EX-4.1 2 v063485_ex4-1.htm Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT 4.1
 

 

 
FUSHI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
$40,000,000 Guaranteed Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2012
 
and
 
$20,000,000 3.0% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2012
 
NOTES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (THE “AGREEMENT”)
 
January 24, 2007
 
Citadel Equity Fund Ltd.
c/o Citadel Investment Group (Hong Kong) Limited
Chater House, 18th Floor
8 Connaught Road
Central, Hong Kong
 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Fushi International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), the other Group Companies (as defined below) and Mr. Fu Li (the “Controlling Shareholder”), hereby agree with the Purchaser (as defined below) as follows:
 
1. Issuance of Securities.
 
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, (i) issue and sell to Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. (the “Purchaser”) and the Purchaser will purchase from the Company, (x) the Company’s 400 Guaranteed Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2012 (the “HY Notes”) of $100,000 principal amount each, and (y) the Company’s 200 3.0% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2012 (the “Convertible Notes”, and together with the HY Notes, the “Notes”) of $100,000 principal amount each, convertible into shares of common stock of the Company, par value $.006 per share (the “Common Stock”), at an initial conversion price of $7 per share, and (ii) cause the Guarantor to issue the Guarantees (as hereinafter defined).
 
The HY Notes are to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an indenture (the “HY Note Indenture”), to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, and the Convertible Notes are to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an indenture (the “Convertible Note Indenture”, and together with the HY Note Indenture, the “Indentures”), to be dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2. As used herein, the term “Securities” shall mean, collectively, the Notes, the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes (the “Conversion Shares”) and the Guarantees.
 
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Indentures.
 

The Notes and the Guarantees will be secured by (i) a perfected first-priority Lien on all of the equity interests of the Guarantors pursuant to a share pledge agreement to be dated as of the Closing Date between The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as the collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Offshore Collateral Agent”), the Company and the Guarantor, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Offshore Share Pledge Agreement”) and (ii) subject to the completion of the undertakings and conditions set forth in Section 5 (m), a perfected first-priority Lien on all of the equity interests of the WFOE (as defined below) pursuant to a share pledge agreement to be dated as of the Closing Date between the collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Onshore Collateral Agent”, together with the Offshore Collateral Agent, the “Collateral Agents”), the Company and the Guarantor (the “Onshore Share Pledge Agreement”, together with the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement and the Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, the “Security Documents”).
 
The Notes will be offered and sold to the Purchaser pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). Upon original issuance thereof, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Act, the Notes and the Conversion Shares shall bear the legends relating to the offer and the sale of the Notes and the Conversion Shares as required by (i) Regulation S under the Act or (ii) any other applicable laws or regulations relating to the issuance of the Notes.
 
2. Guarantees. Pursuant to the Indentures, Fushi Holdings, Inc. (“FHI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and all of the Company’s other existing and future subsidiaries domiciled in the United States of America (each, a “Guarantor”) shall irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee, on a senior secured basis, to the Purchaser and to the Trustee the payment and performance of the Company’s obligations under the Documents (as defined below) (collectively, the “Guarantees”).
 
This Agreement, the Indentures, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Investor Rights Agreement to be entered into by and among the Company, the Controlling Shareholder, the Senior Management and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1, the escrow agreement to be entered into by and between the Company and The Bank of New York dated the Closing Date, the escrow agreement to be entered into by and among the Company, Guzov Ofsink, LLC, as escrow agent, and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2 and the escrow agreement to be entered into by and among the WFOE, Shenzhen Development Bank and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-3 are, collectively, referred to herein as the “Documents.”
 
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery. The issue and sale of the Notes to be purchased by the Purchaser shall occur at the Shanghai office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, at 4:00 p.m., Shanghai time, at a closing (the “Closing”) on January 25, 2007 or on such other Business Day thereafter as may be agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Purchaser (such date referred to herein as the “Closing Date”). At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser one or more global certificates representing each of the HY Notes and the Convertible Notes, registered in such names and denominations as the Purchaser may request, against payment by the Purchaser of the aggregate purchase price in the amount of $56.4 million for the HY Notes and the Convertible Notes by immediately available Federal funds bank wire transfer to such bank account or accounts as the Company shall have theretofore designated to the Purchaser. The HY Notes and the Convertible Notes, each to be represented by one or more global certificates in book-entry form, will be deposited on the Closing Date, by or on behalf of the Company, with the Trustee as common depositary for Clearstream Banking, sociėtė anonyme (or any successor securities agency) (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V. (or any successor securities clearing agency) (“Euroclear”, together with Clearstream, the “Clearing Facilities”), or its designated custodian, and registered in the name of the Trustee. The Common Stock is approved for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board (the “Trading Market”).
 
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4. Representations and Warranties of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder. Each of the Company, FHI, Fushi International (Dalian) Bimetallic Cable Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of FHI, incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “WFOE”), and Dalian Fushi Bimetallic Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (“Dalian Fushi”, and together with the Company, FHI, the WFOE and any other Subsidiary (as defined in Section 4(b)(i) below), the “Group Companies”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) and the Controlling Shareholder, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit D which exceptions shall be deemed to part of the representations and warranties made hereunder, the following representations and warranties. The Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections contained in this Section 4.
 
(a)
SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Act and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) thereof (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of the date of filing, in the case of SEC Reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act (and to the extent such SEC Report was amended, then as of the date of filing of such amendment), and as of the date of effectiveness in the case of SEC Reports filed pursuant to the Act (and to the extent such SEC Report was amended, then as of the date of effectiveness of such amendment), the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) promulgated thereunder, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, as of the date of filing, in the case of SEC Reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act (and to the extent such SEC Report was amended, then as to the date of filing of such amendment), and as of the date of effectiveness in the case of SEC Reports filed pursuant to the Act (and to the extent such SEC Report was amended, then as of the date of effectiveness of such amendment), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports have been prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements, the notes thereto or in Schedule 4(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
 
(b)
Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates.
 
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(i)
Schedule 4(b)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists of each individual partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, corporation, association, trust or any other entity or organization (collectively, a “Person”) in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of its capital stock or similar equity interests (each, a “Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary.
 
 
(ii)
All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 4(b)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien.
 
 
(iii)
No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any legal or regulatory restriction or any agreement (other than this Agreement, the restrictions disclosed in Schedule 4(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, and limitations imposed by corporate law statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.
 
 
(iv)
As of the date hereof, FHI is the sole Guarantor.
 
