As
Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1,
2010
Registration
No. 333-167626
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
PRE-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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3911
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13-3883101
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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15
Huangpu Science and Technology Park
Jiang'an
District
Wuhan,
Hubei Province, PRC 430023
(011)
86 27 65660703
(Address
and Telephone Number of
Principal
Executive Offices and Principal Place of Business)
Corporation
Service Company
2711
Centerville Road
Suite
300
Wilmington,
DE 19808
(302)
636-5401
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Yvan-Claude
Pierre, Esq.
William
Haddad, Esq.
DLA
Piper LLP (US)
1251
Avenue of the Americas
New
York, NY 10020
Telephone:
(212) 335-4500
Fax:
(917) 778-8670
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Paul
Goodman, Esq.
Andrew
Zizmor, Esq.
Cyruli
Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP
420
Lexington Avenue
Suite
2320
New
York, NY 10170
Telephone:
(212) 661-6800
Fax:
(212) 661-5350
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Christopher
S. Auguste, Esq.
Bill Huo,
Esq.
Ari
Edelman, Esq.
Kramer
Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP
1177
Avenue of the Americas
New
York, NY 10036
Telephone:
(212) 715-9100
Fax:
(212) 715-8000
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Approximate date of commencement of
proposed sale to the public
: From time to time after the Registration
Statement has been declared effective.
If any of
the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933,
check the following box.
o
If this
Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.
o
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.
o
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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Large
accelerated filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
x
Smaller
reporting company
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
of Securities
to be Registered
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Amount to be
Registered (2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share
(1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price (1)(2)
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Amount of
Registration
Fee(3)
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Common
stock, par value $0.001 per share
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5,750,000
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$
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8.96
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$
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51,520,000
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$
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3,674.00
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(1)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with
Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on $8.96
which represents the average of the high and low sales price of the common stock
as reported NASDAQ Capital Market on September 30, 2010.
(2)
In
cludes shares which the underwriter has the option to purchase to cover
over-allotments, if any.
(3)
Of
which $1,783.00 has been previously paid.
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The
registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as
may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a
further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this
preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These
securities may
not be
sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an
offer to sell these securities and is not an offer to buy these securities
in any state where the offer or
s
ale is not
permitted.
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PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION.
DATED
OCTOBER 1,
2010
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5,000,000
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
We are
offering 5,000,000 shares of our common stock. As of August 18, 2010,
our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market and trades under the
symbol “KGJI.” Previously, our common stock was quoted on the Over
the Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “KGJI.”
The
last reported market price of our shares of common stock on September 30,
2010 was $9.06.
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Investing
in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors”
beginning on page 16 for certain factors relating to an investment in our
securities. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or
determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
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Per Share
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Total
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Public
offering price
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$
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$
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Underwriting discounts and commissions
(1)
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$
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$
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Proceeds
to us, before expenses
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$
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$
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(1) See
“Underwriting” for a description of compensation payable to the
underwriter.
We
have granted a 45 day option to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the underwriter, to
purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of common stock from us on the same
terms as set forth above. If the underwriter exercises its right to purchase all
of such additional shares of common stock, such shares will be purchased at the
public offering price less the underwriting discount. The shares
issuable upon exercise of the underwriter option are identical to those offered
by this prospectus and have been registered under the registration statement of
which this prospectus forms a part.
The
underwriter expects to deliver the shares of common stock to purchasers in the
offering against payment in New York, New York on or
about ,
2010.
Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC
The date
of this prospectus is _______, 2010
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements and Other
Information
Contained in this Prospectus
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5
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Prospectus
Summary
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7
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Summary
of Consolidated Financial Statements
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14
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Risk
Factors
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16
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Use
of Proceeds
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33
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Capitalization
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33
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Market
For Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
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35
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Dilution
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36
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Selected Consolidated
Financial Data
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37
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis Of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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38
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Business
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51
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Director
and Executive Officers
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62
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Director
and Executive Compensation
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65
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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68
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Certain
Relationships and Related Party Transactions
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69
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Description
of Capital Stock
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71
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Underwriting
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73
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Legal
Matters
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82
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Experts
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82
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Disclosure
of Commission Position on Indemnification For Securities Act
Liability
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82
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Changes
In and Disagreements With Accounts on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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83
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Where
You Can Find More Information
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83
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Index
to Financial Statements
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84
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You
should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We
have not authorized anyone to provide you with information other than that
contained in this prospectus. The information contained in this
prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the
time of its delivery or of any sale of our common stock. This
prospectus will be updated and, as updated, will be made available for delivery
to the extent required by federal securities laws.
No
person is authorized in connection with this prospectus to give any information
or to make any representations about us, the securities offered hereby or any
matter discussed in this prospectus, other than the information and
representations contained in this prospectus. If any other
information or representation is given or made, such information or
representation may not be relied upon as having been authorized by
us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any circumstance under which
the offer or solicitation is unlawful. Neither the delivery of this
prospectus nor any distribution of securities in accordance with this prospectus
shall, under any circumstances, imply that there has been no change in our
affairs since the date of this prospectus. This prospectus will be
updated and updated prospectuses will be made available for delivery to the
extent required by the federal securities laws.
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND OTHER
INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
This
prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward looking statements give our
current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify
these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or
current facts. Forward looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties and include statements regarding, among other things, our
projected sales, profitability and cash flows, our growth strategies,
anticipated trends in our industries, our future financing plans and our
anticipated needs for working capital. They are generally
identifiable by use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “plans,” “potential,” “projects,” “continuing,” “ongoing,”
“expects,” “management believes,” “we believe,” “we intend” or the negative of
these words or other variations on these words or comparable
terminology. These statements may be found under the sections
entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” and “Business,” as well as in this prospectus
generally. In particular, these include statements relating to future
actions, prospective products or product approvals, future performance or
results of current and anticipated products, sales efforts, expenses, and the
outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings and financial
results.
Examples
of forward-looking statements in this prospectus include, but are not limited
to, our expectations regarding our business strategy, business prospects,
operating results, working capital, liquidity, capital expenditure requirements
and future acquisitions. Important assumptions relating to the forward-looking
statements include, among others, assumptions regarding demand for our products,
the cost, terms and availability of gold, pricing levels, the timing and cost of
capital expenditures, competitive conditions, general economic conditions and
synergies relating to acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances. These
statements are based on our management’s expectations, beliefs and assumptions
concerning future events affecting us, which in turn are based on currently
available information. These assumptions could prove inaccurate. Although we
believe that the estimates and projections reflected in the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, our expectations may prove to be
incorrect.
Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
and events anticipated or implied by such forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to:
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changes in the market price of
gold;
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changes in political, economic or
regulatory conditions generally and in the PRC markets in which we
operate;
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non-performance of suppliers on
their sale commitments and customers on their purchase
commitments;
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non-performance of third-party
service providers;
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adverse conditions in the
industries in which our customers operate, including a continuation of the
global recession;
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our ability to manage
growth;
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our ability to integrate acquired
businesses;
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our ability to retain and attract
senior management and other key
employees;
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changes in PRC or U.S. tax
laws;
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increased levels of
competition;
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our ability to comply with
environmental laws and regulations;
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other risks, including those
described in the “Risk Factors” discussion of this
prospectus.
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We
operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge
from time to time. It is not possible for us to predict all of those risks, nor
can we assess the impact of all of those risks on our business or the extent to
which any factor may cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement. The forward-looking statements in
this prospectus are based on assumptions management believes are reasonable.
However, due to the uncertainties associated with forward-looking statements,
you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Further,
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and unless
required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly
update any of them in light of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
Currency
Unless
otherwise noted, all currency figures in this filing are in U.S.
dollars. References to “yuan” or “RMB” are to the Chinese yuan (also
known as the renminbi). According to xe.com, as of September 14,
2010, $1 = 6.7450
RMB.
Third
Party Data
This prospectus contains
estimates and other information concerning our industry, including market size
and growth rates, that are based on industry publications, surveys and
forecasts, including those generated by World Gold Council, Gems and
Jewelry Trade Association of China, and the State Bureau of Statistics of
China. This information involves a number of assumptions and
limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to these
estimates. The industry in which we operate is subject to a high degree of
uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, includes those described in
“Risk
Factors.”
Over-Allotment
Option and Reverse Stock Split
Unless
otherwise indicated, information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriter
does not exercise its option to purchase additional shares. All share and per
share information concerning our common stock reflects a 1-for-2 reverse stock
split which became effective on August 10, 2010.
This
summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and does
not contain all of the information you should consider in making your investment
decision. You should read this summary together with the more detailed
information, including our consolidated financial statements and the related
notes, elsewhere in this prospectus. You should carefully consider, among other
things, the matters discussed in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 15. In
addition, some of the statements made in this prospectus discuss future events
and developments, including our future strategy and our ability to generate
revenue, income and cash flow. These forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from
those contemplated in these forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note
Regarding the Forward Looking Statements.” All share and per share
information concerning our common stock reflects a 1-for-2 reverse stock split
which became effective on August 10, 2010.
The
terms "we," "us," "our," and “Kingold" mean Kingold Jewelry, Inc. (formerly
known as Activeworlds Corp.), and our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Dragon Lead, a
BVI corporation, Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd. (or Vogue-Show), a PRC
wholly foreign owned enterprise, and Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited, (or
Wuhan Kingold), our contractually controlled entity and a PRC company
limited by shares, unless otherwise indicated.
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
Through a variable interest entity,
or VIE, relationship with Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited, we
are one of the leading professional designers and manufacturers of 24 Karat gold
jewelry and ornaments developing, promoting, and selling a broad range of
products to the rapidly expanding Chinese luxury goods market in the central
part of the Peoples Republic of China, or PRC, including Hubei, Hunan, Henan,
Jiangxi, Anhui and Sichuan Provinces.
According to statistics provided by
Gems and Jewelry Trade Association of China, in 2008 we ranked first in the
PRC's gold industry nationwide in total volume of 24 Karat gold production. We
offer a wide range of in-house designed products including but not limited to
gold necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, and pendants. We launch as many
as 900 new products each month and approximately 10,000 every year.
We have
historically sold our products directly to distributors, retailers and other
wholesalers, who then sell our products to consumers through retail counters
located in both department stores and other traditional stand-alone jewelry
stores. We sell our products to our customers at a price that reflects the
market price of the base material (24 Karat gold), plus a mark-up
reflecting our design fees and processing fees. Typically this mark-up ranges
from 4-6%
of the
price of the base material
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We aim to
become an increasingly important participant in the PRC's gold jewelry design
and manufacturing sector. In addition to expanding our design and
manufacturing capabilities, our goal is to provide a large variety of gold
products in unique styles and superior quality under our brand, Kingold or Jin
Huang (
金凰
).
We are
located in Wuhan of Hubei Province, which is the fourth largest city in the PRC
in terms of population. During 2009, we produced approximately 16 tons of 24K
gold products.
Risks
and Challenges
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk that includes risks
related to our business, the industries in which we operate, the PRC, the
ownership of our common stock and this Offering, including the following
specific risks:
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We derive all of our profits from
sales of our products in China. The continued development of our business
depends, in large part, on continued growth in the gold jewelry business
in China and continued economic development in
China.
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One shareholder owns a large
percentage of our outstanding securities and could significantly influence
the outcome of our corporate
matters.
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We rely on a limited number of
suppliers for most of the raw materials we use. Interruptions or shortages
of supplies from our key suppliers of raw materials could disrupt
production or impact our ability to increase production and
sales.
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We are dependant upon consumer
demand for 24 Karat gold products which may be affected by general
economic conditions in
China.
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The PRC government may determine
that our variable interest entity agreements with Wuhan Kingold are not in
compliance with applicable PRC laws, rules and
regulations.
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We are
subject to a number of additional risks which you should be aware of before you
buy our common stock. The risks are discussed more fully in the
section entitled “Risk Factors” following this prospectus summary.
Our
Business Strategies
Our goal
is to be a leading vertically-integrated designer, manufacturer, and retailer of
24 Karat gold jewelry products in China. We intend to achieve our goal by
implementing the following strategies:
We plan to continue to specialize in
the design and manufacture of 24 Karat gold jewelry.
We intend
to continue to leverage our experience in jewelry design to introduce new
fashionable products with strong market recognition. By investing
significantly in design, research and development, we plan to design new product
lines of 24 Karat gold jewelry to meet specific needs of our target customers.
By staying on top of market trends and expanding our design team and
capabilities, we plan to continue to increase our revenues and market
share.
We intend to further promote and
improve the use of our brand.
We
intend to make significant efforts in growing the brand recognition of our
Kingold brand and strengthening our market position. As part of this
initiative, we plan to launch an advertising campaign over Chinese television
networks to promote our gold jewelry products as well as through popular
magazines throughout China. Through marketing and promotion of our
high end product lines, we believe the notoriety and reputation of our brand
will be further enhanced.
We will increase the automation in our
production line.
Our
production lines use modern technologies and production techniques that we
strive to continuously improve. We plan to increase the level of
automation in our production lines by purchasing advanced equipment and
facilities to improve our efficiency and precision, lower our average costs, and
expand our production capacity
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See
“Business – Our Strategy” beginning on page 53 for a more detailed
description of our strategy.
Corporate
History
We were
initially incorporated in 1995 in Delaware as Vanguard Enterprises,
Inc. In 1999, we changed our corporate name to Activeworlds.com, Inc.
(and subsequently to Activeworlds Corp.) and through a wholly-owned subsidiary
we provided internet software products and services that enabled the delivery of
three-dimensional content over the internet. We operated that
business until September 11, 2002 when we sold that business to our former
management and we became a shell company with no significant business
operations. As a result of the consummation of the reverse
acquisition transaction as described below, on December 23, 2009, we ceased to
be a shell company and became an indirect holding company for Vogue-Show through
Dragon Lead.
Acquisition
of Kingold and Name Change
In
December 2009, we acquired 100% of Dragon Lead from the shareholders of Dragon
Lead in a share exchange transaction pursuant to which the shareholders of
Dragon Lead exchanged 100% ownership in Dragon Lead, for 33,104,234 shares
of our common stock. As a result, Dragon Lead became our wholly-owned
subsidiary. Dragon Lead owns 100% of Vogue-Show and Vogue-Show
controls Wuhan Kingold through a series of variable interest entity agreements,
described below. We currently operate through Dragon Lead, Vogue-Show
and Wuhan Kingold.
In
February 2010, we then changed our name to Kingold Jewelry, Inc. to better
reflect our business.
Organizational
History of Dragon Lead and its Subsidiaries
Dragon
Lead Group Limited, or Dragon Lead, a British Virgin Islands (BVI) corporation
was incorporated in the BVI on July 1, 2008 as an investment holding
company. Dragon Lead owns 100% of the ownership interest in
Vogue-Show.
Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd., or Vogue-Show, a PRC wholly foreign owned
enterprise, or WFOE, was incorporated in the PRC on February 16, 2009. Wuhan
Kingold was incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company on August 2,
2002 by Jia Zhi Hong, as the major shareholder, and Xue Su Yue who sold her
shares in Wuhan Kingold to Jia Zhi Hong and Chen Wei in 2003. On October 26,
2007, Wuhan Kingold was restructured as a joint stock company limited by shares.
Its business activities are principally the design and manufacture of 24 Karat
gold jewelry and ornaments in the PRC. Wuhan Kingold's business license will
expire on March 4, 2021 and is renewable upon expiration. The registered and
paid-in capital of Wuhan Kingold is RMB 120 million.
The
Vogue-Show/Wuhan Kingold VIE Relationship
On
June 30, 2009, Vogue-Show entered into a series of agreements with Wuhan Kingold
and shareholders holding 95.83% of the outstanding equity of Wuhan Kingold under
which Wuhan Kingold agreed to pay 95.83% of its after-tax profits to Vogue-Show
and shareholders owning 95.83% of Wuhan Kingold’s shares have pledged their
shares and delegated their voting power in Wuhan Kingold to Vogue-Show.
Such share pledge is registered with the PRC Administration for Industry and
Commerce.
The
VIE arrangement was created so that upon the closing of the reverse acquisition,
as described below, we would be able to acquire control over Wuhan Kingold, as
explained below. These contractual arrangements enable us to:
• exercise
effective control over our variable interest entity, Wuhan Kingold;
• receive
substantially all of the economic benefits from our variable interest entity,
Wuhan Kingold; and
• have
an exclusive ten-year option to purchase 95.83% of the equity interest in our
variable interest entity Wuhan Kingold, contingent upon such a purchase being
permitted by PRC law, at a price based on an appraisal provided by an asset
evaluation institution which will be jointly appointed by Vogue-Show and the
Wuhan Kingold shareholders.
Concurrently,
Wuhan Kingold agreed to grant Vogue-Show a ten-year option to purchase all of
Wuhan Kingold's assets at a price based on an appraisal provided by an asset
evaluation institution which will be jointly appointed by Vogue-Show and Wuhan
Kingold. In addition, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold have pledged their shares in Wuhan Kingold in order to
guarantee the performance of Wuhan Kingold and any of its respective
shareholders under the VIE agreements, ultimately
providing Vogue-Show, as pledgee, with certain rights, including the
right to foreclose on the pledged equity interests.
Through
such arrangement, Wuhan Kingold has become Vogue-Show's contractually controlled
affiliate.
We have
consolidated the financial results of Wuhan Kingold in our consolidated
financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
Reverse
Acquisition and Private Placement
On
September 29, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reverse Acquisition
with Vogue-Show, a PRC wholly foreign owned enterprise, Dragon Lead, and the
stockholders of Dragon Lead, or the Dragon Lead Stockholders. Pursuant to the
acquisition agreement, we agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of Dragon Lead in exchange for the issuance of 33,104,234 newly
issued shares of our common stock. The acquisition agreement closed
on or about December 23, 2009. Following the closing, Dragon Lead became
our wholly-owned subsidiary.
The purpose of the reverse acquisition
was to acquire control over Wuhan Kingold. We did not acquire Wuhan
Kingold directly through the issuance of stock to Wuhan Kingold’s stockholders
because under PRC law it is uncertain whether a share exchange would be
legal. We instead chose to acquire control of Wuhan Kingold through
the acquisition of Vogue Show and the VIE arrangements previously described in
this prospectus. Certain rules and regulations in the PRC restrict the ability
of non-PRC companies that are controlled by PRC residents to acquire PRC
companies. There is significant uncertainty as to whether these rules
and regulations require transactions of the type contemplated by our VIE
arrangements, or of the type contemplated by the Call Option described below, to
be approved by the PRC Ministry of Commerce, the China Securities and Regulatory
Commission, or other agencies. For a discussion of the risks and
uncertainties arising from these PRC rules and regulations, see “Risk Factors –
Risks Related to Doing Business in the PRC – Recent PRC regulations relating to
acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign entities may create regulatory
uncertainties that could restrict or limit our ability to operate. Our failure
to obtain the prior approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or
CSRC for the listing and trading of our common stock could have a material
adverse effect on our business, operating results, reputation and trading price
of our common stock,” beginning on page 24.
On
December 23, 2009, immediately prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition,
we completed a private placement with 14 investors. Pursuant to
a securities purchase agreement entered into with the investors, we sold an
aggregate of 5,120,484 newly issued shares of our common stock at $0.996 per
share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5.1 million. The investors
in the private placement also received five-year warrants to purchase up to
1,024,096 shares of common stock at the price of $0.996 per share. After
commissions and expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $4.55
million in the private placement. In addition, five-year warrants to
purchase up to 1,536,145 shares of common stock at the price of $0.996 per share
were issued to various consultants who assisted in the
transaction.
All share and per share information
concerning our common stock in the above discussion reflects a 1-for-2 reverse
stock split which became effective on August 10, 2010.
As a
result of the above transactions, we ceased being a “shell company” as defined
in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Act.
Also, on December 23, 2009, Fok Wing
Lam Winnie, the sole shareholder of Famous Grow and the majority shareholder of
Dragon Lead prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition, entered into a call
option agreement, or call option, with Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin as an
inducement to encourage them to provide services to Wuhan Kingold and our
company. Under the call option agreement, Fok Wing Lam Winnie granted to Jia Zhi
Hong and Zhao Bin certain call options to acquire up to 100% of the shares of
Famous Grow at any time for a period of five years. While our PRC counsel
believes that this arrangement does not violate any provisions of applicable PRC
laws, there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and
application of the current or future PRC laws and regulations, including
regulations governing the validity and legality of such call options.
Accordingly, we cannot assure you that PRC government authorities will not
ultimately take a view contrary to the opinion of our PRC legal
counsel.
Additionally,
on December 23, 2009, immediately following the closing, Famous Grow Holdings
Limited, a BVI limited liability company, or Famous Grow, prior to the closing
Dragon Lead's majority shareholder entered into a make good escrow agreement
with the investors, pursuant to which, Famous Grow deposited a total
of 1,895,609 of shares of common stock into an escrow account as “make good
shares.” In the event that our after-PRC-tax net income for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, is less than 70% of RMB 65.0 million, RMB100.0
million and RMB150.0 million, respectively, as set forth in the make good escrow
agreement, part or all of the escrowed make good shares will be transferred to
private placement investors on pro rata basis. Our after-PRC-tax net
income for the year ended December 31, 2009 exceeded 70% of RMB 65.0 million and
therefore, no “make good shares” were transferred as of December 31,
2009.
The
following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this
prospectus:
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Notes:
(1)
Famous Grow is owned by Fok Wing Lam Winnie. Pursuant to a Call
Option Agreement, our founder, chairman and chief executive officer, Jia Zhi
Hong, and general manager and director, Zhao Bin, have the right to collectively
acquire 100% of the ownership of Famous Grow.
(2)
Wuhan Kingold is 55.31% owned by Jia Zhi Hong, our founder, chairman and chief
executive officer, 1.67% owned by Zhao Bin, our general manager and director,
4.17% owned by Beijing Capital Investment Co. Ltd., a PRC state-owned
enterprise, with the balance of 38.85% owned by a total of 44 other
shareholders, all of whom are PRC citizens. All of Wuhan Kingold
’
s
shareholders, other than Beijing Capital Investment Co. Ltd., have entred into
the VIE agreements
Company
Information
We are
a Delaware corporation. Our principal executive offices are located
at 15 Huangpu Science and Technology Park, Jiang'an District, Wuhan, Hubei
Province, PRC, and our telephone number
is (011) 86-27-6569-4977. Our website is located at
www.kingoldjewelry.com. Information on our website or any other website is not
incorporated by reference into this prospectus and does not constitute a part of
this prospectus, and investors should not rely on any such information in
deciding whether to purchase our common stock.
The name “Kingold” is our registered
trademark in the PRC. See “Business – Intellectual Property” for a
description of out intellectual property portfolio beginning on page
55.
OFFERING
SUMMARY
Securities
offered
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5,000,000
shares of common stock
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Shares
outstanding before this offering
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41,766,413
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Shares
outstanding after this offering
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Option
to purchase additional shares
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We
have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable within 45 days
from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to an additional 750,000
shares of common stock from us.
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Use
of proceeds
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We
intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and
other general corporate purposes, as more fully discussed in the section
entitled “Use of Proceeds” following this prospectus
summary.
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Risk
factors
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We
are subject to a number of risks which you should be aware of before you
buy our common stock. The risks are discussed more fully in the
section entitled “Risk Factors” following this prospectus
summary.
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Stock
symbol
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Our
common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol
“KGJI,” as of August 18, 2010. Previously, our common stock was
quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol
“KGJI.”
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The
shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering are based
on
41,766,389
shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2010 and
excludes 3,335,241 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance
pursuant to outstanding warrants to purchase our common stock as
of June 30, 2010, with a weighted average exercise price of $0.52 per
share. All share and per share information concerning our common
stock reflects a 1-for-2 reverse stock split that became effective on August 10,
2010. All share and per share information for dates prior to August 10,
2010 is shown on a pro forma basis.
RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS
NASDAQ
Listing
On August 17, 2010, our common stock
was approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “KGJI”
and began trading on August 18, 2010. Our common stock had been
previously listed for quotation on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the
same symbol.
1-for-2
Reverse Common Stock Split
On August 10, 2010, we effected a
1-for-2 reverse stock split of our common stock.
Second
Quarter Financials
The
following is a summary of our selected unaudited consolidated financial results
for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to our selected unaudited
consolidated financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2009. Results
for the second quarter of 2010 may not be indicative of our full year results
for the year ending December 31, 2010 or future quarterly periods. See
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” included elsewhere in this prospectus for information regarding
trends and other factors that may influence our results of operations and for
recent quarterly operating results. All earnings per share data for
dates prior to August 10, 2010 have been adjusted to reflect, on a pro forma
basis, our 1-for-2 reverse stock split of our common stock.
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For the six months ended
June 30,
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2010
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2009
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(unaudited)
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(unaudited)
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Statements
of Operations Data
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Net
Sales
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$
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168,356,310
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$
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98,479,024
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Total
cost of sales
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(155,337,665
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)
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(92,495,667
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)
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Gross
profit
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13,018,645
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5,983,357
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Total
operating expenses
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1,187,381
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900,912
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Income
from operations
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11,831,264
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5,082,415
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Other
Expenses (gains)
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(263,177
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)
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(509,514
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)
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Provision
for Income Tax
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(2,946,095
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)
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(1,144,622
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)
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Net
income attributable to common stockholders
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8,252,908
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3,196,849
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Earning
per share-basic and fully diluted
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$
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0.20
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$
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0.10
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SUMMARY
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The
following summary consolidated statements of operations for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 have been derived from our audited
consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The
following summary consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended
June 30, 2010 and 2009 have been derived from our unaudited consolidated
financial statements for such periods included elsewhere in this prospectus. You
should read the summary consolidated financial data in conjunction with those
financial statements and the accompanying notes and “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our consolidated
financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. Our consolidated
financial statements have been prepared as if our current corporate
structure had been in existence throughout the periods presented. All earnings
per share data for dates prior to August 10, 2010 have been adjusted to reflect,
on a pro forma basis, our 1-for-2 reverse stock split of our common
stock.
Our
management believes that the assumptions underlying our financial statements and
the above allocations are reasonable. Our financial statements, however, may not
necessarily reflect our results of operations, financial position and cash flows
as if we had operated as a separate, stand-alone company during the periods
presented. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative
of financial results to be achieved in future periods and are not necessarily
indicative of results to be expected for any other period.
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For the year ended
December 31,
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For the six months ended
June 30,
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2009
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2008
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2010
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2009
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(unaudited)
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(unaudited)
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Statements
of Operations Data
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Net
Sales
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$
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250,450,650
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$
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109,782,936
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$
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168,356,310
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$
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98,479,024
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Total
cost of sales
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(234,725,168
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)
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(98,547,293
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(155,337,665
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)
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(92,495,667
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)
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Gross
profit
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15,725,482
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11,235,643
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13,018,645
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5,983,357
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Total
operating expenses
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2,484,915
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1,128,067
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1,187,381
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900,912
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Income
from operations
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13,240,567
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10,107,576
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11,831,264
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5,082,445
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Other
Expenses
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(895,625
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)
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(1,665,606
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(263,177
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(509,514
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Income
Tax
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(3,220,439
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)
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(2,090,556
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)
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(2,946,095
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)
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(1,144,622
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)
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Net
income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
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(462,920
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)
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(264,867
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(369,084
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(231,460
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)
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Net
income attributable to common stockholders
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$
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8,661,583
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$
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6,086,547
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$
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8,252,908
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$
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3,196,849
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Earning
per share-basic
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0.26
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0.18
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0.20
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0.10
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Weighted
average shares outstanding-basic
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33,294,089
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33,104,234
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41,766,404
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33,104,234
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Balance
Sheet Data
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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7,964,120
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281,994
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6,643,253
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18,603,526
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Total
assets
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62,327,038
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45,195,285
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71,962,531
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47,799,363
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Total
liabilities
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10,683,428
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17,084,008
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11,243,755
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16,159,748
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Total
stockholders’ equity
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50,823,356
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27,755,078
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59,520,283
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31,120,229
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Non-controlling
interests
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820,254
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356,199
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1,198,493
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519,386
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Total
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$
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62,327,038
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$
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45,195,285
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$
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71,962,531
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47,799,363
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The
following table presents consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2010
(i) on an actual basis and (ii) on a proforma basis to reflect the
sale of 5,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering by us at an
assumed public offering price of $8.96 per share, the midpoint of the price
range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus, after deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering
expenses.
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As of June 30, 2010
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Actual
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Proforma
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(in thousands)
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(unaudited)
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Consolidated
balance sheet data:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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6,643
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47,409
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Working
capital
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46,437
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87,203
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Total
assets
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71,962
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112,728
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Common
Stock and additional paid in capital
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31,119
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71,885
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Total
stockholders’ equity
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|
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59,520
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100,286
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RISK
FACTORS
Investing
in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should
carefully consider the risks described below as well as the other information
contained in this prospectus before deciding to purchase any shares of our
common stock. These risks could harm our business, operating results,
financial condition and prospects. In addition, the trading price of
our common stock could decline due to any of these risks and you might lose all
or part of your investment. You should pay particular attention to the fact that
we conduct all of our operations in China and are governed by a legal and
regulatory environment that in some respects differs significantly from the
environment that may prevail in the U.S. and other countries. All
share and per share information concerning our common stock for dates prior to
August 10, 2010 has been adjusted to reflect, on a pro forma basis, our 1-for-2
reverse stock split of our common stock.
Risks
Related to our Business
Jewelry
purchases are discretionary, may be particularly affected by adverse trends in
the general economy, and an economic decline will make it more difficult to
generate revenue.
The
success of our operations depends, to a significant extent, upon a number of
factors relating to discretionary consumer spending in China. These factors
include economic conditions and perceptions of such conditions by consumers,
employment rates, the level of consumers’ disposable income, business
conditions, interest rates, consumer debt levels, availability of credit and
levels of taxation in regional and local markets in China where we manufacture
and sell our products. There can be no assurance that consumer spending on
jewelry will not be adversely affected by changes in general economic conditions
in China and globally.
While the
Chinese economy has experienced rapid growth in recent years, such growth has
been uneven among various sectors of the economy and in different geographical
areas of the country. Rapid economic growth can lead to growth in the money
supply and rising inflation. During the past two decades, the rate of inflation
in China has been as high as approximately 20%. If prices for our products rise
at a rate that is insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of
supplies such as raw materials, it may have an adverse effect on our
profitability. During the recent global economic slowdown, the People’s Bank of
China or PBOC set the interest rate at a rather low level and the central
government implemented a several trillion of RMB stimulus plan which has brought
increased liquidity into the market. However, if the global economy continues to
recover it is very likely that PBOC will increase the interest
rate. Significant rises in interest rates by the central bank could
slow economic activity in China which may, in turn, materially increase our
costs and reduce demand for our products.
Most
of our sales are of products that include gold, precious metals and other
commodities, and fluctuations in the availability and pricing of commodities
would adversely impact our ability to obtain and make products at favorable
prices.
The
jewelry industry generally is affected by fluctuations in the price and supply
of diamonds, gold, and, to a lesser extent, other precious and semi-precious
metals and stones. In the past, we have not hedged our requirement for gold or
other raw materials through the use of options, forward contracts or outright
commodity purchasing. A significant increase in the price of gold could increase
our production costs beyond the amount that we are able to pass on to our
customers, which would adversely affect our sales and profitability. A
significant disruption in our supply of gold, or other commodities could
decrease our production and shipping levels, materially increase our operating
costs and materially and adversely affect our profit margins. Shortages of gold,
or other commodities, or interruptions in transportation systems, labor strikes,
work stoppages, war, acts of terrorism, or other interruptions to or
difficulties in the employment of labor or transportation in the markets in
which we purchase our raw materials, may adversely affect our ability to
maintain production of our products and sustain profitability. Although we
generally attempt to pass increased commodity prices to our customers, there may
be circumstances in which we are not able to do so. In addition, if we were to
experience a significant or prolonged shortage of gold, we would be unable to
meet our production schedules and to ship products to our customers in a timely
manner, which would adversely affect our sales, margins and customer
relations.
Furthermore,
the value of our inventory may be affected by commodity prices. We record the
value of our inventory at the lower of our cost (using the first-in, first-out
method) or market value. As a result, decreases in the market value of precious
metals such as gold would result in a lower stated value of our inventory, which
may require us to take a charge for the decrease in the value of our
inventory.
Competition
in the jewelry industry could cause us to lose market share, thereby materially
and adversely affecting our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
The
jewelry industry in China is highly fragmented and very competitive. We believe
that the market may become even more competitive as the industry grows and/or
consolidates. We compete with local jewelry manufacturers and large foreign
multinational companies that offer products that are similar to ours. Some of
these competitors have larger local or regional customer bases, more locations,
more brand equity, and substantially greater financial, marketing and other
resources than we have. As a result of this increasing competition, we could
lose market share, thereby materially and adversely affecting our business,
results of operations and financial condition.
We
may need to raise additional funds in the future. These funds may not be
available on acceptable terms or at all, and, without additional funds, we may
not be able to maintain or expand our business.
Our
operations require substantial funds to finance our operating expenses, to
maintain and expand our manufacturing, marketing and sales capabilities and to
cover public company costs. Without these funds, we may not be able to meet our
goals.
We may
seek additional funding through public or private financing or through
collaborative arrangements with strategic partners. However, you should also be
aware that in the future:
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we cannot be certain that
additional capital will be available on favorable terms, if at
all;
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any available additional
financing may not be adequate to meet our goals;
and
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any equity financing would result
in dilution to stockholders.
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If we
cannot raise additional funds when needed, or on acceptable terms, we may not be
able to effectively execute our growth strategy (including entering the retail
market), take advantage of future opportunities, or respond to competitive
pressures or unanticipated requirements. In addition, we may be required to
scale back or discontinue expansion plans, or obtain funds through strategic
alliances that may require us to relinquish certain rights.
Our ability to
maintain or increase our revenue could be harmed if we are unable to strengthen
and maintain our brand image.
We
believe that primary factors in facilitating customer buying decisions in
China’s jewelry sector include price, confidence in the merchandise sold, and
the level and quality of customer service. The ability to differentiate our
products from competitors' by our brand-based marketing strategies is a key
factor in attracting consumers, and if our strategies and efforts to promote our
brand, such as television and magazine advertising and beauty contest
sponsorships fail to garner brand recognition, our ability to generate revenue
may suffer. If we are unable to differentiate our products, our ability to sell
our products wholesale and our planned sale of products retail will be adversely
affected. If we fail to identify or react appropriately or timely to customer
buying decisions, we could experience a reduction in consumer recognition of our
products, a diminished brand image, higher markdowns, and costs to recast
overstocked jewelry. These factors could result in lowering selling prices and
sales volumes for our products, which could adversely affect our financial
condition and results of operations
There
is only one source in China for us to obtain the precious metals used in our
jewelry products; accordingly, any interruptions of our arrangement with this
source would disrupt our ability to fulfill customer orders and substantially
affect our ability to continue our business operations.
Under the
PRC law, supply of precious metals such as platinum, gold, and silver are highly
regulated by PRC government agencies. The Shanghai Gold Exchange is the only
supplier in China for gold used for our jewelry products. We are required to
obtain and maintain several membership and approval certificates from government
agencies in order to do business involving precious metals. The loss of our
relationship or failure to renew our membership with the Shanghai Gold Exchange,
or its inability to furnish precious metals to us as anticipated in terms of
cost, quality, and timeliness, would adversely affect our ability to fulfill
customer orders in accordance with our required delivery, quality, and
performance requirements. If this situation were to occur, we would not have any
alternative suppliers in China to obtain our raw materials, which would result
in a decline in revenue and revenue potential, and risk the continuation of our
business operations.
If
we are not able to adapt to changing jewelry trends in China, our inventory may
be overstocked and we may be forced to reduce the price of our overstocked
jewelry or incur the cost to recast it into new jewelry.
Our
jewelry sales depend on consumer fashions, preferences for jewelry and the
demand for particular products in China. Jewelry design trends in China can
change rapidly. The ability to predict accurately future changes in taste,
respond to changes in consumer preferences, carry the inventory demanded by
customers, deliver the appropriate quality, price products correctly and
implement effective purchasing procedures, all have an important influence on
determining sales performance and achieved gross margin. If we fail to
anticipate, identify or react appropriately to changes in styles and trends, we
could experience excess inventories, higher than normal markdowns or an
inability to sell our products. If such a situation exists, we may need to incur
additional costs to recast our products to fit the demand, and labor and
manufacturing costs invested in the recast products would be lost.
Our
failure to manage growth effectively could have an adverse effect on our
employee efficiency, product quality, working capital levels, and results of
operations.
We intend
to develop the retail distribution of our products, which we believe will result
in rapid growth, but will also place significant demands on our managerial,
operational and financial resources. Any significant growth in the market for
our current wholesale business and our planned retail distribution would require
us to expand our managerial, operational, financial, and other resources. During
any period of growth, we may face problems related to our operational and
financial systems and controls, including quality control and delivery and
service capabilities. We also will need to continue to expand, train and manage
our employee base. If we are unable to successfully build these skills and
expand our number of skilled management and staff, we may be unsuccessful in
achieving our intended level of growth.
Aside
from increased difficulties in the management of human resources, we may also
encounter working capital issues, as we will need increased liquidity to finance
the purchases of raw materials and supplies, development of new products and the
hiring of additional employees. Our failure to manage growth effectively may
lead to operational and financial inefficiencies that will have a negative
effect on our profitability. We cannot assure you that we will be able to timely
and effectively meet that demand and maintain the quality standards required by
our existing and potential customers.
We
rely on our distribution network for virtually all of our revenues. Failure to
maintain good distributor relations could materially disrupt our distribution
business and harm our net sales.
Our
business depends directly on the performance of our more than 200 distributors.
Our largest distributor accounted for approximately 8.25% and 9.8% of our gross
revenues in 2009 and 2008, respectively. As we do not have long-term contracts
with our distributors, it is critical that we maintain good relationships with
them. However, maintaining good relationships with existing distributors and
replacing any distributor is difficult and time consuming. Our failure to
maintain good relationships with our distributors could materially disrupt our
distribution business and harm our net sales.
Substantial
defaults by our customers on accounts receivable could have a material adverse
affect on our liquidity and results of operations.
As with
most businesses in our industry, a substantial portion of our working capital
consists of accounts receivable from customers. If customers responsible for a
significant amount of accounts receivable were to become insolvent or otherwise
unable to pay for our products, or to make payments in a timely manner, our
liquidity and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. An
economic or industry downturn could materially adversely affect the servicing of
these accounts receivable, which could result in longer payment cycles,
increased collections costs and defaults in excess of management’s expectations.
In addition, as we increase our presence in the retail market, we expect the
aging of our accounts receivable generated from sales through retail counters to
increase as department stores typically defer payments to us of cash receipts
collected by them on our behalf. A significant deterioration in our ability to
collect on accounts receivable could affect our cash flow and working capital
position and could also impact the cost or availability of financing available
to us.
We
must maintain a relatively large inventory of our raw materials and jewelry
products to support customer delivery requirements, and if this inventory is
lost due to theft, our results of operations would be negatively
impacted.
We
purchase large volumes of precious metals and store significant quantities of
raw materials and jewelry products at our warehouse and show room in Wuhan,
China. Although we have an inventory security system in place, we may be subject
to future significant inventory losses due to third-party or employee theft from
our warehouses or other forms of theft. The implementation of security measures
beyond those that we already utilize, which include onsite police deployment,
security cameras, and alarm systems in our warehouse, would increase our
operating costs. Also, any such losses of inventory could exceed the limits of,
or be subject to an exclusion from, coverage under our insurance policies.
Claims filed by us under our insurance policies could lead to increases in the
insurance premiums payable by us or the termination of coverage under the
relevant policy.
Our
business could be materially adversely affected if we cannot protect our
intellectual property rights.
We have
developed trademarks, patents, know-how, trade-names and other intellectual
property rights that are of significant value to us. In particular, we have
applied for patents on a limited number of designs of our jewelry products and
trademarks as well. However, the legal regime governing intellectual property in
the PRC is still evolving and the level of protection of intellectual property
rights in the PRC may differ from those in other jurisdictions. Thus, it may be
difficult to enforce our rights relating to these designs as well as our
trademarks. In the event of the occurrence of any unauthorized use of or other
infringement to our designs and trademarks, it could result in potential sales
of products being diverted to such unauthorized sellers and potential damage or
dilute the value of such rights and our brand.
We
are dependent on certain key personnel and loss of these key personnel could
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and results
of operations.
Our
success, to a great extent, has been attributable to the management, sales and
marketing, and operational and technical expertise of certain key personnel.
Moreover, our daily operation and performance rely heavily on our senior
management. There can be no assurance that we will be able to retain these
officers or that such personnel may not receive and/or accept competing offers
of employment. The loss of a significant number of these employees could have a
material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition, and results of
operations. We do not maintain key-man life insurance for any of our senior
management.
We
have significant outstanding borrowings, and we may not be able to obtain
extensions when they become mature.
Our notes
payable to banks for short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 were
approximately $8.8 million and $14.1 million, respectively. These loans are
either collateralized by our buildings, plant and machinery or guaranteed by a
third party guarantor at the cost of certain guaranty fees. Interest expense
paid for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $703,500 and
$1,393,130, respectively, and fees paid to a third party guarantor for the years
ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $180,827 and $342,626,
respectively. Our notes payable for short-term borrowing as of June
30, 2010, was approximately $8.8 million and bore a weighted average interest
rate of 5.02%. Generally, these short term loans mature in one year
or less and contain no renewal terms. However, in China, it is custom
practice for banks and borrowers to negotiate roll-over or renewals of short
term borrowing on an on-going basis shortly before maturity.
Although
we have renewed our borrowings in the past, we cannot assure you that we will be
able to renew these loans in the future as they become mature. If we are unable
to obtain renewals of these loans or sufficient alternative funding on
reasonable terms from banks or other parties, we will have to repay these
borrowings with the cash on our balance sheet or cash generated by our future
operations, if any. We cannot assure you that our business will generate
sufficient cash flow from operations to repay these borrowings.
Our
quarterly results may fluctuate because of many factors and, as a result,
investors should not rely on quarterly operating results as indicative of future
results.
Fluctuations
in operating results or the failure of operating results to meet the
expectations of public market analysts and investors may negatively impact the
value of our securities. Quarterly operating results may fluctuate in the future
due to a variety of factors that could affect revenues or expenses in any
particular quarter. Fluctuations in quarterly operating results could cause the
value of our securities to decline. Investors should not rely on
quarter-to-quarter comparisons of results of operations as an indication of
future performance. As a result of the factors listed below, it is possible that
in future periods the operation results may be below the expectations of public
market analysts and investors. This could cause the market price of our
securities to decline. Factors that may affect our quarterly results
include:
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of costs related to the gold, platinum and precious metals and other
commodities used to manufacture our
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The
loss or significant reduction in business of any of our key customers may affect
our revenues and earnings.
We are
dependent on a limited number of customers for a large portion of our business.
During the year ended December 31, 2009, approximately 31.49% of our
net sales were generated from our five largest customers as compared to 21.3%
for the year ended December 31, 2008. Our largest customer accounted for
approximately 7.83% and 9.8% of our net sales during the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. All purchases of our products by customers are
made through purchase orders and we do not have long-term contracts with any of
our customers. The loss of those customers, or any of our other customers to
which we sell a significant amount of our products or any significant portion of
orders from those customers, or such other customers or any material adverse
change in the financial conditions of such customers could negatively affect our
revenues and decrease our earnings, if we cannot find new customers in a timely
manner.
We
may not maintain sufficient insurance coverage for the risks associated with our
business operations. As a result, we may incur uninsured losses.
Except
for property, accident and automobile insurance, we do not have other insurance
of such as business liability or disruption insurance coverage for our
operations in the PRC. As a result, we may incur uninsured liabilities and
losses as a result of the conduct of our business. There can be no guarantee
that we will be able to obtain additional insurance coverage in the future, and
even if we are able to obtain additional coverage, we may not carry sufficient
insurance coverage to satisfy potential claims. Should uninsured losses occur,
any purchasers of our common stock could lose their investment.
The
current global financial crisis and economic downturn may have an adverse effect
on our businesses, results of operation and financial condition
The
current global financial crisis and economic downturn have adversely affected
economics and businesses around the world, including in China. Due to the global
economical downturn, a decrease in consumer demand and a slowdown in domestic
property investments, the economic situation in China has been challenging since
the second half of 2008. This change in the macroeconomic conditions has had and
may continue to have an adverse impact on our business and operations. If the
current economic downturn continues, our business, results of operations and
financial condition could be adversely affected.
Potential
environmental liability could have a material adverse effect on our operations
and financial condition.
As a
manufacturer, we are subject to various Chinese environmental laws and
regulations on air emission, waste water discharge, solid wastes and noise.
Although we believe that our operations are in substantial compliance with
current environmental laws and regulations, we may not be able to comply with
these regulations at all times as the Chinese environmental legal regime is
evolving and becoming more stringent. Therefore, if the Chinese government
imposes more stringent regulations in the future, we may have to incur
additional and potentially substantial costs and expenses in order to comply
with new regulations, which may negatively affect our results of operations.
Further, no assurance can be given that all potential environmental liabilities
have been identified or properly quantified or that any prior owner, operator,
or tenant has not created an environmental condition unknown to us. If we fail
to comply with any of the present or future environmental regulations in any
material aspects, we may suffer from negative publicity and be subject to claims
for damages that may require us to pay substantial fines or have our operations
suspended or even be forced to cease operations.
Risks
Related to Doing Business in the PRC
All
of our assets are located in China and all of our revenues are derived from our
operations in China, and changes in the political and economic policies of the
PRC government could have a significant impact upon what business we may be able
to conduct in the PRC and accordingly on the results of our operations and
financial condition.
Our
business operations may be adversely affected by the current and future
political environment in the PRC. The Chinese government exerts substantial
influence and control over the manner in which we must conduct our business
activities. Our ability to operate in China may be adversely affected by changes
in Chinese laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import
and export tariffs, raw materials, environmental regulations, land use rights,
property and other matters. Under the current government leadership, the
government of the PRC has been pursuing economic reform policies that encourage
private economic activity and greater economic decentralization. There is no
assurance, however, that the government of the PRC will continue to pursue these
policies, or that it will not significantly alter these policies from time to
time without notice.
Our operations
are subject to PRC laws and regulations that are sometimes vague and uncertain.
Any changes in such PRC laws and regulations, or the interpretations thereof,
may have a material and adverse effect on our business.
The PRC’s
legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike the common
law system prevalent in the United States, decided legal cases have little value
as precedent in China. There are substantial uncertainties regarding the
interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations, including but not
limited to the laws and regulations governing our business, or the enforcement
and performance of our arrangements with customers in the event of the
imposition of statutory liens, death, bankruptcy or criminal proceedings. The
Chinese government has been developing a comprehensive system of commercial
laws, and considerable progress has been made in introducing laws and
regulations dealing with economic matters such as foreign investment, corporate
organization and governance, commerce, taxation and trade. However, because
these laws and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited volume
of published cases and judicial interpretation and their lack of force as
precedents, interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve
significant uncertainties. New laws and regulations that affect existing and
proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively.
One of
our principal operating subsidiaries, Vogue-Show, is considered a foreign
invested enterprise under PRC laws, and as a result is required to comply with
PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations specifically governing
the activities and conduct of foreign invested enterprises. We cannot predict
what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws or regulations may
have on our businesses. If the relevant authorities find us in violation of PRC
laws or regulations, they would have broad discretion in dealing with such a
violation, including, without limitation:
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The
scope of our business license in China is limited, and we may not expand or
continue our business without government approval and renewal,
respectively.
Our
operating affiliate, Wuhan Kingold, can only conduct business within its
business scope, which ultimately appears on its business license. Our license
permits us to design, manufacture, sell and market jewelry products to
department stores throughout the PRC and to engage in the retail distribution of
our products. Any amendment to the scope of our business requires further
application and government approval. In order for us to expand our business
beyond the scope of our license, we will be required to enter into a negotiation
with the authorities for the approval to expand the scope of our business. We
cannot assure you that Wuhan Kingold will be able to obtain the necessary
government approval for any change or expansion of our business
scope.
Because
our revenues are generated in RMB and our results are reported in U.S. dollars,
devaluation of the RMB could negatively impact our results of
operations.
The value
of RMB is subject to changes in China’s governmental policies and to
international economic and political developments. In January 1994, the PRC
government implemented a unitary managed floating rate system. Under this
system, the PBOC, began publishing a daily base exchange rate with reference
primarily to the supply and demand of RMB against the U.S. dollar and other
foreign currencies in the market during the previous day. Authorized banks and
financial institutions are allowed to quote buy and sell rates for RMB within a
specified band around the central bank’s daily exchange rate. On July 21, 2005,
PBOC announced an adjustment of the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to RMB from
1:8.27 to 1:8.11 and modified the system by which the exchange rates are
determined. While the international reaction to the RMB revaluation has
generally been positive, there remains significant international pressure on the
PRC government to adopt an even more flexible currency policy, which could
result in further fluctuations of the exchange rate of RMB against the U.S.
dollar, including possible devaluations. As all of our net revenues are recorded
in RMB, any future devaluation of RMB against the U.S. dollar could negatively
impact our results of operations.
Our
PRC stockholders are required to register with the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange and their failure to do so could cause us to lose our ability
to remit profits out of the PRC as dividends.
The State
Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, has promulgated several
regulations, including Circular No. 75, or Circular 75, which became effective
in November 2005, requiring PRC residents, including both PRC legal person
residents and PRC natural person residents, to register with the competent local
SAFE branch before establishing or controlling any company outside of the PRC
for the purpose of equity financing with assets or equities of PRC companies,
referred to in the Circular 75 as an “offshore special purpose company.” PRC
residents that have established or controlled an offshore special purpose
company, which has finished a round-trip investment before the implementation of
Circular 75, are required to register their ownership interests or control in
such “special purpose vehicles” with the local offices of SAFE. Under Circular
75, the term “PRC legal person residents” as used in Circular 75 refers to those
entities with legal person status or other economic organizations established
within the territory of the PRC. The term “PRC natural person residents” as used
in Circular 75 includes all PRC citizens and all other natural persons,
including foreigners, who habitually reside in the PRC for economic benefit. The
term “special purpose vehicle” refers to an offshore entity established or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by PRC residents or PRC entities for the
purpose of seeking offshore equity financing using assets or interests owned by
such PRC residents or PRC entities in onshore companies, and the term
“round-trip investment” refers to the direct investment in the PRC by PRC
residents through “special purpose vehicles,” including without limitation,
establishing foreign invested enterprises and using such foreign invested
enterprises to purchase or control (by way of contractual arrangements) onshore
assets.
In
addition, any PRC resident that is the shareholder of an offshore special
purpose company is required to amend his/her/its SAFE registration with the
local SAFE branch upon (i) injection of equity interests or assets of an onshore
enterprise to the offshore entity, or (ii) subsequent overseas equity financing
by such offshore entity. PRC residents are also required to complete amended
registrations or filing with the local SAFE branch within 30 days of any
material change in the shareholding or capital of the offshore entity not
involving a round-trip investment, such as changes in share capital, share
transfers and long-term equity or debt investments, of already organized, or
gained control of, offshore entities that have made onshore investments in the
PRC before Circular 75 was promulgated must register with their shareholdings in
the offshore entities with the local SAFE branch on or before March 31,
2006.
Under
Circular 75, PRC residents are further required to repatriate into the PRC all
of their dividends, profits or capital gains obtained from their shareholdings
in the offshore entity within 180 days of their receipt of such dividends,
profits or capital gains. The registration and filing procedures under the
Circular 75 are prerequisites for other approval and registration procedures
necessary for capital inflow from the offshore entity, such as inbound
investments or shareholders loans, or capital outflow to the offshore entity,
such as the payment of profits or dividends, liquidating distributions, equity
sale proceeds, or the return of funds upon a capital reduction.
To
further clarify the implementation of Circular 75, SAFE issued Circular No. 106,
or Circular 106, on May 9, 2007, which is a guidance that SAFE issued to its
local branches with respect to the operational process for SAFE registration
that standardizing mores specific and stringent supervision on the registration
relating to the Circular 75. Under Circular 106, PRC subsidiaries of an offshore
special purpose company are required to coordinate and supervise the filing of
SAFE registrations by the offshore holding company’s shareholders who are PRC
residents in a timely manner. If these shareholders and/or beneficial owners
fail to comply, the PRC subsidiaries are required to report such failure to the
local SAFE authorities and, if the PRC subsidiaries do report the failure, the
PRC subsidiaries may be exempted from any potential liability to them related to
the stockholders’ failure to comply. The failure of these shareholders and/or
beneficial owners to timely amend their SAFE registrations pursuant to the
Circular 75 and Circular 106 or the failure of future shareholders and/or
beneficial owners of our company who are PRC residents to comply with the
registration procedures set forth in the Circular 75 and Circular 106 may
subject such shareholders, beneficial owners and/or our PRC subsidiaries to
fines and legal sanctions and may also limit our ability to contribute
additional capital into our PRC subsidiaries, limit our PRC subsidiaries ability
to distribute dividends to our company or otherwise adversely affect our
business.
These
regulations apply to our stockholders who are PRC residents. As of the date at
this prospectus, our chairman and chief executive officer, Jia Zhi Hong, and our
general manager, Zhao Bin, have filed for registrations under Circular 75.
However, in the event that these or other of our PRC-resident
stockholders do not follow the procedures required by SAFE, we could (i) be
exposed to fines and legal sanctions, (ii) lose the ability to contribute
additional capital into our PRC subsidiaries or distribute dividends to our
company, (iii) face liability for evasion of foreign-exchange regulations,
and/or (iv) lose the ability to consolidate the financial statements of our PRC
subsidiaries under applicable accounting principles.
Recent
PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign entities
may create regulatory uncertainties that could restrict or limit our ability to
operate. Our failure to obtain the prior approval of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission, or CSRC for the listing and trading of our common stock
could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results,
reputation and trading price of our common stock.
On
August 8, 2006, the PRC Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, joined by the
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State
Council, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration for
Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or
CSRC, and SAFE, released a substantially amended version of the Provisions
for Foreign Investors to Merge with or Acquire Domestic Enterprises, or the
Revised M&A Regulations, which took effect September 8, 2006. These new
rules significantly revised China’s regulatory framework governing
onshore-to-offshore restructurings and foreign acquisitions of domestic
enterprises. These new rules signify greater PRC government attention to
cross-border merger, acquisition and other investment activities, by confirming
MOFCOM as a key regulator for issues related to mergers and acquisitions in
China and requiring MOFCOM approval of a broad range of merger, acquisition and
investment transactions. Further, the new rules establish reporting requirements
for acquisition of control by foreigners of companies in key industries, and
reinforce the ability of the Chinese government to monitor and prohibit foreign
control transactions in key industries.
In
addition, the Revised M&A Regulations include new provisions that purport to
require that an offshore special purpose vehicle, or SPV, formed for listing
purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or individuals
must obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such
SPV’s securities on any non-PRC stock exchange. On September 21, 2006, the CSRC
published on its official website procedures specifying documents and materials
required to be submitted to it by SPVs seeking CSRC approval of their overseas
listings. However, the application of this PRC regulation remains unclear with
no consensus currently existing among the leading PRC law firms regarding the
scope and applicability of the CSRC approval requirement.
Our
wholly-owned BVI subsidiary, Dragon Lead, was formerly owned by eight BVI
companies whose shareholders are non-PRC individuals. We understand that some of
these non-PRC individuals are nominee shareholders holding shares on behalf of
and for the interest of some PRC individuals and PRC companies who are also
Wuhan Kingold minority shareholders. These minority Wuhan Kingold shareholders
do not have experience in conducting or managing businesses outside the PRC, and
therefore believe that to engage nominee shareholders to hold shares on their
behalf are in their best commercial interest, and could provide them with
guidance when they evaluate whether to purchase, sell or dispose of our shares
after the closing.
Also, on
December 23, 2009, immediately before the reverse acquisition of Vogue Show, Fok
Wing Lam Winnie, the sole shareholder of Famous Grow and the majority
shareholder of Dragon Lead prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition,
entered into the call option with Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin as an inducement to
encourage them to provide services to Wuhan Kingold and our company. Under the
call option, Fok Wing Lam Winnie granted to Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin certain
call options to acquire up to 100% of the shares of Famous Grow, or Call
Option.
The
PRC regulatory authorities may take the view that entry into the VIE Agreements
by Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold and entry into the call option agreement by Jia
Zhi Hong, Zhao Bin and Fok, Wing Lam Winnie may collectively constitute an
onshore to offshore restructuring and a related party acquisition under the
M&A Regulations, because upon the consummation of these transactions and
after the Call Option is fully exercised, PRC individuals would become majority
owners and effective controlling parties of a foreign entity that acquired
ownership of Wuhan Kingold. The PRC regulatory authorities may also take the
view that the relevant parties should fully disclose to the Wuhan SAFE or MOFCOM
the overall restructuring arrangements, the existence of the reverse acquisition
and its connection with the VIE Agreement. Our PRC counsel has opined among
other things that:
(i) each
of our VIE agreements with Wuhan Kingold are valid and enforceable under
relevant PRC laws, (ii) all government authorizations for the execution,
delivery, performance and enforcement of our VIE agreements have been obtained
as required by PRC laws, (iii) the ownership structure of Vogue Show and Wuhan
Kingold created by our VIE agreements and the call options in favor of Jia Zhi
Hong and Zhao Bin do not violate any provisions of applicable PRC laws, (iv) no
PRC governmental approvals were required under the Revised M&A Regulations
in connection with our acquisition of our current ownership interests in any of
our PRC subsidiaries or in connection with the VIE agreements, and (iv) CSRC
approval is not required in the context of this offering.
Our PRC
counsel has reviewed and approved of these statements.
We,
however, cannot assure you that the PRC regulatory authorities, MOFCOM and CSRC
will take the same view as our PRC counsel. If the PRC regulatory authorities
take the view that the reverse acquisition and VIE arrangement constitute a
related party acquisition under the revised M&A Regulations, we cannot
assure you we will be able to obtain any approval required from the national
offices of MOFCOM or otherwise.
If the
PRC regulatory authorities take the view that the call options or the
VIE arrangement constitutes a related party acquisition without the approval of
the national offices of MOFCOM, they could invalidate the call
options and VIE arrangement. We may also face regulatory actions or other
sanctions from the MOFCOM or other PRC regulatory agencies. These regulatory
agencies may impose fines and penalties on our operations in the PRC, limit our
operating privileges in the PRC, delay or restrict the repatriation of the
proceeds from this offering into the PRC, or take other actions that could have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of
operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our
shares.
If
we make equity compensation grants to persons who are PRC citizens, they may be
required to register with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the
PRC, or SAFE. We may also face regulatory uncertainties that could restrict our
ability to adopt additional equity compensation plans for our directors and
employees and other parties under PRC law.
On April
6, 2007, SAFE issued the “Operating Procedures for Administration of Domestic
Individuals Participating in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan or Stock Option
Plan of An Overseas Listed Company, also know as “Circular 78.” It is not clear
whether Circular 78 covers all forms of equity compensation plans or only those
which provide for the granting of stock options. For any plans which are so
covered and are adopted by a non-PRC listed company, such as our company, after
April 6, 2007, Circular 78 requires all participants who are PRC citizens to
register with and obtain approvals from SAFE prior to their participation in the
plan. In addition, Circular 78 also requires PRC citizens to register with SAFE
and make the necessary applications and filings if they participated in an
overseas listed company’s covered equity compensation plan prior to April 6,
2007. We believe that the registration and approval requirements contemplated in
Circular 78 will be burdensome and time consuming.
Failure
to comply with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could subject us
to penalties and other adverse consequences.
As we are
a Delaware corporation, we are subject to the United States Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, which generally prohibits United States companies from engaging
in bribery or other prohibited payments to foreign officials for the purpose of
obtaining or retaining business. Some foreign companies, including some that may
compete with our company, may not be subject to these prohibitions. Corruption,
extortion, bribery, pay-offs, theft and other fraudulent practices may occur
from time-to-time in the PRC. We can make no assurance, however, that our
employees or other agents will not engage in conduct for which we might be held
responsible. If our employees or other agents are found to have engaged in such
practices, we could suffer severe penalties and other consequences that may have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
Under
the New Enterprise Income Tax Law, we may be classified as a “resident
enterprise” of China. Such classification will likely result in unfavorable tax
consequences to us and our non-PRC stockholders.
Under the New Enterprise Income Tax
Law, or EIT Law, an enterprise established outside the PRC with its “de facto
management body” within the PRC is considered a resident enterprise and will be
subject to the enterprise income tax at the rate of 25% on its worldwide income.
The “de facto management body” is defined as the organizational body that
effectively exercises overall management and control over production and
business operations, personnel, finance and accounting, and properties of the
enterprise. It remains unclear how the PRC tax authorities will interpret such a
broad definition. If the PRC tax authorities determine that we should be
classified as a resident enterprise, then our worldwide income will be subject
to income tax at a uniform rate of 25%, which may have a material adverse effect
on our financial condition and results of operations. However, it remains
unclear how the PRC tax authorities will interpret the PRC tax resident
treatment of an offshore company, like us, having indirect ownership interests
in PRC enterprises through intermediary holding vehicles.
Moreover, under the New EIT Law,
foreign shareholders of an entity that is classified as a PRC resident
enterprise may be subject to a 10% withholding tax upon dividends payable by
such entity, unless the jurisdiction of incorporation of the foreign shareholder
of such entity has a tax treaty with the PRC that provides for a reduced rate of
withholding tax, and gains realized on the sale or other disposition of shares,
if such income is sourced from within the PRC. It remains unclear whether the
dividends payable by our PRC subsidiary or the gains our foreign shareholders
may realize will be regarded as income from sources within the PRC if we are
classified as a PRC resident enterprise. Any such tax will reduce the returns on
your investment in our Shares.
Because
our business is located in the PRC, we may have difficulty establishing adequate
management, legal and financial controls, which we are required to do in order
to comply with U.S. securities laws.
PRC
companies have historically not adopted a Western style of management and
financial reporting concepts and practices, which includes strong corporate
governance, internal controls and, computer, financial and other control
systems. Most of our middle and top management staff are not educated and
trained in the Western system, and we may have difficulty hiring new employees
in the PRC with such training. In addition, we may need to rely on a new and
developing communication infrastructure to efficiently transfer our information
from retail outlets to our headquarters. As a result of these factors, we may
experience difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls,
collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account
and corporate records and instituting business practices that meet Western
standards. Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing
and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This may result in significant deficiencies or
material weaknesses in our internal controls, which could impact the reliability
of our financial statements and prevent us from complying with Commission rules
and regulations and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Any such
deficiencies, weaknesses or lack of compliance could have a materially adverse
effect on our business.
You
may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing
foreign judgments or bringing original actions in China based upon U.S. laws,
including the federal securities laws, or other foreign laws against us or our
management.
All of
our current operations, including the manufacturing and distribution of jewelry,
are conducted in China. Moreover, most of our directors and officers are
nationals and residents of China. All or substantially all of the assets of
these persons are located outside the United States and in the PRC. As a result,
it may not be possible to effect service of process within the United States or
elsewhere outside China upon these persons. In addition, uncertainty exists as
to whether the courts of China would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S.
courts obtained against us or such officers and/or directors predicated upon the
civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any
state thereof, or be competent to hear original actions brought in China against
us or such persons predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or
any state thereof.
Governmental
control of currency conversions could prevent us from paying
dividends.
All of
our revenue is earned in RMB and current and future restrictions on currency
conversions may limit our ability to use revenue generated in RMB to make
dividend or other payments in United States dollars. Although the PRC government
introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the RMB for
current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain, including
the restrictions that foreign-invested enterprises like us may buy, sell or
remit foreign currencies only after providing valid commercial documents at a
PRC bank specifically authorized to conduct foreign-exchange
business.
In
addition, conversion of RMB for capital account items, including direct
investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval in the PRC, and
companies are required to open and maintain separate foreign-exchange accounts
for capital account items. There is no guarantee that PRC regulatory authorities
will not impose additional restrictions on the convertibility of the RMB. These
restrictions could prevent us from distributing dividends and thereby reduce the
value of our stock.
Future
inflation in China may inhibit our ability to conduct business in
China.
In recent
years, the Chinese economy has experienced periods of rapid expansion and high
rates of inflation. Rapid economic growth can lead to growth in the money supply
and rising inflation. If prices for our products rise at a rate that is
insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of supplies, it may have an
adverse effect on profitability. These factors have led to the adoption by
Chinese government, from time to time, of various corrective measures designed
to restrict the availability of credit or regulate growth and contain inflation.
High inflation may in the future cause Chinese government to impose controls on
credit and/or prices, or to take other action, which could inhibit economic
activity in China, and thereby harm the market for our products.
Currency
fluctuations and restrictions on currency exchange may adversely affect our
business, including limiting our ability to convert Chinese Renminbi into
foreign currencies and, if Chinese Renminbi were to decline in value, reducing
our revenue in U.S. dollar terms.
Our
reporting currency is the U.S. dollar and our operations in China use their
local currency as their functional currencies. Substantially all of our revenue
and expenses are in Chinese Renminbi. We are subject to the effects of exchange
rate fluctuations with respect to any of these currencies. For example, the
value of the Renminbi depends to a large extent on Chinese government policies
and China’s domestic and international economic and political developments, as
well as supply and demand in the local market. Since 1994, the official exchange
rate for the conversion of Renminbi to the U.S. dollar had generally been stable
and the Renminbi had appreciated slightly against the U.S. dollar. However, on
July 21, 2005, the Chinese government changed its policy of pegging the value of
Chinese Renminbi to the U.S. dollar. Under the new policy, Chinese Renminbi may
fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign
currencies. It is possible that the Chinese government could adopt a more
flexible currency policy, which could result in more significant fluctuation of
Chinese Renminbi against the U.S. dollar. We can offer no assurance that Chinese
Renminbi will be stable against the U.S. dollar or any other foreign
currency.
The
income statements of our operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the
average exchange rates in each applicable period. To the extent the U.S. dollar
strengthens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign
currencies denominated transactions results in reduced revenue, operating
expenses and net income for our international operations. Similarly, to the
extent the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of
these foreign currency denominated transactions results in increased revenue,
operating expenses and net income for our international operations. We are also
exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations as we convert the financial
statements of our foreign subsidiaries into U.S. dollars in consolidation. If
there is a change in foreign currency exchange rates, the conversion of the
foreign subsidiaries’ financial statements into U.S. dollars will lead to a
translation gain or loss which is recorded as a component of other comprehensive
income. In addition, we have certain assets and liabilities that are denominated
in currencies other than the relevant entity’s functional currency. Changes in
the functional currency value of these assets and liabilities create
fluctuations that will lead to a transaction gain or loss. We have not entered
into agreements or purchased instruments to hedge our exchange rate risks,
although we may do so in the future. The availability and effectiveness of any
hedging transaction may be limited and we may not be able to successfully hedge
our exchange rate risks.
Risks
Related to the VIE Agreements
If
the PRC government determines that the contractual arrangements through which we
control Wuhan Kingold do not comply with applicable regulations, our business
could be adversely affected.
Although
we believe our contractual relationships through which we control Wuhan Kingold
comply with current licensing, registration and regulatory requirements of the
PRC, we cannot assure you that the PRC government would agree, or that new and
burdensome regulations will not be adopted in the future. If the PRC government
determines that our structure or operating arrangements do not comply with
applicable law, it could revoke our business and operating licenses, require us
to discontinue or restrict our operations, restrict our right to collect
revenues, require us to restructure our operations, impose additional conditions
or requirements with which we may not be able to comply, impose restrictions on
our business operations or on our customers, or take other regulatory or
enforcement actions against us that could be harmful to our
business.
The
PRC government may determine that the VIE Agreements are not in compliance with
applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations.
Vogue-Show
manages and operates our gold jewelry business through Wuhan Kingold pursuant to
the rights it holds under the VIE Agreements. Almost all economic
benefits and risks arising from Wuhan Kingold's operations are transferred to
Vogue-Show under these agreements. Details of the VIE Agreements are set out in
"Business – Company History" of this prospectus beginning on page
57.
There are
risks involved with the operation of our business in reliance on the VIE
Agreements, including the risk that the VIE Agreements may be determined by PRC
regulators or courts to be unenforceable. Our PRC counsel has provided a legal
opinion that the VIE Agreements are binding and enforceable under PRC law, but
has further advised that if the VIE Agreements were for any reason determined to
be in breach of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations, the relevant
regulatory authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such breach,
including:
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operations of Vogue-Show or Wuhan
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requirements in respect of the VIE Agreements with which Vogue-Show may
not be able to comply;
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restructure the relevant ownership structure or
operations;
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taking other regulatory or
enforcement actions that could adversely affect our company's business;
and
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revoking the business licenses
and/or the licenses or certificates of Vogue-Show, and/or voiding the VIE
Agreements.
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Any of
these actions could adversely affect our ability to manage, operate and gain the
financial benefits of Wuhan Kingold, which would have a material adverse impact
on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our
ability to manage and operate Wuhan Kingold under the VIE Agreements may not be
as effective as direct ownership.
We
conduct our jewelry processing and sales businesses in the PRC and generate
virtually all of our revenues through the VIE Agreements. Our plans for future
growth are based substantially on growing the operations of Wuhan
Kingold. However, the VIE Agreements may not be as effective in
providing us with control over Wuhan Kingold as direct ownership
.
Under the current VIE
arrangements, as a legal matter, if Wuhan Kingold fails to perform its
obligations under these contractual arrangements, we may have to (i) incur
substantial costs and resources to enforce such arrangements, and (ii) reply on
legal remedies under PRC law, which we cannot be sure would be effective.
Therefore,
if we
are unable to effectively control Wuhan Kingold, it may have an adverse effect
on our ability to achieve our business objectives and grow our
revenues.
As
the VIE agreements are governed by PRC law, we would be required to rely on PRC
law to enforce our rights and remedies under them; PRC law may not provide us
with the same rights and remedies as are available in contractual disputes
governed by the law of other jurisdictions.
The VIE
Agreements are governed by the PRC law and provide for the resolution of
disputes through court proceedings pursuant to PRC law. If Wuhan
Kingold or its shareholders fail to perform the obligations under the VIE
Agreements, we would be required to resort to legal remedies available under PRC
law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, or claiming
damages. We cannot be sure that such remedies would provide us with
effective means of causing Wuhan Kingold to meet its obligations, or recovering
any losses or damages as a result of non-performance. Further, the legal
environment in China is not as developed as in other jurisdictions.
Uncertainties in the application of various laws, rules, regulations or policies
in PRC legal system could limit our liability to enforce the VIE Agreements and
protect our interests.
The
VIE Agreements may be subject to audit or challenge by PRC tax authorities. A
finding that we owe additional taxes could substantially reduce our net earnings
and the value of your investment
Under PRC
laws and regulations, arrangements and transactions among affiliated parties may
be subject to audit or challenge by the PRC tax authorities. We could face
material and adverse tax and financial consequences if the PRC tax authorities
determine that the VIE Agreements do not represent arm’s-length prices. As a
result of such a determination, the PRC tax authorities could adjust any of the
income in the form of a transfer pricing adjustment. A transfer pricing
adjustment could, among other things, result in a reduction of expense
deductions for PRC tax purposes recorded by us or Wuhan Kingold or an increase
in taxable income, all of which could increase our tax liabilities. In addition,
the PRC tax authorities may impose late payment fees and other penalties on us
or Wuhan Kingold for under-paid taxes.
Our
shareholders have potential conflicts of interest with us which may adversely
affect our business.
Jia Zhi
Hong is our chief executive officer and our chairman, and is also the largest
shareholder of Wuhan Kingold. There could be conflicts that arise
from time to time between our interests and the interests of Mr.
Jia. There could also be conflicts that arise between us and Wuhan
Kingold that would require our shareholders and Wuhan Kingold's shareholders to
vote on corporate actions necessary to resolve the conflict. There
can be no assurance in any such circumstances that Mr. Jia will vote his shares
in our best interest or otherwise act in the best interests of our
company. If Mr. Jia fails to act in our best interests, our operating
performance and future growth could be adversely affected. In
addition, some or all of our shareholders could violate the non-competition
agreements they have signed with our company by diverting business opportunities
from our company to others. In such event, our business, financial condition and
results of operation could be adversely affected.
We
rely on the approval certificates and business license held by Vogue-Show and
any deterioration of the relationship between Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold could
materially and adversely affect our business operations.
We operate our jewelry processing and
sales businesses in China on the basis of the approval certificates, business
license and other requisite licenses held by Vogue-Show. There is no assurance
that Vogue-Show will be able to renew its license or certificates when their
terms expire with substantially similar terms as the ones they currently
hold.
Further,
our relationship with Wuhan Kingold is governed by the VIE Agreements that are
intended to provide us with effective control over the business operations of
Wuhan Kingold. However, the VIE Agreements may not be effective in providing
control over the application for and maintenance of the licenses required for
our business operations. Wuhan Kingold could violate the VIE Agreements, go
bankrupt, suffer from difficulties in its business or otherwise become unable to
perform its obligations under the VIE Agreements and, as a result, our
operations, reputations and business could be severely harmed.
If
Vogue-Show exercises the purchase options it holds over Wuhan Kingold's share
capital and assets pursuant to the VIE Agreements, the payment of the purchase
price could materially and adversely affect our financial position.
Under the
VIE Agreements, Wuhan Kingold's shareholders have granted Vogue-Show a ten-year
option to purchase 95.83% of the share capital in Wuhan Kingold at a price
determined by appraisal by an asset evaluation institution to be jointly
appointed by Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold's shareholders. Concurrently, Wuhan
Kingold granted Vogue-Show a ten-year option to purchase Wuhan Kingold's assets
at a price determined by appraisal by such asset evaluation institution. As
Wuhan Kingold is already our contractually controlled affiliate, Vogue-Show's
exercising of the above two options would not bring immediate benefits to our
company, and payment of the purchase prices could adversely affect our financial
position.
Risks
Related to Our Capital Structure
Following the
exercise of his Call Option, our Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
would
exercise
significant influence over us.
Our
chairman and chief executive officer, Jia Zhi Hong, will beneficially own or
control approximately 41% of our outstanding shares if he chooses to fully
exercise his Call Option to purchase shares of Famous Grow. Mr. Jia thereafter
could possibly have a controlling influence in determining the outcome of any
corporate transaction or other matters submitted to our stockholders for
approval, including mergers, consolidations and the sale of all or substantially
all of our assets, election of directors, and other significant corporate
actions. Mr. Jia may also have the power to prevent or cause a change in
control. In addition, without the consent of Mr. Jia, we could be prevented from
entering into transactions that could be beneficial to us. The interests of Mr.
Jia may differ from the interests of our other stockholders.
If
we fail to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, the
price of our common stock may be adversely affected.
We are
required to establish and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial
reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls
once established, could adversely impact our public disclosures regarding our
business, financial condition or results of operations. Any failure of these
controls could also prevent us from maintaining accurate accounting records and
discovering accounting errors and financial fraud. Rules adopted by the
Commission pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require
annual assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, and
attestation of this assessment by our independent registered public accountants.
We believe that the annual assessment of our internal controls requirement will
first apply to our annual report for the 2009 fiscal year and the attestation
requirement of management’s assessment by our independent registered public
accountants will first apply to our annual report for the 2010 fiscal year. The
standards that must be met for management to assess the internal control over
financial reporting as effective are new and complex, and require significant
documentation, testing and possible remediation to meet the detailed standards.
We may encounter problems or delays in completing activities necessary to make
an assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the
attestation process by our independent registered public accountants is new and
we may encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any
requested improvements and receiving an attestation of our assessment by our
independent registered public accountants. If we cannot assess our internal
control over financial reporting as effective, or our independent registered
public accountants are unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on
such assessment, investor confidence and share value may be negatively
impacted.
In
addition, management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting
may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed or other
matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived
weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over
financial reporting, disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal
controls over financial reporting, or disclosure of our public accounting firm’s
attestation to or report on management’s assessment of our internal controls
over financial reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our common
stock.
Compliance
with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure will
result in additional expenses.
Changing
laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public
disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related Commission
regulations, have created uncertainty for public companies and significantly
increased the costs and risks associated with accessing the public markets and
public reporting. Our management team will need to invest significant management
time and financial resources to comply with both existing and evolving standards
for public companies, which will lead to increased general and administrative
expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue
generating activities to compliance activities.
We
do not foresee paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future and, as a result,
our investors’ sole source of gain, if any, will depend on capital appreciation,
if any.
We do not
plan to declare or pay any cash dividends on our shares of common stock in the
foreseeable future and currently intend to retain any future earnings for
funding growth. As a result, investors should not rely on an investment in our
securities if they require the investment to produce dividend income. Capital
appreciation, if any, of our shares may be investors’ sole source of gain for
the foreseeable future. Moreover, investors may not be able to resell their
shares of our company at or above the price they paid for them.
Risk
Related to the Offering
The
market price for our shares may be volatile.
The
market price for our shares are likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide
fluctuations in response to factors including the following:
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actual or anticipated
fluctuations in our quarterly operating results and changes or revisions
of our expected results;
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changes in financial estimates by
securities research
analysts;
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conditions in the markets for our
products;
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changes in the economic
performance or market valuations of companies specializing in gold
jewelry;
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announcements by us, or our
competitors of new products, acquisitions, strategic relationships, joint
ventures or capital
commitments;
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addition or departure of senior
management and key personnel;
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fluctuations of exchange rates
between the RMB and the U.S.
dollar.
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Volatility
in the price of our shares may result in shareholder litigation that could in
turn result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention
and resources.
The
financial markets in the United States and other countries have experienced
significant price and volume fluctuations, and market prices have been and
continue to be extremely volatile. Volatility in the price of our shares may be
caused by factors outside of our control and may be unrelated or
disproportionate to our results of operations. In the past, following periods of
volatility in the market price of a public company’s securities, shareholders
have frequently instituted securities class action litigation against that
company. Litigation of this kind could result in substantial costs and a
diversion of our management’s attention and resources.
Because
we do not intend to pay dividends on our shares, stockholders will benefit from
an investment in our shares only if those shares appreciate in
value.
We
currently intend to retain all future earnings, if any, for use in the
operations and expansion of the business. As a result, we do not anticipate
paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination as to
the declaration and payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our
board of directors and will depend on factors our board of directors deems
relevant, including among others, our results of operations, financial condition
and cash requirements, business prospects, and the terms of our credit
facilities, if any, and any other financing arrangements. Accordingly,
realization of a gain on stockholders’ investments will depend on the
appreciation of the price of our shares, and there is no guarantee that our
shares will appreciate in value.
Investors
in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution in net
tangible book value.
The
assumed public offering price will be substantially higher than the net tangible
book value per share of our outstanding shares of common stock. As a result,
investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering will incur
immediate dilution of $ per share, based on
the public offering price of $8.96 per share. Investors purchasing shares
of our common stock in this offering will pay a price per share that
substantially exceeds the book value of our assets after subtracting our
liabilities. See "Dilution" for a more complete description of how the value of
your investment in our common stock will be diluted upon the completion of this
offering.
We
have not determined a specific use for a portion of the net proceeds from this
offering, and it may use these proceeds in ways with which you may not
agree.
While
we intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and
other general corporate purposes, including purchasing gold to fulfill our
orders for our products, we have not determined a specific use for a
portion of the net proceeds of this offering. Our management will have
considerable discretion in the application of these proceeds received in
connection with this offering. You will not have the opportunity, as part of
your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used
appropriately. You must rely on the judgment of our management regarding the
application of the net proceeds of this offering. The net proceeds may be used
for corporate purposes that do not improve our profitability or increase our
share price. The net proceeds from this offering may also be placed in
investments that do not produce income or lose value.
We
may need additional capital, and the sale of additional shares or equity or debt
securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders.
We
believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, anticipated cash flow from
operations and the proceeds from this offering will be sufficient to meet our
anticipated cash needs for the foreseeable future. We may, however, require
additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other future
developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue.
If these resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may
seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain one or more
additional credit facilities. The sale of additional equity securities could
result in additional dilution to our shareholders. The incurrence of
indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could result
in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations. It is
uncertain whether financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable
to us, if at all.
Sales
of a substantial number of shares of our common stock following this offering
may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the issuance of
additional shares will dilute all other stockholdings.
Sales of
a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market or
otherwise following this offering, or the perception that such sales could
occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. After
completion of this offering, our existing stockholders will own
approximately % of our common stock assuming there
is no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
After
completion of this offering, there will be approximately _______ shares of
our common stock outstanding. Of our outstanding shares, the
shares of common stock sold in this offering will be freely tradable in the
public market. In addition, our certificate of incorporation permits the
issuance of up to
approximately
additional shares of common stock after this offering. Thus, we have the ability
to issue substantial amounts of common stock in the future, which would dilute
the percentage ownership held by the investors who purchase shares of our
common stock in this offering .
We, each
of our directors and senior officers, and each holder of 5% or more of our
common stock have agreed, with limited exceptions, that we and they will not,
without the prior written consent of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the underwriter,
during the period ending 90 days after the date of this prospectus, among other
things, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell or otherwise dispose of any
of shares of our common stock or file a registration statement with the SEC
relating to the offering of any shares of our common stock.
After the
lock-up agreements pertaining to this offering expire 90 days from the date of
this prospectus unless waived earlier by Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the
underwriter, up to of the
shares that had been locked up will be eligible for future sale in the public
market at prescribed times pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or
otherwise. Sales of a significant number of these shares of common stock in the
public market could reduce the market price of the common stock.
In
addition, in our December 2009 private placement we sold 5,120,482 shares of our
common stock and in connection therewith issued 2,560,241 warrants (as adjusted
for our August 10, 2010 1-for-2 reverse stock split). Pursuant
to a registration rights agreement, as amended with this offering, we
are obligated to register these shares as well as the shares underlying the
warrants within 90 days of the completion of this offering.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
We
estimate that the net proceeds from our sale of 5,000,000 shares of common stock
in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $8.96 per share after
deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering
expenses, will be approximately $40.1 million, or $46.4 million if the
underwriter¹s option to purchase additional 750,000 shares is exercised in
full .
We
intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and other
general corporate purposes, including purchasing gold to fulfil, purchase orders
for our products. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend
on numerous factors, including the status of our sales and marketing activities,
the amount of cash generated or used by our operations. We may also use portions
of the proceeds for other purposes, such as expanding our current business
through acquisition of other complimentary businesses, products or technologies,
using cash or shares. However, we have not entered into any negotiations,
agreements or commitments with respect to any such acquisitions at this time.
Accordingly, our management will have broad discretion in the application of our
net proceeds from this offering, and investors will be relying on the judgment
of our management regarding the application of these proceeds. Pending these
uses, the proceeds will be invested in commercial bank
accounts.
CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our consolidated cash and cash equivalents and
capitalization as of June 30, 2010. Such information is set forth on
the following basis:
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on a pro forma basis to
reflect the sale by us of 5,000,000 shares of our common stock
in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $8.96 per
share, the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of
this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions
and estimated offering
expenses.
