining to the Company and/or this investment
that the Investor has requested have been made available for inspection by him
and/or his attorney, accountant and other advisor(s);
(iv) The
Investor and/or the Investor’s advisors, if any, have had a reasonable
opportunity to ask questions of and receive information and answers from a
person or persons acting on behalf of the Company concerning the offering of the
Units and all such questions have been answered and all such information has
been provided to the full satisfaction of the Investor;
(v) Neither
the Investor nor the Investor’s advisors, if any, have been furnished any
offering literature other than this Agreement and the exhibits attached hereto
and the Investor and the Investor’s advisors, if any, have relied only on the
information contained in this Agreement, the exhibits attached hereto and the
’34 Act Filings, and the information, as described in subparagraphs (ii) and
(iii) above, furnished or made available to them by the Company;
(vi) No
oral or written representations have been made and no oral or written
information has been furnished to the Investor or the Investor’s advisors, if
any, in connection herewith that were in any way inconsistent with the
information set forth in this Agreement, the exhibits attached hereto and the
’34 Act Filings;
(vii) The
Investor is not subscribing for the Units as a result of or subsequent to any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or
presented at any seminar or meeting;
(viii) The
Investor acknowledges that he has conducted his own independent evaluation of
the Company and has analyzed the risks associated with an investment in the
Units and has based the decision to invest in the Units on the results of this
evaluation and analysis;
(ix) The
Investor’s overall commitment to investments that are not readily marketable is
not disproportionate to the Investor’s net worth and the Investor’s investment
in the Company will not cause such overall commitment to become disproportionate
to the Investor’s net worth;
(x) If
the Investor is a natural person, the Investor has reached the age of majority
in the jurisdiction in which the Investor resides, has adequate net worth and
means of providing for the Investor’s current financial needs and personal
contingencies, is able to bear the substantial economic risks of an investment
in the Units for an indefinite period of time, has no need for liquidity in such
investment and, at the present time, could afford a complete loss of such
investment;
(xi) The
address set forth below is the Investor’s true and correct residence (or, if not
an individual, domiciliary) address;
(xii) The
Investor (A) has such knowledge of, and experience in, business and financial
matters so as to enable him to utilize the information made available to him in
connection with the offering of the Units in order to evaluate the merits and
risks of an investment in the Units and to make an informed investment decision
with respect thereto, (B) the Investor has carefully evaluated the risks of
investing and (C) has the capacity, either alone, or with a professional
advisor, to protect his own interests in connection with a purchase of the
Units;
(xiii) The
Investor is not relying on the Company with respect to the economic
considerations of the Investor relating to this investment. In regard
to such considerations, the investor has relied on the advice of, or has
consulted with, only his own advisors. The Investor recognizes that
the information furnished by the Company does not constitute investment,
accounting, legal or tax advice. The Investor is relying on
professional advisors for such advice;
(xiv) The
Investor is acquiring the Units solely for his own account as principal, for
investment purposes only and not with a view to the resale or distribution
thereof, in whole or in part, and no other person has a direct or indirect
beneficial interest in such Units. Further, the Investor does not have any
contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell,
transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person, with
respect to the Units for which the Investor is subscribing or any part of the
Units;
(xv) Any
resale of the Securities during the ‘distribution compliance period’ as defined
in Rule 902(f) to Regulation S shall only be made in compliance with exemptions
from registration afforded by Regulation S. Further, any such sale of
the Securities in any jurisdiction outside of the United States will be made in
compliance with the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The
Investor will not offer to sell or sell the Securities in any jurisdiction
unless the Investor obtains all required consents, if any.
(xvi) The
Units are being offered and sold in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws
under Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act and that the Company is
relying upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties,
agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein
in order to determine the applicability of such exemptions and the suitability
of the Investor to acquire the Units. In this regard, the Investor
represents, warrants and agrees that:
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The
Investor is not a U.S. Person and is not an Affiliate of the Company and
is not acquiring the Securities for the account or benefit of a U.S.
Person.
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At
the time of the origination of contact concerning this Agreement and the
date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Investor was
outside of the United States.
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The
Investor will not, during the period commencing on the date of issuance of
the Securities and ending on the first anniversary of such date, or such
shorter period as may be permitted by Regulation S or other applicable
securities law (the “Restricted Period”),
offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Securities in the United
States, or to a U.S. Person for the account or for the benefit of a U.S.
Person, or otherwise in a manner that is not in compliance with Regulation
S.
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The
Investor will, after expiration of the Restricted Period, offer, sell,
pledge or otherwise transfer the Securities only pursuant to registration
under the Securities Act or an available exemption therefrom and, in
accordance with all applicable state and foreign securities
laws.
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The
Investor was not in the United States, engaged in, and prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period will not engage in, any short selling
of or any hedging transaction with respect to the Securities, including
without limitation, any put, call or other option transaction, option
writing or equity swap.
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Neither
the Investor nor or any person acting on his behalf has engaged, nor will
engage, in any directed selling efforts to a U.S. Person with respect to
the Securities and the Investor and any person acting on his behalf have
complied and will comply with the “offering restrictions” requirements of
Regulation S under the Securities
Act.
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The
transactions contemplated by this Agreement have not been pre-arranged
with a buyer located in the United States or with a U.S. Person, and are
not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.
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Neither
the Investor nor any person acting on his behalf has undertaken or carried
out any activity for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected
to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the United States, its
territories or possessions, for any of the Securities. The
Investor agrees not to cause any advertisement of the Securities to be
published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and
not to issue any circular relating to the Securities, except such
advertisements that include the statements required by Regulation S under
the Securities Act, and only offshore and not in the U.S. or its
territories, and only in compliance with any local applicable securities
laws.
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(xvii) The
Investor understands that the certificate(s) evidencing ownership of the Shares
and the Warrant Shares and the Warrants will each bear a restrictive legends in
substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of the certificates for such securities):
THE
SECURITIES ARE BEING OFFERED TO INVESTORS WHO ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED
IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (“THE SECURITIES
ACT”)) AND WITHOUT REGISTRATION WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN RELIANCE UPON REGULATION S PROMULGATED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
TRANSFER
OF THESE SECURITIES IS PROHIBITED, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
REGULATION S, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS MAY NOT
BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
(xviii) The
Investor understands that, except as provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under
the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for
sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered
thereunder or (B) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of
counsel selected by the Investor, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred
may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration and (ii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any
obligation to register the Securities under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption
thereunder.
(xix) The
Investor understands that the Securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be sold or transferred
unless (x) such sale or transfer is subsequently registered thereunder;
(y) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel
(which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company) to the
effect that the securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred
pursuant to an exemption from such registration; or (z) the securities are
sold pursuant to an available exemption from registration;
(xx) The
Investor understands that the price of the Units has been determined arbitrarily
by the Company and may not be indicative of the true value of the
Units. The Investor understands that no assurances can be given that
the Shares, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares could be resold by the Subscriber
for the Purchase Price or any price and he has made an independent determination
of the fairness of the Purchase Price; and
(xxi) The
Investor has completed and returned to the Company a Confidential Purchaser
Questionnaire. The information provided by the Investor in the
Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire is true and correct and the Investor
understands that the Company is relying upon such information in connection with
the purchase of the Units by the Investor.
(b) The
Investor recognizes that an investment in the Units involves a number of
significant risks including, but not limited to, those risks described in the
’34 Act Filings.
(c) The
Investor understands that no federal or state agency has passed upon the Units
or made any finding or determination as to the fairness of this investment in
the Units.
(d) All
information that the Investor has heretofore furnished and furnishes herewith to
the Company are true, correct and complete as of the date of execution of this
Agreement and if there should be any material change in such information prior
to the Closing, the Investor will immediately furnish such revised or corrected
information to the Company.
(e) The
Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company intends to pay 3CM Partners,
Inc. at final Closing an amount equal to $165,000 in the aggregate for
pre-transaction services, including but not limited to due diligence and
structuring, and, reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses and Investor legal
fees.
(f) The
foregoing representations, warranties and agreements, together with all other
representations and warranties made or given by the Investor to the Company in
any other written statement or document delivered in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, shall be true and correct in all respects on
and as of the date of the Closing as if made on and as of such date and shall
survive such date. If more than one Investor is signing this
Agreement, each representation, warranty and undertaking herein shall be the
several and not joint representation, warranty and undertaking of such
Investors.
3. COMPANY’S REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. The Company
hereby acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Investor
as follows:
(a) Organization,
Qualification. Each of the Company and its “Significant Subsidiaries”
(which for purposes of this Agreement means any joint venture or any entity in
which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the capital stock
or holds a majority equity or similar interest) is duly incorporated or
otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, 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 Significant
Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. Each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is
duly qualified to conduct its 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.
The Company has no Significant Subsidiaries except as set forth in ’34 Act
Filings.
(b) 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”
(which is defined to include this Agreement, the Share certificate, the Warrant,
the Registration Rights Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder) and otherwise to
carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of
each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, the
issuance of the Securities and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of
the Shares and the Warrant Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company in connection therewith. 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, will constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and
remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
(c) No Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby
including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities and the
reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants Shares,
do not and will not:
(i) conflict
with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Significant Subsidiary’s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents;
(ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Significant Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is a party or
by which any property or asset of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is
bound or affected; or
(iii) result
in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree
or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities
laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary is bound or affected.
(d) No Consent, Etc. 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, foreign or other governmental authority or other
Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of the Transaction Documents, other than (to the extent required):
(i) the
filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with
the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement;
(ii) filings
required by state securities laws; and
(iii) those
that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this
Agreement.
The
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or
circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of
the registration or filings pursuant to the preceding clauses. The
Company is not in violation of the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market (the
“Principal Market”) and
has no knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to the termination or
suspension of the trading of the Common Stock in the foreseeable
future.
(e) The
Units have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with
the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances. The
Company has reserved from its duly authorized Common Stock, the Shares and such
number of additional shares of Common Stock as equal 125% of the Warrant Shares
issuable as of the date hereof. Assuming the accuracy of each of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, the
offer and sale by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration
under the Securities Act.
(f) None
of the Company, any of its affiliates, and any Person acting on 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 require
registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause this
offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company
for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of
any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the
Company are listed or designated. Neither the Company, nor any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their
behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising
(within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the
Securities.
(g) Equity
Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as
of the date hereof, 24,688,155 are issued and outstanding and 1,760,050 shares
are reserved for issuance (other than the Units, the Shares and the
Warrants). All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon
issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable. Except as disclosed in the '34 Act Filings: (i) none
of the Company’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other
similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the
Company; (ii) no shares of Common Stock are entitled to preemptive rights or
registration rights and there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip,
rights to subscribe to, call or commitments of any character whatsoever relating
to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is
obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities
Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement); (iv) there are no
outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are
no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company
or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a
security of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; and (v) there
are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions
that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities.
(h) Exchange Act Filings.
The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, and, since September 30, 2009, the Company has timely filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed
by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act,
including the ’34 Act Filings. The Company has not provided to the
Purchasers any material non-public information or other information which,
according to applicable law, rule or regulation, was required to have been
disclosed publicly by the Company but which has not been so disclosed, other
than with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. At the
times of their respective filings, the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2009, including the accompanying financial statements, and it’s
Form 10-Qs for the first three quarters of 2010 complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder and other federal, state and local laws, rules
and regulations applicable to such documents, and, as of their respective dates,
none of these filings contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the
Company included in the ’34 Act Filings comply as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations with respect
thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in
such financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited
interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be
condensed or summary statements), and fairly present in all material respects
the financial position of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries as of 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 year-end audit
adjustments).