 
(v)
Schedule 4(b)(v) of the Disclosure Schedule shows the correct name of Dalian Fushi, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by its shareholders. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of Dalian Fushi shown in Schedule 4(b)(v) of the Disclosure Schedule as being owned by its shareholders have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by such shareholders free and clear of any Lien.
 
(c)
Organization. Each of the Group Companies (i) has been duly organized, is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets, and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of such business or the ownership or leasing of such properties requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on (A) the properties, business, prospects, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Group Companies, taken as a whole, (B) the ability of the Group Companies to perform their respective obligations under any Document or (C) the validity of any of the Documents or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated therein (each, a “Material Adverse Effect”).
 
(d)
Capitalization and Voting Rights.
 
(i) Capital Stock. The authorized capital of the Company consists, immediately prior to the Closing, of (i) One Hundred Million (100,000,000) shares of Common Stock, of which 19,990,087 shares are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing, and (ii) Five Million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock with no shares of preferred stock outstanding.
 
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(ii) Issued Shares. As at the date hereof and immediately prior to the Closing, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued and which are issuable pursuant to any exercise, conversion, exchange, subscription or otherwise in connection with any warrants, options (including pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan), convertible securities or any agreement to sell or issue Common Stock or securities which may be exercised, converted or exchanged for Common Stock (collectively, “Fully-Diluted”) is 22,782,107. The Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes have been duly reserved for issuance, which will constitute 11.14% of the Company’s Common Stock on a Fully-Diluted basis. All of the issued and outstanding shares of each of the Group Company’s shares as of the Closing are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, were issued in accordance with the registration or qualification provisions of the Act and any relevant blue sky laws of the United States of America or pursuant to valid exemptions therefrom and were issued in compliance with other applicable laws (including, without limitation, applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations) and are not subject to any rescission right or put right on the part of the holder thereof nor does any holder thereof have the right to require the Company to repurchase such share capital.
 
(iii) Voting and other Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 4(d)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding (A) options, warrants or other rights to purchase from any Group Company, (B) agreements, contracts, arrangements or other obligations of any Group Company to issue, or (C) other rights to convert any obligation into or exchange any securities for, in the case of each of clauses (A) through (C), shares of capital stock of, or other ownership or equity interests in, any Group Company. Except as otherwise contemplated by that certain voting agreement set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company is not a party or subject to any agreement or understanding, and, to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, there is no agreement or understanding with any Person that affects or relates to (i) the voting or giving of written consents with respect to any security of the Company (including, without limitation, any voting agreements, voting trust agreements, shareholder agreements or similar agreements) or the voting by a director of the Company or (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition with respect to any security of the Company.
 
(iv) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the Trading Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the requirements of the Trading Market. The Company is, and expects to be, in compliance with all of the listing requirements of the Trading Market in the foreseeable future.
 
(e)
No Registration Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 4(e), no holder of securities of any of the Group Companies is or will be entitled to have any registration rights with respect to such securities.
 
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(f)
Authorization. Each of the Group Companies has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Documents and each Restructuring Agreement (as defined below) to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder. Each of the Documents has been duly authorized and when executed and delivered by the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder (to the extent it is a party thereto) shall constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder (to the extent it is a party thereto) enforceable against each of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder (to the extent it is a party thereto) in accordance with its terms, and each Restructuring Agreement considered individually and with all other Restructuring Agreements, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder (to the extent it is a party thereto) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder (to the extent it is a party thereto) enforceable against each of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder (to the extent it is a party thereto) in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained in Section 8 of this Agreement may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws. For the purpose of this Agreement, the “Restructuring Agreement” or “Restructuring Agreements” shall refer to those agreements as disclosed by the Company in “Our Company—Restructuring Agreements” of the Prospectus filed by the Company with the SEC on August 2, 2006 pursuant to Rule 424B(3) under the Act.
 
(g)
Valid Issuance of Notes. Each of the HY Notes and the Convertible Notes, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms thereof and for the consideration set forth herein, will be free of restrictions on transfer, other than restrictions on transfer under applicable state and federal securities laws. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations in Section 6 below, the Notes will be issued in compliance with applicable state and federal securities laws. The HY Notes, when issued, will be in the form contemplated by the HY Note Indenture, and the Convertible Notes, when issued, will be in the form contemplated by the Convertible Note Indenture. Each of the HY Notes and the Convertible Notes has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered to the Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and its respective Indenture, such Notes will have been duly executed, issued and delivered by the Company and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of its respective Indenture, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally. The Guarantees have been duly authorized, and, when the Notes have been duly executed, authenticated and issued in accordance with the provisions of its respective Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Purchaser with the Guarantees endorsed thereon by the Guarantor, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor entitled to the benefits of such Indenture.
 
(h)
Valid Issuance of Conversion Shares. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Company, and when issued pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Note Indenture, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, free from all taxes, Liens, charges and security interests with respect to the issuance thereof and free of restrictions on transfer other than as expressly contemplated by the Documents.
 
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(i)
Compliance with Instruments. None of the Group Companies is in violation of its respective certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents (the “Charter Documents”). None of the Group Companies is, nor does any condition exist (with the passage of time or otherwise) that could reasonably be expected to cause any of the Group Companies to be, (i) in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, law or ordinance, or any judgment, decree or order applicable to any of the Group Companies or any of their properties (collectively, “Applicable Law”) of any federal, state, PRC national, provincial, local or other governmental authority, governmental or regulatory agency or body, court, arbitrator or self-regulatory organization of applicable jurisdictions, domestic or foreign (each, a “Governmental Authority”), or (ii) in breach of or in default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or any other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them or their respective property is bound (collectively, “Applicable Agreements”), other than in each of clause (i) and (ii) such violations, breaches or defaults that are (a) disclosed in Schedule 4(i) of the Disclosure Schedule or (b) not material. Except as set forth in Schedule 4(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, all Applicable Agreements are in full force and effect with respect to the Group Companies and to the Company’s knowledge, with respect to the other parties, are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto.
 
(j)
No Conflicts. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of any of the Documents nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated therein will conflict with, violate, constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under, require the consent of any person or a Governmental Authority (other than consents already obtained) or result in the imposition of a Lien (other than a Lien arising under the Security Documents and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) on any assets of any of the Group Companies under or pursuant to (i) the Charter Documents, (ii) any Applicable Agreement, or (iii) any Applicable Law, other than in each of clause (ii) and (iii) such violations, breaches or defaults that would not, individually or in aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. After consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Documents, no Default or Event of Default will exist under either Indenture.
 