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The
information below is illustrative only and our capitalization following the
completion of this offering will be adjusted based on the actual initial public
offering price and other terms of this offering determined at
pricing. You should read this table together with “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and
our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere
in this prospectus.
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Pro forma
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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6,643,253
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47,409,253
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Debt
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payable
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Loans
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$
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indebtedness
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8,847,678
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8,847,678
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Shareholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000 shares authorized; none issued or
outstanding
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Common
Stock, $.001 par value per share; 100,000,000
shares authorized; 41,766,404 shares issued and outstanding,
actual; 46,766,404 shares issued and outstanding, pro
forma
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41,766
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46,766
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paid-in capital
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31,077,118
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71,838,118
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earnings
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24,801,076
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24,801,076
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Total
stockholders equity
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59,520,283
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100,286,283
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capitalization
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59,520,283
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The
number of pro forma shares of common stock shown as issued and outstanding in
the table is based on 41,766,389 shares of our common stock
outstanding as of June 30, 2010 (and excludes 3,335,241 shares of our
common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants to purchase
our common stock as of December 31, 2009, with a weighted average exercise price
of $ per share). All share and
per share information concerning our common stock has been adjusted to reflect,
on a pro forma basis, our 1-for-2 reverse stock split of our common stock, which
became effective of August 10, 2010.
A
$1.00 decrease or increase in the assumed offering price would result in an
approximately $5 million decrease or increase in each of pro forma as adjusted
cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, total shareholders’
equity and total capitalization.
MARKET
PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON COMMON EQUITY
AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Market
Information
Our
common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol
“KGJI.” Prior to August 18, 2010, our common stock was listed for
quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board or, the OTCBB, under the symbol
“KGJI.”
The
following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the range of quarterly
high and low sales prices for our common stock in U.S. dollars. Prior to our
listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market, these quotations reflect inter-dealer
prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, involving our common
stock during each calendar quarter, and may not represent actual transactions.
The prices set forth below have been adjusted to reflect a 1-for-2 reverse stock
split that became effective on August 10, 2010.
|
|
High
|
|
|
Low
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
Quarter
|
|
$
|
2.14
|
|
|
$
|
1.20
|
|
Second
Quarter
|
|
$
|
10.00
|
|
|
$
|
1.80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
Second
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
Third
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
Fourth
Quarter
|
|
$
|
1.80
|
|
|
$
|
0.16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.60
|
|
|
$
|
0.42
|
|
Second
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
|
$
|
0.42
|
|
Third
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.60
|
|
|
$
|
0.32
|
|
Fourth
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.60
|
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
On
September 30, 2010, the closing sale price of our shares of common stock
was $9.06 per share and there were 41,766,389 shares of our common stock
outstanding (which reflects a 1-for-2 reverse stock split that became effective
on August 10, 2010). On that date, our shares of common stock were
held by approximately 95 shareholders of record. The number of record
holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not
include beneficial owners of our common stock whose shares are held in the names
of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing
agencies.
Dividend
Policy
We
currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use
in the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any
cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. Investors seeking
cash dividends in the immediate future should not purchase our common
stock.
Future
cash dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and
will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and
surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors
as our board of directors may deem relevant. We can pay dividends only out of
our profits or other distributable reserves and dividends or distribution will
only be paid or made if we are able to pay our debts as they fall due in the
ordinary course of business.
Payment
of future dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of the board of directors
after taking into account various factors, including current financial
condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs and regulations
governing dividend distributions by wholly foreign owned enterprises in
China.
If you
invest in our securities, your investment will be diluted immediately to the
extent of the difference between the public offering price per share of common
stock you pay in this offering, and the pro forma net tangible book value per
share of common stock immediately after this offering.
Pro
forma net tangible book value represents the amount of our total tangible assets
reduced by our total liabilities. Tangible assets equal our total assets less
goodwill and intangible assets. Pro forma net tangible book value per share
represents our pro forma net tangible book value divided by the number of shares
of common stock outstanding, after giving effect to our 1-for-2 reverse stock
split effective on August 10, 2010. As of June 30, 2010, our pro
forma net tangible book value was $60.1 million and our pro forma net tangible
book value per share was $1.44.
After
giving effect to the sale of 5,000,000 shares of common stock in the
assumed offering at a public offering price of $8.96 per share, and after
deducting the underwriting discount and commission and estimated offering
expenses, our adjusted pro forma net tangible book value as of June 30, 2010
would have been $10.9 million, or $2.16 per share. This represents an immediate
increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $0.72 per share to existing
stockholders and immediate dilution of $6.80 per share to new investors
purchasing shares in the offering.
The
following table illustrates this per share dilution:
|
|
As of June 30,
2010
|
|
|
As Adjusted
|
|
Public
offering price per share
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
8.96
|
|
Pro
forma net tangible book value per share as of June 30,
2009
|
|
$
|
1.44
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
in pro forma net tangible book value per share attributable to new
investors
|
|
|
0.72
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted
pro forma net tangible book value per share after the
Offering
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.16
|
|
Dilution
in net tangible book value per share to new investors
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6.80
|
|
The
information above is as of June 30, 2010 and excludes the
following:
|
•
|
3,335,241
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants outstanding
at June 30, 2010 with a weighted average exercise price of $1.04 per
share.
|
Our
adjusted pro forma net tangible book value after the offering, and the dilution
to new investors in the offering, will change from the amounts shown above if
the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised.
A
$1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed public offering price per share would
increase or decrease our adjusted pro forma net tangible book value per share
after this offering by approximately $5 million, and dilution per share to new
investors by approximately $____, after deducting the underwriting discount and
estimated offering expenses payable by us.
SELECTED
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The
following summary consolidated statements of operations for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, have been derived from our audited consolidated
financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The
following summary consolidated statements of operation for the six months ended
June 30, 2010 and 2009 have been derived from our unaudited consolidated
financial statements for such periods included elsewhere in this prospectus. You
should read the summary consolidated financial data in conjunction with those
financial statements and the accompanying notes and “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our consolidated
financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. Our consolidated
financial statements have been prepared as if the current corporate structure
had been in existence throughout the periods presented.
Our
management believes that the assumptions underlying our financial statements and
the above allocations are reasonable. Our financial statements, however, may not
necessarily reflect our results of operations, financial position and cash flows
as if we had operated as a separate, stand-alone company during the periods
presented. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative
of financial results to be achieved in future periods and are not necessarily
indicative of results to be expected for any other period.
|
|
For the year ended
December 31,
|
|
|
For the six months ended
June
30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
Statements
of Operations Data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Sales
|
|
$
|
250,450,650
|
|
|
$
|
109,782,936
|
|
|
$
|
168,356,310
|
|
|
$
|
98,479,024
|
|
Total
cost of sales
|
|
|
(234,725,168
|
)
|
|
|
(98,547,293
|
)
|
|
|
(155,337,665
|
)
|
|
|
(92,495,667
|
)
|
Gross
profit
|
|
|
15,725,482
|
|
|
|
11,235,643
|
|
|
|
13,018,645
|
|
|
|
5,983,357
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
2,484,915
|
|
|
|
1,128,067
|
|
|
|
1,187,381
|
|
|
|
900,912
|
|
Income
from operations
|
|
|
13,240,567
|
|
|
|
10,107,576
|
|
|
|
11,831,264
|
|
|
|
5,082,445
|
|
Other
Expenses
|
|
|
(895,625
|
)
|
|
|
(1,665,606
|
)
|
|
|
(263,177
|
)
|
|
|
(509,514
|
)
|
Income
Tax
|
|
|
(3,220,439
|
)
|
|
|
(2,090,556
|
)
|
|
|
(2,946,095
|
)
|
|
|
(1,144,622
|
)
|
Net
income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(462,920
|
)
|
|
|
(264,867
|
)
|
|
|
(369,084
|
)
|
|
|
(231,460
|
)
|
Net
income attributable to common stockholders
|
|
$
|
8,661,583
|
|
|
$
|
6,086,547
|
|
|
$
|
8,252,908
|
|
|
$
|
3,196,849
|
|
Earning
per share-basic
|
|
|
0.26
|
|
|
|
0.18
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
|
|
33,294,089
|
|
|
|
33,104,233
|
|
|
|
41,766,404
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
Balance
Sheet Data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
|
7,964,120
|
|
|
|
281,994
|
|
|
|
6,643,253
|
|
|
|
18,603,526
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
|
45,195,285
|
|
|
|
71,962,531
|
|
|
|
47,799,363
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
10,683,428
|
|
|
|
17,084,008
|
|
|
|
11,243,755
|
|
|
|
16,159,748
|
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
50,823,356
|
|
|
|
27,755,078
|
|
|
|
59,520,283
|
|
|
|
31,120,229
|
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
|
|
820,254
|
|
|
|
356,199
|
|
|
|
1,198,493
|
|
|
|
519,386
|
|
Total
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
$
|
45,195,285
|
|
|
$
|
71,962,531
|
|
|
|
47,799,363
|
|
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The
following discussion and analysis of the consolidated financial condition and
results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially
from the results described in or implied by these forward-looking statements as
a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in
this prospectus, particularly under the heading “Risk Factors.”
Overview
We are
engaged in the production and sales of 24 Karat gold jewelry and ornaments in
the PRC under the Kingold brand through a variable interest entity relationship
with Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited, a PRC company. All of our sales are
made within the central part of the PRC including Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Jiangxi,
Anhui and Sichuan Provinces.
We have
historically sold our products directly to distributors, retailers and other
wholesalers, who then sell our products to consumers through retail counters
located in both department stores and other traditional stand-alone jewelry
stores. We sell our products to our customers at a price that reflects the
market price of the base material (24K gold), plus a mark-up reflecting our
design fees and processing fees. Typically this mark-up ranges from 4-6%
of the price of the base
material
.
We aim to
become an increasingly important participant in the PRC's gold jewelry design
and manufacturing sector. In addition to expanding our design and
manufacturing capabilities, our goal is to provide a large variety of gold
products in unique styles and superior quality under our brand,
Kingold.
We
have been a member of the Shanghai Gold Exchange since 2003, and purchase our
raw materials from them. Although the Chinese government eliminated the absolute
restriction on trading gold in general, the right to purchase gold directly from
the Shanghai Gold Exchange is limited. The Shanghai Gold Exchange
implements a membership system and only members can buy gold through its trading
system. There were only 162 members of the Shanghai Gold Exchange
throughout China in 2008. Non-members who want to purchase gold must
deal with members at a higher purchase price compared to that for
members.
We are
located in Wuhan which is the fourth largest city in PRC in terms of
population. In 2009, we produced approximately 16 tons of 24 Karat
gold products.
Key
Components of Operating Results
Sources
of Revenue
We derive
our revenue almost entirely from the sales of 24 Karat jewelry and ornaments and
from design fees we receive from other jewelry companies who hire us to design
and produce 24 Karat jewelry and ornaments using gold they supply us. We offer a
wide range of in-house designed products including but not limited to gold
necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, and pendants. We only sell on
a wholesale basis to distributors and retailers. Pricing of products
is made at the time of sale based upon the then-current price of gold and sales
are made on a cash on delivery basis.
Cost of
Sales
Our cost
of sales consists primarily of the cost for raw materials, namely, gold. We
purchase gold almost exclusively directly from the Shanghai Gold Exchange, of
which we are a member. We generally do not enter into long term purchase
agreements for gold.
Operating
Expenses
We
classify our operating expenses into four categories: selling, general and
administrative, stock compensation expenses, depreciation and
amortization. Our operating expenses consist primarily of personnel costs,
which include salaries, bonuses, taxes and employee benefit
costs. Other expenses include advertising and promotional costs,
facilities costs and legal, audit and tax, consulting and other professional
service fees.
The
government owns all of the land in the PRC. Companies or individuals
are authorized to possess and use the land only through land use rights granted
by the PRC government. Accordingly, we paid for land use rights in
advance and such prepayments are being amortized and recorded as lease expenses
using the straight-line method over the use terms of the lease. The
amortization expenses were $11,051 and $10,859 for 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
General
and Administrative
General
and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs for our
executive, finance, human resources and administrative personnel, legal, audit
and tax and other professional fees, depreciation expenses, insurance and other
corporate expenses.
Sales
Selling
expenses consist primarily of freight and transportation expenses, advertising
and promotional costs and personnel costs for our sales team.
Other
Income (Expense), Net
Other
income (expense), net consists of interest we earn on our cash and cash
equivalents, interest expenses on our loans from Chinese local banks and fees we
pay in connection with guarantees of our loans.
Provision
for Income Taxes
Our
provision for income taxes primarily consists of corporate income taxes related
to profits earned in the PRC from sales of our products. In December
2004 and 2006, we were awarded the status of a nationally recognized High and
New Technology Enterprise, which entitled us to tax-free treatment from January
2004 to December 2008. Starting in January 2008, we became subject to the
regular PRC corporate tax rate of 25%.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management’s
discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition are
based upon our consolidated financial statements. These statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America. These principles require management to make certain
estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported and disclosed in the
financial statements and related notes.
See Note 2 to our
consolidated financial statements, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.”
We believe that the following paragraphs reflect the more critical accounting
policies that currently affect our financial condition and results of
operations.
The
following critical accounting policies rely upon assumptions and estimates and
were used in the preparation of our consolidated financial
statements:
We
maintain our general ledger and journals with the accrual method accounting for
financial reporting purposes. Accounting policies adopted by us conform to U.S.
GAAP and have been consistently applied in the preparation of financial
statements.
The
preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (i) the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities, (ii) disclosure of contingent assets, and
(iii) liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. While management
makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the
estimates are made the actual results could differ materially from those
estimates.
Economic
and Political Risks Associated with the PRC
Our
operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, our business, financial
condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic
and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the economy within
the PRC.
Our
results may be adversely affected by changes in political and social conditions
in the PRC as well as by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws,
regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, remittances
abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other
things.
Our
revenue is derived from the sales price of goods sold and fees for services
provided. We recognize revenue for goods sold when they are delivered
to the customer. We recognize revenue for services provided when the
services have been performed, the customers have approved the completion of
services, invoices have been issued and collectability is deemed probable.
Management has not made an allowance for estimated sales returns because they
are considered immaterial when viewed in light of our overall revenue and
historical experience. In recognizing revenue, we assume that the currency we
receive from customers is valid legal tender in the PRC, our electronic
record-keeping system has not been tampered with nor malfunctioned, and that
we have not inadvertently sold significant amounts of defective goods. If
any of these assumptions were proven to be incorrect, we could have to restate
our revenue. Historically, as of the date of this prospectus, none of
these assumptions has proven to be incorrect.
Under PRC
law, all land in the PRC is owned by the government and cannot be sold to an
individual or company. The government grants individuals and companies the right
to use parcels of land for specified periods of time. These land use rights are
sometimes referred to informally as “ownership.” Land use rights are stated at
cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is provided over the respective
useful lives, using the straight-line method. Estimated useful lives typically
range from 30 to 40 years, and are determined in the connection with the term of
the land use right.
Property,
Plant and Equipment
Plant and
equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is
provided over the assets’ estimated useful lives using the straight-line method
while taking into account the assets’ estimated residual value. The estimated
useful lives and residual values are as follows:
|
Estimated Useful
Life
|
|
Estimated
Residual
value
|
|
Buildings
|
30
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Plant
and machinery
|
15
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Motor
vehicles
|
10
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Office
furniture and electronic equipment
|
5-10
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
The cost
and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold or otherwise retired are
eliminated from the account and any gain or loss is included in the statement of
income for that period. The cost of maintenance and repairs is charged to income
as incurred, whereas material renewals and betterments are
capitalized.
Accounting
for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The
long-lived assets held and used by us are reviewed for impairment whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such
assets may not be fully recoverable. It is possible that these assets could
become impaired as a result of technology or other industry changes. The
recoverability value of an asset to be held and used is determined by
comparing the carrying amount of such asset against the future net undiscounted
cash flows to be generated by the asset. Our principal long-lived assets are our
property, plant and equipment assets.
If the
value of such an asset is determined to be impaired, the impairment to be
recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset
exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at
the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less disposition
costs.
We did
not recognize any impairment loss in 2008, 2009 or the six-month period ended
June 30, 2010. Competitive pricing pressure and changes in interest rates, could
materially and adversely affect our estimates of future net cash flows to be
generated by our long-lived assets, and this result in future impairment
losses.
Inventories
consisting of finished goods, materials on hand, packaging materials and raw
materials are stated at the lower of cost or market value. The value
of finished goods is comprised of direct materials, direct labor and an
appropriate proportion of overhead. We continually evaluate the composition of
our inventories assessing the turnover of our products. Our products contain
gold, which historically does not fluctuate drastically in value over the short
term, accordingly we do not make any reserve for inventory
obsolescence.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
We
consider all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of
three months or less to be cash equivalents. We maintain bank accounts only in
the PRC.
Seasonality
Our
business is seasonal in nature. Our sales and net income are traditionally
higher in the fourth calendar quarter than the rest of the year. The primary
factors that affect the seasonal changes in our business operations are holidays
and traditional Chinese festivals. In the fourth quarter, retailers often
experience increased sales due to the week-long public holiday for Chinese
National Day, as well as Christmas and New Year’s Day. In addition, jewelry
retailers commonly stock up from wholesalers in the fourth quarter to prepare
for potentially higher sales in the following quarter for Chinese New Year. This
quarter is also a peak season for marriages and births of newborns in China,
which have historically resulted in higher sales.
Foreign Currency
Translations
We use
the U.S. dollar as the reporting currency for our financial statements. Our
operations are conducted through our PRC operating subsidiary, Vogue-Show, and
our functional currency is the Renminbi (“RMB”). Foreign currency transactions
during the year are translated to the RMB at the approximate rates of exchange
on the dates of transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies on the balance sheet are translated at the approximate
rates of exchange at the respective balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets and
liabilities are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the time that
the asset or liability was acquired. Exchange gains or losses are recorded in
the statement of operations.
Our
financial statements are translated into U.S. dollars using the closing rate
method. The balance sheet items are translated into U.S. dollars
using the exchange rates at the respective balance sheet dates. The
capital and various reserves are translated at historical exchange rates
prevailing at the time of the transactions while income and expenses items are
translated at the average exchange rate for the year. All gains and
losses attributable to foreign currency exchange are recorded within
equity.
The
exchange rates used to translate amounts in RMB into U.S. dollars for the
purposes of preparing the financial statements were as follows:
|
|
December 31,
2009
|
|
|
December 31,
2008
|
|
Balance
sheet items, except for share capital, additional paid-in capital and
retained earnings, as of year end
|
|
$
1=RMB 6.8372
|
|
|
$
1=RMB6.8542
|
|
Amounts
included in the statements of operations and cash flows for the
year
|
|
$1=RMB
6.84088
|
|
|
$1=RMB6.96225
|
|
The
translation gain recorded for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was
$75,531 and $1,461,217, respectively.
No
representation is made that RMB amounts have been, or could be, converted into
U.S. dollars at the above rates or at all. Although the Chinese government
regulations now allow convertibility of RMB for current account transactions,
significant restrictions still remain. Hence, such translations should not be
construed as representations that RMB can be converted into U.S. dollars at the
above conversion rate, or any other rate.
The value
of RMB against U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate, and is affected
by, among other things, changes in China’s political and economic conditions,
Any significant revaluation of RMB may materially affect our financial condition
in terms of U.S. dollar reporting.
Our
operating results for 2009 and 2008 have benefited as a result of the
appreciation of the RMB against the U.S. dollar. There is no
guarantee that we will benefit from exchange rate conversion in the future.
Rather, in the future our operations may suffer if a less favorable exchange
rate develops.
Acquisition
of Dragon Lead
On
September 29, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reverse Acquisition
(the “Acquisition Agreement”) with Vogue-Show, a PRC wholly foreign owned
enterprise, Dragon Lead, and the stockholders of Dragon Lead Group, or the
Dragon Lead Stockholders. Pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, we agreed to
acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Dragon Lead Group in
exchange for the issuance of 66,208,466 newly issued shares of our common
stock. The Acquisition Agreement closed on or about December 23,
2009. Following the closing, Dragon Lead became our wholly owned
subsidiary.
December
2009 Private Placement
On
December 23, 2009, immediately prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition,
we completed a private placement with 14 investors. Pursuant to
a securities purchase agreement entered into with the investors, we sold an
aggregate of 10,240,964 newly issued shares of our common stock at $0.498 per
share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5.1 million. The investors
in the private placement also received warrants to purchase up to 2,048,192
shares of common stock at the price of $0.498 per share. After commissions and
expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $4.55 million in the private
placement. In addition, warrants to purchase up to 3,072,289 shares
of common stock at the price of $0.498 per share were issued to various
consultants who assisted in the transaction.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
At June
30, 2010, we had $6.6 million in cash and cash equivalents. We have historically
financed our operations with cash flow generated from operations, as well as
through the borrowing of short-term bank loans with a term of one
year. At June 30, 2010, we had outstanding short-term loans with
banks in an aggregate amount of $8.8 million with a weighted average interest
rate of 5.02%. Specifically, at June 30, 2010, we had a loan in the amount of
$2,197,519 from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank due in April, 2010, a loan
in the amount of $3,662,531 from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank due in
May, 2010 and a loan in the amount of $2,930,025 from Xinye bank due in December
14, 2010. Our loans from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank which were due in
April, 2010 and May, 2010 were paid off in full and then refinanced in the same
principal amounts and upon the same terms. Our loans are secured by buildings,
plant and machinery and/or guaranteed by non-affiliates. The amounts outstanding
under these bank loans are presented in our financial statements as “short term
loans.” For additional information, see Note 8 and Note 7 to our consolidated
financial statements contained in this prospectus. In China, it is
customary practice for banks and borrowers to negotiate roll-overs or renewals
of short-term borrowings on an on-going basis shortly before they mature.
Although we have renewed our short-term borrowings in the past, we cannot assure
you that we will be able to renew these loans in the future as they mature. If
we are unable to obtain renewals of these loans or sufficient alternative
funding on reasonable terms from banks or other parties, we will have to repay
these borrowings with the cash on our balance sheet or cash generated by our
future operations, if any. We cannot assure you that our business will generate
sufficient cash flow from operations to repay these borrowing or that additional
debt or equity financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.
Failure to maintain financing arrangements on acceptable terms would have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Our
business is dependent upon consumer demand for gold products which may be
affected by economic condition changes in China. In response to the
recent global economic downturn, the Chinese government has taken preemptive
actions to stimulate the PRC economy, implementing a series of policies aimed at
boosting domestic consumer spending. Such policies have had a
positive effect on our sales. Management believes that the government
policies have increased the demand for 24K gold products. Accordingly, we have
shifted our production from other jewelry manufacturing to focus purely on 24K
gold jewelry design and manufacturing to meet this demand. We expect
this increased demand to continue over the next 12 months, and our long term
strategy is now focused on the design, production and sales of 24K gold jewelry
and ornaments.
We
believe that our current cash and cash flow from operations will be sufficient
to meet our anticipated cash needs, including our cash needs for working
capital, for the next 12 months. We may, however, require additional cash
resources due to changing business conditions or other future developments,
including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. Our ability
to maintain sufficient liquidity depends partially on our ability to achieve
anticipated levels of revenue, while continuing to control costs. If we do not
have sufficient available cash, we would have to seek additional debt or equity
financing through other external sources, which may not be available on
acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to maintain financing arrangements on
acceptable terms would have a material adverse effect on our business, results
of operations and financial condition.
We are
required to contribute a portion of our employees’ total salaries to the Chinese
government’s social insurance funds, including pension insurance, medical
insurance, unemployment insurance, job injuries insurance, and maternity
insurance, in accordance with relevant regulations. We expect that the amount of
our contribution to the government’s social insurance funds will increase in the
future as we expand our workforce and operations and commence contributions to
an employee housing fund.
The
ability of Vogue-Show to pay dividends may be restricted due to the PRC's
foreign exchange control policies and our availability of cash. A majority of
our revenue being earned and currency received is denominated in RMB. We may be
unable to distribute any dividends outside of China due to PRC exchange control
regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into U.S. Dollars.
Accordingly, Vogue-Show’s funds may not be readily available to us to satisfy
obligations which have been incurred outside the PRC, which could adversely
affect our business and prospects or our ability to meet our cash
obligations.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We have
no material off-balance sheet transactions.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
February 2010, FASB issued new standards in ASC 855, Subsequent Event. This
amendment removes the requirement for an SEC filer to disclose a date through
which subsequent events have been evaluated in both issued and revised financial
statements. Revised financial statements include financial statements revised as
a result of either correction of an error or retrospective application of GAAP.
All of the amendments are effective upon issuance of the final update, except
for the use of the issued date for conduit debt obligors. That amendment is
effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2010. We do not
expect the adoption of this amendment to have a material impact on its
consolidated financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB amended ASC 820 Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.
This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that requires new disclosure
as follows: 1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2. A
reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers
in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the
reasons for the transfers. 2) Activity in Level 3 fair value
measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using
significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present
separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that
is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). The new disclosures and
clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual
reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures
about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of
activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within
those fiscal years. We have determined the adoption of this rule does not have a
material impact on its financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB amended Accounting for Distributions to Shareholders with
Components of Stock and Cash. The amendments in this Update clarify that the
stock portion of a distribution to shareholders that allows them to elect to
receive cash or stock with a potential limitation on the total amount of cash
that all shareholders can elect to receive in the aggregate is considered a
share issuance that is reflected in EPS prospectively and is not a stock
dividend for purposes of applying Topics 505 and 260 (Equity and Earnings Per
Share). The amendments in this update are effective for interim and annual
periods ending on or after December 15, 2009, and should be applied on a
retrospective basis. We do not expect the adoption of this rule to have a
material impact on its financial statements.
Results
of Operation
THREE
AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2010 COMPARED TO THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE
30, 2009
The
following table sets forth information from our statements of operations
(unaudited) for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 in
U.S. dollars:
|
|
For
the three months ended
June
30,
(unaudited)
|
|
|
For
the six months ended
June
30,
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
SALES
|
|
$
|
107,843,982
|
|
|
$
|
60,418,354
|
|
|
$
|
168,356,310
|
|
|
$
|
98,479,024
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COST
OF SALES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of sales
|
|
|
(100,568,471
|
)
|
|
|
(57,277,251
|
)
|
|
|
(154,782,581
|
)
|
|
|
(91,939,064
|
)
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
(276,269
|
)
|
|
|
(278,334
|
)
|
|
|
(555,084
|
)
|
|
|
(556,603
|
)
|
Total
cost of sales
|
|
|
(100,844,740
|
)
|
|
|
(57,555,585
|
)
|
|
|
(155,337,665
|
)
|
|
|
(92,495,667
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
|
|
6,999,242
|
|
|
|
2,862,769
|
|
|
|
13,018,645
|
|
|
|
5,983,357
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
742,564
|
|
|
|
440,871
|
|
|
|
1,125,566
|
|
|
|
835,938
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
29,614
|
|
|
|
29,741
|
|
|
|
56,277
|
|
|
|
59,442
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
2,769
|
|
|
|
2,767
|
|
|
|
5,538
|
|
|
|
5,532
|
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
|
|
774,947
|
|
|
|
473,379
|
|
|
|
1,187,381
|
|
|
|
900,912
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
|
6,224,295
|
|
|
|
2,389,390
|
|
|
|
11,831,264
|
|
|
|
5,082,445
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income
|
|
|
2,294
|
|
|
|
966
|
|
|
|
4,052
|
|
|
|
966
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
1,126
|
|
|
|
(273
|
)
|
|
|
2,307
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(134,568
|
)
|
|
|
(246,247
|
)
|
|
|
(269,536
|
)
|
|
|
(510,504
|
)
|
Total
Other Expenses, net
|
|
|
(131,148
|
)
|
|
|
(245,554
|
)
|
|
|
(263,177
|
)
|
|
|
(509,514
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES
|
|
|
6,093,147
|
|
|
|
2,143,835
|
|
|
|
11,568,087
|
|
|
|
4,572,931
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROVISION
FOR INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
(1,590,197
|
)
|
|
|
(536,657
|
)
|
|
|
(2,946,095
|
)
|
|
|
(1,144,622
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME
|
|
$
|
4,502,950
|
|
|
$
|
1,607,179
|
|
|
$
|
8,621,992
|
|
|
$
|
3,428,309
|
|
Less:
net income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(198,934
|
)
|
|
|
(156,118
|
)
|
|
|
(369,084
|
)
|
|
|
(231,460
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
|
$
|
4,304,016
|
|
|
$
|
1,451,061
|
|
|
$
|
8,252,908
|
|
|
$
|
3,196,849
|
|
Net
Sales
Net sales
for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $107.8 million, an
increase of $47.4 million, or 78.5%, from net sales of $60.4 million for the
three months ended June 30, 2009. The increase in net sales was primarily the
result of an increase in our production and continued success in marketing of
our products.
Net sales
for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $168.4 million, an increase
of $69.9 million, or 71%, from net sales of $ 98.5 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2009. The increase in net sales was primarily the result of an
increase in our production and continued success in marketing of our
products.
Cost
of sales
Cost of
sales for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $100.6 million, an
increase of $43.3 million, or 75.6% from $57.3 million for the same period in
2009. The increase was primarily due to the increase in the cost of gold and the
increased amount of gold required to fulfill our increased sales volume for the
three months ended June 30, 2010.
Cost of
sales for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $154.8 million, an
increase of $62.9 million, or 68.4% from $91.9 million for the same period in
2009. The increase was primarily due to the increase in the cost of gold and the
increased amount of gold required to fulfill our increased sales volume for the
six months ended June 30, 2010.
Gross
profit
Gross
profit for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $7 million, an
increase of $4.1 million, or 141%, from $2.9 million for the same period in
2009. Gross margin for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was
6.49%, compared to 4.8% for the same period in 2009. The increase in our
gross profit and the increase in our gross margin were primarily due to the
increase in production and sales volume of gold, as well as an increase in
processing fees. In addition, since 2009, we have continued to focus on the
production of gold jewelry rather than other jewelry products, and to focus on
production of our proprietary brands rather than custom production. Our
increased gross margin reflects this shift in focus.
Gross
profit for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $13 million, an
increase of $7 million, or 117%, from $6 million for the same period in
2009.
Gross
margin for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was 7.72%, compared to 6.09% for
the same period in 2009. The increase in our gross profit and the increase in
our gross margin were primarily due to the increase in production and sales
volume of gold, as well as an increase in processing fees. In addition, since
2009, we have continued to focus on the production of gold jewelry rather than
other jewelry products, and to focus on production of our proprietary
brands rather than custom production. Our increased gross margin reflects this
shift in focus.
Expenses
Total
operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were $0.77 million,
an increase of $0.3 million or 63.8%, from $0.47 million for the same period in
2009. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increased
administration expenses associated with operating a public company in the United
States.
Total
operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $1.19 million, an
increase of $0.29 million or 32.2%, from $0.9 million for the same period in
2009. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increased
administration expenses associated with operating a public company in the United
States.
Interest
expenses were $0.13 million for three months ended June 30, 2010, a decrease of
$0.11 million or 45.4%, from $.24 million for same period in 2009. The decrease
in interest expense was primarily a result of a decrease of the average loan
balance for the three months ended June 30, 2010.
Interest
expenses were $0.27 million for six months ended June 30, 2010, a decrease of
$0.24 million or 47%, from $0.51 million for same period in 2009. The decrease
in interest expense was primarily a result of a decrease of the average loan
balance for the six months ended June 30, 2010.
Our
provision for income tax expense was approximately $1.6 million for the three
months ended June 30, 2010, an increase of $1.1million, or 220%, from
approximately $0.5million for the same period in 2009. The increase was
primarily due to our increase in gross profit during the first three months of
2010.
Our
provision for income tax expense was approximately $2.9 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010, an increase of $1.1 million, or 163%, from
approximately $1.8 million for the same period in 2009. The increase was
primarily due to our increase in gross profit during the first three months of
2010.
Net
Income
Net
income attributable to common stockholders increased to $4.3 million for the
three months ended June 30, 2010 from $1.5 million for the same period in 2009,
an increase of $2.8 million, or 197%.
Net
income attributable to common stockholders increased to $8.3 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010 from $3.2 million for the same period in 2009, an
increase of $5.1 million, or 159%.
Cash
Flow
Net cash used in
operating activities.
Net cash used in operating activities
was $2.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, compared to net cash
provided by operating activities of $16.6 million for the same period in 2009,
primarily because we had purchased a significant amount of gold during the six
month period ended June 30, 2010 in anticipation of a price hike. Compared with
our inventory balance as of December 31, 2009, our inventory increase by $12.8
million by the end of June 30, 2010.
Analysis and
Expectations
.
Our net cash
from operating activities fluctuates significantly due to changes in our
inventories. Other factors that may vary significantly include the amounts of
our accounts payable, purchases of gold and our income taxes. Looking
forward, we expect the net cash that we generate from operating activities to
continue to fluctuate as our inventories, receivables, accounts payables and the
other factors described above change with increased production and the purchase
of larger quantities of raw materials. These fluctuations could cause
net cash from operating activities to fall, even if, as we expect, our net
income grows as we expand. Although we expect that net cash from operating
activities will rise over the long term, we cannot predict how these
fluctuations will affect our cash flows in any particular
quarter.
Net cash used in
investing activities.
Net cash used in investing activities
amounted to only $16,198 for the six months ended June 30, 2010, compared to net
cash used in investing activities of $9,906 for the six months ended June
30, 2009. The increase in net cash used in investing
activities was as a result of an increase in the purchase of property and
equipment.
Analysis and
Expectations.
Our net cash used in investing activities did not fluctuate
significantly in the comparable periods due to only small increases in the
amount of equipment we purchase. We do not expect that cash used in
investing activities will increase significantly in the short term
future.
Net cash used in
financing activities.
Net cash provided by financing activities was
$1.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, compared to net
cash provided by investing activities of $1.7 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2009. The decrease in net cash provided by
financing activities was as a result of an increase in our payoff of bank
financing.
Analysis and
Expectations.
The variability of cash generated from or used
in financing activities over did not vary significantly during the comparable
six-month periods. We expect that cash generated from financing
activities may increase significantly as a result of additional financing being
obtained.
YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 COMPARED TO YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008
The
following table sets forth information from our statements of operations for the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 in U.S. dollars:
|
|
For the year ended
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
SALES
|
|
$
|
250,450,650
|
|
|
$
|
109,782,936
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COST
OF SALES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of sales
|
|
|
(233,613,179
|
)
|
|
|
(97,472,140
|
)
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
(1,111,989
|
)
|
|
|
(1,075,153
|
)
|
Total
cost of sales
|
|
|
(234,725,168
|
)
|
|
|
(98,547,293
|
)
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
|
|
15,725,482
|
|
|
|
11,235,643
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
1,934,089
|
|
|
|
1,015,324
|
|
Stock
compensation expenses
|
|
|
415,001
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
124,774
|
|
|
|
101,884
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
11,051
|
|
|
|
10,859
|
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
|
|
2,484,915
|
|
|
|
1,128,067
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
|
13,240,567
|
|
|
|
10,107,576
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income
|
|
|
12,838
|
|
|
|
87,657
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
3,030
|
|
|
|
3,458
|
|
Interest
expenses
|
|
|
(703,500
|
)
|
|
|
(1,393,130
|
)
|
Fees
to guarantor of short term loan
|
|
|
(180,827
|
)
|
|
|
(342,626
|
)
|
Other
expenses
|
|
|
(27,166
|
)
|
|
|
(20,965
|
)
|
Total
Other Expenses, net
|
|
|
(895,625
|
)
|
|
|
(1,665,606
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES
|
|
|
12,344,942
|
|
|
|
8,441,970
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
TAX EXPENSE
|
|
|
(3,220,439
|
)
|
|
|
(2,090,556
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME
|
|
|
9,124,503
|
|
|
|
6,351,414
|
|
Less:
net income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(462,920
|
)
|
|
|
(264,867
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME ATTRIBUTE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
|
|
8,661,583
|
|
|
|
6,086,547
|
|
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation gains
|
|
|
75,531
|
|
|
|
1,461,217
|
|
Less:
foreign currency translation gains attributable to noncontrolling
interest
|
|
|
(1,135
|
)
|
|
|
(9,656
|
)
|
Foreign
currency translation gains attributable to common
stockholders
|
|
|
74,396
|
|
|
|
1,451,561
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
|
|
$
|
8,735,979
|
|
|
$
|
7,538,109
|
|
Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
2008
Net
Revenues
Net sales
for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased to $250.5 million, an increase of
$140.7 million, or 128%, from net sales of $109.8 million for the year ended
December 31, 2008. The increase in net sales was primarily the result of an
increase in our production, continued success in marketing of our products and
the increase in the cost of raw materials.
Cost
of revenues
Cost of
sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased to $234.7 million, an
increase of $136.2million, or 138%, from $98.5 million for the same period in
2008. The increase was primarily due to the increase in the cost of raw
materials caused by higher sales volume for the year ended December 31,
2009.
Gross
profit
Gross
profit for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased to $15.7 million, an
increase of $4.5 million, or 40%, from $11.2 million for the same period in
2008. The gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2008 was 6.3%, compared
to 10.2% for the same period in 2008. The decrease in the gross profit for the
year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 was
primarily due to the increase in production and sales volume of gold, and
processing fees as well. In addition, in 2009, we shifted our focus to the
production of gold jewelry other than other jewelry production. The
decrease in our gross margin was a result of the increase in the cost of raw
materials which was not fully compensated by higher prices for our
products.
Expenses
Operating
expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009 were approximately $2.5 million,
an increase of $1.4 million or 120%, from $1.1 million for the same period in
2008. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to an increase of our
expenses in relation to our expanded production and increased expense related to
go public.
Interest
expenses were approximately $0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, a
decrease of $0.7 million or 50%, from $1.4 million for same period in 2008. The
decrease in interest expense was primarily a result of our decrease in short
term bank financing and a decrease in interest rates for the year ended December
31, 2009.
Net
income attributable to common stockholders increased to $8.7 million for the
year ended December 31, 2009 from $6.1 million for the year ended December 31,
2008, an increase of $2.6 million, or 42%.
Net
and Other Comprehensive Income
Provision
for income tax expense was approximately $3.2 million for the year ended
December 31, 2009, an increase of $1.1 million, or 54%, from approximately $2.1
million for the same period in 2008. The increase was primarily due to our
increase in gross profit during 2009.
Other
comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders was approximately $0.07
million for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $1.38 million, from
$1.45 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was a result of
a significant reduction in the RMB exchange rate against the U.S.
dollar.
Cash
Flow
Net cash provided
by (used in) operating activities.
Net cash used in operating
activities was $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to
net cash used in operations of $1.9 million for the same period in 2008. Net
cash used in operating activities increased by $0.14 million was primarily a
result of a decrease in inventory which was almost entirely offset by an
increase in value added tax recoverable.
Analysis and
Expectations
.
Our net cash
from operating activities fluctuates significantly due to changes in our
inventories. Other factors that may vary significantly include the amounts of
our accounts payable, purchases of gold and our income taxes. Looking
forward, we expect the net cash that we generate from operating activities to
continue to fluctuate as our inventories, receivables, accounts payables and the
other factors described above, change in connection with a planned increase in
production and purchase of larger quantities of gold. These
fluctuations could cause net cash from operating activities to fall, even if, as
we expect, our net income grows through expansion of our business operations.
Although we expect that net cash from operating activities will rise over the
long term, we cannot predict how these fluctuations will affect our cash flows
in any particular quarter.
Net cash provided
by (used in) investing activities.
Net cash used in investing
activities amounted to $26,428 for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to
net cash used in investing activities of $483,208 million for the year
ended December 31, 2008. Net cash used in investing activities
decrease by approximately $456,780 million in 2009 primarily due to a decrease
in the purchase of property and equipment.
Analysis and
Expectations.
Our net cash used in investing activities did not fluctuate
significantly in the comparable periods due to the fact that the amount of
equipment that we purchased did not increase. We do not expect that
cash used in investing activities will increase significantly in the short
term.
Net cash provided
by (used in) financing activities.
Net cash provided by financing
activities was $9.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to
net cash used in financing activities of $2.7 million for the year ended
December 31, 2008. The increase of $12.4 million was primarily a result of am
increase in restricted cash, net proceeds from investors and contribution from
stockholders.
Analysis and
Expectations.
The amount of cash generated from or used in
financing activities over did not vary significantly during the comparable
six-month periods. We expect that cash generated from financing
activities may increase significantly as a result of additional financing being
obtained.
BUSINESS
Through a
variable interest entity relationship with Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company
Limited, we believe that we are one of the leading professional designers and
manufacturers of high quality 24 Karat gold jewelry and ornaments developing,
promoting, and selling a broad range of products to the rapidly expanding
Chinese luxury goods market in the central part of the Peoples Republic of
China, or PRC, including Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Sichuan
Provinces. According to statistics provided by Gems and Jewelry Trade
Association of China, in 2008, we ranked first in the PRC's gold industry
nationwide in total volume of 24 Karat gold production. We offer a wide range of
in-house designed products including but not limited to gold necklaces, rings,
earrings, bracelets, and pendants. We launch as many as 900 new products each
month, and approximately 10,000 every year.
We have
historically sold our products directly to distributors, retailers and other
wholesalers, who then sell our products to consumers through retail counters
located in both department stores and other traditional stand-alone jewelry
stores. We sell our products to our customers at a price that reflects the
market price of the base material, plus a mark-up reflecting our design fees and
processing fees. Typically this mark-up ranges from 4-6%
of the price of the base
material
.
We aim to
become an increasingly important participant in the PRC’s gold jewelry design
and manufacturing sector. In addition to expanding our design and
manufacturing capabilities, our goal is to provide a large variety of gold
products in unique styles and superior quality under our brand,
Kingold.
We are
located in Wuhan which is the fourth largest city in China. In 2009,
we produced approximately 16 tons of 24K gold products.
Industry and Market
Overview
The
Global Market
According
to the World Gold Council, worldwide demand for gold, including gold products
and gold purchased for investment, decreased in 2009 due to the worldwide
recession to approximately 3,385 metric tons down from approximately 3,805
metric tons and approximately 3,551 metric tons in 2008 and 2007,
respectively. Jewelry has historically taken the largest share of
final demand for gold, accounting for around 57% of total demand (2007-2009
average), worth approximately $55 billion at the annual average gold price in
2009. Worldwide demand for gold jewelry in 2009 was approximately 1,747 metric
tons which decreased from approximately 2,186 metric tons in 2008 and
approximately 2,408 metric tons in 2007. However, demand in the
fourth quarter of 2009 increased to approximately 500 metric tons from only
approximately 336 metric tons in the first quarter of 2009.
The
PRC Market
China’s
market for jewelry and other luxury goods is expanding rapidly, in large part
due to China’s rapid economic growth. According to the State Bureau of
Statistics of China, China’s real gross domestic product, or GDP, grew by
approximately 10.4%, 10.7%, 11.4%, 9% and 8.7% in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and
2009 respectively. In 2008 and 2009, in spite of the global economic slowdown,
its GDP still grew by approximately 9% and 8.7%, respectively, among the highest
growth rates in the world. Economic growth in China has led to greater levels of
personal disposable income and increased spending among China’s expanding
consumer base. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU, private
consumption has grown at a 9% compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, over the
last decade. According to the World Gold Council, Chinese gold demand
has increased by 106% from 2002 to an estimated 443 metric tons in 2009, or an
average of 8% per annum during the same period. According to Global Industry
Analysts, Inc., or GIA, the total market size for precious jewelry will exceed
$18.2 billion in 2010. China has historically been the second largest
gold consumer following India. Gold consumption in China is largely
driven by the demand for gold jewelry, which accounts for 92% of gold
consumption.
We
believe that China’s gold jewelry market will continue to grow as China’s
economy continues to develop. Because gold has long been a symbol of wealth and
prosperity in China, demand for gold jewelry, particularly 24 Karat gold
jewelry, is firmly embedded in the country’s culture. Gold has long been viewed
as both a secure and accessible savings vehicle, and as a symbol of wealth and
prosperity in Chinese culture. In addition, gold jewelry plays an important role
in marriage ceremonies, child births and other major life events in China. Gold
ornaments, often in the shapes of dragons, horses and other cultural icons, have
long been a customary gift for newly married-couples and newly-born children in
China. As China’s population becomes more urban, more westernized and more
affluent, gold, platinum and other precious metal jewelry are becoming
increasingly popular and affordable fashion accessories. The gold jewelry market
is currently benefiting from rising consumer spending and rapid urbanization of
the Chinese population. We believe that jewelry companies like us, with a
developed distribution network, attractive designs and reliable product quality,
are well-positioned to build up our brands and capture an increasing share of
China’s growing gold jewelry market.
Competitive
Strengths
We
believe the following strengths contribute to our competitive advantages and
differentiate us from our competitors:
We
have a proven manufacturing capability.
We have
developed seven proprietary processes which we believe are well integrated and
are crucial to gold jewelry manufacturing, namely the processes for 99.9% gold
hardening, rubber mould opening efficiency, solder-less welding, pattern
carving, chain weaving, dewaxing casting, and our coloring methods.
We
have a proven design capability.
We have a
large and experienced in-house design team with a track record of developing
products that are fashionable and well received in the jewelry
market. We launch as many as 900 new products each month and
approximately 10,000 every year. We are committed to further strengthening
our design team and continuing to improve the quality and novelty of our
products so as to capture increased market share in the high-end gold jewelry
market.
We
believe that we have a superior brand awareness in China.
We have
established the Kingold brand through our focused sales and marketing efforts,
and we believe it is well known in China. We continue to devote significant
effort towards brand development and marketing in an attempt to enhance the
market recognition of our products. Our brand awareness was demonstrated in part
by “Kingold” being named a “Famous Brand in Hubei Province,” “Famous Brand in
China,” and “Famous Jewelry Brand” by the General Administration of Quality
Supervision and China Top Brand Strategy Promotion Committee in
2007. We believe these awards have added credibility to and
strengthened customers’ confidence in our products. We have also
participated in various exhibitions and trade fairs to promote our products and
brands.
We
have a well established distribution network throughout China.
We have
been actively operating in this industry for more than six years since the gold
jewelry industry became open to the private sector in 2002. In the jewelry
industry, a well established and maintained distribution network is critical to
success. We have established stable and mutually beneficial business
relationships with many business partners, including large distributors,
wholesalers and retailers. These relationships are essential to our company, and
provide a key competitive advantage for us. We have distributors in most
provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in PRC.
We
believe that we have significant advantages when compared to our competitors in
the areas of capacity, technology and talent.
We have
expanded our capacity significantly in recent years. In 2009, we
produced 24K gold jewelry and ornaments with a total weight of approximately 16
tons, as opposed to 14 tons and 11 tons, in 2008 and 2007, respectively. We
attach great importance to the continuous improvement of our technology. Our
gold processing systems dramatically reduce waste during the manufacturing
process to approximately just one gram per kilogram of gold. We were
certified as a “High-tech and Innovative Company” by Wuhan Science and
Technology Bureau for the 2004 and 2006 biennial periods.
We have
been awarded two patents granted by the State Intellectual Property Office of
the PRC, and have filed applications for 24 patents which have been accepted and
are under review by the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC. We have
made significant investment in training and retaining our own in-house design
and manufacturing team, and we work closely with the China Geology University,
School of Jewelry in Wuhan, providing internship positions to talented students
majoring in jewelry design and jewelry processing technology.
We
are a member of the Shanghai Gold Exchange which has very limited
membership.
We have
been a member of the Shanghai Gold Exchange since 2003. Although the Chinese
government eliminated the absolute restriction on trading gold in general, the
right to purchase gold directly from the Shanghai Gold Exchange is
limited. The Shanghai Gold Exchange implements a membership system
and only members can buy gold through its trading system. There were
only 162 members of the Shanghai Gold Exchange throughout China in
2008. Non-members who want to purchase gold must deal with members at
a higher purchase price compared to that for members.
We
have an experienced management team in the Chinese gold industry.
We have a
strong and stable management team with valuable experience in the PRC jewelry
industry. Jia Zhi Hong, Wuhan Kingold’s major shareholder and founder, has been
working in this industry for more than ten years. Zhao Bin, our
general manager, has over 18 years of experience in jewelry businesses
administration. Other members of our senior management team all have significant
experience in key aspects of our operations, including product design,
manufacturing, and sales and marketing.
Our
Strategy
Our goal
is to be a leading vertically-integrated designer, manufacturer, and retailer of
24 Karat gold jewelry products in China. We intend to achieve our goal by
implementing the following strategies:
We
plan to continue to specialize in the manufacture of 24 Karat gold
jewelry.
We intend
to leverage our experience in jewelry design to introduce new fashionable
products with strong market recognition. By investing significantly
in research and development, we plan to design new product lines of 24 Karat
gold jewelry to meet specific needs of our target customers. By staying on top
of market trends, expanding our design team and capabilities, we plan to
continue to increase our revenues and market share.
We
intent to further promote and improve the use of our brand
recognition.
We intend
to make significant efforts in growing our brand recognition of our Kingold
brand and strengthening our market. As part of the initiative, we
plan to launch an advertising campaign over Chinese television networks to
promote our gold jewelry products as well as through popular magazines
throughout China. Through marketing and promotion of our high end
product lines, we believe the credentials and reputation of our brand will be
further enhanced.
We
will increase the automation in our production line.
Our
production lines use modern technologies and production techniques that we
strive to continuously improve. We plan to increase the level of
automation in our production lines by purchasing advanced equipment and
facilities to improve our efficiency and precision, lower our average costs, and
expand our production capacity
.
Products
We
currently offer a wide range of 24 Karat gold products including 99.9% and 99%
pure gold necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, pendants and gold bars. We
launch as many as 900 new products each month and approximately 10,000 every
year.
Supply
of Raw Materials
We
purchase gold, our major raw material, directly from the Shanghai Gold Exchange,
of which were are a member. The membership grants us a privilege to
the purchase of gold from the Shanghai Gold Exchange which non-members do not
have.
Quality
Control
We
consider quality control an important factor for our business success. We have a
strict quality control system which is implemented by a well-trained team to
ensure effective quality control over every step of our business operation, from
design and manufacturing to marketing and sales. We have received ISO 9001
accreditation from the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”)
attesting to our quality control systems. In 2004 we were named an “Honest and
Trustworthy Enterprise” from Hubei Quality Supervising and Administration
Bureau.
Design
and Manufacturing
We have
adopted a systematic approach that we believe is rigorous to product design and
manufacturing. We employ a senior design team with members educated by top art
schools or colleges in China, with an average of three to five years of
experience. Our design team develops and generates new ideas from a variety of
sources, including direct customer feedback, trade shows, and industry
conferences. We generally test the market potential and customer appeal of our
new products and services through a wide out-reach program in specific regions
prior to full commercial launch. We have a large-scale production base that
includes a 74,933 square feet factory, a dedicated design, sales and marketing
team, and more than 500 company-trained employees. Our production lines include
automated jewelry processing equipment and procedures that we can rapidly modify
to accommodate new designs and styles.
Sales
and Marketing
Currently
we have over 280 wholesale and retail customers covering 15 provinces in China.
Except for our on-site exhibition store we currently do not carry out retail
sales of jewelry products. We have very stable relationships with our
major customers who have generally increased order volume year by
year.
Major
Customers
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, approximately 31.49% of our net sales were
generated from our five largest customers as compared to 21.3% for the year
ended December 31, 2008. Our largest customer during the past two years,
Shenzhen Yuehao Jewelry Co., Ltd accounted for 7.83% of our net sales for the
year ended December 31, 2009 and 9.8% for the year ended December 31,
2008.
Research
and Development
We
have our own Research and Development, R&D, center made up of a design group
and a technical development group. During 2008 and 2009, we spent approximately
$255,000 to improve our design capabilities by sponsoring design interns and
recruiting top designers and technicians. We believe that our company
is among the few jewelry manufacturers in PRC that is equipped with modern
facilities and technology. Through years of research, we have developed seven
techniques which have been key drivers to our competitive strength and operating
success. These techniques include 99.99% gold hardening, rubber mould
opening efficiency, solder-less welding, pattern carving, chain weaving,
dewaxing casting, and our coloring methods. Our track record of
technical innovation has resulted in the development and acquisition of
industry-leading equipment. This equipment ensures that we are able
to produce special patterns and styles efficiently.
Competition
The
jewelry industry in China is highly fragmented and very
competitive. No single competitor has a significant percentage of the
overall market. We believe that the market may become even more competitive as
the industry grows and/or consolidates.
We
produce high-quality jewelry for which the demand has grown year by year as
income levels in China have risen and customers continue to appreciate the high
quality of our products. We believe Kingold is well known as a nationwide famous
trademark which has substantially differentiated us from most of our
competitors.
We
compete with local jewelry manufacturers and large foreign multinational
companies that offer products similar to ours. Examples of our
competition include, but are not limited to, Zhejiang Sun & Moon Jewelry
Group Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Bo Fook Jewelry Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Ganlu Jewelry Co.,
Ltd., Magfrey Jewelry Co., Ltd., and Guangdong Chaohongji Co., Ltd.
Intellectual
Property
We rely
on a combination of patent, trademark and trade secret protection and other
unpatented proprietary information to protect our intellectual property rights
and to maintain and enhance our competitiveness in the jewelry
industry.
We
currently have two patents granted by the State Intellectual Property Office of
the PRC which both expire in 2017, and have filed applications for 24 patents
which have been accepted and are under review by the State Intellectual Property
Office of the PRC.
We have
three registered trademarks in China, two of which expire in 2017 and one in
2019, and have filed applications for registration of seven trademarks which
have been accepted and are currently under review by the Trademark Office of the
State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the PRC. In
particular, “Kingold” has been named as a “Famous Brand in Hubei Province,”
“Famous Brand in China,” and “Famous Jewelry Brand” by the General
Administration of Quality Supervision and China Top Brand Strategy Promotion
Committee.
We have
implemented and enhanced file management procedures in an effort to protect our
intellectual property rights. However, there can be no assurance that our
intellectual property rights will not be challenged, invalidated, or
circumvented, that others will not assert intellectual property rights to
technologies that are relevant to us, or that our rights will give us a
competitive advantage. In addition, the laws of China may not protect our
proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws in other
jurisdictions.
PRC
Government Regulations
We are
subject to various PRC laws and regulations which are relevant to our
business. Our business license permits us to design, manufacture,
sell and market jewelry products to department stores throughout China, and
allows us to engage in the retail distribution of our products. Any further
amendment to the scope of our business will require additional government
approvals. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain the necessary
government approval for any change or expansion of our business.
Under the
applicable PRC laws, supplies of precious metals such as platinum, gold and
silver are highly regulated by certain government agencies, such as the People’s
Bank of China. The Shanghai Gold Exchange is the only PBOC authorized supplier
of precious metal materials and is our primary source of supply for our raw
materials, which substantially consist of precious metals. We are required to
obtain and hold several membership and approval certificates from these
government agencies in order to continue to conduct our business. We may be
required to renew such memberships and to obtain approval certificates
periodically. If we are unable to renew these periodic membership or approval
certificates, it would materially affect our business operations. We are
currently in good standing with these agencies.
We have
also been granted independent import and export rights. These rights permit us
to import and export jewelry in and out of China. With the relatively lower cost
of production in China, we intend to expand into overseas markets after the
launch of our China-based retail plan. We do not currently have plans to import
jewelry into China.
Environment
Protection
Our
production facilities in Wuhan are subject to environmental regulation by both
the central government of the PRC and by local government agencies. We have
obtained all necessary operating permits as required from the Environmental
Protection Bureau, and believe that we are in compliance with local regulations
governing waste production and disposal, and that our production facilities have
met the public safety requirements regarding refuse, emissions, lights, noise
and radiation. Since our commencement of operations, we have not been cited for
any environmental violations. Since our production process creates
almost no waste water or pollution, our costs for environmental compliance have
been minimal. During 2008, our costs for environmental compliance
were approximately $43,000, primarily devoted to the purchase of a water filter
tower and air purification tower. In 2009, our costs for
environmental compliance were less than $5,000.
Tax
Wuhan
Kingold was incorporated in the PRC and is subject to PRC income tax which is
computed according to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC. The
applicable income tax rate is 25%.
Pursuant
to the
Provisional Regulation
of China on Value-Added Tax
and its implementing rules, all entities and
individuals that are engaged in the sale of goods, the provision of repairs and
replacement services and the importation of goods in China are generally
required to pay VAT at a rate of 17.0% of the gross sales proceeds received,
less any deductible VAT already paid or borne by the taxpayer.
Foreign
Currency Exchange
Under the
PRC foreign currency exchange regulations applicable to us, the Renminbi is
convertible for current account items, including the distribution of dividends,
interest payments, trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions.
Conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, such as direct investment,
loan, security investment and repatriation of investment, however, is still
subject to the approval of the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or
SAFE. Foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell and/or remit foreign
currencies at those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after
providing valid commercial documents and, in the case of capital account item
transactions, obtaining approval from the SAFE. Capital investments by
foreign-invested enterprises outside of China are also subject to limitations,
which include approvals by the Ministry of Commerce, the SAFE and the State
Reform and Development Commission.
Dividend
Distributions
Under
applicable PRC regulations, foreign-invested enterprises in China may pay
dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in
accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a
foreign-invested enterprise in China is required to set aside at least 10.0% of
their after-tax profits each year to its general reserves until the accumulative
amount of such reserves has reached 50.0% of its registered capital. These
reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. The board of directors of a
foreign-invested enterprise has the discretion to allocate a portion of its
after-tax profits to staff welfare and bonus funds, which may not be distributed
to equity owners except in the event of liquidation.
Employees
At
December 31, 2009, we had approximately 500 full time employees all of which are
located in PRC, except our chief financial officer. There are no collective
bargaining contracts covering any of our employees. We believe our relationship
with our employees is satisfactory. Our full time employees are
entitled to employee benefits including medical care, work related injury
insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance and pension benefits
through a Chinese government mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan.
We are required to accrue for those benefits based on certain percentages of the
employees’ salaries and make contributions to the plans out of the amounts
accrued for medical and pension benefits. The total provisions and
contributions made for such employee benefits was $17,058 $80,107, and $34,549
for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The Chinese
government is responsible for the medical benefits and the pension liability
paid to these employees.
Effective
from January 1, 2008, the PRC has introduced a new labor contract law that
enhances rights for the nation’s workers, including open-ended work contracts
and severance payment,
such
Law requires
employers to enter into labor contracts with their workers in writing, restricts
the use of temporary laborers and makes it harder to lay off employees. It also
requires that employees with a fixed-term contract shall be entitled to an
indefinite-term contract after the fixed-term contract has been renewed twice.
Although the new labor contract law would increase our labor costs, we do not
anticipate there will be any significantly effects on our overall profitability
in the near future since such amount was historically not material to our
operating cost. Management anticipates this may be a step toward improving
candidate retention for skilled workers. None of our employees are covered by a
collective bargaining agreement. We believe that we have a good relationship
with our employees.
Company
History
Since
December, 2009, we have been engaged in the design, manufacturing and sale of
gold jewelry in the People’s Republic of China, or PRC, via a variable interest
entity relationship with Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited, a PRC
company.
We were
initially incorporated in 1995 in Delaware as Vanguard Enterprises,
Inc. In 1999, we changed our corporate name to Activeworlds.com, Inc.
(and subsequently to Activeworlds Corp.) and through a wholly-owned subsidiary
we provided internet software products and services that enabled the delivery of
three-dimensional content over the internet. We operated that
business until September 11, 2002 when we sold that business to our former
management and we became a shell company with no significant business
operations. As a result of the consummation of a reverse acquisition
transaction as described below, on December 23, 2009, we ceased to be a shell
company and became an indirect holding company for Vogue-Show through Dragon
Lead.
Acquisition
of Kingold and Name Change
In
December 2009, we acquired 100% of Dragon Lead from the shareholders of Dragon
Lead in a share exchange transaction pursuant to which the shareholders of
Dragon Lead exchanged 100% ownership in Dragon Lead, for 66,208,466 shares of
our common stock. As a result, Dragon Lead became our wholly owned
subsidiary. Dragon Lead owns 100% of Vogue-Show and Vogue-Show
controls Wuhan Kingold through a series of variable interest entity agreements.
We currently operate through Dragon Lead and Vogue-Show.
In
February 2010, we changed our name to Kingold Jewelry, Inc. to better reflect
our business.
Organizational
History of Dragon Lead and its Subsidiaries
Dragon
Lead Group Limited, or Dragon Lead, a British Virgin Islands (BVI) corporation
was incorporated in the BVI on July 1, 2008 as an investment holding
company. Dragon Lead owns 100% of the ownership interest in
Vogue-Show.
Vogue-Show
was incorporated in the PRC as a WFOE on February 16, 2009. Wuhan Kingold was
incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company on August 2, 2002 by Jia
Zhi Hong, as the major shareholder, and Xue Su Yue who sold her shares in Wuhan
Kingold to Jia Zhi Hong and Chen Wei in 2003. On October 26, 2007, Wuhan Kingold
was restructured as a joint stock company limited by shares. Its business
activities are principally the design and manufacture of gold ornaments in the
PRC. Wuhan Kingold's business license will expire on March 4, 2021 and is
renewable upon expiration. The registered and paid-in capital of Wuhan Kingold
is RMB 120 million.
The
Vogue-Show/Wuhan Kingold VIE Relationship
On June
30, 2009, Vogue-Show entered into a series of agreements with Wuhan Kingold and
shareholders holding 95.83% of the outstanding equity of Wuhan Kingold under
which Wuhan Kingold agreed to pay 95.83% of its after-tax profits to Vogue-Show
and shareholders owning 95.83% of Wuhan Kingold’s shares have pledged their and
delegated their voting power in Wuhan Kingold to Vogue-Show. Such share pledge
is registered with the PRC Administration for Industry and
Commerce.
The
VIE agreements, which are described below, cover 95.83% of the equity interest
in Wuhan Kingold covering 46 of Wuhan Kingold’s 47 shareholders and were created
so that upon the closing of the reverse acquisition, as described below, we
would be able to acquire control over Wuhan Kingold, as explained
below. The balance of 4.17% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
is held by Beijing Capital Investment Co. Ltd, a PRC State Owned
Enterprise.
These
contractual arrangements enable us to:
• exercise
effective control over our variable interest entity, Wuhan Kingold;
• receive
substantially all of the economic benefits from variable interest entity, Wuhan
Kingold; and
• have
an exclusive option to purchase 95.83% of the equity interest in our variable
interest entity, Wuhan Kingold, when and to the extent permitted by PRC
law.
Through
such arrangement, Wuhan Kingold has become Vogue-Show's contractually controlled
affiliate. In addition, Wuhan Kingold shareholders agreed to grant Vogue-Show a
ten-year option to purchase a 95.83% equity interest in Wuhan Kingold at a price
based on an appraisal provided by an asset evaluation institution which will be
jointly appointed by Vogue-Show and the Wuhan Kingold shareholders.
Concurrently, Wuhan Kingold agreed to grant Vogue-Show a ten-year option to
purchase all of Wuhan Kingold's assets at a price based on an appraisal provided
by an asset evaluation institution which will be jointly appointed by Vogue-Show
and Wuhan Kingold.
The
VIE Agreements
Our
relationship with Wuhan Kingold and its shareholders are governed by a series of
contractual arrangements, which agreements provide as follows.
Exclusive
Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement
. On June 30, 2009,
Vogue-Show entered into an Exclusive Management Consulting and Technical Support
Agreement with Wuhan Kingold, which agreement provides that Vogue-Show will be
the exclusive provider of management consulting services to Wuhan Kingold, and
obligated Vogue-Show to provide services to fully manage and control all
internal operations of Wuhan Kingold, in exchange for receiving 95.83% of Wuhan
Kingold’s profits. Payments will be made on a monthly basis. The term of this
agreement will continue until it is either terminated by mutual agreement of the
parties or until such time as Vogue-Show shall acquire 95.83% of the equity or
assets of Wuhan Kingold.
Shareholders’
Voting Proxy Agreement
. On June 30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of
the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold entered into a Shareholders’ Voting Proxy
Agreement authorizing Vogue-Show to exercise any and all shareholder rights
associated with their ownership in Wuhan Kingold, including the right to attend
and vote their shares at shareholders’ meetings, the right to call shareholders’
meetings and the right to exercise all other shareholder voting rights as
stipulated in the Articles of Association of Wuhan Kingold. The term of this
agreement will continue until it is either terminated by mutual agreement of the
parties or until such time as Vogue-Show shall acquire 95.83% of the equity or
assets of Wuhan Kingold.
Purchase Option
Agreement
. On June 30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold entered into a Purchase Option Agreement with
Vogue-Show, which provides that Vogue-Show will be entitled to acquire such
Shareholders’ shares in Wuhan Kingold upon certain terms and conditions, if such
a purchase is or becomes allowable under PRC laws and regulations. The Purchase
Option Agreement also grants to Vogue-Show an option to purchase all of the
assets of Wuhan Kingold. The exercise price for either the shares or
the assets are to be as determined by a qualified third party appraiser. The
term of this agreement is ten years from the date thereof.
Pledge of Equity
Agreement
. On June 30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold entered in Pledge of Equity Agreement, pursuant to
which each such shareholder pledges all of his shares of Wuhan Kingold to
Vogue-Show, in order to guarantee performance under the Exclusive Management
Consulting and Technical Support Agreement, Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement
and the Purchase Option Agreement. If Wuhan Kingold or any of its respective
shareholders breaches its respective contractual obligations, Vogue-Show, as
pledgee, will be entitled to certain rights, including the right to foreclose on
the pledged equity interests.
Reverse
Acquisition and Private Placement
On
September 29, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reverse Acquisition
with Vogue-Show, a PRC wholly foreign owned enterprise, Dragon Lead, and the
stockholders of Dragon Lead, or the Dragon Lead Stockholders. Pursuant to the
acquisition agreement, we agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of Dragon Lead in exchange for the issuance of 33,104,234 newly
issued shares of our common stock. The acquisition agreement closed
on or about December 23, 2009. Following the closing, Dragon Lead became
our wholly-owned subsidiary.
The
purpose of the reverse acquisition was to acquire control over Wuhan
Kingold. We did not acquire Wuhan Kingold directly through the
issuance of stock to Wuhan Kingold’s stockholders because under PRC law it is
uncertain whether a share exchange would be legal. We instead chose
to acquire control of Wuhan Kingold through the acquisition of Vogue Show and
the VIE arrangements previously described in this prospectus. Certain rules and
regulations in the PRC restrict the ability of non-PRC companies that are
controlled by PRC residents to acquire PRC companies. There is
significant uncertainty as to whether these rules and regulations require
transactions of the type contemplated by our VIE arrangements, or of the type
contemplated by the Call Option described below, to be approved by the PRC
Ministry of Commerce, the China Securities and Regulatory Commission, or other
agencies. For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties arising
from these PRC rules and regulations, see “Risk Factors – Risks Related to Doing
Business in the PRC – Recent PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC
companies by foreign entities may create regulatory uncertainties that could
restrict or limit our ability to operate. Our failure to obtain the prior
approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC for the listing
and trading of our common stock could have a material adverse effect on our
business, operating results, reputation and trading price of our common stock,”
beginning on page 24.
On
December 23, 2009, immediately prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition,
we completed a private placement with 14 investors. Pursuant to
a securities purchase agreement entered into with the investors, we sold an
aggregate of 5,120,484 newly issued shares of our common stock at $0.996 per
share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5.1 million. The investors
in the private placement also received five-year warrants to purchase up to
1,024,096 shares of common stock at the price of $0.996 per share. After
commissions and expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $4.55
million in the private placement. In addition, five-year warrants to
purchase up to 1,536,145 shares of common stock at the price of $0.996 per share
were issued to various consultants who assisted in the
transaction .
All share
and per share information for dates prior to August 10, 2010 concerning our
common stock in the above discussion reflects a 1-for-2 reverse stock
split.
As a
result of the above transactions, we ceased being a “shell company” as defined
in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Act.
Also, on
December 23, 2009, Fok Wing Lam Winnie, the sole shareholder of Famous Grow and
the majority shareholder of Dragon Lead prior to the closing of the reverse
acquisition, entered into a call option agreement, or call option, with Jia Zhi
Hong and Zhao Bin as an inducement to encourage them to provide services to
Wuhan Kingold and our company. Under the call option, Fok Wing Lam Winnie
granted to Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin the right to acquire up to 100% of the
shares of Famous Grow at any time for a period of five years. While it is the
case that our PRC counsel believes that this arrangement is lawful under PRC
laws and regulations, there are, substantial uncertainties regarding the
interpretation and application of current and future PRC laws and regulations,
including regulations governing the validity and legality of such call options.
Accordingly, we cannot assure you that PRC government authorities will not
ultimately take a view contrary to the opinion of our PRC legal
counsel.
Additionally,
on December 23, 2009, immediately following the closing, Famous Grow Holdings
Limited, a BVI limited liability company, or Famous Grow, Dragon Lead's majority
shareholder prior to the closing, together with Jia Zhi Hong, our Chief
Executive Officer and founder of Wuhan Kingold and Zhao Bin, our general
manager, entered into a make good escrow agreement with the
investors, pursuant to which, Famous Grow deposited a total of 3,791,218 of
shares of common stock into an escrow account as “make good shares.” In the
event that the after-PRC-tax net income of the Company for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, is less than 70% of RMB 65.0 million, RMB100.0
million and RMB150.0 million, respectively, as set forth in the make good escrow
agreement, part or all of the escrowed make good shares will be transferred to
private placement investors on pro rata basis. The Company’s
after-PRC-tax net income for the year ended December 31, 2009 exceeded 70% of
RMB 65.0 million and therefore, no “make good shares” were transferred as of
December 31, 2009.
The
following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this
prospectus:
(1)
Famous Grow is owned by Fok Wing Lam Winnie. Pursuant to a Call
Option Agreement, our founder, chairman and chief executive officer Jia Zhi
Hong, and general manager and director, Zhao Bin, have a right to collectively
acquire 100% of the ownership of Famous Grow
(2) Wuhan
Kingold is 55.31% owned by Jia Zhi Hong, our founder, chairman and chief
executive officer, 1.67% owned by Zhao Bin, our general manager and director,
4.17% owned by Beijing Capital Investment Co. Ltd., a PRC state owned
enterprise, with the balance of 38.85% owned by a total of 44 other
shareholders, who are all PRC citizens.
Principal
Office and Manufacturing Facilities
Our
principal executive offices and our factory are located in #15 Huangpu Science
and Technology Park, Jiang’an District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, with a
total construction area of 6,961.58 square miles built on a parcel of state
owned land. We own all of our office and factory facilities except
for land with regard to which we own land use rights. There is no private
ownership of land in the PRC. All land ownership is held by the government of
the PRC, its agencies and collectives. Land use rights can be transferred upon
approval by the land administrative authorities of the PRC (State Land
Administration Bureau) upon payment of the required land transfer
fee. Our land use certificate expires on January 26,
2055. Our Vogue-Show subsidiary rents 96 square feet of office space
from Wuhan Kingold at an annual rental rate of $1,500 per year. The
lease of on this office space expires at the end of January
2012.
We
believe that our current offices and facilities are adequate to meet our needs,
and that additional facilities will be available for lease, if necessary, to
meet our future needs.
Legal
Proceedings
From time
to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary
course of business. We are not currently a party to any litigation the outcome
of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate
be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on our business,
operating results, cash flows or financial condition.
DIRECTORS
AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Directors
and Executive Officers
The
following table sets forth as of October 1, 2010 the names, positions and ages
of our current executive officers and directors. Our directors serve
until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are
elected and qualified. Our officers are elected by the board of
directors and their terms of office are, except to the extent governed by an
employment contract, at the discretion of the board of directors.
The names
of our executive officers and directors that are Chinese nationals appear in
customary PRC form.
Name
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Age
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Position
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Jia
Zhi Hong
|
|
49
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|
Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
|
|
|
|
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Zhao
Bin
|
|
42
|
|
General
Manager and Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bin
Liu
|
|
39
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vince
Orza
(1)
|
|
56
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xu
Hai Xiao
(1)
|
|
37
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zhang
Bin Nan
(1)
|
|
37
|
|
Director
|
(1)
Member of the audit and compensation committees.
Jia Zhi Hong, Chief Executive
Officer
,
Director and
Chairman of the Board
Mr.
Jia has been serving as our chief executive officer, chairman and one of our
directors since the consummation of our December, 2009 reverse acquisition
transaction. Mr. Jia also co-founded Wuhan Kingold, our contractually
controlled affiliate and has served as its chief executive officer and chairman
since its establishment in 2002. Mr. Jia served in the rear supply
service department of the People's Liberation Army in Guangzhou and Wuhan, and
was responsible for managing gold mines owned by the Army. Mr. Jia graduated
from Wuhan University in 2004 with a graduate EMBA certificate.
Zhao
Bin, Director and General Manager
Mr. Zhao
has been serving as our general manager and one of our directors since December
2009. He was appointed upon the consummation of our reverse
acquisition transaction. He has also served as a director and general manager of
Wuhan Kingold, our contractually controlled affiliate, since 2008. Mr. Zhao has
over 20 years of experience in the jewelry industry and is recognized as highly
experienced and knowledgeable in China's gold jewelry industry. From
1990 to 2005, he served as the chief technology officer at Foshan Arts &
Crafts Works Company Limited. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Zhao was the
general manager and a director of Shenzhen Batar Jewelry Company Limited. Mr.
Zhao is currently a deputy director of Shenzhen City Committee for Protection of
Well-Known Trademarks and the Gold and Silver Jewelry Processing and
Manufacturing Commission in Guangdong Province. Mr. Zhao is also a standing
member to the China Gems & Jewelries Trade Association, and a member of the
mediation committees of the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Mr. Zhao
graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a bachelor’s degree in science and
technology in 1988.
Bin
Liu, Chief Financial Officer
Mr.
Liu has been serving as our chief financial officer since April 2010. Mr. Liu
has more than 15 years of experience in the financial markets and in bridging
business between the US and China. From July 2004 through March 2010, Mr. Liu
served as a vice president of Citigroup’s Financial Institution Cards business
where he had full financial responsibility of a $2 billion
business. He has also played critical roles in the development of
Citigroup’s franchise development in the US. From 1993 through 2002,
Mr. Liu worked for the China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), promoting
bilateral business and investment between the US and China. Mr. Liu
graduated Shagai Institute of Foreign Trade with a bachelors degree
in Economics in 1993 and graduated the Kellogg School at Northwestern
University with a Master of Business Administration in 2004.
Vince
Orza, Director
Dr. Orza
has been serving as one of our directors since 2010. Dr. Orza was
named the Dean of the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University in
2005. Previously, Dr. Orza founded Eateries, Inc., a national restaurant chain
operating in over 26 states across the United States under the names of
Garfield's Restaurant & Pub, Garcia’s Mexican Restaurants & Pepperoni
Grill Italian Bistros. Dr. Orza served as the Chairman, President and
CEO of Eateries, Inc., growing the company from inception to attaining more than
$100 million in annual sales. Dr. Orza took Eateries Inc. public in
1986 (NASDAQ: EATS), orchestrated a going private transaction in 2004 and sold
the company in 2006. In addition, Dr. Orza was voted one of 1998’s 10 Best
Performing CEOs by Restaurant Business Magazine.
Dr. Orza
graduated Oklahoma City University in 1971 with a Bachelors degree in business
and, in 1972 with a Masters degree in education. In 1976 he graduated
from the University of Oklahoma with a Doctorate in education.
Xu
Hai Xiao, Director
Mr. Xu
has been serving as one of our directors since December 23, 2009 being appointed
upon consummation of our reverse acquisition transaction. He has extensive
banking expert and has experience in capital markets within the PRC. From
September 2007 through the present, he is Director of Cinda Securities Co., Ltd.
in Beijing. From May 2006 through September 2007, he served as Senior
Manager of China Cinda Asset Management Corp, in Beijing. From September 2005
through May 2006, he served as General Manager of Pacific Securities Investment
Banking in Beijing, PRC. He graduated in 2007 from Zhongnan
University of Economics and Law with a master degree in
accounting.
Zhang
Bin Nan, Director
Mr.
Zhang
has
been serving as one of our directors since December 23, 2009 being appointed
upon consummation of our reverse acquisition transaction. Mr. Zhang
also served as an independent director of Wuhan Kingold, our contractually
controlled affiliate since 2008. Since 2008 has been the vice
president and secretary-general of China Gold Association. Since
2004. he has also been the director of Beijing Gold Economic Research
Center, and the chief director of China Gold Newspaper. He graduated
in 2008 from the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science with a
masters degree in Business Administration.
Except as
noted above, the above persons do not hold any other directorships in any
company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
Board
of Directors
Our board of directors currently
consists of five directors. A director is not required to hold any shares in us
by way of qualification. A director may vote with respect to any contract,
proposed contract or arrangement in which he is materially interested. A
director may exercise all the powers of the company to borrow money, mortgage
its undertaking, property and uncalled capital and issue debentures or other
securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any obligation of the
company or of any third party.
As of the date of this prospectus, a
majority of our directors meet the “independence” definition under The Nasdaq
Stock Market Marketplace Rules, or the Nasdaq Rules.
Director
Independence
Three
of our current directors, Messrs. Orza, Xu and Zhang, are “independent
directors” as defined under the NASDAQ Rules, constituting a majority of
independent directors of our board of directors as required by the corporate
governance rules of NASDAQ.
Board
Committees
Our board
of directors has established an audit committee and a compensation committee,
each of which operates pursuant to a charter adopted by our board of
directors. The composition and functioning of all of our committees
comply with all applicable requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and the Commission’s
rules and regulations.
Audit
Committee
Messrs.
Orza, Xu and Zhang currently serve on the audit committee, which is chaired by
Dr. Orza. Each member of the audit committee is “independent” as
that term is defined in the rules of the Commission and within the meaning of
such term as defined under the rules of NASDAQ. Our board of
directors has determined that each audit committee member has sufficient
knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the audit
committee. Our board of directors has designated Dr. Orza as an
“audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the applicable rules of the
Commission. The audit committee’s responsibilities
include:
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•
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reviewing the financial reports
provided by us to the Commission, our shareholders or to the general
public;
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•
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reviewing our internal financial
and accounting
controls;
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•
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recommending, establishing and
monitoring procedures designed to improve the quality and reliability of
the disclosure of our financial condition and results of
operations;
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•
|
overseeing the appointment,
compensation and evaluation of the qualifications and independence of our
independent auditors;
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•
|
overseeing our compliance with
legal and regulatory
requirements;
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•
|
overseeing the adequacy of our
internal controls and procedures to promote compliance with accounting
standards and applicable laws and
regulations;
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•
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engaging advisors as necessary;
and
|
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•
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determining the funding from us
that is necessary or appropriate to carry out the audit committee’s
duties.
|
Compensation
Committee
Messrs.
Orza, Xu and Zhang currently serve on the compensation committee, which is
chaired by Dr. Orza. Each member of the compensation committee,
is “independent” as that term is defined in the rules of the Commission and
within the meaning of such term as defined under the rules of NASDAQ, a
“nonemployee director” for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and
an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The compensation committee’s
responsibilities include:
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•
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considering and authorizing the
compensation philosophy for our
personnel;
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•
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monitoring and evaluating matters
relating to our compensation and benefits
structure;
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•
|
reviewing and approving corporate
goals and objectives relevant to the chief executive officer and other
executive officers’
compensation;
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•
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evaluating the chief executive
officer’s and other executive officers’ performance in light of corporate
goals and objectives and determining and approving the chief executive
officer’s and other executive officers’ compensation based on such
evaluation;
|
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•
|
reviewing and approving all
compensation for all our nonemployee directors and other employees of ours
and our subsidiaries with a base salary greater than or equal to
$100,000;
|
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•
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reviewing the terms of our
incentive compensation plans, equity-based plans, retirement plans,
deferred compensation plans and welfare benefit
plans;
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•
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reviewing and approving executive
officer and director indemnification and insurance
matters;
|
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•
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reviewing and discussing the
compensation discussion and analysis section proposed for inclusion in our
annual report on Form 10-K and annual proxy statement with management
and recommending to the board of directors whether such section should be
so included;
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•
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preparing and approving the
compensation committee’s report to be included as part of our annual proxy
statement;
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•
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evaluating its own performance on
an annual basis and reporting on such performance to the board of
directors;
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•
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reviewing and reassessing the
compensation committee charter and submitting any recommended changes to
the board of directors for its consideration;
and
|
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•
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having such other powers and
functions as may be assigned to it by the board of directors from time to
time.
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Corporate
Governance
We have
adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our
employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for
financial reporting.
Family
Relationships
There are
no family relationships among our directors and executive officers.
DIRECTOR
AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
Compensation
Objectives
We
operate in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry. The key
objectives of our executive compensation programs are to:
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•
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attract, motivate and retain
executives who drive our success and industry leadership;
and
|
|
|
provide each executive, from vice
president to chief executive officer, with a base salary on the market
value of that role, and the individual’s demonstrated ability to perform
that role.
|
The
compensation to executive officers only contained base salary for 2007, 2008 and
2009. Our compensation committee is considering establishing criteria for
calculating and paying performance based bonuses to our executive officers
and/or long-term incentive compensation in the form of stock
options. Currently, except for a warrant issued to Bin Liu, our Chief
Financial Officer at the time that he was hired in April 2010, we do not have
any stock option plans for our directors, officers or employees, and there were
no outstanding options held by any of our directors, executive officers or
employees as of May 31, 2010.
Our
Compensation Program
Our
compensation program is designed to reward each individual named executive
officer’s contribution to the advancement of our overall performance and
execution of our goals, ideas and objectives. It is designed to
reward and encourage exceptional performance at the individual level in the
areas of organization, creativity and responsibility while supporting our core
values and ambitions. This in turn aligns the interest of our
executive officers with the interests of our shareholders, and thus with our
interests.
Determining
Executive Compensation
Our
compensation committee reviews and approves the compensation program for
executive officers annually after the close of each year. Reviewing the
compensation program at such time allows the compensation committee to consider
the overall performance of the past year and the financial and operating plans
for the upcoming year in determining the compensation program for the upcoming
year.
Our
compensation program only contained base annual salary in 2007, 2008 and
2009.
A named
executive officer’s base salary is determined by an assessment of his sustained
performance against individual job responsibilities, including, where
appropriate, the impact of his performance on our business results, current
salary in relation to the salary range designated for the job, experience and
mastery, and potential for advancement. The compensation committee
also annually reviews market compensation levels with comparable jobs in the
industry to determine whether the total compensation for our officers remains in
the targeted median pay range.
Role
of Executive Officers in Determining Executive Compensation
The
compensation committee determines the compensation for our chief executive
officer, which is based on various factors, such as level of responsibility and
contributions to our performance. Our chief executive officer recommends the
compensation for our executive officers (other than the compensation of the
chief executive officer) to the compensation committee. The compensation
committee reviews the recommendations made by the chief executive officer and
determines the compensation of the chief executive officer and the other
executive officers.
Employment
Agreements
We do
not currently have an employment agreement with any of our executive officers
except for with Bin Liu our chief financial officer.
Bin Liu.