(i) Absence of Certain Events,
Liabilities, etc. No event, liability, development or circumstance has
occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur with respect to the Company, its
Significant Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, prospects,
operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the
Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1
filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common
Stock and which has not been publicly announced. Except as disclosed
in the ’34 Act Filings, neither the Company nor any of its Significant
Subsidiaries has any liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent
or otherwise) other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s
or its Significant Subsidiaries respective businesses since December 31, 2009
and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries. As
used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means
any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations,
results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the
transactions contemplated hereby and the other Transaction Documents or by the
agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or
therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(j) Indebtedness. Except
as disclosed in the ’34 Act Filings, neither the Company nor any of its
Significant Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined
below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation
of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract,
agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any
contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where
such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate,
in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or
instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the
judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a)
any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $100,000 (other
than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b)
all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of
Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in
the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of
any lease payments in excess of $25,000 due under leases required to be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any
Significant Subsidiary is in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
(k) Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant
Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting
on behalf of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries has, in the
course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)
violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee.
(l) Related
Transactions. Except as set forth in the Company’s ‘34 Act
Filings, none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course
services as employees, officers or 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 such officer, director or employee or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, any
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer,
director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee or partner.
(m) Title to
Assets. Each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries
has good and marketable title to all of its real and personal property reflected
in its most recent Form 10-K, free and clear of any mortgages, pledges, charges,
liens, security interests or other encumbrances, except for those disclosed in
such Form 10-K or its Form 10-Qs thereafter filed with the SEC or such that,
individually or in the aggregate, do not cause a Material Adverse
Effect. All said leases of the Company and each of its Significant
Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and in full force and effect.
(n) Litigation. Except as
set forth in the ‘34 Act Filings, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any
court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the
Company’s Significant Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or its Significant
Subsidiaries’ officers or directors.
(o) Insurance. The
Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the
businesses in which the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are
engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Significant Subsidiary has
been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the
Company nor any such Significant 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 at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) Tax
Matters. There are no federal, state, county or local
taxes due and payable by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
which have not been paid. The provisions for taxes on the most recent
balance sheet of the Company are sufficient for the payment of all accrued and
unpaid federal, state, county and local taxes of the Company whether or not
assessed or disputed as of the respective dates of such balance
sheets. The Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries has duly
filed all federal, state, county and local tax returns required to have been
filed by it and there are in effect no waivers of applicable statutes of
limitations with respect to taxes for any year. Neither the Company
nor any Significant Subsidiary is presently subject to a federal or state tax
audit of any kind.
(q) Off Balance Sheet
Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship
between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that
is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so
disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(r) OFAC. None
of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of
the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting
on behalf of any of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will
not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Units, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Significant
Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales
or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country
sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(s) Disclosure. The
Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has
provided any of the Investors or their agents or counsel with any information
that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material,
nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that each
of the Investors will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) Efforts to Satisfy
Conditions. Each party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 8
and 9 of this Agreement.
(b) Reporting Status.
Until the date on which the Investors (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) shall have sold all the Warrant Shares and none of the
Shares or Warrants is outstanding
(the “Reporting
Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed
with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate
its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if
the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit
such termination.
(c) Financial
Information. Unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR
and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, the Company agrees to
send the following to each Investor during the Reporting Period (i) within five
(5) Business Days (as defined herein) after the filing thereof with the SEC, a
copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, any interim reports or any consolidated
balance sheets, income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash
flow statements for any period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form
8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed
pursuant to the Securities Act, (ii) within one (1) Business Day after the
release thereof, facsimile copies of all material press releases issued by the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, (iii) within two (2) Business
Days after the release thereof, facsimile copies of all other press releases
issued by the Company and (iv) copies of any notices and other information made
available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally,
contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the
stockholders.
(d) Listing. The Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly secure the listing of
all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation
system, if any, upon which the common stock is then listed (subject to official
notice of issuance) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain such listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable
under the terms of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the common stock’s authorization for
quotation on the Principal Market. The Company shall not, nor shall it cause or
permit any of its Significant Subsidiaries to, take any action that would be
reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock
on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in
connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(d).
(e) Fees. The Company
shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial
advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by the
Investor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the Agent. The
Company shall pay, and hold the Investor harmless against, any liability, loss
or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and
out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any
such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each
party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale
of the Securities to the Investor. Without limiting the foregoing,
the Company agrees to pay to 3CM Partners Inc. at the final Closing an amount
not to exceed $210,000 in the aggregate for pre-transaction services, including
but not limited to due diligence and structuring, and, reimbursement for
out-of-pocket expenses and Investor legal fees.
(f) Pledge of Securities.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by the
Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or
financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of
Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the
Securities hereunder, and the Investor shall not be required to provide the
Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without
limitation, Section 2(a)(xviii) hereof; provided that the Investor and its
pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(a)(xviii)
hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such
pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as
a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge
of the Securities to such pledgee by the Investor.
(g) Disclosure of Transactions
and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York Time,
on the first
Trading Day following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release
describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York Time, on the fourth Trading Day
following the date hereof, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K
describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents in the form required by the Exchange Act, and attaching the material
Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all
schedules to this Agreement), the form of each of the Shares, the form of
Warrant, and the Registration Rights Agreement as exhibits to such filing
(including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after
the Closing, the Investor shall not be in possession of any material, nonpublic
information received from the Company or any of its respective officers,
directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in this Agreement or the
8-K Filing. The Company shall not, and shall cause its officers, directors,
employees and agents, not to, provide the Investor with, and the Investor shall
not request, any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company from and
after the Closing without the express written consent of the Investor. In the
event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company or any of its
officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy
provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, the Investor shall have the
right to request the Company to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press
release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic
information without the prior approval by the Company or any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents. The Investor shall not have any liability to the
Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents for
any such disclosure. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company nor the
Investor shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the
Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Investor, to make
any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions
(i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously
therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided
that in the case of clause (i) the Investor shall be consulted by the Company in
connection with and given an opportunity to review and comment on any such press
release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Investor, or
include the name of the Investor in any filing with the SEC or any regulatory
agency or the Principal Market, without the prior written consent of such
Investor, except (i) for disclosure thereof in the 8-K Filing or Registration
Statement or (ii) as required by law or Principal Market regulations or any
order of any court or other governmental agency, in which case the Company shall
provide such Investor with prior notice of such disclosure.
(h) Integration. None of
the Company or its affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take
any action or steps referred to in Section 3(f) that would require registration
of any of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause the offering of the
Securities to be integrated with other offerings.
(i) Holding Period. For
the purposes of Rule 144, the Company acknowledges that the holding period of
the Warrant Shares may be tacked onto the holding period of the Warrants (in the
case of Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) and the Company agrees
not to take a position contrary to this Section 4(j).
(j) Use of Proceeds. The
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate
and working capital purposes, as well as possible acquisitions and not for any
other reason. .
(k) Reservation of
Shares. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all
times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than
(i) 100% of the number of Shares issuable hereunder and (ii) 125% of the Warrant
Shares (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the
Warrants set forth in the Warrants).
(l) Conduct of
Business. The business of the Company and its Significant
Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or
regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not
result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) New Auditor.
The Company shall engage a new independent public accounting firm (the “New Auditor”) reasonably
acceptable to the Majority Investors to conduct the Company’s audit for its
fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. The Company shall obtain the written
consent of the Majority Investors prior to engaging the New Auditor, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. For purposes hereof, “Majority Investors” shall mean
the Investor or Investors holding a majority of the shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to this Agreement.
5. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) In
addition to all rights and remedies available to each Investor at law or in
equity, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and fully defend, save and hold
each Investor and subsequent holder of the Units and the securities underlying
the Units, and their partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents,
successors and assigns (collectively, the “Investor Indemnified Parties”)
harmless from and against any and all losses (including, without limitation,
diminutions in value), liabilities, obligations, damages, claims, causes of
action, judgments, assessments, penalties, costs and expenses, deficiencies,
interest, penalties or fines, which shall arise at any time or from time to time
whether or not arising out of any claims by or on behalf of any other Person,
including the reasonable fees, expenses, disbursements and all reasonable
amounts paid in investigation, defense, settlement of any of the foregoing of
one firm of attorneys and one firm of each other type of professionals
(collectively, “Losses”)
based upon, attributable to, in connection with, relating or incidental to or
resulting from:
(i) the
misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty of the Company set
forth in the Transaction Documents;
(ii) the
nonfulfillment or breach of any covenant on the part of the Company under any
Transaction Document; or
(iii) any
action, demand, proceeding, investigation or claim by any third-party
(including, without limitation, governmental agencies) against or affecting the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary which, if successful, would give rise to
or evidence the existence of or related to a breach of (i) any of the
representations or warranties at the time made or (ii) covenants of the
Company.
(b) In
the event that any third-party legal proceedings shall be instituted or any
third-party claim or demand (a “Claim”) shall be asserted by
any Person in respect of which payment may be sought under this Section 5, the
Investor Indemnified Party shall promptly cause written notice of the assertion
of any Claim of which it has knowledge which is covered by this indemnity to be
forwarded to the Company. The Company shall have the right, at its
sole option and expense, to be represented by counsel of its choice, which must
be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and to assume the defense
of, negotiate, settle or otherwise deal with any Claim which relates to any
Losses indemnified against hereunder. If the Company elects to assume the
defense of, negotiate, settle or otherwise deal with any Claim which relates to
any Losses indemnified against hereunder, it shall within five days of receipt
of written notice of the assertion of a Claim (or sooner, if the nature of the
Claim so requires) notify the Investor Indemnified Party of its intent to do
so. If the Company elects not to defend against, negotiate, settle or
otherwise deal with any Claim which relates to any Losses indemnified against
hereunder or fails to notify the Investor Indemnified Party of its election as
herein provided or contests its obligation to indemnify the Investor Indemnified
Party for such Losses under this Agreement, the Investor Indemnified Party may
defend against, negotiate, settle or otherwise deal with such
Claim. If the Investor Indemnified Party defends any Claim, then the
Company shall reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for the reasonable
expenses of defending such Claim upon submission of periodic bills. If the
Company shall assume the defense of any Claim, the Investor Indemnified Party
may participate, at his or its own expense, in the defense of such Claim;
provided, however, that such Investor Indemnified Party shall be entitled to
participate in any such defense with separate counsel at the expense of the
Company if, (i) so requested by the Company to participate or (ii) in the
reasonable opinion of counsel to the Investor Indemnified Party, a conflict or
potential conflict exists between the Investor Indemnified Party and the Company
that would make such separate representation advisable. The parties
hereto agree to cooperate fully with each other in connection with the defense,
negotiation or settlement of any such Claim.
(c) Any
indemnification of any Investor Indemnified Party by the Company pursuant to
this Section 5 shall be effected by wire transfer of immediately available funds
from the Company to an account designated by such Investor Indemnified Party
within 15 days after the date the payment of such amount is requested, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) The
failure of the Investor Indemnified Party to give reasonably prompt notice of
any Claim shall not release, waive or otherwise affect the Company’s obligations
with respect thereto except to the extent that the Company can demonstrate
actual loss and prejudice as a result of such failure.
6. ANTI-DILUTION. If
the Company shall at any time or from time to time (the “New Issue Date”) prior to the
date that is 18 months after the date of this Agreement issue or sell (x) shares
of Common Stock or (y) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of
Common Stock at a price per share (the “New Issue Price”) that is less
than the price per share of Common Stock purchased pursuant to this Agreement
(which, for this purpose, shall be determined using the per Unit
price) (the “Original Issue Price”)
(treating the price per share of Common Stock, in the case of the issuance of
any security convertible or exchangeable or exercisable into Common Stock as
equal to (x) the sum of the price paid for such security convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable into Common Stock plus any additional consideration
payable (without regard to any anti-dilution adjustments) upon the conversion,
exchange or exercise of such security into Common Stock divided by (y) the
number of shares of Common Stock initially underlying such convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable security), then, and in each such case, the Company
shall issue and sell to the Investors that purchased Common Stock issued and
sold pursuant to this Agreement at a price of $0.001 per share, a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the difference of (i) the number of shares of
Common Stock which the aggregate Original Issue Price paid for the shares of
Common Stock held by such Investor on the New Issue Date would have purchased on
the Closing Date at the New Issue Price, and (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock held by such Investor on the New Issue Date. For purposes of any
subsequent anti-dilution adjustment for the benefit of the Investors, the
Original Issue Price shall be deemed to be the New Issue Price then in effect
prior to any such subsequent adjustment.