(k)
Security Interest. When executed and delivered, the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement will create valid and enforceable first-priority security interests in favor of the Offshore Collateral Agent in all the “Pledged Collateral” (as defined therein)), which security interests will secure the repayment of the Notes and the other obligations purported to be secured thereby and when the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement is filed with the Secretary of the State of the State of Nevada on a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, in the case of the pledge of shares in the Guarantor under the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement, such security interests will be perfected. When executed and delivered and subject to the approval by relevant Governmental Authority, the Onshore Share Pledge Agreement will create valid and enforceable first-priority security interests in favor of the collateral agent appointed thereunder in all the equity interest in the WFOE which security interests will secure the repayment of the Notes and the other obligations purported to be secured thereby.
 
(l)
Governmental Consents. No filing with, consent, approval, authorization or order of, any Governmental Authority is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Documents, except (i) as have been obtained or will have been obtained on or before the Closing Date, (ii) as may be necessary to perfect security interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents, and (iii) as may be required under the Act or state securities laws or “Blue Sky” laws.
 
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(m)
Proceedings. There is no action, claim, suit, demand, hearing, notice of violation or deficiency, or proceeding, domestic or foreign (collectively, “Proceedings”), pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, that seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent the consummation of, or otherwise challenges any of the Documents, any Restructuring Agreement (considered alone or with other Restructuring Agreements) or any of the transactions contemplated therein. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, none of the Group Companies is subject to any judgment, order or decree of which the Company has knowledge.
 
(n)
Permits. Each of the Group Companies possesses all licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all Governmental Authorities, presently required or necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate their respective properties and to carry on their respective businesses as now conducted (“Permits”). All of the Permits are valid and in full force and effect. Each of the Group Companies has fulfilled and performed all of its respective obligations with respect to such Permits and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time could allow, revocation or termination thereof or result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit. None of the Group Companies has received actual notice of any Proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such Permit.
 
(o)
Title to Property. Each of the Group Companies has good and marketable title to all real property and personal property owned by it, in each case free and clear of any Liens as of the Closing Date, except such Liens as permitted under the Documents. For the real property not owned by any of the Group Companies and currently used or planned to be used for the business operations of the Group Companies, each of such Group Companies has good and marketable title to all leasehold estates in real and personal property being leased by it and, in each case free and clear of all Liens as of the Closing Date.
 
(p)
Insurance. Each of the Group Companies maintains reasonable adequate insurance covering its material properties, operations, personnel and business, and is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is engaged. All policies of insurance insuring the Group Companies and their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect. Each of the Group Companies is in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects, and there are no claims by any of the Group Companies under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. None of the Group Companies has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and none of the Group Companies 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 could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(q)
Taxes. All Tax returns required to be filed by each of the Group Companies have been filed, and all such returns are true, complete and correct in all material respects. All material Taxes that are due from each of the Group Companies have been paid other than those (i) currently payable without penalty or interest or (ii) being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP. To the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, there are no proposed Tax assessments against any of the Group Companies. The accruals and reserves on the books and records of each of the Group Companies in respect of any Tax liability for any Taxable period not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments of Tax for any such period. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Tax” and “Taxes” shall mean all Federal, state, PRC national, provincial, local and foreign taxes, and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax, or penalties applicable thereto.
 
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(r)
Intellectual Property.
 
 
(i)
Each of the Group Companies owns, or is validly licensed under, or has the right to use, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of its businesses and which as of the Closing Date, will be free and clear of all Liens, except where the failure to own, possess, or have the right to use such Intellectual Property would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no claims or notices of any potential claim have been asserted by any person challenging the use of any such Intellectual Property by any of the Group Companies or questioning the validity or effectiveness of the Intellectual Property or any license or agreement related thereto, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no facts which would form a valid basis for any such claim. To the Company’s knowledge, the use of such Intellectual Property by any of the Group Companies will not infringe on the Intellectual Property rights of any other person.
 
 
(ii)
Schedule 4(r)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of (i) the Registered IP owned by or licensed to any of the Group Companies and (ii) all other material Intellectual Property licensed to any of the Group Companies. “Registered IP” means Intellectual Property that is registered, filed, or issued under the authority of any Governmental Authority, including all patents, registered copyrights, registered mask works, and registered trademarks and all applications for any of the foregoing. All Intellectual Properties owned by each of the Group Companies are valid and enforceable and are in compliance with formal legal requirements.
 
 
(iii)
Each of the Group Companies has taken reasonable steps and measures to establish and preserve ownership of or right to use all Intellectual Property material to the operation of its business. Each of the Group Companies has taken reasonable steps to register, protect, maintain, and safeguard the Intellectual Property material to its business, including any Intellectual Property that is jointly developed with any third-parties, or any Intellectual Property for which improper or unauthorized disclosure would impair its value or validity, and has had executed appropriate nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements and made all appropriate filings, registrations and payments of fees in connection with the foregoing. There is no infringement or misappropriation by any other Person of any Intellectual Property of any of the Group Companies. No proceedings or claims in which any of the Group Companies alleges that any Person is infringing upon, or otherwise violating, any Intellectual Property of any of the Group Companies are pending, and none has been served, instituted or asserted by any of the Group Companies.
 
 
(iv)
Each of the Group Companies owns all rights in and to any and all Intellectual Property used or planned to be used by the Group Companies, or covering or embodied in any past, current or planned activity or service of the Group Companies, which Intellectual Property was made, developed, conceived, created or written by any consultant retained, or any employee employed, by the Group Companies. No former or current employee, no former or current consultant, and no third-party joint developer of any of the Group Companies has any rights in any Intellectual Property made, developed, conceived, created or written by the aforesaid employee or consultant during the period of his or her retention by the Group Companies which can be asserted against any Group Company.
 
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(v)
No Intellectual Property owned by any Group Company is the subject of any security interest, Lien, license or other contract granting rights therein to any other Person. Each of the Group Companies has not (a) transferred or assigned, (b) granted an exclusive license to or (c) provided or licensed, any Intellectual Property owned by the Group Companies to any Person who is the subject of any security interest, Lien, license or other contract granting rights therein to any other Person.
 
(s)
Internal Controls. Each of the Group Companies maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at quarterly intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any material differences.
 
(t)
Financial Statements.
 