We
have entered into a employment agreement with Bin Liu, our CFO for a term of
three (3) years. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Liu will receive annual
compensation equal to $135,000. In addition, Mr. Liu is entitled to participate
in any and all benefit plans, from time to time, in effect for employees, along
with vacation, sick and holiday pay in accordance with policies established and
in effect from time to time. The agreement also provides that Mr. Liu
will receive an annual option grant, to purchase 120,000 shares of our
common stock, at an exercise price equal to the price of our common stock
on each issuance date, such options to be vested quarterly. In addition, Mr. Liu
has agreed that, during his employment with us and for a period of one (1)
year thereafter, he shall not directly or indirectly employ, solicit, or induce
any senior for employment or in any other fashion hire any of the senior
management of the Company. Mr. Liu has also agreed to a non-compete clause
whereby he shall not engage or assist others to engage in the business of
designing and manufacturing gold jewelry for a one (1) year period following the
end of his employment with us.
Summary
Compensation of Named Executive Officers
Our
executive officers are compensated by and through Wuhan Kingold and do not
receive any compensation for serving as executive officers for us, Dragon Lead
or Vogue Show.
The
following table sets forth information concerning cash and non-cash compensation
paid by Wuhan Kingold, to our named executive officers for 2009, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. All compensation shown reflect the period prior to our
acquisition of Dragon Lead in December, 2009.
Name and Position
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary
|
|
|
Bonus
|
|
|
All other
compensation (1)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Jia
Zhi Hong
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|
2009
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zhao
Bin
General
Manager
|
|
2009
|
|
$
|
108,984
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
6,206
|
|
|
$
|
115,190
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
$
|
108,984
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
6,206
|
|
|
$
|
115,190
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
(1)
Additional compensation was in the form of travel reimbursement.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
From
inception to the completion of our last fiscal year, we have not issued any
equity awards.
Long-Term
Incentive Plans
There are
no arrangements or plans in which we provide pension, retirement or similar
benefits for directors or executive officers, except that our directors and
executive officers may receive stock options at the discretion of our board of
directors. We do not have any material bonus or profit sharing plans pursuant to
which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid to our directors or
executive officers, except that stock options may be granted at the discretion
of our board of directors.
As of the
date of this prospectus, we have no compensatory plan or arrangement with
respect to any officer that results or will result in the payment of
compensation in any form from the resignation, retirement or any other
termination of employment of such officer’s employment with our company, from a
change in control of our company or a change in such officer’s responsibilities
following a change in control where the value of such compensation exceeds
$60,000 per executive officer.
Director
Compensation
We
reimburse our directors for expenses incurred in connection with attending board
meetings. We did not pay director’s fees or other cash compensation for services
rendered to our directors in the year ended December 31, 2009.
We have
agreed to pay Vincent Orza a total of $80,000 in 2010 for services provided as a
director.
Compensation
of Directors and Executive Officers
In the
year ended December 31, 2009, we paid an aggregate of approximately RMB 863,000
(U.S.$126,000) in cash to our executive officers and
directors.
We have
no other formal plan for compensating our directors for their service in their
capacity as directors although such directors are expected to receive options in
the future to purchase common shares as awarded by our board of directors or (as
to future options) a compensation committee which may be established in the
future. Directors are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our
board of directors. Our board of directors may award special remuneration to any
director undertaking any special services on our behalf other than services
ordinarily required of a director.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table provides information concerning beneficial ownership of our
capital stock as of October 1, 2010 and as adjusted to reflect the sale of
shares of common stock in this offering by:
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•
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each shareholder or group of
affiliated shareholders, who owns more than 5% of our outstanding capital
stock;
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•
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each of our named executive
officers;
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•
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each of our directors;
and
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•
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all of our directors and
executive officers as a
group.
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The
following table lists the number of shares and percentage of shares beneficially
owned based on 41,766,413 shares of our common stock outstanding as
of October 1, 2010 and 41,766,413 shares of common stock outstanding upon
the completion of this offering. All share and per share information concerning
our common stock below reflects a 1-for-2 reverse stock split which became
effective on August 10, 2010.
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and generally
includes voting power and/or investment power with respect to the securities
held. Shares of common stock subject to options and warrants
currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of October 1, 2010 or
issuable upon conversion of convertible securities which are currently
convertible or convertible within 60 days of August 25, 2010 are deemed
outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding those options, warrants
or convertible securities for purposes of computing the number of shares and
percentage of shares beneficially owned by that person, but are not deemed
outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage beneficially owned by any
other person. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, and
subject to applicable community property laws, the persons or entities named
have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common
stock shown as beneficially owned by them .
Unless
otherwise indicated in the footnotes, the principal address of each of the
shareholders below is c/o Kingold Jewelry, Inc., 15 Huangpu Science and
Technology Park, Jiang’an District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, PRC 430023. All share
information shown reflects a 1-for-2 reverse stock split that became effective
on August 10, 2010
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|
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Shares Beneficially
Owned
Percent
|
|
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Number
|
|
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Before
Offering
|
|
|
After
Offering
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Directors and Named Executive
Officers:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Jia
Zhi Hong (1)
|
|
|
17,350,194
|
|
|
|
41.51
|
%
|
|
|
|
Zhao
Bin (2)
|
|
|
575,749
|
|
|
|
1.38
|
%
|
|
|
|
Vince
Orza (3)
|
|
|
301,205
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Zhang
Bin Nan
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xu
Hai Xiao
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bin
Liu(4)
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
All
Officers and Directors as a Group (total of
six persons)
|
|
|
18,287,148
|
|
|
|
43.75
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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5% Stockholders:
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Famous
Grow Holdings Limited (5) (6)
|
|
|
17,925,943
|
|
|
|
42.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Bright
Vision Group Limited (5) (7)
|
|
|
3,707,674
|
|
|
|
8.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Eternal
Grace Development Limited (5) (8)
|
|
|
2,304,554
|
|
|
|
5.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Whitebox
Advisors, LLC (9)
|
|
|
2,410,006
|
|
|
|
5.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
The 17,350,194 shares shown as beneficially owned represent shares of which the
beneficial ownership or the right to control can be acquired pursuant to a
December 21, 2009 Call Option Agreement pursuant to which the shares can be
acquired from Famous Grow Holdings Limited.
(2) The
575,749 shares shown as beneficially owned represent shares of which the
beneficial ownership or the right to control can be acquired pursuant to a
December 21, 2009 Call Option Agreement pursuant to which the shares can be
acquired from Famous Grow Holdings Limited.
(3) The
301,205 shares beneficially owned include 50,201 shares issuable upon exercise
of Investor Warrants. Vince Orza has voting and investment power over the shares
registered in the name of Great Places LLC.
(4) The
60,000 shares beneficially owned include 60,000 shares issuable upon exercise of
options.
(5)
Address: ATC Trustees (BVI) Limited, 2nd Floor, Abbott Building Road Tow,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
(6) Based
upon Schedule 13D filed by Famous Grow Holdings Limited with the SEC on August
5, 2010.
(7) Based upon Schedule 13G filed by Bright
Vision Group Limited with SEC on September 23, 2010.
(8) Based upon Sehedule 13G fileed by Eternal
Grace Developement with SEC on September 23, 2010.
(9)
Address: 3033 Excelsior Boulevard, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN. Based upon
Schedule 13G filed by Whitebox Advisors and its affiliates with the SEC on
February 2, 2010.
* Less
than one percent (1%).
Change
in Control
We are
not aware of any arrangements including any pledge by any person of our
securities, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change
in control of the registrant, with the exception of the Call Option Agreement
entered into by and among Jia Zhi Hong, Zhao Bin and Fok Wing Lam Winnie on
December 21, 2009, Mr. Jia Zhi Hong and Mr. Zhao Bin together have the ability
to acquire 100% of the shares of Famous Grow Holdings Limited, provided that
they exercise their Call Option. Upon the exercise of such Call
Option, Mr. Jia Zhi Hong and Mr. Zhao Bin together would have the ability to
control 17,925,943 shares of our common stock.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On
December 23, 2009, immediately following the closing of our reverse acquisition
of Dragon Lead, Famous Grow Holdings Limited, a BVI limited liability company
that prior to the Closing was Dragon Lead's majority shareholder, "Famous Grow",
together with Jia Zhi Hong, our Chief Executive Officer and Zhao Bin, our
general manager, entered into a make good escrow agreement with the
investors, pursuant to which, Famous Grow deposited a total of 3,791,218 of
shares of common stock into an escrow account as “make good shares”. Famous Grow
owns 35,851,885 shares or approximately 42.9% of our common stock. In
the event that the after-PRC-tax net income of Wuhan Kingold for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, is less than RMB 65.0 million, RMB100.0
million and RMB150.0 million, respectively, as set forth in the make good escrow
agreement, part or all of the escrowed make good shares will be transferred to
investors in our December 2009 private placement, on pro rata
basis.
On
December 23, 2009, Fok Wing Lam Winnie, the sole shareholder of Famous Grow,
entered into a call option agreement with Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin as an
inducement to encourage them to provide services to Wuhan Kingold and our
company. Under this call option agreement, Fok Wing Lam Winnie granted to Jia
Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin certain call options to acquire up to 100% of the shares
of Famous Grow at any time for a period of five years.
On June
30, 2009, Vogue-Show entered into an Exclusive Management Consulting and
Technical Support Agreement with Wuhan Kingold, which agreement provides that
Vogue-Show will be the exclusive provider of management consulting services to
Wuhan Kingold, and obligated Vogue-Show to provide services to fully manage and
control all internal operations of Wuhan Kingold, in exchange for receiving
95.83% of Wuhan Kingold’s profits. Payments will be made on a monthly basis. The
term of this agreement will continue until it is either terminated by mutual
agreement of the parties or until such time as Vogue-Show shall acquire 95.83%
of the equity or assets of Wuhan Kingold. Our chairman and chief executive
officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns 55.3% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold. Vogue-Show has received $7.27 million
under the Exclusive Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement in
consulting fees, and $2.0 million in technical support fees.
On June
30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
entered into a Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement authorizing Vogue-Show to
exercise any and all shareholder rights associated with their ownership in Wuhan
Kingold, including the right to attend and vote their shares at shareholders’
meetings, the right to call shareholders’ meetings and the right to exercise all
other shareholder voting rights as stipulated in the Articles of Association of
Wuhan Kingold. The term of this agreement will continue until it is either
terminated by mutual agreement of the parties or until such time as Vogue-Show
shall acquire 95.83% of the equity or assets of Wuhan Kingold. Our chairman and
chief executive officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns 55.3% of the equity interest in
Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
On June
30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
entered into a Purchase Option Agreement with Vogue-Show, which provides that
Vogue-Show will be entitled to acquire such Shareholders’ shares in Wuhan
Kingold upon certain terms and conditions, if such a purchase is or becomes
allowable under PRC laws and regulations. The Purchase Option Agreement also
grants to Vogue-Show an option to purchase all of the assets of Wuhan
Kingold. The exercise price for either the shares or the assets are
to be as determined by a qualified third party appraiser. The term of this
agreement is ten years from the date thereof. Our chairman and chief executive
officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns 55.3% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
On June
30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
entered in Pledge of Equity Agreement, pursuant to which each such shareholder
pledges all of his shares of Wuhan Kingold to Vogue-Show, in order to guarantee
performance under the Exclusive Management Consulting and Technical Support
Agreement, Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement and the Purchase Option
Agreement. If Wuhan Kingold or any of its respective shareholders breaches its
respective contractual obligations, Vogue-Show, as pledgee, will be entitled to
certain rights, including the right to foreclose on the pledged equity
interests. Our chairman and chief executive officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns 55.3% of
the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
On
February 1, 2009, Vogue Show entered into a three year lease agreement for the
use of 96 square meters of space located within Wuhan Kingold’s building for use
as office space. Annual rent under the lease agreement is $1,500 per
year. Our chairman and chief executive officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns
55.3% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
Our
general manager, Zhao Bin, has been a standing memeber of the mediation
committee of the Shanghai Gold Exchange since 2001. The Shanghai Gold Exchange
is the Company
’
s
sole supplier of gold.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
Our
authorized capital stock consists of 100,500,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per
share, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 500,000 shares of
preferred stock. The following description of our capital stock is intended as a
summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our amended
certificate of incorporation and bylaws, which have been filed previously with
the SEC, and applicable provisions of Delaware law.
As of
October 1, 2010, there were 41,766,413 shares of our common stock outstanding,
which reflects a 1-for-2 reverse stock split of our common stock which became
effective on August 10, 2010, held by approximately 95 shareholders of
record.
Common
Stock
Each
shareholder of our common stock is entitled to a pro rata share of cash
distributions made to shareholders, including dividend payments. The
holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of record on
all matters to be voted on by shareholders. There is no cumulative
voting with respect to the election of our directors or any other
matter. Therefore, the holders of more than 50% of the shares voted
for the election of those directors can elect all of the
directors. The holders of our common stock are entitled to receive
dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors from funds legally
available therefore. Cash dividends are at the sole discretion of our
board of directors. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, the holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all
assets remaining available for distribution to them after payment of our
liabilities and after provision has been made for each class of stock, if any,
having any preference in relation to our common stock. Holders of
shares of our common stock have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription
rights, and there are no redemption provisions applicable to our common
stock.
Preferred
Stock
No shares
of preferred stock are issued or outstanding. Our board of directors is
authorized to determine the number of series into which the preferred stock may
be divided, to determine the designations, powers, preferences, voting and other
rights of each series. No series of preferred stock have been
designated by our board of directors.
Our board
of directors may designate a series of preferred stock by filing a certificate
of designation under Delaware law to fix the designation, powers, preferences
and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations
or restrictions thereof without any further vote or action by the
shareholders. Any shares of preferred stock so issued are likely to
have priority over our common stock with respect to dividend or liquidation
rights.
The
existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock may enable our
board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to
obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or
otherwise. For example, if in the due exercise of its fiduciary
obligations, our board of directors were to determine that a takeover proposal
is not in the best interests of our shareholders, our board of directors could
cause shares of preferred stock to be issued without shareholder approval in one
or more private offerings or other transactions that might dilute the voting or
other rights of the proposed acquirer or insurgent shareholder or shareholder
group. In this regard, our certificate of incorporation grants our
board of directors broad power to establish the rights and preferences of
authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock. The issuance of
shares of preferred stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets
available for distribution to holders of shares of common stock. The
issuance may also adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting
rights, of these holders and may have the effect of delaying, deterring or
preventing a change in control of us. The board of directors does not
at present intend to seek shareholder approval prior to any issuance of
currently authorized preferred stock, unless otherwise required by
law.
Warrants
2008
Warrants
In
2008, we issued warrants to purchase up to 775,000 shares of our common stock at
an exercise price of $0.32 per share, which exercise price was increased to
$1.196 per share in December 2009. The 2008 Warrants may be exercised at any
time for a period of five years by cash payment of the exercise price or by
cashless exercise.
2009
Private Placement Warrant
In
2009, as part of the Private Placement, we issued warrants to purchase up to
2,560,241 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.996 per share.
The 2009 Warrants may be exercised at any time for a period of five years by
cash payment of the exercise price or by cashless exercise.
Anti-Takeover
Effects of Delaware Law and Provisions of Our Certificate of
Incorporation
Under
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Delaware anti-takeover
law”), certain “business combinations” are prohibited between a Delaware
corporation, the stock of which is generally publicly traded or held of record
by more than 2,000 stockholders, and an “interested stockholder” of such
corporation for a three-year period following the date that such stockholder
became an interested stockholder, unless: (i) the corporation has elected in its
certificate of incorporation not to be governed by the Delaware anti-takeover
law (the Company has not made such an election); (ii) the business combination
was approved by the board of directors of the corporation before the other party
to the business combination became an interested stockholder; (iii) upon
consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an
interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the
voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the commencement of the
transaction (excluding voting stock owned by directors who are also officers or
held in employee benefit plans in which the employees do not have a confidential
right to tender or vote stock held by the plan); or (iv) the business
combination was approved by the board of directors of the corporation and
ratified by 66 2/3% of the voting stock which the interested stockholder
did not own. The three-year prohibition also does not apply to certain business
combinations proposed by an interested stockholder following the announcement or
notification of certain extraordinary transactions involving the corporation and
a person who had not been an interested stockholder during the previous three
years or who became an interested stockholder with the approval of a majority of
the corporation’s directors. The term “business combination” is defined
generally to include mergers or consolidations between a Delaware corporation
and an interested stockholder, transactions with an interested stockholder
involving the assets or stock of the corporation or its majority-owned
subsidiaries, and transactions which increase an interested stockholder’s
percentage ownership of stock. The term “interested stockholder” is defined
generally as those stockholders who become beneficial owners of 15% or more of a
Delaware corporation’s voting stock. These statutory provisions could delay or
frustrate the removal of incumbent directors or a change in control of the
Company. They could also discourage, impede, or prevent a merger, tender offer,
or proxy contest, even if such event would be favorable to the interests of
stockholders.
Our
certificate of incorporation grants the board of directors the authority,
without any further vote or action by stockholders, to issue preferred stock in
one or more series, fix the number of shares constituting the series and
establish the preferences, limitations and relative rights, including dividend
rights, dividend rate, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption price or
prices, redemption rights and liquidation preferences of the shares of the
series. The existence of authorized but unissued preferred stock could reduce
our attractiveness as a target for an unsolicited takeover bid, since we could,
for example, issue preferred stock to parties who might oppose such a takeover
bid, or issue shares with terms the potential acquirer may find unattractive.
This may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control,
discourage bids for the Common Stock at a premium over the market price, and
adversely affect the market price, and voting and other rights of holders of
Common Stock. The Board of Directors does not at present intend to seek
stockholder approval prior to any issuance of currently authorized preferred
stock, unless otherwise required by law.
Transfer
Agent and Registrar
The
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Interwest Transfer Company,
Inc., 1981 Murray Holladay Road, Suite 100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84117 and their
telephone number is (801) 272-9294.
UNDERWRITING
We are
offering the shares of common stock described in this prospectus through Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC. Rodman & Renshaw, LLC is acting as sole
manager of the offering. We have entered into an underwriting
agreement
dated ,
2010 with the underwriter. Subject to the terms and conditions of the
underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to the underwriter, and the
underwriter has agreed to purchase, at the public offering price less the
underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus, the number of shares of common stock listed next to its name in the
following table:
Name
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
The
underwriter is committed to purchase all the shares of common stock offered by
us other than those covered by the option to purchase additional shares
described below, if it purchases any shares. The obligations of the underwriter
may be terminated upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the
underwriting agreement. Furthermore, pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the
underwriter’s obligations are subject to customary conditions, representations
and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, such as receipt by the
underwriter of officers’ certificates and legal opinions.
Our
common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “KGJI.” On
September 30, 2010, the closing market price of our common stock on was $9.06
per share.
The
underwriter proposes to offer the common stock directly to the public at the
public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and to
certain dealers that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,
or FINRA, at that price less a concession not in excess of
$ per share. Any such
dealers may resell shares to certain other brokers or dealers at a discount of
up to $ per share from the public
offering price. After the public offering of the shares, the offering
price and other selling terms may be changed by the underwriter.
The
following table shows the per share and total underwriting discounts and
commissions that we are to pay to the underwriter in connection with this
offering.
|
|
Per
Share
|
|
|
Total
Without
Over-
Allotment
Option
|
|
|
Total
With
Over-
Allotment
Option
|
|
Public
offering price
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Underwriting
discount
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Non-accountable
expense allowance
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Proceeds,
before expenses, to us
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
We
estimate that the total expenses of this offering, including registration,
filing and listing fees, printing fees and legal and accounting expenses, but
excluding the underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately
$
Overallotment
Option
We
have granted a 45-day option to the underwriter to purchase up to an additional
750,000 shares of common stock sold on the date hereof, at the same price as the
initial shares offered. If the underwriter fully exercises this option, the
total public offering price (before expenses) and net proceeds to us will be
approximately $51.5 million, and $46.4 million, respectively, based on
an-assumed-public offering price of $8.96 per share.
A
prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the web sites
maintained by the underwriters, or selling group members, if any, participating
in the offering. The underwriter may agree to allocate a number of
shares to selling group members for sale to their online brokerage account
holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the underwriter
to selling group members that may make Internet distributions on the same basis
as other allocations.
Lock-ups
We have
agreed that we will not for a period of ninety (90) days from the effective date
of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, (i) offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock; (ii) file or caused to be filed any
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to
the offering of any shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock, or (iii) enter into
any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock, whether any such
transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by
delivery of shares of capital stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise, other than the shares to be sold hereunder, and shares issuable upon
the exercise or conversion of outstanding securities, securities issued under
any company stock or equity compensation plans.
Our
directors and executive officers and substantially all of our shareholders,
holding an aggregate of 5% of our outstanding common stock immediately prior to
the completion of this offering, have entered into lock up agreements with the
underwriter prior to the commencement of this offering pursuant to which each of
these persons or entities, for a period of 90 days after the date of this
prospectus, may not, without the prior written consent of the underwriter, (1)
offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of our common stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of our
common stock, or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of
the common stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2)
above is to be settled by delivery of common stock or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise, or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect
to the registration of any shares of common stock or any security convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock.
The
restrictions described in the preceding paragraph do not apply to certain
exceptions, including the following:
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stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or similar security or the
conversion of a security outstanding on the date of the underwriting
agreement of which the underwriter has been advised in writing;
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of our capital stock under any of our stock or equity compensation
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90-day lock-up period described in the preceding paragraphs will be
automatically extended if: (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted
period, we issue an earnings release or announce material news or a material
event; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day lock-up period, we announce
that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the
last day of the 90-day lock-up period, in which case the restrictions described
in the preceding paragraph will continue to apply until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the date of the earnings release.
Stabilization
In
connection with this offering, the underwriter may engage in stabilizing
transactions, which involve making bids for, purchasing and selling shares of
common stock in the open market for the purpose of preventing or retarding a
decline in the market price of the common stock while this offering is in
progress. These stabilizing transactions may include making short
sales of the common stock, which involves the sale by the underwriter of a
greater number of shares of common stock than they are required to purchase in
this offering, and purchasing shares of common stock on the open market to cover
positions created by short sales. Short sales may be “covered” shorts
or may be “naked” shorts. The underwriter may close out any covered
short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short
position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned that there
may be downward pressure on the price of the common stock in the open market
that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this
offering. To the extent that the underwriter creates a naked short
position, it will purchase shares in the open market to cover the
position.
The
underwriter has advised us that, pursuant to Regulation M promulgated under
the Securities Act, it may also engage in other activities that stabilize,
maintain or otherwise affect the price of the common stock, including the
imposition of penalty bids. This means that if the representatives of
the underwriter purchase common stock in the open market in stabilizing
transactions or to cover short sales, the representatives can require the
underwriter that sold those shares as part of this offering to repay the
underwriting discount received by them.
These activities may have the effect
of raising or maintaining the market price of the common stock or preventing or
retarding a decline in the market price of the common stock, and, as a result,
the price of the common stock may be higher than the price that otherwise might
exist in the open market. If the underwriter commences these
activities, it may discontinue them at any time. The
underwriter may carry out these transactions on the
NASDAQ Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market or
otherwise.
In
determining the public offering price, we and the underwriter expects to
consider a number of factors including:
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Neither
we, nor the underwriter can assure investors that an active trading market will
develop for our common stock, or that the shares will trade in the public market
at or above the public offering price.
Persons
into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves
about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the
distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by
this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is
unlawful.
Other
Terms
In connection with this offering, the
underwriter and certain of the securities dealers may distribute prospectuses
electronically. No forms of prospectus other than printed prospectuses and
electronically distributed prospectuses that are printable in Adobe PDF format
will be used in connection with this offering.
Until September 30, 2011, the
underwriter will act as our exclusive financial advisor (except with respect to
our relationship with Baytree Capital Associates, LLC), lead or managing
underwriter and/or book runner and investment banker in connection with this
offering, or any other financing. Additionally, we have granted the underwriter,
for a period of twelve months from the closing of this offering, the right of
first refusal to act as, in our discretion, lead underwriter, placement agent or
co-manager for each and every future public and private equity and public debt
offering that we undertake during such twelve month period.
In addition, the underwriter and its
affiliates may provide from time to time in the future certain commercial
banking, financial advisory, investment banking and other services for us and
such affiliates in the ordinary course of their business, for which they may
receive customary fees and commissions.
For a period of twelve months from the
closing, we will grant the underwriter the right of first refusal to act as, in
our discretion, lead underwriter or minimally as a co-manager with at least 50%
of the economics, or, in the case of a three-underwriter or placement agent, 33%
of the economics, for any of our (or any successor thereof) future public and
private equity and/or public debt offerings during such twelve month
period.
From time to time, the underwriter and
its affiliates may effect transactions for their own account or the account of
customers, and hold on behalf of themselves or their customers, long or short
positions in our debt or equity securities or loans, and may do so in the
future.
We have
agreed to indemnify the underwriter against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities
Act.
Other
than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the underwriter
that would permit a public offering of the securities offered by this prospectus
in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The
securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or
indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or
advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be
distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that
will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that
jurisdiction.
We have
also agreed to issue to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, for
$ , a common stock
purchase warrant to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to an
aggregate of five (5%) percent of the shares sold in the offering. The warrant
will have an exercise price equal to ______% of the offering price of the shares
sold in this offering. The warrants are exercisable commencing one year (1) year
after the closing of this offering, and will be exercisable, in whole or in
part, for four (4) years thereafter. The warrant is not redeemable by us, and
allows for “cashless” exercise. The warrant also provides for one demand
registration right and unlimited “piggyback” registration rights at our expense
with respect to the underlying shares of common stock during the four (4) year
period commencing one (1) year after the closing of this offering. Pursuant to
the rules of FINRA (formerly the NASD), and in particular Rule 5110, the warrant
(and underlying shares) issued to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC may not be sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or the subject of any hedging,
short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the
effective disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days
immediately following the date of delivery and payment for the shares offered;
provided, however, that the warrant (and underlying shares) may be transferred
to officers or partners of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC and members of the
underwriting syndicate as long as the warrants (and underlying shares) remain
subject to the lockup.
Foreign
Regulatory Restrictions on Purchase of the Common Stock
No action
may be taken in any jurisdiction other than the United States that would permit
a public offering of the common stock or the possession, circulation or
distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that
purpose is required. Accordingly, the common stock may not be offered or sold,
directly or indirectly, and neither the prospectus nor any other offering
material or advertisements in connection with the common stock may be
distributed or published in or from any country or jurisdiction except under
circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable rules and
regulations of any such country or jurisdiction.
In
addition to the public offering of the shares in the United States, the
underwriter may, subject to the applicable foreign laws, also offer the common
shares to certain institutions or accredited persons in the following
countries:
United Kingdom.
No
offer of shares of common stock has been made or will be made to the public in
the United Kingdom within the meaning of Section 102B of the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or FSMA, except to legal entities which are
authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so
authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in
securities or otherwise in circumstances which do not require the publication by
us of a prospectus pursuant to the Prospectus Rules of the Financial Services
Authority, or FSA. Each underwriter: (i) has only communicated or caused to be
communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation
or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21
of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in matters relating to
investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or in circumstances in which Section
21 of FSMA does not apply to us; and (ii) has complied with, and will comply
with all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by it in
relation to the shares in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom.
European Economic
Area.
In relation to each member state of the European
Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive, which we refer to
as a Relevant Member State, with effect from and including the date on which the
Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State, which we
refer to as the Relevant Implementation Date, no offer of common stock has been
made and or will be made to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to
the publication of a prospectus in relation to the common stock which has been
approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where
appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the
competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the
Prospectus Directive, except that, with effect from and including the Relevant
Implementation Date, an offer of common stock may be made to the public in that
Relevant Member State at any time: (a) to legal entities which are authorized or
regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or
regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; (b) to any
legal entity which has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees
during the last financial year; (ii) a total balance sheet of more than
€43,000,000 and (iii) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown
in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or (c) in any other circumstances
which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3
of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this provision, the expression
an “offer of ordinary shares to the public” in relation to any common stock in
any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means
of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the common stock to be
offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the
common stock, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any
measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and
the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/ EC and includes any
relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
Germany.
Any offer
or solicitation of common stock within Germany must be in full compliance with
the German Securities Prospectus Act
(Wertpapierprospektgesetz — WpPG). The offer and solicitation of
securities to the public in Germany requires the approval of the prospectus by
the German Federal Financial Services Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt fr
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht — BaFin). This prospectus has not been
and will not be submitted for approval to the BaFin. This prospectus does not
constitute a public offer under the German Securities Prospectus Act
(Wertpapierprospektgesetz). This prospectus and any other document relating to
the common stock, as well as any information contained therein, must therefore
not be supplied to the public in Germany or used in connection with any offer
for subscription of the common stock to the public in Germany, any public
marketing of the common stock or any public solicitation for offers to subscribe
for or otherwise acquire the common stock. The prospectus and other offering
materials relating to the offer of the common stock are strictly confidential
and may not be distributed to any person or entity other than the designated
recipients hereof.
Greece.
This
prospectus has not been approved by the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission or
another EU equivalent authority and consequently is not addressed to or intended
for use, in any way whatsoever, by Greek residents. The common stock have not
been offered or sold and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or
indirectly in Greece, except to (i) “qualified investors” (as defined in article
2(f) of Greek Law 3401/2005) and/or to (ii) less than 100 individuals or legal
entities, who are not qualified investors (article 3, paragraph 2(b) of Greek
Law 3401/2005), or otherwise in circumstances which will not result in the offer
of the new common stock being subject to the Greek Prospectus requirements of
preparing a filing a prospectus (under articles 3 and 4 of Greek Law
3401/2005).
Italy.
This
offering of the common stock has not been cleared by Consob, the Italian Stock
Exchanges regulatory agency of public companies, pursuant to Italian securities
legislation and, accordingly, no common stock may be offered, sold or delivered,
nor may copies of this prospectus or of any other document relating to the
common stock be distributed in Italy, except (1) to professional investors
(operatori qualificati); or (2) in circumstances which are exempted from the
rules on solicitation of investments pursuant to Decree No. 58 and Article 33,
first paragraph, of Consob Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended. Any
offer, sale or delivery of the common stock or distribution of copies of this
prospectus or any other document relating to the common stock in Italy under (1)
or (2) above must be (i) made by an investment firm, bank or financial
intermediary permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with
Decree No. 58 and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, or the
Banking Act; and (ii) in compliance with Article 129 of the Banking Act and the
implementing guidelines of the Bank of Italy, as amended from time to time,
pursuant to which the issue or the offer of securities in Italy may need to be
preceded and followed by an appropriate notice to be filed with the Bank of
Italy depending, inter alia, on the aggregate value of the securities issued or
offered in Italy and their characteristics; and (iii) in compliance with any
other applicable laws and regulations.
Cyprus.
Each of
the Underwriters has agreed that (i) it will not be providing from or within
Cyprus any “Investment Services,” “Investment Activities” and “Non-Core
Services” (as such terms are defined in the Investment Firms Law 144(I) of 2007,
(the “IFL”) in relation to the common stock, or will be otherwise providing
Investment Services, Investment Activities and Non-Core Services to residents or
persons domiciled in Cyprus. Each underwriter has agreed that it will not be
concluding in Cyprus any transaction relating to such Investment Services,
Investment Activities and Non-Core Services in contravention of the IFL and/or
applicable regulations adopted pursuant thereto or in relation thereto; and (ii)
it has not and will not offer any of the common stock other than in compliance
with the provisions of the Public Offer and Prospectus Law, Law
114(I)/2005.
Switzerland.
This
document does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of Art. 652a of the
Swiss Code of Obligations. The common stock may not be sold directly or
indirectly in or into Switzerland except in a manner which will not result in a
public offering within the meaning of the Swiss Code of Obligations. Neither
this document nor any other offering materials relating to the common stock may
be distributed, published or otherwise made available in Switzerland except in a
manner which will not constitute a public offer of the common stock of in
Switzerland.
Norway.
This
prospectus has not been approved or disapproved by, or registered with, the Oslo
Stock Exchange, the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Kredittilsynet)
nor the Norwegian Registry of Business Enterprises, and the common stock are
marketed and sold in Norway on a private placement basis and under other
applicable exceptions from the offering prospectus requirements as provided for
pursuant to the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
Botswana.
We hereby represent
and warrant that it has not offered for sale or sold, and will not offer or
sell, directly or indirectly the common stock to the public in the Republic of
Botswana, and confirms that the offering will not be subject to any registration
requirements as a prospectus pursuant to the requirements and/or provisions of
the Companies Act, 2003 or the Listing Requirements of the Botswana Stock
Exchange.
Hong Kong.
The
common stock may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i)
in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the
meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), (ii) to
“professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures
Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii)
in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus”
within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), and
no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the common stock may be
issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in
each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the
contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong
(except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with
respect to common stock which are or are intended to be disposed of only to
persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning
of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any
rules made thereunder.
Colombia.
The
common shares may not be offered or sold in the Republic of
Colombia.
Costa Rica.
The
common shares described in this prospectus have not been registered with the
Superintendencia General de Valores de Costa Rica, nor any other regulatory body
of Costa Rica. This Prospectus is intended to be for your personal use only, and
is not intended to be a Public Offering of Securities, as defined under Costa
Rican law.
Panama.
The common
shares have not been registered with the National Securities Commission, nor has
the offer, sale or transactions thereof been registered. The common shares are
not under the supervision of the National Securities Commission.
Singapore.
This
prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority
of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in
connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase,
of the common stock may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the common
stock be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for
subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in
Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the
Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, or the SFA, (ii) to a
relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance
with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise
pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable
provision of the SFA. Where the common stock are subscribed or purchased under
Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an
accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the
entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom
is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an
accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each
beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares
and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in
that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that
trust has acquired the common stock under Section 275 except: (i) to an
institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or
any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions,
specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is given for
the transfer, or (iii) by operation of law.
People’s Republic of
China.
This prospectus has not been and will not be circulated
or distributed in the PRC, and common stock may not be offered or sold, and will
not be offered or sold to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or
indirectly, to any resident of the PRC except pursuant to applicable laws and
regulations of the PRC. For the purpose of this paragraph only, the PRC does not
include Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and
Macau.
Israel.
This Prospectus
does not constitute an offer to sell the common stock to the public in Israel or
a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968 and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, or the Israeli Securities Law, and has not been filed
with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, pursuant to an
exemption afforded under the Israeli Securities Law, this Prospectus may be
distributed only to, and may be directed only at, investors listed in the first
addendum to the Israeli Securities Law, or the Addendum, consisting primarily of
certain mutual trust and provident funds, or management companies thereto,
banks, as defined under the Banking (Licensing) Law, 5741-1981, except for joint
service companies purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the
Addendum, insurers, as defined under the Supervision of Financial Services Law
(Insurance), 5741-1981, portfolio managers purchasing for their own account or
for clients listed in the Addendum, investment advisers purchasing for their own
account, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange members purchasing for their own account or for
clients listed in the Addendum, underwriters purchasing for their own account,
venture capital funds, certain corporations which primarily engage in the
capital market and fully-owned by investors listed in the Addendum and
corporations whose equity exceeds NIS250 Million, collectively referred to as
institutional investors. Institutional investors may be required to submit
written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the
Addendum.
United Arab
Emirates.
This document has not been reviewed, approved or
licensed by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”), Emirates
Securities and Commodities Authority or any other relevant licensing authority
in the UAE including any licensing authority incorporated under the laws and
regulations of any of the free zones established and operating in the territory
of the UAE, in particular the Dubai International Financial Services Authority
(the “DFSA”), a regulatory authority of the Dubai International Financial Centre
(the “DIFC”). The issue of common stock does not constitute a public offer of
securities in the UAE, DIFC and/or any other free zone in accordance with the
Commercial Companies Law, Federal Law No. 8 of 1984 (as amended), DFSA Offered
Securities Rules and the Dubai International Financial Exchange Listing Rules,
accordingly, or otherwise. The common stock may not be offered to the public in
the UAE and/or any of the free zones including, in particular, the DIFC. The
common stock may be offered and this document may be issued, only to a limited
number of investors in the UAE or any of its free zones (including, in
particular, the DIFC) who qualify as sophisticated investors under the relevant
laws and regulations of the UAE or the free zone concerned. Management of the
Company, and the representatives represent and warrant that the common stock
will not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered to the public in the UAE or
any of its free zones including, in particular, the DIFC.
Oman.
For the
attention of the residents of Oman:
The
information contained in this memorandum neither constitutes a public offer of
securities in the Sultanate of Oman (“Oman”) as contemplated by the Commercial
Companies Law of Oman (Sultani Decree 4/74) or the Capital Market Law of Oman
(Sultani Decree 80/98), nor does it constitute an offer to sell, or the
solicitation of any offer to buy non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated by
Article 6 of the Executive Regulations to the Capital Market Law of Oman (issued
vide Ministerial Decision No 4/2001), and nor does it constitute a distribution
of non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated under the Rules for Distribution
of Non-Omani Securities in Oman issued by the Capital Market Authority of Oman
(“CMA”). Additionally, this memorandum is not intended to lead to the conclusion
of any contract of whatsoever nature within the territory of Oman. This
memorandum has been sent at the request of the investor in Oman, and by
receiving this memorandum, the person or entity to whom it has been issued and
sent understands, acknowledges and agrees that this memorandum has not been
approved by the CMA or any other regulatory body or authority in Oman, nor has
any authorization, license or approval been received from the CMA or any other
regulatory authority in Oman, to market, offer, sell, or distribute the common
stock within Oman. No marketing, offering, selling or distribution of any
financial or investment products or services has been or will be made from
within Oman and no subscription to any securities, products or financial
services may or will be consummated within Oman. The Underwriters are neither
companies licensed by the CMA to provide investment advisory, brokerage, or
portfolio management services in Oman, nor banks licensed by the Central Bank of
Oman to provide investment banking services in Oman. The Underwriters do not
advise persons or entities resident or based in Oman as to the appropriateness
of investing in or purchasing or selling securities or other financial products.
Nothing contained in this memorandum is intended to constitute Omani investment,
legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. This memorandum is for your
information only, and nothing herein is intended to endorse or recommend a
particular course of action. You should consult with an appropriate professional
for specific advice on the basis of your situation. Any recipient of this
memorandum and any purchaser of the common stock pursuant to this memorandum
shall not market, distribute, resell, or offer to resell the common stock within
Oman without complying with the requirements of applicable Omani law, nor copy
or otherwise distribute this memorandum to others.
NOTICE
TO CANADIAN INVESTORS
Resale
Restrictions
The
distribution of our securities in Canada is being made only on a private
placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a
prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where
trades of our securities are made. Any resale of our securities in Canada must
be made under applicable securities laws that will vary depending on the
relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available
statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the
applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to
seek legal advice prior to any resale of our securities.
Representations
of Purchasers
By
purchasing our securities in Canada and accepting a purchase confirmation a
purchaser is representing to us and the dealer from whom the purchase
confirmation is received that:
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applicable provincial securities laws to purchase our securities without
the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities
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where required by law, that the
purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as
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the purchaser has reviewed the
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consents to the provision of specified information concerning its purchase
of our securities to the regulatory authority that by law is entitled to
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details concerning the legal authority for this information are available upon
request.
Rights
of Action — Ontario Purchasers Only
Under
Ontario securities legislation, certain purchasers who purchase a security
offered by this prospectus during the period of distribution will have a
statutory right of action for damages, or while still the owner of our
securities, for rescission against us in the event that this prospectus contains
a misrepresentation without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the
misrepresentation. The right of action for damages is exercisable not later than
the earlier of 180 days from the date the purchaser first had knowledge of the
facts giving rise to the cause of action and three years from the date on which
payment is made for our securities. The right of action for rescission is
exercisable not later than 180 days from the date on which payment is made for
our securities. If a purchaser elects to exercise the right of action for
rescission, the purchaser will have no right of action for damages against us.
In no case will the amount recoverable in any action exceed the price at which
our securities were offered to the purchaser and if the purchaser is shown to
have purchased the securities with knowledge of the misrepresentation, we will
have no liability. In the case of an action for damages, we will not be liable
for all or any portion of the damages that are proven to not represent the
depreciation in value of our securities as a result of the misrepresentation
relied upon. These rights are in addition to, and without derogation from, any
other rights or remedies available at law to an Ontario purchaser. The foregoing
is a summary of the rights available to an Ontario purchaser. Ontario purchasers
should refer to the complete text of the relevant statutory
provisions.
Enforcement
of Legal Rights
All of
our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein may be located
outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible for Canadian
purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons.
All or a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of those persons may
be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy
a judgment against us or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment
obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of
Canada.
Taxation
and Eligibility for Investment
Canadian
purchasers of our securities should consult their own legal and tax advisors
with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in our securities in their
particular circumstances and about the eligibility of our securities for
investment by the purchaser under relevant Canadian legislation.
LEGAL
MATTERS
The validity of the shares of our
common stock offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by DLA Piper
LLP (US), New York, New York. Cyruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP, New York,
New York also acted as our counsel in connection with this offering. Paul
Goodman is of counsel to Cyruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor. Mr. Goodman holds
warrants to purchase shares of our common stock. Certain legal matters in
connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Kramer
Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, New York. Legal matters as to PRC
law will be passed upon for us by Grandall Legal Group and for the underwriters
by Han Kun Law Offices. DLA Piper LLP (US) may rely upon Grandall Legal Group
with respect to matters governed by PRC law. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
LLP may rely upon Han Kun Law Offices with respect to matters governed by PRC
law.
EXPERTS
Our
financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
included in this prospectus and in the registration statement have been audited
by Friedman, LLP an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in
its reports appearing herein.
DISCLOSURE
OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION
FOR
SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
Our
bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers from
liabilities incurred by them in connection with actions, suits or proceedings in
which they are involved by reason of their acting as our directors and
officers.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons, we have been
informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the
opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
Resignation
of PKF, P.C. and Appointment of Friedman, LLP
On or
about January 28, 2010, we were was notified by PKF, P.C. (“PKF”), our
independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and 2008, following the completion of our reverse
acquisition of Dragon Lead Group Limited, that PKF was resigning as our
independent registered public accounting, as a result of their desire not to
audit a PRC-based company.
PKF’s
report on our consolidated financial statements for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and 2008 did not contain an adverse opinion or a
disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles. During the two most recent
years and any subsequent interim period prior to the termination of PKF, we did
not have any disagreements with PKF on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or
procedure.
Concurrently
with termination of PKF, we engaged Friedman, LLP as the independent registered
public accounting firm responsible for auditing our financial
statements. The engagement was approved by our board of
directors.
Neither
we nor anyone on our behalf consulted Friedman, LLP during the two most recent
years and any subsequent interim period prior to engaging Friedman, LLP,
regarding either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a
specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit
opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and neither a
written report was provided to us nor oral advice was provided that we concluded
was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to the
accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that
was either the subject of a disagreement, as defined in
paragraph (a)(1)(iv) and the related instructions of Item 304 of
Regulation S-K, or a reportable event, as described in
paragraph (a)(1)(v) of Item 304 of Regulation S-K.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Our
audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008, together with the notes thereto and the reports of the independent
certified public accounting firm thereon are presented beginning at page
F-1.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have
filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act, as amended, with respect to the shares of common stock we are
offering by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of
the information included in the registration statement. For further
information pertaining to us and our common stock, you should refer to the
registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed with the
registration statement. Whenever we make reference in this prospectus
to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the references are not
necessarily complete, and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the
registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or other
document.
We file
annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC, or the Commission. These documents, the registration statement and
other information may be read and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference
Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may
obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the
Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission maintains a website
http://www.sec.gov
that
contains the registration statements, reports, proxy and information statements
and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the
Commission such as us.
You may
also read and copy any reports, statements or other information that we have
filed with the Commission at the addresses indicated above and you may also
access them electronically at the web site set forth above. These SEC
filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval
services.
We have
not authorized any person to give any information or to make any representations
that differ from, or add to, the information discussed in this prospectus.
Therefore, if anyone gives you different or additional information, you should
not rely on it.
INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
|
F-1
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2009 and 2008
|
|
F-2
|
Consolidated
Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
|
|
F-3
|
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for Years Ended December 31,
2009 and 2008
|
|
F-4
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for Years Ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
|
|
F-5
|
Notes
to
Consolidated
Financial Statements for Years Ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
|
|
F-6
|
|
|
|
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2010 (unaudited) and December
31, 2009
|
|
F-26
|
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
and June 30, 2009 (unaudited)
|
|
F-27
|
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30,
2010 and June 30, 2009 (unaudited)
|
|
F-28
|
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – June 30, 2010
(unaudited)
|
|
F-29
|
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Kingold
Jewelry Inc.
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Kingold Jewelry Inc. as
of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income
and other comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2009. Kingold
Jewelry Inc.’s management is responsible for these financial statements. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Kingold Jewelry Inc. as of December
31, 2009 and 2008 and the results of its operations, changes in shareholders’
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended
December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States of America.
/s/
Friedman LLP
Friedman
LLP
Marlton,
New Jersey
March 23,
2010
, except
for Note 15, as to which the date is October 1, 2010
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(IN
US DOLLARS)
|
|
AS OF DECEMBER 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
7,964,120
|
|
|
$
|
281,994
|
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
1,462,587
|
|
|
|
2,699,075
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
485,399
|
|
|
|
1,102,204
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
31,756,009
|
|
|
|
24,862,355
|
|
Other
current assets and prepaid expenses
|
|
|
101,189
|
|
|
|
292,766
|
|
Value
added tax recoverable
|
|
|
5,792,014
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total
Current Assets
|
|
|
47,561,318
|
|
|
|
29,238,394
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, NET
|
|
|
14,126,950
|
|
|
|
15,308,675
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
141,198
|
|
|
|
140,848
|
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
|
|
497,572
|
|
|
|
507,368
|
|
Total
other assets
|
|
|
638,770
|
|
|
|
648,216
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
$
|
45,195,285
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short
term loans
|
|
$
|
8,775,522
|
|
|
$
|
14,151,907
|
|
Other
payables and accrued expenses
|
|
|
368,196
|
|
|
|
329,197
|
|
Income
tax payable
|
|
|
1,347,295
|
|
|
|
1,484,693
|
|
Other
taxes payable
|
|
|
192,415
|
|
|
|
208,829
|
|
Value
added tax payable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
909,382
|
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
10,683,428
|
|
|
|
17,084,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, none issued or
outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and 2008
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Common
stock $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 41,766,404
shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and 33,104,234
shares issued and outstanding as of December 31,
2008
|
|
|
41,766
|
|
|
|
33,104
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
31,077,118
|
|
|
|
16,753,481
|
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unappropriated
|
|
|
15,669,257
|
|
|
|
7,047,962
|
|
Appropriated
|
|
|
878,911
|
|
|
|
838,623
|
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive gain
|
|
|
3,156,305
|
|
|
|
3,081,908
|
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
|
|
50,823,356
|
|
|
|
27,755,078
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
interest
|
|
|
820,254
|
|
|
|
356,199
|
|
Total
Equity
|
|
|
51,643,610
|
|
|
|
28,111,277
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
$
|
45,195,285
|
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(IN
US DOLLARS)
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
NET
SALES
|
|
$
|
250,450,650
|
|
|
$
|
109,782,936
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COST
OF SALES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of sales
|
|
|
(233,613,179
|
)
|
|
|
(97,472,140
|
)
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
(1,111,989
|
)
|
|
|
(1,075,153
|
)
|
Total
cost of sales
|
|
|
(234,725,168
|
)
|
|
|
(98,547,293
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
|
|
15,725,482
|
|
|
|
11,235,643
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
1,934,089
|
|
|
|
1,015,324
|
|
Stock
compensation expenses
|
|
|
415,001
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
124,774
|
|
|
|
101,884
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
11,051
|
|
|
|
10,859
|
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
|
|
2,484,915
|
|
|
|
1,128,067
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
|
13,240,567
|
|
|
|
10,107,576
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income
|
|
|
12,838
|
|
|
|
87,657
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
3,030
|
|
|
|
3,458
|
|
Interest
expenses
|
|
|
(703,500
|
)
|
|
|
(1,393,130
|
)
|
Fees
to guarantor of short term loans
|
|
|
(180,827
|
)
|
|
|
(342,626
|
)
|
Other
expenses
|
|
|
(27,166
|
)
|
|
|
(20,965
|
)
|
Total
Other Expenses, net
|
|
|
(895,625
|
)
|
|
|
(1,665,606
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES
|
|
|
12,344,942
|
|
|
|
8,441,970
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROVISION
FOR INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
(3,220,439
|
)
|
|
|
(2,090,556
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME
|
|
|
9,124,503
|
|
|
|
6,351,414
|
|
Less:
net income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(462,920
|
)
|
|
|
(264,867
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO
COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
|
|
8,661,583
|
|
|
|
6,086,547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
foreign currency translation gains
|
|
|
75,531
|
|
|
|
1,461,217
|
|
Less:
foreign currency translation gains attributable to noncontrolling
interest
|
|
|
(1,135
|
)
|
|
|
(9,656
|
)
|
Foreign
currency translation gains attributable to common
stockholders
|
|
|
74,396
|
|
|
|
1,451,561
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
|
|
$
|
8,735,979
|
|
|
$
|
7,538,109
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
0.26
|
|
|
$
|
0.18
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
0.26
|
|
|
$
|
0.18
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
33,294,089
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
33,302,839
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR
THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(IN
US DOLLARS)
|
|
Preferred stock
Par value
|
|
|
Common stock
Par value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Unappropriated
|
|
|
Appropriated
|
|
|
Accumulated
other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
Number of
Warrants
|
|
|
Additional Paid in
Capital-warrant
|
|
|
retained
earnings
|
|
|
retained
earnings
|
|
|
comprehensive
gain
|
|
|
Noncontrollin
interest
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at January 1, 2008
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
|
$
|
33,104
|
|
|
$
|
16,740,191
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,611,705
|
|
|
$
|
188,332
|
|
|
$
|
1,630,347
|
|
|
$
|
81,677
|
|
|
$
|
20,285,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contribution
by stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
13,290
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
13,290
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,086,547
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
264,867
|
|
|
|
6,351,414
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation gain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,451,561
|
|
|
|
9,656
|
|
|
|
1,461,217
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer
to statutory surplus reserve
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(650,291
|
)
|
|
|
650,291
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
|
$
|
33,104
|
|
|
$
|
16,753,481
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
7,047,962
|
|
|
$
|
838,623
|
|
|
$
|
3,081,908
|
|
|
$
|
356,199
|
|
|
$
|
28,111,277
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
of net asset from Activeworlds in the reverse merger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,125,018
|
|
|
|
3,125
|
|
|
|
(1,122,297
|
)
|
|
|
775,000
|
|
|
|
1,119,172
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
proceeds from private placement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,120,484
|
|
|
|
5,120
|
|
|
|
4,526,361
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,531,482
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
issued for services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
416,668
|
|
|
|
417
|
|
|
|
414,585
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
415,001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance
of warrants related to private placement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,020,876
|
)
|
|
|
2,560,241
|
|
|
|
4,020,876
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contribution
by stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
9,385,816
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,385,816
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,661,583
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
462,920
|
|
|
|
9,124,503
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation gain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
74,396
|
|
|
|
1,135
|
|
|
|
75,531
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer
to statutory surplus reserve
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(40,288
|
)
|
|
|
40,288
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
41,766,404
|
|
|
$
|
41,766
|
|
|
$
|
25,937,070
|
|
|
|
3,335,241
|
|
|
$
|
5,140,048
|
|
|
$
|
15,669,257
|
|
|
$
|
878,911
|
|
|
$
|
3,156,305
|
|
|
$
|
820,254
|
|
|
$
|
51,643,610
|
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN
US DOLLARS)
|
|
FOR THE FISCAL
YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
9,124,503
|
|
|
$
|
6,351,414
|
|
Adjusted
to reconcile net income to cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
1,252,361
|
|
|
|
1,187,896
|
|
Loss
form disposal of fixed assets
|
|
|
4,251
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Share
based compensation
|
|
|
415,001
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Increase)
decrease in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
619,212
|
|
|
|
878,415
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(6,828,159
|
)
|
|
|
(13,921,790
|
)
|
Other
current assets and prepaid expenses
|
|
|
192,202
|
|
|
|
3,060,905
|
|
Value
added tax recoverable
|
|
|
(5,788,898
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Increase
(decrease) in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Other
payables and accrued expenses
|
|
|
38,225
|
|
|
|
(33,354
|
)
|
Income
tax payable
|
|
|
(141,014
|
)
|
|
|
448,060
|
|
Other
taxes payable
|
|
|
(16,925
|
)
|
|
|
145,945
|
|
Value
added tax payable
|
|
|
(911,152
|
)
|
|
|
(13,693
|
)
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(2,040,394
|
)
|
|
|
(1,896,202
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from disposal of fixed assets
|
|
|
2,924
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(29,352
|
)
|
|
|
(483,208
|
)
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(26,428
|
)
|
|
|
(483,208
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
1,236,488
|
|
|
|
(2,699,075
|
)
|
Proceeds
from bank loans
|
|
|
8,770,801
|
|
|
|
31,742,612
|
|
Repayments
of bank loans
|
|
|
(14,179,462
|
)
|
|
|
(31,742,612
|
)
|
Net
proceeds from stock issuance in private placement
|
|
|
4,531,482
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Contribution
by stockholders
|
|
|
9,385,816
|
|
|
|
13,290
|
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
9,745,125
|
|
|
|
(2,685,785
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EFFECT
OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH
|
|
|
3,823
|
|
|
|
301,070
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
7,682,126
|
|
|
|
(4,764,125
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
|
|
281,994
|
|
|
|
5,046,119
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
|
|
$
|
7,964,120
|
|
|
$
|
281,994
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for interest expenses
|
|
$
|
703,500
|
|
|
$
|
1,393,130
|
|
Cash
paid for income tax
|
|
$
|
3,361,453
|
|
|
$
|
1,642,495
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON-CASH
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued for consulting service
|
|
$
|
415,001
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
KINGGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 1-
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF
PRESENTATION
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc. (“Kingold”), formerly known as Activeworlds Corp, was incorporated
in Delaware on September 5, 1995. In September 2002, the company, then still
known as Activeworlds Corp, sold its operating business to its former management
and has since been inactive and seeking business opportunities.
Dragon
Lead Group Limited ("Dragon Lead") was incorporated in the British Virgin
Islands ("BVI") on July 1, 2008 as an investment holding company. Through its
wholly owned subsidiary, Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Limited ("Wuhan
Vogue-Show"), which is principally engaged in design and manufacture of gold and
platinum ornaments in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). Wuhan Vogue-Show
was incorporated in the PRC as a wholly-owned foreign enterprise on February 16,
2009. In accordance with the business permit, Wuhan Vogue-Show's right of
operation expires on February 16, 2019 and is renewable upon expiration. Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Limited ("Wuhan Kingold") was incorporated in the PRC on
August 2, 2002 as a limited liability company. On October 26, 2007, Wuhan
Kingold was restructured as a joint stock company limited by shares and its
business activities are the same as those of Wuhan Vogue Show. In accordance
with the business permit, Wuhan Kingold's business permit expires on March 4,
2021 and is renewable upon expiration.
On June
30, 2009 and September 19, 2009, Wuhan Vogue-Show entered into a series of
agreements and Amendment Agreement (collectively known as the Restructuring
Agreements) with Wuhan Kingold and the shareholders of Wuhan Kingold pursuant to
which Wuhan Vogue-Show assumed the management of the business activities of
Wuhan Kingold and Wuhan Kingold agreed to pay 95.83% of its profits to Wuhan
Vogue-Show. Through this arrangement, Wuhan Kingold became a 95.83%
contractually controlled subsidiary of Wuhan Vogue-Show. Based on these
contractual arrangements, the Company believes that Wuhan Kingold should be
considered as a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) under ASC 810, "Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No.51," because the
equity investors in Wuhan Kingold do not have the characteristics of a
controlling financial interest and Dragon Lead through Wuhan Vogue-Show is the
primary beneficiary of Wuhan Kingold. Accordingly, Wuhan Kingold should be
consolidated under ASC 810 and the consolidated financial statements were
prepared as if the reorganization occurred at the beginning of the first period
presented.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 1-
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF
PRESENTATION (Continued)
On
September 29, 2009, Kingold entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reverse
Acquisition (the “Agreement") with Wuhan Vogue-Show, Dragon Lead and
stockholders of Dragon Lead. Pursuant to the Agreement, Kingold agreed to issue
33,104,234 new shares of common stock to the stockholders of Dragon Lead in
exchange for 100% of common stock of Dragon Lead.
On
December 23, 2009, the Agreement was consummated and 33,104,234 shares of common
stock of Kingold were issued to the stockholders of Dragon Lead for 100% equity
interest in Dragon Lead. Dragon Lead became a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company.
On
February 9, 2010, the Company changed its name from Activeworlds Corp. to
Kingold Jewelry, Inc.
The
merger of Kingold and Dragon Lead was treated for accounting purposes as a
capital transaction and recapitalization by Dragon Lead ("the accounting
acquirer") and a re-organization by Kingold ("the accounting acquiree"). The
financial statements have been prepared as if the re-organization had occurred
retroactively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 1-
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF
PRESENTATION (Continued)
Accordingly,
these financial statements include the following:
1) The
balance sheet consisting of the net assets of the acquirer at historical cost
and the net assets of the acquiree at historical cost.
2) The
statement of operations including the operations of the acquirer for the periods
presented and the operations of the acquiree from the date of the
transaction.
Kingold,
Dragon Lead, Wuhan Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold are hereinafter collectively
referred to as "the Company."
On June
7, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a one-for-two reverse split
of the Company’s common stock. The split was made effective on August
10, 2010. All share and per share data provided herein gives effect
to this reverse stock split, applied retroactively.
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles
of Consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements
of Kingold, its wholly owned subsidiaries, Dragon Lead and Wuhan Vogue-Show and
Wuhan Kingold, its 95.83% contractually controlled affiliate. The noncontrolling
interests represent the minority stockholders' 4.17% proportionate share of the
results of Wuhan Kingold. All significant inter-company balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
For
purpose of the statements of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash
on hand and demand deposits with a bank with an original maturity of less than
three months.
Restricted
cash
The
Company's financing facilities require a minimum cash deposit as security in the
amount of $1,462,587 and $2,699,075 as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 for
borrowings outstanding under its demand financing facilities. The restricted
cash amount is classified as a current asset in the balance sheets since the
borrowings it secures are classified as current liabilities.
Accounts
Receivables
The
Company extends unsecured credit to its customers in the ordinary course of
business but mitigates the associated risks by performing credit checks and
actively pursuing past due accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts is
established and recorded based on managements' assessment of the credit history
with the customers and current relationships with them. At December 31, 2009 and
2008, there was no allowance recorded as the Company considers al the account
receivables fully collectible.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market value, cost being calculated on the
weighted average basis. The cost of inventories comprises all costs of
purchases, costs of fixed and variable production overheads and other costs
incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition.
The Company provided inventory allowances based on excess and obsolete
inventories determined principally by customer demand.
Property
and equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures
for additions, major renewals and betterments are capitalized and expenditures
for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.
Depreciation
is provided on a straight-line basis, less estimated residual value over the
assets' estimated useful lives. The estimated useful lives are as
follows:
|
|
Estimated Useful
Life
|
|
Estimated
Residual
value
|
|
Buildings
|
|
30
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Plant
and machinery
|
|
15
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Motor
vehicles
|
|
10
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Office
furniture and electronic equipment
|
|
5-10
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Long-lived
assets
The
Company accounts for long-lived assets under the FASB Codification Topic 360
(ASC Topic 360) "Accounting for Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" and
"Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." In accordance with
ASC Topic 360, indefinite -lived intangible assets held and used by the Company
are reviewed for impairment annually in the fourth quarter or more frequently if
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. Finite-lived assets and intangibles are also reviewed
for impairment test when circumstance requires it. For purposes of evaluating
the recoverability of long-lived assets, when undiscounted future cash flows
will not be sufficient to recover an asset's carrying amount, the asset is
written down to its fair value. The long-lived assets of the Company, which are
subject to evaluation, consist primarily of property, plant and equipment and
land use rights. For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company has
not recognized any allowances for impairment.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Fair
value of financial instruments
FASB
Codification Topic 825 (ASC Topic 825), "Disclosure about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments," requires certain disclosures regarding the fair value of
financial instruments. Fair value of financial instruments is made at a specific
point in time, based on relevant information about financial markets and
specific financial instruments. As these estimates are subjective in nature,
involving uncertainties and matters of significant judgment, they cannot be
determined with precision. Changes in assumptions can significantly affect
estimated fair values.
The
carrying value of accounts receivable, other current assets and prepaid
expenses, other payables and accrued expenses approximate their fair values
because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The management of the
Company is of the opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant
interest or credit risks arising from these financial instruments.
Revenue
recognition
Net sales
are primarily composed of sales of products to wholesale and retail customers
and subcontracting fees. The Company recognizes revenues under the FASB
Codification Topic 605 ("ASC Topic 605"), Revenue is recognized when all of the
following have occurred: persuasive evidence of arrangement with the customer,
services have been performed, fees are fixed or determinable and collectability
of the fees is reasonably assured. These criteria as related to the Company's
revenues are considered to have been met as follows:
Sales
of products
The
Company recognizes revenue on sales of products when the goods are delivered and
title to the goods passes to the customers provided that: there are no
uncertainties regarding customer acceptance; persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists; the sales price is fixed and determinable; and
collectability is deemed probable.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Sub-contracting
fees
The
Company also provides sub-contracting services to its customers based on a
fixed-price contract. The Company recognizes services-based revenue from all its
contracts when the services have been performed, the customers have approved the
completion of services, invoices have been issued and collectability is deemed
probable. The revenues from sub-contracting services only consist of
approximately 3% of the total revenue recognized.
Income
taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the FASB Codification Topic 740-10-25
(“ASC 740-10-25”). Under ASC 740-10-25, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between
the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and
liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities
are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the
years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled. Under ASC 740-10-25, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities
of a change in tax rates is recognized as income in the period included the
enactment date.
On
January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10-25,
"Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes." ASC 740-10-25 prescribes a
more-likely-than-not threshold for consolidated financial statement recognition
and measurement of a tax position taken (or expected to be taken) in a tax
return. This Interpretation also provides guidance on the recognition of income
tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax
assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with
tax positions, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax
positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods and income tax
disclosures. The adoption of ASC 740-10-25 has not resulted in any material
impact on the Company's financial position or results.
Other
comprehensive income
The
foreign currency translation gain or loss resulting from translation of the
financial statements expressed in HK$ and RMB to US$ is reported as other
comprehensive income gain in the statements of operations and stockholders'
equity. Other comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008 was $75,531 and $1,461,217, respectively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Earnings
per share
The
Company computes earnings per share (“EPS’) in accordance with ASC 260 “Earnings
per Share” (“ASC 260”), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (“SAB
98”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to
present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as net income divided
by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted
EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share
basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options and
warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods
presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have
an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease
loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS.
Foreign
Currency Translation
The
Company’s principal country of operations is the PRC. The financial position and
results of operations of the Company are determined using the local currency
(“RMB”) as the functional currency. The results of operations and the statement
of cash flows denominated in foreign currency are translated at the average rate
of exchange during the reporting period. Assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are translated at the applicable
rates of exchange in effect at that date. The equity denominated in the
functional currency is translated at the historical rate of exchange at the time
of capital contribution. Because cash flows are translated based on the average
translation rate, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the
statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the
corresponding balances on the balance sheet. Translation adjustments arising
from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a
component of stockholders’ equity as “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.”
As of December 31, 2008 and 2009, the exchange rate was 6.8225 and 6.827 RMB per
US Dollar respectively.
Segments
The
Company operates in only one segment; thereafter segment disclosure is not
presented.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 “Improving Disclosures about Fair
Value Measurements.” This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that
requires new disclosure as follows: (1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1
and 2. A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of
significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements
and describe the reasons for the transfers. (2) Activity in
Level 3 fair value measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value
measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity
should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and
settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). This
update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that clarify existing disclosures
as follows: (1) Level of disaggregation. A reporting entity should provide
fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities. A
class is often a subset of assets or liabilities within a line item in the
statement of financial position. A reporting entity needs to use judgment in
determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities.
(2) Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A reporting entity
should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to
measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements.
Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that fall in either
Level 2 or Level 3. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing
disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning
after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales,
issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value
measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU, however,
the Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material
impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-02 regarding accounting and reporting for
decreases in ownership of a subsidiary. Under this guidance, an entity is
required to deconsolidate a subsidiary when the entity ceases to have a
controlling financial interest in the subsidiary. Upon deconsolidation of
a subsidiary, an entity recognizes a gain or loss on the transaction and
measures any retained investment in the subsidiary at fair value. In
contrast, an entity is required to account for a decrease in its ownership
interest of a subsidiary that does not result in a change of control of the
subsidiary as an equity transaction. This ASU clarifies the scope of the
decrease in ownership provisions, and expands the disclosures about the
deconsolidation of a subsidiary or de-recognition of a group of assets.
This ASU is effective for beginning in the first interim or annual
reporting period ending on or after December 31, 2009. The Company is
currently evaluating the impact of this ASU, however, the Company does not
expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated
financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-01, “Accounting for Distributions to
Shareholders with Components of Stock and Cash.” The amendments in this Update
clarify that the stock portion of a distribution to shareholders that allows
them to elect to receive cash or stock with a potential limitation on the total
amount of cash that all shareholders can elect to receive in the aggregate is
considered a share issuance that is reflected in EPS prospectively and is not a
stock dividend for purposes of applying Topics 505 and 260 (Equity and Earnings
Per Share). The amendments in this update are effective for interim and
annual periods ending on or after December 15, 2009, and should be applied on a
retrospective basis. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to
have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In
December, 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-17, “Improvements to Financial
Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities.” This
Accounting Standards Update amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification
for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation
No. 46(R).” The amendments in this Accounting Standards Update replace the
quantitative-based risks and rewards calculation for determining which reporting
entity, if any, has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest
entity with an approach focused on identifying which reporting entity has the
power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most
significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and: (1) the
obligation to absorb losses of the entity or (2) the right to receive benefits
from the entity. An approach that is expected to be primarily qualitative will
be more effective for identifying which reporting entity has a controlling
financial interest in a variable interest entity. The amendments in this Update
also require additional disclosures about a reporting entity’s involvement in
variable interest entities, which will enhance the information provided to users
of financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this
ASU, however, the Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a
material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-16, “Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets.” This Accounting Standards Update amends the FASB Accounting
Standards Codification for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 166, “Accounting
for Transfers of Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140.” The
amendments in this Accounting Standards Update improve financial reporting by
eliminating the exceptions for qualifying special-purpose entities from the
consolidation guidance and the exception that permitted sale accounting for
certain mortgage securitizations when a transferor has not surrendered control
over the transferred financial assets. In addition, the amendments require
enhanced disclosures about the risks that a transferor continues to be exposed
to because of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets.
Comparability and consistency in accounting for transferred financial assets
will also be improved through clarifications of the requirements for isolation
and limitations on portions of financial assets that are eligible for sale
accounting. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a
material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
In
October, 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-15, "Accounting for Own-Share Lending
Arrangements in Contemplation of Convertible Debt Issuance or Other Financing,"
now codified under FASB ASC Topic 470 "Debt," ("ASU 2009-15"), and provides
guidance for accounting and reporting for own-share lending arrangements issued
in contemplation of a convertible debt issuance. At the date of issuance, a
share-lending arrangement entered into on an entity's own shares should be
measured at fair value in accordance with Topic 820 and recognized as an
issuance cost, with an offset to additional paid-in capital. Loaned shares are
excluded from basic and diluted earnings per share unless default of the
share-lending arrangement occurs. The amendments also require several
disclosures including a description and the terms of the arrangement and the
reason for entering into the arrangement. The effective dates of the amendments
are dependent upon the date the share-lending arrangement was entered into and
include retrospective application for arrangements outstanding as of the
beginning of fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2009. Management is
currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2009-15 on our financial
statements.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-14, "Certain Arrangements That Include
Software Elements, now codified under FASB ASC Topic 985, "Software," ("ASU
2009-14"). ASU 2009-14 removes tangible products from the scope of software
revenue guidance and provides guidance on determining whether software
deliverables in an arrangement that includes a tangible product are covered by
the scope of the software revenue guidance. ASU 2009-14 should be applied on a
prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified
in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption
permitted. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU
2009-14 on our financial statements.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, "Multiple-Deliverable Revenue
Arrangements," now codified under FASB ASC Topic 605, "Revenue Recognition,"
("ASU 2009-13"). ASU 2009-13 requires entities to allocate revenue in an
arrangement using estimated selling prices of the delivered goods and services
based on a selling price hierarchy. The amendments eliminate the residual method
of revenue allocation and require revenue to be allocated using the relative
selling price method. ASU 2009-13 should be applied on a prospective basis for
revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years
beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. Management
is currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2009-13 on our financial
statements.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
3- ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts
receivable at December 31, 2009 and 2008 consisted of the
following:
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
$
|
485,399
|
|
|
$
|
1,102,204
|
|
Less:
allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Account
receivable, net
|
|
$
|
485,399
|
|
|
$
|
1,102,204
|
|
As of
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company considered all accounts receivable
collectable and has not recorded a provision for doubtful accounts.
NOTE
4- INVENTORIES, NET
Inventories
as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 consisted of the following:
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Raw
materials
|
|
$
|
9,645,402
|
|
|
$
|
11,421,548
|
|
Work-in-progress
|
|
|
17,894,676
|
|
|
|
5,768,340
|
|
Finished
goods
|
|
|
4,215,931
|
|
|
|
7,672,467
|
|
Less:
provision for obsolescence
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
inventory
|
|
$
|
31,756,009
|
|
|
$
|
24,862,355
|
|
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, no provision for obsolete inventories
was recorded by the Company.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
5- PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The
following is a summary of property and equipment as of December 31, 2009 and
2008:
|
|
For the year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Buildings
|
|
$
|
1,881,339
|
|
|
$
|
1,875,375
|
|
Plant
and machinery
|
|
|
17,325,868
|
|
|
|
17,267,130
|
|
Motor
vehicles
|
|
|
38,555
|
|
|
|
50,157
|
|
Office
and electric equipment
|
|
|
423,658
|
|
|
|
427,753
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
19,669,420
|
|
|
|
19,620,415
|
|
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(5,542,470
|
)
|
|
|
(4,311,740
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
$
|
14,126,950
|
|
|
$
|
15,308,675
|
|
Depreciation
expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $1,241,310 and
$1,177, 037, respectively.
NOTE
6-OTHER ASSETS
Other
assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 consist of the Company’s investment in
the membership certificates at Shanghai Diamond Exchange and Shanghai Gold
Exchange, those certificates are transferable at the market. There is no
impairment loss of these assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008.
NOTE
7 –INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
Intangible
assets December 31, 2009 and 2008 consist of land use rights and computer
software program acquired. The Company has the right to use the land for fifty
years and the right to use the software for five years and the Company amortizes
the assets on a straight line basis over its terms from the acquisition date.
Amortization expense was $11,051 and $10,859 for the year ended December 31,
2009 and 2008, respectively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
8 –SHORT TERM LOANS
The Short
term loans include the following:
|
|
As of December
31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
a)
Loan payable to Commercial bank
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
5,398,151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
b)
Loan payable to Commercial bank
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
5,835,837
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c)
Loan payable to Xinye bank, Hankou branch
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,917,919
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
d)
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan
branch
|
|
|
2,193,881
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
e)
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan
branch
|
|
|
3,656,467
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
f)
Loan payable to Xinye Bank, Hanzhengjie branch
|
|
|
2,925,174
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
short term loans
|
|
$
|
8,775,522
|
|
|
$
|
14,151,907
|
|
a)
Loan payable to Commercial bank was one year term from May 2008 to May, 2009 at
the interest rate of 6.225% per year. The loan was paid off by due date. This
loan has been guaranteed by buildings and plant and machinery of the
Company.
b)
Loan payable to Commercial bank was one year term from August 2008 to August,
2009 at the interest rate of 6.85% per year. The loan was paid off by due date.
This loan has been guaranteed by a third party.
c)
Loan payable to Xinye bank, Hankou branch was one year term from December 2008
to December, 2009 at the interest rate of 5.58% per year. The loan was paid off
by due date. This loan has been guaranteed by a third party.
d)
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan branch was one year
term from April 2009 to April, 2010 at the interest rate of 5.31% per year. This
loan has been guaranteed by buildings and plant and machinery of the
Company.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
8 –SHORT TERM LOANS (Continued)
e)
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan branch was one year
term from May 2009 to May, 2010 at the interest rate of 5.31% per year. This
loan has been guaranteed by buildings and plant and machinery of the
Company.
f)
Loan payable to Xinye bank, Hanzhengjie branch was one year term from December
2009 to December, 2010 at the interest rate of 4.425% per year. This loan has
been guaranteed by a third party.
Interest
expense paid in 2009 and 2008 was $703,500 and $1,393,130, respectively. Fees
paid to a third party guarantor in 2009 and 2008 were $ 180,827 and $342,626,
respectively.
NOTE 9
–
INCOME TAX
ES
The
Company is subject to income taxes on an entity basis on income arising in or
derived from the tax jurisdiction in which each entity is
domiciled.
Kingold
was incorporated in the United States and has incurred net operating loss for
income tax purpose for 2009 and 2008. Kingold had loss carry forwards of
approximately $596,000 for U.S. income tax purposes available for offset against
future taxable U.S. income expiring in 2029. Management believes that the
realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to the
Company's limited operating history and continuing losses. Accordingly, a full
valuation allowance has been provided and no deferred tax asset benefit has been
recorded. The valuation allowance as of December 31, 2009 was approximately
$203,000. The net change in the valuation allowance was an increase of
approximately $203,000.
Dragon
Lead was incorporated in the BVI and under current laws of the BVI; income
earned is not subject to income tax.
Wuhan
Vougue-Show and Wuhan Kingold were incorporated in the PRC and are subject to
PRC income tax which is computed according to the relevant laws and regulations
in the PRC. The applicable tax rate is 25% for the year 2009 and
2008.
The
Company does not have any deferred tax assets or liabilities from its foreign
operations.
Significant
components of the income tax provision were as follows for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008:
|
|
For
the years ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Current
tax provision
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
State
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
3,220,439
|
|
|
|
2,090,556
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,220,439
|
|
|
|
2,090,556
|
|
Deferred
tax provision
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
State
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
tax provision
|
|
$
|
3,220,439
|
|
|
$
|
2,090,556
|
|
Income
from continuing operations before income taxes were allocated between the United
States and Foreign components for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 as
follows:
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(595,941
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
12,940,883
|
|
|
|
8,441,790
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,344,942
|
|
|
|
8,441,790
|
|
ASC
740-10 clarifies the accounting and reporting of income taxes recognized in the
financial statements and provides how tax benefits may be recognized. Income tax
positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the
effective date to be recognized in subsequent periods. On January 1, 2007, we
adopted the provisions of this topic. At December 31, 2009 and 2008 we had no
unrecognized tax benefits.
The
Company recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax
benefits and penalties, if any, as income tax expense. The Company files income
tax returns with U.S. Federal Government, as well as Delaware State and the
Company files returns in foreign jurisdictions of BVI and PRC China. With few
exceptions, the Company is subject to U.S. federal and state income tax
examinations by tax authorities for years on or after 1995.
The
Company’s foreign subsidiaries also file income tax returns with both the
National Tax Bureau (with its branches in Wuhan) and the Local Tax Bureaus
(Hubei Provincial Tax Bureau and Wuhan Municipal Tax Bureau). The Company is
subject to income tax examinations by these foreign tax authorities. The Company
has passed all tax examinations by both National and Local tax authorities since
the inception of the Company in 2002.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
The
following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective
rate for the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:
|
|
For
the year
ended
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
US Statutory
rate
|
|
|
34
|
%
|
|
|
34
|
%
|
Foreign income not recognized in
USA
|
|
|
(34
|
%)
|
|
|
(34
|
%)
|
China income
tax
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
Non-dedcutible
expenses
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
|
-
|
|
Effective tax
rate
|
|
|
26
|
%
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
NOTE
10 –EARNINGS PER SHARE
In
December 23, 2009, the Company entered into a reverse merger transaction with
Dragon Lead. The Company computes the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding in accordance with ASC 805. ASC 805 states that in calculating the
weighted average shares when a reverse merger took place in the middle of the
year, the number of common shares outstanding from the beginning of that period
to the acquisition date shall be computed on the basis of the weighted-average
number of common shares of the legal acquiree (the accounting acquirer)
outstanding during the period multiplied by the exchange ratio established in
the merger agreement. The number of common shares outstanding from the
acquisition date to the end of that period will be the actual number of common
shares of the legal acquirer (the accounting acquiree) outstanding during that
period.
As of
December 31, 2009, the Company had outstanding warrants to acquire 3,335,241
shares of common stock with 2,560,241 warrants having an exercise price of
$0.996 and 775,000 warrants having an exercise price of $1.196. As of December
31, 2009, the 2,560,241 warrants have the dilution provision and was included in
the weighted average shares-diluted calculation using the treasury stock
method.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
10 –EARNINGS PER SHARE (Continued)
The
following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted net income per
share:
|
|
For the year
Ended
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to Common stockholders
|
|
$
|
8,661,583
|
|
|
$
|
6,086,547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - Basic
|
|
|
33,294,089
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
Effect
of diluted securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unexercised
warrants
|
|
|
8,750
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted
|
|
|
33,302,089
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share-Basic
|
|
$
|
0.26
|
|
|
$
|
0.18
|
|
Earnings
per share-Diluted
|
|
$
|
0.26
|
|
|
$
|
0.18
|
|
On June
7, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a one-for-two reverse split
of the Company’s common stock. The split was made effective on August
10, 2010. All share and per share data provided herein gives effect
to this reverse stock split, applied retroactively.
NOTE
11 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(1)
Issuance of Common Stock for Recapitalization
Before
the reverse merger, the Company had 3,125,018 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding. In addition, the Company had outstanding warrants issued to
purchase 775,000 shares of common stock, the exercise price which was increased
to $1.196 per share at the time of the reverse merger.
On
December 23, 2009, the Company issued 33,104,234 shares of common stock in
the reverse merger for the recapitalization of Dragon Lead and re-organization
of Kingold.
On
December 23, 2009, 416,668 shares of common stock were issued to a
consultant for advisory services related to the reverse merger. This expense is
recorded at fair value of $0.996 per share at the grant date for a total of
$415,001.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 11
- STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Continued)
(2)
Issuance of Common Stock in Private Placement
In
accordance with a Securities Purchase Agreement ("Securities Purchase
Agreement") entered into between the Company and a group of accredited investors
("Investors") on December 23, 2009, the Company received $5,100,000 (or
$4,472,482 net proceeds after deducting the offering expenses and reverse merger
service expense) from the Investors (as defined under Rule 501 (a) of Regulation
D promulgated under the Securities Act) for an issuance of 5,120,484 shares of
restricted common stock at $0.996 by a private placement and warrants to
purchase 1,024,096 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.996 per
share, exercisable within 5 years of the date of issue. The Company relied on an
exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of
1933 in connection with the issuance of these shares.
In
connection with the private placement and pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the placement agent and advisors received the following compensation:
(i) $368,518 cash as an engagement and documentation fee; (ii) $200,000 as a
placement commission; (iii) $59,000 cash as reverse merger service fee, and (iv)
warrants to purchase 1,536,145 shares of Common Stock with the same term of the
warrants issued to Investors.
After
the reverse merger, the company had 41,766,404 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding and warrant to purchase of 3,335,241 shares of Common
Stock.
On
June 7, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a one-for-two reverse
split of the Company’s common stock. The split was made effective on
August 10, 2010. All share and per share data provided herein give
effect to this reverse stock split, applied retroactively .
(3)
Appropriated retained earnings
The
Company is required to make appropriations to the statutory surplus reserve
based on the after-tax net income determined in accordance with the laws and
regulations of the PRC. Prior to January 1, 2006 the appropriation to the
statutory surplus reserve should be at least 10% of the after tax net income
determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the PRC until the
reserve is equal to 50% of the entities' registered capital. Appropriations
to the statutory public welfare fund are at 5% to 10% of the after tax net
income determined by the Board of Directors. Effective January 1, 2006, the
Company is only required to contribute to one statutory reserve fund at 10
percent of net income after tax per annum, such contributions not to exceed 50
percent of the respective company's registered capital.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 11
- STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Continued)
The
statutory reserve funds cannot be used to set off against prior period losses,
expansion of production and operation or for the increase in the registered
capital of the Company. These reserves are not transferable to the Company in
the form of cash dividends, loans or advances. These reserves are therefore not
available for distribution except in liquidation.
During
2009 and 2008, the Company appropriated $40,288 and $650,291 respectively to the
reserves funds based on its net income in accordance with the laws and
regulations of the PRC.
NOTE
12 – WARRANTS
In
October, 2008, prior to the reverse merger, the Company issued warrants to
purchase 775,000 shares of common stocks, the original exercise price was $0.32
per share, exercisable within 5 years of the date of issue, and in
connection with the reverse merger, the exercise price was increased to $1.196
per share with all other terms the same.
The
warrants meet the conditions for equity classification pursuant to ASC 815,
“Derivatives and Hedging” and EITF 00-19 “Accounting for Derivative Financial
Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock.”
Therefore, these warrants were classified as equity and included in Additional
Paid-in Capital. The fair value of the warrants was calculated using the
Black-Scholes options pricing model using the following assumptions: volatility
100%, risk free interest rate 1.51% (no dividend yield) and expected term of
four years. The fair value of those warrants was recalculated at the reverse
merge date at $1,119,172.
In
conjunction with the private placement, the warrants issued to investor and
placement agent to purchase total 2,560,241 shares of Common stock at an
exercise price of $0.996 per share, exercisable within five years of the date of
issue. No separate consideration was paid for such warrants. The exercise price
of the warrant is subject to adjustments under certain circumstances and the
warrants permit cashless exercise by the holders. This expense directly related
to private placement is recorded as additional paid-in capital in the
accompanying financial statements. The Company relied on the exemption from
registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the issuance of
common stock and warrants to the placement agent. The warrants issued
to the placement agent, qualify as permanent equity, the value of which warrants
has created offsetting debit and credit entries to additional paid-in
capital.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
12 – WARRANTS (continued)
The
warrants meet the conditions for equity classification pursuant to ASC 815,
“Derivatives and Hedging” and EITF 07-5 “Accounting for Derivative Financial
Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock.”
Therefore, these warrants were classified as equity and included in Additional
Paid-in Capital. The fair value of the warrants was calculated using the
Black-Scholes options pricing model using the following assumptions: volatility
100%, risk free interest rate 2.51% (no dividend yield) and expected term of
five years. The fair value of those warrants at the grant date was calculated at
$4,020,876.
On
June 7, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a one-for-two reverse
split of the Company’s common stock. The split was made effective on
August 10, 2010. All share and per share data provided herein give
effect to this reverse stock split, applied retroactively .