7. REGISTER. The
Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of
Securities), a register for the Shares and the Warrants, in which the Company
shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Shares
and the Warrants
have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), and
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The
Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business
hours for inspection of any Investor or its legal representatives.
8.
CONDITIONS
TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL. The obligation of the Company
hereunder to issue and sell the Units to each Investor at the Closing is subject
to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following
conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit
and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing
each Investor with prior written notice thereof:
(a) Such
Investor shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party and delivered the same to the Company.
(b) Such
Investor and each other Investor shall have delivered to the Company the
Purchase Price for the Units by wire transfer of immediately available funds
pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
(c) The
representations and warranties of such Investor shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are
qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and
correct in all respects) as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the
extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of
the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, and such Investor
shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed,
satisfied or complied with by such Investor at or prior to the Closing
Date.
9. CONDITIONS TO EACH
INVESTOR’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. The obligation of each Investor
hereunder to purchase the Units at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction,
at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided
that these conditions are for each Investor’s sole benefit and may be waived by
such Investor at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with
prior written notice thereof:
(a) The
Company shall have executed and delivered to such Investor (i) each of the
Transaction Documents, (ii) a certificate representing the Shares and (iii) a
Warrant.
(b) The
Company shall have delivered to such Investor (x) a certificate evidencing the
formation and good standing of the Company in such entity’s jurisdiction of
formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such
jurisdiction, as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date and (y) a
facsimile or other acceptable method of confirmation from such Secretary of
State (or comparable office) as of the Closing Date as to the continued good
standing of such entity.
(c) The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are
qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and
correct in all respects) as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the
extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of
the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, and the Company
shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed,
satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date and
such Investor shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date
executed by an authorized officer of the Company to such effect.
(d) The
Company shall have delivered to such Investor a certified copy of the Articles
of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
within five (5) days of the Closing Date.
(e) The
common stock of the Company (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on
the Principal Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing
Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market
nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as
of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or
(B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the
Principal Market.
(f) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents
and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.
(g) The
Investor shall have received the opinion of Stevens & Lee, P.C., the
Company’s U.S. counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Investor.
10. TERMINATION. In
the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to an Investor
on or before December 15, 2010 due to the Company’s or such Investor’s failure
to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 8 and 9 above (and the
nonbreaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the
nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with
respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date without
liability of any party to any other party.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York as applied to residents of
that jurisdiction executing contracts wholly to be performed
therein. The Investor agrees that any action or proceeding directly
or indirectly relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any breach hereof,
or any transaction covered hereby shall be resolved, whether by arbitration or
otherwise, within the State of New York. Accordingly, the parties
consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of New
York located within New York, New York or the United States federal courts
located in the Southern District of New York. The parties further
agree that any such relief whatsoever in connection with this Agreement shall be
commenced by such party exclusively in the state courts of the State of New York
located within New York, New York or the United States federal courts located in
the Southern District of New York.
(b) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party;
provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall
be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the
signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
(c) Headings. The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d) Severability. If any
provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction.
(e) Entire Agreement;
Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written
agreements between the Investor, the Company, their affiliates and Persons
acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this
Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding
of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and,
except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the
Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with
respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other
than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holders of at
least a majority of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued and
issuable hereunder, and any amendment to this Agreement made in conformity with
the provisions of this Section 11(e) shall be binding on the Investor and
holders of Securities, as applicable. No provision hereof may be waived other
than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is
sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to
less than all of the holders of the applicable Securities then outstanding. No
consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a
waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents
unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Documents, holders of Shares, or holders of the Warrants, as the
case may be. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements
with the Investor relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
(f) Notices. Any notices,
consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have
been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt,
when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or
electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one
Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case
properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile
numbers for such communications shall be:
If to the
Company:
Shiner International, Inc.
19/F, Didu Building, Pearl River
Plaza
No. 2
North Longkun Road
Haikou,
Hainan Province, China 570125
Attn.:
Chief Executive Officer
Copy
to:
Stevens
& Lee, P.C.
1818
Market Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19306
Attn.:
William W. Uchimoto, Esq.
If to an
Investor, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of
Investors, with copies to such Investor’s representatives as set forth on the
Schedule of Investors, or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or
to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by
written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the
effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the
recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B)
mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine
containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first
page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall
be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from
an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively; provided however that the foregoing clause (B) shall only be valid
if such communication contained in the facsimile is delivered by an overnight
courier service within 24 hours of the transmission of facsimile.
(g) Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any
purchasers of the Shares or the Warrants. The Company shall not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate number of
Registrable Securities issued and issuable hereunder, including by way of a
Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable
provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Shares and the
Warrants). An Investor may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without
the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be
an Investor hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.
(h) No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the
benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
(i) Survival. Unless this
Agreement is terminated under Section 10, the representations and warranties of
the Company and the Investors contained in Sections 2 and 3 and the agreements
and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 7 and 11 shall survive the Closing. Each
Investor shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further Assurances.
Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such
further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other
agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may
reasonably request to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(k) No Strict
Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be
the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules
of strict construction will be applied against any party.
(l) Independent Nature of
Investors’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Investor under
any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any
other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the
performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any Transaction
Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no
action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to
constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or
any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any
way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Investor confirms
that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction
contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each
Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out
of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose.
(m) Remedies. Each
Investor and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies
set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such
holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and
all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any
rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such
rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover
damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to
exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes
that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of
its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to
be inadequate relief to such Investor. The Company therefore agrees that each
Investor shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in
any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without
posting a bond or other security.
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Subscription
Information (to be completed by individual subscriber):
Units
Purchased
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Purchase
Price of Units (Number of Units Purchased x $1.20 per Unit)
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Name(s)
in which the Units is to be registered:
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Home
Address
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Mailing
Address
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Form of
joint ownership (if applicable). (If one of these items is checked,
subscriber and co-subscriber must both sign all documents.):
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on the ____ day of
December, 2010.
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[ATTACH
CHECK HERE]
THIS
PORTION NOT TO BE COMPLETED BY SUBSCRIBER
RECEIPT
AND ACCEPTANCE
FUNDS AND
AGREEMENT RECEIVED ON December __, 2010.
SUBSCRIPTION
ACCEPTED ON DECEMBER 28, 2010.
SHINER
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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WIRE
TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS
If
Subscriber wishes to wire transfer the purchase price of his Units, he or she
shall wire transfer immediately available funds in the amount of the Purchase
Price subscribed for hereunder, as follows:
Account
Name: Shiner
International Inc.
CONFIDENTIAL PURCHASER
QUESTIONNAIRE
ACCREDITED
INVESTOR STATUS
The
subscriber/investor represents that it is an Accredited Investor on the basis
that it is:
Initial
if
applicable
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subscriber/investor hereby represents that he/she is a director or
executive officer of the Company.
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(2) The
subscriber/investor hereby represents that he/she is a natural person
whose “net worth” at the time of purchase of the Securities, or joint “net
worth” with the subscriber/investor’s spouse, exceeds
$1,000,000. For purposes of this category, “net worth” is
deemed to be exclusive of the value of the
subscriber/investor’s primary residence.
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(3) The
subscriber/investor hereby represents that he/she is a natural person who
had income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or
who had joint income with the subscriber/investor’s spouse in excess of
$300,000 in each of those years, and who reasonably expects to reach the
same income level in the current year.
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(4) The
subscriber/investor hereby represents that it is an IRA, Keogh or similar
benefit plan that covers a single natural person who is an accredited
investor. (If this category is initialed, please also initial the
additional category or categories under which the natural person qualifies
as an accredited investor.)
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(5) The
subscriber/investor hereby represents that it is a trust with total assets
in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring
the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated
person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters that he/she is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an
investment in the Shares and Warrants of the Company.
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(6) The
subscriber/investor hereby represents that it is a partnership,
corporation or other entity all of whose equity owners satisfy one or more
of the conditions set forth in (1) though (5), and a certification as
to such status by each such equity owner is attached hereto.
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subscriber/investor hereby represents that he/she/it is an accredited
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EXHIBIT
10.12
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND
ARE PROPOSED TO BE ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY REGULATION D PROMULGATED UNDER
THE ACT. UPON ANY SALE, SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE REOFFERED FOR SALE OR RESOLD
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION
D, PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT
TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. HEDGING
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(the “Agreement”), dated
as of December 28, 2010, by and among Shiner International, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, with headquarters located at 19/F, Didu Building, Pearl River
Plaza, No. 2 North Longkun Road, Haikou, Hainan Province, China 570125 (the
”Company”), and the
investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto (individually, a
“Investor” and
collectively, the “Investors”).
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
of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to offer, issue and
sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally and not jointly, desire to
purchase from the Company, up to 3,333,333 units (the “Units”), with each Unit
consisting of one share of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Common Stock”), of the
Company (the “Shares”)
and a warrant to purchase twenty percent (20%) of one (1) share of the Common
Stock at an exercise price of $1.70 per share (the “Warrants”), at a purchase
price of $1.20 per Unit (the “Offering Price”) for an
aggregate offering of a minimum of $3,000,000 and up to a maximum of $4,000,000
(the “Offering”). The
Units, Shares, Warrants and shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants (the “Warrant
Shares”) are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and for
other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which is
hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Investors agree as
follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF
UNITS.
(i) Subject
to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 8 and 9
below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor
severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing
Date (as defined below), the number of Units set forth opposite such Investor’s
name on the Schedule of Investors (the “Closing”).
(ii) Closing. The date and
time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be the
first business day following notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the
conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 8 and 9 below at the offices of
Stevens & Lee P.C., 1818 Market Street, 29th Floor,
Philadelphia, PA 19103 (or such other place as mutually agreed upon by the
parties hereto). By agreement of the parties hereto, the Closing may be
alternatively accomplished by facsimile transmission to the respective offices
of legal counsel for the parties of the requisite documents, duly executed where
required, with originals to be delivered by overnight courier service on the
next business day following the Closing Date.
(iii) Purchase Price. The
aggregate purchase price for the Units to be purchased by each Investor at the
Closing (the “Purchase
Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Investor’s name in
the Schedule of Investors. The minimum investment for each Investor
shall be 8,000 Units, for a minimum Purchase Price of $10,000.
(b) Form of Payment. On
the Closing Date, (i) each Investor shall pay its Purchase Price for the Shares
and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Investor at the Closing, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written
wire instructions to be delivered to the Investor prior to Closing, and
(ii) the Company shall deliver to each Investor the Shares and the
Warrants, in each case duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in
the name of such Investor or its designee.
2. INVESTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. The Investor hereby acknowledges, represents
and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company as follows:
(a) The
Investor understands that the offering and sale of the Units by the Company to
the Investor is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act
by virtue of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and the provisions of Rule 506
of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, in accordance therewith and in
furtherance thereof, the Investor represents and warrants to and agrees with the
Company as follows:
(i) The
Investor has (x) carefully reviewed this Agreement and the Confidential
Purchaser Questionnaire attached as Exhibit “A” hereto, the Form of Warrant
attached as Exhibit “B” hereto and the Registration Rights Agreement attached as
Exhibit “C” hereto, as well as all of the Company’s filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), copies of
which may be accessed through the “SEC Filings” tab on the Company’s website at
http://www.shinerinc.com/html/investor.asp
(the “’34 Act Filings”),
and (y) understands the information contained in each such document including,
but not limited to, the ’34 Act Filings.