 
(i)
Except as disclosed in Schedule 4(t)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company contained in the Form 10-KSB for the three years ended December 31, 2005 and the unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes in the Form 10-QSB for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 (collectively, the “Financial Statements”) present fairly in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, as of the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and comply as to form with the applicable requirements of Regulation S-X of the Act. All other financial, statistical, and market and industry-related data included in the SEC Reports are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate.
 
 
(ii)
Subsequent to the date of the Company’s audited financial statements filed for the year ended December 31, 2005, except as disclosed therein or in any subsequent SEC Report, (i) none of the Group Companies has incurred any liabilities, direct or contingent, that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company, or has entered into any material transactions not in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there has not been any material decrease in the capital stock or any material increase in long-term indebtedness or any material increase in short-term indebtedness of the Group Companies, or any payment of or declaration to pay any dividends or any other distribution with respect to the Group Companies, and (iii) there has not been any material adverse change in the properties, business, prospects, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Group Companies taken as a whole; excluding any changes caused by (x) the condition of the industry of the Company that do not disproportionately affect the Company, (y) the failure of the Company to meet its financial projections or (z) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Material Adverse Change”). To the knowledge of the Company, there is no event that is reasonably likely to occur in the foreseeable future, which if it were to occur, could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Change.
 
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(u)
Indebtedness. All Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the Guarantees is being incurred for proper purposes and in good faith. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Group Companies’ assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Group Companies’ existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the assets of the Group Companies is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of the Group Companies on their respective debt as they become absolute and mature, and (iii) the Group Companies are able to realize upon their assets and pay their debt and other liabilities (including contingent obligations) as they mature; (iv) the Group Companies’ assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on their respective businesses as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including their respective capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Group Companies, and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (v) the current cash flow of each of the Group Companies, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. None of the Group Companies intends to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it or any other Group Companies will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $75,000 (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 $75,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. None of the Group Companies is, or is reasonably likely to be, in default with respect to any Indebtedness and no waiver of default is currently in effect. None of the Group Companies has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien. None of the Group Companies is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of any of the Group Companies, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its Charter Document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company.
 
(v)
No Stabilization. None of the Group Companies has and, to each of its knowledge after due inquiry, no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of any of the Group Companies to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Notes, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than Merrill Lynch Far East Limited).
 
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(w)
No Sale to the U.S. None of the Group Companies, their respective Affiliates, or any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy, sell or offer to sell or otherwise negotiate in respect of, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner or under circumstances that would require the registration of the Securities under the Act.
 
(x)
No Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Group Companies, their respective Affiliates, or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Purchaser, its Affiliates or persons acting on its behalf, as to whom the Company makes no representation) has engaged in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Securities; and each of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their respective Affiliates and each person acting on its or their behalf has complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.  
 
(y)
No Registration. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 6, no registration under the Act of the Securities is required for the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities in the manner contemplated herein or to qualify any Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
 
(z)
Labor Matters. None of the Group Companies is bound by or subject to (and none of its assets or properties is bound by or subject to) any written or oral, express or implied, contract, commitment or arrangement with any labor union, and no labor union has requested or, to the knowledge of the Company, has sought to represent any of the employees, representatives or agents of the Group Companies. There is no strike or other labor dispute involving any of the Group Companies pending or threatened, which could have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no employment related charge, complaint, grievance, investigation, unfair labor practice claim or inquiry of any kind, pending against any of the Group Companies that could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(aa)
Brokers and Finders. The Company has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent or other similar person (other than Merrill Lynch Far East Limited) in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Documents, and the Company is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with such transactions (other than commissions or fees to Merrill Lynch Far East Limited).
 
(bb)
Environmental Matters. Each of the Group Companies (i) is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state, PRC national, provincial, and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received and is in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business, (iii) has not received actual notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, (iv) has no knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (v) has stored no hazardous materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them and has not disposed of any hazardous materials in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws; except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
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In the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(cc)
Encumbrances. As of the Closing Date, there will be no encumbrances or contractual restrictions on the ability of any of the Group Companies (x) to pay dividends or make other distributions on such parties’ capital stock or to make loans or advances or pay any indebtedness to, or investments in, any of the Group Companies, or (y) to transfer any of its property or assets to any of the Group Companies, except for such restrictions set forth in the Documents or limitations imposed by corporate law statutes.
 
(dd)
Security Interest/Security Documents. As of the Closing Date:
 
 
(i)
The Company will own the Pledged Collateral free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens and Liens arising under the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement).
 
 
(ii)
The representations and warranties contained in the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects.
 
The Liens on the Notes will have been duly perfected as to all Pledged Collateral upon the completion of the filing of the financing statements pursuant to Section 5(l).
 
(ee)
Certificate. Each certificate signed by any officer of any of the Group Companies and delivered to the Purchaser shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such company (and not individually by such officer) to the Purchaser with respect to the matters covered thereby.
 
(ff)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Group Companies, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of any of the Group Companies, directly or indirectly, (i) has used any funds or will use such funds or any proceeds from the sale of the Notes for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Group Companies (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”).
 
(gg)
Related Party Transactions. Except otherwise disclosed in Schedule 4(gg) of the Disclosure Schedule, no material relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Group Company or its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of the Group Companies or its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any former or current director, officer, stockholder, customer or supplier of any of them (including his or her spouse, child, sibling, any company or undertaking in which he or she holds any equity interest, or any person related by marriage or consanguinity), on the other hand.
 
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(hh)
Investment Company. None of the Group Companies is, and as a result of the offer and sale of the Securities contemplated herein will not be, required to register as an “investment company” under, and as such term is defined in, the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with or as a result of the offer and sale of the Securities.
 
(ii)
PFIC. None of the Group Companies is or intends to become a “passive foreign investment company” (a “PFIC”) within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
 
(jj)
OFAC. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company 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 offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
 
(kk)
Money Laundering Laws. The operations of each of the Group Companies are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the money laundering statutes of applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any of the Group Companies with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
 
(ll)
Other Representations and Warranties Relating to Dalian Fushi and the WFOE.
 
 
(i)
The constitutional documents and certificates and related material contracts of each of Dalian Fushi and the WFOE are valid and have been duly approved or registered (as applicable) by competent PRC Governmental Authorities.
 
 
(ii)
All material consents, approvals, authorizations or licenses requisite under PRC law for the due and proper establishment and operation of each of Dalian Fushi and the WFOE have been duly obtained from the relevant PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.
 
 
(iii)
All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each of Dalian Fushi and the WFOE and its operations including, without limitation, the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the State Administration for Foreign Exchange, tax bureau and customs authorities have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant PRC rules and regulations.
 