NOTE 13
– COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Escrowed
share arrangement
In
accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement, a majority stockholder of
Dragon Lead, immediately following the closing of the reverse acquisition,
entered into a make good escrow agreement with the investors, pursuant to which
a total of 1,895,609 of their beneficially owned shares of common stock were
delivered to an escrow agent in order to secure the Company's obligations
under the Securities Purchase Agreement to deliver additional common stock
to the private placement investors in the event the Company fails to achieve
certain after-PRC—tax net income of Wuhan Kingold targets for fiscal
years 2009, 2010 and 2011 ("Make Good Escrow Shares"). Those targets are RMB65
million, RMB100 million and RMB150 million in after-tax net income for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and ending December 31, 2010 and 2011,
respectively. In the event the Company is not able to achieve the net income
target, the Company is obligated to transfer 1,895,609 shares of
common stock to the private placement investors on a pro-rata basis. Of the
33,104,234 shares of common stock issued in the Share Exchange, 1,895,609 have
been deposited by the majority stockholder of Dragon Lead into escrow to secure
these obligations.
As the
performance threshold was met for fiscal year 2009, 631,869 escrowed shares
will be returned to stockholders in 2009, the remaining 1,263,740 shares
will be released in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 if the performance thresholds for
fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are also met.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 13
– COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued)
Liquidated
damages
Pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and a
group of accredited investors on December 23, 2009, the Company was obligated to
make efforts to file a registration statement with the SEC for the registration
of 5,120,484 shares of common stock offered by selling stockholders to be
declared effective by the SEC on or before June 23, 2010. After June 23, 2010
and for each monthly anniversary date thereafter in which the registration
statement fails to be declared effective, the Company shall pay liquidated
damages to investors equal to 1% of the funds raised, subject to a cap of 6% of
total funds raised. The Company has not accrued for these liquidated damages as
the Company anticipates the registration statement will be declared effective on
or before June 23, 2010.
On
June 7, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a one-for-two reverse
split of the Company’s common stock. The split was made effective on
August 10, 2010. All share and per share data provided herein give
effect to this reverse stock split, applied retroactively .
NOTE
14 - CONCENTRATIONS AND RISKS
During
2009 and 2008, 99% and 100% of the Company's assets were located in the PRC and
100% of the Company's revenues were derived from companies located in the
PRC.
The
Company's principal raw material used during the year is gold which accounted
for 95% and 76% of the Company's total purchases for the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Company purchased gold directly and solely
from The Shanghai Gold Exchange ("SGE"), the largest gold trading platform in
the PRC.
NOTE
15 - SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On August 10, 2010, the
Company effected a 1-for-2 reverse split of its Common Stock. All Shares and per
Share data provided herein give effect to the stock reverse split and have been
applied retroactively. As such, the total number of the common stock outstanding
as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 were 41,766,404 and 33,104,234 shares,
respectively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN
US DOLLARS)
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
6,643,253
|
|
|
$
|
7,964,120
|
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,462,587
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
250,820
|
|
|
|
485,399
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
44,923,854
|
|
|
|
31,756,009
|
|
Other
current assets and prepaid expenses
|
|
|
212,395
|
|
|
|
101,189
|
|
Value
added tax recoverable
|
|
|
5,649,702
|
|
|
|
5,792,014
|
|
Total
Current Assets
|
|
|
57,680,024
|
|
|
|
47,561,318
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, NET
|
|
|
13,644,058
|
|
|
|
14,126,950
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
142,360
|
|
|
|
141,198
|
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
|
|
496,089
|
|
|
|
497,572
|
|
Total
other assets
|
|
|
638,449
|
|
|
|
638,770
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
$
|
71,962,531
|
|
|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short
term loans
|
|
$
|
8,847,678
|
|
|
$
|
8,775,522
|
|
Other
payables and accrued expenses
|
|
|
750,037
|
|
|
|
368,196
|
|
Income
tax payable
|
|
|
1,600,228
|
|
|
|
1,347,295
|
|
Other
taxes payable
|
|
|
45,811
|
|
|
|
192,415
|
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
11,243,755
|
|
|
|
10,683,428
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, none issued or
outstanding as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Common
stock $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 41,766,404
shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2010 and December 31,
2009
|
|
|
41,766
|
|
|
|
41,766
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
31,077,118
|
|
|
|
31,077,118
|
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unappropriated
|
|
|
23,885,309
|
|
|
|
15,669,257
|
|
Appropriated
|
|
|
915,767
|
|
|
|
878,911
|
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
3,600,323
|
|
|
|
3,156,305
|
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
|
|
59,520,283
|
|
|
|
50,823,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
interest
|
|
|
1,198,493
|
|
|
|
820,254
|
|
Total
Equity
|
|
|
60,718,776
|
|
|
|
51,643,610
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
$
|
71,962,531
|
|
|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(IN
US DOLLARS)
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
For
the three months ended
June
30,
|
|
|
For
the six months
ended
June 30,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
SALES
|
|
$
|
107,843,982
|
|
|
$
|
60,418,354
|
|
|
$
|
168,356,310
|
|
|
$
|
98,479,024
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COST
OF SALES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of sales
|
|
|
(100,568,471
|
)
|
|
|
(57,277,251
|
)
|
|
|
(154,782,581
|
)
|
|
|
(91,939,064
|
)
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
(276,269
|
)
|
|
|
(278,334
|
)
|
|
|
(555,084
|
)
|
|
|
(556,603
|
)
|
Total
cost of sales
|
|
|
(100,844,740
|
)
|
|
|
(57,555,585
|
)
|
|
|
(155,337,665
|
)
|
|
|
(92,495,667
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
|
|
6,999,242
|
|
|
|
2,862,769
|
|
|
|
13,018,645
|
|
|
|
5,983,357
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
742,564
|
|
|
|
440,871
|
|
|
|
1,125,566
|
|
|
|
835,938
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
29,614
|
|
|
|
29,741
|
|
|
|
56,277
|
|
|
|
59,442
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
2,769
|
|
|
|
2,767
|
|
|
|
5,538
|
|
|
|
5,532
|
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
|
|
774,947
|
|
|
|
473,379
|
|
|
|
1,187,381
|
|
|
|
900,912
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
|
6,224,295
|
|
|
|
2,389,390
|
|
|
|
11,831,264
|
|
|
|
5,082,445
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income
|
|
|
2,294
|
|
|
|
966
|
|
|
|
4,052
|
|
|
|
966
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
1,126
|
|
|
|
(273
|
)
|
|
|
2,307
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(134,568
|
)
|
|
|
(246,247
|
)
|
|
|
(269,536
|
)
|
|
|
(510,504
|
)
|
Total
Other Expenses, net
|
|
|
(131,148
|
)
|
|
|
(245,554
|
)
|
|
|
(263,177
|
)
|
|
|
(509,514
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES
|
|
|
6,093,147
|
|
|
|
2,143,835
|
|
|
|
11,568,087
|
|
|
|
4,572,931
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROVISION
FOR INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
(1,590,197
|
)
|
|
|
(536,657
|
)
|
|
|
(2,946,095
|
)
|
|
|
(1,144,622
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME
|
|
$
|
4,502,950
|
|
|
$
|
1,607,179
|
|
|
$
|
8,621,992
|
|
|
$
|
3,428,309
|
|
Less:
net income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(198,934
|
)
|
|
|
(156,118
|
)
|
|
|
(369,084
|
)
|
|
|
(231,460
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
|
$
|
4,304,016
|
|
|
$
|
1,451,061
|
|
|
$
|
8,252,908
|
|
|
$
|
3,196,849
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
foreign currency translation gains
|
|
|
393,852
|
|
|
|
79,041
|
|
|
|
453,174
|
|
|
|
97,924
|
|
Less:
foreign currency translation gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
attributable
to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(7,754
|
)
|
|
|
(284
|
)
|
|
|
(9,155
|
)
|
|
|
(567
|
)
|
Foreign
currency translation gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
attributable
to common stockholders
|
|
|
386,098
|
|
|
|
78,757
|
|
|
|
444,019
|
|
|
|
97,357
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
|
|
$
|
4,690,114
|
|
|
$
|
1,529,818
|
|
|
$
|
8,696,927
|
|
|
$
|
3,294,206
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
$
|
0.20
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
$
|
0.19
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
41,766,404
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
|
|
41,766,404
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
44,469,481
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
|
|
44,469,481
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements
|
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN
US DOLLARS)
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
For the six months ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
8,621,992
|
|
|
$
|
3,428,309
|
|
Adjusted
to reconcile net income to cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
616,899
|
|
|
|
621,577
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Increase)
decrease in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
237,022
|
|
|
|
1,046,051
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(12,822,975
|
)
|
|
|
12,790,677
|
|
Other
current assets and prepaid expenses
|
|
|
(110,193
|
)
|
|
|
113,014
|
|
Value
added tax recoverable
|
|
|
188,703
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Increase
(decrease) in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
payables and accrued expenses
|
|
|
379,370
|
|
|
|
40,042
|
|
Income
tax payable
|
|
|
285,799
|
|
|
|
(952,530
|
)
|
Other
taxes payable
|
|
|
(192,738
|
)
|
|
|
(508,331
|
)
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
(2,796,119
|
)
|
|
|
16,578,809
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(16,198
|
)
|
|
|
(9,906
|
)
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(16,198
|
)
|
|
|
(9,906
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
1,465,044
|
|
|
|
1,243,302
|
|
Proceeds
from bank loans
|
|
|
5,860,174
|
|
|
|
5,853,853
|
|
Repayments
of bank loans
|
|
|
(5,860,174
|
)
|
|
|
(5,414,814
|
)
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
1,465,044
|
|
|
|
1,682,341
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EFFECT
OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
26,407
|
|
|
|
14,379
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
(1,320,867
|
)
|
|
|
18,265,623
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
& CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
|
|
7,964,120
|
|
|
|
337,903
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
& CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
|
|
$
|
6,643,253
|
|
|
$
|
18,603,526
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for interest expense
|
|
$
|
232,910
|
|
|
$
|
414,529
|
|
Cash
paid for income tax
|
|
$
|
2,705,810
|
|
|
$
|
2,097,286
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1-
BASIS OF
PRESENTAION
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“
US
GAAP
”) for interim financial
information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and
footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting
of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary to make the financial
statements not misleading have been included. Operating results for the periods
ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that
may be expected for the full year. The information included in this Form 10-Q
should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis and the
financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s 2009 Form
10-K.
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles
of Consolidation
The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial
statements of Kingold Jewelry Inc. (Kingold), its wholly owned subsidiaries,
Dragon Lead Group Limited (“Dragon Lead”) and Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co.,
Limited (“Wuhan Vogue-Show”) and Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Limited (“Wuhan
Kingold”), its 95.83% contractually controlled affiliate. The noncontrolling
interests represent the minority stockholders' 4.17% proportionate share of the
results of Wuhan Kingold. All significant inter-company balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
KINGOLD JEWELRY,
INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Cash and
cash equivalents include cash on hand and demand deposits with a bank with an
original maturity of less than three months.
Restricted
cash
The
Company's financing facilities require a minimum cash deposit as security for
borrowings outstanding under its demand financing facilities. The restricted
cash amount is classified as a current asset in the balance sheets since the
borrowings it secures are classified as current liabilities. As of June 30, 2010
the balance was $0, compared to the balance of $1,462,587 as of December 31,
2009. Because of our accumulated good credit record, the restricted cash is
currently waived by the financing facilities.
Accounts
Receivables
The
Company extends unsecured credit to its customers in the ordinary course of
business but mitigates the associated risks by performing credit checks and
actively pursuing past due accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts is
established and recorded based on managements' assessment of the credit history
with the customers and current relationships with them. As of June 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009, the Company has not recorded any write off of customer
receivables and there was no allowance for doubtful accounts established. The
Company considers all the accounts receivable fully collectible.
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market value, cost being calculated on the
weighted average basis. The cost of inventories comprises all costs of
purchases, costs of fixed and variable production overheads and other costs
incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition.
The Company provides inventory allowances based on excess and obsolete
inventories determined principally by customer demand. The Company has not
recorded any write down of inventory as a result of the Company’s entire
inventory is turned over usually within thirty to sixty days. Therefore, the
Company has determined no allowance for inventories is considered necessary for
the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.
Property
and equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures
for additions, major renewals and betterments are capitalized and expenditures
for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Depreciation
is provided on a straight-line basis, less estimated residual value over the
assets' estimated useful lives. The estimated useful lives are as
follows:
|
|
|
Estimate
Residual
|
|
|
Estimated Useful Life
|
|
Value
|
|
Buildings
|
30
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Plant
and machinery
|
15
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Motor
vehicles
|
10
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Office
furniture and electronics
|
5-
10 years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Long-lived
assets
The
Company accounts for long-lived assets under the FASB Codification Topic 360
(ASC Topic 360) "Accounting for Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" and
"Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." In accordance with
ASC Topic 360, indefinite -lived intangible assets held and used by the Company
are reviewed for impairment annually in the fourth quarter or more frequently if
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. Finite-lived assets and intangibles are also reviewed
for impairment test when circumstance requires it. For purposes of evaluating
the recoverability of long-lived assets, when undiscounted future cash flows
will not be sufficient to recover an asset's carrying amount, the asset is
written down to its fair value. The long-lived assets of the Company, which are
subject to evaluation, consist primarily of property, plant and equipment and
land use rights. No impairment loss is recorded for the six months ended June
30, 2010 and 2009.
Fair
value of financial instruments
FASB
Codification Topic 825(ASC Topic 825), "Disclosure about Fair Value of Financial
Instruments," requires certain disclosures regarding the fair value of financial
instruments. Fair value of financial instruments is made at a specific point in
time, based on relevant information about financial markets and specific
financial instruments. As these estimates are subjective in nature, involving
uncertainties and matters of significant judgment, they cannot be determined
with precision. Changes in assumptions can significantly affect estimated fair
values.
The
carrying value of accounts receivable, other current assets and prepaid
expenses, other payables and accrued expenses approximate their fair values
because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The management of the
Company is of the opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant
interest or credit risks arising from these financial instruments.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Revenue
recognition
Net sales
are primarily composed of sales of products to wholesale and retail customers
and subcontracting fees. The Company recognizes revenues under the FASB
Codification Topic 605 ("ASC Topic 605"), Revenue is recognized when all of the
following have occurred: persuasive evidence of arrangement with the customer,
services has been performed, fees are fixed or determinable and collectability
of the fees is reasonably assured. These criteria as related to the Company's
revenues are considered to have been met as follows:
Sales of
products
The
Company recognizes revenue on sales of products when the goods are delivered and
title to the goods passes to the customers provided that: there are no
uncertainties regarding customer acceptance; persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists; the sales price is fixed and determinable; and
collectability is deemed probable.
Sub-contracting
fees
The
Company also provides sub-contracting services to its customers based on a
fixed-price contract. The Company recognizes services-based revenue from all its
contracts when the services have been performed, the customers have approved the
completion of services, invoices have been issued and collectability is deemed
probable. The revenues from sub-contracting services only consist of
approximately 3.98% of the total revenue recognized.
Income
taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the FASB Codification Topic 740-10-25
(“ASC 740-10-25”). Under ASC 740-10-25, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between
the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and
liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities
are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the
years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled. Under ASC 740-10-25, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities
of a change in tax rates is recognized as income in the period included the
enactment date.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
On
January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10-25,
"Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes." ASC 740-10-25 prescribes a
more-likely-than-not threshold for consolidated financial statement recognition
and measurement of a tax position taken (or expected to be taken) in a tax
return. This Interpretation also provides guidance on the recognition of income
tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax
assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with
tax positions, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax
positions. The adoption of ASC 740-10-25 has not resulted in any material impact
on the Company's financial position or results.
The
Company records interest and penalties as a general and administrative expense.
The statute of limitations for the Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns and
certain state income tax returns remain open for tax years 2007 and after. The
Company’s foreign tax returns, mainly PRC, remain open for tax years 2008 and
after.
Foreign
currency translation
Kingold
and Dragon Lead maintain their accounting records in the United States Dollars
("US$"), whereas Wuhan Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold maintain their accounting
records in the currency of Renminbi ("RMB"), being the primary currency of the
economic environment in which their operations are conducted.
The
Company’s principal country of operations is the PRC. The financial position and
results of operations of the Company are determined using the local currency
(“RMB”) as the functional currency. The results of operations and the statement
of cash flows denominated in foreign currency are translated at the average rate
of exchange during the reporting period. Assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are translated at the applicable
rates of exchange in effect at that date. The equity denominated in the
functional currency is translated at the historical rate of exchange at the time
of capital contribution. Because cash flows are translated based on the average
translation rate, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the
statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the
corresponding balances on the balance sheet. Translation adjustments arising
from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a
component of stockholders’ equity as “Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Income.”
The value
of RMB against US$ and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among
other things, changes in China's political and economic conditions, Any
significant revaluation of RMB may materially affect the Company's financial
condition in terms of US$ reporting.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Other
comprehensive income
The
foreign currency translation gain or loss resulting from translation of the
financial statements expressed in HK$ and RMB to US$ is reported as other
comprehensive income in the statements of operations and stockholders'
equity.
Other
comprehensive income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was
$444,019 and $97,357, respectively, and for three months ended June 30, 2010 and
2009 was $386,098 and $78,757, respectively.
Earnings
per share
The
Company computes earnings per share (“EPS’) in accordance with ASC 260 “Earnings
per Share” (“ASC 260”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital
structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as net
income divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the
period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive
effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible
securities, options and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning
of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common
shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per
share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted
EPS.
Segments
The
Company operates in only one segment; As a result segment disclosure is not
presented.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
May 2009, the FASB issued ASC 855-10, "Subsequent Events" ("ASC 855-10"),
which establishes principles and standards related to the accounting for and
disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before the
financial statements are issued. ASC 855-10 requires an entity to recognize, in
the financial statements, subsequent events that provide additional information
regarding conditions that existed at the balance sheet date. Subsequent events
that provide information about conditions that did not exist at the balance
sheet date shall not be recognized in the financial statements under ASC 855-10.
ASC 855-10 was effective for interim and annual reporting periods on or after
June 15, 2009. The adoption of ASC 855-10 did not have a material effect on
the Company's financial position or results of operations. In February 2010, the
FASB issued ASU 2010-09 "Subsequent Events - Amendments to Certain Recognition
and Disclosure Requirements" ("ASU 2010-09"), which removed the requirements in
ASC 855-10 for an SEC filer to disclose the date through which subsequent events
have been evaluated for both issued and revised financial
statements. ASU 2010-09 became effective upon issuance and the
adoption of ASU 2010-09 did not have a material effect on the Company's
financial position or results of operations.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE
3- INVENTORIES, NET
Inventories
are consisted of the following:
|
|
As of
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Raw
materials
|
|
$
|
11,630,310
|
|
|
$
|
9,645,402
|
|
Work-in
-progress
|
|
|
27,556,197
|
|
|
|
17,894,676
|
|
Finished
goods
|
|
|
5,7373,347
|
|
|
|
4,215,931
|
|
Less
: provision for obsolescence
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
inventory
|
|
$
|
44,923,854
|
|
|
$
|
31,756,009
|
|
For the
three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, no provision for obsolete inventories
was recorded by the Company.
NOTE
4- PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The
following is a summary of property and equipment as of June 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009:
|
|
As of
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Buildings
|
|
$
|
1,851,154
|
|
|
$
|
1,881,339
|
|
Plant
and machinery
|
|
|
17,366,074
|
|
|
|
17,325,868
|
|
Motor
vehicles
|
|
|
38,872
|
|
|
|
38,555
|
|
Office
and electric equipment
|
|
|
591,355
|
|
|
|
423,658
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
19,847,455
|
|
|
|
19,669,420
|
|
Less
: accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(6,203,397
|
)
|
|
|
(5,542,470
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
$
|
13,644,058
|
|
|
$
|
14,126,950
|
|
Depreciation
expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were $611,361 and
$616,045, respectively. Depreciation expense for the three months ended June 30,
2010 and 2009 were $305,883 and $308,075, respectively.
NOTE
5-OTHER ASSETS
Other
assets as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 consist of the Company’s
investment in the membership certificates at Shanghai Diamond Exchange and
Shanghai Gold Exchange.
In
accordance with ASC 940-340, membership certificates at Shanghai Diamond
Exchange and Shanghai Gold Exchange owned by the Company are originally carried
at cost, or, if another-than-temporary impairment in value has occurred, at
adjusted cost. In determining whether another-than-temporary decline in
value has occurred, the Company uses ASC 320, ASC 958 and Section M of Topic 5
of the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin series (“SAB 59”) as analogous
guidance. There was no impairment of these assets as of June 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE
6 –INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
Intangible
assets as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 consist of land use rights and
computer software program acquired. The Company has the right to use the land
for fifty years and the right to use the software for five years and the Company
amortizes the assets on a straight line basis over its terms from the
acquisition date. Amortization expense was $5,538 and $5,532 for the six months
ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and was $2,769 and $2,767 for the three months
ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
NOTE
7 –SHORT TERM LOANS
The Short
term loans include the following:
|
|
As of
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a)
Loan payable to Pufa bank
|
|
|
5,898,452
|
|
|
|
5,850,348
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
b)
Loan payable to Xinye Bank, Hanzhengjie branch
|
|
|
2,949,226
|
|
|
|
2,925,174
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
short term loans
|
|
$
|
8,837,678
|
|
|
$
|
8,775,522
|
|
a) Loan
payable to Pufa bank, Jiangan branch was originally one year term from May 2009
to May 2010 at the interest rate of 5.31% per year. The loan was paid off by the
due date, and then, as customary in China, the principal was reborrowed for
another one year term from May 2010 to May, 2011 at the interest rate of 5.5755%
per year pursuant to a new note. This loan has been guaranteed by the buildings,
plants and machinery of the Company.
b) Loan
payable to Xinye bank, Hanzhengjie branch was one year term from December 2009
to December 2010 at the interest rate of 4.425% per year. This loan has been
guaranteed by a non-related third party.
Interest
expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $269,536 and
$510,504, respectively. Interest expense for the three months ended June 30,
2010 and 2009 was $134,568 and $246,247, respectively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 8
–
INCOME TAX
ES
The
Company is subject to income taxes on an entity basis on income arising in or
derived from the tax jurisdiction in which each entity is
domiciled.
Kingold
was incorporated in the United States and has incurred net operating loss for
income tax purpose for 2009 and 2008. Kingold had loss carry forwards of
approximately $586,000 for U.S. income tax purposes available for offset against
future taxable U.S. income expiring in 2029. Management believes that the
realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to the
Company's limited operating history and continuing losses. Accordingly, a full
valuation allowance has been provided and no deferred tax asset benefit has been
recorded. The valuation allowance as of June 30, 2009 was approximately
$200,000.
Dragon
Lead was incorporated in the BVI and under current laws of the BVI; income
earned is not subject to income tax.
Wuhan
Vougue-Show and Wuhan Kingold were incorporated in the PRC and are subject to
PRC income tax which is computed according to the relevant laws and regulations
in the PRC. The applicable tax rate is 25% for the six months ended June 30,
2010 and 2009.
The
Company does not have any deferred tax assets or liabilities from its foreign
operations.
Significant
components of the income tax provision were as follows for the six months ended
June 30, 2010 and 2009:
|
|
For the six months ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Current tax
provision
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
State
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
2,946,095
|
|
|
|
1,144,622
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,946,095
|
|
|
|
1,144,622
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax
provision
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
State
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax
provision
|
|
$
|
2,946,095
|
|
|
$
|
1,144,622
|
|
Income
from continuing operations before income taxes were allocated between the United
States and Foreign components for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 as
follows:
|
|
For the six months ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
United
States
|
|
$
|
9,325
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
8,612,667
|
|
|
|
3,428,309
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
8,621,992
|
|
|
$
|
3,428,309
|
|
ASC
740-10 clarifies the accounting and reporting of income taxes recognized in the
financial statements and provides how tax benefits may be recognized. Income tax
positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the
effective date to be recognized in subsequent periods. On January 1, 2007, we
adopted the provisions of this topic. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 we
had no unrecognized tax benefits.
The
Company recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax
benefits and penalties, if any, as income tax expense. The Company files income
tax returns with U.S. Federal Government, as well as Delaware State and the
Company files returns in foreign jurisdictions of BVI and PRC China. With few
exceptions, the Company is subject to U.S. federal and state income tax
examinations by tax authorities for years on or after 1995.
The
Company’s foreign subsidiaries also file income tax returns with both the
National Tax Bureau (with its branches in Wuhan) and the Local Tax Bureaus
(Hubei Provincial Tax Bureau and Wuhan Municipal Tax Bureau). The Company is
subject to income tax examinations by these foreign tax authorities. The Company
has passed all tax examinations by both National and Local tax authorities since
the inception of the Company in 2002.
The
following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective
rate for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June
30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
US Statutory
rate
|
|
|
34
|
%
|
|
|
34
|
%
|
Foreign
income not recognized in USA
|
|
|
(34
|
%)
|
|
|
(34
|
%)
|
China income
tax
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
Effective tax
rate
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE
9 –EARNINGS PER SHARE
In
December 23, 2009, the Company entered into a reverse merger transaction with
Dragon Lead. The Company computes the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding in accordance with ASC 805. ASC 805 states that in calculating the
weighted average shares when a reverse merger took place in the middle of the
year, the number of common shares outstanding from the beginning of that period
to the acquisition date shall be computed on the basis of the weighted-average
number of common shares of the legal acquiree (the accounting acquirer)
outstanding during the period multiplied by the exchange ratio established in
the merger agreement. The number of common shares outstanding from the
acquisition date to the end of that period will be the actual number of common
shares of the legal acquirer (the accounting acquiree) outstanding during that
period.
As of
June 30, 2010, the Company had outstanding warrants to acquire 3,335,241 shares
of common stock. 2,560,241 warrants have an excise price of $0.996, while
775,000 warrants have an exercise price of $1.196. As of June 30, 2010, all the
outstanding warrants were considered dilutive and were included in the weighted
average shares-diluted calculation using the treasury stock
method.
The
following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted net income per
share:
|
|
For
the Six Months Ended
June
30,
|
|
|
For
the Three Months Ended
June
30,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to Common stockholders
|
|
$
|
8,252,908
|
|
|
$
|
3,196,849
|
|
|
$
|
4,304,017
|
|
|
$
|
1,451,061
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - Basic
|
|
|
41,766,404
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
|
|
41,766,404
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
Effect
of diluted securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unexercised
warrants
|
|
|
2,703,077
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,703,077
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted
|
|
|
44,469,481
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
|
|
44,469,481
|
|
|
|
33,104,234
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share-Basic
|
|
$
|
0.20
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.04
|
|
Earnings
per share-Diluted
|
|
$
|
0.19
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.04
|
|
On June
7, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a one-for-two reverse split
of its common stock. The reverse split was effective on August
10, 2010. All shares and per share data provided herein give effect
to this stock split and have been applied retroactively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Note
10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(1)
Issuance of Common Stock for recapitalization
Before
the acquisition of Dragon Lead, the company had 3,125,018 shares of common stock
issued and outstanding. In addition, the Company has outstanding warrants issued
to former officers and consultants to purchase 775,000 shares of common stock,
which were amended to increase the exercise price changed to $1.196 per
share.
On
December 23, 2009, the Company issued 33,104,234 shares of common stock in the
acquisition of Dragon Lead for the recapitalization of Dragon Lead and
re-organization of Kingold.
On
December 23, 2009, 416,668 shares of common stock were issued to a consultant
for advisory services related to the acquisition of Dragon Lead. This expense is
recorded at fair value of $0.996 per share at the grant date for a total of
$415,001.
(2)
Issuance of Common Stock in Private Placement
In
accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement ("Securities Purchase
agreement") entered into between the Company and a group of accredited investors
("investors") on December 23, 2009, the Company received $5,100,000 (or
$4,472,482 net proceeds after deducting the offering expenses and reverse merger
service expense) from the investors (as defined under Rule 501 (a) of Regulation
D promulgated under the Securities Act) for an issuance of 5,120,484 shares of
restricted common stock at $0.996 by a private placement and warrants to
purchase 1,024,096 shares of Common stock at an exercise price of $0.996 per
share, exercisable within 5 years of the date of issue. The Company relied on an
exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of
1933 in connection with the issuance of these shares.
In
connection with the private placement and pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the placement agent and advisors received the following compensation:
(i) $368,518 cash as an engagement and documentation fee; (ii) $200,000 as a
placement commission; (iii) $59,000 cash as reverse merger service fee, and (iv)
warrants to purchase 1,536,145 shares of Common Stock with the same term of the
warrants issued to investors.
After
the reverse merger, the company has 41,766,404 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding and warrant to purchase of 3,335,241 shares of common
stock.
(3)
Appropriated retained earnings
The
Company is required to make appropriations to the statutory surplus reserve
based on the after-tax net income determined in accordance with the laws and
regulations of the PRC. Prior to January 1, 2006 the appropriation to the
statutory surplus reserve should be at least 10% of the after tax net income
determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the PRC until the
reserve is equal to 50% of the entities' registered capital. Appropriations to
the statutory public welfare fund are at 5% to 10% of the after tax net income
determined by the Board of Directors. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company is
only required to contribute to one statutory reserve fund at 10 percent of net
income after tax per annum, such contributions not to exceed 50 percent of the
respective company's registered capital.
KINGOLD JEWELRY,
INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Note
10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Continued)
The
statutory reserve funds cannot be used to set off against prior period losses,
expansion of production and operation or for the increase in the registered
capital of the Company. These reserves are not transferable to the Company in
the form of cash dividends, loans or advances. These reserves are therefore not
available for distribution except in liquidation.
For the
six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company appropriated $36,856 and
$25,108, respectively to the reserves funds based on its net income in
accordance with the laws and regulations of the PRC.
Note
11 – WARRANTS
In
October, 2008, prior to the acquisition of Dragon Lead, the Company issued
warrants to formers officers and consultants to purchase 775,000 shares of
common stock, the original exercise price was $0.32 per share, exercisable
within 5 years of the date of issue, in connection with the acquisition, the
exercise price changed to $1.196 per share with all other terms the
same.
The
Company has determined that the warrants meet the conditions for equity
classification pursuant to ASC 815. Therefore, these warrants were classified as
equity and included in Additional Paid-in Capital. The fair value of the
warrants was calculated using the Black-Scholes options pricing model using the
following assumptions: volatility 100%, risk free interest rate 1.51% (no
dividend yield) and expected term of four years. The fair value of those
warrants was recalculated at the reverse merge date at $1,119,172.
In
conjunction with the private placement, the warrants issued to investor and
placement agent to purchase total 2,560,241 shares of common stock at an
exercise price of $0.996 per share, exercisable within five years of the date of
issue. No separate consideration was paid for such warrants. The exercise price
of the warrant is subject to adjustments under certain circumstances and the
warrants permit cashless exercise by the holders. This expense directly related
to private placement is recorded as additional paid-in capital in the
accompanying financial statements. The Company relied on the exemption from
registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the issuance of
common stock and warrants to the placement agent. The warrants issued to the
placement agent, qualify as permanent equity, the value of which warrants has
created offsetting debit and credit entries to additional paid-in
capital.
The
Company has determined that the warrants meet the conditions for equity
classification pursuant to ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” . Therefore, these
warrants were classified as equity and included in Additional Paid-in Capital.
The fair value of the warrants was calculated using the Black-Scholes options
pricing model using the following assumptions: volatility 100%, risk free
interest rate 2.51% (no dividend yield) and expected term of five years. The
fair value of those warrants at the grant date was calculated at
$4,020,876.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Note
11 – WARRANTS (Continued)
Following
is a summary of the status of warrants activities as of June 30,
2010:
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
Average Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
outstanding
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Life in Years
|
|
|
Intrinsic Value
|
|
Outstanding,
January 1, 2010
|
|
|
3,335,241
|
|
|
|
1.04
|
|
|
|
4.77
|
|
|
|
471,084
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding,
June 30, 2010
|
|
|
3,335,241
|
|
|
|
1.04
|
|
|
|
4.27
|
|
|
|
14,875,175
|
|
Note
12 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Escrowed
share arrangement
In
accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement, a majority stockholder of
Dragon Lead, immediately following the closing of the reverse acquisition,
entered into a make good escrow agreement with the investors, pursuant to which
a total of 1,895,609 of their beneficially owned shares of common stock were
delivered to an escrow agent in order to secure the Company's obligations under
the Securities Purchase Agreement to deliver additional common stock to the
private placement investors in the event the Company fails to achieve certain
after-PRC—tax net income of Wuhan Kingold targets for fiscal years 2009, 2010
and 2011 ("Make Good Escrow Shares"). Those targets are RMB65 million, RMB100
million and RMB150 million in after-tax net income for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2009 and ending December 31, 2010 and 2011, respectively. In the
event the Company is not able to achieve the net income target, the Company is
obligated to transfer 1,895,609 shares of common stock to the private placement
investors on a pro-rata basis. Of the 33,104,234 shares of common stock issued
in the Share Exchange, 1,895,609 have been deposited by the majority stockholder
of Dragon Lead into escrow to secure these obligations.
As the
performance threshold was met for fiscal year 2009, 631,869 escrowed shares will
be returned to stockholders in 2009, the remaining 1,263,740 shares will be
released in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 if the performance thresholds for fiscal
years 2010 and 2011 are also met.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Liquidated
damages
Pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and a
group of accredited investors on December 23, 2009, the Company was obligated to
make efforts to file a registration statement with the SEC for the registration
of 5,120,484 shares of common stock offered by selling stockholders to be
declared effective by the SEC on or before June 23, 2010. After June 23, 2010
and for each monthly anniversary date thereafter in which the registration
statement fails to be declared effective, the Company shall pay liquidated
damages to investors equal to 1% of the funds raised, subject to a cap of 6% of
total funds raised. A majority of the group of accredited investors have waived
their registration rights and the Company will not pay for the penalty as the
result. Accordingly, the Company has not accrued for these liquidated
damages.
Note
13 – Subsequent Events
On
August 10, 2010, the Company effected a 1-for-2 reverse split of its common
stock.
All
shares and per share data provided herein give effect to the reverse
stock split and have been applied retroactively.
As such, the total
number of shares of common stock outstanding after the reverse split is
41,766,404.
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
5,000,000
of Shares of Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC
Until ,
2010, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not
participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a
prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver
a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold
allotments or subscriptions.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item
13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The
following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be incurred in connection
with the issuance and distribution of the securities being
registered.
Securities
and Exchange Commission registration fee
|
|
$
|
3,674
|
|
Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority filing fee
|
|
$
|
3,000
|
|
NASDAQ
listing fee
|
|
|
*
|
|
Accounting
fees and expenses
|
|
|
*
|
|
Legal
fees and expenses
|
|
|
*
|
|
Printing
and engraving expenses
|
|
|
*
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|
Registrar
and Transfer Agent’s fees
|
|
|
*
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|
Miscellaneous
fees and expenses
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|
|
*
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|
Total
|
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$
|
*
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|
* To
be filed by amendment
Item
14.
Indemnification of Directors
and Officers.
Section 102
of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except where the director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good
faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized
the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of the
Delaware General Corporation Law or obtained an improper personal
benefit.
Under
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, we can
indemnify our directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Our certificate of
incorporation provides that, pursuant to Delaware law, our directors shall not
be liable for monetary damages for breach of the directors’ fiduciary duty of
care to us and our stockholders. This provision in the certificate of
incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate
circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of
non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each
director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director’s
duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good
faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of the law, for
actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director, and for payment of
dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful
under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director’s
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or
state or federal environmental laws.
Section 174
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, among other things, that a
director who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of
dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held liable for
such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were
approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her
dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing minutes of the
meetings of our board of directors at the time such action occurred or
immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful
acts.
Our
bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Our bylaws further provide
that our Board of Directors has discretion to indemnify our officers and other
employees. We are required to advance, prior to the final disposition of any
proceeding, promptly on request, all expenses incurred by any director or
executive officer in connection with that proceeding on receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of that director or executive officer to repay those
amounts if it should be determined ultimately that he or she is not entitled to
be indemnified under the bylaws or otherwise. We are not, however, required to
advance any expenses in connection with any proceeding if a determination is
reasonably and promptly made by our Board of Directors by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested Board members that (i) the party seeking an advance
acted in bad faith or deliberately breached his or her duty to us or our
stockholders and (ii) as a result of such actions by the party seeking an
advance, it is more likely than not that it will ultimately be determined that
such party is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to the applicable
sections of its bylaws.
We have
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the
event a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than our
payment of expenses incurred or paid by our director, officer or controlling
person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by us is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
We may
enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers
that are, in some cases, broader than the specific indemnification provisions
permitted by Delaware law, and that may provide additional procedural
protection. As of the Effective Time of the reverse acquisition, we have not
entered into any indemnification agreements with our directors or officers, but
may choose to do so in the future. Such indemnification agreements may require
us, among other things, to:
• indemnify
officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise because of
their status as officers or directors;
• advance
expenses, as incurred, to officers and directors in connection with a legal
proceeding, subject to limited exceptions; or
• obtain
directors’ and officers’ insurance.
At
present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our
directors, officers or employees in which indemnification is sought, nor are we
aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for
indemnification.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities
On
December 23, 2009, pursuant to the acquisition agreement, we issued 33,104,233
newly issued shares of our common stock to the Dragon Lead Stockholders in
exchange for 100% of the outstanding shares of Dragon Lead. The issuance of
these securities was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) and Regulation
D of the Securities Act. The Company made this determination based on the
representations of the Dragon Lead Shareholders, which included, in pertinent
part, that such shareholders were either (a) “accredited investors” within the
meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (b) not
a “U.S. person” as that term is defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the
Securities Act or (c) had a pre-existing or personal relationship with the
Company. Each Dragon Lead Shareholder further represented that he or she was
acquiring our common stock for investment purposes not with a view to the resale
or distribution thereof and understood that the shares of our common stock may
not be sold or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities
Act or an applicable exemption therefrom. A legend was included on all offering
materials and documents which stated that the shares have not been registered
under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold unless the shares are
registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act is available.
On
December 23, 2009, pursuant to a securities purchase agreement we completed a
sale to 14 Investors of an aggregate of 5,120,482 newly issued shares of our
common stock at a price of $0.996 per share and 1,536,145 warrants for a total
purchase price of $5,100,000. The issuance of these securities was exempt from
registration under Section 4(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act. The
Company made this determination based on the representations of the Investors,
which included, in pertinent part, that such shareholders were either (a)
“accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D
promulgated under the Securities Act (b) not a “U.S. person” as that term is
defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (c) had a
pre-existing or personal relationship with the Company. Each Investor further
represented that he or she was acquiring our common stock for investment
purposes not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof and understood
that the shares of our common stock may not be sold or otherwise disposed of
without registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption
therefrom. A legend was included on all offering materials and documents which
stated that the shares, the warrants and the shares underlying the warrants have
not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold
unless the shares are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available.
In
connection with the December 2009 private placement and the acquisition, we
issued 1,538,645 warrants as compensation to consultants and/or their designees,
each exercisable at a price of $0. 996 per share. The issuance of
these securities was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) and Regulation
D of the Securities Act. The Company made this determination based on the
representations, which included, in pertinent part, that such shareholders were
(a) “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D
promulgated under the Securities Act or (b) had a pre-existing or personal
relationship with the Company. A legend was included on all offering
materials and documents which stated that the warrants and the shares underlying
the warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be
offered or sold unless the shares are registered under the Securities Act, or an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is
available.
On April
1, 2010, pursuant to an Executive Employment Agreement with Bin Liu, our Chief
Financial Officer, we issued a warrant to purchase 60,000 shares of our common
stock per year, for each of three years. The issuance of these
securities was exempt from registration under Section 4(2), Rule 701 and
Regulation D of the Securities Act.
All share and per share information
concerning our common stock in the above discussion reflects a 1-for-2 reverse
stock split which became effective on August 10, 2010.
Item 16.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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1.1
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|
Form
of Underwriting Agreement
|
2.1
|
|
Reverse
Acquisition Agreement dated September 29, 2009 by and between the
Registrant, Baytree Capital Associates, LLC, Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co.,
Ltd., Dragon Lead Group Limited and the stockholders of Dragon.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Commission on October 5, 2009)
|
3.1
|
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the
Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.2
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated September 29, 1995
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.3
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated October 12, 1995
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.4
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated January 21, 1999
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.5
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated April 7, 2000
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2/A with the Commission on April 12,
2000)
|
3.6
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated December 18,
2010
|
3.7
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated June 8, 2010
|
3.8
|
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to our Current Report filed on Form 8-K with the Commission on
September 30, 2010)
|
4.1
|
|
Form
of Common Stock Certificate of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the
Commission on August 13, 1999)
|
4.2
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 674,699 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Whitebox Combined Partners, LP, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.3
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 128,514 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Whitebox Intermarket Partners, LP, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.4
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 461,847 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Wallington Investment Holding Ltd, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.5
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,803 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Parkland Ltd., dated December 22, 2009
|
4.6
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,803 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Jayhawk Private Equity Fund II, LP, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.7
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,402 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Trillion Growth China Limited Partnership, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.8
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,402 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Great Places LLC, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.9
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 30,120 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Donald Rosenfeld, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.10
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Jay
T. Snyder, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.11
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Beryl
Snyder, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.12
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Randall Cox, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.13
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Silicon Prairie Partners, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.14
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 10,040 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Harris, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.15
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 60,240 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Bo
Bai, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.16
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 1,697,289 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.17
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 850,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Sienna Holdings Limited, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.18
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 112,500 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.19
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Lynda Gardner, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.20
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 50,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to James
Fuller, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.21
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 62,500 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to James
Lanshe, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.22
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Mary
Baker, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.23
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Alan
Ritter, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.24
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
David Jaroslawicz, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.25
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to JP
Huang, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.26
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
4.27
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 750,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
4.28
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Daryl Cramer, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
4.29
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock
issued to Michael Harris, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December
16, 2009
|
4.30
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
4.31
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 250,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
5.1
|
|
Legal
Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US)
|
5.2
|
|
Legal
Opinion of Grandall Legal Group
|
10.1
|
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Registrant
and Investors
|
10.2
|
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Registrant and
Investors (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission December 28,
2009)
|
10.3
|
|
Amendment
to Registration Rights Agreement
|
10.4
|
|
Consulting
Agreement dated April 7, 2010 between the Registrant and Baytree Capital
Associates, LLC, as amended
|
10.5
|
|
Make
Good Escrow Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between Famous Grow
Holdings Limited, Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin
|
10.6
|
|
Exclusive
Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement dated June 30, 2009
by and between Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold
|
10.7
|
|
Shareholders’
Voting Proxy Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold
|
10.8
|
|
Purchase
Option Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan
Kingold
|
10.9
|
|
Pledge
of Equity Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold
|
10.10
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated April 1, 2010 between the Registrant and Bin
Liu
|
10.11
|
|
Restated
Call Option Agreement dated December 17, 2009 by and between Jia Zhi Hong,
Zhao Bin and Fok Wing Lam Winnie
|
10.12
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated December 14, 2009 between
Wuhan Kingold and Xinye Bank*
|
10.13
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 6, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.14
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 11, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development
Bank*
|
10.15
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 17, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.16
|
|
Lease
Agreement (English translation) dated February 1, 2009 Wuhan Kingold and
Vogue Show*
|
10.17
|
|
Form
of Indemnification Agreement
|
21.1
|
|
List
of subsidiaries
|
23.1
|
|
Consent
of Friedman, LLP
|
23.2
|
|
Consent
of DLA Piper LLP (US) (filed as part of Exhibit
5.1)
|
23.3
|
|
Consent
of Grandall Legal Group (filed as part of Exhibit
5.2)
|
24
|
|
Power
of Attorney (included in signature page)
|
99.1
|
|
Code
of Business Conduct and
Ethics
|
*To be
filed by amendment.
(b) Financial Statement
Schedules.
Schedules
filed with this registration statement are set forth on the Index to Financial
Statements set forth elsewhere herein.
Item 17.
Undertakings
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) That for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration
statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to
the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means
of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities
to such purchaser:
(i) Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
(iii) The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
registrant to the purchaser.
(2) For purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the
form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon
Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant
to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to
be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared
effective.
(3) For the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that
contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, PRC, on
October 1, 2010.
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KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/Jia
Zhi Hong
|
|
|
Jia
Zhi Hong
|
|
|
Chairman
and Chief Executive
Officer
|
We, the undersigned officers and
directors of Kingold Jewelry, Inc.
hereby severally constitute and appoint
Jia Zhi Hong and Bin Liu, and each of them singly (with full power to each of
them to act alone), our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for him and in his
name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
(or any other Registration Statement for the same offering that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Jia Zhi Hong
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October
1, 2010
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Jia
Zhi Hong
|
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Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
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|
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/s/
Bin Liu
|
|
|
|
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Bin
Liu
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial
Officer)
|
|
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/s/
Zhang Bin Nan
|
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Zhang
Bin Nan
|
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Director
|
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/s/
Xu Hai Xiao
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Xu
Hai Xiao
|
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Director
|
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/s/
Zhao Bin
|
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Zhao
Bin
|
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Director
|
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/s/
Vince Orza
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Vince
Orza
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Director
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
Form
of Underwriting Agreement
|
2.1
|
|
Reverse
Acquisition Agreement dated September 29, 2009 by and between the
Registrant, Baytree Capital Associates, LLC, Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co.,
Ltd., Dragon Lead Group Limited and the stockholders of Dragon.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Commission on October 5, 2009)
|
3.1
|
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the
Commission on August 13, 1999)
|
3.2
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated September 29, 1995
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.3
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated October 12, 1995
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.4
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated January 21, 1999
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.5
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated April 7, 2000
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2/A with the Commission on April 12,
2000)
|
3.6
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated December 18,
2009
|
3.7
|
|
Amendment to
Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated June 8,
2010
|
3.8
|
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to our Current Report filed on Form 8-K with the Commission an
September 30, 2010)
|
4.1
|
|
Form
of Common Stock Certificate of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the
Commission on August 13, 1999)
|
4.2
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 674,699 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Whitebox Combined Partners, LP, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.3
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 128,514 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Whitebox Intermarket Partners, LP, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.4
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 461,847 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Wallington Investment Holding Ltd, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.5
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,803 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Parkland Ltd., dated December 22, 2009
|
4.6
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,803 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Jayhawk Private Equity Fund II, LP, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.7
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,402 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Trillion Growth China Limited Partnership, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.8
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,402 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Great Places LLC, dated December 22,
2009
|
4.9
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 30,120 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Donald Rosenfeld, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.10
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Jay
T. Snyder, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.11
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Beryl
Snyder, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.12
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Randall Cox, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.13
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Silicon Prairie Partners, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.14
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 10,040 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Harris, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.15
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 60,240 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Bo
Bai, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.16
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 1,697,289 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.17
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 850,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Sienna Holdings Limited, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.18
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 112,500 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.19
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Lynda Gardner, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.20
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 50,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to James
Fuller, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.21
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 62,500 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to James
Lanshe, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.22
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Mary
Baker, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.23
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Alan
Ritter, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.24
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
David Jaroslawicz, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.25
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to JP
Huang, dated December 22, 2009
|
4.26
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
4.27
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 750,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
4.28
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Daryl Cramer, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
4.29
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock
issued to Michael Harris, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December
16, 2009
|
4.30
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
4.31
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 250,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009
|
5.1
|
|
Legal
Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US)
|
5.2
|
|
Legal
Opinion of Grandall Legal Group
|
10.1
|
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Registrant
and
Investors
|
10.2
|
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Registrant and
Investors (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission December 28,
2009)
|
10.3
|
|
Amendment
to Registration Rights Agreement
|
10.4
|
|
Consulting
Agreement dated April 7, 2010 between the Registrant and Baytree Capital
Associates, LLC, as amended
|
10.5
|
|
Make
Good Escrow Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between Famous Grow
Holdings Limited, Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin
|
10.6
|
|
Exclusive
Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement dated June 30, 2009
by and between Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold
|
10.7
|
|
Shareholders’
Voting Proxy Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold
|
10.8
|
|
Purchase
Option Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold
|
10.9
|
|
Pledge
of Equity Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold
|
10.10
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated April 1, 2010 between the Registrant and Bin
Liu
|
10.11
|
|
Restated
Call Option Agreement dated December 17, 2009 by and between Jia Zhi Hong,
Zhao Bin and Fok Wing Lam Winnie
|
10.12
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated December 14, 2009 between
Wuhan Kingold and Xinye Bank*
|
10.13
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 6, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.14
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 11, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.15
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 17, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.16
|
|
Lease
Agreement (English translation) dated February 1, 2009 Wuhan Kingold and
Vogue Show*
|
10.17
|
|
Form
of Indemnification Agreement
|
21.1
|
|
List
of subsidiaries
|
23.1
|
|
Consent
of Friedman, LLP
|
23.2
|
|
Consent
of DLA Piper LLP (US) (filed as part of Exhibit
5.1)
|
23.3
|
|
Consent
of Grandall Legal Group (filed as part of Exhibit
5.2)
|
24
|
|
Power
of Attorney (included in signature page)
|
99.1
|
|
Code
of Business Conduct and
Ethics
|
*To be
filed by amendment.
EXHIBIT
1.1
FORM
OF
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT
New York,
New York
___________
__, 2010
Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC
1251
Avenue of the Americas, 20
th
Floor
New York,
New York 10020
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, Kingold Jewelry, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the
State of Delaware (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, including,
without limitation, all entities disclosed or described in the Registration
Statement (as hereinafter defined) as being subsidiaries or affiliates of the
Company, the “
Company
”),
hereby confirms its agreement with Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (hereinafter
referred to as “you” (including its correlatives) or the “
Underwriter
”) as
follows:
1.
Purchase and Sale of
Securities
.
1.1
Firm
Securities
.
1.1.1
Nature and Purchase of Firm
Securities
.
(i)
On
the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell,
to the Underwriter, an aggregate of _____________ shares of its common stock
(“
Firm Shares
”), par
value $0.001
per
share (the “
Shares
”).
(ii)
The
Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company the Firm Shares at a purchase
price (net of discounts and commissions) of
[
___
]
per Share (93% of the per
Share offering price). The Firm Shares are to be offered initially to the public
(the “
Offering
”) at the
offering price set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (as defined in
Section 2.1.1 hereof).
1.1.2
Shares Payment and
Delivery
.
(i)
Delivery
and payment for the Firm Shares shall be made at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on
the third (3
rd
)
Business Day following the effective date (the “
Effective Date
”) of the
Registration Statement (as defined in Section 2.1.2 below) (or the fourth
(4
th
)
Business Day following the Effective Date, if the Registration Statement is
declared effective after 4:30 p.m.) or at such earlier time as shall be agreed
upon by the Underwriter and the Company at the offices of Kramer Levin Naftalis
& Frankel LLP, counsel to the Underwriter (“
Kramer Levin
”), or at such
other place (or remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall
be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company. The hour and date of delivery
and payment for the Firm Shares is called the “
Closing Date
.”
(ii)
Payment
for the Firm Shares shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer in
Federal (same day) funds, payable to the order of the Company upon delivery of
the certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter)
representing the Firm Shares (or through the facilities of the Depository Trust
Company (“
DTC
”)) for the
account of the Underwriter. The Firm Shares shall be registered in such name or
names and in such authorized denominations as the Underwriter may request in
writing at least two (2) full Business Days prior to the Closing Date. The
Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Firm Shares except upon
tender of payment by the Underwriter for all the Firm Shares. The term “
Business Day
” means any day
other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York
City.
1.2
Over-allotment
Option
.
1.2.1
Option
Shares
. For the purposes of covering any over-allotments in
connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares, the Underwriter is
hereby granted, an option to purchase up to
[
_______
]
Shares representing fifteen
percent
(15%)
percent of the Firm Shares sold in the offering from the Company (the “
Over-allotment Option
”). Such
additional
[
_______
]
Shares, the net proceeds of
which will be deposited with the Company’s account, are hereinafter referred to
as “
Option Shares
.” The
purchase price to be paid for the Option Shares will be the same price per
Option Share as the price per Firm Shares set forth in Section 1.1.1 hereof. The
Firm Shares and the Option Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as
the “
Public Securities
.”
1.2.2
Exercise of
Option
. The Over-allotment Option granted pursuant to Section
1.2.1 hereof may be exercised by the Underwriter as to all (at any time) or any
part (from time to time) of the Option Shares within 45 days after the Effective
Date. The Underwriter will not be under any obligation to purchase any Option
Shares prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option. The Over-allotment
Option granted hereby may be exercised by the giving of oral notice to the
Company from the Underwriter, which must be confirmed in writing by overnight
mail or facsimile or other electronic transmission setting forth the number of
Option Shares to be purchased and the date and time for delivery of and payment
for the Option Shares (the “
Option Closing Date
”), which
will not be later than five (5) full Business Days after the date of the notice
or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Underwriter,
at the offices of Kramer Levin or at such other place (including remotely by
facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the
Company and the Underwriter. If such delivery and payment for the Option Shares
does not occur on the Closing Date, the Option Closing Date will be as set forth
in the notice. Upon exercise of the Over-allotment Option, the Company will
become obligated to convey to the Underwriter, and, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Underwriter will become obligated to purchase,
the number of Option Shares specified in such notice.
1.2.3
Payment and
Delivery
. Payment for the Option Shares will be made on the
Option Closing Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds as follows:
$
[
____
]
per Option Share, 93% of the
per Option Share offering price, payable to the order of the Company upon
delivery to you of certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter) representing the Option Shares (or through the facilities of DTC)
for the account of the Underwriter. The Option Shares shall be registered in
such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Underwriter may
request in writing at least two (2) full Business Days prior to the Option
Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Option
Shares except upon tender of payment by the Underwriter for applicable Option
Shares.
1.3
[
Underwriter’s
Options
.
1.3.1
Purchase Option
. The
Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriter (and/or its
designees) on the Closing Date an option (“
Underwriter’s Option
”) for the
purchase of an aggregate of
[
________
]
Shares [5% of the Firm
Shares (excluding the over-allotment option)] for an aggregate purchase price of
$
[
__________
]
. The Underwriter’s Option
Agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
shall
be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing on a date which is one year from
the Applicable Time and expiring on the four-year anniversary of the Applicable
Time at an initial exercise price per Share of $
[
__________
]
, which is equal to 125% of
the public offering price of the Firm Shares. The Underwriter’s Option agreement
and the Shares issuable upon exercise thereof are sometimes hereinafter referred
to collectively as the “
Underwriter’s Securities
.” The
Underwriter understands and agrees that there are significant restrictions
pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against transferring the Underwriter’s Option
Agreement and the underlying Shares during the first year after the Effective
Date and by its acceptance thereof shall agree that it will not, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge or hypothecate the Underwriter’s Option Agreement, or any portion
thereof, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call
transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such
securities for a period of one year following the Effective Date to anyone other
than (i) an Underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with the Offering, or
(ii) a bona fide officer or partner of the Underwriter or of any such
Underwriter or selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the
foregoing lock-up restrictions.
1.3.2
Delivery
. Delivery
for the Underwriter’s Option Agreement shall be made on the Closing Date and
shall be issued in the name or names and in such authorized denominations as the
Underwriter may request.
]
2.
Representations and
Warranties of the Company
. The Company represents and warrants
to the Underwriter as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), as of the
Closing Date and as of the Option Closing Date, if any, as
follows:
2.1
Filing of Registration
Statement
.
2.1.1
Pursuant to the
Act
. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “
Commission
”) a registration
statement and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form S-1 (File No.
333-167626), including any related prospectus or prospectuses, for the
registration of the Public Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “
Act
”),
which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by
the Company in all material respects in conformity with the requirements of the
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act (the “
Regulations
”). Except as the
context may otherwise require, such registration statement on file with the
Commission at the time the registration statement becomes effective (including
the prospectus, financial statements, schedules, exhibits and all other
documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein and all information
deemed to be a part thereof as of the Effective Date pursuant to paragraph (b)
of Rule 430A of the Regulations), is referred to herein as the “
Registration Statement
.” The
final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriter for use in the
Offering, is hereinafter called the “
Prospectus
.” The Registration
Statement has been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof.
“
Applicable Time
” means
[___ am/pm on _________________], 2010, on the Effective Date or such other time
as agreed to by the Company and the Underwriter.
2.1.2
Registration under the
Exchange Act and Stock Exchange Listing
. The Shares are
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “
Exchange
Act
”) and are listed on the
NASDAQ Capital
Market
(“
NASDAQ
”), and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the common shares
of the Company from NASDAQ, nor has the Company received any notification that
the Commission or NASDAQ is contemplating terminating such registration or
listing except as described in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus.
2.2
No Stop Orders,
etc
. Neither the Commission nor, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, any state regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or
suspending the use of the Prospectus or the Registration Statement or has
instituted or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened to institute
any proceedings with respect to such an order.
2.3
Disclosures in Registration
Statement
.
2.3.1
10b-5
Representation
. At the respective times the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments thereto become
effective (and at the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if
any):
(i)
The
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments thereto
did and will contain all material statements that are required to be stated
therein in accordance with the Act and the Regulations, and will in all material
respects conform to the requirements of the Act and the
Regulations;
(ii)
Neither
the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus, nor any amendment or supplement
thereto, nor any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), on
such dates, do or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any 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. The representation and warranty made in this Section
2.3.1(ii) does not apply to statements made or statements omitted in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto. The parties acknowledge and agree that
such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriter consists solely of
the following disclosure contained in the “Underwriting” section of the
Prospectus: the table following the first paragraph under the title
“Underwriting,” the table that shows the per share and total underwriting
discounts and commissions, the disclosure under the heading “Foreign Regulatory
Restrictions on Purchase of the Common Stock” (the “
Underwriter’s
Information
”).
2.3.2
Disclosure of
Agreements
. The agreements and documents described in the
Prospectus, the Registration Statement conform to the descriptions thereof
contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the
Act and the Regulations to be described in the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration
Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other
instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party
or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to
in the Prospectus, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been
duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect
in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the
Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms,
except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally,
(y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may
be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the
remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought. None of such
agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the
Company nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in
default thereunder and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no event has
occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would
constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the Company’s knowledge,
performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or
instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets
or businesses, including, without limitation, those relating to environmental
laws and regulations.
2.3.3
Prior Securities
Transactions
. No securities of the Company have been sold by
the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement.
2.3.4
Regulations
. The
disclosures in the Registration Statement concerning the effects of Federal,
State, and local regulation, including but not limited to regulations
promulgated by any governmental agency in the People’s Republic of China, on the
Company’s business as currently contemplated are correct in all material
respects.
2.4
Changes After Dates in
Registration Statement
.
2.4.1
No Material Adverse
Change
. Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise
specifically stated therein: (i) there has been no material adverse change
in the condition, financial or otherwise, or business prospects of the Company;
(ii) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company,
other than as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) no officer
or director of the Company has resigned from any position with the
Company.
2.4.2
Recent Securities
Transactions, etc
. Subsequent to the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and
except as may otherwise be indicated or contemplated herein or disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has not: (i) issued
any securities; (ii) incurred any liability or obligation, direct or
contingent, for borrowed money; or (iii) declared or paid any dividend or
made any other distribution on or in respect to its capital stock.
2.5
Disclosures in Commission
Filings
. Since January 1, 2009, (i) none of the Company’s
filings with the Commission contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(ii) the Company has made all filings with the Commission required under the
Exchange Act.
2.6
Independent
Accountants
. Friedman, LLP (“
Friedman
”), whose report is
filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, are independent
registered public accountants as required by the Exchange Act, the Act and the
Regulations. Friedman has not, during the periods covered by the financial
statements included in the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit
services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange
Act.
2.7
Financial Statements,
etc
. The financial statements, including the notes thereto and
supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
fairly present the financial position and the results of operations of the
Company at the dates and for the periods to which they apply; and such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally
accepted accounting principles (“
GAAP
”), consistently applied
throughout the periods involved; and the supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated
therein. The Registration Statement discloses all material off-balance sheet
transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), and
other relationships of the Company with unconsolidated entities or other persons
that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial
condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity,
capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenues
or expenses. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor any of its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including each entity disclosed or described in the Registration
Statement as being a subsidiary of the Company (each a “
Subsidiary
” and together the
“
Subsidiaries
”), has
incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or
entered into any material transactions other than in the ordinary course of
business, (b) the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any
distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock, (c) there has not
been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any grants under any stock compensation plan and, (d) there has not been any
material adverse change in the Company’s long-term or short-term
debt.
2.8
Authorized Capital; Options,
etc
. The Company had, at the date or dates indicated in the
Prospectus, the duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Based on the assumptions
stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company will have
on the Closing Date the adjusted stock capitalization set forth therein. Except
as set forth in, or contemplated by, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date, there will be no
options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any
authorized, but unissued Shares of the Company or any security convertible into
Shares of the Company, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell Shares
or any such options, warrants, rights or convertible securities.
2.9
Valid Issuance of
Securities, etc.
2.9.1
Outstanding
Securities
. All issued and outstanding securities of the
Company issued prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable;
the holders thereof have no rights of rescission with respect thereto, and are
not subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; and none of
such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any holders
of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the
Company. The authorized Shares conform in all material respects to all
statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. The offers and sales of the outstanding Shares were at all relevant
times either registered under the Act and the applicable state securities or
Blue Sky laws or, based in part on the representations and warranties of the
purchasers of such Shares, exempt from such registration
requirements.
2.9.2
Securities Sold Pursuant to
this Agreement
. The Public Securities
[
and Underwriter’s
Securities
]
have been
duly authorized for issuance and sale and, when issued and paid for, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and
will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the
Public Securities
[
and
Underwriter’s Securities
]
are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders
of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the
Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization,
issuance and sale of the Securities has been duly and validly taken. The Public
Securities
[
and
Underwriter’s Securities
]
conform in all material respects to all statements with respect thereto
contained in the Registration Statement.
[
When paid for and issued in
accordance with the Underwriter’s Option Agreement, the underlying Shares will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not
and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders;
the underlying Shares are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights
of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights
granted by the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the
authorization, issuance and sale of the Underwriter’s Option Agreement has been
duly and validly taken.
]
2.10
Registration Rights of Third
Parties
. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, no holders of any securities of the Company or any rights
exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company
have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of the
Company under the Act or to include any such securities in a registration
statement to be filed by the Company.
2.11
Validity and Binding Effect
of Agreements
. This Agreement
[
and the Underwriter’s Option
Agreement
]
[
has
] [
have
]
been duly and
validly authorized by the Company, and, when executed and delivered, will
constitute, the valid and binding agreement
[
s
]
of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with
[
its
]
[
their
]
respective terms, except:
(i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;
(ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may
be limited under the federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the
remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought.
2.12
No Conflicts,
etc
. The execution, delivery, and performance by the Company
of this Agreement
[
, the
Underwriter’s Option Agreement
]
and all ancillary documents,
the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated and the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof and thereof
do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time
or both: (i) result in a material breach of, or conflict with any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or result in
the creation, modification, termination or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of
any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party; (ii) result in
any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (as the same
has been, or may be amended from time to time, the
“Certificate of
Incorporation
”); or (iii) violate any existing applicable law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties or business constituted as of the date hereof.
2.13
No Defaults;
Violations
. No default exists in the due performance and
observance of any term, covenant or condition of any material license, contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan or credit agreement, or any other
agreement or instrument evidencing an obligation for borrowed money, or any
other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of
the Company is subject. The Company is not in violation of any term or provision
of its Certificate of Incorporation, or in violation of any franchise, license,
permit, applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any governmental
agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its properties or businesses.
2.14
Corporate Power; Licenses;
Consents
.
2.14.1
Conduct of
Business
. Except as described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority,
and has all necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates
and permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies that it
needs as of the date hereof to conduct its business purpose as described in the
Prospectus. The disclosures in the Registration Statement concerning the effects
of federal, state and local regulation on this Offering and the Company’s
business purpose as currently contemplated are correct in all material
respects.
2.14.2
Transactions Contemplated
Herein
. The Company has all corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof,
and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in connection
therewith have been obtained. No consent, authorization or order of, and no
filing with, any court, government agency or other body is required for the
valid issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and the consummation of the
transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement
[
and the Underwriter’s Option
Agreement
]
and as
contemplated by the Prospectus, except with respect to applicable federal and
state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“
FINRA
”).
2.15
D&O
Questionnaires
. To the best of Company’s knowledge, all
information contained in the questionnaires (the “
Questionnaires
”) completed by
each of the Company’s directors and officers immediately prior to the Offering
(the “
Insiders
”) as well
as in the Lock-Up Agreement provided to the Underwriter is true and correct in
all respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would
cause the information disclosed in the questionnaires completed by each Insider
to become inaccurate and incorrect.
2.16
Litigation; Governmental
Proceedings
. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry,
arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to
the Company’s knowledge, threatened against, or involving the Company or, to the
Company’s knowledge, any executive officer or director which has not been
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in connection with
the Company’s listing application for the listing of the Shares on
NASDAQ.
2.17
Good
Standing
. The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the Delaware
as of the date hereof, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of business requires such qualification, except where the failure to
qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business or
operations of the Company.
2.18
Stop
Orders
. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any part
thereof.
2.19
Transactions Affecting
Disclosure to FINRA
.
2.19.1
Finder’s
Fees
. Except as described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or
understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination
fee by the Company or any Insider with respect to the sale of the Securities
hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company
or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its shareholders that may affect the
Underwriter’s compensation, as determined by FINRA.
2.19.2
Payments Within Twelve
Months
. Except as described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in
cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee,
consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for
the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital
to the Company; (ii) to any FINRA member; or (iii) to any person or
entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA
member, within the twelve months prior to the Effective Date, other than the
prior payment of $
[
25,000
]
to Rodman & Renshaw LLC,
the Underwriter as provided in connection with the Offering.
2.19.3
Use of
Proceeds
. None of the net proceeds of the Offering will be
paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except
as specifically authorized herein.
2.19.4
FINRA
Affiliation
. No officer, director or any beneficial owner of
the Company’s unregistered securities has any direct or indirect affiliation or
association with any FINRA member (as determined in accordance with the rules
and regulations of FINRA). The Company will advise the Underwriter and Kramer
Levin if it learns that any officer, director or owner of at least 5% of the
Company’s outstanding Shares (or securities convertible into Shares) is or
becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the
Offering.
2.20
Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act
. Neither the Company nor any of the directors, employees
or officers of the Company or any other person acting on behalf of the Company
has, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar
benefit (other than legal price concessions to customers in the ordinary course
of business) to any customer, supplier, employee or agent of a customer or
supplier, or official or employee of any governmental agency or instrumentality
of any government (domestic or foreign) or any political party or candidate for
office (domestic or foreign) or other person who was, is, or may be in a
position to help or hinder the business of the Company (or assist it in
connection with any actual or proposed transaction) that (i) might subject
the Company to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental
litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not given in the past, might have had a
material adverse effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company as
reflected in any of the financial statements contained in the Prospectus or
(iii) if not continued in the future, might adversely affect the assets,
business, operations or prospects of the Company. The Company has taken
reasonable steps to ensure that its accounting controls and procedures are
sufficient to cause the Company to comply in all material respects with the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
2.21
Officers’
Certificate
. Any certificate signed by any duly authorized
officer of the Company and delivered to you or to Kramer Levin shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters
covered thereby.
2.22
Lock-Up
Period
.
2.22.1
Each
of the Company’s officers and directors holding Shares (or securities
convertible into Shares), and each owner of at least 5% of the Company’s
outstanding Shares (or securities convertible into Shares at any time) (together
with the Company’s officers and directors, the “
Lock-Up Parties
”), have agreed
pursuant to executed Lock-Up Agreements in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B-1 and Exhibit B-2, respectively, that for a period of ninety (90) days from
the effective date of the Prospectus (the “
Lock-Up Period
”), such persons
and their affiliated parties shall not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell,
grant, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
Shares, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Shares, without the consent of the Underwriter. The Underwriter may consent to
an early release from the applicable Lock-Up period if, in its opinion, the
market for the Shares would not be adversely impacted by sales and in cases of
financial emergency of an officer, director or other stockholder. The Company
has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Underwriter the
agreements of each of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the
date that the Company requests that the Commission declare the Registration
Statement effective under the Act.
2.22.2
The
Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, has agreed that, without
the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will not, for a period of
ninety (90)
days
from the effective date of the Registration Statement, (i) offer, pledge, sell,
contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option
or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital
stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary, (ii) file or caused to be filed any registration statement with
the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock of the Company, or (iii) enter into any swap or other
arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary,
whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to
be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The
restrictions contained in this paragraph 2.22.2 shall not apply to (i) the
Shares to be sold hereunder, (ii) the issuance by the Company of shares of
common stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a
security outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the Prospectus, or
(iii) the issuance by the Company of option or shares of capital stock of the
Company under any stock compensation plan of the Company.
2.22.3
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news,
or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of
the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the
Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by
paragraph 2.22 shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event, unless the Underwriter waives such
extension.
2.23
Subsidiaries
. Annex
1 to this agreement sets forth the ownership of all Subsidiaries. All direct and
indirect Subsidiaries of the Company are duly organized and in good standing
under the laws of the place of organization or incorporation, and each such
Subsidiary and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on
the assets, business or operations of the Company taken as a
whole. The Company’s ownership and control of each Subsidiary is as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The
Company’s ownership and control of each Subsidiary is as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
2.24
Related Party
Transactions
. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there are no business relationships or related
party transactions involving the Company or any other person required to be
described in the Prospectus that have not been described as
required.
2.25
Board of
Directors
. The Board of Directors of the Company is comprised
of the persons set forth under the heading of the Prospectus captioned
“Management.” The qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the
overall composition of the board comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and
the rules promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and the rules of
NASDAQ. At least one member of the Board of Directors of the Company qualifies
as a “financial expert” as such term is defined under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder and the rules of NASDAQ. In addition,
at least a majority of the persons serving on the Board of Directors qualify as
“independent” as defined under the rules of NASDAQ.
2.26
Sarbanes-Oxley
Compliance
.
2.26.1
Disclosure
Controls
. The Company has developed and currently maintains
disclosure controls and procedures that will comply with Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15
of the Exchange Act, and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure
that all material information concerning the Company will be made known on a
timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s
Exchange Act filings and other public disclosure documents.
2.26.2
Compliance
. The
Company is, or on the Effective Date will be, in material compliance with the
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 applicable to it, and has
implemented or will implement such programs and taken reasonable steps to ensure
the Company’s future compliance (not later than the relevant statutory and
regulatory deadlines therefore) with all the material provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
2.27
No Investment Company
Status
. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
Offering and sale of the Firm Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof
as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will not be, an
“investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
2.28
No Labor Disputes
. No
labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent.
2.29
Intellectual
Property
. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses or
has valid right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations,
copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights (“
Intellectual Property
”)
necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, no action or use by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries will involve or give rise to any infringement
of, or license or similar fees for, any Intellectual Property of
others. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received
any notice alleging any such infringement or fee.
2.30
Taxes
. Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed all returns (as hereinafter
defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof
or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof. Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries has paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined)
shown as due on such returns that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on
or assessed against the Company or such respective subsidiary. The
provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements filed
with or as part of the Registration Statement are sufficient for all accrued and
unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the
dates of such consolidated financial statements. Except as disclosed
in writing to the Underwriter, (i) no issues have been raised (and are currently
pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the returns or taxes
asserted as due from the Company or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) no waivers of
statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of taxes have
been given by or requested from the Company or its Subsidiaries. The
term “
taxes
”
mean all federal, state, local, foreign, and other net income, gross income,
gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license,
lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs,
duties or other taxes, fees, assessments, or charges of any kind whatever,
together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax, or additional
amounts with respect thereto. The term “
returns
” means all
returns, declarations, reports, statements, and other documents required to be
filed in respect to taxes.
2.31
Representations and
Warranties of the Company Regarding the People’s Republic of China
(“
PRC
”) and the British Virgin
Islands (“
BVI
”)
.
2.31.1
PRC
Subsidiaries
. The Company conducts substantially all of its
operations and generates substantially all of its revenue through its direct,
wholly-owned subsidiary, Dragon Lead Group, Ltd., a BVI corporation (the “
BVI Subsidiary
”), and the
direct and indirect subsidiaries thereof (i.e., Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co.,
Ltd and Wuhan Kingold), all of which are incorporated in the PRC. The
subsidiaries and their affiliates listed on Annex 1 hereto and listed and
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are all of the
subsidiaries of the Company (such subsidiaries collectively shall be referred to
herein as the “
PRC
Subsidiaries
”).
2.31.2
Organization, Qualification
and Authority
. Each of the PRC Subsidiaries has been duly established, is
validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of the PRC, and
the BVI Subsidiary has been duly established, is validly existing as a company
in good standing under the laws of the BVI. Each of the PRC
Subsidiaries and the BVI Subsidiary has the corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate its property and to conduct its business as described in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of
its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except where the failure to do so would not have a material
adverse effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company taken as a
whole. Each of the PRC Subsidiaries and the BVI Subsidiary has
applied for and obtained all requisite business licenses, clearance and permits
required under the laws and regulations of the PRC or BVI, as applicable, as
necessary for the conduct of its businesses, and each of the PRC Subsidiaries
and the BVI Subsidiary has complied in all material respects with all laws and
regulations of the PRC or BVI, as applicable, in connection with foreign
exchange, except where the failure to do so would not have a material adverse
effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company taken as a
whole. The registered capital of each of the PRC Subsidiaries and the
BVI Subsidiary has been fully paid up in accordance with the schedule of payment
stipulated in its respective Articles of Incorporation, approval document,
certificate of approval and legal person business license (hereinafter referred
to as the “
Establishment
Documents
”) and in compliance with the PRC or BVI laws and regulations,
as applicable, and there is no outstanding capital contribution commitment for
any of the PRC Subsidiaries or BVI Subsidiary. The Establishment
Documents of the PRC Subsidiaries and the BVI Subsidiary have been duly approved
in accordance with the laws of the PRC and BVI, as applicable, and are valid and
enforceable. The business scope specified in the Establishment
Documents of each of the PRC Subsidiaries and the BVI Subsidiary complies with
the requirements of all relevant the PRC or BVI laws and regulations, as the
case may be. The outstanding equity interests of each of the PRC
Subsidiaries and BVI Subsidiary are owned of record by the Company or a wholly
owned subsidiary, except for such specific entities or individuals identified as
the registered holders thereof in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. The Company possesses, directly or indirectly, the power
to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of the PRC
Subsidiaries and the BVI Subsidiary.
2.31.3
Dividends
. Except
pursuant to applicable PRC law or BVI law, no PRC Subsidiary or BVI Subsidiary
is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to
the Company (or the Company’s subsidiary that holds the outstanding equity
interest of such PRC Subsidiary and BVI Subsidiary). Except pursuant
to applicable PRC laws or BVI laws, no PRC Subsidiary or BVI Subsidiary is
prohibited, directly or indirectly, from making any other distribution on such
applicable PRC Subsidiary’s or BVI Subsidiary’s equity capital, from repaying to
the Company any loans or advances to such the PRC Subsidiary or BVI Subsidiary
from the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
2.31.4
Immunity
. None
of the PRC Subsidiaries, BVI Subsidiary nor any of their properties, assets or
revenues are entitled to any right of immunity on the grounds of sovereignty
from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from
the jurisdiction of any court, from services of process, from attachment prior
to or in aid of execution of judgment, or from any other legal process or
proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any
judgment.
2.31.5
Filing with the PRC and
BVI
. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, it is not necessary that this Agreement, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus or any other document be filed or recorded with any governmental
agency, court or other authority in the PRC or BVI.
2.31.6
Transfer Taxes
. No
transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction,
transfer or withholding taxes or duties are payable in the PRC or BVI by or on
behalf of the Underwriter to any PRC or BVI taxing authority in connection with
(i) the issuance, sale and delivery of any Shares by the Company and the
delivery of any Shares to or for the account of the Underwriter, (ii) the
purchase from the Company and the initial sale and delivery by the Underwriter
of any Shares to purchasers thereof, or (iii) the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
2.31.7
Compliance
. Except
as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has
taken all necessary steps to ensure compliance by each of its shareholders,
option holders, directors, officers and employees that is, or is directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC or BVI resident or citizen with any
applicable rules and regulations of the relevant the PRC or BVI government
agencies.
2.31.8
PRC/BVI
Approvals
. Except as described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the Public Securities to the
Underwriter, the listing and trading of the Public Securities on NASDAQ and the
consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus are not and will not be, as of the
date hereof and on the Closing Date, subject to any approval by any the PRC or
BVI governmental or regulatory authority.
2.31.9
PRC/BVI Tax Benefits,
etc
. Any PRC or BVI governmental tax benefits, exemptions,
waivers, or other relief, enjoyed by any PRC Subsidiary or BVI Subsidiary as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are valid, binding
and enforceable and in accordance with PRC and BVI law and regulations, as the
case may be.
2.31.10
Previous
Restructuring
. Any previous restructuring (i.e. equity
transfer) of the Company and the Subsidiaries will not (i) conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject
to the extent that such conflict or breach is reasonably likely, individually or
in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect; (ii) result in any
violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or
other constituent documents of the Company or any Subsidiary; or (iii) result in
any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any
Subsidiary or any of their properties (including but not limited to the Ministry
of Commerce, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce and the State
Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC) to the extent that such violation
is reasonably likely, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material
adverse effect.
2.31.11
Mergers and Acquisitions
Rules
. The Company is aware of and has been advised as to, the content of
the Rules on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign
Investors jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets
Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Tax Administration, the
State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory
Commission ("
CSRC
") and
the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC on August 8, 2006 (the
"
M&A Rules
"),
in particular the relevant
provisions thereof which purport to require offshore special purpose vehicles,
or SPVs, formed for listing purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by
PRC companies or individuals, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the
listing and trading of their securities on an overseas stock exchange; the
Company has received legal advice specifically with respect to the M&A Rules
from its PRC counsel and the Company understands such legal advice. The Company
has fully communicated such legal advice from its PRC counsel to each of its
directors that signed the Registration Statement and each director has confirmed
that he or she understands such legal advice.
2.31.12
Compliance with Mergers and
Acquisitions Rules
. The issuance and sale of the Shares, the listing and
trading of the Shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not and will not be, as of the
date hereof adversely affected by the M&A Rules or any official
clarifications, guidance, interpretations or implementation rules in connection
with or related to the M&A Rules (collectively, the
"
M&A Rules and Related
Clarifications
"
).
2.31.13
Compliance with Overseas
Investment and Listing Regulations
. Each of the Company and Subsidiaries
that were incorporated outside of the PRC has taken, or is in the process of
taking, reasonable steps to ensure compliance by each of its shareholders,
option holders, directors, officers, and employees that is, or is directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen with any applicable
rules and regulations of the relevant PRC government agencies (including but not
limited to the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform
Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange) relating to
overseas investment by PRC residents and citizens or the repatriation of the
proceeds from overseas offering and listing by offshore special purpose vehicles
controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies and individuals, such as the
Company, (the
"
PRC Overseas Investment and Listing
Regulations
"
),
including without limitation,
requesting each shareholder, option holder, director, officer, and employees
that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or
citizen to complete any registration and other procedures required under
applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations.
2.31.14
Compliance with SAFE Rules
and Regulations
. The Company has taken all reasonable steps to comply
with, and to ensure compliance by all of the Company's shareholders who are PRC
residents with any applicable rules and regulations of the PRC State
Administration of Foreign Exchange (the
"
SAFE Rules
and Regulations
"
),
including without limitation, taking reasonable steps to require each of
its shareholders and option holders that is, or is directly or indirectly owned
or controlled by, a PRC resident to complete any registration and other
procedures required under applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations.
3.
Covenants of the
Company
. The Company covenants and agrees as
follows:
3.1
Amendments to Registration
Statement
. The Company will deliver to the Underwriter, prior
to filing, any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus proposed to be filed after the Effective Date and not file any such
amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter shall reasonably object in
writing.
3.2
Federal Securities
Laws
.
3.2.1
Compliance
. During
the time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act, the
Company will use its best efforts to comply with all requirements imposed upon
it by the Act, the Regulations and the Exchange Act and by the regulations under
the Exchange Act, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit
the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Public Securities in accordance
with the provisions hereof and the Prospectus. If at any time when a Prospectus
relating to the Public Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any
event shall have occurred as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for
the Company or counsel for the Underwriter, the Prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
any 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, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to
comply with the Act, the Company will notify the Underwriter promptly and
prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3.1 hereof, an
appropriate amendment or supplement in accordance with Section 10 of the
Act.
3.2.2
Filing of Final
Prospectus
. The Company will file the Prospectus (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriter) with the Commission pursuant to the
requirements of Rule 424 of the Regulations.
3.2.3
Exchange Act
Registration
. For a period of three years from the Effective
Date, the Company will use its best efforts to maintain the registration of the
Shares. The Company will not deregister the Shares under the Exchange Act
without the prior written consent of the Underwriter.
3.2.4
Free Writing
Prospectuses
. The Company represents and agrees that it has
not made and will not make any offer relating to the Public Securities that
would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 of
the 1933 Act, without the prior consent of the Underwriter. Any such free
writing prospectus consented to by the Underwriter is hereinafter referred to as
a
“
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
.”
The Company represents that its will treat each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433, and
has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 of the
1933 Act, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and
record keeping.
3.3
Delivery to the Underwriter
of Prospectuses
. The Company will deliver to the Underwriter,
without charge, from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is
required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act such number of copies
of each Prospectus as the Underwriter may reasonably request and, as soon as the
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto becomes effective,
deliver to you two original executed Registration Statements, including
exhibits, and all post-effective amendments thereto and copies of all exhibits
filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference and all original executed
consents of certified experts.
3.4
Effectiveness and Events
Requiring Notice to the Underwriter
. The Company will use its
best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with a
current prospectus for at least nine (9) months from the Applicable Time. and
will notify the Underwriter immediately and confirm the notice in writing:
(i) of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of the
initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose;
(iii) of the issuance by any state securities commission of any proceedings
for the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale
in any jurisdiction or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding
for that purpose; (iv) of the mailing and delivery to the Commission for
filing of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus; (v) of the receipt of any comments or request for any
additional information from the Commission; and (vi) of the happening of
any event during the period described in this Section 3.4 hereof that, in the
judgment of the Company, makes any statement of a material fact made in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of
any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If the Commission or any state securities commission shall enter
a stop order or suspend such qualification at any time, the Company will make
every reasonable effort to obtain promptly the lifting of such
order.
3.5
Review of Financial
Statements
. For a period of five (5) years from the Effective
Date, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent
certified public accountants to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial
statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement
of quarterly financial information.
3.6
Intentionally
Omitted.