(ii) All
documents, records and books pertaining to the Company and/or this investment
that the Investor has requested have been made available for inspection by him
and/or his attorney, accountant and other advisor(s);
(iii) The
Investor and/or the Investor’s advisors, if any, have had a reasonable
opportunity to ask questions of and receive information and answers from a
person or persons acting on behalf of the Company concerning the offering of the
Units and all such questions have been answered and all such information has
been provided to the full satisfaction of the Investor;
(iv) Neither
the Investor nor the Investor’s advisors, if any, have been furnished any
offering literature other than this Agreement and the exhibits attached hereto
and the Investor and the Investor’s advisors, if any, have relied only on the
information contained in this Agreement, the exhibits attached hereto and the
’34 Act Filings, and the information, as described in subparagraphs (ii) and
(iii) above, furnished or made available to them by the Company;
(v) No
oral or written representations have been made and no oral or written
information has been furnished to the Investor or the Investor’s advisors, if
any, in connection herewith that were in any way inconsistent with the
information set forth in this Agreement, the exhibits attached hereto and the
’34 Act Filings;
(vi) The
Investor is not subscribing for the Units as a result of or subsequent to any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or
presented at any seminar or meeting;
(vii) The
Investor acknowledges that he has conducted his own independent evaluation of
the Company and has analyzed the risks associated with an investment in the
Units and has based the decision to invest in the Units on the results of this
evaluation and analysis;
(viii) The
Investor’s overall commitment to investments that are not readily marketable is
not disproportionate to the Investor’s net worth and the Investor’s investment
in the Company will not cause such overall commitment to become disproportionate
to the Investor’s net worth;
(ix) If
the Investor is a natural person, the Investor has reached the age of majority
in the jurisdiction in which the Investor resides, has adequate net worth and
means of providing for the Investor’s current financial needs and personal
contingencies, is able to bear the substantial economic risks of an investment
in the Units for an indefinite period of time, has no need for liquidity in such
investment and, at the present time, could afford a complete loss of such
investment;
(x)
The address set forth below is the Investor’s true and correct
residence (or, if not an individual, domiciliary) address;
(xi) The
Investor (A) has such knowledge of, and experience in, business and financial
matters so as to enable him to utilize the information made available to him in
connection with the offering of the Units in order to evaluate the merits and
risks of an investment in the Units and to make an informed investment decision
with respect thereto, (B) the Investor has carefully evaluated the risks of
investing and (C) has the capacity, either alone, or with a professional
advisor, to protect his own interests in connection with a purchase of the
Units;
(xii) The
Investor is not relying on the Company with respect to the economic
considerations of the Investor relating to this investment. In regard
to such considerations, the investor has relied on the advice of, or has
consulted with, only his own advisors. The Investor recognizes that
the information furnished by the Company does not constitute investment,
accounting, legal or tax advice. The Investor is relying on
professional advisors for such advice;
(xiii) The
Investor is acquiring the Units solely for his own account as principal, for
investment purposes only and not with a view to the resale or distribution
thereof, in whole or in part, and no other person has a direct or indirect
beneficial interest in such Units;
(xiv) The
Investor understands that the certificate(s) evidencing ownership of the Shares
and the Warrant Shares and the Warrants will each bear a restrictive legend in
substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of the certificates for such securities):
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state
securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned
in the absence of an effective registration statement for the securities under
the Securities Act, or an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope
reasonably acceptable to the Company, that registration is not required under
the Securities Act or unless sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities
Act.”
(xv) The
Investor understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under
the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for
sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered
thereunder, (B) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of
counsel selected by the Investor, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred
may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration, or (C) the Investor provides the Company with reasonable assurance
that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144
or Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act (or a successor rule thereto)
(collectively, “Rule
144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may
be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144
is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the
seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an
underwriter (as that term is defined in the Securities Act) may require
compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any
other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the
Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and
conditions of any exemption thereunder.
(xvi) The
Investor understands that the price of the Units has been determined arbitrarily
by the Company and may not be indicative of the true value of the
Units. The Investor understands that no assurances can be given that
the Shares, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares could be resold by the Investor
for the Purchase Price or any price and he has made an independent determination
of the fairness of the Purchase Price; and
(xvii) The
Investor has completed and returned to the Company a Confidential Purchaser
Questionnaire. The information provided by the Investor in the
Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire is true and correct and the Investor
understands that the Company is relying upon such information in connection with
the purchase of the Units by the Investor.
(b) The
Investor recognizes that an investment in the Units involves a number of
significant risks including, but not limited to, those risks described in the
’34 Act Filings.
(c) The
Investor understands that no federal or state agency has passed upon the Units
or made any finding or determination as to the fairness of this investment in
the Units.
(d) All
information that the Investor has heretofore furnished and furnishes herewith to
the Company are true, correct and complete as of the date of execution of this
Agreement and if there should be any material change in such information prior
to the Closing, the Investor will immediately furnish such revised or corrected
information to the Company.
(e) The
Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company intends to pay 3CM Partners,
Inc. at final Closing an amount equal to $165,000 in the aggregate for
pre-transaction services, including but not limited to due diligence and
structuring, and, reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses and Investor legal
fees.
(f) The
foregoing representations, warranties and agreements, together with all other
representations and warranties made or given by the Investor to the Company in
any other written statement or document delivered in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, shall be true and correct in all respects on
and as of the date of the Closing as if made on and as of such date and shall
survive such date. If more than one Investor is signing this
Agreement, each representation, warranty and undertaking herein shall be the
several and not joint representation, warranty and undertaking of such
Investors.
3. COMPANY’S REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. The Company
hereby acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Investor
as follows:
(a) Organization,
Qualification. Each of the Company and its “Significant Subsidiaries”
(which for purposes of this Agreement means any joint venture or any entity in
which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the capital stock
or holds a majority equity or similar interest) is duly incorporated or
otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, 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 Significant
Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. Each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is
duly qualified to conduct its 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.
The Company has no Significant Subsidiaries except as set forth in ’34 Act
Filings.
(b) 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”
(which is defined to include this Agreement, the Share certificate, the Warrant,
the Registration Rights Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder) and otherwise to
carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of
each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, the
issuance of the Securities and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of
the Shares and the Warrant Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company in connection therewith. 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, will constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and
remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
(c) No Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby
including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities and the
reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants Shares,
do not and will not:
(i) conflict
with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Significant Subsidiary’s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents;
(ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Significant Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is a party or
by which any property or asset of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is
bound or affected; or
(iii) result
in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree
or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities
laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary is bound or affected.
(d) No Consent, etc. 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, foreign 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) the
filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with
the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement;
(ii) filings
required by state securities laws;
(iii) the
filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on Form D with the SEC under Regulation
D of the Securities Act; and
(iv) those
that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this
Agreement.
The
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or
circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of
the registration or filings pursuant to the preceding clauses. The
Company is not in violation of the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market (the
“Principal Market”) and
has no knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to the termination or
suspension of the trading of the Common Stock in the foreseeable
future.
(e) The
Units have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with
the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances. The
Company has reserved from its duly authorized Common Stock, the Shares and such
number of additional shares of Common Stock as equal 125% of the Warrant Shares
issuable as of the date hereof. Assuming the accuracy of each of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, the
offer and sale by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration
under the Securities Act.
(f) None
of the Company, any of its affiliates, and any Person acting on 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 require
registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause this
offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company
for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of
any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the
Company are listed or designated. Neither
the Company, nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any
Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in
connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
(g) Equity
Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as
of the date hereof, 24,688,155 are issued and outstanding and 1,760,050 shares
are reserved for issuance (other than the Units, the Shares and the
Warrants). All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon
issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable. Except as disclosed in the '34 Act Filings: (i) none
of the Company’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other
similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the
Company; (ii) no shares of Common Stock are entitled to preemptive rights or
registration rights and there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip,
rights to subscribe to, call or commitments of any character whatsoever relating
to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is
obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities
Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement); (iv) there are no
outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are
no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company
or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a
security of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; and (v) there
are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions
that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities.
(h) Exchange Act Filings.
The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, and, since September 30, 2009, the Company has timely filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed
by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act,
including the ’34 Act Filings. The Company has not provided to the
Purchasers any material non-public information or other information which,
according to applicable law, rule or regulation, was required to have been
disclosed publicly by the Company but which has not been so disclosed, other
than with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. At the
times of their respective filings, the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2009, including the accompanying financial statements, and it’s
Form 10-Qs for the first three quarters of 2010 complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder and other federal, state and local laws, rules
and regulations applicable to such documents, and, as of their respective dates,
none of these filings contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the
Company included in the ’34 Act Filings comply as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations with respect
thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in
such financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited
interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be
condensed or summary statements), and fairly present in all material respects
the financial position of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries as of 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 year-end audit
adjustments).
(i) Absence of Certain Events,
Liabilities, etc. No event, liability, development or circumstance has
occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur with respect to the Company, its
Significant Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, prospects,
operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the
Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1
filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common
Stock and which has not been publicly announced. Except as disclosed
in the ’34 Act Filings, neither the Company nor any of its Significant
Subsidiaries has any liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent
or otherwise) other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s
or its Significant Subsidiaries respective businesses since December 31, 2009
and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries. As
used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means
any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations,
results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the
transactions contemplated hereby and the other Transaction Documents or by the
agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or
therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(j) Indebtedness. Except
as disclosed in the ’34 Act Filings, neither the Company nor any of its
Significant Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined
below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation
of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract,
agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any
contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where
such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate,
in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or
instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the
judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a)
any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $100,000 (other
than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b)
all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of
Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in
the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of
any lease payments in excess of $25,000 due under leases required to be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any
Significant Subsidiary is in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
(k) Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant
Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting
on behalf of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries has, in the
course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)
violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee.
(l) Related
Transactions. Except as set forth in the Company’s ‘34 Act
Filings, none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course
services as employees, officers or 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 such officer, director or employee or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, any
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer,
director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee or partner.
(m) Title to
Assets. Each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries
has good and marketable title to all of its real and personal property reflected
in its most recent Form 10-K, free and clear of any mortgages, pledges, charges,
liens, security interests or other encumbrances, except for those disclosed in
such Form 10-K or its Form 10-Qs thereafter filed with the SEC or such that,
individually or in the aggregate, do not cause a Material Adverse
Effect. All said leases of the Company and each of its Significant
Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and in full force and
effect.
(n) Litigation. Except as
set forth in the ‘34 Act Filings, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any
court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the
Company’s Significant Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or its Significant
Subsidiaries’ officers or directors.
(o) Insurance. The
Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the
businesses in which the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are
engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Significant Subsidiary has
been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the
Company nor any such Significant 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 at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) Tax
Matters. There are no federal, state, county or local
taxes due and payable by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
which have not been paid. The provisions for taxes on the most recent
balance sheet of the Company are sufficient for the payment of all accrued and
unpaid federal, state, county and local taxes of the Company whether or not
assessed or disputed as of the respective dates of such balance
sheets. The Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries has duly
filed all federal, state, county and local tax returns required to have been
filed by it and there are in effect no waivers of applicable statutes of
limitations with respect to taxes for any year. Neither the Company
nor any Significant Subsidiary is presently subject to a federal or state tax
audit of any kind.
(q) Off Balance Sheet
Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship
between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that
is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so
disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(r) OFAC. None
of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of
the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting
on behalf of any of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will
not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Units, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Significant
Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales
or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country
sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(s) Disclosure. The
Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has
provided any of the Investors or their agents or counsel with any information
that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material,
nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that each
of the Investors will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company.
4. COVENANTS.
(a)
Efforts to Satisfy
Conditions. Each party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 8
and 9 of this Agreement.
(b)
Form D and Blue
Sky. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities
as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to the Investor
promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date,
take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order
to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Investor
at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “blue
sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from
such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to
the Investor on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings
and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under
applicable securities or “blue sky” laws of the states of the United States
following the Closing Date.
(c)
Reporting
Status. Until the date on which the Investors (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) shall have sold all the Warrant Shares and none of the
Shares or Warrants is outstanding
(the “Reporting
Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed
with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate
its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if
the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit
such termination.
(d)
Financial
Information. Unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR
and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, the Company agrees to
send the following to each Investor during the Reporting Period (i) within five
(5) Business Days (as defined herein) after the filing thereof with the SEC, a
copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, any interim reports or any consolidated
balance sheets, income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash
flow statements for any period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form
8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed
pursuant to the Securities Act, (ii) within one (1) Business Day after the
release thereof, facsimile copies of all material press releases issued by the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, (iii) within two (2) Business
Days after the release thereof, facsimile copies of all other press releases
issued by the Company and (iv) copies of any notices and other information made
available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally,
contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the
stockholders.