 
(iv)
Each of Dalian Fushi and the WFOE has complied with all relevant PRC laws and regulations regarding the contribution and payment of its registered share capital, the payment schedule of which has been approved by the relevant PRC Government Authorities. There are no outstanding rights of, or commitments made by the Company or any Subsidiary to sell any equity interest in the WFOE, or by Dalian Fushi’s shareholders to sell any equity interest in Dalian Fushi.
 
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(v)
Neither Dalian Fushi nor the WFOE is in receipt of any letter or notice from any relevant PRC Governmental Authority notifying it of revocation of any licenses or qualifications issued to it or any subsidy granted to it by any PRC Governmental Authority for non-compliance with the terms thereof or with applicable PRC laws, or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out by Dalian Fushi or the WFOE.
 
 
(vi)
Each of Dalian Fushi and the WFOE has conducted its business activities within the permitted scope of business or has otherwise operated its business, including pursuant to the Restructuring Agreements, in compliance with all relevant legal requirements and with all requisite licenses and approvals granted by competent PRC Governmental Authorities.
 
 
(vii)
As to licenses, approvals and government grants and concessions requisite or useful for the conduct of any part of either Dalian Fushi’s or the WFOE’s business which are subject to periodic renewal, the Company has no knowledge of any grounds on which such requisite renewals will not be granted by the relevant PRC Governmental Authorities.
 
 
(viii)
With regard to employment and staff or labor, each of Dalian Fushi or the WFOE has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations in all material respects, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social benefits, medical benefits, insurance, retirement benefits, pensions or the like.
 
(mm)
Full Disclosure. All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser regarding any of the Group Companies, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated under the Documents, including the Disclosure Schedule to this Agreement, with respect to the representations and warranties made herein are true and correct with respect to such representations and warranties and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser does not make any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 6 hereof.
 
5. Covenants of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder. Each of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder, jointly and severally, hereby agrees:
 
(a)
To (i) advise the Purchaser promptly after obtaining knowledge (and, if requested by the Purchaser, confirm such advice in writing) of the issuance by any state securities commission of any stop order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose by any state securities commission or other regulatory authority, (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Securities under any state securities or Blue Sky laws, and (iii) if at any time any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Securities under any such laws, use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.
 
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(b)
So long as any of the Securities are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) or Rule 905 under the Act, to, during any period in which the Company is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide to each holder of such restricted securities and to each prospective purchaser (as designated by such holder) of such restricted securities, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act.
 
(c)
Whether or not any of the transactions contemplated under the Documents are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay (i) all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to and in connection with: (A) the printing, processing and distribution (including, without limitation, word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of, each of the Documents, and (B) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (ii) all fees and expenses of the counsel, accountants and any other experts or advisors retained by the Company, (iii) all expenses in connection with qualifying the Notes for settlement in the Clearing Facilities, (iv) all fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company in connection with approval of the Securities for “book-entry” transfer, and (v) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Trustee, the Calculation Agent, Merrill Lynch Far East, as Placement Agent, and the Collateral Agents.
 
(d)
To do and perform all things required to be done and performed under the Documents prior to and after the Closing Date.
 
(e)
Prior to making any public disclosure or filings as may be required by applicable law with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, to provide the Purchaser and its counsel with the reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such public disclosure documents and consider in good faith any comments received by the Purchaser or its counsel.
 
(f)
To maintain the trading of the Common Stock in the Trading Market.
 
(g)
For so long as the Purchaser owns any of the Securities, the Company will furnish to the Purchaser copies of all reports and other communications (financial or otherwise) furnished by the Company to the Trustee or to the holders of its Securities and, as soon as available, copies of any reports or financial statements furnished to or filed by the Company with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company may be listed; provided, however, that any such report or financial statements filed on the Commission’s EDGAR database need not be separately furnished.
 
(h)
During the two-year period after the Closing Date (or such shorter period as may be provided for in Rule 144(k) under the Act, as the same may be in effect from time to time), not to, and not to permit any current or future Subsidiaries of the Company or any other affiliates (as defined in Rule 144(a) under the Act) controlled by the Company to, resell any of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by the Company, any current or future Subsidiaries of the Company or any other affiliates (as defined in Rule 144(a) under the Act) controlled by the Company, except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act.
 
(i)
To pay all stamp, documentary and transfer taxes and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by any Governmental Authorities or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to the issuance of the Notes or the sale thereof to the Purchaser.
 
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(j)
The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts not to become, and cause its Subsidiaries not to become, a PFIC. If the Company determines that it or any of its Subsidiaries has become a PFIC, the Company will promptly notify the Purchaser and provide all information requested by the Purchaser that is necessary for the Purchaser to make a qualified electing fund (QEF) election.
 
(k)
The Company agrees that it will not register any transfer of the Securities that is not (i) made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S under the Act, (ii) made pursuant to registration under the Act, or (iii) made pursuant to an available exemption under the Act.
 
(l)
The Company and the Controlling Shareholder shall use their best efforts to assist the Purchaser to timely file the financing statements under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of Nevada with the Secretary of the State of the State of Nevada, which initial filing shall be completed or cause to be completed no later than one month from the date of the Closing.
 
(m)
The Company shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, use its best efforts to (i) procure a collateral agent acceptable to the Purchaser to serve as a collateral agent under the Onshore Share Pledge Agreement, which agreement shall be in the form acceptable to the Purchaser, (ii) obtain approvals from, and complete filing procedures with, relevant Governmental Authorities in order to create a valid and enforceable first-priority security interest over all of the equity interests issued by the WFOE, including the approval from the Dalian Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau and the registration with the Dalian Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau.
 
(n)
The Company will use the proceeds from the offer and sale of the Notes for (i) capital expenditures (in particular, installation of additional production lines), and (ii) acquisition by the Company of equity interests in or assets of other entities, with the prior written consent of the Purchaser which will not be unreasonably withheld. The balance of the proceeds will be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes.
 
(o)
The Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Convertible Notes such number of Conversion Shares or other shares of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of any Convertible Note and will, from time to time, take all necessary steps to amend its articles of incorporation to provide a sufficient reserve of Conversion Shares for issuance upon conversion of the Convertible Notes.
 
(p)
In connection with the conversion of the Convertible Notes into Conversion Shares, neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf will take any action which would result in the Conversion Shares being exchanged by the Company other than with the then existing holders of the Convertible Notes exclusively where no commission or other remuneration is paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting the exchange in compliance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Act.
 