3.7
Financial Public Relations
Firm
. As of the Effective Date, the Company shall have
retained a financial public relations firm reasonably acceptable to the
Underwriter and the Company, which shall initially be RedChip Companies, Inc.,
which firm will be experienced in assisting issuers in public offerings of
securities and in their relations with their security holders, and shall retain
such firm or another firm reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter for a period
of not less than two (2) years after the Effective Date.
3.8
Reports to the
Underwriter
.
3.8.1
Periodic Reports,
etc
. For a period of three years from the Effective Date, the
Company will furnish to the Underwriter copies of such financial statements and
other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes
generally to holders of any class of its securities and also promptly furnish to
the Underwriter: (i) a copy of each periodic report the Company shall be
required to file with the Commission; (ii) a copy of every press release and
every news item and article with respect to the Company or its affairs which was
released by the Company; (iii) a copy of each Form 8-K prepared and filed by the
Company; (iv) five copies of each registration statement filed by the Company
under the Act; (v) such additional documents and information with respect to the
Company and the affairs of any future Subsidiaries of the Company as the
Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request; provided the Underwriter
shall sign, if requested by the Company, a Regulation FD compliant
confidentiality agreement which is reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter and
Kramer Levin in connection with the Underwriter’s receipt of such information.
Documents filed with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR system shall be deemed
to have been delivered to the Underwriter pursuant to this Section.
3.8.2
Transfer
Sheets
. For a period of three (3) years from the Effective
Date, the Company shall retain a transfer and registrar agent acceptable to the
Underwriter (the “
Transfer Agent
”) and will
furnish to the Underwriter at the Company’s sole cost and expense such transfer
sheets of the Company’s securities as the Underwriter may reasonably request,
including the daily and monthly consolidated transfer sheets of the Transfer
Agent and DTC. Interwest Transfer Company, Inc. is acceptable to the Underwriter
to act as Transfer Agent for the Company’s Shares.
3.8.3
Trading
Reports
. During such time as the Public Securities
are listed on NASDAQ,
the Company shall provide to the Underwriter, at the Company’s expense, such
reports published by NASDAQ relating to price trading of the Public Securities,
as the Underwriter shall reasonably request.
3.9
Payment of
Expenses
.
3.9.1
General Expenses Related to
the Offering
. The Company hereby agrees to pay on each of the
Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, to the extent not paid at the
Closing Date, all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company under this Agreement, including, but not limited to: (a) all filing fees
and communication expenses relating to the registration of the Shares to be sold
in the Offering (including the Over-allotment Shares) with the Commission; (b)
all COBRADesk filing fees associated with the review of the Offering by FINRA;
all fees and expenses relating to the listing of such Shares on the NASDAQ and
such other stock exchanges as the Company and the Underwriter together
determine; (c) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to
background checks of the Company’s officers and directors in an amount not to
exceed $5,000 per individual; (d) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the
Underwriter’s counsel in excess of $140,000, as incurred, which excess is
currently estimated to be in a range of $20,000 - 60,000 but will depend on the
actual fees and disbursements of such counsel in connection with the Offering;
(e) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or
qualification of such Shares under the “blue sky” securities laws of such states
and other jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably designate (including,
without limitation, all filing and registration fees, and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of the Underwriter’s counsel, it being agreed that (i) if the
Offering is commenced on the NASDAQ Capital Market or the NYSE Amex, the Company
will make a payment of $5,000 to such counsel on the Closing Date, or (ii) if
the Offering is commenced on the Nasdaq Capital Market or on the Over the
Counter Bulletin Board, the Company will make a payment of $15,000 to such
counsel upon the commencement of “blue sky” work by such counsel and an
additional $5,000 at Closing); (f) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating
to the registration, qualification or exemption of such Shares under the
securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably
designate; (g) the costs of all mailing and printing of the underwriting
documents (including, without limitation, the Underwriting Agreement, any Blue
Sky Surveys and, if appropriate, any Agreement Among Underwriters, Selected
Dealers’ Agreement, Underwriters’ Questionnaire and Power of Attorney),
Registration Statements, Prospectuses and all amendments, supplements and
exhibits thereto and as many preliminary and final Prospectuses as the
Underwriter may reasonably deem necessary; (h) the costs and expenses of the
public relations firm as contemplated by Section 3.7 hereof; (i) the costs of
preparing, printing and delivering certificates representing the Shares; (j)
fees and expenses of the transfer agent for the Shares; (k) stock transfer
and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from the
Company to the Underwriter; (l) the costs associated with post-Closing
advertising of the Offering in the national additions of the Wall Street Journal
and New York Times; (m) the costs associated with bound volumes of the public
offering materials as well as commemorative mementos and lucite tombstones, each
of which the Company or its designee will provide within a reasonable time after
the Closing in such quantities as the Underwriter may reasonably request; (n)
the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants; (o) the fees and expenses of
the Company’s legal counsel and other agents and representatives; (p) the
$16,000 cost associated with the Underwriter’s use of i-Deal’s book-building,
prospectus tracking and compliance software for the Offering; and (q) up to
$10,000 of the Underwriter’s actual “road show” expenses for the
Offerings. The Underwriter may also deduct from the net proceeds of
the Offering payable to the Company on the Closing Date, or the Option Closing
Date, if any, the expenses set forth herein to be paid by the Company to the
Underwriter.
3.9.2
Non-accountable
Expenses
. The Company further agrees that, in addition to the
expenses payable pursuant to Section 3.9.1, on the Closing Date it will pay to
the Underwriter a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1%) of
the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Firm Shares by
deduction from the proceeds of the Offering contemplated herein.
3.10
Application of Net
Proceeds
. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the
Offering received by it in a manner consistent with the application described
under the caption “Use Of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
3.11
Delivery of Earnings
Statements to Security Holders
. The Company will make
generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not
later than the first day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the
Effective Date, an earnings statement (which need not be certified by
independent public or independent certified public accountants unless required
by the Act or the Regulations, but which shall satisfy the provisions of Rule
158(a) under Section 11(a) of the Act) covering a period of at least twelve
consecutive months beginning after the Effective Date.
3.12
Stabilization
. Neither
the Company, nor, to its knowledge, any of its employees, directors or
shareholders (without the consent of the Underwriter) has taken or will take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act, or
otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
3.13
Internal
Controls
. The Company will maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that:
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in
order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and
to maintain accountability for assets; (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 existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to
any differences.
3.14
Accountants
. As
of the Effective Date, the Company shall retain independent public accountants
reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter, and the Company shall continue to
retain a nationally recognized independent certified public accounting firm for
a period of at least three years after the Effective Date. The
Underwriter acknowledges that Friedman is acceptable to the
Underwriter.
3.15
FINRA
. The
Company shall advise the Underwriter (who shall make an appropriate filing with
FINRA) if it is aware that any 5% or greater shareholder of the Company becomes
an affiliate or associated person of an FINRA member participating in the
distribution of the Company’s Public Securities.
3.16
No Fiduciary
Duties
. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Underwriter’s responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature and
that neither the Underwriter nor its affiliates or any Selling Agent shall be
deemed to be acting in a fiduciary capacity, or otherwise owes any fiduciary
duty to the Company or any of its affiliates in connection with the Offering and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.
Conditions of Underwriter’s
Obligations
. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase
and pay for the Shares, as provided herein, shall be subject to (i) the
continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as of
the date hereof and as of each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date,
if any; (ii) the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company made
pursuant to the provisions hereof; (iii) the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and (iv) the following conditions:
4.1
Regulatory
Matters
.
4.1.1
Effectiveness of
Registration Statement
. The Registration Statement shall have
become effective not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the date of this
Agreement or such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by
you, and, at each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall
be pending or contemplated by the Commission and any request on the part of the
Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the
reasonable satisfaction of Kramer Levin.
4.1.2
FINRA
Clearance
. By the Effective Date, the Underwriter shall have
received clearance from FINRA as to the amount of compensation allowable or
payable to the Underwriter as described in the Registration
Statement.
4.1.3
NASDAQ
Stock Market
Clearance
. On the Closing Date, the Company’s Shares,
including the Firm Shares shall have been approved for listing on the
NASDAQ.
4.1.4
Free Writing
Prospectuses
. The Underwriter covenants with the Company that
the Underwriter will not use, authorize the use of, refer to, or participate in
the planning for the use of a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405
under the 1933 Act, which term includes use of any written information furnished
by the Commission to the Company and not incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement, without the prior written consent of the Company. Any
such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company is hereinafter referred
to as an “
Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus
.”
4.2
Company Counsel
Matters
.
4.2.1
Closing Date Opinion of
Counsel
. On the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have
received the favorable opinions of DLA Piper LLC (US) (“
DLA
”) and Cyruli Shanks Hart
& Zizmor, LLP (“
CSHZ
”), counsel to the
Company, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriter covering the
following:
(i)
The
Company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware
has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware
with the requisite
corporate power to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its respective
properties, and to conduct its business, as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
The Company
has no subsidiaries formed under the laws of the State of Delaware and is not
registered or qualified to do business as a foreign corporation under the laws
of any jurisdiction within the United States except Delaware.
(ii)
All
issued and outstanding securities of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and none of such securities
were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the
Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation.
The offers and sales of the outstanding securities were at all relevant times
either registered under the Act or exempt from such registration requirements.
The authorized, and to the extent of DLA’s or CSHZ’s knowledge, outstanding
Shares of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus.
(iii)
The
Public Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for, will
be validly issued and to our knowledge, fully paid and non-assessable; the
holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability solely by
reason of being such holders. The Public Securities are not and will
not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the
Company arising by operating of law or under the Certificate of
Incorporation. The Over-allotment Option
[
and Underwriter’s Option
]
constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment
therefore, the number of Shares called for thereby, and the Over-allotment
Option
[
and
Underwriter’s Option
]
are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms,
except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (b) as
enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited
under the Federal and state securities laws and (c) that the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to
the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefore may be brought.
(iv)
This
Agreement
[
and the
Underwriter’s Option Agreement
]
[
has
]
[
have
]
been duly and validly
authorized and executed by the Company and constitute
[
s
]
the valid and binding
obligation
[
s
]
of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with
[
its
]
[
their
]
respective terms, except (a)
as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of
any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under the Federal
and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefore may be brought.
(v)
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreements
[
,
] [
and
]
the Lock-Up Period
restrictions on the Company
[
and the Underwriter’s Option
Agreement
]
, and
compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions thereof and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the issuance and sale
of the Public Securities, do not and will not, with or without the giving of
notice or the lapse of time, or both, (a) conflict with, or result in a
breach of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or
result in the creation or modification of any lien, security interest, charge or
encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the
terms of, any mortgage, deed of trust, note, indenture, loan, contract,
commitment or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of
the Certificate of Incorporation or any other governing documents of the
Company, or (c) violate any statute or any judgment, order or decree, rule
or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, domestic or foreign, or of
any federal, state or other regulatory authority or other governmental body
having jurisdiction over the Company, its properties or assets.
(vi)
The
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or
supplements thereto (other than the financial statements included therein, as to
which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their respective dates complied as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and
Regulations. The Shares offered pursuant to the Prospectus conform in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. No United States or state statute or regulation
required to be described in the Prospectus is not described as required (except
as to the Blue Sky laws of the various states, as to which such counsel
expresses no opinions), nor are any contracts or documents of a character
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to
be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement not so described or filed as
required.
(vii)
The
Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
Commission. We have been orally advised by the Staff of the
Commission that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued, and to our knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or overtly threatened by the Commission. Any
required filing of the Prospectus, and any required supplement thereto, pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, has been made in the manner and within
the time period required by Rule 424(b).
(viii)
The
Company is not and, after giving effect to the Offering and sale of the
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company”
as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(ix)
No
consent, approval, authorization or filing with or order of the NASDAQ, any U.S.
Federal, State of New York or State of Delaware court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company is required, under the laws, rules and
regulations of the United States of America and the States of Delaware and New
York for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the
Agreement, except (i) such as have been made with or obtained by the NASDAQ (ii)
such as have been made or obtained under the Securities Act and (iii) such as
may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with
the purchase and distribution of the Shares by you in the manner contemplated in
the Agreement and in the Prospectus, as to which we express no
opinion.
(x)
The Shares have been approved for listing on
the
NASDAQ
upon official
notice of issuance.
(xi)
To
our knowledge, the Company is not a party to any written agreement granting any
holders of securities of the Company rights to require the registration under
the Securities Act of resales of such securities.
4.2.2
The
opinions of DLA and CSHZ shall further include a statement to the effect that
such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other
representatives of the Company, the Underwriter and the independent registered
public accounting firm of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained therein and related matters
were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not
assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained
therein, solely on the basis of the foregoing without independent check and
verification, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead
them to believe that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, at the
time the Registration Statement or amendment became effective, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time they were
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the date of such counsel’s opinion,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except
that such counsel need express no view and shall not be deemed to have rendered
an opinion with respect to the financial information, statistical data and
information and matters regarding non-United States laws, rules and regulations
included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus). The
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or
supplements thereto (other than the financial statements including notes and
schedules, financial data, statistical data and non-United States laws, rules
and regulations included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their
respective dates complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and Regulations.
4.2.3
PRC
Opinion
. On the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have
received the favorable opinion of Grandall Legal Group, PRC counsel to the
Company, reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s PRC
counsel, related to, among other things, the descriptions of laws of the
PRC
and the
organization of the Company’s PRC Subsidiaries and their affiliates and
ownership structure, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter,
with a copy provided to the Underwriter for its reference.
4.2.4
Option Closing Date Opinions
of Counsel
. On the Option Closing Date, if any, the
Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinions of each counsel listed in
Sections 4.2.1 through 4.2.3, dated the Option Closing Date, addressed to the
Underwriter and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Underwriter, confirming as of the Option Closing Date, the statements made by
such counsels in their respective opinions delivered on the Closing
Date.
4.2.5
Reliance
. In
rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely: (i) as to matters involving
the application of laws other than the laws of the United States and
jurisdictions in which they are admitted, to the extent such counsel deems
proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion
or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter)
of other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter, familiar with the
applicable laws; and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem
proper, on certificates or other written statements of officers of the Company
and officers of departments of various jurisdiction having custody of documents
respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the Company, provided
that copies of any such statements or certificates shall be delivered to Kramer
Levin if requested. The opinions of Grandall Legal Group
shall include a
statement to the effect that it may be relied upon by counsel for the
Underwriter in its opinion delivered to the Underwriter.
4.3
Cold Comfort
Letter
. At the time this Agreement is executed, and at each of
the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, you shall have received a
cold comfort letter, addressed to the Underwriter and in form and substance
satisfactory in all respects to you and to Kramer Levin from Friedman dated,
respectively, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and
the Option Closing Date, if any.
4.4
Officers’
Certificates
.
4.4.1
Officers’
Certificate
. At each of the Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, if any, the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the
Company signed by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
respectively, to the effect that the Company has performed all covenants and
complied with all conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by the Company prior to and as of the Closing Date, or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the conditions set forth in Section 4
hereof have been satisfied as of such date and that, as of the Closing Date and
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the representations and warranties
of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof are true and correct. In addition,
the Underwriter will have received such other and further certificates of
officers of the Company as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
4.4.2
Secretary’s
Certificate
. At each of the Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, if any, the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the
Company signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated the
Closing Date or the Option Date, as the case may be, respectively, certifying:
(i) that the Certificate of Incorporation
are true and complete,
have not been modified and are in full force and effect; (ii) that the
resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the public offering
contemplated by this Agreement are in full force and effect and have not been
modified; (iii) as to the accuracy and completeness of all correspondence
between the Company or its counsel and the Commission; and (iv) as to the
incumbency of the officers of the Company. The documents referred to in such
certificate shall be attached to such certificate.
4.5
No Material
Changes
. Prior to and on each of the Closing Date and the
Option Closing Date, if any: (i) there shall have been no material adverse
change or development involving a prospective material adverse change in the
condition or prospects or the business activities, financial or otherwise, of
the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus; (ii) no action suit or proceeding,
at law or in equity, shall have been pending or threatened against the Company
or any Insider before or by any court or federal or state commission, board or
other administrative agency wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding
may materially adversely affect the business, operations, prospects or financial
condition or income of the Company, except as set forth in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus; (iii) no stop order shall have been issued under
the Act and no proceedings therefore shall have been initiated or threatened by
the Commission; and (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain all material statements
which are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act and the
Regulations and shall conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Regulations, and neither the Registration Statement nor the
Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto shall contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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.
4.6
Delivery of
Agreements
.
4.6.1
Effective Date
Deliveries
. On the Effective Date, the Company shall have
delivered to the Underwriter executed copies of this Agreement and the Lock-Up
Agreements.
4.6.2
Closing Date
Deliveries
. On the Closing Date, the Company shall have
delivered to the Underwriter executed copies of
[
the Underwriter’s Option
Agreement
]
.
5.
Indemnification
.
5.1
Indemnification of the
Underwriter
.
5.1.1
General
. Subject
to the conditions set forth below, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Underwriter, and each dealer selected by the Underwriter that
participates in the offer and sale of the Securities (each a “
Selected Dealer
”) and each of
their respective directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who
controls the Underwriter (“Controlling Person”) within the meaning of Section 15
of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including but not limited to
any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any
claim whatsoever, whether arising out of any action between the Underwriter and
the Company or between the Underwriter and any third party or otherwise) to
which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
any other statute or at common law or otherwise or under the laws of foreign
countries, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in (i) any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as from time to time each may be
amended and supplemented); (ii) any materials or information provided to
investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the
marketing of the offering of the Securities, including any “road show” or
investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or
electronically); or (iii) any application or other document or written
communication (in this Section 5, collectively called “application”) executed by
the Company or based upon written information furnished by the Company in any
jurisdiction in order to qualify the Public Shares under the securities laws
thereof or filed with the Commission, any state securities commission or agency,
NASDAQ
or any securities
exchange; or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company with respect to the
Underwriter by or on behalf of the Underwriter expressly for use in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereof, or in any application, as the case may be. With
respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission made in the Preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained
in this Section 5.1.1 shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter to the
extent that any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense of the Underwriter
results from the fact that a copy of the Prospectus was not given or sent to the
person asserting any such loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the
written confirmation of sale of the Securities to such person as required by the
Act and the Regulations, and if the untrue statement or omission has been
corrected in the Prospectus, unless such failure to deliver the Prospectus was a
result of non-compliance by the Company with its obligations under Section 3.3
hereof. The Company agrees promptly to notify the Underwriter of the
commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of its
officers, directors or Controlling Persons in connection with the issue and sale
of the Public Securities or in connection with the Registration Statement or
Prospectus.
5.1.2
Procedure
. If
any action is brought against the Underwriter, a Selected Dealer or a
Controlling Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the
Company pursuant to Section 5.1.1, the Underwriter, such Selected Dealer or
Controlling Person, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Company in
writing of the institution of such action and the Company shall assume the
defense of such action, including the employment and fees of counsel (subject to
the reasonable approval of the Underwriter or such Selected Dealer, as the case
may be) and payment of actual expenses. Such Underwriter, such Selected Dealer
or Controlling Person shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in
any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of the Underwriter, such Selected Dealer or Controlling Person unless (i) the
employment of such counsel at the expense of the Company shall have been
authorized in writing by the Company in connection with the defense of such
action, or (ii) the Company shall not have employed counsel to have charge of
the defense of such action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them
which are different from or additional to those available to the Company (in
which case the Company shall not have the right to direct the defense of such
action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events
the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one additional firm of
attorneys selected by the Underwriter (in addition to local counsel), Selected
Dealer and/or Controlling Person shall be borne by the Company. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if any Underwriter, Selected Dealer
or Controlling Person shall assume the defense of such action as provided above,
the Company shall have the right to approve the terms of any settlement of such
action which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
5.2
Indemnification of the
Company
. The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, its directors, officers and employees and agents who control the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
described in the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Underwriter, as
incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or
in any application, in reliance upon, and in strict conformity with, written
information furnished to the Company with respect to the Underwriter by or on
behalf of the Underwriter expressly for use in such Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or
in any such application. In case any action shall be brought against the Company
or any other person so indemnified based on any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or
any application, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the
Underwriter, the Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the
Company, and the Company and each other person so indemnified shall have the
rights and duties given to the Underwriter by the provisions of Section
5.1.2.
5.3
Contribution
.
5.3.1
Contribution
Rights
. In order to provide for just and equitable
contribution under the Act in any case in which (i) any person entitled to
indemnification under this Section 5 makes claim for indemnification pursuant
hereto but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or
decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal
or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 5 provides for
indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Act, the Exchange
Act or otherwise may be required on the part of any such person in circumstances
for which indemnification is provided under this Section 5, then, and in each
such case, the Company and the Underwriter shall contribute to the aggregate
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by
said indemnity agreement incurred by the Company and the Underwriter, as
incurred, in such proportions that the Underwriter is responsible for that
portion represented by the percentage that the underwriting discount appearing
on the cover page of the Prospectus bears to the initial offering price
appearing thereon and the Company is responsible for the balance; provided,
that, no person guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11 (f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 5.3.1, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages that the Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay in respect of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses. For purposes of this Section, each director, officer and employee of
the Underwriter or the Company, as applicable, and each person, if any, who
controls the Underwriter or the Company, as applicable, within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Underwriter or the Company, as applicable.
5.3.2
Contribution
Procedure
. Within fifteen days after receipt by any party to
this Agreement (or its representative) of notice of the commencement of any
action, suit or proceeding, such party will, if a claim for contribution in
respect thereof is to be made against another party (“contributing party”),
notify the contributing party of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so
notify the contributing party will not relieve it from any liability which it
may have to any other party other than for contribution hereunder. In case any
such action, suit or proceeding is brought against any party, and such party
notifies a contributing party or its representative of the commencement thereof
within the aforesaid fifteen days, the contributing party will be entitled to
participate therein with the notifying party and any other contributing party
similarly notified. Any such contributing party shall not be liable to any party
seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or
proceeding affected by such party seeking contribution on account of any
settlement of any claim, action or proceeding affected by such party seeking
contribution without the written consent of such contributing party. The
contribution provisions contained in this Section 5.3.2 are intended to
supersede, to the extent permitted by law, any right to contribution under the
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise available.
6.
Intentionally
Omitted
.
7.
Additional
Covenants
.
7.1
Board Composition and Board
Designations
. The Company shall ensure that: (i) the
qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall
composition of the board comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the
rules promulgated thereunder and with the listing requirements of ,
NASDAQ
or any other national
securities exchange or national securities association, as the case may be, in
the event the Company seeks to have its Public Securities listed on another
exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system, and (ii) if
applicable, at least one member of the board of directors qualifies as a
“financial expert” as such term is defined under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and the rules promulgated thereunder.
7.2
Right of First
Refusal
. The Company agrees that if the Shares are sold in
accordance with the terms of this Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriter shall
have an irrevocable preferential right, for a period of twelve (12) months from
the date the Offering is completed, to purchase for its account or to sell for
the account of the Company, or any subsidiary of or successor to the Company any
securities (whether debt or equity or any combination thereof) of the Company or
any such subsidiary or successor which the Company or any such subsidiary or
successor may seek to sell whether with or without or through an underwriter,
placement agent or broker-dealer and whether pursuant to registration under the
Act or otherwise. The Company and any such subsidiary or successor will consult
the Underwriter with regard to any such proposed financing and will offer the
Underwriter the opportunity to purchase or sell any such securities on terms not
more favorable to the Company or any such subsidiary or successor, as the case
may be, than it or they can secure elsewhere. If the Underwriter fails to accept
such offer within 10 business days after the mailing of a notice containing the
material terms of the proposed financing proposal by registered mail or
overnight courier service addressed to the Underwriter, then the Underwriter
shall have no further claim or right with respect to the financing proposal
contained in such notice. If, however, the terms of such financing proposal are
subsequently modified in any material respect, the preferential right referred
to herein shall apply to such modified proposal as if the original proposal had
not been made. The Underwriter’s failure to exercise its preferential right with
respect to any particular proposal shall not affect its preferential rights
relative to future proposals. The Company shall have the right, at its option,
to designate the Underwriter as lead underwriter or co-manager of any
underwriting group or co-placement agent of any proposed financing in
satisfaction of its obligations hereunder, and the Underwriter shall be entitled
to receive as its compensation 50% of the compensation payable to the
underwriting or placement agent group when serving as co-manager or co-placement
agent and 33% of the compensation payable to the underwriting or placement agent
group when serving as co-manager or co-placement agent with respect to a
proposed financing in which there are three co-managing or lead underwriters or
co-placement agents.
7.3
Prohibition on Press
Releases and Public Announcements
. The Company will not issue
press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Underwriter’s prior
written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first
business day following the 40th day following the Closing Date, other than
normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s
business.
8.
Effective Date of this
Agreement and Termination Thereof
.
8.1
Effective
Date
. This Agreement shall become effective when both the
Company and the Underwriter have executed the same and delivered counterparts of
such signatures to the other party.
8.2
Termination
. You
shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to any
Closing Date, (i) if any domestic or international event or act or
occurrence has materially disrupted, or in your opinion will in the immediate
future materially disrupt, general securities markets in the United States; or
(ii) if trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ, the NASDAQ
Capital Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market shall have been suspended or
materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been
fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required by
FINRA or by order of the Commission or any other government authority having
jurisdiction, or (iii) if the United States shall have become involved in a
new war or an increase in major hostilities, or (iv) if a banking
moratorium has been declared by a New York State or federal authority, or
(v) if a moratorium on foreign exchange trading has been declared which
materially adversely impacts the United States securities markets, or
(vi) if the Company shall have sustained a material loss by fire, flood,
accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious
act which, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in your
opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Firm Shares or
Option Shares, or (vii) if the Company is in material breach of any of its
representations, warranties or covenants hereunder, or (viii) if the
Underwriter shall have become aware after the date hereof of such a material
adverse change in the conditions or prospects of the Company, or such adverse
material change in general market conditions as in the Underwriter’s judgment
would make it impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and/or delivery
of the securities or to enforce contracts made by the Underwriter for the sale
of the securities.
8.3
Expenses
. In
the event that this Agreement shall not be carried out for any reason
whatsoever, within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof pursuant
to the terms herein, the Company shall be obligated to pay to the Underwriter
its actual and accountable out of pocket expenses related to the transactions
contemplated herein then due and payable (including the fees and disbursements
of Kramer Levin up to $100,000;
provided, however, that such expense
cap in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution provisions
of this Agreement
).
8.4
Indemnification
. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, any election hereunder or
any termination of this Agreement, and whether or not this Agreement is
otherwise carried out, the provisions of Section 5 shall not be in any way
effected by, such election or termination or failure to carry out the terms of
this Agreement or any part hereof.
9.
Miscellaneous
.
9.1
Notices
. All
communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided,
shall be in writing and shall be mailed (registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested), personally delivered or sent by facsimile transmission and
confirmed and shall be deemed given when so delivered or faxed and confirmed or
if mailed, two days after such mailing.
If to the
Underwriter:
Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC
1251
Avenue of Americas, 20th Floor
New York,
NY 10020
Fax No.:
646-841-1640
Attn:
General Counsel
Copy to
(which shall not constitute notice):
Kramer
Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177
Avenue of the Americas
New York,
New York 10036
Fax
No.: (212) 715-8000
Attn: Christopher
S. Auguste, Esq.
If to the
Company:
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
15
Huangpu Science and Technology Park
Jiang’an
District
Wuhan,
Hubei Province, PRC 430023
Fax No.:
[________________]
Attn:
Chairman and CEO
Copy to
which shall not constitute notice):
DLA Piper
LLP (US)
1251
Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY 10020
Fax
No.: (917) 773-8670
Attn: Yvan-Claude
Pierre, Esq.
Copy to
(which shall not constitute notice):
Cyruli
Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP
420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 2320
New York,
NY 10170
Fax No.:
(212) 661-5350
Attn: Paul
Goodman, Esq.
9.2
Headings
. The
headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference,
and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of
the terms or provisions of this Agreement.
9.3
Amendment
. This
Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the
parties hereto.
9.4
Entire
Agreement
. This Agreement (together with the other agreements
and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement)
constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
9.5
Binding
Effect
. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of
and shall be binding upon the Underwriter, the Company and the Controlling
Persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 5 hereof, and their
respective successors, legal representatives and assigns, and no other person
shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provisions herein
contained. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in
its capacity as such, of securities from the Underwriter.
9.6
Governing
Law
. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that
any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any
way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the New York Supreme
Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction,
which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection
to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient
forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served
by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section
9.1 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and
binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company agrees
that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover
from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses
relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the
preparation therefore.
9.7
Execution in
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one
or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered
to each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this
Agreement by facsimile or email/pdf transmission shall constitute valid and
sufficient delivery thereof.
9.8
Waiver,
etc
. The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time
enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed
to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of
this Agreement or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties hereto
to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement. No waiver of
any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed
by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is
sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment
shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach,
non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
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If the
foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Underwriter and the
Company, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose,
whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between
us.
Very
truly yours,
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Accepted
on the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT
A
Form
of Underwriter’s Option Agreement
THE
REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE OPTION BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES THAT
IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER OR ASSIGN THIS PURCHASE OPTION EXCEPT AS HEREIN
PROVIDED AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE OPTION AGREES THAT IT WILL
NOT SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS PURCHASE OPTION FOR A
PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE (DEFINED BELOW)
TO ANYONE OTHER THAN (I) RODMAN & RENSHAW, LLC OR AN UNDERWRITER OR A
SELECTED DEALER IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, OR (II) A BONA FIDE OFFICER OR
PARTNER OF RODMAN & RENSHAW, LLC OR OF ANY SUCH UNDERWRITER OR SELECTED
DEALER.
THIS
PURCHASE OPTION IS NOT EXERCISABLE PRIOR TO _____________
[
DATE THAT IS
ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF
PROSPECTUS
]
. VOID AFTER
5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME, _____________
[
DATE THAT IS FOUR YEARS THE
FROM DATE OF THE PROSPECTUS
]
.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE OPTION
For the
Purchase of Shares of Common Stock
of
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
1.
Purchase
Option
. THIS CERTIFIES THAT, in consideration of funds duly paid by or on
behalf of [ ](“Holder”), as registered owner
of this Purchase Option, to Kingold Jewelry, Inc.
(the “Company”), Holder
is entitled, at any time or from time to time from ________________
[
DATE THAT IS
ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF
PROSPECTUS
]
(the
“Commencement Date”), and at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time,
___________________
[
DATE THAT IS FOUR YEARS THE
FROM DATE OF THE PROSPECTUS
]
(the ”Expiration Date”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for,
purchase and receive, in whole or in part, up to
[
____
]
shares of common stock of
the Company, par value $
[
______
]
per share (the “Shares”)
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6 hereof. If the Expiration Date is
a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then this
Purchase Option may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not such a
day in accordance with the terms herein. During the period ending on the
Expiration Date, the Company agrees not to take any action that would terminate
the Purchase Option. This Purchase Option is initially exercisable at $
[
________
]
per Share (_____% of the
price of the Shares sold in the Offering); provided, however, that upon the
occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 6 hereof, the rights
granted by this Purchase Option, including the exercise price per Share and the
number of Shares to be received upon such exercise, shall be adjusted as therein
specified. The term “Exercise Price” shall mean the initial exercise price or
the adjusted exercise price, depending on the context.
2.
Exercise
.
2.1
Exercise
Form
. In order to exercise this Purchase Option, the exercise
form attached hereto must be duly executed and completed and delivered to the
Company, together with this Purchase Option and payment of the Exercise Price
for the Shares being purchased payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by the Company or by certified check or
official bank check. If the subscription rights represented hereby shall not be
exercised at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date, this
Purchase Option shall become and be void without further force or effect, and
all rights represented hereby shall cease and expire.
2.2
Cashless
Exercise
. In lieu of exercising this Purchase Option by
payment of cash or certified check or official bank check payable to the order
of the Company pursuant to Section 2.1 above, Holder may elect to receive the
number of Shares equal to the value of this Purchase Option (or the portion
thereof being exercised), by surrender of this Purchase Option to the Company,
together with the exercise form attached hereto, in which event the issue to
Holder, Shares in accordance with the following formula:
X = Y(A-B)
A
Where,
|
X
|
=
|
The
number of Shares to be issued to Holder;
|
|
Y
|
=
|
The
number of Shares for which the Purchase Option is being
exercised;
|
|
A
|
=
|
The
fair market value of one Share; and
|
|
B
|
=
|
The
Exercise Price.
|
|
|
|
|
For
purposes of this Section 2.2, the fair market value of a Share is defined as
follows:
(i)
if
the Company’s common stock is traded on a securities exchange, the value shall
be deemed to be the average of the closing prices on such exchange or market
over the thirty (30) day period ending three (3) days prior to the date of the
exercise form being submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase
Option; or
(ii)
if
the Company’s common stock is actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall
be deemed to be the average of the closing bid prices over the thirty (30) day
period ending three (3) days prior to the date of the exercise form being
submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Option; if there is no
active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as
determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.
2.3
Legend.
Each
certificate for the securities purchased under this Purchase Option shall bear a
legend as follows unless such securities have been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”):
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) or applicable state law. Neither
the securities nor any interest therein may be offered for sale, sold or
otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and
applicable state law which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is
available.”
3.
Transfer
.
3.1
General
Restrictions
. The registered Holder of this Purchase Option
agrees by his, her or its acceptance hereof, that such Holder will not: (a)
sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate this Purchase Option
for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective
Date to anyone other than: (i) Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (“Rodman &
Renshaw”) or an underwriter or a selected dealer participating in the Offering,
or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of Rodman & Renshaw or of any such
underwriter or selected dealer, in each case in accordance with FINRA Conduct
Rule 5110(g)(1), or (b) cause this Purchase Option or the securities issuable
hereunder to be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call
transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this
Purchase Option or the securities hereunder, except as provided for in FINRA
Rule 5110(g)(2). On and after 180 days from the Effective Date, transfers to
others may be made subject to compliance with or exemptions from applicable
securities laws. In order to make any permitted assignment, the Holder must
deliver to the Company the assignment form attached hereto duly executed and
completed, together with the Purchase Option and payment of all transfer taxes,
if any, payable in connection therewith. The Company shall within five business
days transfer this Purchase Option on the books of the Company and shall execute
and deliver a new Purchase Option or Purchase Options of like tenor to the
appropriate assignee(s) expressly evidencing the right to purchase the aggregate
number of Shares purchasable hereunder or such portion of such number as shall
be contemplated by any such assignment.
3.2
Restrictions Imposed by the
Act
. The securities evidenced by this Purchase Option shall
not be transferred unless and until: (i) the Company has received the opinion of
counsel for the Holder that the securities may be transferred pursuant to an
exemption from registration under the Act and applicable state securities laws,
the availability of which is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Company (the Company hereby agreeing that the opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US)
shall be deemed
satisfactory evidence of the availability of an exemption), or (ii) a
registration statement or a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement relating to the offer and sale of such securities has been filed by
the Company and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the ”Commission”) and compliance with applicable state securities law has
been established.
4.
Registration
Rights
.
4.1
Demand
Registration
.
4.1.1
Grant of Right
.
The Company, upon written demand (a “Demand Notice”) of the Holder(s) of
at least 51% of the Purchase Options and/or the underlying Shares (“Majority
Holders”), agrees to register, on one occasion, all or any portion of the Shares
underlying the Purchase Options (collectively the “Registrable Securities”). On
such occasion, the Company will file a registration statement with the SEC
covering the Registrable Securities within sixty (60) days after receipt of a
Demand Notice and use its reasonable best efforts to have the registration
statement declared effective promptly thereafter, subject to compliance with
review by the SEC; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
comply with a Demand Notice if the Company has filed a registration statement
with respect to which the Holder is entitled to piggyback registration rights
pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof and either: (i) the Holder has elected to
participate in the offering covered by such registration statement or (ii) if
such registration statement relates to an underwritten primary offering of
securities of the Company, until the offering covered by such registration
statement has been withdrawn or until thirty (30) days after such offering is
consummated. The demand for registration may be made at any time during a period
of four (4) years beginning one (1) year from the Closing Date. The Company
covenants and agrees to give written notice of its receipt of any Demand Notice
by any Holder(s) to all other registered Holders of the Purchase Options and/or
the Registrable Securities within ten (10) days from the date of the receipt of
any such Demand Notice.
4.1.2
Terms
. The
Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to the registration of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.1.1, but the Holders shall pay any
and all underwriting commissions and the expenses of any legal counsel selected
by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable
Securities. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
filing required herein to become effective promptly and to qualify or register
the Registrable Securities in such States as are reasonably requested by the
Holder(s); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to
register the Registrable Securities in a State in which such registration would
cause: (i) the Company to be obligated to register or license to do business in
such State or submit to general service of process in such State, or (ii) the
principal shareholders of the Company to be obligated to escrow their shares of
capital stock of the Company. The Company shall cause any registration statement
filed pursuant to the demand right granted under Section 4.1.1 to remain
effective for a period of at least twelve consecutive months from the date that
the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement
are first given the opportunity to sell all of such securities. The Holders
shall only use the prospectuses provided by the Company to sell the shares
covered by such registration statement, and will immediately cease to use any
prospectus furnished by the Company if the Company advises the Holder that such
prospectus may no longer be used due to a material misstatement or
omission.
4.2
“
Piggy-Back”
Registration
.
4.2.1
Grant of Right
. In
addition to the demand right of registration, described in Section 4.1 hereof
the Holder shall have the right, for a period of four (4) years commencing
one(1) year from the Closing Date, to include the Registrable Securities as part
of any other registration of securities filed by the Company (other than in
connection with a transaction contemplated by Rule 145 (a) promulgated under the
Act or pursuant to Form S-8 or any equivalent form); provided, however, that if,
solely in connection with any primary underwritten public offering for the
account of the Company, the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall, in its
reasonable discretion, impose a limitation on the number of shares of Common
Stock which may be included in the Registration Statement because, in such
underwriter(s)’ judgment, marketing or other factors dictate such limitation is
necessary to facilitate public distribution, then the Company shall be obligated
to include in such Registration Statement only such limited portion of the
Registrable Securities with respect to which the Holder requested inclusion
hereunder as the underwriter shall reasonably permit. Any exclusion of
Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Holders seeking to
include Registrable Securities in proportion to the number of Registrable
Securities sought to be included by such Holders; provided, however, that the
Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has
first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which are not entitled
to inclusion of such securities in such Registration Statement or are not
entitled to pro rata inclusion with the Registrable Securities.
4.2.2
Terms
. The Company
shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the Registrable
Securities pursuant to Section 4.2.1 hereof, but the Holders shall pay any and
all underwriting commissions and the expenses of any legal counsel selected by
the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable
Securities. In the event of such a proposed registration, the Company shall
furnish the then Holders of outstanding Registrable Securities with not less
than thirty (30) days written notice prior to the proposed date of filing of
such registration statement. Such notice to the Holders shall continue to be
given for each registration statement filed by the Company until such time as
all of the Registrable Securities have been sold by the Holder. The holders of
the Registrable Securities shall exercise the “piggy-back” rights provided for
herein by giving written. notice, within ten (10) days of the receipt of the
Company’s notice of its intention to file a registration statement.
4.3
General
Terms
.
4.3.1
Indemnification
.
The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to
be sold pursuant to any registration statement hereunder and each person, if
any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange
Act”), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all
reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any
of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising
from such registration statement but only to the same extent and with the same
effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify
the Underwriters contained in Section 5.1 of the Underwriting Agreement between
the Underwriters and the Company, dated as of
[
_________________
]
. The Holder(s) of the
Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such registration statement, and
their successors and assigns, shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify the
Company, against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all
reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which
they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising
from information furnished by or on behalf of such Holders, or their successors
or assigns, in writing, for specific inclusion in such registration statement to
the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions contained in Section
5.2 of the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed
to indemnify the Company.
4.3.2
Exercise of Purchase
Options
. Nothing contained in this Purchase Option shall be
construed as requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Purchase Options prior to
or after the initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness
thereof.
4.3.3
Documents Delivered to
Holders
. The Company shall furnish to each Holder participating in
any of the foregoing offerings and to each underwriter of any such offering, if
any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Holder or underwriter, of. (i) an
opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the effective date of such registration
statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering,
an opinion dated the date of the closing under any underwriting agreement
related thereto), and (ii) a “cold comfort” letter dated the effective date of
such registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten
public offering, a letter dated the date of the closing under the underwriting
agreement) signed by the independent public accountants who have issued a report
on the Company’s financial statements included in such registration statement,
in each case covering substantially the same matters with respect to such
registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of
such accountants’ letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such
financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer’s counsel
and in accountants’ letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public
offerings of securities. The Company shall also deliver promptly to each Holder
participating in the offering requesting the correspondence and memoranda
described below and to the managing underwriter, if any, copies of all
correspondence between the SEC and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all
memoranda relating to discussions with the SEC or its staff with respect to the
registration statement and permit each Holder and underwriter to do such
investigation, upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to information
contained in or omitted from the registration statement as it deems reasonably
necessary to comply with applicable securities laws or rules of FINRA. Such
investigation shall include access to books, records and properties and
opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers and
independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at such reasonable times
as any such Holder shall reasonably request.
4.3.4
Underwriting
Agreement
. The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement
with the managing underwriter(s), if any, selected by any Holders whose
Registrable Securities are being registered pursuant to this Section 4, which
managing underwriter shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. Such
agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company,
each Holder and such managing underwriters, and shall contain such
representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and such other terms as
are customarily contained in agreements of that type used by the managing
underwriter. The Holders shall be parties to any underwriting agreement relating
to an underwritten sale of their Registrable Securities and may, at their
option, require that any or all the representations, warranties and covenants of
the Company to or for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and
for the benefit of such Holders. Such Holders shall not be required to make any
representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the
underwriters except as they may relate to such Holders, their Shares and their
intended methods of distribution.
4.3.5
Documents to be Delivered by
Holder(s)
. Each of the Holder(s) participating in any of the
foregoing offerings shall furnish to the Company a completed and executed
questionnaire provided by the Company requesting information customarily sought
of selling security holders.
4.3.6
Damages
. Should
the registration or the effectiveness thereof required by Sections 4.1 and 4.2
hereof be delayed by the Company or the Company otherwise fails to comply with
such provisions, the Holder(s) shall, in addition to any other legal or other
relief available to the Holder(s), be entitled to obtain specific performance or
other equitable (including injunctive) relief against the threatened breach of
such provisions or the continuation of any such breach, without the necessity of
proving actual damages and without the necessity of posting bond or other
security.
5.
New Purchase Options to be
Issued
.
5.1
Partial Exercise or
Transfer
. Subject to the restrictions in Section 3 hereof,
this Purchase Option may be exercised or assigned in whole or in part. In the
event of the exercise or assignment hereof in part only, upon surrender of this
Purchase Option for cancellation, together with the duly executed exercise or
assignment form and funds sufficient to pay any Exercise Price and/or transfer
tax if exercised pursuant to Section 2.1 hereto, the Company shall cause to be
delivered to the Holder without charge a new Purchase Option of like tenor to
this Purchase Option in the name of the Holder evidencing the right of the
Holder to purchase the number of Shares purchasable hereunder as to which this
Purchase Option has not been exercised or assigned.
5.2
Lost
Certificate
. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Purchase Option and of reasonably satisfactory indemnification or the posting of
a bond, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Option of like
tenor and date. Any such new Purchase Option executed and delivered as a result
of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall constitute a substitute
contractual obligation on the part of the Company.
6.
Adjustments
.
6.1
Adjustments to Exercise
Price and Number of Securities
. The Exercise Price and the
number of Shares underlying the Purchase Option shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time as hereinafter set forth:
6.1.1
Share Dividends; Split
Ups
. If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions
of Section 6.3 below, the number of outstanding Shares is increased by a stock
dividend payable in Shares or by a split up of Shares or other similar event,
then, on the effective day thereof, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder
shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares, and the
Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased.
6.1.2
Aggregation of
Shares
. If after the date hereof, and subject to the
provisions of Section 6.3, the number of outstanding Shares is decreased by a
consolidation, combination or reclassification of Shares or other similar event,
then, on the effective date thereof, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder
shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding
shares.
6.1.3
Replacement of Securities
upon Reorganization, etc
. In case of any reclassification or
reorganization of the outstanding Shares other than a change covered by Section
6.1.1 or 6.1.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Shares, or in
the case of any share reconstruction or amalgamation or consolidation of the
Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or share
reconstruction or amalgamation in which the Company is the continuing
corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization
of the outstanding Shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another
corporation or entity of the property of the Company as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved,
the Holder of this Purchase Option shall have the right thereafter (until the
expiration of the right of exercise of this Purchase Option) to receive upon the
exercise hereof, for the same aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder
immediately prior to such event, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other
securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification,
reorganization, share reconstruction or amalgamation, or consolidation, or upon
a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, by a Holder of the number of
Shares of the Company obtainable upon exercise of this Purchase Option
immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a
change in Shares covered by Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2, then such adjustment shall
be made pursuant to Sections 6.1.1, 6.1.2 and this Section 6.1.3. The provisions
of this Section 6.1.3 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications,
reorganizations, share reconstructions or amalgamations, or consolidations,
sales or other transfers.
6.1.4
Changes in Form of Purchase
Option
. This form of Purchase Option need not be changed because of any
change pursuant to this Section 6.1, and Purchase Options issued after such
change may state the same Exercise Price and the same number of Shares as are
stated in the Purchas Options initially issued pursuant to this Agreement. The
acceptance by any Holder of the issuance of new Purchase Options reflecting a
required or permissive change shall not be deemed to waive any rights to an
adjustment occurring after the Commencement Date or the computation
thereof.
6.2
Substitute Purchase
Option
. In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or share
reconstruction or amalgamation of the Company with or into, another corporation
(other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation which does
not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Shares), the
corporation formed by such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation
shall execute and deliver to the Holder a supplemental Purchase Option providing
that the holder of each Purchase Option then outstanding or to be outstanding
shall have the right thereafter (until the stated expiration of such Purchase
Option) to receive, upon exercise of such Purchase Option, the kind and amount
of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such
consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation, by a holder of the number
of Shares of the Company for which such Purchase Option might have been
exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, share reconstruction or
amalgamation, sale or transfer. Such supplemental Purchase Option shall provide
for adjustments which shall be identical to the adjustments provided for in this
Section 6. The above provision of this Section shall similarly apply to
successive consolidations or share reconstructions or
amalgamations.
6.3
Elimination of Fractional
Interests
. The Company shall not be required to issue certificates
representing fractions of Shares upon the exercise of the Purchase Option, nor
shall it be required to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of any fractional
interests, it being the intent of the parties that all fractional interests
shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up or down, as the case may be, to
the nearest whole number of Shares or other securities, properties or
rights.
7.
Reservation and
Listing
. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep
available out of its authorized Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon
exercise of the Purchase Options, such number of Shares or other securities,
properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company
covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the Purchase Options and payment of
the Exercise Price therefore, in accordance with the terms hereby, all Shares
and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of
any shareholder. The Company further covenants and agrees that upon exercise of
the Purchase Options and payment of the exercise price therefore, all Shares and
other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any
shareholder. As long as the Purchase Options shall be outstanding, the Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Purchase Options to be listed (subject to official notice of
issuance) on all securities exchanges (or, if applicable on the NASDAQ Capital
Market, Capital Market, OTC Bulletin Board or any successor trading market) on
which the Shares issued to the public in the Offering may then be listed and/or
quoted.
8.
Certain Notice
Requirements
.
8.1
Holder’s Right to Receive
Notice
. Nothing herein shall be construed as conferring upon
the Holders the right to vote or consent or to receive notice as a shareholder
for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights
whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to
the expiration of the Purchase Options and their exercise, any of the events
described in Section 8.2 shall occur, then, in one or more of said events, the
Company shall give written notice of such event at least fifteen days prior to
the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for
the determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution,
conversion or exchange of securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote
on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall
specify such record date or the date of the closing of the transfer books, as
the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall deliver to
each Holder a copy of each notice given to the other shareholders of the Company
at the same time and in the same manner that such notice is given to the
shareholders.
8.2
Events Requiring
Notice
. The Company shall be required to give the notice described in
this Section 8 upon one or more of the following events: (i) if the Company
shall take a record of the holders of its Shares for the purpose of entitling
them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a
cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of retained earnings,
as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the
books of the Company, (ii) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its
Shares any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or
any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefore, or (iii) a dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company(other than in connection with a
consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation) or a sale of all or
substantially all of its property, assets and business shall be
proposed.
8.3
Notice of Change in Exercise
Price
. The Company shall, promptly after an event requiring a
change in the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6 hereof, send notice to the
Holders of such event and change (“Price Notice”). The Price Notice shall
describe the event causing the change and the method of calculating same and
shall be certified as being true and accurate by the Company’s Chief Financial
Officer.
8.4
Transmittal of
Notices
. All notices, requests, consents and other
communications under this Purchase Option shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly made when hand delivered, or mailed by express mail or
private courier service: (i) if to the registered Holder of the Purchase Option,
to the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company, or (ii) if
to the Company, to following address or to such other address as the Company may
designate by notice to the Holders:
If to the
Company:
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
15
Huangpu Science and Technology Park
Jiang’an
District
Wuhan,
Hubei Province, PRC 430023
Attention: Chairman
and CEO
With a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Cyruli
Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP
420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 2320
New York,
NY 10170
Attn: Paul
Goodman, Esq.
9.
Miscellaneous
.
9.1
Amendments
. The
Company and Rodman & Renshaw may from time to time supplement or amend this
Purchase Option without the approval of any of the Holders in order to cure any
ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other
provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company
and Rodman & Renshaw may deem necessary or desirable and that the Company
and Rodman & Renshaw deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the
Holders. All other modifications or amendments shall require the written consent
of and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification or
amendment is sought.
9.2
Headings
. The
headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference,
and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of
the terms or provisions of this Purchase Option.
9.3.
Entire Agreement
.
This Purchase Option (together with the other agreements and documents
being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Option)
constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of
the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
9.3
Binding
Effect
. This Purchase Option shall inure solely to the benefit
of and shall be binding upon, the Holder and the Company and their permitted
assignees, respective successors, legal representative and assigns, and no other
person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Purchase Option or any
provisions herein contained.
9.4
Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction
. This Purchase Option shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby
agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or
relating in any way to this Purchase Option shall be brought and enforced in the
New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such
jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives
any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an
inconvenient forum. Any process or summons to be served upon the Company may be
served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in
Section 8 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be
legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The
Company and the Holder agree that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action
shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or
incurred in connection with the preparation therefore.
9.5
Waiver,
etc
. The failure of the Company or the Holder to at any time
enforce any of the provisions of this Purchase Option shall not be deemed or
construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way affect the
validity of this Purchase Option or any provision hereof or the right of the
Company or any Holder to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this
Purchase Option. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of
any of the provisions of this Purchase Option shall be effective unless set
forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or
which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach,
non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of
any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
9.6
Execution in
Counterparts
. This Purchase Option may be executed in one or
more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one
or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered
to each of the other parties hereto. Such counterparts may be delivered by
facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission.
9.7
Exchange
Agreement
. As a condition of the Holder’s receipt and
acceptance of this Purchase Option, Holder agrees that, at any time prior to the
complete exercise of this Purchase Option by Holder, if the Company and Rodman
& Renshaw enter into an agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which
they agree that all outstanding Purchase Options will be exchanged for
securities or cash or a combination of both, then Holder shall agree to such
exchange and become a party to the Exchange Agreement.
[Remainder
of page deliberately left blank.]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Purchase Option to be signed by its
duly authorized officer as of the ____ day of _______, 20___.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
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Form to be used to exercise
Purchase Option:
Date: , 20___
The
undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to exercise the Purchase Option for [___]
Shares of Kingold Jewelry, Inc. and hereby makes payment of $[_________] (at the
rate of $[___________] per Share) in payment of the Exercise Price pursuant
thereto. Please issue the Shares as to which this Purchase Option is exercised
in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new
Purchase Option representing the number of Shares for which this Purchase Option
has not been exercised.
or
The
undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to convert its right to purchase [___]
Shares under the Purchase Option for [___] Shares, as determined in accordance
with the following formula:
X = Y(A-B)
A
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undersigned agrees and acknowledges that the calculation set forth above is
subject to confirmation by the Company and any disagreement with respect to the
calculation shall be resolved by the Company in its sole
discretion.
Please
issue the Shares as to which this Purchase Option is exercised in accordance
with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Option
representing the number of Shares for which this Purchase Option has not been
converted.
Signature
Signature
Guaranteed
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INSTRUCTIONS
FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Name:
(Print in
Block Letters)
Address:
NOTICE:
The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the
face of the Purchase Option without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a
trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities
exchange.
Form to
be used to assign Purchase Option:
ASSIGNMENT
(To be
executed by the registered Holder to effect a transfer of the within Purchase
Option):
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, does hereby sell, assign and transfer unto the right
to purchase Shares of Kingold Jewelry, Inc.
(“Company”) evidenced by
the Purchase Option and does hereby authorize the Company to transfer such right
on the books of the Company.
Dated: ,
20__
Signature
Signature
Guaranteed
NOTICE:
The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the
face of the within Purchase Option without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank,
or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national
securities exchange.
EXHIBIT
B-1
Lock-Up
Agreement
___________
__, 2010
Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC
1251
Avenue of Americas, 20th Floor
New York,
NY 10020
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned understands that Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (the “
Underwriter
”) proposes to
enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “
Underwriting Agreement
”) with
Kingold Jewelry, Inc., a Delaware (the “
Company
”), providing for the
public offering (the “
Public
Offering
”) by the Underwriter of [_____] shares of common stock (“
Firm Shares
”), par value
$0.001 per share, of the Company (the “
Shares
”).
To induce
the Underwriter to continue its efforts in connection with the Public Offering,
the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the
Underwriter, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and
ending on 90-days
after the date of the
final prospectus (the “
Prospectus
”) relating to the
Public Offering (the “
Lock-Up
Period
”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares, or (2)
establish or increase a “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a
“call equivalent position” with respect to any Relevant Security (in each case
within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), or otherwise
enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or
in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares, whether
any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by
delivery of Shares or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may
transfer Shares without the prior consent of the Underwriter in connection with
(a) transactions relating to Shares or other securities acquired in open market
transactions after the completion of the Public Offering,
provided
that no filing
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“
Exchange Act
”), shall
be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of
Shares or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (b)
transfers of Shares or any security convertible into Shares as a bona fide gift,
by will or intestacy or to a family member or trust for the benefit of a family
member;
provided
that
in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (b), (i)
each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially
in the form of this letter agreement and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Shares,
shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-up Period, (c)
transfer of Shares to a charity or educational institution, or (d) if the
undersigned, directly or indirectly, controls a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other business entity, any transfers of Shares to
any shareholder, partner or member of, or owner of similar equity interests in,
the undersigned, as the case may be, if, in any such case, such transfer is not
for value. In addition, the undersigned agrees that during the
Lock-Up Period, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will
not make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration
of any Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Shares. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of
stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar
against the transfer of the undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with this
Agreement.
If (i)
the Company issues an earnings release or material news, during the last 17 days
of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day
period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed
by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release, unless the Underwriter
waives such extension.
No
provision in this agreement shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit the exercise
or exchange by the undersigned of any option or warrant to acquire Shares, or
securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares,
provided that
the undersigned
does not transfer the Shares acquired on such exercise or exchange during the
Lock-Up Period, unless otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this letter
agreement. In addition, no provision herein shall be deemed to
restrict or prohibit the entry into or modification of a so-called “10b5-1” plan
at any time (other than the entry into or modification of such a plan in such a
manner as to cause the sale of any Shares or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Shares within the Lock-Up Period).
The
undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriter are relying upon
this letter agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public
Offering. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is
irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns.
The
undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement is not executed by
____________, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions
thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to
payment for and delivery of the Shares to be sold thereunder this agreement
shall be void and of no further force or effect.
Whether
or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors,
including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made
pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to
negotiation between the Company and the Underwriter.
The
undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power
and authority to enter into this letter agreement and that this letter agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the undersigned,
enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon request, the
undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with
enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be
binding upon the successors and assigns of the undersigned from the date first
above written.
This
letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York. Delivery of a signed copy of this letter by
telecopier or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of the
original hereof.
Very
truly yours,
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EXHIBIT
B-2
Lock-Up
Agreement
___________
__, 2010
The
undersigned understands that Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (the “
Underwriter
”) proposes to
enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “
Underwriting Agreement
”) with
Kingold Jewelry, Inc., a Delaware (the “
Company
”), providing for the
public offering (the “
Public
Offering
”) by the Underwriter of [_____] shares of common stock (“
Firm Shares
”), par value
$0.001 per share, of the Company (the “
Shares
”).
To induce
the Underwriter to continue its efforts in connection with the Public Offering,
the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the
Underwriter, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and
ending on the earlier of (1) [120/90]
days after the date of
the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “
Prospectus
”) and (2)
[
DATE
]
(the “
Lock-Up Period
”), (1) offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose
of, directly or indirectly, any Shares or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Shares, or (2) establish or increase a “put
equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call equivalent position” with
respect to any Relevant Security (in each case within the meaning of Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder), or otherwise enter into any swap or other
arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of the Shares, whether any such transaction described
in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
undersigned may transfer Shares without the prior consent of the Underwriter in
connection with (a) transactions relating to Shares or other securities acquired
in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering,
provided
that no filing
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“
Exchange Act
”), shall
be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of
Shares or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (b) if the
undersigned is an individual, transfers of Shares or any security convertible
into Shares as a bona fide gift, by will or intestacy or to a family member or
trust for the benefit of a family member;
provided
that in the case of
any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (b), (i) each donee or
distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of
this letter agreement and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Shares, shall be
required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-up Period, (c) transfer of
Shares to a charity or educational institution, (d) if the undersigned is, or
directly or indirectly controls, a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other business entity, any transfers of Shares to any shareholder,
partner or member of, or owner of similar equity interests in, the undersigned,
as the case may be, if, in any such case, such transfer is not for value, or (e)
if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other business entity, any transfer of Shares made by the undersigned (i) in
connection with the sale or other bona fide transfer in a single transaction of
all or substantially all of the undersigned’s capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests or other similar equity interests, as the case
may be, or all or substantially all of the undersigned’s assets, in any such
case not undertaken for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this
agreement or (ii) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or other business entity so long as the transferee is an affiliate of the
undersigned and such transfer is not for value.
[
In addition, the undersigned
agrees that during the Lock-Up Period and except for the registration statement
relating to the Public Offering or any registration statement filed on Form S-3
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, dated ____________, between
the Company and, among others, the undersigned, without the prior written
consent of the Underwriter, it will not make any demand for or exercise any
right with respect to the registration of any Shares or any security convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares.
]
The undersigned
also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the
Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s
Shares except in compliance with this Agreement.
If (i)
the Company issues an earnings release or material news, during the last 17 days
of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day
period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed
by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release, unless the Underwriter
waives such extension.
No
provision in this agreement shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit the exercise
or exchange by the undersigned of any option or warrant to acquire Shares, or
securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares,
provided that
the undersigned
does not transfer the Shares acquired on such exercise or exchange during the
Lock-Up Period, unless otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this letter
agreement. In addition, no provision herein shall be deemed to
restrict or prohibit the entry into or modification of a so-called “10b5-1” plan
at any time (other than the entry into or modification of such a plan in such a
manner as to cause the sale of any Shares or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Shares within the Lock-Up Period).
The
undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriter are relying upon
this letter agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public
Offering. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is
irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns.
The
undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement is not executed by
_____________, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions
thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to
payment for and delivery of the Shares to be sold thereunder this agreement
shall be void and of no further force or effect.
Whether
or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors,
including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made
pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to
negotiation between the Company and the Underwriter.
The
undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power
and authority to enter into this letter agreement and that this letter agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the undersigned,
enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon request, the
undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with
enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be
binding upon the successors and assigns of the undersigned from the date first
above written.
This
letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York. Delivery of a signed copy of this letter by
telecopier or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of the
original hereof.
Very
truly yours,
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ANNEX
1
CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
Under
Section 242 of the
General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
_____________________
It is
hereby certified by an officer of Kingold Jewelry, Inc. (formerly known as
Activeworlds Corp.), a corporation incorporated and existing under and by virtue
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), as
follows:
FIRST: That the Board of Directors of
the Corporation, adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the
following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation:
RESOLVED,
that the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Corporation be amended by changing the Fourth Article
thereof so that, as amended, said Article shall be and read as
follows:
FOURTH
: The total
number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have
authority to issue is:
(a) One Hundred Million (100,000,000)
shares of Common stock having a par value of $.001 per share; and
(b) Five Hundred Thousand (500,000)
shares of Preferred stock having a par value of $.001 per share and to be issued
in such series and to have such rights, preferences, and designation as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
SECOND:
That this amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation herein certified has
been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by Paul
Goodman, its President, on this 18th day of December, 2009.
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JEWELRY, INC. (formerly known as ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
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EXHIBIT 3.7
CERTIFICATE OF
AMENDMENT
TO
CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION
OF
KINGOLD JEWERLY,
INC.
____________________________________
It is hereby certified by an officer of
the corporation that:
1.
The name of the corporation (hereby
called the “
Corporation”
)
is
KINGOLD JEWERLY,
INC.
2.
The certificate of incorporation of the
Corporation is hereby amended by adding the following to Article
4.1:
"
Upon the filing and effectiveness of
this Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation (this
“
Amendm
ent”
), each share of common stock, par value
of one-tenth of a cent ($0.001) per share (“
Common Stock”
), of the Corporation issued and
outstanding immediately prior to such filing and effectiveness, shall be
reclassified, changed and combined into one-hal
f
(1/
2
) of a share of Common
Stock. Each holder of record of a certificate representing shares of
Common Stock, as of the close of business on the effective date of the filing
and effectiveness of this Amendment shall be entitled to receive, as soon as
pra
cticable, upon surrender
of such certificate, a certificate or certificates representing one (1) share of
Common Stock, for every two
(2)
shares of Common Stock, represented by
the certificate or certificates of such holder; provided, however, that no
frac
tional shares of Common
Stock shall be issued and in lieu of issuing such fractional shares, the
Corporation shall round any fractional shares up to the next whole number of
shares
."
3.
This amendment of the certificate of
incorporation herein certifie
d has been duly adopted in accordance
with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State
of
Delaware
.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has
caused this Certificate to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer this 8th day
of J
une,
2010.
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Inc.
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Hong
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Hong
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Executive
Officer
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EXHIBIT
4.2
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-001
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Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Whitebox Combined Partners, LP or its assigns (the “Holder”), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at
any time after the Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 674,699
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant
Exercise Price set forth below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date
five (5) years from the date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The
number and character of the shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common
Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the
Warrant Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the term “Warrant
Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per share. The Company
may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the consent of the
Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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EXHIBIT 4.3
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-002
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Whitebox Intermarket Partners, LP or its assigns (the “Holder”), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at
any time after the Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 128,514
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant
Exercise Price set forth below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date
five (5) years from the date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and
character of the shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable
upon the exercise of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise
Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as
provided herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498
price per share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the
Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated
receiving from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares
of Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
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(A-B)
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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the
Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Warrant
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiza
tion, Consolidation, Merger,
etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the Company
shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock split,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any
similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a “
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common St
ock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall
thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise
Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening
of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the
numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is
the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warrant
; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Exc
hange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of
mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or
upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercise
. If section 1 is selected above, please
complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
___________________________________________________________________________________________
________
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_____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
___________________________________________________________________________________________
________
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_____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified
on
the face of the Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the
face
of the warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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[TRANSFEREE]
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EXHIBIT
4.4
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-003
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Issue
Date: December 22,
2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Wallington Investment Holding Ltd. or its assigns (the “Holder”), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at
any time after the Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 461,847
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant
Exercise Price set forth below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date
five (5) years from the date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The
number and character of the shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common
Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the
Warrant Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the term “Warrant
Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per share. The Company
may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the consent of the
Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22,
2009, entered into between the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Warrant
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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EXHIBIT
4.5
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-004
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Issue
Date: December 22,
2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Parkland Ltd. or its assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to
the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the
Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 200,803 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth
below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the
date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the
shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise
of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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EXHIBIT
4.6
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-005
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Issue
Date: December 22,
2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Jayhawk Private Equity Fund II, LP or its assigns (the “Holder”), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at
any time after the Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 200,803
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant
Exercise Price set forth below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date
five (5) years from the date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The
number and character of the shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common
Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the
Warrant Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the term “Warrant
Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per share. The Company
may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the consent of the
Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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the
Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Warrant
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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EXHIBIT
4.7
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-006
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Issue
Date: December 22,
2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Trillion Growth China Limited Partnership or its assigns (the
“Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from
the Company at any time after the Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting
Date”), 100,402 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at
the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T
on the date five (5) years from the date hereof (the “Expiration
Date”). The number and character of the shares of the Company’s
common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this warrant (this
“Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the term “Warrant
Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per share. The Company
may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the consent of the
Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Warrant
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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EXHIBIT 4.8
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-007
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Great Places LLC or its assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to
the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the
Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 100,402 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth
below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the
date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the
shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise
of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
Where X= the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorg
anization, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Comm
on
Stock
. In the event that the Company shall (a) issue
additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution on
outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common
Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the
Warrant Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of such event,
be adjusted by multiplying the then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the
product so obtained shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in
effect. The Warrant Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the
same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described
herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that
the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number
determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would
otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on
such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant
Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Warrant
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Wa
rrant; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment
; Exchange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exe
rcise
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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EXHIBIT 4.9
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-008
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Donald Rosenfeld or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to
the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the
Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 30,120 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth
below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the
date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the
shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise
of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
Where X= the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorg
anization, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Comm
on
Stock
. In the event that the Company shall (a) issue
additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution on
outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common
Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the
Warrant Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of such event,
be adjusted by multiplying the then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the
product so obtained shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in
effect. The Warrant Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the
same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described
herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that
the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number
determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would
otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on
such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant
Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Warrant
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Wa
rrant; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment
; Exchange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exe
rcise
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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(total)
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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[TRANSFEREE]
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EXHIBIT
4.10
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-009
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Jay T. Snyder or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to
the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the
Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 20,080 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth
below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the
date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the
shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise
of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
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1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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A=
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the
Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Warrant
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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shares
transferred
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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EXHIBIT 4.11
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-010
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Beryl Snyder or her assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue
Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 20,080 shares of the Company’s common
stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at
any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof
(the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of
the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this
warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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the
Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Warrant
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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EXHIBIT 4.12
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-011
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Randall Cox or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue
Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 20,080 shares of the Company’s common
stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at
any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof
(the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of
the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this
warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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the
Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Warrant
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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Dated: ______________,
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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AND AGREED:
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EXHIBIT 4.13
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-012
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received
Silicon
Prairie Partners or its assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue
Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 20,080 shares of the Company’s common
stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at
any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof
(the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of
the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this
warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Warrant
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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purchase
shares
transferred
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
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EXHIBIT 4.14
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-013
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Issue
Date: December 22,
2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received
Michael
Harris or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set
forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue Date set
forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 10,040 shares of the Company’s common stock
(the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at any
time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof (the
“Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of the
Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this
warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y
(A-B)
A
Where X= the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorgani
zation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common
Stock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall
thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise
Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening
of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the
numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is
the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warra
nt; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; E
xchange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice
is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if
delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such
notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date
of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address,
or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first
occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the
Company: ActiveWorlds Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu
Science and Technology Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong,
telecopier number: 86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to
86-27-65460302 and (ii) if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier
number listed on the signature page of the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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Paul Goodman
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to
be signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exerci
se
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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EXHIBIT 4.15
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-014
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Issue
Date: December 22,
2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received
Bo Bai or
his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below,
to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue Date set forth above
(the “Vesting Date”), 60,240 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant
Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at any time until 5:00
p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof (the “Expiration
Date”). The number and character of the shares of the Company’s
common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this warrant (this
“Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the term “Warrant
Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per share. The Company
may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the consent of the
Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y
(A-B)
A
Where X= the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorgani
zation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common
Stock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall
thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise
Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening
of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the
numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is
the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warra
nt; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; E
xchange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice
is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if
delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such
notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date
of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address,
or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first
occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the
Company: ActiveWorlds Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu
Science and Technology Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong,
telecopier number: 86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to
86-27-65460302 and (ii) if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier
number listed on the signature page of the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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Paul Goodman
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to
be signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exerci
se
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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EXHIBIT 4.16
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-015
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Issue
Date: December 22,
2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received
Michael
Gardner or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set
forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue Date set
forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 1,684,789 shares of the Company’s common stock
(the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at any
time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof (the
“Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of the
Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this
warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y
(A-B)
A
Where X= the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorgani
zation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common
Stock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall
thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise
Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening
of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the
numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is
the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warra
nt; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; E
xchange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice
is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if
delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such
notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date
of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address,
or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first
occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the
Company: ActiveWorlds Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu
Science and Technology Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong,
telecopier number: 86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to
86-27-65460302 and (ii) if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier
number listed on the signature page of the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to
be signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exerci
se
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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Warrant)
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Exhibit
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FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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EXHIBIT 4.17
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-016
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Siena Holdings Limited or its assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled,
subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time
after the Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 850,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set
forth below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from
the date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of
the shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the
exercise of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are
subject to adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as
provided herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498
price per share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price
without the consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
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1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
Where X= the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganization,
Consolidation, Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time
to time, the Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring,
reverse stock split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such
transaction, a “
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regardin
g
Common Stock
. In the event that the Company shall
(a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other
distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such
event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of
such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Warrant Exercise Price by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise
Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be
readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or
events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of
Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise
hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted
to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on
such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant
Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Warrant
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise
of Warrant; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assi
gnment; Exchange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of
mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or
upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company:
ActiveWorlds Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science
and Technology Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier
number: 86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to
86-27-65460302 and (ii) if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier
number listed on the signature page of the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Ca
sh
Exercise
. If section 1 is selected above, please
complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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[TRANSFEREE]
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EXHIBIT
4.18
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-018
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received
Paul Goodman
or his assigns (the “Holder”), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at
any time after the Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 112,500
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant
Exercise Price set forth below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date
five (5) years from the date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The
number and character of the shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common
Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the
Warrant Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the term “Warrant
Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per share. The Company
may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the consent of the
Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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EXHIBIT
4.19
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-019
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Lynda Gardner or her assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to
the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the
Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 100,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth
below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the
date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the
shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise
of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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EXHIBIT
4.20
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-020
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received James Fuller or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue
Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 50,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at
any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof
(the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of
the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this
warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
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1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
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the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If within
five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the
Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise
hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a "
Buy-In
"),
then the Company shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request
and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If the
Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company's
Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ or the OTC
Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average
of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the Holder,
and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators selected by
the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the
Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable per
share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational documents in
the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts
to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that
all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the
Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall be payable to the
holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate Exercise Price as if the
holders then held the underlying Warrant Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
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holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiz
ation, Consolidation,
Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the
Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock
split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a
“
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common S
tock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained
shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of
this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but
for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by
a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date
of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warran
t; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Ex
change of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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Paul Goodman
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President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercis
e
. If
section 1 is selected above, please complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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EXHIBIT 4.21
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-021
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received James Lanshe or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue
Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 62,500 shares of the Company’s common
stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at
any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof
(the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of
the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this
warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
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1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the
Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated
receiving from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares
of Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiza
tion, Consolidation, Merger,
etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the Company
shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock split,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any
similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a “
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common St
ock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall
thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise
Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening
of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the
numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is
the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warrant
; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Exc
hange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of
mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or
upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercise
. If section 1 is selected above, please
complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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by wire transfer of immediately available
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Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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by wire transfer of immediately available
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The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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on
the face of the Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
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EXHIBIT 4.22
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-022
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Mary Baker or her assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue
Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 25,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at
any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof
(the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of the Company’s
common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this warrant (this
“Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the term “Warrant Exercise
Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per share. The Company may reduce the
Warrant Exercise Price without the consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the
Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated
receiving from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares
of Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiza
tion, Consolidation, Merger,
etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the Company
shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock split,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any
similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a “
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common St
ock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall
thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise
Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening
of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the
numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is
the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warrant
; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Exc
hange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of
mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or
upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercise
. If section 1 is selected above, please
complete the following:
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am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
___________________________________________________________________________________________
________
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_____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
___________________________________________________________________________________________
________
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_____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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must conform to name of Holder as specified
on
the face of the Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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face
of the warrant)
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EXHIBIT 4.23
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-024
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received Alan Ritter or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue
Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 25,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth below, at
any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the date hereof
(the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the shares of the Company’s
common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise of this warrant (this
“Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the term “Warrant Exercise
Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per share. The Company may reduce the
Warrant Exercise Price without the consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”). In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the
Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated
receiving from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares
of Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
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number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
3.1.
Reorganiza
tion, Consolidation, Merger,
etc
. In case at any time or from time to time, the Company
shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock split,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any
similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, a “
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in this
Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary Events
Regarding Common St
ock
. In
the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall
thereafter be the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise
Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening
of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the
numerator is the Warrant Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is
the Warrant Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on Exercise of Warrant
; Financial
Statements
. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the
Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Exc
hange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of
mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or
upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercise
. If section 1 is selected above, please
complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
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$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
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$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
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The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
___________________________________________________________________________________________
________
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_____________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
___________________________________________________________________________________________
________
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_____________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercise:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:___________________
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified
on
the face of the Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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(Signature
must conform to name of Holder as specified on the
face
of the warrant)
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in the presence of:
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED:
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[TRANSFEREE]
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EXHIBIT
4.24
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2009-025
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received David Jaroslawicz or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject
to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the
Issue Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 100,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth
below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the
date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the
shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise
of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”) . In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
Where
X= the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger,
etc.
3.1.
Reorganization,
Consolidation, Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time
to time, the Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring,
reverse stock split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such
transaction, a “
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in
this Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary
Events
Regarding Common Stock
. In the event that the Company shall
(a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other
distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such
event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of
such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Warrant Exercise Price by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise
Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be
readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or
events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of
Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise
hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted
to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable
on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant
Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Warrant
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on
Exercise of Warrant; Financial Statements
. The Company
will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery
on the exercise of the Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time
issuable on the exercise of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Exchange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercise
. If section 1 is selected above, please
complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________
__________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercis
e:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:
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the face of the Warrant)
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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of the warrant)
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in the presence of:
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED:
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[TRANSFEREE]
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EXHIBIT
4.25
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY, HOWEVER, BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
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Issue
Date: December 22, 2009
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ActiveWorlds
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value
received JP Huang or his assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue
Date set forth above (the “Vesting Date”), 100,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Warrant Exercise Price set forth
below, at any time until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the date five (5) years from the
date hereof (the “Expiration Date”). The number and character of the
shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon the exercise
of this warrant (this “Warrant”) and the Warrant Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein. Subject to adjustment as provided
herein, the term “Warrant Exercise Price” shall be equal to $0.498 price per
share. The Company may reduce the Warrant Exercise Price without the
consent of the Holder.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2009, entered into between
the Company and the Investors (the “
Securities Purchase
Agreement
”).
1.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable
upon Exercise
. From and after the Vesting Date through and
including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive,
upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with
subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2.
Exercise
Procedures
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder
hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter
provided, at any time on any business day on or after the opening of business on
such business day, commencing on the Vesting Date, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery, in the manner provided in
Section 13 hereof, of (a) a written notice, in the form attached as
Exhibit
A
hereto (the “
Exercise
Form
”), of such Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, and (b)
this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in
the case of its loss, theft or destruction, and (ii) payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise
Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which
this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes)
(the “
Aggregate Exercise
Price
”) . In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 1.2 or in compliance
with Section 1.3 below, the Company shall on the third (3
rd
)
business day following the date of receipt by it of each of the Exercise
Form, this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the Aggregate
Exercise Price (together, the “
Exercise Delivery Documents
”)
either:
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if
the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or
its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company;
or
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if
the Holder who submitted the Exercise Form requested physical delivery of
any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight
delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Form, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to
such request.
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Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Warrant Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within three (3) business
day of receipt of the Holder’s Exercise Form. If the Holder and the
Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price
or arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares within three (3)
business day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile
(i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of
the number of Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause such investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error.
(b) If
within five (5) business days after the Company's receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise hereunder, and if on or after such fifth (5th) business day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving
from the Company (a "
Buy-In
"), then the Company
shall, within five (5) business days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "
Buy-In Price
"), at which point
the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant
Shares.
1.3.
Partial
Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a
fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place
provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the
number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Exercise
Form by (b) the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect. On any
such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and
deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor,
in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder
of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of
Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value
.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “
Determination Date
”) shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“
N
ASDAQ
”) or the OTC Bulletin
Board, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ
or the OTC Bulletin Board, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then
the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's Common Stock is not
publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of
such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of
the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be chosen by the Company, one of whom shall be chosen by the
Holder, and the third of whom shall be chosen by agreement of arbitrators
selected by the Company and the Holder; or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the Company's corporate organizational documents, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the organizational
documents in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all
other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in
liquidation under the organizational documents, assuming for the purposes of
this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding on the Determination Date, shall
be payable to the holders of the Warrants, after deducting the Aggregate
Exercise Price as if the holders then held the underlying Warrant
Shares.
1.5.
Company
Acknowledgment
. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of this
Warrant, upon the request of the Holder, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure
shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such
Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Trustee for Warrant
Holders
. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been
appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and
duties of a Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and shall accept, in its own
name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled
thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the
case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2.
Cashless
Exercise
.
(a) At
the option of the Holder, the Holder may also exercise this Warrant (i) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with Section (b) below or (ii) by a combination of cash and any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in
the Exercise Form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined as provided
herein.
(b) If
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of
exercising this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares of
Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being cancelled) by delivery of this Warrant pursuant to Section
1 together with the properly endorsed Exercise Form in which event the Company
shall issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=
Y (A-B)
A
Where
X= the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
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number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if
only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
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Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date hereof.
3.
Adjustment for
Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger,
etc.
3.1.
Reorganization,
Consolidation, Merger, etc
. In case at any time or from time
to time, the Company shall effect any merger, reorganization, restructuring,
reverse stock split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such
transaction, a “
Fundamental
Change
”), then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of
such a Fundamental Change, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the
Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Change,
shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation of a Fundamental Change if the Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter
as provided in Section 4.
If the Company at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any class or classes that may be issued or
outstanding, this Warrant, as to the unexercised portion thereof, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of
such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result
of such change with respect to the Common Stock had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3.2.
Dissolution
. In
the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by
the holders of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “
Trustee
”) having its principal
office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holders of the
Warrants.
3.3.
Continuation of
Terms
. Upon any Fundamental Change (and any dissolution
following any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in
full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to any other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such Fundamental Change or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company,
whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this
Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the Fundamental
Change or the effective date of the dissolution following any such transfer of
all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets described in
this Section 3, then only in such event will the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the
Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by
Section 3.2.
4.
Extraordinary
Events
Regarding Common Stock
. In the event that the Company shall
(a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other
distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such
event, the Warrant Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of
such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Warrant Exercise Price by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be the Warrant Exercise
Price then in effect. The Warrant Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be
readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or
events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of
Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise
hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted
to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable
on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Warrant
Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Warrant
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.
5.
Certificate as to
Adjustments
. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in
the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company
will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or
sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon
exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or
readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The
Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of
this Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to
Section 11 hereof).
6.
Reservation of Stock, etc.
Issuable on
Exercise of Warrant; Financial Statements
. The Company
will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery
on the exercise of the Warrants, all shares of Common Stock from time to time
issuable on the exercise of the Warrants.
7.
Assignment; Exchange of
Warrant
. Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any
registered holder hereof (a “
Transferor
”). On the surrender
for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's endorsement in the form of
Exhibit
B
attached hereto (the “
Transferor Endorsement Form
”)
and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense, but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to, or according to the
instructions of, the Transferor thereof, a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “
Transferee
”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution
of this Warrant.
8.
Replacement of
Warrant
. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company or, in the case of any mutilation of this Warrant, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9.
Registration
Rights
. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. The terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and shall be applicable to the Warrant
Shares.
10.
Warrant
Agent
. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent (a “
Warrant Agent
”) for the
purpose of issuing Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and
replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and
thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
11.
Transfer on the Company's
Books
. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the
Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery
or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the
transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if
delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to
be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered
other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is
to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing
by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon
actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The
addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company: ActiveWorlds
Corp c/o Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd., No. 15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park, Jiangan District, Attn: Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, telecopier number:
86-27-65660720, with a copy by telecopier only to 86-27-65460302 and (ii)
if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the signature
page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
13.
Amendment
. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
14.
Governing Law
. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the
federal courts located in the state of New York. By execution of this Warrant,
each of the Company and the Holder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts, and waives their respective rights to a trial by jury, as provided for
in Sections 8.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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ActiveWorlds
Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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Exhibit A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
(to be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant
pursuant to:
________ Section
1 - Cash Exercise
________ Section
2 - Cashless Exercise
Section 1
- Cash Exercise
. If section 1 is selected above, please
complete the following:
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I
am exercising my right to purchase all of the Shares which I am entitled
to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common
Stock is __________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and
request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full exercise price for such shares at
an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such
Warrant. The total exercise price payable
is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
Section 2
- Cashless Exercise
. If Section 2 is selected above, please
complete the following:
The
current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock, as defined in this
Warrant, is $___________.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase ___________shares of Common Stock,
being the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
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I
am exercising my right to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock, and
requesting that the Company deliver to me or as I shall request a new
Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common
Stock.
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Note - if
a Holder choosing to use the Cashless Exercise option provided for in Section 2
of this Warrant is using a combination of cash and cashless means to make
payment of the Warrant Exercise Price payable by such Holder, such Holder shall
attach a separate schedule which provides such Holder's calculation of the
amount of cash being paid, and the number of shares of Common Stock being
delivered as payment Any such cash component takes form of (check
applicable box or boxes):
o
$__________
in certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company;
or
o
$_________
by wire transfer of immediately available funds
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________ whose
address is
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________
__________________________________________________________________.
The
undersigned requests that the new Warrant required to be delivered to the Holder
(if any) be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_____________________________________________________ whose address is
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on
the date of exercis
e:
_________________.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
U.S.
Securities Act
”),
or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
Dated:
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Exhibit
B
FORM OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers to the person(s)
named below under the heading “
Transferees
” the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of ActiveWorlds Corporation specified under the heading “
Number Transferred
” opposite
the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer
its respective right on the books of ActiveWorlds with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Number of
total shares represented by this Warrant ___________________
Transferee
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to
purchase
shares
transferred
(total)
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of the warrant)
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in the presence of:
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED:
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EXHIBIT
4.26
AMENDMENT
TO
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF
SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
This Amendment is made as of December
16, 2009 (this “Amendment”) to that certain Warrant for the Purchase of Shares
of Common Stock of Activeworlds Corp. made and entered into as of October 6,
2008 by and among Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) and Michael Gardner (the
“Holder”) (the “Warrant”).
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,
on October 6, 2008, the Company and the Holder entered into the Warrant granting
the Holder the right to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at
an exercise price of $0.16 per share;
B. WHEREAS,
in connection with the acquisition by the Company of Dragon Lead Group Limited,
the Holder has agreed to increase the Exercise Price of the Warrant;
and
C. WHEREAS,
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Warrant.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section
1.