(e)
Listing. The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly secure the
listing of all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation
system, if any, upon which the common stock is then listed (subject to official
notice of issuance) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain such listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable
under the terms of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the common stock’s authorization for
quotation on the Principal Market. The Company shall not, nor shall it cause or
permit any of its Significant Subsidiaries to, take any action that would be
reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock
on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in
connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section
4(e).
(f)
Fees. The
Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees,
financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged
by the Investor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the
Agent. The Company shall pay, and hold the Investor harmless against, any
liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s
fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating
to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents,
each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the
sale of the Securities to the Investor. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Company agrees to pay to 3CM Partners Inc. at the final Closing an amount not to
exceed $210,000 in the aggregate for pre-transaction services, including but not
limited to due diligence and structuring, and, reimbursement for out-of-pocket
expenses and Investor legal fees.
(g)
Pledge of
Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may
be pledged by the Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or
other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The
pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of
the Securities hereunder, and the Investor shall not be required to provide the
Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without
limitation, Section 2(a)(xv) hereof; provided that the Investor and its pledgee
shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(a)(xv) hereof in
order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee.
The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee
of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the
Securities to such pledgee by the Investor.
(h) Disclosure of Transactions
and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York Time,
on the first
Trading Day following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release
describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York Time, on the fourth Trading Day
following the date hereof, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K
describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents in the form required by the Exchange Act, and attaching the material
Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all
schedules to this Agreement), the form of each of the Shares, the form of
Warrant, and the Registration Rights Agreement as exhibits to such filing
(including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after
the Closing, the Investor shall not be in possession of any material, nonpublic
information received from the Company or any of its respective officers,
directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in this Agreement or the
8-K Filing. The Company shall not, and shall cause its officers, directors,
employees and agents, not to, provide the Investor with, and the Investor shall
not request, any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company from and
after the Closing without the express written consent of the Investor. In the
event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company or any of its
officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy
provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, the Investor shall have the
right to request the Company to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press
release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic
information without the prior approval by the Company or any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents. The Investor shall not have any liability to the
Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents for
any such disclosure. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company nor the
Investor shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the
Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Investor, to make
any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions
(i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously
therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided
that in the case of clause (i) the Investor shall be consulted by the Company in
connection with and given an opportunity to review and comment on any such press
release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Investor, or
include the name of the Investor in any filing with the SEC or any regulatory
agency or the Principal Market, without the prior written consent of such
Investor, except (i) for disclosure thereof in the 8-K Filing or Registration
Statement or (ii) as required by law or Principal Market regulations or any
order of any court or other governmental agency, in which case the Company shall
provide such Investor with prior notice of such disclosure.
(i)
Integration.
None of the Company or its affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will
take any action or steps referred to in Section 3(f) that would require
registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause the
offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings.
(j)
Holding Period.
For the purposes of Rule 144, the Company acknowledges that the holding period
of the Warrant Shares may be tacked onto the holding period of the Warrants (in
the case of Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) and the Company
agrees not to take a position contrary to this Section 4(j).
(k) Use of Proceeds. The
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate
and working capital purposes, as well as possible acquisitions and not for any
other reason. .
(l)
Reservation of
Shares. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all
times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than
(i) 100% of the number of Shares issuable hereunder and (ii) 125% of the Warrant
Shares (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the
Warrants set forth in the Warrants).
(m) Conduct of
Business. The business of the Company and its Significant
Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or
regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not
result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(n) New Auditor.
The Company shall engage a new independent public accounting firm (the “New Auditor”) reasonably
acceptable to the Majority Investors to conduct the Company’s audit for its
fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. The Company shall obtain the written
consent of the Majority Investors prior to engaging the New Auditor, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. For purposes hereof, “Majority Investors” shall mean
the Investor or Investors holding a majority of the shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to this Agreement.
5.
INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) In
addition to all rights and remedies available to each Investor at law or in
equity, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and fully defend, save and hold
each Investor and subsequent holder of the Units and the securities underlying
the Units, and their partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents,
successors and assigns (collectively, the “Investor Indemnified Parties”)
harmless from and against any and all losses (including, without limitation,
diminutions in value), liabilities, obligations, damages, claims, causes of
action, judgments, assessments, penalties, costs and expenses, deficiencies,
interest, penalties or fines, which shall arise at any time or from time to time
whether or not arising out of any claims by or on behalf of any other Person,
including the reasonable fees, expenses, disbursements and all reasonable
amounts paid in investigation, defense, settlement of any of the foregoing of
one firm of attorneys and one firm of each other type of professionals
(collectively, “Losses”)
based upon, attributable to, in connection with, relating or incidental to or
resulting from:
(i)
the misrepresentation or breach of any
representation or warranty of the Company set forth in the Transaction
Documents;
(ii)
the nonfulfillment or breach of any covenant on the part
of the Company under any Transaction Document; or
(iii)
any action, demand, proceeding, investigation or claim by any
third-party (including, without limitation, governmental agencies) against or
affecting the Company or any Significant Subsidiary which, if successful, would
give rise to or evidence the existence of or related to a breach of (i) any of
the representations or warranties at the time made or (ii) covenants of the
Company.
(b) In
the event that any third-party legal proceedings shall be instituted or any
third-party claim or demand (a “Claim”) shall be asserted by
any Person in respect of which payment may be sought under this Section 5, the
Investor Indemnified Party shall promptly cause written notice of the assertion
of any Claim of which it has knowledge which is covered by this indemnity to be
forwarded to the Company. The Company shall have the right, at its
sole option and expense, to be represented by counsel of its choice, which must
be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and to assume the defense
of, negotiate, settle or otherwise deal with any Claim which relates to any
Losses indemnified against hereunder. If the Company elects to assume the
defense of, negotiate, settle or otherwise deal with any Claim which relates to
any Losses indemnified against hereunder, it shall within five days of receipt
of written notice of the assertion of a Claim (or sooner, if the nature of the
Claim so requires) notify the Investor Indemnified Party of its intent to do
so. If the Company elects not to defend against, negotiate, settle or
otherwise deal with any Claim which relates to any Losses indemnified against
hereunder or fails to notify the Investor Indemnified Party of its election as
herein provided or contests its obligation to indemnify the Investor Indemnified
Party for such Losses under this Agreement, the Investor Indemnified Party may
defend against, negotiate, settle or otherwise deal with such
Claim. If the Investor Indemnified Party defends any Claim, then the
Company shall reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for the reasonable
expenses of defending such Claim upon submission of periodic bills. If the
Company shall assume the defense of any Claim, the Investor Indemnified Party
may participate, at his or its own expense, in the defense of such Claim;
provided, however, that such Investor Indemnified Party shall be entitled to
participate in any such defense with separate counsel at the expense of the
Company if, (i) so requested by the Company to participate or (ii) in the
reasonable opinion of counsel to the Investor Indemnified Party, a conflict or
potential conflict exists between the Investor Indemnified Party and the Company
that would make such separate representation advisable. The parties
hereto agree to cooperate fully with each other in connection with the defense,
negotiation or settlement of any such Claim.
(c) Any
indemnification of any Investor Indemnified Party by the Company pursuant to
this Section 5 shall be effected by wire transfer of immediately available funds
from the Company to an account designated by such Investor Indemnified Party
within 15 days after the date the payment of such amount is requested, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) The
failure of the Investor Indemnified Party to give reasonably prompt notice of
any Claim shall not release, waive or otherwise affect the Company’s obligations
with respect thereto except to the extent that the Company can demonstrate
actual loss and prejudice as a result of such failure.
6. ANTI-DILUTION. If
the Company shall at any time or from time to time (the “New Issue Date”) prior to the
date that is 18 months after the date of this Agreement issue or sell (x) shares
of Common Stock or (y) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of
Common Stock at a price per share (the “New Issue Price”) that is less
than the price per share of Common Stock purchased pursuant to this Agreement
(which, for this purpose, shall be determined using the per Unit
price) (the “Original Issue Price”)
(treating the price per share of Common Stock, in the case of the issuance of
any security convertible or exchangeable or exercisable into Common Stock as
equal to (x) the sum of the price paid for such security convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable into Common Stock plus any additional consideration
payable (without regard to any anti-dilution adjustments) upon the conversion,
exchange or exercise of such security into Common Stock divided by (y) the
number of shares of Common Stock initially underlying such convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable security), then, and in each such case, the Company
shall issue and sell to the Investors that purchased Common Stock issued and
sold pursuant to this Agreement at a price of $0.001 per share, a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the difference of (i) the number of shares of
Common Stock which the aggregate Original Issue Price paid for the shares of
Common Stock held by such Investor on the New Issue Date would have purchased on
the Closing Date at the New Issue Price, and (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock held by such Investor on the New Issue Date. For purposes of any
subsequent anti-dilution adjustment for the benefit of the Investors, the
Original Issue Price shall be deemed to be the New Issue Price then in effect
prior to any such subsequent adjustment.
7. REGISTER. The
Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of
Securities), a register for the Shares and the Warrants, in which the Company
shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Shares
and the Warrants
have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), and
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The
Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business
hours for inspection of any Investor or its legal representatives.
8. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S
OBLIGATION TO SELL. The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and
sell the Units to each Investor at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction,
at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided
that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by
the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Investor with
prior written notice thereof:
(a) Such
Investor shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party and delivered the same to the Company.
(b) Such
Investor and each other Investor shall have delivered to the Company the
Purchase Price for the Units by wire transfer of immediately available funds
pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
(c) The
representations and warranties of such Investor shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are
qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and
correct in all respects) as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the
extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of
the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, and such Investor
shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed,
satisfied or complied with by such Investor at or prior to the Closing
Date.
9. CONDITIONS TO EACH
INVESTOR’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. The obligation of each Investor
hereunder to purchase the Units at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction,
at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided
that these conditions are for each Investor’s sole benefit and may be waived by
such Investor at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with
prior written notice thereof:
(a) The
Company shall have executed and delivered to such Investor (i) each of the
Transaction Documents, (ii) a certificate representing the Shares and (iii) a
Warrant.
(b) The
Company shall have delivered to such Investor (x) a certificate evidencing the
formation and good standing of the Company in such entity’s jurisdiction of
formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such
jurisdiction, as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date and (y) a
facsimile or other acceptable method of confirmation from such Secretary of
State (or comparable office) as of the Closing Date as to the continued good
standing of such entity.
(c) The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are
qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and
correct in all respects) as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the
extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of
the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, and the Company
shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed,
satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date and
such Investor shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date
executed by an authorized officer of the Company to such effect.
(d) The
Company shall have delivered to such Investor a certified copy of the Articles
of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
dated within five (5) days of the Closing Date.
(e) The
common stock of the Company (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on
the Principal Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing
Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market
nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as
of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or
(B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the
Principal Market.
(f) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents
and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.
(g) The
Investor shall have received the opinion of Stevens & Lee, P.C., the
Company’s U.S. counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Investor.
10. TERMINATION. In the
event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to an Investor on or
before December 15, 2010 due to the Company’s or such Investor’s failure to
satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 8 and 9 above (and the nonbreaching
party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party
shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching
party at the close of business on such date without liability of any party to
any other party.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York as applied to residents of
that jurisdiction executing contracts wholly to be performed
therein. The Investor agrees that any action or proceeding directly
or indirectly relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any breach hereof,
or any transaction covered hereby shall be resolved, whether by arbitration or
otherwise, within the State of New York. Accordingly, the parties
consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of New
York located within New York, New York or the United States federal courts
located in the Southern District of New York. The parties further
agree that any such relief whatsoever in connection with this Agreement shall be
commenced by such party exclusively in the state courts of the State of New York
located within New York, New York or the United States federal courts located in
the Southern District of New York.
(b) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party;
provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall
be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the
signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
(c) Headings. The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d) Severability. If any
provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction.