(q)
Each of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder undertakes that (i) they will comply with the FCPA, including, without limitation, not making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of value to any “foreign official” (as the term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, (ii) they will conduct its business in compliance with the FCPA, and (iii) they will institute and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
 
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(r)
The Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as the Conversion Shares are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144(a)(3), if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) (and, if the Purchaser owns any Conversion Shares, furnish to the Purchaser) such information as is required to sell such Conversion Shares under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of the Conversion Shares may reasonably request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such person to sell such Conversion Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.
 
(s)
The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day immediately following the date hereof, issue a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall attach the Documents that are required by the Commission’s rules and regulations to be filed thereto. Such current report on Form 8-K shall be filed after the Purchaser’s prior review of such report and consent thereto. The Company and the Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor the Purchaser shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement (i) without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of the Purchaser, or (ii) without the prior consent of the Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, in either case of (i) and (ii), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Purchaser, or include the name of the Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except (x) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of the Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (y) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchaser with prior notice of such disclosure permitted hereunder.
 
(t)
The Controlling Shareholder shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, use his commercially reasonable efforts to (i) complete, or cause to complete, the registration formalities with the local office of the Administration of Industry and Commerce and other relevant PRC authorities to register the Controlling Shareholder, in his individual capacity, as the legal shareholder of Dalian Fushi pursuant to the share transfer agreement, dated December 12, 2006, between the Controlling Shareholder and Dalian Fushi Enterprise Group Co., Ltd. ("Fushi Group") and (ii) effect, or cause to effect, the pledge of Fushi Group's shares in Dalian Fushi as contemplated in the Shares Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005, among the WFOE, Fushi Group, Yue Yang, Xishan Yang and Chunyan Xu.
 
6. Purchaser’s Representations, Warranties and Agreements.
 
The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company that:
 
(a)
it is not a “U.S. Person” (as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Act) and it understands that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Company that would permit a public offering of the Notes in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. It is not acquiring the Notes for the account or benefit of any U.S. persons except in accordance with exemption from registration requirements of the Act below or in a transaction not subject thereto.
 
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(b)
It is not acquiring the Notes with a view to any distribution thereof that would violate the Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.
 
(c)
It (A) agrees that it will not offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of the Notes nor, unless in compliance with the Act, engage in hedging transactions involving such securities, on or prior to (x) the date which is 40 days (in the case of the HY Notes) or one year (in the case of the Convertible Notes and the Conversion Shares) after the later of the date of the commencement of the offering and the date of original issuance (or of any predecessor of any Security proposed to be transferred by the Purchaser) and (y) such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable law, except (a) to the Company, (b) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Act, (c) for so long as any Security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act, to a person it reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A that purchases for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant to offers and sales to Persons who are not “U.S. Persons” (within the meaning of Regulation S) that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S or (e) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Act, and (B) agrees that it will give to each person to whom such Security is transferred a notice substantially to the effect of this paragraph.
 
(d)
The Purchaser acknowledges that the Convertible Notes and the Conversion Shares are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Act and subject to resale restrictions during the period set forth in Rule 144.
 
(e)
No form of “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Act), general solicitation or general advertising in violation of the Act has been or will be used nor will any offers by means of any directed selling efforts in the United States be made by the Purchaser or any of its representatives in connection with the offer and sale of any of the Notes.
 
(f)
The Notes to be acquired by the Purchaser will be acquired for investment for the Purchaser’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and the Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. The Purchaser does not presently have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, distribute or grant participations to such Person or to any third Person, with respect to any of the Notes.
 
7. Conditions to Purchase Securities at Closing. The Purchaser’s obligation to purchase the Securities under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the following conditions:
 
(a)
All the representations and warranties of each of the Group Companies contained in this Agreement and in each of the Documents shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and at the Closing Date. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Group Companies, the Controlling Shareholder and each other party to the Documents (other than the Purchaser) shall have performed or complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all conditions on their respective parts to be performed, complied with or satisfied pursuant to the Documents to the satisfaction of the Purchaser.
 
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(b)
No injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a Governmental Authority shall have been issued as of the Closing Date that could prevent or materially interfere with the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Documents or the Restructuring Agreements; and no stop order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Securities in any jurisdiction shall have been issued and no Proceeding for that purpose shall have been commenced or, to the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, be pending or threatened as of the Closing Date.
 
(c)
No action shall have been taken and no Applicable Law shall have been enacted, adopted or issued that could, as of the Closing Date, reasonably be expected to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Documents or the Restructuring Agreements. No Proceeding shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, threatened other than Proceedings that (A) are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule, (B) if adversely determined could not, individually or in the aggregate, adversely affect the issuance or marketability of the Notes, or (C) could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(d)
The Company shall have obtained any and all approvals, consents and waivers necessary for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, all Permits, authorizations, approvals or consents of any Governmental Authority.
 
(e)
The Purchaser shall have received on the Closing Date:
 
 
(i)
certificates dated the Closing Date, signed by (1) the Chief Executive Officer and (2) the principal financial or accounting officer(s) of each of the Group Companies, on behalf of each of such Group Companies, respectively, to the effect that (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date, (b) such Group Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, (c) at the Closing Date, since the date hereof or since the date of the most recent financial statements in the SEC Reports (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto after the date thereof), no event or events have occurred, no information has become known nor does any condition exist that could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) since the date of the most recent financial statements in the SEC Reports (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto after the date thereof), none of the Group Companies has incurred any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business, that are material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole, or entered into any transactions not in the ordinary course of business that are material to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, prospects or regulatory status of the Group Companies, taken as a whole, and there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term indebtedness of any of the Group Companies that is material to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations, prospects or regulatory status of the Group Companies, taken as a whole, and (e) the sale of any of the Securities has not been enjoined (temporarily or permanently);
 
 
(ii)
certificates dated the Closing Date, executed by the Secretary or authorized officer of each of the Group Companies, certifying such matters as the Purchaser may reasonably request;
 
 
(iii)
certificates dated the Closing Date, executed by officers of the Company and the Controlling Shareholder, certifying such matters as the Purchaser may reasonably request;
 
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(iv)
the opinion of Guzov Ofsink, LLC, counsel to Fushi International, Inc. and Fushi Holdings, Inc. as to U.S. federal, New York State, Delaware State and Nevada State law, dated the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-1;
 
 
(v)
the opinion of Dacheng Law Firm, PRC counsel to Dalian Fushi and the WFOE, dated the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2; and
 
 
(vi)
the opinion of King & Wood, PRC counsel to the Purchaser, dated the Closing Date.
 