Increase in Exercise
Price.
The
Holder hereby agrees that the Exercise Price of the Warrant is hereby
increased from $0.16 per share to $0.5976 per share.
Section
2.
No Other Changes.
Except as
set forth herein, there are no other modifications, amendments or changes to the
Warrant and such agreement shall continue in full force and effect, as amended
herein.
Section
3.
Entire Agreement.
This
Amendment constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof, supersedes and is in full substitution for any and
all prior agreements and understandings among them relating to such subject
matter.
Section
4.
Counterparts
.
For the
convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Amendment may be
executed by any one or more parties hereto, and each such executed counterpart
shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all of which shall
constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate but one and the
same instrument.
Section
5.
Severability
.
In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment or in
any other instrument referred to herein, shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Amendment or any other such
instrument. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable
term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part
of this Amendment a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and
enforceable.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment
as of the day and year first written above.
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ACTIVEWORLDS
CORP.
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By: /s/ Paul
Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title:
President
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HOLDER
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Michael
Gardner
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Name:
Michael Gardner
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THIS
WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS,
HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR INVESTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OR OFFERED
FOR SALE OR TRANSFER UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES IS THEN IN
EFFECT, OR IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES, SUCH
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IS
NOT REQUIRED.
Date:
October 6, 2008
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF
COMMON
STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value
received, Michael Gardner, his successors and assigns (collectively, the
“Holder” or “Holders”), are entitled to purchase, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, 200,000 shares of Activeworlds Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”) common stock, $0.001 par value per share
(“Common Stock”), and to receive certificates for the Common Stock so
purchased. The exercise price of this Warrant is $0.16
per share (the “Exercise
Price”).
1.
Exercise
Period.
This Warrant shall become exercisable by the Holders
beginning upon the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:00 p.m., New
York, New York time, five years from the date of this Warrant (the “Exercise
Period”). This Warrant will terminate automatically and immediately upon the
expiration of the Exercise Period.
2.
Exercise of Warrant; Cashless
Exercise.
This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in
part, at any time and from time to time during the Exercise
Period. Such exercise shall be accomplished by tender to the Company
of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by number of underlying
shares being purchased (the “Purchase Price”), either (a) in cash, by wire
transfer or by certified check or bank cashier’s check, payable to the order of
the Company, or (b) by surrendering such number of shares of Common Stock
received upon exercise of this Warrant with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
defined below) equal to the Purchase Price (as described in the following
paragraph (a “Cashless Exercise”), together with presentation and surrender to
the Company of this Warrant with an executed subscription agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(the
“Subscription”). Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Company will deliver to the
Holders, as promptly as possible, a certificate or certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the Holders or
its transferee (as permitted under Section 3 below). With respect to
any exercise of this Warrant, the Holders will for all purposes be deemed to
have become the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock
purchased hereunder on the date a properly executed Subscription and payment of
the Purchase Price is received by the Company (the “Exercise Date”),
irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificate evidencing such shares,
except that, if the date of such receipt is a date on which the stock transfer
books of the Company are closed, such person will be deemed to have become the
holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on
which the stock transfer books are open. Fractional shares of Common
Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu
of any fractional shares that would have been issued but for the immediately
preceding sentence, the Holders will be entitled to receive cash equal to the
current market price of such fraction of a share of Common Stock on the trading
day immediately preceding the Exercise Date. In the event this
Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue a new Warrant to the
Holders covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant remains exercisable for.
If the
Holders elect to conduct a Cashless Exercise, the Company shall cause to be
delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X = Y
(A-B)
A
Where:
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the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to
Holder;
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Y
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the
portion of the Warrant (in number of shares of Common Stock) being
exercised by Holder (at the date of such
calculation);
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the
Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock on the
Exercise Date, calculated by taking the average Fair Market Value over the
last 10 trading days (not including the Exercise Date);
and
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Warrant
Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation).
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For
purposes of this Warrant, Fair Market Value shall mean: (i) if the
principal trading market for such securities is a national securities exchange
including The Nasdaq Stock Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (or a
similar system then in use), the last reported sales price on the principal
market the trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date; or (ii)
if (i) is not applicable, and if bid and ask prices for
shares of Common Stock are reported by the principal trading market or the Pink
Sheets, the average of the high bid and low ask prices so reported for the
trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if there is no last reported sales price or bid and ask prices,
as the case may be, for the day in question, then Fair Market Value shall be
determined as of the latest day prior to such day for which such last reported
sales price or bid and ask prices, as the case may be, are available, unless
such securities have not been traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter
market for 30 or more days immediately prior to the day in question, in which
case the Fair Market Price shall be determined in good faith by, and reflected
in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company.
3.
Recording, Transferability, Exchange
and Obligations to Issue Common Stock.
(a) Registration
of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to
be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the
name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may
deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner
hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder,
and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary from the
transferee and transferor.
(b) Registration
of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of any portion
of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with
the Form of Assignment attached hereto as
Exhibit B
duly
completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified
herein. As a condition to the transfer, the Company may request a
legal opinion as contemplated by the legend. Upon any such
registration or transfer, a new Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a “New Warrant”),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.
(c) This
Warrant is exchangeable upon its surrender by the Holders to the Company for new
Warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants
to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as may be designated by
the Holders at the time of such surrender (not to exceed the aggregate number of
shares underlying this Warrant).
(d) The
Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Common Stock in accordance with the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of
law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Common Stock. Nothing
herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
4.
Adjustments to Exercise Price and
Number of Shares Subject to Warrant
. The Exercise Price and
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any
of the events specified in this Section 4. For the purpose of this
Section 4, “Common Stock” means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class
of common stock of the Company, however designated, that has the right to
participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without
limit as to per share amount (excluding, and subject to any prior rights of, any
class or series of preferred stock).
(a) In
case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of
Common Stock to holders of shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock other securities
of the Company, then the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date
for such dividend or on the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and/or the number and kind of securities issuable on such
date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Holders of the Warrant
thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind
of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities other than Common Stock) of
the Company, at the same aggregate Exercise Price, that, if such Warrant had
been exercised immediately prior to such date, the Holders would have owned upon
such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend,
distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
(b) In
case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all
holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with
a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation) of
cash, evidences of indebtedness or assets, or subscription rights or warrants,
the Exercise Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the amount
of cash so to be distributed or the Fair Market Value (as determined in good
faith by, and reflected in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be
distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, applicable to one share
of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such
distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be
the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not
been fixed.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in the Exercise Price;
provided
,
however
, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 4(c) are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to
the nearest cent or the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may
be.
(d) In
the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to
Section 4(a) above, the Holders of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares
of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 4, and the other
provisions of this Warrant shall apply on like terms to any such other
shares.
(e)
Fundamental
Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (1)
the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another company, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of
its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or
exchange offer (whether by the Company or another company or person) is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities,
cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Common Stock then issuable
upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”). For
purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to
the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. At the Holder’s option and request, any successor to the
Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the
Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the
Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise
thereof. Any such successor or surviving entity shall be deemed to be
required to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (c) and shall insure
that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted
upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
(f)
In case any event shall occur as to which
the other provisions of this Section 4 are not strictly applicable but the
failure to make any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant in accordance with the essential intent and
principles hereof, then, in each such case, the Company shall effect such
adjustment, on a basis consistent with the essential intent and principles
established in this Section 4, as may be necessary to preserve, without
dilution, the purchase rights represented by this Warrant.
(g) Notice
of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to
this Section 4, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting
forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and
adjusted number or type of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving
rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly
deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s
Transfer Agent.
5.
No Registration
Rights
. The Warrant has not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933. When exercised, the stock certificates shall
bear the following legend unless all of the shares may be publicly sold under
Rule 144(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (or successor rule).
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered for sale
or sold except pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, or (ii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion and counsel shall
be reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer, that an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act is available”.
6.
Reservation of Common
Stock.
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number
of shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account
the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4. The Company covenants that all
Common Stock so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of
the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and
validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
7.
Replacement of
Warrant.
If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in
exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which may include a
surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may
prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation
of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the
Company as a condition precedent to the Company's obligation to issue the New
Warrant.
8.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental
tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Common Stock
or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall
be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding
or transferring this Warrant or receiving Common Stock upon exercise
hereof.
9.
Notices to
Holders.
Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price (or number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant) pursuant
to Section 4, the Company shall promptly thereafter cause to be given to the
Holders written notice of such adjustment. Such notice shall include
the Exercise Price (and/or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant) after such adjustment, and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the Company’s method of calculation and the facts upon which
such calculations were based. Where appropriate, such notice shall be
given in advance and included as a part of any notice required to be given under
the other provisions of this Section 9.
In the event of (a) any fixing by the
Company of a record date with respect to the holders of any class of securities
of the Company for the purpose of determining which of such holders are entitled
to dividends or other distributions, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any class or any other
securities or property, or to receive any other right, (b) any capital
reorganization of the Company, or reclassification or recapitalization of the
capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets or business of the Company to, or consolidation or merger of the Company
with or into, any other entity or person, or (c) any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding up of the Company, then and in each such event the
Company will give the Holders a written notice specifying, as the case may be
(i) the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, or right,
and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, or right;
or (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution,
liquidation, or winding up is to take place and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such capital stock or
securities receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such event. Any such
notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the earliest date therein
specified.
10.
No Rights as a
Stockholder.
This Warrant does not entitle the Holders to any
voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company, nor to any other
rights whatsoever except the rights herein set forth.
Provided
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however
, the Company
shall not close any merger agreement in which it is not the surviving entity, or
sell all or substantially all of its assets unless the Company shall have first
provided the Holders with at least 20 days’ prior written notice.
11.
Additional Covenants of the
Company.
If upon issuance of any shares for which this Warrant
is exercisable, the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades on any national
securities exchange including The Nasdaq Stock Market upon the issuance, the
Company shall, at its expense, promptly obtain and maintain the listing or
qualifications for trading of such shares.
The Company shall comply with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for
so long as and to the extent that such requirements apply to the
Company.
The Company shall not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (a) will at all times reserve and keep available, solely
for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock
issuable from time to time upon exercise of this Warrant, (b) will not increase
the par value of any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise, and (c) will take
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
stock.
12.
Successors and
Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company, the Holders and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
13.
Severability.
Every
provision of this Warrant is intended to be severable. If any term or provision
hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Warrant.
14.
Governing Law.
This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
state where the Company is incorporated as of the time of construction without
giving effect to the principles of choice of laws thereof.
15.
Attorneys’ Fees.
In
any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Warrant, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in
addition to its costs and expenses and any other available
remedies.
16.
Entire Agreement.
This Warrant
(including the Exhibits attached hereto) constitutes the entire understanding
between the Company and the Holders with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and supersedes all prior negotiations, discussions, agreements and
understandings relating to such subject matter.
17.
Good Faith.
The Company will
not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against such
impairment.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
Activeworlds
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Exhibit
A
SUBSCRIPTION
FORM
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Exercise the Rights To Purchase Common Stock
Evidenced by the Within Warrant)
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for _______ shares of the Common Stock
(the “Stock”) of Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the attached Warrant (the
“Warrant”), and hereby makes payment of $_______ therefor by [tendering cash,
wire transferring or delivering a certified check or bank cashier’s check,
payable to the order of the Company] [surrendering _______ shares of Common
Stock received upon exercise of the Warrant, which shares have an aggregate fair
market value equal to such payment as required in Section 2 of the
Warrant]. The undersigned requests that a certificate for the Stock
be issued in the name of the undersigned and be delivered to the undersigned at
the address stated below. If the Stock is not all of the shares
purchasable pursuant to the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
of like tenor for the balance of the remaining shares purchasable thereunder be
delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.
In
connection with the issuance of the Stock, I hereby represent to the Company
that I am acquiring the Stock for my own account for investment and not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, a distribution of the shares within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
I
understand that if at this time the Stock has not been registered under the
Securities Act, I must hold such Stock indefinitely unless the Stock is
subsequently registered and qualified under the Securities Act or is exempt from
such registration and qualification. I shall make no transfer or disposition of
the Stock unless (a) such transfer or disposition can be made without
registration under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from
such registration and such qualification, or (b) a registration statement has
been filed pursuant to the Securities Act and has been declared effective with
respect to such disposition. I agree that each certificate
representing the Stock delivered to me shall bear substantially the same as set
forth on the front page of the Warrant.
I further
agree that the Company may place stop transfer orders with its transfer agent
same effect as the above legend. The legend and stop transfer notice
referred to above shall be removed only upon my furnishing to the Company an
opinion of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that
such legend may be removed.
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ASSIGNMENT
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Effect Transfer of the Attached
Warrant)
For Value
Received __________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
_________________________ the Warrant attached hereto and the rights represented
thereby to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
___________________________ as attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of
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EXHIBIT
4.27
AMENDMENT
TO
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF
SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
This Amendment is made as of December
16, 2009 (this “Amendment”) to that certain Warrant for the Purchase of Shares
of Common Stock of Activeworlds Corp. made and entered into as of October 6,
2008 by and among Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) and Michael Gardner (the
“Holder”) (the “Warrant”).
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,
on October 6, 2008, the Company and the Holder entered into the Warrant granting
the Holder the right to purchase 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at
an exercise price of $0.16 per share;
B. WHEREAS,
in connection with the acquisition by the Company of Dragon Lead Group Limited,
the Holder has agreed to increase the Exercise Price of the Warrant;
and
C. WHEREAS,
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Warrant.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section
1.
Increase in Exercise
Price.
The
Holder hereby agrees that the Exercise Price of the Warrant is hereby
increased from $0.16 per share to $0.5976 per share.
Section
2.
No Other Changes.
Except as set forth herein, there are
no other modifications, amendments or changes to the Warrant and such agreement
shall continue in full force and effect, as amended herein.
Section
3.
Entire Agreement
.
This
Amendment constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof, supersedes and is in full substitution for any and
all prior agreements and understandings among them relating to such subject
matter.
Section
4.
Counterparts
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For the
convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Amendment may be
executed by any one or more parties hereto, and each such executed counterpart
shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all of which shall
constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate but one and the
same instrument.
Section
5.
Severability
.
In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment or in
any other instrument referred to herein, shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Amendment or any other such
instrument. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable
term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part
of this Amendment a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and
enforceable.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment
as of the day and year first written above.
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CORP.
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Paul Goodman
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Paul Goodman
Title:
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Michael Gardner
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THIS
WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS,
HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR INVESTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OR OFFERED
FOR SALE OR TRANSFER UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES IS THEN IN
EFFECT, OR IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES, SUCH
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IS
NOT REQUIRED.
Date:
October 6, 2008
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF
COMMON
STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value
received, Michael Gardner, his successors and assigns (collectively, the
“Holder” or “Holders”), are entitled to purchase, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, 750,000 shares of Activeworlds Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”) common stock, $0.001 par value per share
(“Common Stock”), and to receive certificates for the Common Stock so
purchased. The exercise price of this Warrant is $0.16
per share (the “Exercise
Price”).
1.
Exercise
Period.
This Warrant shall become exercisable by the Holders
beginning upon the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:00 p.m., New
York, New York time, five years from the date of this Warrant (the “Exercise
Period”). This Warrant will terminate automatically and immediately upon the
expiration of the Exercise Period.
2.
Exercise of Warrant; Cashless
Exercise.
This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in
part, at any time and from time to time during the Exercise
Period. Such exercise shall be accomplished by tender to the Company
of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by number of underlying
shares being purchased (the “Purchase Price”), either (a) in cash, by wire
transfer or by certified check or bank cashier’s check, payable to the order of
the Company, or (b) by surrendering such number of shares of Common Stock
received upon exercise of this Warrant with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
defined below) equal to the Purchase Price (as described in the following
paragraph (a “Cashless Exercise”), together with presentation and surrender to
the Company of this Warrant with an executed subscription agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(the
“Subscription”). Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Company will deliver to the
Holders, as promptly as possible, a certificate or certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the Holders or
its transferee (as permitted under Section 3 below). With respect to
any exercise of this Warrant, the Holders will for all purposes be deemed to
have become the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock
purchased hereunder on the date a properly executed Subscription and payment of
the Purchase Price is received by the Company (the “Exercise Date”),
irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificate evidencing such shares,
except that, if the date of such receipt is a date on which the stock transfer
books of the Company are closed, such person will be deemed to have become the
holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on
which the stock transfer books are open. Fractional shares of Common
Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu
of any fractional shares that would have been issued but for the immediately
preceding sentence, the Holders will be entitled to receive cash equal to the
current market price of such fraction of a share of Common Stock on the trading
day immediately preceding the Exercise Date. In the event this
Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue a new Warrant to the
Holders covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant remains exercisable for.
If the
Holders elect to conduct a Cashless Exercise, the Company shall cause to be
delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X = Y
(A-B)
A
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exercised by Holder (at the date of such
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Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock on the
Exercise Date, calculated by taking the average Fair Market Value over the
last 10 trading days (not including the Exercise Date);
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For
purposes of this Warrant, Fair Market Value shall mean: (i) if the
principal trading market for such securities is a national securities exchange
including The Nasdaq Stock Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (or a
similar system then in use), the last reported sales price on the principal
market the trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date; or (ii)
if (i) is not applicable, and if bid and ask prices for
shares of Common Stock are reported by the principal trading market or the Pink
Sheets, the average of the high bid and low ask prices so reported for the
trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if there is no last reported sales price or bid and ask prices,
as the case may be, for the day in question, then Fair Market Value shall be
determined as of the latest day prior to such day for which such last reported
sales price or bid and ask prices, as the case may be, are available, unless
such securities have not been traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter
market for 30 or more days immediately prior to the day in question, in which
case the Fair Market Price shall be determined in good faith by, and reflected
in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company.
3.
Recording, Transferability, Exchange
and Obligations to Issue Common Stock.
(a) Registration
of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to
be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the
name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may
deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner
hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder,
and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary from the
transferee and transferor.
(b) Registration
of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of any portion
of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with
the Form of Assignment attached hereto as
Exhibit B
duly
completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified
herein. As a condition to the transfer, the Company may request a
legal opinion as contemplated by the legend. Upon any such
registration or transfer, a new Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a “New Warrant”),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.
(c) This
Warrant is exchangeable upon its surrender by the Holders to the Company for new
Warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants
to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as may be designated by
the Holders at the time of such surrender (not to exceed the aggregate number of
shares underlying this Warrant).
(d) The
Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Common Stock in accordance with the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of
law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Common Stock. Nothing
herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
4.
Adjustments to Exercise Price and
Number of Shares Subject to Warrant
. The Exercise Price and
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any
of the events specified in this Section 4. For the purpose of this
Section 4, “Common Stock” means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class
of common stock of the Company, however designated, that has the right to
participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without
limit as to per share amount (excluding, and subject to any prior rights of, any
class or series of preferred stock).
(a) In
case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of
Common Stock to holders of shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock other securities
of the Company, then the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date
for such dividend or on the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and/or the number and kind of securities issuable on such
date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Holders of the Warrant
thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind
of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities other than Common Stock) of
the Company, at the same aggregate Exercise Price, that, if such Warrant had
been exercised immediately prior to such date, the Holders would have owned upon
such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend,
distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
(b) In
case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all
holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with
a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation) of
cash, evidences of indebtedness or assets, or subscription rights or warrants,
the Exercise Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the amount
of cash so to be distributed or the Fair Market Value (as determined in good
faith by, and reflected in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be
distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, applicable to one share
of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such
distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be
the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not
been fixed.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in the Exercise Price;
provided
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however
, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 4(c) are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to
the nearest cent or the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may
be.
(d) In
the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to
Section 4(a) above, the Holders of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares
of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 4, and the other
provisions of this Warrant shall apply on like terms to any such other
shares.
(e)
Fundamental
Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (1)
the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another company, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of
its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or
exchange offer (whether by the Company or another company or person) is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities,
cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Common Stock then issuable
upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”). For
purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to
the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. At the Holder’s option and request, any successor to the
Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the
Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the
Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise
thereof. Any such successor or surviving entity shall be deemed to be
required to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (c) and shall insure
that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted
upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
(f) In
case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of this Section 4
are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not
fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Warrant in accordance
with the essential intent and principles hereof, then, in each such case, the
Company shall effect such adjustment, on a basis consistent with the essential
intent and principles established in this Section 4, as may be necessary to
preserve, without dilution, the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant.
(g) Notice
of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to
this Section 4, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting
forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and
adjusted number or type of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving
rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly
deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s
Transfer Agent.
5.
No Registration
Rights
. The Warrant has not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933. When exercised, the stock certificates shall
bear the following legend unless all of the shares may be publicly sold under
Rule 144(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (or successor rule).
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered for sale
or sold except pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, or (ii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion and counsel shall
be reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer, that an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act is available”.
6.
Reservation of Common
Stock.
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number
of shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account
the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4. The Company covenants that all
Common Stock so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of
the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and
validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
7.
Replacement of
Warrant.
If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in
exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which may include a
surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may
prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation
of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the
Company as a condition precedent to the Company's obligation to issue the New
Warrant.
8.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental
tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Common Stock
or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall
be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding
or transferring this Warrant or receiving Common Stock upon exercise
hereof.
9.
Notices to
Holders.
Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price (or number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant) pursuant
to Section 4, the Company shall promptly thereafter cause to be given to the
Holders written notice of such adjustment. Such notice shall include
the Exercise Price (and/or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant) after such adjustment, and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the Company’s method of calculation and the facts upon which
such calculations were based. Where appropriate, such notice shall be
given in advance and included as a part of any notice required to be given under
the other provisions of this Section 9.
In the event of (a) any fixing by the
Company of a record date with respect to the holders of any class of securities
of the Company for the purpose of determining which of such holders are entitled
to dividends or other distributions, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any class or any other
securities or property, or to receive any other right, (b) any capital
reorganization of the Company, or reclassification or recapitalization of the
capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets or business of the Company to, or consolidation or merger of the Company
with or into, any other entity or person, or (c) any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding up of the Company, then and in each such event the
Company will give the Holders a written notice specifying, as the case may be
(i) the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, or right,
and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, or right;
or (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution,
liquidation, or winding up is to take place and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such capital stock or
securities receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such event. Any such
notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the earliest date therein
specified.
10.
No Rights as a
Stockholder.
This Warrant does not entitle the Holders to any
voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company, nor to any other
rights whatsoever except the rights herein set forth.
Provided
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however
, the Company
shall not close any merger agreement in which it is not the surviving entity, or
sell all or substantially all of its assets unless the Company shall have first
provided the Holders with at least 20 days’ prior written notice.
11.
Additional Covenants of the
Company.
If upon issuance of any shares for which this Warrant
is exercisable, the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades on any national
securities exchange including The Nasdaq Stock Market upon the issuance, the
Company shall, at its expense, promptly obtain and maintain the listing or
qualifications for trading of such shares.
The Company shall comply with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for
so long as and to the extent that such requirements apply to the
Company.
The Company shall not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (a) will at all times reserve and keep available, solely
for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock
issuable from time to time upon exercise of this Warrant, (b) will not increase
the par value of any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise, and (c) will take
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
stock.
12.
Successors and
Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company, the Holders and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
13.
Severability.
Every
provision of this Warrant is intended to be severable. If any term or provision
hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Warrant.
14.
Governing Law.
This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
state where the Company is incorporated as of the time of construction without
giving effect to the principles of choice of laws thereof.
15.
Attorneys’ Fees.
In
any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Warrant, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in
addition to its costs and expenses and any other available
remedies.
16.
Entire Agreement.
This Warrant
(including the Exhibits attached hereto) constitutes the entire understanding
between the Company and the Holders with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and supersedes all prior negotiations, discussions, agreements and
understandings relating to such subject matter.
17.
Good Faith.
The Company will
not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against such
impairment.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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Activeworlds
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Exhibit
A
SUBSCRIPTION
FORM
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Exercise the Rights To Purchase Common Stock
Evidenced by the Within Warrant)
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for _______ shares of the Common Stock
(the “Stock”) of Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the attached Warrant (the
“Warrant”), and hereby makes payment of $_______ therefor by [tendering cash,
wire transferring or delivering a certified check or bank cashier’s check,
payable to the order of the Company] [surrendering _______ shares of Common
Stock received upon exercise of the Warrant, which shares have an aggregate fair
market value equal to such payment as required in Section 2 of the
Warrant]. The undersigned requests that a certificate for the Stock
be issued in the name of the undersigned and be delivered to the undersigned at
the address stated below. If the Stock is not all of the shares
purchasable pursuant to the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
of like tenor for the balance of the remaining shares purchasable thereunder be
delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.
In
connection with the issuance of the Stock, I hereby represent to the Company
that I am acquiring the Stock for my own account for investment and not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, a distribution of the shares within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
I
understand that if at this time the Stock has not been registered under the
Securities Act, I must hold such Stock indefinitely unless the Stock is
subsequently registered and qualified under the Securities Act or is exempt from
such registration and qualification. I shall make no transfer or disposition of
the Stock unless (a) such transfer or disposition can be made without
registration under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from
such registration and such qualification, or (b) a registration statement has
been filed pursuant to the Securities Act and has been declared effective with
respect to such disposition. I agree that each certificate
representing the Stock delivered to me shall bear substantially the same as set
forth on the front page of the Warrant.
I further
agree that the Company may place stop transfer orders with its transfer agent
same effect as the above legend. The legend and stop transfer notice
referred to above shall be removed only upon my furnishing to the Company an
opinion of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that
such legend may be removed.
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ASSIGNMENT
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Effect Transfer of the Attached Warrant)
For Value
Received __________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
_________________________ the Warrant attached hereto and the rights represented
thereby to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
___________________________ as attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of
the Company with full power of substitution.
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AMENDMENT
TO
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF
SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
This Amendment is made as of December
16, 2009 (this “Amendment”) to that certain Warrant for the Purchase of Shares
of Common Stock of Activeworlds Corp. made and entered into as of October 6,
2008 by and among Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) and Darryl Cramer (the
“Holder”) (the “Warrant”).
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,
on October 6, 2008, the Company issued the Warrant to the Holder granting the
Holder the right to purchase 125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $0.16 per share;
B. WHEREAS,
in connection with the acquisition by the Company of Dragon Lead Group Limited,
the Holder has agreed to increase the Exercise Price of the Warrant;
and
C. WHEREAS,
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Warrant.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section
1.
Increase in Exercise
Price.
The
Holder agrees that the Exercise Price of the Warrant is hereby increased
from $0.16 per share to $0.5976 per share.
Section
2.
No Other Changes.
Except as set forth herein, there are
no other modifications, amendments or changes to the Warrant and such agreement
shall continue in full force and effect, as amended herein.
Section
3.
Entire Agreement
.
This
Amendment constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof, supersedes and is in full substitution for any and
all prior agreements and understandings among them relating to such subject
matter.
Section
4.
Counterparts
.
For the
convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Amendment may be
executed by any one or more parties hereto, and each such executed counterpart
shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all of which shall
constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate but one and the
same instrument.
Section
5.
Severability
.
In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment or in
any other instrument referred to herein, shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Amendment or any other such
instrument. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable
term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part
of this Amendment a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and
enforceable.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment
as of the day and year first written above.
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ACTIVEWORLDS
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Paul Goodman
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Paul Goodman
Title:
President
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THIS
WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS,
HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR INVESTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OR OFFERED
FOR SALE OR TRANSFER UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES IS THEN IN
EFFECT, OR IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES, SUCH
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IS
NOT REQUIRED.
Date:
October 6, 2008
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF
COMMON
STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value
received, Daryl B. Cramer, his successors and assigns (collectively, the
“Holder” or “Holders”), are entitled to purchase, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, 125,000 shares of Activeworlds Corp. a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”) common stock, $0.001 par value per share
(“Common Stock”), and to receive certificates for the Common Stock so
purchased. The exercise price of this Warrant is $0.16
per share (the “Exercise
Price”).
1.
Exercise
Period.
This Warrant shall become exercisable by the Holders
beginning upon the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:00 p.m., New
York, New York time, five years from the date of this Warrant (the “Exercise
Period”). This Warrant will terminate automatically and immediately upon the
expiration of the Exercise Period.
2.
Exercise of Warrant; Cashless
Exercise.
This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in
part, at any time and from time to time during the Exercise
Period. Such exercise shall be accomplished by tender to the Company
of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by number of underlying
shares being purchased (the “Purchase Price”), either (a) in cash, by wire
transfer or by certified check or bank cashier’s check, payable to the order of
the Company, or (b) by surrendering such number of shares of Common Stock
received upon exercise of this Warrant with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
defined below) equal to the Purchase Price (as described in the following
paragraph (a “Cashless Exercise”), together with presentation and surrender to
the Company of this Warrant with an executed subscription agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(the
“Subscription”). Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Company will deliver to the
Holders, as promptly as possible, a certificate or certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the Holders or
its transferee (as permitted under Section 3 below). With respect to
any exercise of this Warrant, the Holders will for all purposes be deemed to
have become the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock
purchased hereunder on the date a properly executed Subscription and payment of
the Purchase Price is received by the Company (the “Exercise Date”),
irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificate evidencing such shares,
except that, if the date of such receipt is a date on which the stock transfer
books of the Company are closed, such person will be deemed to have become the
holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on
which the stock transfer books are open. Fractional shares of Common
Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu
of any fractional shares that would have been issued but for the immediately
preceding sentence, the Holders will be entitled to receive cash equal to the
current market price of such fraction of a share of Common Stock on the trading
day immediately preceding the Exercise Date. In the event this
Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue a new Warrant to the
Holders covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant remains exercisable for.
If the
Holders elect to conduct a Cashless Exercise, the Company shall cause to be
delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X = Y
(A-B)
A
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portion of the Warrant (in number of shares of Common Stock) being
exercised by Holder (at the date of such
calculation);
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Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock on the
Exercise Date, calculated by taking the average Fair Market Value over the
last 10 trading days (not including the Exercise Date);
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Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation).
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For
purposes of this Warrant, Fair Market Value shall mean: (i) if the
principal trading market for such securities is a national securities exchange
including The Nasdaq Stock Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (or a
similar system then in use), the last reported sales price on the principal
market the trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date; or (ii)
if (i) is not applicable, and if bid and ask prices for
shares of Common Stock are reported by the principal trading market or the Pink
Sheets, the average of the high bid and low ask prices so reported for the
trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if there is no last reported sales price or bid and ask prices,
as the case may be, for the day in question, then Fair Market Value shall be
determined as of the latest day prior to such day for which such last reported
sales price or bid and ask prices, as the case may be, are available, unless
such securities have not been traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter
market for 30 or more days immediately prior to the day in question, in which
case the Fair Market Price shall be determined in good faith by, and reflected
in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company.
3.
Recording, Transferability, Exchange
and Obligations to Issue Common Stock.
(a) Registration
of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to
be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the
name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may
deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner
hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder,
and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary from the
transferee and transferor.
(b) Registration
of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of any portion
of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with
the Form of Assignment attached hereto as
Exhibit B
duly
completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified
herein. As a condition to the transfer, the Company may request a
legal opinion as contemplated by the legend. Upon any such
registration or transfer, a new Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a “New Warrant”),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.
(c) This
Warrant is exchangeable upon its surrender by the Holders to the Company for new
Warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants
to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as may be designated by
the Holders at the time of such surrender (not to exceed the aggregate number of
shares underlying this Warrant).
(d) The
Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Common Stock in accordance with the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of
law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Common Stock. Nothing
herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
4.
Adjustments to Exercise Price and
Number of Shares Subject to Warrant
. The Exercise Price and
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any
of the events specified in this Section 4. For the purpose of this
Section 4, “Common Stock” means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class
of common stock of the Company, however designated, that has the right to
participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without
limit as to per share amount (excluding, and subject to any prior rights of, any
class or series of preferred stock).
(a) In
case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of
Common Stock to holders of shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock other securities
of the Company, then the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date
for such dividend or on the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and/or the number and kind of securities issuable on such
date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Holders of the Warrant
thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind
of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities other than Common Stock) of
the Company, at the same aggregate Exercise Price, that, if such Warrant had
been exercised immediately prior to such date, the Holders would have owned upon
such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend,
distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
(b) In
case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all
holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with
a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation) of
cash, evidences of indebtedness or assets, or subscription rights or warrants,
the Exercise Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the amount
of cash so to be distributed or the Fair Market Value (as determined in good
faith by, and reflected in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be
distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, applicable to one share
of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such
distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be
the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not
been fixed.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in the Exercise Price;
provided
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however
, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 4(c) are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to
the nearest cent or the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may
be.
(d) In
the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to
Section 4(a) above, the Holders of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares
of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 4, and the other
provisions of this Warrant shall apply on like terms to any such other
shares.
(e)
Fundamental
Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (1)
the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another company, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of
its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or
exchange offer (whether by the Company or another company or person) is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities,
cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Common Stock then issuable
upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”). For
purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to
the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. At the Holder’s option and request, any successor to the
Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the
Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the
Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise
thereof. Any such successor or surviving entity shall be deemed to be
required to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (c) and shall insure
that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted
upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
(f) In
case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of this Section 4
are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not
fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Warrant in accordance
with the essential intent and principles hereof, then, in each such case, the
Company shall effect such adjustment, on a basis consistent with the essential
intent and principles established in this Section 4, as may be necessary to
preserve, without dilution, the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant.
(g) Notice
of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to
this Section 4, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting
forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and
adjusted number or type of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving
rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly
deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s
Transfer Agent.
5.
No Registration
Rights
. The Warrant has not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933. When exercised, the stock certificates shall
bear the following legend unless all of the shares may be publicly sold under
Rule 144(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (or successor rule).
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered for sale
or sold except pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, or (ii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion and counsel shall
be reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer, that an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act is available”.
6.
Reservation of Common
Stock.
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number
of shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account
the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4. The Company covenants that all
Common Stock so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of
the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and
validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
7.
Replacement of
Warrant.
If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in
exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which may include a
surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may
prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation
of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the
Company as a condition precedent to the Company's obligation to issue the New
Warrant.
8.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental
tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Common Stock
or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall
be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding
or transferring this Warrant or receiving Common Stock upon exercise
hereof.
9.
Notices to
Holders.
Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price (or number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant) pursuant
to Section 4, the Company shall promptly thereafter cause to be given to the
Holders written notice of such adjustment. Such notice shall include
the Exercise Price (and/or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant) after such adjustment, and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the Company’s method of calculation and the facts upon which
such calculations were based. Where appropriate, such notice shall be
given in advance and included as a part of any notice required to be given under
the other provisions of this Section 9.
In the event of (a) any fixing by the
Company of a record date with respect to the holders of any class of securities
of the Company for the purpose of determining which of such holders are entitled
to dividends or other distributions, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any class or any other
securities or property, or to receive any other right, (b) any capital
reorganization of the Company, or reclassification or recapitalization of the
capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets or business of the Company to, or consolidation or merger of the Company
with or into, any other entity or person, or (c) any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding up of the Company, then and in each such event the
Company will give the Holders a written notice specifying, as the case may be
(i) the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, or right,
and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, or right;
or (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution,
liquidation, or winding up is to take place and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such capital stock or
securities receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such event. Any such
notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the earliest date therein
specified.
10.
No Rights as a
Stockholder.
This Warrant does not entitle the Holders to any
voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company, nor to any other
rights whatsoever except the rights herein set forth.
Provided
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however
, the Company
shall not close any merger agreement in which it is not the surviving entity, or
sell all or substantially all of its assets unless the Company shall have first
provided the Holders with at least 20 days’ prior written notice.
11.
Additional Covenants of the
Company.
If upon issuance of any shares for which this Warrant
is exercisable, the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades on any national
securities exchange including The Nasdaq Stock Market upon the issuance, the
Company shall, at its expense, promptly obtain and maintain the listing or
qualifications for trading of such shares.
The Company shall comply with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for
so long as and to the extent that such requirements apply to the
Company.
The Company shall not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (a) will at all times reserve and keep available, solely
for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock
issuable from time to time upon exercise of this Warrant, (b) will not increase
the par value of any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise, and (c) will take
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
stock.
12.
Successors and
Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company, the Holders and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
13.
Severability.
Every
provision of this Warrant is intended to be severable. If any term or provision
hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Warrant.
14.
Governing Law.
This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
state where the Company is incorporated as of the time of construction without
giving effect to the principles of choice of laws thereof.
15.
Attorneys’ Fees.
In
any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Warrant, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in
addition to its costs and expenses and any other available
remedies.
16.
Entire Agreement.
This Warrant
(including the Exhibits attached hereto) constitutes the entire understanding
between the Company and the Holders with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and supersedes all prior negotiations, discussions, agreements and
understandings relating to such subject matter.
17.
Good Faith.
The Company will
not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against such
impairment.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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Activeworlds
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Exhibit
A
SUBSCRIPTION
FORM
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Exercise the Rights To Purchase Common Stock
Evidenced by the Within Warrant)
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for _______ shares of the Common Stock
(the “Stock”) of Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the attached Warrant (the
“Warrant”), and hereby makes payment of $_______ therefor by [tendering cash,
wire transferring or delivering a certified check or bank cashier’s check,
payable to the order of the Company] [surrendering _______ shares of Common
Stock received upon exercise of the Warrant, which shares have an aggregate fair
market value equal to such payment as required in Section 2 of the
Warrant]. The undersigned requests that a certificate for the Stock
be issued in the name of the undersigned and be delivered to the undersigned at
the address stated below. If the Stock is not all of the shares
purchasable pursuant to the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
of like tenor for the balance of the remaining shares purchasable thereunder be
delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.
In
connection with the issuance of the Stock, I hereby represent to the Company
that I am acquiring the Stock for my own account for investment and not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, a distribution of the shares within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
I
understand that if at this time the Stock has not been registered under the
Securities Act, I must hold such Stock indefinitely unless the Stock is
subsequently registered and qualified under the Securities Act or is exempt from
such registration and qualification. I shall make no transfer or disposition of
the Stock unless (a) such transfer or disposition can be made without
registration under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from
such registration and such qualification, or (b) a registration statement has
been filed pursuant to the Securities Act and has been declared effective with
respect to such disposition. I agree that each certificate
representing the Stock delivered to me shall bear substantially the same as set
forth on the front page of the Warrant.
I further
agree that the Company may place stop transfer orders with its transfer agent
same effect as the above legend. The legend and stop transfer notice
referred to above shall be removed only upon my furnishing to the Company an
opinion of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that
such legend may be removed.
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B
ASSIGNMENT
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Effect Transfer of the Attached Warrant)
For Value
Received __________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
_________________________ the Warrant attached hereto and the rights represented
thereby to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
___________________________ as attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of
the Company with full power of substitution.
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AMENDMENT
TO
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF
SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
This Amendment is made as of December
16, 2009 (this “Amendment”) to that certain Warrant for the Purchase of Shares
of Common Stock of Activeworlds Corp. made and entered into as of October 6,
2008 by and among Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) and Michael Harris (the
“Holder”) (the “Warrant”).
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,
on October 6, 2008, the Company issued the Warrant to the Holder granting the
Holder the right to purchase 125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $0.16 per share;
B. WHEREAS,
in connection with the acquisition by the Company of Dragon Lead Group Limited,
the Holder has agreed to increase the Exercise Price of the Warrant;
and
C. WHEREAS,
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Warrant.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section
1.
Increase in Exercise
Price.
The
Holder agrees that the Exercise Price of the Warrant is hereby increased
from $0.16 per share to $0.5976 per share.
Section
2.
No Other Changes.
Except as set forth herein, there are
no other modifications, amendments or changes to the Warrant and such agreement
shall continue in full force and effect, as amended herein.
Section
3.
Entire Agreement
.
This
Amendment constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof, supersedes and is in full substitution for any and
all prior agreements and understandings among them relating to such subject
matter.
Section
4.
Counterparts
.
For the
convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Amendment may be
executed by any one or more parties hereto, and each such executed counterpart
shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all of which shall
constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate but one and the
same instrument.
Section
5.
Severability
.
In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment or in
any other instrument referred to herein, shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Amendment or any other such
instrument. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable
term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part
of this Amendment a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and
enforceable.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment
as of the day and year first written above.
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ACTIVEWORLDS
CORP.
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Paul Goodman
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Paul Goodman
Title:
President
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Michael Harris
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THIS
WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS,
HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR INVESTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OR OFFERED
FOR SALE OR TRANSFER UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES IS THEN IN
EFFECT, OR IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES, SUCH
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IS
NOT REQUIRED.
Date:
October 6, 2008
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF
COMMON
STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value
received, Michael D. Harris, his successors and assigns (collectively, the
“Holder” or “Holders”), are entitled to purchase, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, 125,000 shares of Activeworlds Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”) common stock, $0.001 par value per share
(“Common Stock”), and to receive certificates for the Common Stock so
purchased. The exercise price of this Warrant is $0.16
per share (the “Exercise
Price”).
1.
Exercise
Period.
This Warrant shall become exercisable by the Holders
beginning upon the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:00 p.m., New
York, New York time, five years from the date of this Warrant (the “Exercise
Period”). This Warrant will terminate automatically and immediately upon the
expiration of the Exercise Period.
2.
Exercise of Warrant; Cashless
Exercise.
This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in
part, at any time and from time to time during the Exercise
Period. Such exercise shall be accomplished by tender to the Company
of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by number of underlying
shares being purchased (the “Purchase Price”), either (a) in cash, by wire
transfer or by certified check or bank cashier’s check, payable to the order of
the Company, or (b) by surrendering such number of shares of Common Stock
received upon exercise of this Warrant with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
defined below) equal to the Purchase Price (as described in the following
paragraph (a “Cashless Exercise”), together with presentation and surrender to
the Company of this Warrant with an executed subscription agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(the
“Subscription”). Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Company will deliver to the
Holders, as promptly as possible, a certificate or certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the Holders or
its transferee (as permitted under Section 3 below). With respect to
any exercise of this Warrant, the Holders will for all purposes be deemed to
have become the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock
purchased hereunder on the date a properly executed Subscription and payment of
the Purchase Price is received by the Company (the “Exercise Date”),
irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificate evidencing such shares,
except that, if the date of such receipt is a date on which the stock transfer
books of the Company are closed, such person will be deemed to have become the
holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on
which the stock transfer books are open. Fractional shares of Common
Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu
of any fractional shares that would have been issued but for the immediately
preceding sentence, the Holders will be entitled to receive cash equal to the
current market price of such fraction of a share of Common Stock on the trading
day immediately preceding the Exercise Date. In the event this
Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue a new Warrant to the
Holders covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant remains exercisable for.
If the
Holders elect to conduct a Cashless Exercise, the Company shall cause to be
delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X = Y
(A-B)
A
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Holder;
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portion of the Warrant (in number of shares of Common Stock) being
exercised by Holder (at the date of such
calculation);
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Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock on the
Exercise Date, calculated by taking the average Fair Market Value over the
last 10 trading days (not including the Exercise Date);
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Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation).
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For
purposes of this Warrant, Fair Market Value shall mean: (i) if the
principal trading market for such securities is a national securities exchange
including The Nasdaq Stock Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (or a
similar system then in use), the last reported sales price on the principal
market the trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date; or (ii)
if (i) is not applicable, and if bid and ask prices for
shares of Common Stock are reported by the principal trading market or the Pink
Sheets, the average of the high bid and low ask prices so reported for the
trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if there is no last reported sales price or bid and ask prices,
as the case may be, for the day in question, then Fair Market Value shall be
determined as of the latest day prior to such day for which such last reported
sales price or bid and ask prices, as the case may be, are available, unless
such securities have not been traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter
market for 30 or more days immediately prior to the day in question, in which
case the Fair Market Price shall be determined in good faith by, and reflected
in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company.
3.
Recording, Transferability, Exchange
and Obligations to Issue Common Stock.
(a) Registration
of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to
be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the
name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may
deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner
hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder,
and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary from the
transferee and transferor.
(b) Registration
of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of any portion
of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with
the Form of Assignment attached hereto as
Exhibit B
duly
completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified
herein. As a condition to the transfer, the Company may request a
legal opinion as contemplated by the legend. Upon any such
registration or transfer, a new Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a “New Warrant”),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.
(c) This
Warrant is exchangeable upon its surrender by the Holders to the Company for new
Warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants
to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as may be designated by
the Holders at the time of such surrender (not to exceed the aggregate number of
shares underlying this Warrant).
(d) The
Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Common Stock in accordance with the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of
law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Common Stock. Nothing
herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
4.
Adjustments to Exercise Price and
Number of Shares Subject to Warrant
. The Exercise Price and
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any
of the events specified in this Section 4. For the purpose of this
Section 4, “Common Stock” means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class
of common stock of the Company, however designated, that has the right to
participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without
limit as to per share amount (excluding, and subject to any prior rights of, any
class or series of preferred stock).
(a) In
case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of
Common Stock to holders of shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock other securities
of the Company, then the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date
for such dividend or on the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and/or the number and kind of securities issuable on such
date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Holders of the Warrant
thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind
of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities other than Common Stock) of
the Company, at the same aggregate Exercise Price, that, if such Warrant had
been exercised immediately prior to such date, the Holders would have owned upon
such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend,
distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
(b) In
case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all
holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with
a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation) of
cash, evidences of indebtedness or assets, or subscription rights or warrants,
the Exercise Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the amount
of cash so to be distributed or the Fair Market Value (as determined in good
faith by, and reflected in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be
distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, applicable to one share
of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such
distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be
the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not
been fixed.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in the Exercise Price;
provided
,
however
, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 4(c) are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to
the nearest cent or the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may
be.
(d) In
the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to
Section 4(a) above, the Holders of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares
of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 4, and the other
provisions of this Warrant shall apply on like terms to any such other
shares.
(e)
Fundamental
Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (1)
the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another company, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of
its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or
exchange offer (whether by the Company or another company or person) is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities,
cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Common Stock then issuable
upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”). For
purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to
the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. At the Holder’s option and request, any successor to the
Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the
Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the
Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise
thereof. Any such successor or surviving entity shall be deemed to be
required to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (c) and shall insure
that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted
upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
(f) In
case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of this Section 4
are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not
fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Warrant in accordance
with the essential intent and principles hereof, then, in each such case, the
Company shall effect such adjustment, on a basis consistent with the essential
intent and principles established in this Section 4, as may be necessary to
preserve, without dilution, the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant.
(g) Notice
of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to
this Section 4, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting
forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and
adjusted number or type of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving
rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly
deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s
Transfer Agent.
5.
No Registration
Rights
. The Warrant has not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933. When exercised, the stock certificates shall
bear the following legend unless all of the shares may be publicly sold under
Rule 144(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (or successor rule).
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered for sale
or sold except pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, or (ii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion and counsel shall
be reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer, that an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act is available”.
6.
Reservation of Common
Stock.
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number
of shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account
the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4. The Company covenants that all
Common Stock so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of
the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and
validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
7.
Replacement of
Warrant.
If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in
exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which may include a
surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may
prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation
of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the
Company as a condition precedent to the Company's obligation to issue the New
Warrant.
8.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental
tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Common Stock
or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall
be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding
or transferring this Warrant or receiving Common Stock upon exercise
hereof.
9.
Notices to
Holders.
Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price (or number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant) pursuant
to Section 4, the Company shall promptly thereafter cause to be given to the
Holders written notice of such adjustment. Such notice shall include
the Exercise Price (and/or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant) after such adjustment, and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the Company’s method of calculation and the facts upon which
such calculations were based. Where appropriate, such notice shall be
given in advance and included as a part of any notice required to be given under
the other provisions of this Section 9.
In the event of (a) any fixing by the
Company of a record date with respect to the holders of any class of securities
of the Company for the purpose of determining which of such holders are entitled
to dividends or other distributions, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any class or any other
securities or property, or to receive any other right, (b) any capital
reorganization of the Company, or reclassification or recapitalization of the
capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets or business of the Company to, or consolidation or merger of the Company
with or into, any other entity or person, or (c) any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding up of the Company, then and in each such event the
Company will give the Holders a written notice specifying, as the case may be
(i) the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, or right,
and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, or right;
or (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution,
liquidation, or winding up is to take place and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such capital stock or
securities receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such event. Any such
notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the earliest date therein
specified.
10.
No Rights as a
Stockholder.
This Warrant does not entitle the Holders to any
voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company, nor to any other
rights whatsoever except the rights herein set forth.
Provided
,
however
, the Company
shall not close any merger agreement in which it is not the surviving entity, or
sell all or substantially all of its assets unless the Company shall have first
provided the Holders with at least 20 days’ prior written notice.
11.
Additional Covenants of the
Company.
If upon issuance of any shares for which this Warrant
is exercisable, the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades on any national
securities exchange including The Nasdaq Stock Market upon the issuance, the
Company shall, at its expense, promptly obtain and maintain the listing or
qualifications for trading of such shares.
The Company shall comply with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for
so long as and to the extent that such requirements apply to the
Company.
The Company shall not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (a) will at all times reserve and keep available, solely
for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock
issuable from time to time upon exercise of this Warrant, (b) will not increase
the par value of any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise, and (c) will take
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
stock.
12.
Successors and
Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company, the Holders and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
13.
Severability.
Every
provision of this Warrant is intended to be severable. If any term or provision
hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Warrant.
14.
Governing Law.
This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
state where the Company is incorporated as of the time of construction without
giving effect to the principles of choice of laws thereof.
15.
Attorneys’ Fees.
In
any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Warrant, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in
addition to its costs and expenses and any other available
remedies.
16.
Entire Agreement.
This Warrant
(including the Exhibits attached hereto) constitutes the entire understanding
between the Company and the Holders with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and supersedes all prior negotiations, discussions, agreements and
understandings relating to such subject matter.
17.
Good Faith.
The Company will
not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against such
impairment.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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Activeworlds
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Exhibit
A
SUBSCRIPTION
FORM
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Exercise the Rights To Purchase Common Stock
Evidenced by the Within Warrant)
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for _______ shares of the Common Stock
(the “Stock”) of Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the attached Warrant (the
“Warrant”), and hereby makes payment of $_______ therefor by [tendering cash,
wire transferring or delivering a certified check or bank cashier’s check,
payable to the order of the Company] [surrendering _______ shares of Common
Stock received upon exercise of the Warrant, which shares have an aggregate fair
market value equal to such payment as required in Section 2 of the
Warrant]. The undersigned requests that a certificate for the Stock
be issued in the name of the undersigned and be delivered to the undersigned at
the address stated below. If the Stock is not all of the shares
purchasable pursuant to the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
of like tenor for the balance of the remaining shares purchasable thereunder be
delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.
In
connection with the issuance of the Stock, I hereby represent to the Company
that I am acquiring the Stock for my own account for investment and not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, a distribution of the shares within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
I
understand that if at this time the Stock has not been registered under the
Securities Act, I must hold such Stock indefinitely unless the Stock is
subsequently registered and qualified under the Securities Act or is exempt from
such registration and qualification. I shall make no transfer or disposition of
the Stock unless (a) such transfer or disposition can be made without
registration under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from
such registration and such qualification, or (b) a registration statement has
been filed pursuant to the Securities Act and has been declared effective with
respect to such disposition. I agree that each certificate
representing the Stock delivered to me shall bear substantially the same as set
forth on the front page of the Warrant.
I further
agree that the Company may place stop transfer orders with its transfer agent
same effect as the above legend. The legend and stop transfer notice
referred to above shall be removed only upon my furnishing to the Company an
opinion of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that
such legend may be removed.
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Exhibit
B
ASSIGNMENT
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Effect Transfer of the Attached Warrant)
For Value
Received __________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
_________________________ the Warrant attached hereto and the rights represented
thereby to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
___________________________ as attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of
the Company with full power of substitution.
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EXHIBIT
4.30
AMENDMENT
TO
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF
SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
This Amendment is made as of December
16, 2009 (this “Amendment”) to that certain Warrant for the Purchase of Shares
of Common Stock of Activeworlds Corp. made and entered into as of October 6,
2008 by and among Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) and Paul Goodman (the
“Holder”) (the “Warrant”).
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,
on October 6, 2008, the Company and the Holder entered into the Warrant granting
the Holder the right to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at
an exercise price of $0.16 per share;
B. WHEREAS,
in connection with the acquisition by the Company of Dragon Lead Group Limited,
the Holder has agreed to increase the Exercise Price of the Warrant;
and
C. WHEREAS,
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Warrant.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section
1.
Increase in Exercise
Price.
The
Holder hereby agrees that the Exercise Price of the Warrant is hereby
increased from $0.16 per share to $0.5976 per share.
Section
2.
No Other Changes.
Except as set forth herein, there are
no other modifications, amendments or changes to the Warrant and such agreement
shall continue in full force and effect, as amended herein.
Section
3.
Entire Agreement.
This
Amendment constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof, supersedes and is in full substitution for any and
all prior agreements and understandings among them relating to such subject
matter.
Section
4.
Counterparts
.
For the
convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Amendment may be
executed by any one or more parties hereto, and each such executed counterpart
shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all of which shall
constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate but one and the
same instrument.
Section
5.
Severability.
In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment or in
any other instrument referred to herein, shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Amendment or any other such
instrument. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable
term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part
of this Amendment a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and
enforceable.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment
as of the day and year first written above.
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ACTIVEWORLDS
CORP.
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul Goodman
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Title: President
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HOLDER
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/s/
Paul Goodman
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Name:
Paul
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THIS
WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS,
HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR INVESTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OR OFFERED
FOR SALE OR TRANSFER UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES IS THEN IN
EFFECT, OR IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES, SUCH
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IS
NOT REQUIRED.
Date:
October 6, 2008
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF
COMMON
STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value
received, Paul Goodman, his successors and assigns (collectively, the “Holder”
or “Holders”), are entitled to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, 100,000 shares of Activeworlds Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”) common stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common
Stock”), and to receive certificates for the Common Stock so
purchased. The exercise price of this Warrant is $0.16
per share (the “Exercise
Price”).
1.
Exercise
Period.
This Warrant shall become exercisable by the Holders
beginning upon the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:00 p.m., New
York, New York time, five years from the date of this Warrant (the “Exercise
Period”). This Warrant will terminate automatically and immediately upon the
expiration of the Exercise Period.
2.
Exercise of Warrant; Cashless
Exercise.
This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in
part, at any time and from time to time during the Exercise
Period. Such exercise shall be accomplished by tender to the Company
of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by number of underlying
shares being purchased (the “Purchase Price”), either (a) in cash, by wire
transfer or by certified check or bank cashier’s check, payable to the order of
the Company, or (b) by surrendering such number of shares of Common Stock
received upon exercise of this Warrant with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
defined below) equal to the Purchase Price (as described in the following
paragraph (a “Cashless Exercise”), together with presentation and surrender to
the Company of this Warrant with an executed subscription agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(the
“Subscription”). Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Company will deliver to the
Holders, as promptly as possible, a certificate or certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the Holders or
its transferee (as permitted under Section 3 below). With respect to
any exercise of this Warrant, the Holders will for all purposes be deemed to
have become the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock
purchased hereunder on the date a properly executed Subscription and payment of
the Purchase Price is received by the Company (the “Exercise Date”),
irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificate evidencing such shares,
except that, if the date of such receipt is a date on which the stock transfer
books of the Company are closed, such person will be deemed to have become the
holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on
which the stock transfer books are open. Fractional shares of Common
Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu
of any fractional shares that would have been issued but for the immediately
preceding sentence, the Holders will be entitled to receive cash equal to the
current market price of such fraction of a share of Common Stock on the trading
day immediately preceding the Exercise Date. In the event this
Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue a new Warrant to the
Holders covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant remains exercisable for.
If the
Holders elect to conduct a Cashless Exercise, the Company shall cause to be
delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X = Y
(A-B)
A
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Holder;
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portion of the Warrant (in number of shares of Common Stock) being
exercised by Holder (at the date of such
calculation);
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Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock on the
Exercise Date, calculated by taking the average Fair Market Value over the
last 10 trading days (not including the Exercise Date);
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Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation).
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For
purposes of this Warrant, Fair Market Value shall mean: (i) if the
principal trading market for such securities is a national securities exchange
including The Nasdaq Stock Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (or a
similar system then in use), the last reported sales price on the principal
market the trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date; or (ii)
if (i) is not applicable, and if bid and ask prices for
shares of Common Stock are reported by the principal trading market or the Pink
Sheets, the average of the high bid and low ask prices so reported for the
trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if there is no last reported sales price or bid and ask prices,
as the case may be, for the day in question, then Fair Market Value shall be
determined as of the latest day prior to such day for which such last reported
sales price or bid and ask prices, as the case may be, are available, unless
such securities have not been traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter
market for 30 or more days immediately prior to the day in question, in which
case the Fair Market Price shall be determined in good faith by, and reflected
in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company.
3.
Recording, Transferability, Exchange
and Obligations to Issue Common Stock.
(a) Registration
of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to
be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the
name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may
deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner
hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder,
and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary from the
transferee and transferor.
(b) Registration
of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of any portion
of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with
the Form of Assignment attached hereto as
Exhibit B
duly
completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified
herein. As a condition to the transfer, the Company may request a
legal opinion as contemplated by the legend. Upon any such
registration or transfer, a new Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a “New Warrant”),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.
(c) This
Warrant is exchangeable upon its surrender by the Holders to the Company for new
Warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants
to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as may be designated by
the Holders at the time of such surrender (not to exceed the aggregate number of
shares underlying this Warrant).
(d) The
Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Common Stock in accordance with the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of
law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Common Stock. Nothing
herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
4.
Adjustments to Exercise Price and
Number of Shares Subject to Warrant
. The Exercise Price and
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any
of the events specified in this Section 4. For the purpose of this
Section 4, “Common Stock” means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class
of common stock of the Company, however designated, that has the right to
participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without
limit as to per share amount (excluding, and subject to any prior rights of, any
class or series of preferred stock).
(a) In
case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of
Common Stock to holders of shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock other securities
of the Company, then the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date
for such dividend or on the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and/or the number and kind of securities issuable on such
date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Holders of the Warrant
thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind
of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities other than Common Stock) of
the Company, at the same aggregate Exercise Price, that, if such Warrant had
been exercised immediately prior to such date, the Holders would have owned upon
such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend,
distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
(b) In
case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all
holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with
a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation) of
cash, evidences of indebtedness or assets, or subscription rights or warrants,
the Exercise Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the amount
of cash so to be distributed or the Fair Market Value (as determined in good
faith by, and reflected in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be
distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, applicable to one share
of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such
distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be
the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not
been fixed.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in the Exercise Price;
provided
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however
, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 4(c) are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to
the nearest cent or the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may
be.
(d) In
the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to
Section 4(a) above, the Holders of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares
of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 4, and the other
provisions of this Warrant shall apply on like terms to any such other
shares.
(e)
Fundamental
Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (1)
the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another company, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of
its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or
exchange offer (whether by the Company or another company or person) is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities,
cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Common Stock then issuable
upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”). For
purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to
the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. At the Holder’s option and request, any successor to the
Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the
Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the
Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise
thereof. Any such successor or surviving entity shall be deemed to be
required to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (c) and shall insure
that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted
upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
(f) In
case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of this Section 4
are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not
fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Warrant in accordance
with the essential intent and principles hereof, then, in each such case, the
Company shall effect such adjustment, on a basis consistent with the essential
intent and principles established in this Section 4, as may be necessary to
preserve, without dilution, the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant.
(g) Notice
of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to
this Section 4, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting
forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and
adjusted number or type of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving
rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly
deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s
Transfer Agent.
5.
No Registration
Rights
. The Warrant has not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933. When exercised, the stock certificates shall
bear the following legend unless all of the shares may be publicly sold under
Rule 144(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (or successor rule).
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered for sale
or sold except pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, or (ii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion and counsel shall
be reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer, that an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act is available”.
6.
Reservation of Common
Stock.
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number
of shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account
the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4. The Company covenants that all
Common Stock so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of
the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and
validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
7.
Replacement of
Warrant.
If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in
exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which may include a
surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may
prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation
of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the
Company as a condition precedent to the Company's obligation to issue the New
Warrant.
8.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental
tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Common Stock
or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall
be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding
or transferring this Warrant or receiving Common Stock upon exercise
hereof.
9.
Notices to
Holders.
Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price (or number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant) pursuant
to Section 4, the Company shall promptly thereafter cause to be given to the
Holders written notice of such adjustment. Such notice shall include
the Exercise Price (and/or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant) after such adjustment, and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the Company’s method of calculation and the facts upon which
such calculations were based. Where appropriate, such notice shall be
given in advance and included as a part of any notice required to be given under
the other provisions of this Section 9.
In the event of (a) any fixing by the
Company of a record date with respect to the holders of any class of securities
of the Company for the purpose of determining which of such holders are entitled
to dividends or other distributions, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any class or any other
securities or property, or to receive any other right, (b) any capital
reorganization of the Company, or reclassification or recapitalization of the
capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets or business of the Company to, or consolidation or merger of the Company
with or into, any other entity or person, or (c) any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding up of the Company, then and in each such event the
Company will give the Holders a written notice specifying, as the case may be
(i) the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, or right,
and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, or right;
or (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution,
liquidation, or winding up is to take place and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such capital stock or
securities receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such event. Any such
notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the earliest date therein
specified.
10.
No Rights as a
Stockholder.
This Warrant does not entitle the Holders to any
voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company, nor to any other
rights whatsoever except the rights herein set forth.
Provided
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however
, the Company
shall not close any merger agreement in which it is not the surviving entity, or
sell all or substantially all of its assets unless the Company shall have first
provided the Holders with at least 20 days’ prior written notice.
11.
Additional Covenants of the
Company.
If upon issuance of any shares for which this Warrant
is exercisable, the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades on any national
securities exchange including The Nasdaq Stock Market upon the issuance, the
Company shall, at its expense, promptly obtain and maintain the listing or
qualifications for trading of such shares.
The Company shall comply with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for
so long as and to the extent that such requirements apply to the
Company.
The Company shall not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (a) will at all times reserve and keep available, solely
for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock
issuable from time to time upon exercise of this Warrant, (b) will not increase
the par value of any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise, and (c) will take
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
stock.
12.
Successors and
Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company, the Holders and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
13.
Severability.
Every
provision of this Warrant is intended to be severable. If any term or provision
hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Warrant.
14.
Governing Law.
This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
state where the Company is incorporated as of the time of construction without
giving effect to the principles of choice of laws thereof.
15.
Attorneys’ Fees.
In
any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Warrant, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in
addition to its costs and expenses and any other available
remedies.
16.
Entire Agreement.
This Warrant
(including the Exhibits attached hereto) constitutes the entire understanding
between the Company and the Holders with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and supersedes all prior negotiations, discussions, agreements and
understandings relating to such subject matter.
17.
Good Faith.
The Company will
not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against such
impairment.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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Activeworlds
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Paul Goodman
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Exhibit
A
SUBSCRIPTION
FORM
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Exercise the Rights To Purchase Common Stock
Evidenced by the Within Warrant)
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for _______ shares of the Common Stock
(the “Stock”) of Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the attached Warrant (the
“Warrant”), and hereby makes payment of $_______ therefor by [tendering cash,
wire transferring or delivering a certified check or bank cashier’s check,
payable to the order of the Company] [surrendering _______ shares of Common
Stock received upon exercise of the Warrant, which shares have an aggregate fair
market value equal to such payment as required in Section 2 of the
Warrant]. The undersigned requests that a certificate for the Stock
be issued in the name of the undersigned and be delivered to the undersigned at
the address stated below. If the Stock is not all of the shares
purchasable pursuant to the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
of like tenor for the balance of the remaining shares purchasable thereunder be
delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.
In
connection with the issuance of the Stock, I hereby represent to the Company
that I am acquiring the Stock for my own account for investment and not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, a distribution of the shares within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
I
understand that if at this time the Stock has not been registered under the
Securities Act, I must hold such Stock indefinitely unless the Stock is
subsequently registered and qualified under the Securities Act or is exempt from
such registration and qualification. I shall make no transfer or disposition of
the Stock unless (a) such transfer or disposition can be made without
registration under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from
such registration and such qualification, or (b) a registration statement has
been filed pursuant to the Securities Act and has been declared effective with
respect to such disposition. I agree that each certificate
representing the Stock delivered to me shall bear substantially the same as set
forth on the front page of the Warrant.
I further
agree that the Company may place stop transfer orders with its transfer agent
same effect as the above legend. The legend and stop transfer notice
referred to above shall be removed only upon my furnishing to the Company an
opinion of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that
such legend may be removed.
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ASSIGNMENT
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Effect Transfer of the Attached Warrant)
For Value
Received __________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
_________________________ the Warrant attached hereto and the rights represented
thereby to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
___________________________ as attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of
the Company with full power of substitution.
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EXHIBIT
4.31
AMENDMENT
TO
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF
SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
This Amendment is made as of December
16, 2009 (this “Amendment”) to that certain Warrant for the Purchase of Shares
of Common Stock of Activeworlds Corp. made and entered into as of October 6,
2008 by and among Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) and Paul Goodman (the
“Holder”) (the “Warrant”).
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,
on October 6, 2008, the Company and the Holder entered into the Warrant granting
the Holder the right to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at
an exercise price of $0.16 per share;
B. WHEREAS,
in connection with the acquisition by the Company of Dragon Lead Group Limited,
the Holder has agreed to increase the Exercise Price of the Warrant;
and
C. WHEREAS,
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Warrant.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section
1.
Increase in Exercise
Price.
The
Holder hereby agrees that the Exercise Price of the Warrant is hereby
increased from $0.16 per share to $0.5976 per share.
Section
2.
No Other Changes.
Except as set forth herein, there are
no other modifications, amendments or changes to the Warrant and such agreement
shall continue in full force and effect, as amended herein.
Section
3.
Entire Agreement.
This
Amendment constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof, supersedes and is in full substitution for any and
all prior agreements and understandings among them relating to such subject
matter.
Section
4.
Counterparts
.
For the
convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Amendment may be
executed by any one or more parties hereto, and each such executed counterpart
shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all of which shall
constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate but one and the
same instrument.
Section
5.
Severability.
In the
event that any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment or in
any other instrument referred to herein, shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent
permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Amendment or any other such
instrument. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable
term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part
of this Amendment a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or
unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and
enforceable.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment
as of the day and year first written above.
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ACTIVEWORLDS
CORP.
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/s/ Paul Goodman
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Paul Goodman
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HOLDER
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Paul Goodman
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Paul
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THIS
WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS,
HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR INVESTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OR OFFERED
FOR SALE OR TRANSFER UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES IS THEN IN
EFFECT, OR IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES, SUCH
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IS
NOT REQUIRED.
Date:
October 6, 2008
WARRANT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF
COMMON
STOCK OF ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value
received, Paul Goodman, his successors and assigns (collectively, the “Holder”
or “Holders”), are entitled to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, 250,000 shares of Activeworlds Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”) common stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common
Stock”), and to receive certificates for the Common Stock so
purchased. The exercise price of this Warrant is $0.16
per share (the “Exercise
Price”).
1.
Exercise
Period.
This Warrant shall become exercisable by the Holders
beginning upon the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:00 p.m., New
York, New York time, five years from the date of this Warrant (the “Exercise
Period”). This Warrant will terminate automatically and immediately upon the
expiration of the Exercise Period.
2.
Exercise of Warrant; Cashless
Exercise.
This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in
part, at any time and from time to time during the Exercise
Period. Such exercise shall be accomplished by tender to the Company
of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by number of underlying
shares being purchased (the “Purchase Price”), either (a) in cash, by wire
transfer or by certified check or bank cashier’s check, payable to the order of
the Company, or (b) by surrendering such number of shares of Common Stock
received upon exercise of this Warrant with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
defined below) equal to the Purchase Price (as described in the following
paragraph (a “Cashless Exercise”), together with presentation and surrender to
the Company of this Warrant with an executed subscription agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(the
“Subscription”). Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Company will deliver to the
Holders, as promptly as possible, a certificate or certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the Holders or
its transferee (as permitted under Section 3 below). With respect to
any exercise of this Warrant, the Holders will for all purposes be deemed to
have become the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock
purchased hereunder on the date a properly executed Subscription and payment of
the Purchase Price is received by the Company (the “Exercise Date”),
irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificate evidencing such shares,
except that, if the date of such receipt is a date on which the stock transfer
books of the Company are closed, such person will be deemed to have become the
holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on
which the stock transfer books are open. Fractional shares of Common
Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu
of any fractional shares that would have been issued but for the immediately
preceding sentence, the Holders will be entitled to receive cash equal to the
current market price of such fraction of a share of Common Stock on the trading
day immediately preceding the Exercise Date. In the event this
Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue a new Warrant to the
Holders covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant remains exercisable for.
If the
Holders elect to conduct a Cashless Exercise, the Company shall cause to be
delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X = Y
(A-B)
A
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exercised by Holder (at the date of such
calculation);
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Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock on the
Exercise Date, calculated by taking the average Fair Market Value over the
last 10 trading days (not including the Exercise Date);
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Price (as adjusted to the date of such
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For
purposes of this Warrant, Fair Market Value shall mean: (i) if the
principal trading market for such securities is a national securities exchange
including The Nasdaq Stock Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (or a
similar system then in use), the last reported sales price on the principal
market the trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date; or (ii)
if (i) is not applicable, and if bid and ask prices for
shares of Common Stock are reported by the principal trading market or the Pink
Sheets, the average of the high bid and low ask prices so reported for the
trading day immediately prior to such Exercise Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if there is no last reported sales price or bid and ask prices,
as the case may be, for the day in question, then Fair Market Value shall be
determined as of the latest day prior to such day for which such last reported
sales price or bid and ask prices, as the case may be, are available, unless
such securities have not been traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter
market for 30 or more days immediately prior to the day in question, in which
case the Fair Market Price shall be determined in good faith by, and reflected
in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company.
3.
Recording, Transferability, Exchange
and Obligations to Issue Common Stock.
(a) Registration
of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to
be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the
name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may
deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner
hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder,
and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary from the
transferee and transferor.
(b) Registration
of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of any portion
of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with
the Form of Assignment attached hereto as
Exhibit B
duly
completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified
herein. As a condition to the transfer, the Company may request a
legal opinion as contemplated by the legend. Upon any such
registration or transfer, a new Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a “New Warrant”),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.
(c) This
Warrant is exchangeable upon its surrender by the Holders to the Company for new
Warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants
to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as may be designated by
the Holders at the time of such surrender (not to exceed the aggregate number of
shares underlying this Warrant).
(d) The
Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Common Stock in accordance with the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of
law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Common Stock. Nothing
herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
4.
Adjustments to Exercise Price and
Number of Shares Subject to Warrant
. The Exercise Price and
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any
of the events specified in this Section 4. For the purpose of this
Section 4, “Common Stock” means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class
of common stock of the Company, however designated, that has the right to
participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without
limit as to per share amount (excluding, and subject to any prior rights of, any
class or series of preferred stock).
(a) In
case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of
Common Stock to holders of shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock other securities
of the Company, then the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date
for such dividend or on the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and/or the number and kind of securities issuable on such
date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Holders of the Warrant
thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind
of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities other than Common Stock) of
the Company, at the same aggregate Exercise Price, that, if such Warrant had
been exercised immediately prior to such date, the Holders would have owned upon
such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend,
distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
(b) In
case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all
holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with
a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation) of
cash, evidences of indebtedness or assets, or subscription rights or warrants,
the Exercise Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the amount
of cash so to be distributed or the Fair Market Value (as determined in good
faith by, and reflected in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the
Company) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be
distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, applicable to one share
of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such
distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be
the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not
been fixed.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in the Exercise Price;
provided
,
however
, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 4(c) are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to
the nearest cent or the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may
be.
(d) In
the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to
Section 4(a) above, the Holders of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares
of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 4, and the other
provisions of this Warrant shall apply on like terms to any such other
shares.
(e)
Fundamental
Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (1)
the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another company, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of
its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or
exchange offer (whether by the Company or another company or person) is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities,
cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Common Stock then issuable
upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”). For
purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to
the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. At the Holder’s option and request, any successor to the
Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the
Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the
Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise
thereof. Any such successor or surviving entity shall be deemed to be
required to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (c) and shall insure
that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted
upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
(f) In
case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of this Section 4
are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not
fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Warrant in accordance
with the essential intent and principles hereof, then, in each such case, the
Company shall effect such adjustment, on a basis consistent with the essential
intent and principles established in this Section 4, as may be necessary to
preserve, without dilution, the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant.
(g) Notice
of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to
this Section 4, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting
forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and
adjusted number or type of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving
rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly
deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s
Transfer Agent.
5.
No Registration
Rights
. The Warrant has not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933. When exercised, the stock certificates shall
bear the following legend unless all of the shares may be publicly sold under
Rule 144(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (or successor rule).
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered for sale
or sold except pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, or (ii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion and counsel shall
be reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer, that an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act is available”.
6.
Reservation of Common
Stock.
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number
of shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account
the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4. The Company covenants that all
Common Stock so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of
the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and
validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
7.
Replacement of
Warrant.
If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in
exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which may include a
surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may
prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation
of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the
Company as a condition precedent to the Company's obligation to issue the New
Warrant.
8.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental
tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Common Stock
or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall
be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding
or transferring this Warrant or receiving Common Stock upon exercise
hereof.
9.
Notices to
Holders.
Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price (or number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant) pursuant
to Section 4, the Company shall promptly thereafter cause to be given to the
Holders written notice of such adjustment. Such notice shall include
the Exercise Price (and/or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant) after such adjustment, and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the Company’s method of calculation and the facts upon which
such calculations were based. Where appropriate, such notice shall be
given in advance and included as a part of any notice required to be given under
the other provisions of this Section 9.
In the event of (a) any fixing by the
Company of a record date with respect to the holders of any class of securities
of the Company for the purpose of determining which of such holders are entitled
to dividends or other distributions, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any class or any other
securities or property, or to receive any other right, (b) any capital
reorganization of the Company, or reclassification or recapitalization of the
capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets or business of the Company to, or consolidation or merger of the Company
with or into, any other entity or person, or (c) any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding up of the Company, then and in each such event the
Company will give the Holders a written notice specifying, as the case may be
(i) the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, or right,
and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, or right;
or (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution,
liquidation, or winding up is to take place and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such capital stock or
securities receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such event. Any such
notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the earliest date therein
specified.
10.
No Rights as a
Stockholder.
This Warrant does not entitle the Holders to any
voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company, nor to any other
rights whatsoever except the rights herein set forth.
Provided
,
however
, the Company
shall not close any merger agreement in which it is not the surviving entity, or
sell all or substantially all of its assets unless the Company shall have first
provided the Holders with at least 20 days’ prior written notice.
11.
Additional Covenants of the
Company.
If upon issuance of any shares for which this Warrant
is exercisable, the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades on any national
securities exchange including The Nasdaq Stock Market upon the issuance, the
Company shall, at its expense, promptly obtain and maintain the listing or
qualifications for trading of such shares.
The Company shall comply with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for
so long as and to the extent that such requirements apply to the
Company.
The Company shall not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (a) will at all times reserve and keep available, solely
for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock
issuable from time to time upon exercise of this Warrant, (b) will not increase
the par value of any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise, and (c) will take
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
stock.
12.
Successors and
Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company, the Holders and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
13.
Severability.
Every
provision of this Warrant is intended to be severable. If any term or provision
hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Warrant.
14.
Governing Law.
This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
state where the Company is incorporated as of the time of construction without
giving effect to the principles of choice of laws thereof.
15.
Attorneys’ Fees.
In
any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Warrant, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in
addition to its costs and expenses and any other available
remedies.
16.
Entire Agreement.
This Warrant
(including the Exhibits attached hereto) constitutes the entire understanding
between the Company and the Holders with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and supersedes all prior negotiations, discussions, agreements and
understandings relating to such subject matter.
17.
Good Faith.
The Company will
not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against such
impairment.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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Activeworlds
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By:
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Paul Goodman
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Exhibit
A
SUBSCRIPTION
FORM
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Exercise the Rights To Purchase Common Stock
Evidenced by the Within Warrant)
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for _______ shares of the Common Stock
(the “Stock”) of Activeworlds Corp. (the “Company”) pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the attached Warrant (the
“Warrant”), and hereby makes payment of $_______ therefor by [tendering cash,
wire transferring or delivering a certified check or bank cashier’s check,
payable to the order of the Company] [surrendering _______ shares of Common
Stock received upon exercise of the Warrant, which shares have an aggregate fair
market value equal to such payment as required in Section 2 of the
Warrant]. The undersigned requests that a certificate for the Stock
be issued in the name of the undersigned and be delivered to the undersigned at
the address stated below. If the Stock is not all of the shares
purchasable pursuant to the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
of like tenor for the balance of the remaining shares purchasable thereunder be
delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.
In
connection with the issuance of the Stock, I hereby represent to the Company
that I am acquiring the Stock for my own account for investment and not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, a distribution of the shares within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
I
understand that if at this time the Stock has not been registered under the
Securities Act, I must hold such Stock indefinitely unless the Stock is
subsequently registered and qualified under the Securities Act or is exempt from
such registration and qualification. I shall make no transfer or disposition of
the Stock unless (a) such transfer or disposition can be made without
registration under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from
such registration and such qualification, or (b) a registration statement has
been filed pursuant to the Securities Act and has been declared effective with
respect to such disposition. I agree that each certificate
representing the Stock delivered to me shall bear substantially the same as set
forth on the front page of the Warrant.
I further
agree that the Company may place stop transfer orders with its transfer agent
same effect as the above legend. The legend and stop transfer notice
referred to above shall be removed only upon my furnishing to the Company an
opinion of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that
such legend may be removed.
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ASSIGNMENT
(To be
Executed by the Holders to Effect Transfer of the Attached Warrant)
For Value
Received __________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
_________________________ the Warrant attached hereto and the rights represented
thereby to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
___________________________ as attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of
the Company with full power of substitution.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
DLA
Piper LLP (US)
1251
Avenue of the Americas
New York,
New York 10020
www.dlapiper.com
T
212.335.4500
F
212.335.4501
[_______ __
], 2010
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
15
Huangpu Science and Technology Park
Jiang’an
District
Wuhan,
Hubei Province, PRC 430023
Re:
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Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
―
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We have
acted as counsel for Kingold Jewelry, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”), in
connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (as so filed and as amended, the “
Registration
Statement
”) filed, on or about June 18, 2010 (File
No. 333-167626), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission
”) pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registration Statement
relates to the sale of up to 4,500,000 shares (the “
Shares
”) of common
stock of the Company, par value of $0.001 per share (the “
Common
Stock
”).
We have
examined such instruments, documents and records as we deemed relevant and
necessary for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. In such
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to
the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. With
respect to our opinion below that the Shares have been duly authorized, we have
relied solely upon our examination of the authorized shares provision of the
Company’sCertificate of Incorporation, as amended to the date hereof, and as
certified to be complete and true by the Secretary of the
Company.
We do not
express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the Delaware General
Corporation Law. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the
qualification of the Shares under the securities or blue sky laws of any state
of the United States or any foreign jurisdiction.
This
opinion speaks only at and as of its date and is based solely on the facts and
circumstances known to us as of such date. In addition, in rendering this
opinion, we assume no obligation to revise, update or supplement this opinion
(i) should the present aforementioned laws of the State of Delaware be
changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise, or (ii) to
reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our
attention.
Based on
such examination, we are of the opinion that the Shares being registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement are duly authorized shares of Common
Stock and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby
consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration
Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in
the prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement. This
opinion is to be used only in connection with the sale of the Shares while the
Registration Statement is in effect. In giving this consent, we do
not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.
Respectfully
submitted,
DLA PIPER
LLP (US)
/s/
DLA PIPER LLP (US)
BEIJING
│ SHANGHAI │ SHENZHEN │ HANGZHOU │ GUANGZHOU
KUNMING
│ TIANJIN │ CHENGDU │ NINGBO │ HONGKONG │ FUZHOU │
9
th
Floor,
Taikang Financial Tower, No. 38 North Road East Third Ring, Chaoyang District,
Beijing 100026 China
Tel:
(+86)(10) 6589 0699 Fax: (+86)(10) 6517 6800 /
6801
September
26, 2010
EXHIBIT 5.2
To:
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Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
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No.15
Huangpu Science and Technology Park,
Jiang'an
District,
Wuhan,
Hubei Province, PRC 430023
Tel: 86
27 65660703
Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC
1251
Avenue of the Americas, 20
th
Floor,
New York,
NY 10020
U.S.A.
Tel: 212
356 0500
Re: Kingold Jewelry, Inc.
Registered Public Offering
Dear
Sirs,
We are
qualified lawyers of the People's Republic of China ("PRC") and as such are
qualified to issue this opinion according to the laws and regulations of the
PRC.
http://www.grandall.com.cn
We have
acted as the PRC counsel for Kingold Jewelry, Inc. (“Company”), a Delaware
corporation, in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1
which was initially filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on
June 18, 2010, as amended or supplemented through the date hereof (“Registration
Statement”), relating to the proposed registered public offering (“Offering”) of
common stock of the Company. For the purposes of the filing of the
Registration Statement with the SEC, we have been requested to give this opinion
on: (a) the legality of the ownership structure of all of the entities in the
PRC which includes Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited (“Wuhan Kingold”) and
Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd. (“Vogue-Show”) (collectively “PRC Group
Companies”); (b) the legality, validity and enforceability of certain
contractual arrangements among Vogue-Show, Wuhan Kingold and the shareholders
jointly holding 95.83% of the shares of Wuhan Kingold (“Shareholders of Wuhan
Kingold”), pursuant to which the Company exercises effective control over Wuhan
Kingold (“VIE Agreements”); (c) the validity of the choice of law provision of
the Call Option Agreement which was entered into between Mr. Jia Zhi Hong and
Mr. Zhao Bin and Ms. Huo Yong Lin (also known as “Fok Wing Lam Winnie” in the
Registration Statement); (d) the legality of the transactions and business
operations of the PRC Group Companies as described in the Registration
Statement; (e) certain matters relating to the Underwriting Agreement
(“Underwriting Agreement”) which was entered into between the Company and Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC (the “Underwriter”); and (f) certain other matters
as set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Underwriting
Agreement.
For the
purposes of this opinion we have examined the originals or certified, conformed
or reproduced copies of all records, agreements, certificates issued by
governmental authorities of the PRC, and other instruments as listed in the
Appendix hereto, which we have deemed relevant or necessary as the basis for the
opinions hereinafter expressed.
In such
examination, we have assumed: (a) the genuineness of all signatures on original
or certified copies and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals; (b) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us
as certified or reproduced copies; (c) that none of the documents, as they were
presented to us as of the date of this opinion, has been revoked, amended,
varied or supplemented; and (d) that all factual representations made in all
documents are correct in all material respects.