(e) Entire Agreement;
Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written
agreements between the Investor, the Company, their affiliates and Persons
acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this
Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding
of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and,
except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the
Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with
respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other
than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holders of at
least a majority of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued and
issuable hereunder, and any amendment to this Agreement made in conformity with
the provisions of this Section 11(e) shall be binding on the Investor and
holders of Securities, as applicable. No provision hereof may be waived other
than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is
sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to
less than all of the holders of the applicable Securities then outstanding. No
consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a
waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents
unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Documents, holders of Shares, or holders of the Warrants, as the
case may be. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements
with the Investor relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
(f) Notices. Any notices,
consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have
been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt,
when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or
electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one
Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case
properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile
numbers for such communications shall be:
If to the
Company:
Shiner
International, Inc.
19/F,
Didu Building, Pearl River Plaza
No. 2
North Longkun Road
Haikou,
Hainan Province, China 570125
Attn.:
Chief Executive Officer
Copy
to:
Stevens
& Lee, P.C.
1818
Market Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19306
Attn.:
William W. Uchimoto, Esq.
If to an
Investor, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of
Investors, with copies to such Investor’s representatives as set forth on the
Schedule of Investors, or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or
to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by
written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the
effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the
recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B)
mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine
containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first
page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall
be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from
an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively; provided however that the foregoing clause (B) shall only be valid
if such communication contained in the facsimile is delivered by an overnight
courier service within 24 hours of the transmission of
facsimile.
(g) Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any
purchasers of the Shares or the Warrants. The Company shall not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate number of
Registrable Securities issued and issuable hereunder, including by way of a
Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable
provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Shares and the
Warrants). An Investor may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without
the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be
an Investor hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.
(h) No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the
benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
(i)
Survival. Unless this
Agreement is terminated under Section 10, the representations and warranties of
the Company and the Investors contained in Sections 2 and 3 and the agreements
and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 7 and 11 shall survive the Closing. Each
Investor shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j)
Further Assurances.
Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such
further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other
agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may
reasonably request to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(k) No Strict
Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be
the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules
of strict construction will be applied against any party.
(l)
Independent Nature of
Investors’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Investor under
any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any
other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the
performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any Transaction
Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no
action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to
constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or
any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any
way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Investor confirms
that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction
contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each
Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out
of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose.
(m) Remedies. Each
Investor and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies
set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such
holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and
all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any
rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such
rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover
damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to
exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes
that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of
its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to
be inadequate relief to such Investor. The Company therefore agrees that each
Investor shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in
any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without
posting a bond or other security.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on the ____ day of
December, 2010.
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THIS
PORTION NOT TO BE COMPLETED BY SUBSCRIBER
RECEIPT
AND ACCEPTANCE
FUNDS AND
AGREEMENT RECEIVED ON December ,
2010.
SUBSCRIPTION
ACCEPTED ON DECEMBER 28, 2010.
SHINER
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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WIRE
TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS
If
Subscriber wishes to wire transfer the purchase price of his Units, he or she
shall wire transfer immediately available funds in the amount of the Purchase
Price subscribed for hereunder, as follows:
Account Name:
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QUESTIONNAIRE
ACCREDITED
INVESTOR STATUS
The
subscriber/investor represents that it is an Accredited Investor on the basis
that it is:
Initial
if
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subscriber/investor hereby represents that he/she is a director or
executive officer of the Company.
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(2) The
subscriber/investor hereby represents that he/she is a natural person
whose “net worth” at the time of purchase of the Securities, or joint “net
worth” with the subscriber/investor’s spouse, exceeds
$1,000,000. For purposes of this category, “net worth” is
deemed to be exclusive of the value
of the subscriber/investor’s primary residence.
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The subscriber/investor hereby represents that he/she is a natural person
who had income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years,
or who had joint income with the subscriber/investor’s spouse in excess of
$300,000 in each of those years, and who reasonably expects to reach the
same income level in the current year.
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(4)
The subscriber/investor hereby represents that it is an IRA, Keogh or
similar benefit plan that covers a single natural person who is an
accredited investor. (If this category is initialed, please also initial
the additional category or categories under which the natural person
qualifies as an accredited investor.)
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The subscriber/investor hereby represents that it is a trust with total
assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of
acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a
sophisticated person who has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that he/she is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of an investment in the Shares and Warrants of the
Company.
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The subscriber/investor hereby represents that it is a partnership,
corporation or other entity all of whose equity owners satisfy one or more
of the conditions set forth in (1) though (5), and a certification as
to such status by each such equity owner is attached hereto.
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The subscriber/investor hereby represents that he/she/it is an accredited
investor not described above, based on the following
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EXHIBIT
10.13
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED
IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
Warrant
Holder: ___________
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Dated: December
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For
the Purchase of _________ Shares of Common Stock
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FORM
OF
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF
SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF
SHINER
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Expiring
Twenty Seven Months from the Date Hereof
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, Shiner International, Inc. (“Company”), hereby certifies that the
Warrant Holder specified above, or his registered assigns (“Registered Holder”),
is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company
on or before March 28, 2013 (the twenty seven month anniversary of the date
hereof), that number of shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value, of the Company
(“Common Stock”) set forth above, at a purchase price equal to $1.70 per share
(as may be adjusted as provided below) upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein. The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
exercise of this Warrant, and the purchase price per share, each as adjusted
from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Warrant, are hereinafter
referred to as the “Warrant Shares” and the “Exercise Price,”
respectively.
1. Registration of Transfers
and Exchanges.
(i) The
Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Warrant in the
Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment
attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Transfer Agent or to the
Company. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to
purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new
warrant, a “New Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred
shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining
portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the
transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the
transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance of such transferee of all of
the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.
(ii) This
Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder to the office
of the Company for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased
hereunder. Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such
exchange.
2. Exercise.
(i) Procedure for Cash
Exercise. Subject to the conditions and terms set forth
herein, this Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder (“Conversion
Right”), in whole or in part, by the surrender of this Warrant (with the Notice
of Exercise Form attached hereto as Exhibit 1 duly executed by such Registered
Holder) at the principal office of the Company, or at such other office or
agency as the Company may designate, accompanied by payment in full, in lawful
money of the United States, of an amount equal to the then applicable Exercise
Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares then being purchased upon such
exercise.
(ii) Procedure for Cashless
Exercise.
(a) Subject
to the conditions and terms set forth herein, in lieu of the payment of the
Exercise Price in the manner set forth in Section 2(i), the Registered Holder
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to convert this Warrant, in whole
or part, into Common Stock (also “Conversion Right”) as follows: Upon exercise
of the Conversion Right as provided below with delivery of notice, the Company
shall deliver to the Registered Holder (without payment by the Registered Holder
of any of the Exercise Price) that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing (x) the “Value” (as defined below) of the portion
of the Warrant being converted on the second trading day immediately preceding
the date the Warrant is delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 2(i) if the
Conversion Right is exercised (“Valuation Date”) by (y) the “Market Price” (as
defined below) on the Valuation Date.
(b) The
“Value” of the portion of the Warrant being converted shall equal the remainder
derived from subtracting (a) the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of
shares of Common Stock underlying the portion of the Warrant being converted
from (b) the Market Price of the Common Stock multiplied by the number of shares
of Common Stock underlying the portion of the Warrant being
converted. As used herein, the term “Market Price” at any date shall
be deemed to be the average of the reported closing price of the Common Stock on
the five (5) consecutive trading days prior to and including the Valuation Date,
as reported by the national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is
listed or admitted to trading. If the Common Stock is not listed on a
national securities exchange, but is traded in the residual over-the-counter
market, the Market Price shall mean the closing bid price for the Common Stock,
as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board if quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board. If the Market Price cannot be determined pursuant to the
above, the Market Price shall be such price as the Board of Directors of the
Company shall determine in good faith.
(iii) Exercise of Conversion
Right. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Conversion Right may be exercised by the Holder on any business day by
delivering to the Company the Warrant with a duly executed Notice of Exercise
Form attached hereto as Exhibit 1 with the conversion section completed by
specifying the total number of shares of Common Stock the Registered Holder will
purchase pursuant to such conversion.
(iv) Date of
Exercise. Each exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to
have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the day on
which this Warrant shall have been surrendered to the Company. At
such time, the person or persons in whose name or names any certificates for
Warrant Shares shall be issuable upon such exercise shall be deemed to have
become the holder or holders of record of the Warrant Shares represented by such
certificates.
(v) Issuance of
Certificate. As soon as practicable after the exercise of the
purchase right represented by this Warrant, the Company at its expense will
cause to be issued in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder, or,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to such other individual or entity
as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes)
may direct:
(a) a
certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Warrant Shares to
which such Registered Holder shall be entitled upon such exercise plus, in lieu
of any fractional share to which such Registered Holder would otherwise be
entitled, cash in an amount determined pursuant to Section 4 hereof,
and
(b) in
case such exercise is in part only, a new warrant or warrants (dated the date
hereof) of like tenor, stating on the face or faces thereof the number of shares
currently stated on the face of this Warrant minus the number of such shares
purchased by the Registered Holder upon such exercise as provided in subsections
2(i) and 2(ii) above.
(vi) Exercise of
Warrant. The Warrant may be exercised in whole or from time to
time in part on or prior to the third anniversary of the date hereof, as first
set forth above.
3. Adjustments.
(i) Split, Subdivision or
Combination of Shares. If, at any time while this Warrant
remains outstanding and unexpired, the outstanding shares of the Company’s
Common Stock shall be subdivided or split into a greater number of shares, or a
dividend in Common Stock shall be paid in respect of Common Stock, the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of
such dividend shall, simultaneously with the effectiveness of such subdivision
or split or immediately after the record date of such dividend (as the case may
be), shall be proportionately decreased. If the outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall be combined or reverse-split into a smaller number of shares,
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination or reverse
split shall, simultaneously with the effectiveness of such combination or
reverse split, be proportionately increased. When any adjustment is
required to be made in the Exercise Price, the number of shares of Warrant
Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be changed to the
number determined by dividing (i) an amount equal to the number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment,
multiplied by the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment,
by (ii) the Exercise Price in effect immediately after such
adjustment.
(ii)
Reclassification,
Reorganization, Consolidation or Merger. In the case of any
reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value or a
subdivision or combination as provided for in subsection 3(i) above), or any
reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another
corporation (other than a merger or reorganization with respect to which the
Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any
reclassification of the Common Stock), or a transfer of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company, or the payment of a liquidating distribution then,
as part of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale or liquidating distribution, lawful provision shall be made so that the
Registered Holder of this Warrant shall have the right thereafter to receive
upon the exercise hereof, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other
securities or property which such Registered Holder would have been entitled to
receive if, immediately prior to any such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale or liquidating distribution, as the case may be,
such Registered Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock which were
then purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant. In any such case,
appropriate adjustment (as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company) shall be made in the application of the provisions set forth herein
with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Registered Holder of
this Warrant such that the provisions set forth in this Section 3 (including
provisions with respect to the Exercise Price) shall thereafter be applicable,
as nearly as is reasonably practicable, in relation to any shares of stock or
other securities or property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this
Warrant.
(iii) Price
Adjustment. No adjustment in the per share Exercise Price
shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease
in the Exercise Price of at least $0.01; provided, however, that any adjustments
which by reason of this paragraph are not required to be made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All
calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
(iv) No
Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles
of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this
Section 3 and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to protect against impairment of the rights of the
Registered Holder of this Warrant to adjustments in the Exercise
Price.
(v) Notice of
Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price or
extension of the Warrant exercise period, the Company shall forthwith give
written notice thereto to the Registered Holder of this Warrant describing the
event requiring the adjustment, stating the adjusted Exercise Price and the
adjusted number of shares purchasable upon the exercise hereof resulting from
such event, and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and
the facts upon which such calculation is based.
4. Fractional
Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue fractions
of shares of Common Stock upon exercise. If any fractions of a share
would, but for this Section 4, be issuable upon any exercise, in lieu of such
fractional share the Company shall round up or down to the nearest whole
number.