(f)
Each of the Documents shall have been executed and delivered by all parties thereto to the satisfaction of the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall have received a fully executed original (or clearly legible facsimile copy) of each Document.
 
(g)
The Purchaser shall have received copies of all opinions, certificates, letters and other documents delivered under or in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Documents that are required to be delivered at or prior to the Closing Date.
 
(h)
None of the other parties to any of the Documents shall be in breach or default under their respective obligations thereunder.
 
(i)
The Offshore Collateral Agent shall have received on the Closing Date:
 
 
(i)
the certificate representing the Pledged Stock (as defined in the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement), accompanied by undated stock powers duly executed in blank by the Pledgor pursuant to the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement;
 
 
(ii)
any appropriately completed copies, which have been duly authorized for filing by the appropriate Person, of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements naming the Company as a debtor and the Offshore Collateral Agent as the secured party, or other similar instruments or documents to be filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or desirable to perfect the security interests of the Offshore Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indentures;
 
 
(iii)
any certified copies of Uniform Commercial Code Requests for Information or Copies (Form UCC-11), or a similar search report certified by a party acceptable to the Offshore Collateral Agent, dated a date reasonably near to the Closing Date, listing all effective financing statements which name the Company or the Guarantor (under its present name and any previous names) as the debtor, together with copies of such financing statements (none of which shall cover any collateral described in the Indentures);
 
 
(iv)
such other approvals, opinions, or documents as the Offshore Collateral Agent may reasonably request in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Offshore Collateral Agent; and
 
 
(v)
the Offshore Collateral Agent and its counsel shall be satisfied that (i) the Lien granted to the Offshore Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the “Secured Parties” (as defined in the Security Documents) in the collateral described above is a first priority Lien in the case of previously unencumbered property identified on Schedule 4(k); and (ii) no Lien exists on any of the collateral described above other than the Lien created in favor of the Offshore Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Indentures and the Offshore Share Pledge Agreement.
 
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(j)
All Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other similar financing statements required pursuant to Section 7(i) (i), (ii) and (iii) above (collectively, the “Filing Statements”) shall have been delivered to CT Corporation System or another similar filing service company acceptable to the Offshore Collateral Agent (the “Filing Agent”). The Filing Agent shall have acknowledged in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Offshore Collateral Agent and its counsel (i) the Filing Agent’s receipt of all Filing Statements, (ii) that the Filing Statements have either been submitted for filing in the appropriate filing offices or will be submitted for filing in the appropriate offices within ten days following the Closing Date and (iii) that the Filing Agent will notify the Offshore Collateral Agent and its counsel of the results of such submissions within 30 days following the Closing Date.
 
(k)
The respective Boards of Directors of the Group Companies shall have approved and authorized by all necessary corporate action (i) the execution and delivery of the Documents, (ii) all actions to be performed or satisfied under the Documents (including, without limitation, the reserve for issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon exercise of the Convertible Notes), (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Documents, (iv) the pricing terms of the Notes and (v) all other actions necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Documents and the offering of the Notes, and shall have provided the Purchaser with a copy of such authorizations.
 
(l)
The Purchaser shall have completed and be satisfied with the results of all business, legal and financial due diligence, and any items requiring correction identified by the Purchaser shall have been corrected to the Purchaser’s satisfaction.
 
(m)
The Purchaser shall have received all necessary internal approval for the transactions contemplated hereunder or under the Documents.
 
(n)
The Purchaser shall be satisfied with the fund flow chart in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F setting forth how the proceeds from the issue of the Notes will be transferred to its direct or indirect PRC subsidiaries and how such PRC Subsidiaries will repatriate the funds to the Company for purposes of the performance of the Company’s obligations under the Documents.
 
8. Indemnification.
 
(a)
Each of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, each of its affiliates (including any person who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and their respective officers, directors, partners, shareholders, counsel, employees and agents (the Purchaser and each such other person being referred to as an “Indemnified Person”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses (or actions in respect thereof), as incurred, related to or arising out of or in connection with:
 
 
(i)
actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of the Group Companies or the Controlling Shareholder, or their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents;
 
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(ii)
any breach by any of the Group Companies or the Controlling Shareholder of their respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement or in any of the other Documents;
 
 
(iii)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, or the omission or alleged omission to state in (x) any SEC Report or any amendment or supplement thereto or (y) the Disclosure Schedule, a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
 
and, subject to the provisions hereof, will reimburse the Indemnified Persons for all reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) as they are incurred in connection with investigating, preparing, defending or settling any such action or claim, whether or not in connection with litigation in which any Indemnified Person is a named party. If any of the Indemnified Persons’ personnel appears as witnesses, are deposed or are otherwise involved in the defense of any action against an Indemnified Person, any of the Group Companies, the Controlling Shareholder or their respective officers or directors, the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder will reimburse the Purchaser for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Purchaser by reason of any of the Indemnified Persons being involved in any such action; provided, however, any of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder shall not be liable for indemnification hereunder with regard to any negligent act or omission or willful misconduct by the Purchaser or any other Indemnified Person which is the primary cause of, and results in, the unavailability to the Company (or any of its affiliates) or to the offering of the Notes of the exemption from the registration requirements of the Act provided by Regulation S thereunder. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability that any of the Group Companies and the Controlling Shareholder may otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons. 
 
(b)
As promptly as reasonably practical after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action for which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification under this Section 8, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof in writing; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability under paragraph (a) above unless and only to the extent it is materially prejudiced as a result thereof and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may determine, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of such indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party) at the expense of the indemnifying party; provided, however, that if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or are targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or any other indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action, then, in each such case, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel (including an additional local counsel) to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties at the expense of the indemnifying party. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in connection with such action the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action or actions) or (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. After such notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
 
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(c)
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of any indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action, claim, suit or proceeding in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been sought hereunder by any indemnified party (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim), unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional express written release of any indemnified party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of such action, claim, suit or proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party. If a claim or action is settled, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff with respect to any such claim or action, each indemnifying party jointly and severally agrees, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth above, to indemnify and hold harmless each indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities (and legal and other expenses as set forth above) incurred by reason of such settlement or judgment.
 