In
rendering this opinion, as to factual matters not directly within our knowledge,
we have relied upon, and have assumed the accuracy, completeness and genuineness
of, oral and written representations made to us by officers and/or
representatives of Wuhan Kingold, Vogue-Show and the Company, and such
certificates of public officials as we have deemed necessary.
This
opinion is confined to and rendered on the basis of the PRC laws effective as of
the date hereof and there is no assurance that any of such laws will not be
changed, amended or replaced in the immediate future or in the longer term with
or without retrospective effect. The PRC laws referred to herein are
laws, regulations and rules of the mainland territory of the PRC that currently
are in force on the date of this opinion. We have not investigated
and do not express or imply any opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction,
and we have assumed that no such other laws would affect the opinion stated
herein.
Based on
the foregoing, and subject to the limitations set forth herein, we are of the
following opinion:
1.
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Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd. or “Vogue-Show”, has been duly organized and
is validly existing as a wholly foreign owned enterprise with limited
liability under the PRC laws; Vogue-Show’s business license is in full
force and effect; Vogue-Show has been duly qualified as a foreign invested
enterprise; the registered capital of Vogue-Show is HKD32,000,000, all of
which has been contributed and verified; 100% of the equity interests of
Vogue-Show are owned by Dragon Lead Group Limited (“Dragon Lead”), and to
the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, such equity interests are
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and the
articles of association, the business license and other constituent
documents of Vogue-Show comply with the requirements of applicable PRC
laws and are in full force and effect. Vogue-Show has obtained
the following approvals and certificates: (a) Certificate of
Approval for Establishment of Enterprise with Foreign Investment in the
PRC issued by the People’s Government of Wuhan Municipality on February
13, 2009; (b) Business License issued by Wuhan Administration Bureau for
Industry and Commerce on February 16, 2009; (c) Certificate of Foreign
Exchange Registration issued by Hubei Branch of the State Administration
of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”); (d) Organization Code Certificate issued by
Wuhan Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision on February 10, 2009;
and (e) Taxation Registration Certificate issued by both Wuhan State and
Local Taxation Bureaus on March 2, 2009. The registered
business scope of Vogue-Show is “production, processing and sales of gold
and silver jewelry, and its technical service, technical training and
management consulting; wholesale, import and export of instruments and
mechanical equipment (business subject to special approval shall be
conducted with licenses)”, which is neither categorized as “restricted
industries” nor as “prohibited industries” for foreign investment in
accordance with the provisions of the PRC Catalogue of Industries for
Guiding Foreign Investment, and complies with the PRC industrial policy
for foreign investment.
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Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd. or “Wuhan Kingold” has been duly organized and
is validly existing as a joint stock company limited by shares under the
PRC laws; Wuhan Kingold’s business license is in full force and effect;
the registered capital of Wuhan Kingold is RMB 120,000,000, all of which
has been contributed and verified; 100% of the equity interests of Wuhan
Kingold are owned by 42 PRC individuals and 5 PRC legal entities, and to
the best of our knowledge and after due inquiry, such equity interests are
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, with the
exception of the equity interest pledged under the Equity Pledge Agreement
entered into by and between the Shareholders of Wuhan Kingold and
Vogue-Show; and the articles of association, the business license and
other constituent documents of Wuhan Kingold comply with the requirements
of applicable PRC laws and are in full force and effect. The
registered business scope of Wuhan Kingold is “production, processing and
sales of platinum jewelry; production, processing, wholesale and retail,
recycling of and exchange new for old gold and silver jewelry, OEM of
gold, platinum and silver products from abroad; agency of gold
transactions; consultation for gold transactions; production, processing,
wholesale and retail of diamond jewelry; processing and sales of gold
chloride; production, processing, wholesale and retail of precious metals;
operation of raw materials, instruments and meters, mechanical equipment
and spare parts needed for R&D and production by the company and its
member enterprises (business period and business scope conforming to the
period and scope as approved in licenses); import and export of goods and
technology, agency for import and export (not including goods or
technology forbidden or restricted for import and export by the State)
(business subject to special approval may be conducted upon
approval)”.
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Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, both Vogue-Show and Wuhan
Kingold have full corporate right, power and authority and has all
necessary governmental authorizations of and from, and has made all
necessary declarations and filings with, all governmental agencies to own,
lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct its
business and such governmental authorizations contain no burdensome
restrictions or conditions; to the best of our knowledge after due
inquiry, none of the PRC Group Companies has any reason to believe that
any regulatory body is considering modifying, suspending, revoking or not
renewing any such governmental authorizations; and each of the PRC Group
Companies is in compliance with the provisions of all such governmental
authorizations and conducts its business in accordance with, and is not in
violation of, any PRC laws to which it is subject or by which it is bound,
in all material respects.
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4.
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To
our best knowledge after due inquiry, none of the PRC Group Companies is
in violation of or in default under (a) any provision of its articles of
association; (b) any provision of PRC laws or regulations; (c) any
agreement governed by the PRC laws by which it is bound or to which any of
its properties or assets is subject; or (d) any order, decree or
regulation of any governmental body or agency in the PRC having
jurisdiction over it or over any of its properties or assets, except for,
in the case of clauses (b), (c) and (d), such defaults that would not have
a material adverse effect on the PRC Group
Companies.
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5.
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The
discussions in the Registration Statement under the headings: “Prospectus
Summary”, “Risk Factors”, “Business”, and “Certain Relationships and
Related Party Transactions”, include a complete and accurate description
of the agreements among the Company, Vogue-Show, Wuhan Kingold and the
Shareholders of Wuhan Kingold pursuant to which the Company exercises
effective control over Wuhan Kingold through the use of the VIE
Agreements. Each of the PRC Group Companies has the corporate
power and full capacity to enter into and perform its obligations under
each of the VIE Agreements to which it is a party and has taken all
necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of, and has authorized, executed and delivered, each of the
VIE Agreements to which it is a party. Each of the shareholders
of Vogue-Show and the Shareholders of Wuhan Kingold has full power and
capacity to enter into and perform its respective obligations under each
of the VIE Agreements to which he/she/it is a party and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of,
and has authorized, executed and delivered, each of the VIE Agreements to
which he/she/it is a party. The execution, delivery and
performance of the VIE Agreements comply with the provisions of the
respective articles of association of each of the PRC Group Companies and
the PRC laws. The permission of no other corporation or
shareholder(s) will be necessary to authorize such execution, delivery and
performance other than those obtained already. Each of the VIE
Agreements does not contravene, result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under (a) any provisions of applicable PRC laws; (b)
any terms of the articles of association or other constituent documents of
each of the PRC Group Companies; or (c) to the best of our knowledge after
due inquiry, any license, approval and agreement known to us and governed
by the PRC laws to which any of the PRC Group Companies is a party or by
which any of the PRC Group Companies is bound or to which any of their
properties or assets is subject.
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6.
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Each
of the VIE Agreements is, and all of the VIE Agreements taken as a whole
are legal, valid, enforceable and admissible as evidence against the PRC
Group Companies and the shareholder of Vogue-Show and the Shareholders of
Wuhan Kingold under the PRC laws, and constitute(s) valid and legally
binding documents on the parties thereto, and enforceable in accordance
with its terms thereunder and relevant PRC laws. Each of the
VIE Agreements is in proper legal form under the PRC laws for the
enforcement thereof against each of the PRC Group Companies, the
shareholder of Vogue-Show and the Shareholders of Wuhan Kingold without
any further action to be taken in the PRC by any of the PRC Group
Companies or their shareholders other than those already taken; and to
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence
of each of the VIE Agreements in the PRC, all government authorizations
for the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement by each of the
PRC Group Companies and their shareholders in respect of the VIE
Agreements have been obtained as required by the PRC laws. To
the best of our knowledge, we are not aware of any issue, fact or
circumstance which would lead us to believe that the PRC regulatory
authorities would revoke the VIE Agreements. However, if the
VIE Agreements were for any reason determined to be in breach of any
existing or future PRC laws, the relevant regulatory authorities can apply
any or all of the following: (a) impose economic penalties on the PRC
Group Companies; (b) discontinue or restrict the operations of the PRC
Group Companies; (c) impose conditions or requirements in respect of the
VIE Agreements with which the PRC Group Companies may not be able to
comply; (d) require the PRC Group Companies to restructure the relevant
ownership structure or operations; (e) revoke the business licenses and/or
the licenses or certificates of the PRC Group Companies, and/or void the
VIE Agreements; and (f) take other regulatory or enforcement actions that
could adversely affect Company's
business.
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7.
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The
choice of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the
Call Option Agreement is a valid choice of governing law under the laws of
the PRC and will be binding on the parties to the Call Option
Agreement.
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8.
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The
ownership structure of the PRC Group Companies created by the VIE
Agreements and the Call Option Agreement does not violate any provisions
of the applicable PRC laws; the transactions conducted in the PRC
involving the PRC Group Companies relating to the establishment of such
ownership structure, in each case, does not violate any provisions of the
applicable PRC laws; to the best of our knowledge after due and reasonable
inquiries, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, each of the
PRC Group Companies’ businesses and operations comply with the PRC laws in
all material respects, and no consent, approval or license other than
those already obtained is required under existing PRC laws for such
ownership structure, businesses and operations. However, if
such ownership structure was for any reason determined to be in breach of
any existing or future PRC laws, the PRC competent authorities may apply
any or all of the following: (a) revoke the business and operating
licenses of the PRC Group Companies; (b) impose fines and penalties on the
operations in the PRC; (c) limit the operating privileges in the PRC; (d)
impose restrictions on the business operations of the PRC Group Companies;
(e) impose additional conditions or requirements with which the PRC Group
Companies may not be able to comply; (f) delay or restrict the
repatriation of overseas proceeds into the PRC; (g) delay or restrict the
PRC Group Companies from distributing dividends; (h) require the PRC Group
Companies to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations;
and (i) take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on
the Company’s business.
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9.
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Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, each of the PRC Group
Companies owns or otherwise has the legal right to use, or can acquire on
reasonable terms, its intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property
Rights”) as currently used or as currently contemplated to be used by the
PRC Group Companies.
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10.
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Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, to the best of our knowledge
after due and reasonable inquiry, none of the PRC Group Companies is
infringing, misappropriating or violating any intellectual property right
of any third party in the PRC, and no Intellectual Property Rights are
subject to any outstanding decree, order, injunction, judgment or ruling
restricting the use of such Intellectual Property Rights in the PRC that
would impair the validity or enforceability of said Intellectual Property
Rights, nor has the Company or any of the PRC Group Companies received any
notice of any claim of infringement or conflict with any such rights of
others. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, each
of the PRC Group Companies has full, valid and clean title to, or
otherwise has the legal right to use, all of the assets currently used
and/or occupied by it, free and clear of all security interest, liens,
encumbrances and third party rights, and has the lawful power and
authority to assume civil liability and has full power and authority to
own, use and lease its assets and to conduct its business operation within
its business scope as described in its business license and as currently
being conducted. Each of the PRC Group Companies has obtained
all the property ownership certificates in relation to the real properties
currently owned and used by it in relation to its
business.
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11.
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No
labor dispute or disturbance involving the employees of the PRC Group
Companies exists, is imminent or threatened, except disputes or
disturbances which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the PRC Group Companies. As
confirmed by the PRC Group Companies and to the best of our knowledge
after due inquiry, each of the PRC Group Companies has complied in all
material respects with all employment, labor and other similar laws
applicable to the PRC Group Companies and has made all welfare
contributions for its employees as required under the PRC
laws. Each of the PRC Group Companies has entered into a labor
contract with each of its employees, and the labor contracts or employment
agreements entered by each of the PRC Group Companies with its employees
are in compliance with the PRC
laws.
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12.
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As
confirmed by the Company and to the best of our knowledge after due
inquiry, each of the PRC Group Companies has no outstanding guarantees
other than as disclosed in the Registration
Statement.
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13.
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Except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Vogue-Show has full power and
authority to effect dividend payments and remittances thereof outside the
PRC in United States dollars free of deduction and without the need to
obtain any consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or governmental or regulatory agency or
body of or in the PRC; except as described in Registration Statement, all
such dividends and other distributions resulting from profits generated in
tax years beginning from and after the establishment of Vogue-Show, will
be subject to withholding tax at a rate of 10%, unless reduced pursuant to
an applicable bilateral tax treaty and upon the approval of the competent
tax authority of the PRC; as confirmed by the Company and to the best of
our knowledge, none of the PRC Group Companies are currently prohibited,
directly or indirectly, by the PRC laws from distributing any dividend to
its shareholders.
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14.
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Under
the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law (“EIT Law”) and its implementation rules
and the Circular of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues
Concerning the Identification of China-controlled Overseas-registered
Enterprises as Resident Enterprises on the Basis of the Standard of Actual
Management Organization dated on April 22, 2009 (“SAT Circular 82”), it
remains unclear as to whether SAT Circular 82 is applicable to an offshore
enterprise incorporated or controlled by a PRC individual(s) and how the
PRC tax authorities determine the resident enterprise status of a company
organized under the laws of a foreign (non-PRC) jurisdiction which is
similar to the Company. If the Company is not regarded as a PRC
resident enterprise as defined in the EIT Law, the non-PRC holders of the
shares of the Company who are also not PRC taxpayers as defined in the EIT
Law will not be subject to withholding tax, income tax or any other taxes
or duties imposed by any governmental agency of the PRC in respect to any
payments, dividends or other distributions made on Company
shares.
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15.
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To
the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, all returns, reports or
filings required to have been made in respect of any of the PRC Group
Companies for taxation purposes under the PRC laws have been made by the
PRC Group Companies and are not subject to any dispute with the relevant
tax, revenue or other appropriate authorities; all taxes and other
assessments of a similar nature including any interest, additions to tax
or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such
authorities have been paid in full, and none of the PRC Group Companies
has committed any breach of the relevant PRC tax laws and
regulations.
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16.
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Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, based on our understanding of
current PRC laws, there are no material PRC fees, capital gains,
withholding or other taxes that are or will become applicable to the PRC
Group Companies as a consequence of completion of the
Offering.
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17.
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To
the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, except for those matters of
non-compliance which would not have a material adverse effect on the
results of operations or the financial condition of the Company and each
of the PRC Group Companies and except as described in the Registration
Statement, each of the PRC Group Companies (a) is in compliance with all
PRC environmental protection laws, orders, rules and regulations; and (b)
has obtained all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under
such applicable PRC environmental protection laws, orders, rules or
regulations to conduct its businesses, as described in the Registration
Statement.
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18.
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Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, to the best of our knowledge
after due and reasonable inquiry, there are no legal, arbitration or
governmental proceedings in progress or pending or threatened in the PRC,
to which the Company or either of the PRC Group Companies is a party or of
which any property of either of the PRC Group Companies is
subject.
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19.
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On
August 8, 2006, six PRC regulatory agencies, namely, the PRC Ministry of
Commerce (“MOFCOM”), the State Assets Supervision and Administration
Commission, the State Administration for Taxation, the State
Administration for Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory
Commission (“CSRC”), and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange
(“SAFE”), jointly adopted the Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of
Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (“M&A Rules”), which became
effective on September 8, 2006 and was amended on June 22,
2009. The M&A Rules purport, among other things, to require
offshore special purpose vehicles or “SPVs”, formed for overseas listing
purposes through acquisition of PRC domestic companies and controlled
directly or indirectly by PRC companies or individuals, to obtain the
approval of MOFCOM for the acquisitions and to obtain the approval of the
CSRC prior to publicly listing their securities on an overseas stock
exchange. On September 21, 2006, pursuant to the M&A Rules
and other PRC laws, the CSRC, on its official website, promulgated
relevant guidance with respect to the issues of listing and trading of
domestic enterprises’ securities on overseas stock exchanges, including a
list of application materials with respect to the listing on overseas
stock exchanges by SPVs. Based on our understanding of the PRC
laws, regulations, rules and Circulars, we believe that neither MOFCOM nor
CSRC approval is required in the context of this
Offering. Nonetheless, there are substantial uncertainties
regarding the interpretation, application and enforcement of the M&A
Rules, and the CSRC has yet to promulgate any written provisions or to
formally declare or state whether the overseas listing of a PRC-related
company structured similar to the Company is subject to the approval of
the CSRC. If such an ownership structure created by the VIE
Agreements, the Call Option and this Offering was for any reason
determined to be in breach of any existing or future PRC laws by MOFCOM,
or other PRC regulatory agencies, the relevant regulatory agencies may
apply any or all of the following: (a) impose fines and penalties on the
PRC Group Companies’ operations in the PRC; (b) limit the PRC Group
Companies’ operating privileges in the PRC; (c) delay or restrict the
repatriation of overseas proceeds into the PRC; (d) require restructuring
of the PRC Group Companies’ ownership structure or operations; and (e)
take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on the
Company.
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20.
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Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, no stamp tax, transfer taxes,
duties, capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by
or on behalf of the Underwriter to the government of the PRC or to any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in connection
with (a) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement; (b) the
sale and delivery by the Company of its shares to or for the account of
the Underwriter; (c) the sale and delivery outside the PRC by the
Underwriter of Company shares to the purchasers thereof in the manner
contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement; or (d) the consummation of any
other transaction contemplated in the Underwriting
Agreement.
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21.
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As
of the date of this opinion, Mr. Jia Zhi Hong and Mr. Zhao Bin who are PRC
residents have respectively filed the registration of foreign exchange for
overseas investment with the Hubei Branch of SAFE for their indirectly
holding shares in the Company, in accordance with the provisions of the
Circular of State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues
concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to
Engage in Financing and Inbound Investment via Overseas Special Purpose
Companies (“SAFE Circular No. 75”). It should be noted that the
relevant shareholders shall process the modification registration and
filing for substantial capital change of the SPVs, if any, in accordance
with the relevant provisions of SAFE Circular No. 75, after the closing of
the Offering.
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22.
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On
December 17, 2009, the Call Option Agreement was entered into by and
between Mr. Jia Zhi Hong, Mr. Zhao Bin and Ms. Huo Yong Lin who is a Hong
Kong passport holder. The Operating Rules on the Foreign Exchange
Administration of the Involvement of Domestic Individuals in the Employee
Stock Ownership Plans and Share Option Schemes of Overseas Listed
Companies, promulgated by SAFE on March 28, 2007 ("SAFE Circular 78")
covers the involvement of domestic individuals in share option
schemes. However, SAFE Circular 78 only applies to the share
option schemes of overseas listed companies, as opposed to unlisted
overseas companies. In addition, SAFE Circular 78 does not
expressly cover indirect ownership interest in an overseas listed company
by a share option scheme. Based on our understanding of current
PRC laws, as Mr. Jia Zhi Hong and Mr. Zhao Bin will jointly acquire 100%
of the shares of Famous Grow, one of the shareholders of the Company,
rather than the shares of the Company itself, it is not necessary for Mr.
Jia Zhi Hong or Mr. Zhao Bin to register the Call Option Agreement with
the competent local SAFE under Circular 78 either before or after the Call
Option is exercised. Furthermore, said Call Option Agreement
has been disclosed in the Business Plan which was submitted to the
Hubei Branch of SAFE when Mr. Jia Zhi Hong and Mr. Zhao Bin filed the
registration of foreign exchange for their overseas investment with the
same SAFE branch.
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23.
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As
a matter of the PRC laws, none of the PRC Group Companies or their
properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity, on any grounds,
from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief
in any such legal action, from setoff or counterclaim, from the
jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, attachment upon or
prior to judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from
execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the
giving of any relief with respect to their respective obligations,
liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting
Agreement.
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24.
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The
sale of the Company shares, the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not result in any violation of the
provisions of the articles of association, business license or any other
constituent documents of any of the PRC Group Companies or any applicable
statute, court order, rule or regulation of the
PRC.
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25.
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Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, based on our understanding of
current PRC laws, as of the date of this opinion, there is no restriction
under the PRC laws which will prohibit the Company from transferring the
net proceeds to be received by the Company from the Offering to the PRC
Group Companies by way of capital increase or shareholder loan subject to
the approvals, registration or filings that may be required by any
governmental agency having jurisdiction over any of the PRC Group
Companies or any of its properties; after such net proceeds have been
injected into the PRC Group Companies, the application of the net proceeds
by the PRC Group Companies as contemplated in the Registration Statement
(including any transfer to and application of proceeds by any PRC Group
Companies) will not contravene any provision of the PRC laws and will not
result in any violation of the provision of the articles of association,
or other constituent documents or business license of any PRC Group
Companies.
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26.
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No
authorization of any governmental agency of the PRC is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting
Agreement, other than those already
obtained.
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27.
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The
choice of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the
Underwriting Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the
PRC. However, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of
the PRC would: (a) recognize or enforce judgments of any courts of the
United States, federal or state, obtained against the Company or directors
or officers of the Company predicated upon the civil liability provisions
of the securities laws of the United States or of any state in the United
States; or (b) entertain original actions brought in each respective
jurisdiction against the Company or directors or officers of the Company
predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in
the United States. The PRC courts may recognize and enforce
foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil
Procedures Law based either on treaties between the PRC and the country
where the judgment is made or on reciprocity between
jurisdictions.
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28.
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The
statements in the Registration Statement under the headings: “Prospectus
Summary”, “Risk Factors”, “Business” and “Certain Relationships and
Related Party Transactions” insofar as such statements constitute
summaries of the laws or regulations of the PRC or documents governed by
the PRC laws as of the date hereof, fairly present the information called
for with respect to such legal matters and documents and fairly summarize
matters referred to therein.
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29.
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The
entry into, and performance or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement
in accordance with its terms will not subject the Underwriter to any
requirement to be licensed or otherwise qualified to do business in the
PRC, nor will the Underwriter be deemed to be a resident, domiciled,
carrying on business, subject to taxation through an establishment, or
place in the PRC, or in breach of any laws or regulations in the PRC by
reason of entry into, performance or enforcement of the Underwriting
Agreement or any transaction contemplated by the Registration
Statement.
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30.
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There
are no reporting obligations under the PRC laws on non-PRC resident
holders of the shares of the Company to be sold in the
Offering. As a matter of the PRC laws, no holder of the shares
of the Company who is not a PRC resident will be subject to any personal
liability, or subject to a requirement to be licensed or otherwise
qualified to do business or be deemed domiciled or resident in the PRC, by
virtue only of holding such shares. There are no limitations
under the PRC laws on the rights of holders of shares of the Company, who
are not PRC residents, to hold, vote or transfer their securities nor any
statutory pre-emptive rights or transfer restrictions applicable to the
shares.
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31.
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Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, none of the PRC Group
Companies has taken any action nor has had any steps taken, nor has legal
or administrative proceedings been commenced or threatened for the winding
up, dissolution or liquidation of any of the PRC Group Companies, nor has
there been any suspension, withdrawal, revocation or cancellation of any
of their respective business
licenses.
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This
opinion relates to the PRC laws in effect on the date hereof and there is no
assurance that any of such laws will not be changed, amended or replaced in the
immediate future or in the longer term with or without retrospective
effect.
This
opinion is rendered only with respect to the PRC laws and we have made no
investigations in any other jurisdiction and no opinion is expressed or implied
as to the laws of any other jurisdiction.
This
opinion is solely for the benefit of the persons to whom it is
addressed. It may not, except with our prior written permission, be
relied upon by anyone in connection with this opinion or used for any other
purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this opinion may be relied
upon by DLA Piper LLP (US), U.S. counsel to the Company, and Kramer Levin
Naftalis & Frankel LLP, U.S. counsel to the Underwriter, in rendering
opinions or other assurances to the Underwriter in connection with the
Offering.
We
confirm that we have reviewed and approved all statement in the Registration
Statement regarding our opinions rendered herein.
We
hereby consent to the use of this opinion in, and the filing hereof as an
exhibit to, the above-mentioned Registration Statement. In giving
such consent, we do not thereby admit that we fall within the category of the
person whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Yours
Sincerely,
/s/
Grandall Legal Group (Beijing)
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Grandall
Legal Group (Beijing)
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EXHIBIT 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this
“
Agreement
”
), dated as of
December 22, 2009
by and among
Active
W
orlds Corp
, a U.S. public reporting
company, (collectively with its predecessors, the “
Company
")
and the investors listed on
the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as
Schedule
I
and identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an
“Investor”
and collectively,
the
“Investors”
)
.
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS,
ActiveWorlds Corp., is a U.S. public reporting company incorporated in Delaware
whose shares of Common Stock are traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board
(the "
OTC Bulletin
Board
");
WHEREAS,
Dragon Lead Group Limited, a British Virgin Island corporation ("
Dragon Lead
") is the owner of
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Vogue-Show Jewelry Company
Limited (“
Vogue Show
”),
a wholly foreign owned enterprise incorporated under the laws of the People’s
Republic of China (“
PRC
”). Vogue Show
has entered into certain captive agreements (the “
VIE Agreements
”) with
W
uhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited by
Shares
, a company limited
by shares incorporated in People's Republic of China
("
Wuhan
Kingold
")
, pursuant
to which Vogue Show exercises substantial control over the operations of Wuhan
Kingold;
WHEREAS,
the Company and
Dragon
Lead
ha
ve
concurrently
entered into an agreement and plan of
reverse acquisition ("
Reverse Acquisition
Agreement
")
whereby the shareholders of
Dragon Lead
will
exchange their shares of common stock in
Dragon Lead
for shares of common stock of
th
e Company
("
Reverse
Acquis
i
tion
").
Dragon Lead
thereby
will
bec
o
me a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company with
Vogue
Show
becoming an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company
; and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in t
his Agreement and pursuant to Section
4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below) and Rule 506 promulgated
thereunder,
upon closing of
the Reverse Acquisition,
the Company
will simultaneously
issue and sell to each Investor, and
each Investor, severally
and not jointly,
will
purchase from the Company certain
securities of the Company
(the “
Common
Stock
”
), set forth opposite such
Investor
’
s
name
in
Schedule
I
hereto
(which aggregate amount for all
Investors
together shall be [
·
] shares of common s
tock and
shall collectively be referred to herein
as the “
Shares
”
) and (ii) warrants, in substantially
the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
B
(the “
Warrants
”
), to acquire up to that number of
additional shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such
Investor
’
s
name
in
Schedule
I hereto
(
as exercised, collectively,
the
”
Warrant
Shares
”
)
.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the
mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknow
ledged, the Company
, Dragon Lead
and the Investors agree as
follows:
DEFINITIONS
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement and the Reverse
Acquisition Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Action"
means any action,
suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding
such as a deposition) or investigation pending or threatened in writing against
or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties
before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency,
regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), stock market,
stock exchange or trading facility.
"Affiliate"
means any Person
that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used
in and construed under Rule 144.
"Business Day"
means any day
except Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a federal legal holiday or a day on
which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required
by law or other governmental action to close.
"Buy-In"
has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.1(c).
"Closing"
means the closing of
the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to Section 1.
"Closing Date"
has the meaning
set forth in Section 1.2, on which all of the conditions set forth in Sections 2
hereof are satisfied, or such other date as the parties may agree.
"Commission"
means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock"
means the
common stock of the Company, par value USD 0.001 per share, and any securities
into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
"Common Stock Equivalents"
means any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which entitle the
holder thereof to acquire Common Stock at any time, including without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other
instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or
otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock or other
securities that entitle the holder to receive, directly or indirectly, Common
Stock.
"Company Deliverables"
has the
meaning set forth in Section 1.3(a).
"Disclosure Materials"
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.8 and attached as Disclosure Schedules
hereto.
"Effective Date"
means the
date that the Registration Statement required by Section 2 of the Registration
Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
"Evaluation Date"
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.19.
"Exchange Act"
means the U.S.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"U.S. GAAP"
means U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Intellectual Property Rights"
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.16.
"Investment Amount"
means,
with respect to each Investor, the Investment Amount indicated on such
Investor’s signature page to this Agreement.
"Investor Deliverables"
has
the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(b).
"Investor Party"
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.7.
"Lien"
means any lien, charge,
encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal or other restrictions of
any kind.
"Losses"
has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.7.
"Material Adverse Effect"
means, with respect to any person, any of (i) a material and adverse
effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document,
(ii) a material and adverse effect on the results of operations, assets,
prospects, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of such person and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) an adverse impairment to the Person's
ability to perform on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
Document.
"Money Laundering Laws"
has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.22.
"New York Courts"
means the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan.
"OFAC"
has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.31.
"Outside Date"
means the
thirtieth (30
th
)
calendar day following the date of this Agreement;
provided
, that if
such day should fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the Outside Date shall
be deemed the next day that is a Business Day.
"Per Share Purchase Price"
equals $0.498.
"Person"
means an individual
or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an
agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
"PRC"
means the People’s
Republic of China, excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
"Proceeding"
means an action,
claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an
investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
"Registration Rights Agreement"
means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this
Agreement, among the Company and the Investors, in the form of
Exhibit B
hereto.
"Registration Statement"
means
a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Investors of the
Shares.
"Rule 144"
means Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as Rule
144.
"SEC Reports"
has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.8.
"Securities Act"
means the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Securities"
means the Shares,
the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
"Share Delivery Date"
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1(c).
"Shares"
means the shares of
Common Stock issued or issuable, or transferable, to the Investors pursuant to
this Agreement.
"Short Sales"
include, without
limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect stock
pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar
arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other
transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated
brokers.
"Subsidiary"
of any Person
shall
mean any
“significant subsidiary” at such Person as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of the
Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange
Act.
"Trading Day"
means (i) a day
on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (other than the OTC
Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market
(other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded
in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii)
if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the
Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the Pink
Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day
shall mean a Business Day.
"Trading Market"
means
whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market
or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading
on the date in question.
"Transaction Documents"
means
this Agreement, the Reverse Acquisition Agreement, the Warrants, the
Registration Rights Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE
, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and other agreements contained in this
Agreement, the Company, Dragon Lead, Wuhan Kingold and the Investors hereby
agree as follows:
1.
Purchase and Sale of
Securities
.
1.1
Purch
ase of
Securities
.
Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement,
at
the Closing the Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor
shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, the Shares and the
Warrant
s
to be purchased by each
Investor
at the Closing
as
set forth opposite such
Investor
’
s
name in column (5) of
Schedule
I
hereto
.
Upon execution hereof by each Investor,
each Investor shal
l wire
transfer its respective purchase a
mount in same-day funds with
the instructions provided by the
Company.
1.2
Closing
Date
.
The closing of this transaction (the
“
Closing”
) shall occur
simultaneously with the Reverse
Acquisition on December
____, 2009 (the “
Closing
Date”
) at 10:00 a.m. local
time at the offices of Cy
ruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP, or
such other time or location as the parties hereto shall agree,
subject to notification of satisfaction
of the conditions to the Closing set forth herein and in Section
7
below, or such other date(s) as is
mutually agreed
to by the
Company and the Investors.
1.3
Closing
Deliveries
.
(a)
At each Closing, the Company shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor participating in the Closing
the following (the “
Company
Deliverables
”
):
(i)
this Agreement duly
executed by the Company
and the Dragon Lead
;
(ii)
the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company and the other parties
thereto;
(iii)
a completed and duly executed
Warrant;
and
(iv)
a director
’
s certificate, in agreed form,
cer
tifying the satisfaction
of each of the cond
itions
precedent to the Company
’
s obligation to issue
Securities
.
(b)
At or prior to any Closing, each
Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered (the “
Investor
Deliverables
”
) to the Company the
following
,
(i)
this Agreement duly executed by the
Investor
s
;
(ii)
the Registration Rights Agreement
duly executed by
the
Investor;
(iii)
the subscription notice duly
execute
d by the
I
nvestor
for the Warrant;
(iv)
a
director
’
s certificate, in agreed for
m, certifying the satisfaction of each
of the conditions precedent to the Investors
’
obligation to purchase
Securities
;
and
(v)
a payment
receipt.
2.
Investors
Representations and
Warranties
Except as set forth in the schedules
hereto (the parties und
erstand and agree that an item disclosed
under a particular schedule shall only qualify the Section referenced in the
heading to such particular schedule, and shall not modify or qualify any other
Section not referenced in such schedule heading),
each Inve
stor
represents and warrants to and agrees
with
the Company, Wuhan
Kingold and Dragon Leads
that:
2.1
Organization;
Standing
. Such Investor is an entity duly incorporated
or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as currently conducted. It is not in violation
of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. It is duly qualified to conduct its businesses in each
jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it
makes such qualification necessary, and except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.2
Authorization; Power
.
Such Investor has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by such Investor and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Investor or, if
such Investor is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company
or other applicable like action, on the part of such Investor and no further
action is required by the Investor in connection therewith. Each of
this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed by
such Investor, and when delivered by such Investor in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of
such Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by
other equitable principles of general application.
2.3
No Conflicts; No
Solicitation
. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by such Investor and the consummation by such Investor of
the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of such Investor's certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice,
lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing an Investor debt or otherwise) or other understanding to
which the Investor is a party or by which any property or asset of the Investor
is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any
court or governmental authority to which the Investor is subject (including
federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or
asset of the Investor is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the aggregate,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Such Investor is not required to obtain any consent,
authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or
governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under the transaction documents or to purchase the Securities in
accordance with the terms hereof, provided that for purposes of the
representation made in this sentence, such Investor is assuming and relying upon
the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Company
herein. Such Investor is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Shares
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over
television or radio.
2.4
Information
on Investor
.
At the time such
Investor was offered the Shares, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an
"
accredited
investor
",
as such
term is defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
The information set forth on the
signature page hereto and
Schedule
II
, as completed by the
undersigned Investor, regarding the Investor is accurate. Such
Investor is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the
Secur
ities
Act.
Such Investor does not have any agreement or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the
Securities.
2.5
Investment
Intent.
Such
Investor is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account for
investment purposes only and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Securities or any part thereof, without prejudice, however, to such
Investor’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
such Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities
laws. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, nothing
contained herein shall be deemed a representation or warranty by such Investor
to hold the Securities for any period of time. Such Investor is
acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such
Investor does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly,
with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.
2.6
Access to
Information
. Such Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed
the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such
questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from,
representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the
Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries
and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business,
properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its
investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that
the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that
is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the
investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation
conducted by or on behalf of such Investor or its representatives or counsel
shall modify, amend or affect such Investor’s right to rely on the truth,
accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents.
2.7
Certain Trading
Activities
. Such Investor has not directly or indirectly, nor
has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Investor, engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s
securities or any hedging transactions) since the earlier to occur of (i) the
time that such Investor was first contacted by the Company regarding an
investment in the Company and (ii) the 30
th
day
prior to the date of this Agreement. Such Investor covenants that
neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding
with it will engage in any transactions in the securities of the Company
(including Short Sales or hedging transactions) prior to the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed.
2.8
Independent Investment
Decision
. Such Investor has independently evaluated the merits
of its decision to purchase the Securities pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, and such Investor confirms that it has not relied on the advice of
any other Investor’s business and/or legal counsel in making such
decision. Such Investor has not relied on the business or legal
advice of Baytree Capital Associates LLC or any of its respective agents,
counsel or Affiliates in making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms
that none of such Persons has made any representations or warranties to such
Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
2.9
No Public Sale or
Distribution.
Such
Investor is (i) acquiring the Shares and the Warrants and (ii) upon exercise of
the Warrants will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof, in
the ordinary course of business for its own account and not with a view towards,
or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof,
except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act and
such Investor does not have a present arrangement to effect any distribution of
the Securities to or through any person or entity; provided, however, that by
making the representations herein, such Investor does not agree to hold any of
the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to
dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
Registration Statement or an exemption under the Securities Act. Such Investor
is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business. Such Investor does not presently have any agreement or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the
Securities.
3. Company
Representations and Warranties
Except as
set forth in the schedules hereto (the parties understand and agree that an item
disclosed under a particular schedule shall only qualify the Section referenced
in the heading to such particular schedule, and shall not modify or qualify any
other Section not referenced in such schedule heading), the Company represents
and warrants to and agrees with each Investor that:
3.1
Organization;
Standing
. The
Company
is
duly incorporated or otherwise
organized, v
alidly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conduct
e
d.
The Company
is
not
in violation of any of the provisions
of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter do
cuments
.
3.2
Authorization;
Power
. The
Company has the requisite corporate power and autho
rity to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to
carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of
each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consumma
t
ion by it of the transactions
contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company in
connection therewith. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon
delivery
will have been) duly executed by the
Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof
, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except as such e
nforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of,
creditors
’
rights and remedies or by other
equitable principles of general a
p
plication.
3.3
Subsidiaries
. The
Company has no Subsidiaries.
3.4
No Conflicts; No
Solicitation
.
The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants and
the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares) do not and will
not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give
to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation
(with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit
facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) or
other understanding to which the Company is a party or by which any property or
asset of the Company is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction
of any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any
property or asset of the Company is bound or affected; except in the case of
each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the
material assets of the Company; or (v) result in the activation of any
anti-dilution rights or a reset or repricing of any debt or security instrument
of any other creditor or equity holder of the Company, nor result in the
acceleration of the due date of any material obligation of the Company; or (vi)
result in the activation of any piggy-back registration rights of any person or
entity holding securities of the Company or having the right to receive
securities of the Company.
3.5
Filings, Consents and
Approvals
. The Company is not required to obtain any consent,
waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or
registration with, any United States or PRC court or other federal, state, local
or other governmental authority in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) the
filing with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in accordance
with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) filings
required by state securities laws, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Sale of
Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities
Act, (iv) the filings required in accordance with Section 6.5 and (v) those that
have been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement.
3.6
Issuance of the
Shares
. The Shares and the Warrants are duly authorized and,
upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be validly issued and
free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof and the
Shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable with the holders being entitled to
all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. As of the Closing
Date, the Company shall have duly authorized and reserved for issuance a number
of shares of Common Stock which equals the number of Warrant
Shares. Upon exercise in accordance with the Warrants, the Warrant
Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders
being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common
Stock. The offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is
exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
3.7
Capitalization
.
The number of shares and
types of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company,
and all shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s option
and incentive plans, if any, is specified in the SEC Reports. Except
as specified in the SEC Reports, no securities of the Company are entitled to
preemptive or similar rights, and no Person has any right of first refusal,
preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as
specified in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights
to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to,
or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or
giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common
Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the
Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or
securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common
Stock. The issuance and sale of Shares contemplated by this Agreement
to the Investors will not, immediately or with the passage of time, obligate the
Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than the Investors) or result in a right of any holder of Company securities to
adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such
securities.
3.8
SEC Reports; Financial
Statements
.
The Company has filed
all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by
law to file such reports) (the foregoing materials being collectively referred
to herein as the “
SEC
Reports
” and, together with the Schedules to this Agreement (if any), the
“
Disclosure Materials
”)
on a timely basis or has timely filed a valid extension of such time of filing
and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates and the dates they were
filed, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the
SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect
thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such
financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
3.9
Disclosure of Transactions
and Other Material Information
. The Company shall within four
(4) Business Days after the Closing Date (A) issue a press release (the “
Press Release
”) reasonably
acceptable to the Investors disclosing all material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereby and (B) file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the
terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form
required by the Securities Act, and attaching the material Transaction Documents
(including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this
Agreement), the Reverse Acquisition Agreement and the form of Warrant
and the Registration Rights Agreement) as exhibits to such filing (including all
attachments, the “
8-K
Filing
”). From and after the issuance of the Press Release the
Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any
Investor with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries without the express written consent of such
Investor. If an Investor has, or believes it has, received any such
material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the respective officers,
directors, or agents, other than as requested in writing by such Investor, it
shall provide the Company with written notice thereof. The Company
shall, within five (5) Trading Days of receipt of such notice, make public
disclosure of such material, nonpublic information. In the event the
Company does not make such disclosure within Five (5) Trading Days, in addition
to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, an Investor
shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press
release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic
information without the prior approval by the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any
of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or
agents. No Investor shall have any liability to the Company, its
Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees,
stockholders or agents for any such disclosure. Subject to the
foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Investor shall issue
any press release or any other public statements with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby;
provided
,
however
, that the
Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Investor, to make
any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions
(i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing other the date of such filing
and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations, including the
applicable rules and regulations of the OTCBB (provided that in the case of
clause (i) each Investor shall be consulted by the Company in connection with
any such Press Release or other public disclosure prior to its
release). Without the prior written consent of any applicable
Investor, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall
disclose the name of such Investor in any filing, announcement, release or
otherwise, unless such disclosure is required by law rule of
regulation.
3.10
Material
Changes
. Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in
the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has
had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
(B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial
statements pursuant to U.S. GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made
with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting
or the identity of its auditors, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of
its capital stock, and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to
any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any
request for confidential treatment of information.
3.11
Litigation
. There
is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Shares or (ii) except
as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company,
nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as such), is or has
been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability
under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty,
except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports. There has not
been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former
director or officer of the Company (in his or her capacity as
such). The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order
suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company
or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
3.12
Labor
Relations
. No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
the Company.
3.13
Compliance
. The
Company is not (i) in default under or in violation of (and no event has
occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a default by the Company), nor has the Company received notice
of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any
indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or
not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) in violation of any order
of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) or in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes,
environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and
safety and employment and labor matters, except as could not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is in compliance with all effective requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, that are applicable to it.
3.14
Regulatory
Permits
. The Company possesses all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business as described in
the SEC Reports and the Company has never received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such permits.
3.15
Title to
Assets
. The Company has good and marketable title in fee
simple to its property that is material to its businesses, free and clear of all
Liens.
3.16
Patents and
Trademarks
. The Company has rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and other similar rights (collectively, the “
Intellectual Property Rights
”)
that are necessary or material for use in connection with its businesses as
described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has never received a written
notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company violates or
infringes upon the rights of any Person. Except as set forth in the
SEC Reports, to the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property
Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person
of any of the Intellectual Property Rights.
3.17
Insurance
. The
Company 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 the Company is engaged.
3.18
Transactions With Affiliates
and Employees
. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of
the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company,
none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction
with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or any entity in which any officer, director, or, to
the knowledge of the Company, any such employee has a substantial interest or is
an officer, director, trustee or partner.
3.19
Internal Accounting
Controls
. The Company 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
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP and to maintain
asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is
made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, including
during the periods in which the Company’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as the case may be,
is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated
the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures in accordance with
Item 307 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act for the Company’s most
recently ended fiscal quarter or fiscal year-end (such date, the “
Evaluation
Date
”). The Company presented in its most recently filed Form
10-K or Form 10-Q the conclusions of the certifying officers about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their
evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date,
there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) or, to the Company’s
knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s
internal controls.
3.20
Solvency
. Based
on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date (and assuming
that the Closing shall have occurred), (i) the Company’s fair saleable value of
its assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect
of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known
contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not
constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current
fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its
capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the
business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and
capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company,
together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all
of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would
be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt when such amounts
are required to be paid.
3.21
Certain
Fees
. Except as described in Disclosure Schedule 3.21, no
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Investors shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims (other than
such fees or commissions owed by an Investor pursuant to written agreements
executed by such Investor which fees or commissions shall be the sole
responsibility of such Investor) made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees
of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.22
No General Solicitation;
Private Placement
. Neither the Company nor any Person authorized to act
on the Company’s behalf has sold or offered to sell or solicited any offer to
buy the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or advertising.
Neither the Company nor any of its directors or officers nor any Person
authorized to act on the Company’s behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any
time within the past six months, made any offer or sale of any security or
solicitation of any offer to buy any security under circumstances that would (i)
eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D
under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of
the Securities as contemplated hereby, or (ii) cause the offering of the
Securities pursuant to this Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by
the Company for purposes of any applicable law, regulation or stockholder
approval provisions, including under the rules and regulations of any national
securities exchange, market or trading or quotation facility on which the Shares
are listed or quoted.
3.23
Certain Registration
Matters
. Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 2, no registration under the Securities Act is
required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the
Investors under the Transaction Documents. The Company is eligible to
register its Common Stock for resale by the Investors under Form S-1 promulgated
under the Securities Act. Except as specified in Disclosure Schedule
3.23, the Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights
(including “
piggy-back
”
or "tag-along" registration rights) to have any securities of the Company
registered with the Commission or any other governmental authority that have not
been satisfied. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive
offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by
notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Shares and the
Warrants, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Investor
in whose name the Shares and the Warrants have been issued (including the name
and address of each Investor), the number of Shares held by such Investor, the
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such
Investor and the number of Shares held by such Investor assuming full exercise
of the Warrants held by such Investor. The Company shall keep the
register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of
any Investor or its legal representatives.
3.24
Listing and Maintenance
Requirements
. Except as specified in the SEC Reports and in
Disclosure Schedule 3.24, the Company has not, in the two years preceding the
date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market to the effect that the
Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements
thereof. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will
not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with the listing and
maintenance requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed or
quoted. The issuance and sale of the Securities under the Transaction
Documents does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market on
which the Common Stock is currently listed or quoted, and no approval of the
shareholders of the Company thereunder is required for the Company to issue and
deliver to the Investors the Securities contemplated by Transaction
Documents.
3.25
Investment
Company
. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and
immediately following the Closing and the application at the proceeds therefrom
will not have become, an “
investment company
” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
3.26
Application of Takeover
Protections
. The Company has taken all necessary action, if
any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of
incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of
incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Investors as a result of
the Investors and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their
rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation the
Company’s issuance of and/or delivery of all of the Shares and the Investors’
ownership of the Shares.
3.27
No Additional
Agreements
. The Company does not have any agreement or
understanding with any Investor with respect to the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction
Documents.
3.28
Consultation with
Auditors
. The Company has consulted its independent auditors
concerning the accounting treatment of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, and in connection therewith has furnished such auditors
complete copies of the Transaction Documents.
3.29
Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act
. Neither the Company nor to the knowledge of the Company,
any agent or other person acting on behalf of any of the Company, has, directly
or indirectly, (i) used any funds, or will use any proceeds from the sale of the
Securities, 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 or,
(iii) has violated in any material respect any provision of the U.S. Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
3.30
PFIC
. The
Company is not and does not intend to become a “passive foreign investment
company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
3.31
OFAC
. None of the
Company, any director or officer of the Company, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the
Company is currently identified on the specially designated nationals maintained
by, or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
by, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“
OFAC
”); and the Company will
not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or
lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales or operations
in any country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities
of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC.
3.32
Money Laundering
Laws
. The operations of the Company is and has been conducted at all
times in compliance with the money laundering statutes of all 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 the Company with respect to the
Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened.
3.33
Reservation of
Shares
. So long as any Investor owns any Warrants, the Company
shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved
for the purpose of issuance no less than 50% of the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding (without taking
into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the
Warrants).
4
.
Dragon Lead
Representations and
Warranties
.
Except as set forth in the
s
chedules hereto
(the parties understand and agree that
an item disclosed under a particular schedule shall only qualify the Section
referenced in the heading to such particular schedule, and shall not modify or
qualify any other Section not referenced in s
uch schedule heading),
Dragon Lead
represents and warrants to and agrees
with each Investor that:
4
.1
Organization;
Standing
.
Dragon Lead
and
Vogue-Show
are duly incorporated or otherwise
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither
Dragon Lead
nor
Vogue-Show
is in violation
of any of the provisions of its
respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents.
Dragon Lead
and
Vogue-Show
are duly qualified to conduct its
respective businesses and are in good standing as a fore
ign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by
it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not,
i
ndividually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
4
.2
Outstanding
Stock
. All
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
Dragon Lead and Vogue-Show
have been duly authorized and validly
issued
and are fully paid
and non-assessable.
4
.3
Authorization;
Power
.
Dragon Lead
has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each
of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by
Dragon Lead
and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of
Dragon Lead
and no
further action is required by
Dragon Lead
in connection therewith. Each
Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by
Dragon Lead
and, when delivered in accordance with
the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and bin
ding obligation of
Dragon Lead
enforceable against
Dragon Lead
in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affectin
g generally the
enforcement of, creditors
’
rights and remedies or by other
equitable principles of general application.
4
.4
Consents
. No consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court, governmental agency or body or arbitrator
having jurisdiction
over
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show, or
any of
Dragon Lead
’
s shareholders, or to which any of the
properties of
Dragon Lead
or Vogue-Show
is bound, is
required for the execution by
Dragon Lead
of the Transaction Documents and
compliance and performance by
Drago
n Lead
of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents applicable to it.
4
.5
No
Conflicts; No Solicitation
. The execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents by
Dragon Lead
and Vogue-Show
and the consummation by
Dragon Lead or Vogue-
Show
of the transactions contemplated thereby
do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
'
s
certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii)
conflict with
, or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) of, any ag
r
eement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
is a party or by which any property or
asset of
Dragon
Lead
or
Vogue-Show
is bound or affec
ted, or (iii) result in a violation of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
is bound or affected; except in the case
of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Mat
erial Adverse Effect; or (iv) result in
the creation or imposition of any
L
ien upon any of the assets of
Dragon Lead
or Vogue-Show
; or (v) result in the activation of any
anti-dilution rights or a reset or repricing of any debt or security instrument
of an
y other creditor or
equity holder of
Dragon
Lead
, nor result in the
acceleration of the due date of any obligation of
Dragon Lead
; or (vi) result in the activation of
any piggy-back registration rights of any person or entity holding securities of
Dragon L
ead
or having the right to receive
securities of
Dragon
Lead
.
4.6
Litigation
. There is no pending or
threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court,
governmental agency or body, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
.
4.7
Defaults
.
Dragon Lead
is not in violation of its articles of
incorporation or bylaws.
Dragon Lead
is (i) not in default under or in
violation of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it
or any of its properties a
re bound or affected, which default or
violation would have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) not in default with respect
to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or subject to or
party to any order of any court or governmental authority a
r
ising out of any action, suit or
proceeding under any statute or other law respecting antitrust, monopoly,
restraint of trade, unfair competition or similar matters, or (iii) not in
violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental
authorit
y
which violation would have a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.8
Capitalization
. The number of shares and
type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of
Dragon Lead
and all shares of capital stock
reserved for issuance under
Dragon Lead
’
s vario
us option and incentive plans, if any,
is specified on
Disclosure
Schedule
4.8
. Except as specified in
Disclosure
Schedule
4.8
,
no securities of
Dragon Lead
are entitled to preemptive or similar
rights, and no person has any right of first refusal, preemp
tive right, right of participation, or
any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Except as specified in
Disclosure
Schedule
4.8
, there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to
, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or
exchangeable for, or giving any person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any shares of capital stock of
Dragon Lead
, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of capital stock, or securities or rights convertible or
exchangeable into shares of capital stock of
Dragon Lead
. The sale o
f Securities to the Investors will not,
immediately or with the passage of time, obligate
Dragon Lead
to issue securities of
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
to any person (other than the
Company
) or will result in a right of any
holder
Dragon
Lead
securities to
adjust the exercise,
conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities.
4.9
Subsidiaries
.
Dragon Lead
has no direct or indirect subsidiaries
other than
Vogue-Show
.
Dragon Lead
owns
all of the capital stock of
Vogue-Show
free and clear of any and
all Liens, and all the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of
Vogue-Show
are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights.
4.10
Financial
Statements
. The
audited consolidated financial statements
of
Dragon Lead
and
Vogue-Show as of June 30,
2009
covering the preceding
four fiscal quarters are attached hereto as
Disclosure
Schedule
4.10
.
4.11
Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments
. Since June 30,
2009
(i) there has
been
no event, occurrence
or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) neither
Dragon Lead
nor
Vogue-Show
has incurred any liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and
accrued expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities
not required to be reflected in
Dragon Lead
’
s consolidated financial statements
(iii)
Dragon
Lead
has not altered its
method of accounting, (iv)
neither
Dragon Lead
nor
Vogue-Show
has declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased,
redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock and (v) neither
Dragon Le
ad
nor
Vogue-Show
has issued any equity securities to any
officer, director or Affiliate.
4.12
Labor
Relations
. No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of
Dragon Lead
, is imminent with respect to any of the
employees of
Dragon
Lead
or
Vogue-
Show
which could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect..
4.13
Compliance
with Laws
. Neither
Dragon Lead
nor
Vogue-Show
(i) is in default under or in violation
of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with
notice
or lapse of time or
both, would result in a default by the
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
under), nor has
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or
any other
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived),
(ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body,
or (iii
)
is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, national and local laws applicable to its business and
all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case
a
s could not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.14
Regulatory
Permits
.
Dragon Lead
and
Vogue-Show
possess all certificates, authorizations
and permits issued by the appropriate national, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their res
pective businesses, except where the
failure to possess such permits could not, individually or in the aggregate,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and
neither
Dragon
Lead
nor
Vogue-Show
has received any notice of
proce
edings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such permits.
4.17
Insurance
.
Dragon Lead
and
Vogue-Show
do not carry insurance and believe that,
due to the respective businesses in which
Dragon Lead
and
Vogue-Show
are engaged, prudent and
custom
ary business practice
would not mandate that they do so.
4.18
Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees
.
N
one of the officers or directors of
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
and, to the knowledge of
Dragon Lead
, none of the employees of
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Sh
ow
is presently a party to any transaction
with
Dragon
Lead
or
Vogue-Show
(other than for services as employees,
officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement
providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing fo
r rental of real or personal property to
or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or
such employee or, to the knowledge of
Dragon Lead
, any entity in which any officer,
director, or any such employee has a substantial inter
est or is an officer, director, trustee
or partner, in
each case in
excess of $50,000
other
than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, and
(ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of
Dragon Lead
.
4.19
Tax
Status
.
Dr
agon Lead
and
Vogue-Show
ha
ve
filed all necessary national, local and
foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown
as due thereon, and
Dragon
Lead
has no knowledge of a
tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatene
d against
Dragon Lead
or
Vogue-Show
.
4.20
Manufacturing
and Marketing Rights
. Neither
Dragon Lead
nor
Vogue-Show
has granted rights to manufacture,
produce, assemble, license, market, or sell its respective products to any other
person and is not bound by
any agreement that affects
Dragon Lead
’
s nor
Vogue-Show
’
s exclusive right to develop,
manufacture, assemble, distribute, market or sell its products and
services.
4.21
Seniority
. As of the Closing Date, no
Indebtedness or other claim against
Dragon Lead
is senior to
its
shares
in right of payment, whether with
respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than
indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only
as to underlying assets covered there
by) and capital lease obligations (which
is senior only as to the property covered thereby).
4.22
Correctness
of Representations
.
Dragon Lead
represents that the foregoing
representations and warranties are true and correct as of the date hereof in all
ma
terial respects, and,
unless
Dragon
Lead
otherwise notifies the
parties hereto prior to the Closing Date, shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date.
4.23
Survival
. The foregoing
representations and warranties shall survive
the Closing Date.
5
.
Wuhan Kingold
R
epresentations and
Warranties
Except as set forth in the schedules
hereto (the parties understand and agree that an item disclosed under a
particular schedule shall only qualify the Section referenced in the heading to
s
uch particular schedule,
and shall not modify or qualify any other Section not referenced in such
schedule heading),
Wuhan
Kingold
represents and
warrants to and agrees with each Investor that:
5
.1
Organization;
Standing
.
Wuhan Kingold
is an entity duly i
ncorporated or otherwise organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the PRC with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as currently conducted. It is not in
violatio
n
of any of the provisions of its
respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents. It is duly qualified to conduct
its businesses
in each
jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or pr
operty owned by it makes such
qualification necessary
,
and except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effe
ct.
5
.2
Registered
Capital
. All
approved registered capital
of
Wuhan Kingold
ha
s
been fully paid.
5
.3
Authorization;
Power
.
Wuhan Kingold
has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
ea
ch of the Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
thereunder.
5
.4
Consents
. No consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court, governmental agency or body or arbitrator
having jurisdiction over
Wuhan Kingold
or any of it
s Affiliates, or any of its
shareholders, or to which any of the properties of
Wuhan Kingold
or any of its Affiliates is subject, is
required for the execution by
Wuhan Kingold
of the Transaction Documents to which
it is party, and compliance and performan
ce by
Wuhan Kingold
of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is party.
5
.5
No
Conflicts; No Solicitation
. The execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party
by
Wuhan Kingold
and the consummati
on by
Wuhan Kingold
of the transactions contemplated
thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of
Wuhan Kingold
or any of its Affiliates' certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
docum
ents, or (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse
o
f time or both) of, any agreement,
credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing
Wuhan Kingold
or any of its Affiliates debt or
otherwise) or other understanding to which
Wuhan Kingold
or any of its Affiliates is a party or
by which any property or
asset of
Wuhan
Kingold
or any of its
Affiliates is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of
any court or governmental authority to which
Wuhan Kingold
or an
y of its Affiliates is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any
property or asset of
Wuhan
Kingold
or any of its
Affiliates is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and
(iii), such as co
uld not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any
L
ien upon any of the
material
assets of
Wuhan Kingold
or any of its
Affiliates.
5
.6
Litiga
tion
. There is no pending or
threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court,
governmental agency or body, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over
Wuhan Kingold
, or any of its Affiliates that would
affect the execution by
Wuhan Kingol
d
or the performance by
Wuhan Kingold
of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents
to
which it is a party
.
5
.
7
Subsidiaries
.
Wuhan Kingold
has no direct or indirect
subsidiaries.
5
.
8
Financial
Statements
. The
unaudited consolidated financial stat
ements of
Wuhan Kingold
for the fisc
al quarters ended March 31, 2009 and
June 30, 2009
and the
fisc
al years ended December
31, 2007 and 2008
are
attached hereto as
Disclosure Schedule 5.8
.
5
.
9
Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developme
nts
. Since June 30,
2009
, (i) there has been no
event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)
Wuhan Kingold
has
not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other
than (A)
trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected
in
Wuhan
Kingold
’
s consolidated financial statements
(iii)
Wuhan
Kingold
has not
altered
its method of
accounting, (iv)
Wuhan
Kingold
has
not
declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders (v)
Wuhan Kingold
has
not
issued any equity securities to any
officer, director or Affiliate.
5
.1
0
Labor
Relat
ions
. No material labor dispute
exists or, to the knowledge of
Wuhan Kingold
, is imminent with respect to any of the
employees of
Wuhan
Kingold
which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
Wuhan is
in
material
compliance wit
h all PRC national, provincial and local
laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in
compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate
,
reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5
.1
1
Compliance
with Laws
.
Wuhan Kingold
(i) is
not
in default under or in violation of
(and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse
of time or both, would result
in a default by
Wuhan Kingold
), nor has
Wuhan Kingold
received notice of a claim that it is
in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it
or any of its
properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived),
(ii) is
not
in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is
not
or has
not
been in violation of any statute, rule
or regulati
on of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all PRC national,
provincial, and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that
affect the environment, except in each case as could not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5
.1
2
Regu
latory
Permits
.
Wuhan Kingold
possess
es
all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate PRC national, provincial, local and foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct
its
business, except where the failure to
possess such p
ermits could
not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, and
Wuhan Kingold
has
not
received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such
permits.
5
.1
3
Tit
le to
Assets
.
Wuhan Kingold
own
s, or has
legal right to use, all real property
that is material to
its
business and good and marketable title
in all personal property owned by
it
that is material to
its
business, in each case free and clear
of all Liens,
except for
Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
by
Wuhan
Kingold
. Any real property
and facilities held under lease by
Wuhan Kingold
are held
by
it
under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases.
5
.1
4
Intellectual
Property Rights
.
Wuhan Kingold
h
as, or has
rights to use, all
Intellectual Property
Rights
that are necessary
or material for use in connection with
its
business and which the
failur
e to so have could,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
Wuhan Kingold
has
never
received a written notice that the
Intellectual Property Rights used by
Wuhan Kingold
violates or infringe
s upon the rights of any
Person.
5
.1
5
Insurance
.
Wuhan Kingold
is
insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility in the PRC against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are prudent and customary in the business in which
Wuhan Kingold
i
s engaged.
5
.
16
Tax
Status
. Except
for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
Wuhan Kingold
has filed all necessary PRC national,
provincial, local, and foreign inco
me and franchise tax returns and has
paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and
Wuhan Kingold
has no knowledge of a tax deficiency
which has been asserted or threatened against
Wuhan Kingold
.
5
.
17
Obligations
of Management
. Each officer
and key em
ployee of
Wuhan Kingold
is currently devoting substantially all
of his or her business time to the conduct of business of
Wuhan Kingold
.
Wuhan Kingold
is not aware that any officer or key
employee of
Wuhan
Kingold
is planning to work
less than full time a
t
Wuhan Kingold
or any
Wuhan Kingold S
ubsidiary in the future. No
such officer or key employee is currently working or, to
Wuhan Kingold
’
s knowledge, plans to work for a
competitive enterprise, whether or not such officer of key employee is or will
be com
pensated by such
enterprise.
5.18
VIE
Agreements.
Both
Kingold
and Vogue-Show have
duly executed and delivered the VIE
Agreements, as
attached to
the Reverse Acquisition Agreement
, to which it is a party and all
necessary corporate actions to authorize th
e execution, delivery and performance of
such documents have been taken. Each of the VIE Agreements constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of each of the parties thereto, enforceable against
such party in accordance with their respective terms.
the execution, delivery and performance
of the VIE Agreements by each of Vogue-Show and Kingold do not result in (i) any
violation of the provisions of the articles of association, business license or
other constitutive documents of such party, or (ii) an
y
violation of any applicable PRC laws
and regulations. The VIE Agreements are perpetual in
nature.
5
.
19
Correctness
of Representations
.
Wuhan Kingold
represents that the foregoing
representations and warranties are true and correct as of the date hereof
in all material respects
with respect to itself, and, unless
Wuhan Kingold
otherwise notifies the parties hereto
prior to the Closing Date, shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of the Closing Date.
5
.
20
Survival
. The foregoing
representat
ions and
warranties shall survive the Closing Date.
6
.
Other Agreements of the
Parties
6
.1
(a)
The
Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities
laws. In connection with any transfer of the Shares other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement, pursuant to Rule 144, to the
Company, to an Affiliate of an Investor or in connection with a pledge as
contemplated in Section 6.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof
to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor, the
form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such
transferred Shares under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company hereby consents to and agrees to register on the books of the Company
and with its transfer agent, without any such legal opinion, any transfer of
Shares by an Investor to an Affiliate of such Investor, provided that the
transferee certifies to the Company that it is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and provided that such Affiliate
does not request any removal of any existing legends on any certificate
evidencing the Shares.
(b)
Certificates
evidencing the Shares will contain the following legend, until such time as they
are not required under Section 6.1(c):
THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that an Investor may from time to time pledge,
and/or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares pursuant to a bona
fide margin agreement in connection with a bona fide margin account and, if
required under the terms of such agreement or account, such Investor may
transfer pledged or secured Shares to the pledgees or secured
parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval
or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee,
secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection with the pledge, but
such legal opinion may be required in connection with a subsequent transfer
following default by the Investor transferee of the pledge. No notice
shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Investor’s
expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a
pledgee or secured party of Shares may reasonably request in connection with a
pledge or transfer of the Shares including the preparation and filing of any
required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or
other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list
of Selling Stockholders thereunder. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 6.1(c), any Shares subject to a pledge or security interest as
contemplated by this Section 6.1(b) shall continue to bear the legend set forth
in this Section 6.1(b) and be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth
in Section 6.1(a).
(c)
Certificates evidencing Shares shall not
contain any legend (including th
e legend set forth in Section
6
.1(b)): (i) following a sale or transfer
of such Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement (including a
Registration Statement), or (ii) following a sale or transfer of such Shares
pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming
the transferee is not an Affiliate of
the Company), or (iii) while such Shares are eligible for sale without volume
limitations pursuant to Rule 144. If an Investor shall make a sale or
transfer of Shares either (x) pursuant to Rule 144 or (y) pursuant t
o
a registration statement and in each
case shall have delivered to the Company or the Company
’
s transfer agent the certificate
representing Shares containing a restrictive legend which are the subject of
such sale or
transfer and a representation letter in customary form
(the
date of such sale or transfer
and Share delivery being the
“
Share Delivery
Date”
) and (1) the Company
shall fail to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor a certificate
representing such Shares that is free from all restrict
ive or other legends by the third
Trading Day following the Share Delivery Date and (2) following such third
Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date and prior to the time such Shares are
received free from restrictive legends, the Investor, or any third
party on behalf of such Investor,
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to
deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Investor of such Shares (a
"Buy-In"
), then the Company shall pay in cash to
the Investor (for costs
incurred either directly by such
Investor or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total purchase
price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In (including brokerage
commissions, if any) exceeds the proceeds received by such Investor
a
s a result of the sale to which such
Buy-In relates. The Investor shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Investor in respect of the Buy-In. Payment
by the Company of amounts payable in respect of the Buy-In are in
a
ddition to any other remedies that an
Investor may have, under the Transaction Documents or otherwise, as a result of
the Company
’
s failure to deliver Share certificates
free from the restrictive legend as provided herein.
6
.2
Furnishing
of Information
. A
s long as any Investor owns the Shares,
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 Exchan
g
e Act. As long as any
Investor owns Shares, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to
such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Investors and make publicly
available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for
t
he Investors to sell the Shares under
Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as
any holder of Shares may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Person to sell the Shares witho
u
t registration under the Securities Act
within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule
144.
6
.3
Integration
. The Company shall not, and
shall use its best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall,
sell, offer for sale or solicit
offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in
respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that
would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares in a manner that would
require the registration under the Securities Act of the s
a
le of the Shares to the Investors, or
that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares for purposes of
the rules and regulations of any Trading Market in a manner that would require
stockholder approval of the sale of the securities to the In
v
estors.
6
.4
Subsequent
Registrations
. Other than pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, prior to the first to occur of (a) the Effective
Date of a Registration Statement resulting in all Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Right
s Agreement) being registered for resale
pursuant to one or more effective Registration Statements or (b) such time as
all Registrable Securities may be sold by the Investors without volume
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may not file any r
e
gistration statement (other than on Form
S-8) with the Commission with respect to any securities of the
Company.
6
.5
Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity
. By 9:00 a.m. (New York
time) on the Trading Day following the execution of this Agreement, and by
9:00 a.m. (New York time)
on the Trading Day following the Closing Date, the Company shall issue press
releases disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby and the
Closing. On the Trading Day following the execution of this Agreement
the Company will
file a Current Report on Form 8-K
disclosing the material terms of the Transaction Documents (and attach as
exhibits thereto the Transaction Documents), and on the Trading Day following
the Closing Date the Company will file an additional Current Report
o
n
Form 8-K to disclose the
Closing. In addition, the Company will make such other filings and
notices in the manner and time required by the Commission and the Trading Market
on which the Common Stock is listed. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company
shall not publicly disclose the name of
any Investor, or include the name of any Investor in any filing with the
Commission (other than a Registration Statement and any exhibits to filings made
in respect of this transaction in accordance with periodic fi
l
ing requirements under the Exchange Act)
or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of
such Investor, except to the extent such disclosure is required by law or
Trading Market regulations.
6.6
Indemnification
of Investors
. In
addition to the indemnity provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Company will indemnify and hold the Investors and their directors, officers,
shareholders, partners, employees and agents (each, an “
Investor
Party
”
) harmless from any and a
ll losses, liabilities, obligations,
claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments,
amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys
’
fees and costs of investigation
(collectively, “
Losses
”
) that any such Inve
stor Party may suffer or incur as a
result of or relating to any misrepresentation, breach or inaccuracy of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company in any
Transaction Document.
6.7
Non-Public
Information
. The
Company cove
nants and
agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide
any Investor or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company
believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such
Investor sh
a
ll have executed a written agreement
regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The
Company understands and confirms that each Investor shall be relying on the
foregoing covenant and agreement in effecting transactions in securities of
th
e
Company.
6.8
Listing of
Shares
. The
Company agrees, (i) if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on
any other Trading Market, it will include in such application the Shares, and
will take such other action as is necessary or desirable to ca
use the Shares to be listed on such
other Trading Market as promptly as possible, and (ii) it will take all action
reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on
a Trading Market and will comply in all material respects wi
t
h the Company
’
s reporting, filing and other
obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market.
6.9
Use of
Proceeds
. The
Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder for
working capital and general corporate purposes, i
ncluding to finance potential
acquisitions, and not for the satisfaction of any portion of the
Company
’
s debt (other than payment of trade
payables and accrued expenses in the ordinary course of the Company
’
s business and consistent with prior
practices),
or to redeem any Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents.
7. Conditions
Precedent to Closing
7.1
Conditions Precedent to the
Obligations of the Investors to Purchase Shares
. The
obligation of each Investor hereunder to purchase the shares of Common Stocks
and the related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or
before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that
these conditions are for each Investor’s sole benefit and may be waived by such
Investor at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior
written notice thereof:
(a) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company,
Dragon Lead and Wuhan Kingold contained herein shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing as though made
on and as of such date, except that representations and warranties that are
qualified by materiality shall be true and correct as of the date when made and
as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date;
(b) Performance. The
Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the
Closing;
(c) No
Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree,
ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed
by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
(d) Adverse
Changes. Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or
series of events shall have occurred that reasonably could have or result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
(e) No
Suspensions of Trading in Common Stock; Listing. Trading in the
Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or any Trading
Market (except for any suspensions of trading of not more than one Trading Day
solely to permit dissemination of material information regarding the Company) at
any time since the date of execution of this Agreement, and the Common Stock
shall have been at all times since such date listed for trading on a Trading
Market;
(f)
Company Deliverables. The Company
shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section
1.3(a);
(g) No
Governmental Prohibition. The sale of the Shares by the Company shall
not be prohibited by any law or governmental order or regulation;
(h) No
Stop Order. No stop order or suspension of trading shall have been
imposed by the Trading Market, the SEC or any other government or regulatory
body with respect to public trading in the Common Stock; and
(i)
Termination. This Agreement shall not
have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance with Section
8.5.
7.2
Conditions Precedent to the
Obligations of the Company to issue and sell Shares
. The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the shares of Common
Stocks and the related Warrants to each Investor at the Closing is subject to
the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following
conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit
and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing
each Investor with prior written notice thereof:
(a) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Investor
contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such
date;
(b) Performance. Each
Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Investor at or
prior to the Closing;
(c) No
Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree,
ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed
by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
(d) Investors
Deliverables. Each Investor shall have delivered its Investors
Deliverables in accordance with Section 1.3(b); and
(e) Termination. This
Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance with
Section 8.5.
8. Miscellaneous.
8.1
Fees and
Expenses
. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its
advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses
incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents. The Company
shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the
issuance and/or transfer of the Shares as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
8.2
Entire
Agreement
. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or
written agreements between the Investors, the Company, their affiliates and
Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and
this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and
therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the
Company nor any Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or
undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this
Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the
Company and the holders of Common Stocks representing at least a majority of the
amount of the Common Stocks, or, if prior to the Closing Date, the Investors
listed on Schedule I hereto as being obligated to purchase at least a majority
of the amount of the Common Stocks. No provision hereof may be waived
other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom
enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the
extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of Common Stocks then
outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person
to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the
Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of
the parties to the Transaction Documents, holders of Common Stocks or holders of
the Warrants, as the case may be. The Company has not, directly or
indirectly, made any agreements with any Investor relating to the terms or
conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except
as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no
Investor has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to
provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.
8.3
Notices
. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile (provided the sender receives a
machine-generated confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile
number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a
Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30
p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the
date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier
service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required
to be given.
The
address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:
To the Company:
ActiveWorlds Corp.
40 Wall Street
58
th
Floor
Ne
w York, NY 10005
Attention: President
with copies to:
Cyruli Shanks Hart &
Zizmor, LLP
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 2320
New York, NY 10170
Attention: Paul Goodman,
Esq.
To Wuhan Kingold:
c/o Mr. Jia Zhihong
No. 15 Huangpu Science and
Technology Park, Jiangan
District
Wuhan Hubei Province, the
People
’
s Republic of China
430023
with copies to:
DLA Piper Hong Kong
40th
Floor Bank of China Tower
1
Garden Road
Hong
Kong
Attention: Stephen Peepels,
Esq.
To th
e address set forth under such
Investor
’
s name on the signature
pages
hereof; or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the
same manner, by such Person.
8.4
Waivers; No Additional
Consideration
. No waiver of any default with respect to any
provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a
waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any
delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner
impair the exercise of any such right. No consideration shall be
offered or paid to any Investor to amend or consent to a waiver or modification
of any provision of any Transaction Document unless the same consideration is
also offered to all Investors who then hold Shares. Without the
written consent or the affirmative vote of each Investor affected thereby, an
amendment or waiver under this Section 8.4 may not waive or amend any
Transaction Document the effect of which would be to permit the Company to (a)
name any Investor as an underwriter in a Registration Statement without such
Investor’s specific written consent thereto, or (b) not include any Registrable
Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) of an Investor in a
Registration Statement due to their refusal to be named as an underwriter
therein.
8.5
Termination
. This
Agreement may be terminated prior to Closing:
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(a)
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by
written agreement of all of the Investors and the Company;
and
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(b) by
the Company or an Investor (as to itself but no other Investor) upon written
notice to the other, if the Closing shall not have taken place by 6:30 p.m.
Eastern time on the Outside Date;
provided
, that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.5(b) shall not be
available to any Person whose failure to comply with its obligations under this
Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to
occur on or before such time.
In the
event of a termination pursuant to this Section 8.5(b), the Company shall
promptly notify all non-terminating Investors. Upon a termination in accordance
with this Section 8.5(b), the Company and the terminating Investor(s) shall not
have any further obligation or liability (including as arising from such
termination) to the other and no Investor will have any liability to any other
Investor under the Transaction Documents as a result therefrom.
8.6
Construction
. The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the
language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of
strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement
shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents.
8.7
Successors and
Assigns
. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including
any purchasers of the Common Stocks or the Warrants. The Company
shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without
the prior written consent of the holders of Common Stocks representing at least
a majority of the number of the Common Stocks, including by merger or
consolidation. An Investor may assign some or all of its rights
hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall
be deemed to be an Investor hereunder with respect to such assigned
rights.
8.8
No Third-Party
Beneficiaries
. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 6.7 (as to each Investor
Party).
8.9
Governing
Law
. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of the any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that
it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or
that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient
forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to
trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party
shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of a Transaction Document,
then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such
Proceeding.
8.10
Survival
. The
representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements contained herein shall
survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.
8.11
Execution
. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page
were an original thereof.
8.12
Severability
. If
any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
8.13
Rescission and Withdrawal
Right
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents,
whenever any Investor exercises a right, election, demand or option under a
Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Investor may rescind
or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the
Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights.
8.14
Replacement of
Shares
. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares
is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in
lieu of and substitution therefore, a new certificate or instrument, but only
upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if
requested. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under
such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated
with the issuance of such replacement Shares. If a replacement
certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares is requested due to a mutilation
thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or
instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a
replacement.
8.15
Remedies
. In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors and the Company will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction
Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in
any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
8.16
Payment Set
Aside
. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document or an Investor
enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the
proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered
from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored
to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common
law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
8.17
Independent Nature of
Investors’ Obligations and Rights
. The obligations of each
Investor under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any
way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any
Transaction Document. The decision of each Investor to purchase
Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Investor
independently of any other Investor. Nothing contained herein or in
any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Each Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has
acted as agent for such Investor in connection with making its investment
hereunder and that no Investor will be acting as agent of such Investor in
connection with monitoring its investment in the Shares or enforcing its rights
under the Transaction Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company
acknowledges that each of the Investors has been provided with the same
Transaction Documents for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple
Investors and not because it was required or requested to do so by any
Investor.
8.18
Limitation of
Liability
. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the Company acknowledges and agrees that the liability of an Investor arising
directly or indirectly, under any Transaction Document of any and every nature
whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of such Investor, and
that no trustee, officer, other investment vehicle or any other Affiliate of
such Investor or any investor, shareholder or holder of shares of beneficial
interest of such a Investor shall be personally liable for any liabilities of
such Investor.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
SIGNATU
RE PAGE TO
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF
, the parties hereto
have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
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Active
W
orlds
Corp
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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As to Section
2 and
4
only:
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Dragon Lead
Group
Limited
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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As to Section
2 and
5
only:
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WUHAN KINGOLD
JEWELRY
CO.,
LTD.
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By:
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Na
me:
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Title:
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Investment Amount: $
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Tax ID No.:
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
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Street:
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City/State/Zip:
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Attention:
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Tel:
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Fax:
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
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(if
different from above)
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c/o:
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Street:
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City/State/Zip:
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Attention:
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Tel:
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LIST OF
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Schedule I
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List of I
nvestors and
Shares
purchased
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Schedule II
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Accredited Investor
Status
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Exhibit A
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Form of
Registration Rights
Agreement
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Exhibit
B
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Form of
Warrant
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S
CHEDULE
I
LIST OF INVESTORS AND SHARES
PURCHASED
Investor
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Investment
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Shares
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Warrants
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Whitebox
Combined Partners, LP
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$
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1,680,000
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3,73,494
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674,699
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Whitebox
Intermarket Partners, LP
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$
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320,000
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642,570
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128,514
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Wallington
Investment Holding Ltd
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$
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1,150,000
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2,309,237
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461,847
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Parkland
Ltd.
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$
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500,000
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1,004,016
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200,803
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Jayhawk
Private Equity Fund II, LP
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$
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500,000
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1,004,016
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200,803
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Trillion
Growth China Limited Partnership
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$
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250,000
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502,008
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100,402
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Great
Places LLC
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$
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250,000
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502,008
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100,402
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Donald
Rosenfeld
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$
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75,000
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150,602
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30,120
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Jay
T. Snyder
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$
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50,000
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100,402
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20,080
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Beryl
Snyder
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$
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50,000
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100,402
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20,080
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Randall
Cox
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$
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50,000
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100,402
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20,080
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Silicon
Prairie Partners
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$
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50,000
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100,402
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20,080
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Michael
Harris, Esq.
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$
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25,000
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50,201
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10,040
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Bo
Bai
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$
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150,000
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301,206
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60,240
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S
CHEDULE
II
ACCREDITED INVESTOR
STATUS
Please initial below the items which
apply to your status as an Accredited Investor.
__________
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An
individual having a net worth with spouse (excluding automobiles,
principal residence and furnishings) at the time of purchase, individually
or jointly, in excess of
$1,000,000.
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An
individual whose individual net income was in excess of $200,000 in each
of the two most recent years, or whose joint net income with his or her
spouse was in excess of $300,000 in each of those years, and who
reasonably expects his individual or joint income with such investor’s
spouse to reach such level in the current
year.
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__________
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A
corporation or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of
acquiring the purchased securities, having total assets in excess of
$5,000,000.
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__________
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A
small business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958.
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__________
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A
self-directed benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA, with investment
decisions made solely by persons who are accredited investors as defined
in Rule 501(2) of Regulations D.
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__________
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A
trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the purchased securities, whose purchase is
directed by a sophisticated person (i.e., a person who has such knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters that he, she or it is
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the
purchased securities).
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__________
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An
entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited
investors.
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__________
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Other (describe):
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DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULES
NONE
EXHIBIT
10.3
AMENDMENT
TO
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Reference
is made to that certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”) dated as of December 22, 2009 between Kingold Jewelry, Inc.
(formerly, ActiveWorlds Corp.), a Delaware corporation and (the “Company"), and
the investors set forth on Schedule “A” hereto (each an “Investor” and
collectively, the “Investors”) whereby the Investors received certain
registration rights regarding shares of the Company’s common stock purchased by
the Investors, upon the terms and subject to the conditions more fully set forth
therein. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Company agreed to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 covering the resale of all
Registrable Securities purchased by the Investors (the “Registration
Statement”);
WHEREAS,
the Registration Rights Agreement provides that it can be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement can be given by the Holders of no less than a
majority in interest of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities;
WHEREAS,
the Company has executed a non-binding Engagement Letter with Rodman &
Renshaw, LLC for an underwritten offering of the Company’s common stock in an
amount of no less than $20 million (the “Underwritten Offering”);
WHEREAS,
the Company has requested that Investors holding at least a majority in interest
of the Registrable Securities agree to amend the Registration Rights Agreement
to delay the filing of the Registration Statement until 90 days after the
closing of the Underwritten Offering and to waive any penalties which may have
accrued under the Registration Rights Agreement as of the date
hereof;
WHEREAS,
the Company and Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities by executing this Amendment are amending the Registration
Rights Agreement to delay the filing of the Registration Statement until 90 days
after the closing of the Underwritten Offering and to waive any penalties which
may have accrued under the Registration Rights Agreement as of the date
hereof
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Reference to Registration Rights
Agreement
. The parties hereto hereby amend the Registration
Rights Agreement as set forth below.
2.
Change in Filing
Date
. The Registration Rights Agreement is hereby amended so
as to extend the time for the Company to file the Registration Statement
required to be filed under Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement, to
the date that is ninety (90) days following the closing of Underwritten
Offering. In the event that the Board of Directors of the Company
shall reasonably determine, in its sole discretion, that a good faith effort by
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC to complete the Underwritten Offering is no longer
ongoing, the Company shall then file the Registration Statement within thirty
(30) days of making such determination and the “Filing Date” as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement shall be deemed to be such date.
3.
Waiver of Liquidated Damages
.
The Registration Rights Agreement is hereby amended so as to waive any
obligation of the Company pursuant to Section 2(d) of the Registration Rights
Agreement to pay liquidated damages to the Investors for any failure by the
Company to comply with any obligation of the Company to have filed the
Registration Statement on or before the date hereof.
4.
Counterparts
.
For the convenience of
the parties, any number of counterparts of this Amendment to Registration Rights
Agreement may be executed by any one or more parties hereto, and each such
executed counterpart shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all
of which shall constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate
but one and the same instrument.
5.
No Other
Changes
. Except as set forth herein, the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement shall not be deemed to be modified and shall
remain in full force and effect.
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Blank
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amendment to the Registration
Rights Agreement on the date first set forth above.
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KINGOLD
JEWELERY, INC.
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(formerly,
Activeworlds Corp.)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Name
of Investor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE
A
THE
INVESTORS
Investor
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Registerable
Securities
(Shares)
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Percentage of
Registerable
Securities Owned
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Whitebox
Combined Partners, LP
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3,373,494
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32.94
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%
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Whitebox
Intermarket Partners, LP
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642,570
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6.27
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%
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Wallington
Investment Holding Ltd
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2,309,237
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22.55
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%
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Parkland
Ltd.
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1,004,016
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9.80
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%
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Jayhawk
Private Equity Fund II, LP
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1,004,016
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9.80
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%
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Trillion
Growth China Limited Partnership
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502,008
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4.90
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%
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Great
Places LLC
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502,008
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4.90
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%
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Donald
Rosenfeld
|
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150,602
|
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1.47
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%
|
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Jay
T. Snyder
|
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100,402
|
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0.98
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%
|
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Beryl
Snyder
|
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100,402
|
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0.98
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%
|
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Randall
Cox
|
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100,402
|
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0.98
|
%
|
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Silicon
Prairie Partners
|
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100,402
|
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0.98
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%
|
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|
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Michael
Harris, Esq.
|
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50,201
|
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0.49
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%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bo
Bai
|
|
|
301,206
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|
|
|
2.94
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%
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|
|
|
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Total
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10,240,966
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|
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100.00
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%
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EXHIBIT
10.4
BAYTREE
CAPITAL
April 7,
2010
No.