5. Limitation on
Sales. Each holder of this Warrant acknowledges that this
Warrant and the Warrant Shares, as of the date of original issuance of this
Warrant, have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(“Act”), and agrees not to sell, pledge, distribute, offer for sale, transfer or
otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any Warrant Shares issued upon its exercise
in the absence of (i) an effective registration statement under the Act as to
this Warrant or such Warrant Shares or (ii) an opinion of counsel, reasonably
acceptable to the Company and its counsel, that such registration and
qualification are not required. The Warrant Shares issued upon
exercise thereof shall be imprinted with a legend in substantially the following
form:
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED
IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
6. Notices of Record
Date. In case: (i) the Company shall take a record
of the holders of its Common Stock (or other stock or securities at the time
deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant) for the purpose of entitling or
enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any
right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or any other
securities, or to receive any other right, or (ii) of any capital reorganization
of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other
than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving entity), or
any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (iii)
of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Company, then, and in each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be
mailed to the Registered Holder of this Warrant a notice specifying, as the case
may be, (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such
dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the effective date on which such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other stock or
securities at the time deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or
securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be mailed at least ten
(10) days prior to the record date or effective date for the event specified in
such notice, provided that the failure to mail such notice shall not affect the
legality or validity of any such action.
7. Reservation of
Stock. The Company will at all times reserve and keep
available, solely for issuance and delivery upon the exercise of this Warrant,
125% of the number of shares of Common Stock and other stock, securities and
property, as from time to time shall be issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant. So long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company
shall maintain the listing of the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon
exercise on each national securities exchange on which Common Stock is listed
(or on the Over-The-Counter service if the Common Stock is then quoted on such
service/bulletin board).
8. Replacement of
Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and
(in the case of loss, theft or destruction) upon delivery of an indemnity
agreement (with surety if reasonably required) in an amount reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will issue, in lieu thereof, a new
Warrant of like tenor.
9. Transfers,
etc.
(i) Warrant
Register. The Company will maintain a register containing the
names and addresses of the Registered Holders of this Warrant. Any
Registered Holder may change its, his or her address as shown on the warrant
register by written notice to the Company requesting such change.
(ii) Registered
Holder. Until any transfer of this Warrant is made in the
warrant register, the Company may treat the Registered Holder of this Warrant as
the absolute owner hereof for all purposes; provided, however, that if and when
this Warrant is properly assigned in blank, the Company may (but shall not be
obligated to) treat the bearer hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all
purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
10. No Rights as
Stockholder. Until the exercise of this Warrant, the
Registered Holder of this Warrant shall not have or exercise any rights by
virtue hereof as a stockholder of the Company.
11. Successors. The
rights and obligations of the parties to this Warrant will inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the Company and any transferees of Warrant
Holder.
12. Change or
Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be changed or waived only
by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the
change or waiver is sought.
13. Headings. The
headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit
or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision of this Warrant.
14. Governing
Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York as such laws are applied to
contracts made and to be fully performed entirely within that state between
residents of that state.
15. Jurisdiction and
Venue. The Company (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant shall be instituted
exclusively in any state court located in New York, New York or in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York (ii) waives any
objection to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding and the right to
assert that such forum is not a convenient forum for such suit, action or
proceeding, and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any state
court located in New York, New York and the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or proceeding, and the
Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge service or any and all process
which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in any state court
located in New York, New York or in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York and agrees that service of process upon it mailed
by certified mail to its address shall be deemed in every respect effective
service of process upon it in any suit, action or proceeding.
16. Mailing of Notices,
etc. All notices and other communications under this Warrant
(except payment) shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given if sent to
the Registered Holder or the Company, as the case may be, by hand delivery,
private overnight courier, with acknowledgment of receipt, or by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, as follows:
Registered
Holder: To Registered Holder’s address as provided on the
Subscription Agreement or otherwise in the Company’s Records.
The
Company: To the Company’s Principal Executive Offices Attention:
President
or to
such other address as any of them, by notice to the others may designate from
time to time. Time shall be counted to, or from, as the case may be,
the date of delivery in person or by overnight courier or five (5) business days
after mailing.
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EXHIBIT
1
NOTICE OF
EXERCISE
Date:
TO: Shiner
International, Inc.
19/F Didu Building, Pearl River
Plaza
No. 2 North Longkun Road
Haikou, Hainan Province
China 570125
Attn: Mr. Qingtao Xing,
CEO
1. The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ______ shares of the Common Stock of
Shiner International, Inc., pursuant to terms of the attached Warrant, and
tenders herewith payment of $______ (at the rate of $______ per share of Common
Stock) in payment of the Exercise Price(s) pursuant thereto, together with all
applicable transfer taxes, if any.
The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase shares of Common Stock of Shiner
International, Inc. by surrender of the unexercised portion of the attached
Warrant (with a “Value” of $______ based on a “Market Price” of
$______).
2. Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of the Common Stock
in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified
below.
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Notice: The
signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of
the within Warrant in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Name:
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EXHIBIT
2
[To be
completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
__________________________ the right represented by the within Warrant to
purchase ______ shares of Common Stock of Shiner International, Inc. to which
the within Warrant relates and appoints _____________________________ attorney
to transfer said right on the books of Shiner International, Inc. with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
______________,
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the Warrant)
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10.14
SHINER
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of December 28, 2010,
is made by and between SHINER INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), and the undersigned investor (the “Investor”).
WHEREAS,
in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the date
hereof, by and between the Company and the Investor (the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”), the Company desires to sell to the Investor, and the Investor
desires to purchase from the Company units of (a) shares of the Company’s common
stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”); and (b) Warrants to
purchase additional shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”) equal to 20% of the
Common Stock initially purchased; and
WHEREAS,
to induce the Investor to purchase the Common Stock and Warrants, the Company
has agreed to register the shares of Common Stock purchased and the Common Stock
underlying the Warrants pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Company and the Investor hereby covenant and agree as
follows:
1. Certain
Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following respective meanings:
“Commission”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency
at the time administering the Securities Act.
“Effectiveness
Date” shall mean that date which is one hundred eighty (180) days following the
final closing of the Offering.
“Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Filing
Date” shall mean that date which is sixty (60) days following the final closing
of the Offering.
“Offering”
shall refer to the Company’s proposal to sell Units for $1.20 per unit, with
each Unit consisting of (i) one share of Common Stock of the Company and (ii) a
twenty-seven month Warrant to purchase 20% of one share of Common Stock of the
Company with an initial exercise price of $1.70. The total amount of
Units being offered is 3,333,333 for a total maximum purchase price of
$4,000,000 USD.
“Register,”
“registered” and “registration” each shall refer to a registration effected by
preparing and filing a Registration Statement or statements or similar documents
in compliance with the Securities Act and the declaration or ordering of
effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document by the
Commission.
“Registrable
Securities” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement or upon the exercise of the Warrants delivered as
part of the Offering; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock which are
Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (x) upon any
sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act
or (y) at such time as they become eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act or another similar exemption under the Securities Act without
regard to volume limitations regarding an affiliate’s sale.
“Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrants.
2. Automatic
Registration.
(a) On
or prior to the Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission the Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the
Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant
to Rule 415. The Registration Statement required hereunder shall be
on Form S-1. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
possible after the filing thereof, but in any event not later than the
Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep
the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until
the date when all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement
have been sold or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without regard to volume
limitations regarding an affiliate’s sale as determined by the counsel to the
Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and
acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the Investor (the “Effectiveness
Period”).
(b) If: (i)
a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date, or (ii)
the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in
accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within 5 trading
days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever
is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be
“reviewed,” or is not subject to further review, or (iii) a Registration
Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder is not declared effective by
the Commission on or before the Effectiveness Date as a result of the failure of
the Company to meet its obligations with respect to such filing as provided for
herein, or (iv) after a Registration Statement is first declared effective by
the Commission, it ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to
the Registrable Securities held by the Investor, or the Investor is not
permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable
Securities, for in any such case 15 consecutive trading days but no more than an
aggregate of 25 trading days during any 12-month period (which need not be
consecutive trading days) during which the Investor is not permitted to sell
such Registrable Securities under Rule 144 (any such failure or breach being
referred to as an “Event,” and for purposes of clause (i) or (iii) the date on
which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date on which such 5
trading day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iv) the date on which
such 15- or 25-day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as
“Event Date”), then: (x) on the first Event Date to occur the Company shall pay
to such Investor an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
equal to 1.5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Investor pursuant to
the Securities Purchase Agreement for any Registrable Securities then held by
such Investor for which such Investor has not
received liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(c) below (“1.5% Liquidated
Damage Fee”) on each Event Date and a 1.5% Liquidate Damage Fee for each 30
calendar day period thereafter until all Event(s) are cured. The
aggregate of all 1.5% Liquidated Damage Fees to be paid by the Company shall be
capped at 10%. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated
damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date
payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 10% per annum (or
such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to
the Investor, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due until
such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The
liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata
basis for any portion of a 30 day period prior to the cure of an
Event.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 2, if the
Commission determines that the number of securities that the Company
may register on the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 is limited such
that the shares so registered thereunder shall exclude any Registrable
Securities held by the Investor, then the Company shall promptly so advise the
Investor and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities not so included on the Registration
Statement as a result thereof as soon as is legally possible to do
so. In such event, the Company shall pay to such Investor liquidated
damages as set forth in Section 2(b) hereof with respect to any
Registrable Securities then held by the Investor that were not registered by the
Effectiveness Date.
(d) The
parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the maximum amount of damages that the
Company shall be obligated to pay the Investor for any and all breaches of this
Section 2 is the amount of liquidated damages set forth in Section 2(b) or 2(c),
and (ii) such liquidated damages shall be the sole remedy available to Investor
for any breach of this Agreement, provided that nothing in this Section 2(d)
shall preclude Investor from seeking injunctive relief, including specific
performance of its rights under this Section 2.
3. Registration
Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required by the
provisions of Section 2 hereof to use its commercially reasonable efforts to
effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act,
the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare
and file with the Commission the Registration Statement with respect to such
securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration
Statement to become effective in an expeditious manner;
(b) prepare
and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such
Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective during the
Effectiveness Period and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement in accordance with the intended method of disposition set
forth in such Registration Statement for such period;
(c) furnish
to each seller of Registrable Securities and to each underwriter such number of
copies of the Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein
(including each preliminary prospectus) as such persons reasonably may request
in order to facilitate the intended disposition of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement;
(d) use
its commercially reasonable efforts (i) to register or qualify the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement under the securities or “blue
sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the sellers of Registrable Securities or, in
the case of an underwritten public offering, the managing underwriter,
reasonably shall request, (ii) to prepare and file in those jurisdictions such
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements, and take such
other actions, as may be necessary to maintain such registration and
qualification in effect at all times for the period of distribution contemplated
thereby and (iii) to take such further action as may be necessary or advisable
to enable the disposition of the Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions,
provided, that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify
generally to transact business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
where it is not so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any
such jurisdiction;
(e) use
its commercially reasonable efforts to list the Registrable Securities covered
by such Registration Statement with any securities exchange on which the Common
Stock of the Company is then listed;
(f)
immediately notify each seller of
Registrable Securities and each underwriter under such Registration Statement,
at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under
the Securities Act, of the happening of any event of which the Company has
knowledge as a result of which the prospectus contained in such Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing and promptly amend or supplement such Registration Statement to correct
any such untrue statement or omission;
(g) promptly
notify each seller of Registrable Securities of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose and make every reasonable
effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is
issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible
time;
(h) if
the offering is an underwritten offering, enter into a written agreement with
the managing underwriter selected in the manner herein provided in such form and
containing such provisions as are usual and customary in the securities business
for such an arrangement between such underwriter and companies of the Company’s
size and investment stature, including, without limitation, customary
indemnification and contribution provisions;
(i)
if the offering is an underwritten offering, at
the request of any seller of Registrable Securities, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to furnish to such seller on the date that Registrable
Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale pursuant to such
registration: (i) a copy of an opinion dated such date of counsel representing
the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the
underwriters, stating that such Registration Statement has become effective
under the Securities Act and that (A) to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the
Securities Act, (B) the Registration Statement, the related prospectus and each
amendment or supplement thereof comply as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act (except that such counsel need not
express any opinion as to financial statements or other financial or statistical
information contained therein) and (C) to such other effects as reasonably may
be requested by counsel for the underwriters; and (ii) a copy of a letter dated
such date from the independent public accountants retained by the Company,
addressed to the underwriters, stating that they are independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and that, in the opinion of
such accountants, the financial statements of the Company included in the
Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereof, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Securities Act, and such letter shall
additionally cover such other financial matters (including information as to the
period ending no more than five business days prior to the date of such letter)
with respect to such registration as such underwriters reasonably may
request;
(j)
take all actions reasonably necessary
to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing
any legend restricting the sale or transfer of such securities) representing the
Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to the Registration Statement and to
enable such certificates to be in such denominations and registered in such
names as the Investor or any underwriters may reasonably request;
and
(k) take
all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate the
registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
4. Obligations of
Investor. The Investor shall furnish to the Company such
information regarding such Investor, the number of Registrable Securities owned
and proposed to be sold by it, the intended method of disposition of such
securities and any other information as shall be required to effect the
registration of the Registrable Securities, and cooperate with the Company in
preparing the Registration Statement and in complying with the requirements of
the Securities Act.