(d)
The indemnity and expense reimbursement obligations set forth herein (i) shall be in addition to any liability any of the Group Companies or the Controlling Shareholder may have to any Indemnified Person at common law or otherwise, (ii) shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Purchaser or any other Indemnified Person and (iii) shall be binding on any successor or assignee of any of the Group Companies and successors or assignees of any of the Group Companies’ business and assets.
 
(e)
If any of the Group Companies enters into any agreement or arrangement with respect to, or effects, any proposed sale, exchange, dividend or other distribution or liquidation of all or a significant portion of its assets in one or a series of transactions or any significant recapitalization or reclassification of its outstanding securities, such Group Company shall provide for the assumption of their obligations under this Agreement by another party reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser.
 
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9. Termination.
 
(a)
The Purchaser may terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date by written notice to the Company if any of the following has occurred:
 
 
(i)
since the date hereof, any Material Adverse Effect or development involving or reasonably expected to result in a prospective Material Adverse Effect that could, in the Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, be expected to (i) make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and the Indentures, or (ii) materially impair the investment quality of any of the Securities;
 
 
(ii)
the failure of any of the Group Companies to satisfy the conditions contained in Section 7 hereof on or prior to February 2, 2007;
 
 
(iii)
any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis, including acts of terrorism, or material adverse change or disruption in economic conditions in, or in the financial markets of, the United States, the European Union, or Hong Kong (it being understood that any such change or disruption shall be relative to such conditions and markets as in effect on the date hereof), if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, calamity, crisis, act or material adverse change in the economic conditions in, or in the financial markets of, the United States, the European Union or Hong Kong could be expected to make it, in the Purchaser’s sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the consummation of the transactions on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement or the Indentures;
 
 
(iv)
trading in the Company’ Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Trading Market or the suspension or limitation of trading generally in securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the NASDAQ Global Market or any setting of limitations on prices for securities on any such exchange or the NASDAQ Capital Market or the NASDAQ Global Market;
 
 
(v)
the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation after the date hereof of any Applicable Law that could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
 
 
(vi)
the declaration of a banking moratorium by any federal or New York state Governmental Authority; or the taking of any action by any Governmental Authority after the date hereof in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial markets in the United States, European Union, Hong Kong or elsewhere.
 
(b)
The Company shall pay to the Purchaser a fee in the amount of $3 million (the “Company Breakup Fee”) if this Agreement is terminated by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 9(a)(ii) above. The Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 7 days following such termination by the Purchaser) pay the Company Breakup Fee to the Purchaser.
 
(c)
The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date by written notice to the Purchaser based upon the Purchaser’s breach of its representations, warranties, covenants and obligations under this Agreement, which has or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein.
 
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(d)
The Purchaser shall pay to the Company a fee in the amount of $3 million (the “Purchaser Breakup Fee”) if this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 9(c) above; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, the Purchaser shall not be required to pay the Purchaser Breakup Fee based upon (i) the Purchaser’s discovery during its due diligence investigation of any material information of the Company not previously disclosed to the Purchaser by the Company prior to the date hereof, (ii) any reasonably material discrepancy found during the Purchaser’s due diligence investigation, or (iii) any material misstatement or omission by the Company in its audited financial statements or SEC Reports, in each case as determined solely at the discretion of the Purchaser. Subject to the foregoing proviso, the Purchaser shall promptly (but in no event later than 7 days following such termination by the Company) pay the Purchaser Breakup Fee to the Company.
 
10. Survival of Representations and Indemnities. The representations and warranties, covenants, indemnities and contribution and expense reimbursement provisions and other agreements of any of the Group Companies, the Controlling Shareholder and the Purchaser set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, and will survive, regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Purchaser, any of the Group Companies or the Controlling Shareholder, and (ii) acceptance of the Notes, and payment for them hereunder.
 
11. Substitution of Purchaser. The Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes, by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by the Purchaser and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, wherever the word “Purchaser” is used in this Agreement (other than in this Section 11), such word shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of the original purchaser. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to the original purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, wherever the word “Purchaser” is used in this Agreement (other than in this Section 11), such word shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to the original purchaser, and the original purchaser shall have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.
 
12. Miscellaneous.
 
(a)
Notices given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (i) if to the Company and/or the other Group Companies, to: Fushi International, Inc., 1 Shuang Qiang Road, Jinzhou, Dalian, People’s Republic of China 116100, Fax: +86 10 8447 8847, Attention: Mr. Chris Wenbing Wang, with a copy to Guzov Ofsink, LLC, 600 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Fax: +1 212 688 7273, Attention: Darren L. Ofsink, Esq., and (ii) if to the Purchaser, to the addresses as indicated in Schedule A, with a copy to Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett LLP, ICBC Tower - 7th Floor, 3 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong, China, Fax: +852 2869 7694, Attention: Youngjin Sohn, Esq. in the case of the Purchaser.
 
(b)
Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other person acting on its behalf will provide the Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions contemplated hereunder.
 
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(c)
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon each of the Group Companies, the Controlling Shareholder and the Purchaser and, to the extent provided in Section 8 hereof, the controlling persons and their respective agents, employees, officers, directors, partners, counsel, and shareholders referred to in Section 8, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement; provided, however, that Merrill Lynch Far East Limited may rely on the representations and warranties herein contained as an intended third-party beneficiary thereof.
 
(d)
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
(e)
Each of the Group Companies and Controlling Shareholder agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against any of the Group Companies and Controlling Shareholder arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.
 
(f)
The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
 
(g)
No failure to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
 
(h)
This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
(i)
The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision of this Agreement.
 
(j)
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, in each case, to the extent permitted by applicable law, and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
 
(k)
This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may be given; provided that the same are in writing and signed by all of the signatories hereto.
 
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Group Companies, the Controlling Shareholder and the Purchaser.
 
 
Very truly yours,
 
GROUP COMPANIES
 
FUSHI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
By:_________________________________
Name: 
Title: 
 
FUSHI HOLDINGS, INC.
 
By:_________________________________
Name: 
Title: 
 
FUSHI INTERNATIONAL (DALIAN) BIMETALLIC CABLE CO., LTD.

By:_________________________________
Name: 
Title:   

DALIAN FUSHI BIMETALLIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
 
By:_________________________________
        Name: 
        Title:
 
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CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER
 
By:_________________________________
Mr. Fu Li 
 

 
 

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Accepted and Agreed to:
 
CITADEL EQUITY FUND LTD.

By: Citadel Limited Partnership, its Portfolio Manager

By: Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C., its General Partner

By:_________________________________
Name:
Title: Authorized Signatory
 
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