5. Expenses.
(a) All
expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Sections 2 and 3 including,
without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including the fees of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory body with which the
Company is required to file), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of
counsel and independent public accountants for the Company, fees and expenses
(including counsel fees) incurred in connection with complying with state
securities or “blue sky” laws, and fees of transfer agents and registrars are
called “Registration Expenses.” All underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities are called “Selling
Expenses.”
(b) The
Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Registration
Statement filed hereunder, and the Selling Expenses in connection with each such
Registration Statement shall be borne by the participating sellers in proportion
to the number of Registrable Securities sold by each or as they may otherwise
agree.
6. Indemnification and
Contribution.
(a) In
the event of a registration of any of the Registrable Securities under the
Securities Act pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Company will
indemnify and hold harmless and pay and reimburse, each seller of such
Registrable Securities thereunder, each underwriter of such Registrable
Securities thereunder and each other person, if any, who controls such seller or
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such seller,
underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement
under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act
pursuant hereto or any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
or any violation or alleged violation of the Securities Act or any state
securities or blue sky laws and will reimburse each such seller, each such
underwriter and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, that the Company will
not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage or liability arises out of or is based upon the Company’s reliance on an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so
made in conformity with information furnished by any such seller, any such
underwriter or any such controlling person in writing specifically for use in
such Registration Statement or prospectus.
(b) In
the event of a registration of any of the Registrable Securities under the
Securities Act pursuant hereto each seller of such Registrable Securities
thereunder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act, each officer of the Company who signs the Registration
Statement, each director of the Company, each underwriter and each person who
controls any underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, against all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company
or such officer, director, underwriter or controlling person may become subject
under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
reliance on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in the Registration Statement under which such Registrable
Securities were registered under the Securities Act pursuant hereto or, any
preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment
or supplement thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the
Company and each such officer, director, underwriter, and controlling person for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action,
provided, that such seller will be liable hereunder in any such case if and only
to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
pertaining to such seller, as such, furnished in writing to the Company by such
seller specifically for use in such Registration Statement or prospectus, and
provided that, the liability of each seller hereunder shall be limited to the
proceeds received by such seller from the sale of Registrable Securities covered
by such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
indemnity provided in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense if such
settlement is effected without the consent of such indemnified party and
provided further, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect
thereof) arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission in such Registration Statement, which
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is
completely corrected in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement
and the undersigned indemnitees thereafter fail to deliver or cause to be
delivered such Registration Statement as so amended or supplemented prior to or
concurrently with the sale of the Registrable Securities to the person asserting
such loss, claim, damage or liability (or actions in respect thereof) or expense
after the Company has furnished the undersigned with the same.
(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of notice of the commencement of
any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party hereunder, notify the indemnifying party in
writing thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to such indemnified party other
than under this Section 6 and shall only relieve it from any liability which it
may have to such indemnified party under this Section 6 if and to the extent the
indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such omission. In case
any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to
assume and undertake the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party, and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume and undertake the defense
thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party
under this Section 6 for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation and of liaison with counsel so selected, provided that if the
defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
based upon written advise of its counsel that there may be reasonable defenses
available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party or if the interests of the indemnified party reasonably may
be deemed to conflict with the interests of the indemnifying party, the
indemnified party shall have the right to select a separate counsel and to
assume such legal defenses and otherwise to participate in the defense of such
action, with the expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other expenses
related to such participation to be reimbursed by the indemnifying party as
incurred.
(d) In
order to provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under
the Securities Act in any case in which either (i) any holder of Registrable
Securities exercising rights under this Agreement, or any controlling person of
any such holder, makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 6
but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a
court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the
denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 6 provides for
indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may
be required on the part of any such selling holder or any such controlling
person in circumstances for which indemnification is provided under this Section
7; then, and in each such case, the Company and such holder will contribute to
the aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be
subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion so that such holder
is responsible for the portion represented by the percentage that the public
offering price of its Registrable Securities offered by the Registration
Statement bears to the public offering price of all securities offered by such
Registration Statement, and the Company is responsible for the remaining
portion; provided, that, in any such case, (A) no such holder will be required
to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such
Registrable Securities offered by it pursuant to such Registration Statement and
(B) no person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 12 (f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to
contribution from any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
7. Changes in Capital
Stock. If, and as often as, there is any change in the capital
stock of the Company by way of a stock split, stock dividend, combination or
reclassification, or through a merger, consolidation, reorganization or
recapitalization, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment shall be made in
the provisions hereof so that the rights and privileges granted hereby shall
continue as so changed.
8. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to the Investor as follows:
(a) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company have been
duly authorized by all requisite corporate action and will not violate any
provision of law, any order of any court or other agency of government, the
Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any provision of any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it or any or its properties or
assets is bound, conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due
notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any such indenture, agreement
or other instrument or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of
the Company or its subsidiaries.
(b) This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and to general equitable
principles and the availability of specific performance.
9. Rule 144
Requirements. The Company agrees to:
(a) make
and keep current public information about the Company available, as those terms
are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) use
its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission in a timely
manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(c) furnish
to any holder of Registrable Securities upon request (i) a written statement by
the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and
of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become
subject to such reporting requirements), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual
or quarterly report of the Company, and (iii) such other reports and documents
of the Company as such holder may reasonably request to avail itself of any
similar rule or regulation of the Commission allowing it to sell any such
securities without registration.
10. Termination. All
of the Company’s obligations to register Registrable Shares under Sections 2 and
3 hereof shall terminate upon the date on which the Investor holds no
Registrable Securities or all of the Registrable Securities are eligible for
resale under Rule 144 or another exemption without regard to volume restrictions
for affiliate sales.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) All
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of
the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including without limitation
transferees of any Registrable Securities), whether so expressed or
not.
(b) All
notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be delivered in person, mailed by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested, or sent by telecopier, addressed (i) if to the
Company, at Shiner International, Inc., 19/F Didu Building Pearl River Plaza,
No. 2 North Longkun Road, Haikou, Hainan Province, China 570125, Attn: Mr.
Qingtao Xing, President and Chief Executive Officer, phone 86-898-68581104,
facsimile 86-898-68585861; and (ii) if to any holder of Registrable Securities,
to it at such address as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by
such holder; or, in any case, at such other address or addresses as shall have
been furnished, in writing to the Company (in the case of a holder of
Registrable Securities) or to the holders of Registrable Securities (in the case
of the Company) in accordance with the provisions of this
paragraph.
(c) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New
York as applied to agreements among New York residents entered into and to be
performed entirely within New York. The parties (1) agree that any
legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
shall be instituted exclusively in any state court located in New York, New
York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York, (2) waive any objection which the parties may have now or hereafter to the
venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and (3) irrevocably consent to the
jurisdiction of any state court located in New York, New York, and the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit,
action or proceeding. The parties further agree to accept and
acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit,
action or proceeding in any state court located in New York, New York, or in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and agree
that service of process upon such party mailed by certified mail to the
respective party’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the respective party, in any such suit, action or
proceeding. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS
TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(d) In
the event of a breach by the Company or by the Investor, of any of their
obligations under this Agreement, the Investor or the Company, as the case may
be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and
under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company
and the Investor agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate
compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the
provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any
action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(e) This
Agreement may not be amended or modified without the written consent of the
Company and the Investor.
(f) Failure
of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise,
or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a
waiver thereof. No waiver shall be effective unless and until it is
in writing and signed by the party granting the waiver.
(g) This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be
delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this
Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this
Agreement.
(h) If
any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only
to such provision and shall not in any manner affect or render illegal, invalid
or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall
be carried out as if any such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision were
not contained herein.
(i) This
Agreement constitutes the entire contract among the Company and the Investor
relative to the subject matter hereof and supersedes in its entirety any and all
prior agreements, understandings and discussions with respect
thereto.
(j) The
headings of the sections of this Agreement are for convenience and shall not by
themselves determine the interpretation of this Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.
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EX-99.1
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Unassociated Document
Exhibit
99.1
Shiner
International Announces Completion of Equity Financing
Part
of Proceeds to Be Used for Strategic, Accretive Acquisitions
HAIKOU, China, December 29,
2010 — Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEST) (“Shiner” or the “Company”), an
emerging global supplier of advanced packaging products, today announced the
completion of a $3.13 million private placement equity financing. Under the
terms of the transaction, a total of 2,608,334 shares of common stock, as well
as warrants priced 25% above the current market price. Further details of the
financing will be available in a current report on Form 8-K that the Company
expects to file with the SEC shortly.
The
proceeds of the private placement are expected to be used to effectuate
strategic acquisitions, as well as for general corporate and working capital
purposes. Investment bank Roth Capital Partners LLC provided financial advisory
services to Shiner in conjunction with the financing.
Qingtao
Xing, the Chief Executive Officer of Shiner, commented: “We are pleased to
receive this vote of confidence from new investors and current investors, many
of whom have demonstrated strong support for our Company throughout the years.
We believe that the improving financial results that we have delivered over the
past few quarters are justification of their support and confirmation of the
market's growing demand for our packaging solutions. The financing is intended
to help us maintain a greater amount of working capital and allow us to further
our strategic growth initiative of seeking out acquisitions that enhance
Shiner’s leadership position in the food safety packaging industry. We are
looking for acquisition opportunities that give us the ability to use or own
advanced technologies, to control key raw materials, or to access large
customers.”
About
Shiner International, Inc.
Shiner
International, Inc. is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and
sale of flexible packaging material. Its products include coated packaging film,
shrink-wrap film, common packaging film, anti-counterfeit laser holographic film
and color-printed packaging materials. The Company's flexible packaging products
are used by manufacturers in the food and consumer products industry to preserve
texture, flavor, hygiene, and convenience and safety of their products. The
Company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Haikou, China.
Approximately
69% percent of Shiner's current customers are located in China, with the
remainder spanning Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America.
Shiner holds 16 patents on products and production equipment, and has an
additional 10 patent applications pending. The Company's flexible packaging
meets U.S. FDA requirements, as well as the requirements for food packaging sold
in the EU. Shiner's product manufacturing process is certified under ISO
9001:2000. Additional information on Shiner is available at www.shinerinc.com.
Safe
Harbor Statement
All
statements in this press release that are not historical are forward-looking
statements made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements in this press release as they reflect
Shiner International, Inc.'s current expectations with respect to future events
and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to
differ materially from those contemplated. Potential risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, the risks described in Shiner's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information contained in this press
release is made as of the date of the press release, even if subsequently made
available by Shiner on its website or otherwise.
Contact
Us
At
the Company:
Email:
ir@shinerinc.com
Web:
http://www.shinerinc.com
Investor
Relations:
Dave
Gentry, U.S.
RedChip
Companies, Inc.
Tel:
+1-800-733-2447, Ext. 104
Email:
info@redchip.com
Jing
Zhang, China
RedChip
Beijing Representative Office
Tel: +86
10-8591-0635
Web:
http://www.RedChip.com
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Source:
Shiner International, Inc.
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