15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park
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Jiangan
District, Wuhan, Hubei Province,
430023
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Dear
Chairman Jia,
This letter serves to confirm the
agreement entered into between us whereby Kingold Jewelry, Inc., a Delaware
company, (“Kingold” or the “Company”) retains Baytree Capital Associates LLC, a
Delaware LLC, (the “Consultant”) as the Company’s exclusive financial advisor
(with the exception of the Company’s relationship with Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
or such other party as we may from time to time exclude) for a period of
eighteen (18) months to perform business and financial consulting services for
the Company. As part of its duties, the Consultant shall, on written
request of the Company, provide advice and guidance in the following
areas:
1. Assist
the Company in long-term financial planning, and expansion;
2. Review
and assist in the preparation of budgets and financial forecasts prepared by
employees of the Company;
3. Review
internal and other financial statements prepared by employees or consultants of
the Company;
4. Assist
management and its counsel in negotiating any proposed equity or debt financing,
whether such financing involves conventional institutional loans or public or
private offerings of securities;
5. Assist
management and others in the preparation of presentations;
Baytree
Capital Associates, LLC
The Trump
Building
40 Wall
Street, 58
th
Floor
New York,
NY 10005
Kingold
jewelry, Inc.
April 7,
2010
Page
2
6. Work
with the Company's counsel and auditors in conjunction with the preparation of
any documentation referred to above or any financing negotiations and
preparation referred to above;
7. Provide
advice to the Company's management concerning proposed agreements;
8. If
requested by the Company, communicate, correspond and negotiate on behalf of the
Company with regard to the potential acquisition or sale of other businesses and
entities; and
9. If
requested, evaluate the financial condition and review the financial information
supplied relating to the business' entities referred to in Section 8
above.
In addition, as part of its duties, the
Consultant shall have the authority to bind the Company in regard to the
following:
1. Although
we do not engage in the practice of investor relations or public relations, we
will act as your agent and interface with the Company’s investor and public
relations firms with regard to communications and presenting the Company to the
investment community;
2. Although
we do not engage in the practice of law, the Consultant will provide advice to
the Company with respect to its proposed filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; and
3.
Although we are not
an underwriter we will negotiate the terms of any underwriting agreement to
which the Company is a party on behalf of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Consultant’s Managing Member, Michael Gardner, shall not be obligated to attend
any meetings outside of its offices or prepare any written reports, documents or
responses. All services shall be performed by the Consultant from the
office in New York.
The Company agrees to pay the
Consultant 100,000 shares of newly issued common stock each six month period
following in return for its services hereunder. The Company shall pay for any
expenses incurred by the Consultant pursuant to this Agreement, except that any
expenses over $2,500 shall be approved by the Company in advance.
The Company may not terminate this
Agreement for eighteen (18) months except if the Consultant willfully
refuses to perform services required by this Agreement and the Company has first
given the Consultant 60 days’ written notice of such willful refusal and in
connection with such notice, supplies the Consultant with detailed documentation
concerning this willful refusal. In the event that after receipt of
such notice, the Consultant willfully fails to perform reasonable services
requested, this Agreement shall expire at the expiration of such 60-day period.
Notwithstanding any termination, the Consultant shall not be required to refund
any shares delivered to it or fees paid to it.
Kingold
jewelry, Inc.
April 7,
2010
Page
3
Any controversy, dispute or claim
arising out of or relating to this agreement, or its interpretation,
application, implementation, breach or enforcement which the parties are unable
to resolve by mutual agreement, shall be settled by submission by either party
of the controversy, claim or dispute to binding arbitration in New York,
N.Y., (unless the parties agree in writing to a different location) before a
single arbitrator in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect. In any such arbitration proceeding the
parties agree to provide all discovery deemed necessary by the
arbitrator. The decision and award made by the arbitrator shall be
final, binding and conclusive on all parties hereto for all purposes, and
judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction
thereof.
This Agreement and any dispute,
disagreement, or issue of construction or interpretation arising hereunder
whether relating to its execution, its validity, the obligations provided
therein or performance shall be governed or interpreted according to the laws of
the State of New York.
If the foregoing is acceptable to you,
please execute a copy and return it to me.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/
Michael Gardner
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Michael
Gardner, Managing Member
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We hereby
agree to the contents of the foregoing letter agreement.
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KINGOLD
GROUP
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Date: April
7, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Jia
Zhihong
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Jia
Zhihong, Chairman
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ANNEX A
No.
15 Huangpu Science and Technology
Park
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Jiangan
District, Wuhan, Hubei Province,
430023
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April 7,
2010
Baytree
Capital Associates, LLC
40 Wall
Street, 58
th
Floor
New York,
NY 10005
Gentlemen:
In connection with the engagement of Baytree Capital Associates, LLC (“Baytree”)
to advise and assist the undersigned (together with its affiliates and
subsidiaries, referred to as the “Company”) with the matters set forth in the
Agreement, dated April 7, 2010 between the Company and Baytree (the
“Agreement”), in the event that Baytree becomes involved in any capacity in any
claim, suit, action, proceeding, investigation or inquiry (including, without
limitation, any shareholder or derivative action or arbitration proceeding)
(collectively, a “Proceeding”) in connection with any matter in any way relating
to or referred to in the Agreement or arising out of the matters contemplated by
the Agreement, including, without limitation, related services and activities
prior to the date of the Agreement, the Company agrees to indemnify, defend and
hold Baytree harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in connection with any
matter in any way relating to or referred to in the Agreement or arising out of
the matters contemplated by the Agreement, including, without limitation,
related services and activities prior to the date of the Agreement, except to
the extent that it shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a
judgment that has become final in that it is no longer subject to appeal or
other review that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Baytree.
In
addition, in the event that Baytree becomes involved in any capacity in any
Proceeding in connection with any matter in any way relating to or referred to
in the Agreement or arising out of the matters contemplated by the Agreement,
the Company will reimburse Baytree for its legal and other expenses (including
the cost of any investigation and preparation) as such expenses are incurred by
Baytree in connection therewith. If such indemnification were not to be
available for any reason, the Company agrees to contribute to the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses involved (i) in the proportion
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received or sought to be received
by the Company and its stockholders and affiliates and other constituencies, on
the one hand, and Baytree, on the other hand, in connection with the matters
contemplated by the Agreement or (ii) if (but only if and to the extent) the
allocation provided for in clause (i) is for any reason held unenforceable, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and its
stockholders and affiliates and other constituencies, on the one hand, and the
party entitled to contribution, on the other hand, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The Company agrees that for the purposes of this
paragraph the relative benefits received, or sought to be received, by the
Company and its stockholders and affiliates and other constituencies, on the one
hand, and the party entitled to contribution, on the other hand, in connection
with the matters contemplated by the Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion that the total value received or paid or contemplated to be received
or paid by the Company or its stockholders or affiliates and other
constituencies, as the case may be, as a result of or in connection with the
matters (whether or not consummated) for which Baytree has been retained to
perform financial services bears to the fees paid to Baytree under the
Agreement;
provided
, that in no
event shall the Company contribute less than the amount necessary to assure that
Baytree is not liable for losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in
excess of the amount of fees actually received by Baytree pursuant to the
Agreement. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any alleged untrue statement or omission or any other alleged
conduct relates to information provided by the Company or other conduct by the
Company (or its employees or other agents), on the one hand, or by Baytree, on
the other hand. The Company will not settle any Proceeding in respect of
which indemnity may be sought hereunder, whether or not Baytree is an actual or
potential party to such Proceeding, without Baytree’s prior written consent if
any admission of wrong-doing, negligence or improper activity of any kind of
Baytree is a part of such settlement. Baytree shall not settle any
action or proceeding which settlement requires the Company (or any insurance
company providing coverage to the Company) to pay any sums of money or property
(including issuing any securities) without the express written consent of the
Company. For purposes of this Indemnification Agreement, Baytree shall
include Baytree Capital Associates, LLC, any of its affiliates, each other
person, if any, controlling Baytree or any of its affiliates, their respective
officers, current and former directors, employees and agents, and the successors
and assigns of all of the foregoing persons. The foregoing indemnity and
contribution agreement shall be in addition to any rights that any indemnified
party may have at common law or otherwise.
The
Company agrees that neither Baytree nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall have any liability to
the Company or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the
Company in connection with or as a result of either Baytree’s engagement under
the Agreement or any matter referred to in the Agreement, including, without
limitation, related services and activities prior to the date of the Agreement,
except to the extent that it shall be determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a judgment that has become final in that it is no longer subject
to appeal or other review that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses incurred by the Company resulted solely from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of Baytree in performing the services that are the subject of
the Agreement.
THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR DISPUTE OF ANY
KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT (“CLAIM”), DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH
BELOW, NO CLAIM MAY BE COMMENCED, PROSECUTED OR CONTINUED IN ANY COURT OTHER
THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW
YORK OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK, WHICH COURTS SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER THE ADJUDICATION OF
SUCH MATTERS, AND THE COMPANY AND BAYTREE CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH
COURTS AND PERSONAL SERVICE WITH RESPECT THERETO. THE COMPANY HEREBY
CONSENTS TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION, SERVICE AND VENUE IN ANY COURT IN WHICH ANY
CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IS BROUGHT BY ANY
THIRD PARTY AGAINST BAYTREE OR ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY. THE COMPANY WAIVES
ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING OR CLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON
CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT. THE COMPANY AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY PROCEEDING OR
CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT BROUGHT IN ANY
SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING UPON THE COMPANY AND MAY BE ENFORCED
IN ANY OTHER COURTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF WHICH THE COMPANY IS OR MAY BE
SUBJECT, BY SUIT UPON SUCH JUDGMENT.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/ Jia
Zhihong
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Jia
Zhihong, Chairman & CEO
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KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
September
2,, 2009
Mr.
Michael Gardner
Managing
Member
Baytree
Capital Associates, LLC
40 Wall
Street, 58th Floor, New York, NY 10005
Dear Mr.
Gardner:
Reference
is made to your letter of April 7, 2010 (the “Consulting Agreement”), between
Kingold Jewelry, Inc. (the “Company”) and Baytree Capital Associates, LLC (the
“Consultant”), a copy of which is attached hereto. The purpose of this letter is
to supplement and clarify the understanding of the parties with regard to a
particular provision of the Consulting Agreement in light of the reverse stock
split undertaken by Company subsequent to the date to the Consulting
Agreement.
Reference
is specifically made to that paragraph of the Consulting Agreement which
states:
“The
Company agrees to pay the Consultant 100,000 shares of newly issued common stock
each six months period following in return for its services hereunder. The
Company shall pay for any expenses incurred by the Consultant pursuant to this
Agreement, except that any expenses over $2,500 shall be approved by the Company
in advance.”
Pursuant
to our subsequent meeting and discussions in your offices on Thursday, August
19, 2010, by way of clarification and supplementation of the Consulting
Agreement, the Company has agreed, and by the letter does agree, to issue
100,000
post-reverse
shares of newly issued common stock each six month period following in return
for services rendered under the Consulting Agreement.
We look
forward to continuing to work with you to accomplish the objectives described in
numbered paragraphs 1 through 9 of the Consulting Agreement.
Thank
you.
Very
truly yours,
/s/ Jia
Zhihong
Zhihong
Jia
Chairman
& CEO, Kingold Jewelry, Inc.
EXHIBIT
10.5
MAKE
GOOD ESCROW AGREEMENT
This Make
Good Escrow Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2009 (the “Agreement”), is
entered into by and among ActiveWorlds Corp., a U.S. public reporting company
(the
“Company”
), Famous Grow
Holdings Limited (the “
Make
Good Pledgor
”), the investors listed on the Schedule of Investors
attached hereto as
Schedule
I
and identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an
“Investor”
and collectively,
the
“Investors”
),
Baytree Capital Associates, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as
representative of the Investors (the “
Investor Agent
”), and Paul
Goodman, Esq., as escrow agent (
“Escrow Agent”
).
WHEREAS,
each of the Investors has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated of
even date herewith (the
“
Securities Purchase
Agreement”
), evidencing their participation in the Company’s private
placement (the
“
Offering”
) of securities.
As an inducement to the Investors to participate in the Offering and as
set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Make Good Pledgor has agreed
to place certain shares of common stock of the Company owned by it into escrow
(the “
Escrow Shares
”)
for the benefit of the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet
certain financial thresholds as set forth in this Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Make Good Pledgor and the Investors have requested that the Escrow Agent
hold the Escrow Shares and the Escrow Agent has agreed to act as escrow agent
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
all capitalized terms used but not defined herein which are defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to such
terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties and the terms
and conditions hereof, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Appointment of Escrow
Agent.
The Make Good Pledgor hereby appoints the Escrow Agent to act as
Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to act as
Escrow Agent in accordance with such terms and conditions.
2. Establishment of Escrow.
Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Make Good Pledgor shall deliver,
or cause to be delivered, to the Escrow Agent certificates evidencing an
aggregate of 3,791,218 shares of the Company’s common stock owned by the
Make Good Pledgor, together with stock powers executed in blank, signature
medallion guaranteed or in other form, and substance acceptable for transfer, to
be held in escrow pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
The Make Good Pledgor understands and agrees that the Investors’ right to
receive certain of the Escrow Shares (the “
Make Good Shares
”) pursuant to
this Agreement shall continue to run to the benefit of each Investor even if
such Investor shall have transferred or sold all or any portion of the shares of
Common Stock it acquired under the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “
Purchased Sha
res
”), and that each Investor
shall have the right to assign its rights to receive all or any such Make Good
Shares to other Persons in conjunction with negotiated sales or transfers of any
of its Purchased Shares. The Make Good Pledgor hereby irrevocably agrees
that, other than in accordance with this Agreement, the Make Good Pledgor will
not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or
warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly,
or announce the offering of any of the Escrow Shares (including any securities
convertible into, or exchangeable for, or representing the rights to receive
Make Good Shares). The Escrow Agent shall notify the Investors when the
Escrow Shares have been deposited with the Escrow Agent.
3.
Representations of Make Good
Pledgor.
The Make
Good Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Investors as
follows:
(i) The Make Good Pledgor is the record
and beneficial owner of the Escrow Shares and all of the Escrow Shares are
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company, and free and
clear of all liens. Upon any transfer of Make Good Shares to Investors
hereunder, Investors will receive full right, title and authority to the Escrow
Shares free and clear of all liens.
(ii)
Performance of this
Agreement and compliance with the provisions hereof will not violate any
provision of any applicable law and will not conflict with or result in any
breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of the
properties or assets of Make Good Pledgor pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument binding upon
Make Good Pledgor or such properties or assets, other than such breaches,
defaults or liens which would not have a material adverse effect taken as a
whole.
4. Disbursement of Make Good
Shares.
In the
event that the After PRC Tax Net Income (as defined below) for 2009 calculated
based upon the figure as reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the
Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 (the “
2009 Financial Statements
”) as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ( the “
SEC
”), is more than 70% of
amount equivalent to RMB 65 million (the
“2009 Target Net Income”
), the
Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Make Good Pledgor, one-third (1/3) of the
Escrow Shares being held by the Escrow Agent. In the event that the After
Tax Net Income is less than 70% of the 2009 Target Net Income, then the Escrow
Agent shall deliver to the Investors, pursuant to the Investor Agent Written
Instructions (hereinafter defined), on a pro rata basis (determined by dividing
each Investor’s Investment Amount by the aggregate of all Investment Amounts
delivered to the Company by the Investors under the Securities Purchase
Agreement) as specified in
Schedule I
to this
Agreement, for no additional consideration, such number of Make Good Shares
equal to ((2009 Target Net Income / Actual net income for 2009) -1)
× 3,791,218, up to a maximum of the total number of Escrow Shares which
were originally delivered to the Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms
hereof.
In the
event that the After Tax Net Income for 2010 calculated based upon the figures
as reported in the Annual Report of the Company for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2010 (the “
2010
Financial Statements
”) as filed with the SEC, is more than 70% of
RMB 100.0 million (the
“2010
Target Net Income”
), the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Make Good
Pledgor, one-third (1/3) of the Escrow Shares then being held by the Escrow
Agent. In the event that the After Tax Net Income is less than 70% of the 2010
Target Net Income, then the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Investors,
pursuant to the Investor Agent Written Instructions, on a pro rata basis (as
determined by the formula set forth above), for no additional consideration,
such number of Make Good Shares equal to ((2010 Target Net Income / Actual net
income for 2010) - 1) × 3,791,218, up to a maximum of the total number of
Escrow Shares remaining in the possession of the Escrow Agent pursuant to the
terms hereof.
In the
event that the After PRC Tax Net Income for 2011 as calculated based upon the
figures reported in the Annual Report of the Company for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2011 (the “
2011
Financial Statements
”), is more than RMB 150 million (the
“2011 Target Net Income”
), the
Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Make Good Pledgor any remaining Escrow Shares
then being held by the Escrow Agent. In the event that the After Tax Net Income
is less than 70% of the 2011 Target Net Income, then the Escrow Agent shall
deliver to the Investors, pursuant to the Investor Agent Written Instructions,
on a pro rata basis (as determined by the formula set forth above), for no
additional consideration, such number of Make Good Shares equal to ((2011 Target
Net Income / Actual net income for 2011) - 1) × 3,791,218, up to a maximum
of the total number of Make Good Shares remaining in the possession of the
Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms hereof, with the balance of the Escrow Shares
held by the Escrow Agent, if any, being delivered to the Make Good
Pledgor.
Within
five (5) business days of Investor Agent’s receipt of the 2009 Financial
Statements, the 2010 Financial Statements and the 2011 Financial Statements, as
applicable, Investor Agent shall provide written instructions (the “
Investor Agent Written
Instructions
”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to the Escrow
Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to issue and deliver the Make Good Shares, if
any, to the Investors in accordance with the calculation above.
The
Company will provide the Investor Agent with 2009 Financial Statements, the 2010
Financial Statements and the 2011 Financial Statements, as applicable, no later
than two (2) days after the date on which the respective Annual Reports with the
SEC to allow the Investor Agent the opportunity to evaluate whether the
applicable Target Net Income was achieved.
After an
Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2011 of the Company is filed with the SEC
and the Make Good Shares issuable to Investors for fiscal year of 2011 have been
transferred to the Investors, any Escrow Shares remaining in escrow shall be
returned to the Make Good Pledgor within fifteen (15) Business Days of date of
such transfer.
For
purposes hereof, “
After PRC Tax
Net Income
” shall mean the Company’s operating income after taxes
incurred in PRC for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, December 31, 2010
or December 31, 2011 (as applicable) in each case determined in accordance with
U.S. GAAP.
No
fractional shares shall be delivered to the Purchasers under the calculations
set forth in this Section 4. If, upon calculation of the Make Good Escrow
Shares to be delivered to the Investors pursuant to these calculations, an
Investor would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, such
number of shares shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number of
shares of Common Stock to be delivered to such Investor. In addition to
the Escrow Shares, upon receipt of written notice from the Investor Agent, the
Make Good Pledgor shall deposit such number of additional shares (the “
Additional Escrow
Shares
”), with the Escrow Agent in accordance with Section 1.2, solely to
cover any shares required to be delivered to the Investors in excess of the Make
Good Escrow Shares as a result of the rounding up of fractional shares under the
calculations set forth in this Section 4.
5. Make Good Shares
.
If any
Make Good Shares are deliverable to the Investors in accordance with this
Agreement, Make Good Pledgor covenants and agrees to execute all such
instruments of transfer (including stock powers and assignment documents) as are
customarily executed to evidence and consummate the transfer of the Make Good
Shares from Make Good Pledgor to the Investors, to the extent not done so in
accordance with Section 2 until such time as (if at all) the Make Good Shares
are required to be delivered pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and
in accordance with this Agreement.
Any
dividends payable in respect of the Make Good Shares and all voting rights
applicable to the Make Good Shares shall be retained by Make Good Pledgor and
should the Escrow Agent receive dividends or voting materials, such items shall
not be held by the Escrow Agent, but shall be passed immediately on to the Make
Good Pledgor and shall not be invested or held for any time longer than is
needed to effectively re-route such items to the Make Good Pledgor.
Assuming
the Make Good Pledgor provides good and valid title to the Make Good Shares to
be transferred and delivered on behalf of the Make Good Pledgor to the Investors
hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, the
Escrow Agent will ensure that upon delivery of the Make Good Shares, good and
valid title to the Make Good Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims will pass to the Investors. The Escrow Agent shall not
take any action which could impair Investors’ rights in the Make Good Shares.
The Escrow Agent shall not sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of
(by operation of law or otherwise) or grant any option with respect to any Make
Good Shares prior to the termination of this Agreement.
6. Interpleader.
Should
any controversy arise among the parties hereto with respect to this Agreement or
with respect to the right to receive the Escrow Shares, Escrow Agent and/or the
Investor Agent shall have the right to consult and hire counsel and/or to
institute an appropriate interpleader action to determine the rights of the
parties. Escrow Agent and/or the Investor Agent are also each hereby authorized
to institute an appropriate interpleader action upon receipt of a written letter
of direction executed by the parties so directing either Escrow Agent or the
Investor Agent. If Escrow Agent or the Investor Agent is directed to institute
an appropriate interpleader action, it shall institute such action not prior to
thirty (30) days after receipt of such letter of direction and not later than
sixty (60) days after such date. Any interpleader action instituted in
accordance with this Section 6 shall be filed in any court of competent
jurisdiction in the State of New York, and the Escrow Shares in dispute shall be
deposited with the court and in such event Escrow Agent and the Investor Agent
shall be relieved of and discharged from any and all obligations and liabilities
under and pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Escrow Shares and any
other obligations hereunder.
7.
Exculpation and Indemnification of
Escrow Agent and the Investor Agent.
a.
Escrow Agent is not a party to, and is not bound by or charged with notice of
any agreement out of which this escrow may arise. Escrow Agent acts under
this Agreement as a depositary only and is not responsible or liable in any
manner whatsoever for the sufficiency, correctness, genuineness or validity of
the subject matter of the escrow, or any part thereof, or for the form or
execution of any notice given by any other party hereunder, or for the identity
or authority of any person executing any such notice. Escrow Agent will have no
duties or responsibilities other than those expressly set forth herein.
Escrow Agent will be under no liability to anyone by reason of any failure on
the part of any party hereto (other than Escrow Agent) or any maker, endorser or
other signatory of any document to perform such person's or entity's obligations
hereunder or under any such document. Except for this Agreement and
instructions to Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Escrow
Agent will not be obligated to recognize any agreement between or among any or
all of the persons or entities referred to herein, notwithstanding its knowledge
thereof. The Investor Agent’s sole obligation under this Agreement is to
provide written instruction to Escrow Agent (following such time as the Company
files certain periodic financial reports as specified in Section 4 hereof)
directing the distribution of the Escrow Shares. The Investor Agent will
provide such written instructions upon review of the relevant After Tax Net
Income amount reported in such periodic financial reports as specified in
Section 4 hereof. The Investor Agent is not charged with any obligation to
conduct any investigation into the financial reports or make any other
investigation related thereto. In the event of any actual or alleged
mistake or fraud of the Company, its auditors or any other person in connection
with such financial reports of the Company, the Investor Agent shall have no
obligation or liability to any party hereunder.
b. Neither the Escrow Agent nor
Investor Agent will be liable for any action taken or omitted by it, or any
action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, absent gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Escrow Agent and Investor Agent may each rely conclusively
on, and will be protected in acting upon, any order, notice, demand,
certificate, or opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by Escrow
Agent or Investor Agent, as applicable), statement, instrument, report or other
paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and
effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of
any information therein contained) which is reasonably believed by Escrow Agent
or Investor Agent, as applicable, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by
the proper person or persons. The duties and responsibilities of the
Escrow Agent and Investor Agent, as the case may be, hereunder shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and no other or
further duties or responsibilities shall be implied, including, but not limited
to, any obligation under or imposed by any laws of the State of New York upon
fiduciaries. NEITHER THE ESCROW AGENT NOR INVESTOR AGENT SHALL BE LIABLE,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY (I) DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES ARISING OUT OF
THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER, OTHER THAN DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES WHICH
HAVE BEEN FINALLY ADJUDICATED TO HAVE DIRECTLY RESULTED FROM THE ESCROW AGENT’S
OR INVESTOR AGENT'S, AS THE CASE MAY BE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT,
OR (II) SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND
WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF THE ESCROW
AGENT OR INVESTOR AGENT, AS APPLICABLE, HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION.
c. The Company and the Make
Good Pledgor hereby indemnify and hold harmless each of Escrow Agent, the
Investor Agent and any of their principals, partners, agents, employees and
affiliates
from and
against any expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements,
damages or losses suffered by Escrow Agent or the Investor Agent in connection
with any claim or demand, which, in any way, directly or indirectly, arises out
of or relates to this Agreement or the services of Escrow Agent or the Investor
Agent hereunder; except, that if Escrow Agent or the Investor Agent is guilty of
willful misconduct or gross negligence under this Agreement, then Escrow Agent
or the Investor Agent, as the case may be, will bear all losses, damages and
expenses arising as a result of its own willful misconduct or gross
negligence. Promptly after the receipt by Escrow Agent or the Investor
Agent of notice of any such demand or claim or the commencement of any action,
suit or proceeding relating to such demand or claim, Escrow Agent or the
Investor Agent, as the case may be, will notify the other parties hereto in
writing. For the purposes hereof, the terms "expense" and "loss" will
include all amounts paid or payable to satisfy any such claim or demand, or in
settlement of any such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding settled with
the express written consent of the parties hereto, and all costs and expenses,
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements,
paid or incurred in investigating or defending against any such claim, demand,
action, suit or proceeding. The provisions of this Section 7 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement, and the resignation or removal of the Escrow
Agent.
8. Compensation of Escrow
Agent.
Escrow Agent shall be entitled to compensation for its
services as stated in the fee schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit B
, which
compensation shall be paid by the Company. The fee agreed upon for the services
rendered hereunder is intended as full compensation for Escrow Agent's services
as contemplated by this Agreement.
9. Resignation of Escrow
Agent.
At any time, upon ten (10) business says' written notice to
the Company and the Investors, Escrow Agent may resign and be discharged from
its duties as Escrow Agent hereunder. As soon as practicable after its
resignation, Escrow Agent will promptly turn over to a successor escrow agent
appointed by the Company and the Investor Agent the Escrow Shares held hereunder
upon presentation of a document appointing the new escrow agent and evidencing
its acceptance thereof. If, by the end of the ten business day period
following the giving of notice of resignation by Escrow Agent, the Company and
the Investor Agent shall have failed to appoint a successor escrow agent, Escrow
Agent shall deposit the Escrow Shares as directed by the Investor Agent with the
understanding that such Escrow Shares will continue to be subject to the
provisions of this Agreement.
10. Records.
Escrow
Agent shall maintain accurate records of all transactions hereunder.
Promptly after the termination of this Agreement or as may reasonably be
requested by the parties hereto from time to time before such termination,
Escrow Agent shall provide the parties hereto, as the case may be, with a
complete copy of such records, certified by Escrow Agent to be a complete and
accurate account of all such transactions. The authorized representatives
of each of the parties hereto shall have access to such books and records at all
reasonable times during normal business hours upon reasonable notice to Escrow
Agent and at the requesting party’s expense.
11. Notice.
All notices,
communications and instructions required or desired to be given under this
Agreement must be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given if sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or overnight courier, to
the addresses listed on the signature pages hereto.
12. Execution in
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
13. Assignment and
Modification.
This Agreement and the rights and obligations
hereunder of the Escrow Agent may be assigned by the Escrow Agent only with the
prior consent of the Company and the Investor Agent. This Agreement and
the rights and obligations hereunder of the Make Good Pledgor may not be
assigned by the Make Good Pledgor. Subject to the requirements under
applicable laws, an Investor may assign its rights under this Agreement without
any consent from any other party. This Agreement may not be changed orally or
modified, amended or supplemented without an express written agreement executed
by the Escrow Agent, the Company, the Make Good Pledgor and the Investor Agent
(upon consent of the Investors holding a majority of the Shares issued at
Closing under the Securities Purchase Agreement. This Agreement is binding upon
and intended to be for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors, heirs and permitted assigns, and none of the provisions
of this Agreement are intended to be, nor shall they be construed to be, for the
benefit of any third person. No portion of the Escrow Shares shall be
subject to interference or control by any creditor of any party hereto, or be
subject to being taken or reached by any legal or equitable process in
satisfaction of any debt or other liability of any such party hereto prior to
the disbursement thereof to such party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement.
14. Applicable
Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York. The representations
and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and
delivery hereof and any investigations made by any party. Each party agrees that
all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be commenced exclusively
in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan (the “
New York
Courts
”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any
dispute hereunder or in connection herewith, and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any such proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or that such proceeding
has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process
being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or
certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party
at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that
such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any
right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
15. Headings.
The
headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.
16. Attorneys’ Fees.
If
any action at law or in equity, including an action for declaratory relief, is
brought to enforce or interpret the provisions of this Agreement, the prevailing
party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees from the other
party (unless such other party is the Escrow Agent), which fees may be set by
the court in the trial of such action or may be enforced in a separate action
brought for that purpose, and which fees shall be in addition to any other
relief that may be awarded.
17. Merger or
Consolidation
. Any corporation or association into which the Escrow
Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to
which it may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation
or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation
or transfer to which the Escrow Agent is a party, shall be and become the
successor escrow agent under this Agreement and shall have and succeed to the
rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges as its predecessor, without
the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any
further act.
18. Waiver.
No waiver
of, or any breach of any covenant or provision herein contained shall be
deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof, or of any other
covenant or provision herein contained. No extension of time for performance of
any obligation or act shall be deemed an extension of the time for performance
of any other obligation or act.
19. Entire Agreement
. This
Agreement is the final expression of, and contains the entire agreement between,
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
understandings with respect thereto. This Agreement may not be modified,
changed, supplemented or terminated, nor may any obligations hereunder be
waived, except by written instrument signed by the parties to be charged or by
its agent duly authorized in writing or as otherwise expressly permitted
herein.
20.
Construction
. Whenever
required by the context of this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural
and masculine shall include the feminine. This Agreement shall not be construed
as if it had been prepared by one of the parties, but rather as if all parties
had prepared the same.
21. Further Instruments
. If
the Escrow Agent reasonably requires other or further instruments in connection
with this Agreement or obligations in respect hereto, the necessary parties
hereto shall use its best efforts to join in furnishing such
instruments.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date
set forth below.
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ActiveWorlds
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Paul Goodman
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Exhibit
A
INSTRUCTION
NOTICE
TO:
___________
This
Instruction Notice is issued pursuant to that certain Make Good Escrow
Agreement
(the “
Agreement
”), dated
as of December ___, 2009, by and among ActiveWorlds Corp, a U.S. public
reporting company, Famous Grow Holdings Limited (the “
Make Good Pledgor
”), certain
investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached to the Agreement as
Schedule I ( the “Investors”), Baytree Capital Associates, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, as representative of the Investors (the “Investor
Agent”), and you, as Escrow Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Instruction Notice shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Agreement.
The
undersigned hereby certifies that, pursuant to Section 4 of the Make Good Escrow
Agreement, it has a good faith belief that the Investors are entitled to receive
__________ shares of Make Good Shares as set forth in Exhibit A
hereto.
Accordingly,
you are hereby instructed to transfer, upon your receipt of this Instruction
Notice, certain number of shares to the Investors as set forth in Exhibit
A
A copy of
this Instruction Notice has been given to the Company and Investors in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Make Good Escrow
Agreement.
Dated:
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Exhibit
B
FEE
SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT
10.6
Exclusive
Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement
This
Exclusive Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement (this
“
Agreement
”) is entered into by
and between the following two parties in Wuhan China on June 30
th
,
2009:
Party A
: Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd, a corporation incorporated and validly existing in the
territory of the PRC pursuant to the law of the PRC with business license
registration number: 420100000023089 and legal registered office at
No. Te 15, Huangpu Science and Technology Park, Jiang’an District,
Wuhan.
Party B
: Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd, a Wholly-Owned Foreign Enterprise (“
WOFE
”) registered in Wuhan of
the PRC, with business license registration number: 420100400013662
and legal registered office at 5th Floor I-3, No. Te 15, Economic Development
Zone, Jiang’an District, Wuhan.
In this
Agreement, Party A and Party B collectively are referred to as “both parties”
and each of them is referred to as “a party”.
Whereas:
1. Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “
Party A
” or “
Kingold Jewelry
”) is a
corporation duly and legally incorporated and existing in the territory of the
PRC pursuant to the law of the PRC, and mainly engages in the manufacture and
wholesale of gold jewelry.
2. Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd (“
Party B
”), a WOFE registered
and existing in Wuhan of the PRC, has advanced process and design conception,
unique manufacture and processing technology and smooth sales channels, is
advantageous in the international trend in the design conception of gold jewelry
and craftworks, and has an industry-leading management team with advanced
conception, scientific method and rich experience.
3. Party
A agrees to employ Party B to be its exclusive management consultant who will
provide exclusive technical support for Party A.
4. Party
B agrees to accept the entrustment of Party A and work as the exclusive
management consultant of Party A and provide Party A with exclusive technical
support.
Now,
therefore, with the consensus reached through negotiation, both parties have
entered into this Agreement and agreed to abide by it pursuant to the applicable
laws and regulations of the PRC.
Clause
1 Exclusive
Management Consulting and Technical Support
1.1 Exclusive
Management Consulting
As of the
date of the execution of this Agreement, Party A shall irrevocably agree to
entrust Party B as its exclusive management consultant pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, and Party B shall agree to accept the entrustment
of Party A to be the exclusive management consultant of Party A pursuant to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1.2 Exclusive
Technical Support
As of the
date of the execution of this Agreement, Party B shall irrevocably agree to
provide Party A with exclusive technical support for the production and
operation of Party A pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and
ensure that the technical support Party A receives will not be less than the
services for Party B itself and its any other affiliate.
Clause
2 Representations
and Warranties
2.1 Each
party respectively represents and warranties to the other party that, upon the
execution of this Agreement:
2.1.1 it
has the right to execute this Agreement and the capability to perform the
same;
2.1.2 it
has carried out necessary internal decision-making procedures, obtained proper
authority, acquire all the necessary consents and approvals of any requisite
third party and government authority to enter into and perform this Agreement
and this Agreement does not violate the laws and contracts binding or affecting
it;
2.1.3 upon
the execution, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid, binding
obligation of the other party and both parties will be subject to compulsory
enforcement pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2.2 Party
A represents and warranties to Party B as follows that:
2.2.1 Party
A and its business both have abided by all applicable national laws and
regulations in relation to environment protection;
2.2.2 before
the execution of this Agreement, Party A’s assets and business did not involve
in or suffer any threats or sanctions of or in relation to material civil,
criminal or administrative claims, investigations, complaints or lawsuits
arising from or in relation to environment protection;
2.2.3 before
the execution of this Agreement, Party A or its business (including assets, the
same below) did not have any criminal violations or any actions without duly
approval or any responsibility to be assumed arising from the violation of any
obligation (whether by law, by contract, or by other means), and did not have
any claims against Party A or its business due to the above-mentioned actions or
the violations to the above-mentioned obligations; and
2.2.4 before
the execution of this Agreement, there was not or would not be any
investigations or surveys of the business of Party A by government or other
authority.
Clause
3 Service
Content
3.1 Exclusive
Management Consulting
3.1.1 Within
the Management Consulting Period (defined in Clause 10), Party B shall fully
manage the operation activities of Party A as its exclusive managing
consultant. The detailed management services include but not limit
to:
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decision in relation to the personnel recruitment, appointment and
removal, dismissal, and remuneration of Party
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3.1.2 As
of the day when this Agreement comes into effect, it is the obligation of Party
B to fully control and manage all internal operation activities of Party
A.
3.1.3 For
Party B’s operation decision for the operation management of Party A, Party A
shall unconditionally provide necessary assistance.
3.2 Exclusive
Technical Support
As of the
day when this Agreement comes into effect, Party B shall permit Party A to use
its related technology in production and operation and obtain such technical
support including but not limited to technical consulting, training and
servicing, provided by Party B, and the service level shall not be below the
level of the similar technical service for Party B itself and its
affiliate. If Party B or its affiliate has any improvement or
subsequent research and development on the above-mentioned technology, Party A,
pursuant to this Agreement, will automatically obtain the right to apply such
technology into its production and operation.
Clause
4 Major
Decision Right Management
4.1 Pursuant
to the Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement entered into by Party B and some of
Party A’s shareholders on the same day as this Agreement (“
Shareholders’ Voting Proxy
Agreement
”), Party B shall have the right to participate in the
shareholder’s meeting of Party A, vote on the matters proposed at the meeting,
suggest the holding of temporary shareholders’ meeting as the agent of some
shareholders of Party A, and have other shareholders’ voting rights as
stipulated in the Articles of Association of Party A.
4.2 Party
B shall have the right to designate the director and shareholder supervisor
candidates of Party A.
4.3 Party
B shall also have the right to make the following major decisions:
4.3.1 to
decide the operation plan and investment scheme for Party A;
4.3.2 to
prepare the annual financial budget and settlement of Party A;
4.3.3 to
prepare the profit distribution scheme and loss compensation scheme of Party
A;
4.3.4 within
the authorization of the shareholder’s meeting, to decide such matters of Party
A as foreign investment, assets purchase and sale, assets mortgage, external
guarantee, assets management and related party transaction;
4.3.5 to
decide the setup of the internal governance structure of Party A;
4.3.6 to
employ or dismiss the senior officers of Party A and decide their remuneration
and other terms of employment;
4.3.7 to
establish the basic management system and specific regulations of
Party A;
4.3.8 to
prepare the amendment scheme for the Articles of Association of Party A;
and
4.3.9 to
retain or replace the Certified Public Accounting (“
CPA
”) firm providing auditing
service for Party A.
4.4 Party
B shall have the right to prepare the scheme to purchase or repurchase the
shares of Party A or merger, divide, dissolve and reorganize Party A, the scheme
to increase or decrease the registered capital, issue bonds or other securities
and go public for Party A; however, such schemes must obtain the consent of the
shareholders of Party A in advance.
Clause
5 Human
Resource Management (“HR Management”)
5.1 Party
B shall have the right to decide all matters in relation to HR of Party A
pursuant to the Company Law of the PRC and the Articles of Association of Party
A, including but not limited to the employment, removal, staffing and
remuneration of senior officers.
5.2 Within
the Management Consulting Period, Party B shall enter into formal labor contract
with the personnel employed by Party A and transact such welfares as social
insurance and housing funds on behalf of Party A pursuant to the applicable laws
and regulations.
5.3 For
all the existing employees of Party A, Party B undertakes to retain them and
keep their salary, insurance and welfare not below the level before Party B
takes over the business.
Clause
6 Capital
Management
Party B
shall manage and control all funds of Party A. Party A shall open or
appoint a management account for its funds (“
Management Account
”) and Party
B shall be responsible for and have the right in deciding the inward and outward
remittance of its funds. The seal affixed to such account shall be
that of the person appointed and confirmed by Party B. As of the day
when this Agreement comes into effect, all cashes of Party A, including but not
limited to the existing working capitals, the incomes from the sale to customers
and inventories, raw materials and receivables (if any), all payables and
operating expenses, employees’ salaries and expenditures for assets acquisition,
and all operating incomes, must be saved and transacted in this Management
Account.
Clause
7 Financial
Management
7.1 Party
B shall establish the financial and accounting system of Party A pursuant to the
applicable laws and regulations of the PRC and the rules of the governmental
authority.
7.2 Party
B shall submit annual budget and settlement scheme to the shareholders of Party
A.
7.3 Party
B shall on a quarterly basis file financial statements to the shareholders of
Party A, and prepare the annual financial statements of Party A within one
hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each financial year, and provide
them to the shareholders after they are audited by the CAP firm.
Clause
8 Assets
Management
8.1 Party
A shall deliver all its assets audited on December 31, 2008 (“
Base Date
”) to Party B (the
assets list attached hereunder as Exhibit A) and undertake it has no action
adversely affecting the above-mentioned assets after the Base Date and before
the execution of this Agreement.
8.2 Within
the Management Consulting Period, Party B shall not transfer the assets of Party
A or reduce the same.
8.3 Party
B shall undertake that, within the Management Consulting Period, the existing
assets of Party A are used only for the operation of the existing business, and
with its advanced management and by means of expanding production and operation
scale and financing, have the assets of Party A achieve the purpose of
maintaining and increasing value.
Clause
9 Production
and Operation Management
9.1 Party
B shall have the right to decide all daily production and sales arrangements of
Party A such as the production scale, product category, sales strategy and
execution of operating contracts.
9.2 Party
B undertakes to provide Party A with its existing and future developed advanced
processes and designs for gold jewelry and craftworks free of charge, as well as
free training.
9.3 Party
B shall use advanced management and technology to further improve the quality of
Party A’s products and expand the production of Party A.
9.4 Party
B undertakes to make full use of its existing sales channel and all these
methods such as market research, advertisement, propaganda and sales promotion
to broaden sales channels and increase sales volume.
Clause
10 Period
of Management Consulting and Technical Support
The
period of management consulting and technical support shall start as of the day
when this Agreement comes into effect and ends as at the earliest one of the
following dates:
10.1 the
day when Party A’s operating period expires (“
Management Consulting
Period
”);
10.2 the
day when the management consulting is terminated by both parties hereto through
negotiation; or
10.3 the
day when Party B completes the acquisition of 95% of the equities or all the
assets of Party A.
Clause
11 Fees
and Payment for Management Consulting and Technical Support
In order
to fulfill the management consulting and technical support under this Agreement,
Party A shall pay on a monthly basis management consulting fees and technology
use and support fees in principle equal to 95% of all profits, if any, of that
month of Party A to Party B. These fees that Party A shall pay to
Party B are paid in the following manner: within the term of this
Agreement, after the costs and expenses are deducted for that month, 75% of all
incomes of Party A obtained that months are used to pay management consulting
fees and 20% of the same as technology use and support fees; if the incomes of
Party A that month are zero or negative after the costs and expenses and taxes
are deducted for that month, Party A will not pay Party B management consulting
fees and technology use and support fees, and the loss of that month shall be
deducted from the management consulting fees and technology use and support fees
of the following months. Party A and Party B shall compute the
management consulting fees and technology use and support fees for the previous
month within fifteen (15) business days after the start of the next
month. All payment to be made by Party A hereunder shall be made free
and clear of and without deduction for or on account of tax, unless Party A is
required to make such payment subject to the deduction or withholding of
tax.
Should
Party A fail to pay all or any part of the fees due to Party B under this Clause
within the time limits stipulated, Party B shall pay to Party A interest in RMB
on the amount overdue based on the three (3) month lending rate for RMB
announced by the Bank of China on the relevant due date.
Clause
12 Rights
and Obligations of Party A
12.1 On
the day when this Agreement comes into effect, Party A shall deliver all its
business data, personal archives, business licenses, official seals, financial
seals and other materials to Party B or representative authorized by Party
B.
12.2 Without
the written consent of Party B, Party A shall not make any decisions for its
production and operation.
12.3 Party
A shall assist Party B in the management consulting as per the request of Party
B.
12.4 Party
A shall open or designate the Management Account within fifteen (15) days of
date hereof.
12.5 Party
A shall actively assist Party B in broadening raw materials supply and sales
channels.
12.6 Party
A shall assist Party B in purchasing and reconstructing equipments,
transportation tools, office supplies and communications tools within the
territory of the PRC.
12.7 Party
A shall actively assist Party B in transacting foreign merger formalities
provided that doing so is permitted by the laws and regulations of the
PRC.
12.8 Party
A shall not terminate this Agreement unilaterally.
12.9 Party
A shall exercise the rights and perform the obligations under this
Agreement.
12.10 Party
A shall permit and cause Party A’s shareholders to pledge the equity interests
of Party A to Party B for securing the management consulting fees and technology
use and support fees that should be paid by party A pursuant to this
Agreement.
12.11 Party
A shall indemnify and hold harmless Party B from and against any loss, damage,
obligation and expenses arising out of any litigation, claim or other legal
procedure against Part A arising out of the performance of this
Agreement.
12.12 Party
A will comply with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all
applicable restrictions imposed by, all governmental authority, in respect of
the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property, including without
limitation, maintenance of valid and proper government approvals and licenses
necessary to provide the services, except that such non-compliances could not,
in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, operations,
property, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Party
A.
12.13 Party
A will do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect its existence and its material rights, franchises and
licenses.
12.14 Party
A shall designate the person recommended by Party B as the directors of Party A,
and Party A shall appoint Party B’s senior officers as Party A’s General
Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and other senior officers. If any
of the above senior officers leaves or is dismissed by Party B, he or she will
lose the qualification to take any position in Party A and Party A shall appoint
other senior officers of Party B recommended by Party B to take such
position. The person recommended by Party B in accordance with this
clause herein should comply with the stipulation on the qualifications of
directors, General Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and other senior officers
pursuant to applicable law.
12.15 Information
Covenants. Party A will furnish to Party B:
12.15.1 Preliminary
Monthly Reports. Within five (5) days after the end of each calendar
month the preliminary income statements, balance sheet and results of operations
of Party A made up to and as at the end of such calendar month, in each case
prepared in accordance with the PRC generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied.
12.15.2 Final
Monthly Reports. Within ten (10) days after the end of each calendar
month, a final report from Party A on the financial situation such as income
statements, balance sheet and results of operations of Party A made up to and as
at the end of such calendar month and for the elapsed portion of the relevant
financial year, setting forth in each case in comparative form figures for the
corresponding period in the preceding financial year, in each case prepared in
accordance with the PRC generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied.
12.15.3 Quarterly
Reports. As soon as available and, in any event, within thirty (30)
days after each Quarterly Date (as defined below), unaudited consolidated
balance sheet, consolidated statements of operations, statements of cash flows
and changes in financial situation of the Party A and its subsidiaries, if any,
for such quarterly period and for the period from the beginning of the relevant
fiscal year to such Quarterly Date, setting forth in each case actual versus
budgeted comparisons and in comparative form the corresponding consolidated
figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, accompanied
by a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Party A, which
certificate shall state that said financial statements fairly present the
consolidated financial condition and results of operations, as the case may be,
of the Party A and its subsidiaries, if any, in accordance with U.S. general
accepted accounting principles applied on a consist basis as at the end of, and
for, such period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
preparation of notes for the audited financial statements).
12.15.4 Annual
Audited Accounts. Within six (6) weeks of the end of the financial
year, the annual audited accounts of Party A to which they relate (setting forth
in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding
financial year), in each case prepared in accordance with, among others, the
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied.
12.15.5 Budgets. At
least 90 days before the first day of each financial year of Party A, a budget
in form satisfactory to Party B (including budgeted statements of income and
sources and uses of cash and balance sheets) prepared by Party A for each of the
four financial quarters of such financial year accompanied by the statement of
the chief financial officer of Party A to the effect that, to the best of his
knowledge, the budget is a reasonable estimate for the period covered
thereby.
12.15.6 Notice
of Litigation. Promptly, and in any event within one (1) business day
after an officer of Party A obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) any
litigation or governmental proceeding pending against Party A which could
materially adversely affect the business, operations, property, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Party A and (ii) any other
event which is likely to materially adversely affect the business, operations,
property, assets, condition (financial, or otherwise) or prospects of Party
A.
12.15.7 Other
Information. From time to time, such other information or documents
(financial or otherwise) as Party B may reasonably request.
Clause
13 Negative
Covenants
Party A
covenants and agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, without the prior
written consent of Party B,
13.1 Party
A will not issue, purchase or redeem any equity or debt securities of
Party A.
13.2 Party
A will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any liens upon or with
respect to any property or assets of Party A whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, provided that the provisions of this Clause 13.2 shall not prevent the
creation, incurrence, assumption or existence of:
13.2.1 liens
for taxes not yet due, or liens for taxes being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established;
and
13.2.2 liens
in respect of property or assets of Party A imposed by law, which were incurred
in the ordinary course of business, and (x) which do not in the aggregate
materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially
impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of Party A or (y) which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings
have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property of assets
subject to any such lien.
13.3 Party
A will not wind up, liquidate or dissolve its operations or enter into any
transactions of merger or consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of (or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time) all or any
part of its property or assets, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a
series of related transactions) any part of the property or assets (other than
purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment in the
ordinary course of business) of any person, except that (i) Party A may make
sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Party A may, in
the ordinary course of business, sell equipment which is uneconomic or
obsolete.
13.4 Parry
A will not declare or pay any dividends, or return any capital, to its
shareholders or authorize or make any other distribution, payment or deliver of
property or cash to its shareholders as such, or redeem, retire, purchase or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for a consideration, any shares of
any class of its capital stock now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or
warrants issued by Party A with respect to its capital stock), or set aside any
funds for any of the foregoing purposes.
13.5 Party
A will not contract, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness,
except accrued expenses and current trade accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business, and obligations under trade letters of credit
inclined by Party A in the ordinary course of business, which are to be repaid
in full not longer than one (1) year after the date on which such indebtedness
is originally incurred to finance the purchase of goods by Party A.
13.6 Party
A will not lend money or credit or make advances to any person, or purchase or
acquire any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or
make any capital contribution to, any other person, except that Party A may
acquire and hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the ordinary
course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary
trade terms.
13.7 Party
A will not enter into any transactions or series of related transactions,
whether or not in the ordinary course of business, with any affiliate of Party
A, other than on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to Party A as
would be obtainable by Party A at the time in a comparable arm’s-length
transaction with a person other than an affiliate and with the prior written
consent of Party B.
13.8 Party
A will not make any expenditures for fixed or capital assets (including, without
limitation, expenditures for maintenance and repairs which should be capitalized
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC or in the
United States) in excess of US $[], without the prior written consent of Party
B.
13.9 Party
A will not (i) make any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on or
redemption or acquisition for value of (including, without limitation, by way of
depositing with the trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due
for the purpose of paying when due) any existing indebtedness or (ii) amend or
modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of any
existing indebtedness or of any agreement (including, without limitation, any
purchase agreement, indenture, loan agreement or security agreement) relating to
any of the foregoing or (iii) amend, modify or change its Article of Association
or Business License, or any agreement entered into by it, with respect to its
capital stock, or enter into any new agreement with respect to its capital
stock.
Clause
14 Rights
and Obligations of Party B
14.1 Party
B shall have the independent and full operation management right over Party
A.
14.2 Party
B shall have the right to dispose all the assets of party A, except otherwise
provided in this Agreement.
14.3 Party
B shall have the right to collect management consulting fees.
14.4 Party
B shall have the right to designate directors and shareholder supervisor of
Party A.
14.5 According
to the resolution of the board of directors, Party B shall have the right to
appoint general manager, deputy general manager, financial officer of Party
A.
14.6 Party
B shall have the right to convoke Party A’s shareholders’ meeting and adopt a
resolution at the shareholders’ meeting pursuant to the Shareholders’ Voting
Proxy Agreement.
14.7 Party
B shall manage the fund accounts.
14.8 Party
B shall manage all operation activities of Party A.
14.9 If
Party A’s shareholders require, Party B shall inform them of the operation of
Party A in time and accept the reasonable suggestions from them.
14.10 Party
B shall exercise the rights and perform the obligations under this
Agreement.
Clause
15 Taxes
and Fees
All taxes
and fees resulting from the execution and performance of this Agreement and in
the process of the operation with management consulting shall be borne by both
parties respectively pursuant to the applicable laws and
regulations.
Clause
16 Intellectual
Property Right
Party A
shall contribute all of its intellectual property rights to Party
B.
Both
parties shall strictly keep confidential all patents, trademarks, data,
drawings, codes or other technical information including all intellectual
property right information that either party provides in writing or in any other
form pursuant to this Agreement.
In
addition, the above-mentioned intellectual property right information either
party provides the other party shall not become the property of the other party,
shall be used only for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement
and shall not be copied for or disclosed to any third party or used wholly or
partially for any other purpose. The provision of patents,
trademarks, data, drawings, codes or other technical information shall not be
interpreted as either party endows any title thereof to the other party
expressly or impliedly.
Party B
shall own all intellectual property rights developed or discovered through
research and development, in the course of providing services, or derived from
the provision of the services. Such intellectual property rights
shall include patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patent application
rights, copyright and trademark application rights, research and technical
documents and materials, and other related intellectual property rights
including the right to license or transfer such intellectual
properties. If Party A must utilize any intellectual property, Party
B agrees to grant an appropriate license to Party A on terms and conditions to
be set forth in a separate agreement.
Clause
17 Liability
for breach
Both
parties shall sufficiently perform this Agreement. Either party
breaking this Agreement shall bear the liability as arising therefrom and in
relation thereto. If the breaking party causes damages to the other
party, the breaking party shall compensate the other party for all such
damages.
Clause
18 Force
Majeure
Force
majeure refers to all events that is out of the control of either party,
unforeseeable or foreseeable but inevitable and causes either party unable to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to
natural phenomena and natural disasters such as flood, fire, drought, typhoon,
rainstorm, tide, earthquake, explosion, epidemic, strike, tsunami, accident, war
or any other unforeseeable, inevitable or out-of-control circumstances,
including the circumstance that is deemed as force majeure in international
commercial practice.
In case
of force majeure, the affected party shall inform the other party of such event
in writing within fourteen (14) business days after its
occurrence. Where the occurring force majeure causes either party to
be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the other party shall
have the right to send a written notice to such party to terminate this
Agreement and this Agreement will be terminated thirty (30) days after the
reception of the termination notice.
Clause
19 Confidentiality
19.1 All
materials, documents, communications and other information obtained in the
negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, whether commercial,
technical or in any other form (hereinafter referred to as “
Confidential Information
”),
shall be kept confidential and used only for the performance of the obligations
under this Agreement. Unless otherwise the other party consents in
writing, neither party shall release, leak or disclose any Confidential
Information to any third party.
19.2 Either
party can disclose the Confidential Information in the following
circumstances: (1) where the law, court order or the competent court
with jurisdiction requires, and such disclosure can be conducted only within
such requirement; (2) where the competent authority or government department
requires; (3) where such Confidential Information has been known to the general
public; or (4) where such Confidential Information was owned duly and legally by
the disclosing party rather obtained from the other party before the disclosing
party obtains it. However, for the circumstances aforesaid, where either party
discloses the Confidential Information, it shall inform the other party of the
Confidential Information to be disclosed.
19.3 Nonetheless
other provisions of this clause, either party shall have the right to disclose
the Confidential Information to its lawyer, accountant, other professional
consultants, directors or senior officers; however, such personnel shall
undertake in writing to treat such information as Confidential Information by
taking the measures similar to those stated in Paragraph 1 of this
clause.
Clause
20 Governing
Law
The
execution, validity, effect, interpretation, performance and dispute solution of
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws and regulations of the
PRC.
Clause
21 Dispute
Resolution
Both
parties agree that any dispute arising from or in relation to this Agreement
shall first be settled by the friendly negotiation of both
parties. If the negotiation fails within 45 days, either party shall
have the right to file the dispute with China International Economic and Trade
Arbitration Commission (“
CIETAC
“) in Beijing for arbitration pursuant to the currently effective
arbitration rules of CIETAC at the time of application. This
arbitration shall be final and bind both parties and shall be enforceable in any
court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitration fees shall be born
by the losing party.
Clause
22 Party
B’s Remedy upon Party A’s Default
In
addition to the remedies provided elsewhere under this Agreement, Party B shall
be entitled to remedies permitted under PRC laws, including without limitation
compensation for any direct and indirect losses arising from the breach and
legal fees incurred to recover losses from such breach.
Clause
23 Effect
and Termination of this Agreement
23.1 This
Agreement shall come into effect as of the day when the seals of both parties
are affixed to it and the authorized representatives of both parties sign on it,
and shall terminate on the day of the acquisition of 95% of equities or all the
assets of Party A.
23.2 The
term of this Agreement may be extended by Party A in its sole discretion before
the termination or expiration of this Agreement. The term of
extension shall be determined through mutual agreement by both parties to this
Agreement.
23.3 Before
Party B’s acquisition of 95% of equities or assets of Party A, unless otherwise
agreed on through negotiation by both parties, neither party can terminate in
advance or amend this Agreement, except otherwise stipulated in this
Agreement
23.4 The
rights and obligations of both Parties under Clause 12.11 regarding indemnity
and Clause 19 regarding confidentiality shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
Clause
24 General
Terms
24.1 Entire
Agreement
This
Agreement is the basic agreement between the parties for entrusted
operation. This Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto
contain the entire understanding between the parries, no other representations,
warranties or covenants having induced any party to execute this Agreement, and
supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements with respect to the subject
matter hereof. All exhibits, addendums, and schedules referred to in
this Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. All references
to schedules and exhibits are to exhibits and schedules attached to and to
become a part of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
24.2 Amendment
Any
amendment and/or rescission shall be in writing and signed by the authorized
representatives of both parties. Such revision shall be a valid
integral part of this Agreement.
24.3 Headings
The
headings of any Clauses or other portion of this Agreement are for convenience
only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
24.4 Construction
References
in this Agreement to “Clauses,” “Sections” “Schedules” and “Exhibits” shall be
to the Clauses, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits of this Agreement, unless
otherwise specifically provided; any use in this Agreement of the singular or
plural, or the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, shall be deemed to include
the others, unless the context otherwise requires; the words “herein”, “hereof”
and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; the word “including” when used in this Agreement shall mean
“including
without
limitation”; and except
as otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references in this Agreement (a)
to any agreement, document, certificate or other written instrument shall be a
reference to such agreement, document, certificate or instrument, in each case
together with all exhibits, schedules, attachment and appendices thereto, and as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof; and (b) to any law, statute or regulation
shall be deemed references to such law, statute or regulation as the same may be
supplemented, amended, consolidated, superseded or modified from time to
time.
24.5 Transfer
Without
the prior written consent of the other party, no party shall sub-contract,
license or transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any third
party or its affiliate; and any transfer of this Agreement without approval
shall be invalid. Each party shall determinate whether to approve a
transfer without unreasonable delay.
24.6 Severability
Any
provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
24.7 Waiver
No
failure or delay of either party to enforce any right hereunder shall constitute
a waiver of any such right hereunder. No waiver shall be effective
hereunder unless in writing and a waiver shall only be effective for the
specific act or circumstance for which it is given and not for any future act or
circumstance.
24.8 Succession
of this Agreement
This
Agreement shall bind the successors and transferees of both
parties.
24.9 Language
This
Agreement is in both Chinese and English and signed by both parties, and the two
versions have the same effect. Should there be any discrepancy
between the two language versions, the Chinese version shall
prevail.
24.10 Copies
of this Agreement
This
Agreement shall be executed in two counterparts, each party holds
one. Each of the copies shall be deemed as the original one and has
the same effect.
24.11 Notices
All
notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be sufficiently given only if mailed by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or sent by expedited or overnight delivery service with
return receipt, or sent by telecopier with confirmed receipt, to the party to
receive notice at the following addresses or at such other address as any party
may, upon ten (10) days prior notice, direct:
If to
Party A:
With a
copy to: [_______]
If to
Party B:
With a
copy to: [_______]
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remainder of this page is intentionally left blank.]
In witness hereof
, both
parties have signed this Agreement on the date specified on the first page of
this Agreement
Party
A:
Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd (seal)
Authorized
Representative (signature):
Party
B:
Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd (seal)
Authorized
Representative (signature):
EXHIBIT
10.7
Shareholders’
Voting Proxy Agreement
This
Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement (this “
Agreement
”) is entered into by
and between the following parties in Wuhan China on June 30
th
,
2009:
Party A: Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd., a Wholly-Owned Foreign Enterprise (“
WOFE
”) registered in Wuhan of
the PRC, with legal registered office at 5th Floor 1-3, No. Te 13,
Economic Development Zone, Jiang’an District, Wuhan.
Party B: Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd (“
Party B
”), a corporation
incorporated and validly existing in the territory of the PRC pursuant to the
law of the PRC with business license registration
number: 420100000023089 and legal registered office at No.
Te 15, Huangpu Science and Technology Park, Jiang’an District,
Wuhan.
Party C: Each
of the shareholders of Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd listed on Table 1
(collectively, the “
Kingold
Shareholders
” or individually, the “
Shareholder
”)
In this
Agreement, Party A, Party B and the Kingold Shareholders collectively
are referred to as “all parties” and each of them is referred to as “a
party”.
WHEREAS
:
1. Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd is a corporation incorporated and validly existing in
the territory of the PRC pursuant to the law of the PRC with legal registered
office at No. Te 15, Huangpu Science and Technology Park, Jiang’an
District, Wuhan.
2. On
the day of the execution of this Agreement, the Kingold Shareholders duly and
legally hold 95% shares of Party B. The percentage of shares
held by each Shareholder are listed on Table 1 attached
hereto.
3. Kingold
Shareholders desire to entrust Party A or any person designed by
Party A (“
Designee
”) as their proxy with
the power to exercise the Kingold Shareholders’ voting rights at the
shareholders’ meetings of Party B or by written consents.
4. Party A
agrees to accept the above commission.
NOW, THEREFORE
, with the
consensus reached through negotiation, all parties have entered into this
Agreement and agreed to abide by it pursuant to the applicable laws and
regulations of the PRC.
1. Each
of the Kingold Shareholders irrevocably grants and entrusts Party A or any
of Party A’s Designees to be their exclusive proxy to exercise their voting
rights that a Kingold Shareholder would have at a shareholders’ meeting or by
written consent (hereinafter referred to as “
Commissioned Voting
”) for the
maximum period permitted pursuant to law of PRC and in accordance with and
within the limitations of the laws of the PRC and the Articles of Association of
Party B, including but not limited to the following rights:
(1) to
attend and participate in the shareholders’ meetings of Party B as the
voting proxy of the Kingold Shareholders;
(2) to
vote on the matters proposed at the shareholders’ meetings on behalf of the
Kingold Shareholders, including voting on the appointment and election of the
directors and supervisors of Party B;
(3) to
call the shareholders’ meetings of Party B; and
(4) all
other shareholder voting rights as stipulated in the Articles of Association of
Party B.
2. Party B
and each of the Kingold Shareholders shall assume the responsibility as arising
from and in relation to the exercise of the Commissioned Voting by Party A
or any of Party A’s Designees.
3. Party B
and each of the Kingold Shareholders agrees that Party A will not require
the opinion or approval of Kingold Shareholders before its exercise of the
Commissioned Voting, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement; however, after
any resolution at a shareholders’ meeting is adopted, Party A shall inform
Party B of such resolution in a timely manner.
4. Party A
may from time to time establish and amend rules which govern how Party A or
its Designee shall exercise the Commissioned Voting, including, but not limited
to, the quorum required to authorize or take any action and to execute documents
evidencing such action, and Party A shall take action pursuant to such
rules.
Clause
2.
|
Representations
and Warranties
|
1. Each
party respectively represents and warranties to the other parties that, on the
day of execution of this Agreement:
(1) They
have the right to execute this Agreement and the capability to perform the
obligation pursuant to this Agreement;
(2) They
have carried out all necessary internal decision-making procedures, obtained
proper authority, acquired all the necessary consents and approvals of any
requisite third party and government authority to enter into and perform this
Agreement and this Agreement does not violate the laws and contracts binding or
affecting them; and
(3) Once
executed, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid, binding obligation of
each party and each party will be subject to compulsory enforcement pursuant to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2.
Party A represents and
undertakes to the Kingold Shareholders that
:
(1) Party A
agrees to accept the commission of the Kingold Shareholders pursuant to
Clause 1 of this Agreement and exercise shareholder voting and other rights
pursuant to this Agreement on behalf of the Kingold Shareholders.
(2) Party A
agrees that, where necessary, within the scope stipulated in Paragraph 1 of
Clause 1 herein, it will grant the Commissioned Voting to a Designee
appointed by Party A.
(3) Party A
undertakes that, if the Kingold Shareholders request, it will report the
operations of Party B to the Kingold Shareholders and consider the
reasonable suggestions from the Kingold Shareholders.
3.
Party B and Kingold
Shareholders, jointly and severally, undertake and represent to Party A
that
:
(1) Notwithstanding
any change to the capital structure of Party B, each of the Kingold
Shareholders will grant Party A to exercise its shareholder’s voting rights
on behalf of the Kingold Shareholders, provided that such Kingold Shareholder
holds the equity interest in Party B.
(2) Without
the written consent of Party A, the Kingold Shareholders will not transfer,
entrust or confer their equity interest in Party B to any other party,
including but not limited to individuals, entities, enterprises, partnerships,
joint ventures and non-profit organizations other than Party A or
Party A’s Designee.
(3) Party B
and each of the Kingold Shareholders acknowledges that each of them will
continue to perform this agreement even if one or more of such shareholders no
longer holds the equity interest of Party B.
(4) Without
the written consent of Party A, the Kingold Shareholders shall not make any
decisions for the production and operation of Party B.
(5) Party B
and each of the Kingold Shareholders hereby acknowledges that the obligation of
Party B and each of the Kingold Shareholders under this Agreement are
separate and if any Kingold Shareholder does not hold the equity interest in
Party B or shall no longer be a Kingold Shareholder, the obligation of
Party B and the other Kingold Shareholder parties shall remain in full
force and effect, and such party shall continue performing this
Agreement.
(6) Unless
others directed by Party A, Kingold Shareholder, shall not directly
exercise the Commissioned Voting that have been granted to Party A or its
Designee.
(7) Each
of the Kingold Shareholders owns the shares of Party B set forth below on
Table 1, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, and none of the
Kingold Shareholders have granted to anyone, other than Party A or its
Designee, a power of attorney or proxy over any of such shares or in such
Kingold Shareholder’s rights as a shareholder of
Party B. Party B and each of the Kingold Shareholders
further represent and warrant that the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by such Kingold Shareholder will not violate any laws, regulations, judicial or
administrative orders, arbitration awards, agreements, contracts or covenants
applicable to each of the Kingold Shareholders.
Clause
3.
|
Exercise
of the Commissioned Voting
|
1. Each
of the Kingold Shareholders agree, that, within the scope stipulated in
Paragraph 1 of Clause 1 herein, Party A may grant the
Commissioned Voting to a Designee and assume any legal responsibility as arising
from and in relation to the exercise of the Commissioned Voting by such
Designee.
2. Party B
and the Kingold Shareholders will provide sufficient assistance to the exercise
of the Commissioned Voting by Party A or its Designee, including the prompt
execution of related shareholders’ meeting resolutions and other legal
instruments where necessary.
3. If,
at any time within the period of this Agreement, the conferring or exercise of
the Commissioned Voting under this Agreement cannot be exercised due to any
reason (except the breach of this Agreement by Party A or Party B),
each party shall immediately seek the most similar substitute proposal of this
Agreement and enter into a supplementary agreement or adjust the terms and
conditions of this Agreement in order to ensure the achievement of the purpose
of this Agreement.
1. Each
of the parties hereto agrees that Party A will not assume any liabilities
to or compensate (in currency or any other form) Party B, any of the
Kingold Shareholders or any third party due to the exercise of the Commissioned
Voting.
2. Party B
and the Kingold Shareholders, jointly and severally, agree that they will
indemnify, protect and prevent Party A against or from the losses,
liabilities, expenses and reasonable fees (including reasonable legal fees)
actually arising from or in relation to any damage, claim, loss, charge, legal
proceeding, lawsuit and fine caused by the exercise of the Commissioned Voting,
so long as Party A acted in good faith and is not found to be guilty of
gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect thereto.
Clause
5.
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Term
of this Agreement
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1. This
Agreement shall come into effect as of the day when all parties sign and stamp
it and shall remain in force unless terminated pursuant to this
Clause.
2. The
term of this Agreement may be extended by Party A in its sole discretion
before the termination or expiration of this Agreement. The term of
extension shall be determined through mutual agreement by all parties to this
Agreement.
3. This
Agreement will not terminate until the purchase of the 95% equities or all the
assets of Party B by Party A is completed, unless otherwise
unanimously agreed by all parties.
4. This
Agreement may be terminated by Party A by giving 30 days prior written
notice to each of the Kingold Shareholders and Party B.
5. Clause 4
regarding indemnity
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
The
execution, validity, effect, interpretation, performance and dispute solution of
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws and regulations of the
PRC.
Clause
7.
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Dispute
Resolution
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All
parties agree that any dispute arising from or in relation to this Agreement
shall first be settled by the friendly negotiation of both
parties. If the negotiation fails within 45 days, either party
shall have the right to file the dispute with China International Economic and
Trade Arbitration Commission (“
CIETAC
”) in Beijing for
arbitration pursuant to the currently effective arbitration rules of CIETAC at
the time of application. This arbitration shall be final and bind
both parties and shall be enforceable in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The arbitration fees shall be born by the losing
party.
1. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto
contain the entire understanding between the parties, no other representations,
warranties or covenants having induced any party to execute this Agreement, and
supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements with respect to the subject
matter hereof. All exhibits, addendums, and schedules referred to in
this Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. All references
to schedules and exhibits are to exhibits and schedules attached to and to
become a part of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
2. Amendment. Any
amendment and/or rescission shall be in writing and signed by the authorized
representatives of all parties. Such revision shall be a valid
integral part of this Agreement.
3. Headings. The
headings of any Clauses or other portion of this Agreement are for convenience
only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
4. Construction. References
in this Agreement to ‘‘Clauses,” “Sections,” “Schedules” and “Exhibits” shall be
to the Clauses, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits of this Agreement, unless
otherwise specifically provided;
any use in this
Agreement of the singular or plural, or the masculine, feminine or neuter
gender, shall be deemed to include the others, unless the context otherwise
requires; the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar
import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; the word “including” when
used in this Agreement shall mean “including without limitation”; and except as
otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references in this Agreement
(a) to any agreement, document, certificate or other written
instrument shall be a reference to such agreement, document, certificate or
instrument, in each case together with all exhibits, schedules, attachments and
appendices thereto, and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof; and (b) to any law,
statute or regulation shall be deemed references to such law, statute or
regulation as the same may be supplemented, amended, consolidated, superseded or
modified from time to time.
5. Transfer. Without
the prior written consent of Party A, neither Party B nor any of the
Kingold Shareholders shall transfer all or part of their rights and obligations
under this Agreement to any third party or its affiliate; and any transfer on or
in relation to this Agreement without approval shall be
invalid. Party A shall determine whether to approve a transfer
within thirty (30) days after the receipt of a transfer notice from a
Kingold Shareholder without unreasonable delay.
6. Severability. Any
provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or enforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
7. Waiver. No
failure or delay of either party to enforce any right hereunder shall constitute
a waiver of any such right hereunder. No waiver shall be effective
hereunder unless in writing and a waiver shall only be effective for the
specific act or circumstance for which it is given and not for any future act or
circumstance.
8. Succession
of this Agreement. This Agreement shall bind the successors and
transferees of all parties.
9. Language. This
Agreement is in both Chinese and English and signed by all parties, and the two
versions have the same effect. Should there be any discrepancy
between the two language versions, the Chinese version shall
prevail.
10. Notices. All
notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be sufficiently given only if mailed by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or sent by expedited or overnight delivery service with
return receipt, or sent by telecopier with confirmed receipt, to the party to
receive notice at the following addresses or at such other address as any party
may, upon ten (10) days prior written notice, direct:
If
to Party A:
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With
a copy to:
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[______________________]
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If
to Party B:
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With
a copy to:
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[______________________]
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If
to the Kingold Shareholders:
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With
a copy to:
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[______________________]
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11. Copies
of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be executed in four
counterparts, each party holds one and the rests are used for the transaction of
related formalities. Each of the copies shall be deemed as the
original one and has the same effect.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF
, all parties
have signed this Agreement on the date specified on the first page of this
Agreement by their respective authorized representatives.
Party
A: Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd (seal)
Signature
of Legal Representative (or Authorized Representative):
Party
A: Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd (seal)
Signature
of Legal Representative (or Authorized Representative):
The
Kingold Shareholders:
Jia
Zhihong (signature):_________________________
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Tang
Yongbao (signature):
_______________________
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Dai
Cuiyuan (signature):
_________________________
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Huang
Fan (signature):
__________________________
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Zhao
Jin (signature):
____________________________
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Zhao
Bin (signature):
___________________________
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Chen
Wei (signature):
___________________________
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Wang
Jun (signature):
__________________________
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Xu
Ji (signature):
_______________________________
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Wu
Xueyuan (signature):
________________________
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Hu
Ziwei (signature):
____________________________
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Oin
Wanjiang (signature):
________________________
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Zuo
Liping (signature):
__________________________
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Fu
Liuyun (signature):
__________________________
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Dai
Yichao (signature):
__________________________
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Yang
Chonghui (signature):
______________________
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Niao
Hanmei (signature):
_________________________
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Wang
Yan (signature):
__________________________
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Pan
Ming (signature):
___________________________
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Yang
Guoqiao (signature):
_______________________
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Yan
Huan (signature):
___________________________
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Li
Feng (signature):
____________________________
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Yao
Hai Qiong (signature):
_______________________
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Li
Huili (signature):
_____________________________
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Li
Ziliang (signature):
___________________________
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Zhuang
Wenbo (signature):
______________________
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Xue
Yi (signature):
_____________________________
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Wang
Zhaoping (signature):
_____________________
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Li
Meidie (signature):
___________________________
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Lai
Suhua (signature):
___________________________
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Cheng
Ying (signature):
_________________________
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Zhou
Lin (signature):
___________________________
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Zhang
Jing (signature):
__________________________
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Liu
Min (signature):
____________________________
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Zhang
Jianshe (signature):
_______________________
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Feng
Ligang (signature):
_________________________
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Wang
Jianxin (signature):
________________________
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Xiong
Shuming (signature):
______________________
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Luo
Anying (signature):
_________________________
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Guo
Yong (signature):
___________________________
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Guang
Jun (signature):
__________________________
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Wuhan
Xinyuejin Industrial Co., Ltd (seal)
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Authorized
Representative (signature):
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Table
1:
Serial
No.
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Name
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Address
|
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ID No.
(Registration No.)
|
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|
Number of
Shares Held
(10,000)
|
|
|
Proportion
of Shares
Held (%)
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1
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Jia
Zhihong
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|
No.
40-1, Laodong St., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
420102196111133118
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|
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6636.65
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|
|
|
66.3665
|
|
2
|
|
Tang
Yongbao
|
|
1
st
Floor 1, No. 2, Zhangjiawan, Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
4208219710514004X
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|
|
|
400.00
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
3
|
|
Dai
Cuiyuan
|
|
No.
11, Taohuawu, Yunshan St., Lanxi, Zhejiang Province
|
|
330719195208060027
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|
|
|
400.00
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
4
|
|
Huang
Fan
|
|
2
nd
1, No. 1190, Jiefang Ave., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
420102194107051735
|
|
|
|
300.00
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
5
|
|
Zhao
Jin
|
|
No.
13, 8
th
Area, Yuege Village, Hancuahe Town, Fangshen District,
Beijing
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|
110111194910043615
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|
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250.00
|
|
|
|
2.50
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6
|
|
Zhao
Bin
|
|
West
8 Building, No. 3, Taipingyang Industrial Zone, Shaoyan Rd., Yantian
District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
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|
440621196805223134
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|
|
200.00
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
7
|
|
Chen
Wei
|
|
No.
3-8, Nanhu Tongheiqiao, Shizishan St., Hongshan District,
Wuhan
|
|
420111197610265036
|
|
|
|
183.00
|
|
|
|
1.83
|
|
8
|
|
Wang
Jun
|
|
4
th
Floor, No. 136, Shahuzhui, Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
420106197411082439
|
|
|
|
132.35
|
|
|
|
1.3235
|
|
9
|
|
Xu
Ji
|
|
20-102,
No. 5 Building, Fusheng Garden, Fujian Rd., Hexi District,
Tianjia
|
|
120103195611280035
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|
|
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100.00
|
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
10
|
|
Wu
Xueyuan
|
|
2-14F,
Baihua Apartments, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Province
|
|
432301196601232061
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|
|
|
100.00
|
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
11
|
|
Hu
Ziwei
|
|
No.
255, Jiefang Ave., Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
420802198702070021
|
|
|
|
79.00
|
|
|
|
0.79
|
|
12
|
|
Qin
Wanjiang
|
|
No.
9, Houhainanyan, Xicheng District, Beijing
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|
110102195811271186
|
|
|
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75.00
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
|
13
|
|
Zuo
Liping
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|
2-502,
No. 13 building, Lougouqiaonanli, Fengtai District,
Beijing
|
|
110106195908041526
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|
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|
150.00
|
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
14
|
|
Fu
Liuyun
|
|
14
th
Floor 1, No. 37, Jingwa Rd. Jianghan District, Wuhan
|
|
420102193605103126
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|
|
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42.00
|
|
|
|
0.42
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Serial
No.
|
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Name
|
|
Address
|
|
ID No.
(Registration No.)
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|
|
Number of
Shares Held
(10,000)
|
|
|
Proportion
of Shares
Held (%)
|
|
15
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|
Dai
Yichao
|
|
No.
19, Huanghe’er Village, Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
420102196210173174
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35.00
|
|
|
|
0.35
|
|
16
|
|
Yang
Chonghui
|
|
No.
4, 3-10, Baiyan Residential Area, Gucheng St., Linhai, Zhejiang
Province
|
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331082198309300318
|
|
|
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30.00
|
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
17
|
|
Liao
Hanmei
|
|
3
rd
Floor 1, Xiangiangli No. 29, Hongkong St., Jianghan District,
Wuhan
|
|
420102195411082100
|
|
|
|
30.00
|
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
18
|
|
Wang
Yan
|
|
7
th
Floor 3, No. 12, Taibei Rd., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
420102197507160328
|
|
|
|
30.00
|
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
19
|
|
Pan
Ming
|
|
No.
30-2-201, Meiyuan Residential Area Phase II, Wuchang District,
Wuhan
|
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422201196303120830
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|
|
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24.00
|
|
|
|
0.24
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|
20
|
|
Yan
Guoqiao
|
|
3
rd
Floor 1, NO. 241, Hanyang Ave., Hanyang District, Wuhan
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|
420104195610304338
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|
20.00
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
21
|
|
Yan
Huan
|
|
No.
59-402, Dongfang Garden, Hanyang District, Wuhan
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|
420105198202280445
|
|
|
|
20.00
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
22
|
|
Li
Fong
|
|
2
nd
Floor 1, No. 1095-61, Jiefang Ave., Qiaokou District,
Wuhan
|
|
420104196303090012
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|
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|
20.00
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
23
|
|
Yao
Haiqiong
|
|
No.
50, Niupiling, Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
420102197002033729
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|
|
|
15.00
|
|
|
|
0.15
|
|
24
|
|
Li
Huili
|
|
No.
506, Hexingli, Changqing Office, Dongxihu District, Wuhan
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|
410321197701145525
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|
|
|
12.00
|
|
|
|
0.12
|
|
25
|
|
Li
Ziliang
|
|
4
th
Floor 1, No. 391, Changdi St., Qiaokou District, Wuhan
|
|
42010419810128271X
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|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
26
|
|
Zhuang
Wenbo
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|
13
th
Floor 7, No. 684-18, Jiefang Ave., Jianghan District,
Wuhan
|
|
420103196710253716
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|
|
|
10.00
|
|
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|
0.10
|
|
27
|
|
Xue
Xi
|
|
6
th
Floor 2, No. 3-13, Xuesong St., Jianghan District, Wuhan
|
|
420106196105245223
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
28
|
|
Wang
Zhaoping
|
|
No.
25, Minzu Rd., Jianghan District, Wuhan
|
|
42010419691124242X
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|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
29
|
|
Li
Mengdie
|
|
8
th
Floor 1, No. 117-4, Fazham Ave., Jianghan District, Wuhan
|
|
420104196407234324
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
Serial
No.
|
|
Name
|
|
Address
|
|
ID No.
(Registration No.)
|
|
|
Number of
Shares Held
(10,000)
|
|
|
Proportion
of Shares
Held (%)
|
|
30
|
|
Lai
Suhua
|
|
5
th
Floor 1, No. 17 Yiyuan Rd., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
420102196305112067
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
31
|
|
Cheng
Ying
|
|
3-504,
No. 8 Building, Fulinyuan Residential Area, Chaoyang District,
Beijing
|
|
420111197112044169
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
32
|
|
Zhou
Lin
|
|
24
th
Floor 5, No. 130, Sanyang Rd., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
360403197412280323
|
|
|
|
8.00
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
33
|
|
Zhang
Jing
|
|
No.
70, Fenbu St., Nangang District, Harbin
|
|
230103197501177023
|
|
|
|
8.00
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
34
|
|
Liu
Min
|
|
No.
5-5-4-2, Xufeng Apartments, Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
420107197105100068
|
|
|
|
6.00
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
35
|
|
Zhang
Jianshe
|
|
No.
46-4, Xian’anfang, Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
42010219530709032X
|
|
|
|
6.00
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
36
|
|
Feng
Ligang
|
|
No.
40, 1st Group, Fenghuang Village, Shuanghe Town, Changaing County, Sichuan
Province
|
|
512530197603067079
|
|
|
|
5.00
|
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
37
|
|
Wang
Jianxin
|
|
7
th
Floor 2, No. 428, Qingnian Rd., Jianghan District, Wuhan
|
|
420103196104033756
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
38
|
|
Xiong
Shuming
|
|
No.
28-3-601, Zisha Rd., Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
420106196305011632
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
39
|
|
Luo
Anying
|
|
2-502,
No. 58-13, Taiyuan Rd., Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
420106196211252021
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|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
40
|
|
Guo
Yong
|
|
203,
No. 1296, Yanchang Rd., Chengguan District, Lanzhou, Gansu
Province
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620402197108082012
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2.00
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
41
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|
Guang
Jun
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|
No.
89., Jiaotong Rd., Douhe Town, Xiantao, Hubei Province
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429004197903111144
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2.00
|
|
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|
0.02
|
|
42
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|
Wuhan
Xinyuejin Industrial Co., Ltd
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No.
Te 1, Luojiazui Rd., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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|
Registration
No. 4201021100565
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100.00
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1.00
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EXHIBIT
10.8
PURCHASE OPTION
AGREEMENT
This
Purchase Option Agreement (this "
Agreement
") is entered into by
and among all the parties below in Wuhan China on June 30th,
2009:
Party A: Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd, a Wholly-Owned Foreign Enterprise ("
WOFE
”) registered in Wuhan of
the PRC, with legal registered office at 5th Floor 1-3, No. Te 15,
Economic Development Zone, Jiang’an District, Wuhan.
Party B: Each
of the shareholders of Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd set forth on Table 1
(collectively, the "
Kingold
Shareholders
" or individually the "
Shareholder
”).
Party C: Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd, a corporation incorporated and duly existing in the
territory of the PRC pursuant to the laws of the PRC with business license
registration number: 420100000023089 and legal registered office at
No. Te 15, Huangpu Science and Technology Park, Jiang’an District,
Wuhan.
In this
Agreement, Party A, the Kingold Shareholders and Party C collectively
are referred to as "
all
parties
" and each of them is referred to as "
a party
".
WHEREAS
:
1. On
the date of execution of this Agreement, each of the Kingold Shareholders set
forth on Table 1 is a shareholder of Party C, and the Kingold
Shareholders jointly and duly hold 95% equities of Party C, and the
percentages of equities owned by each of the Kingold Shareholders are listed on
Table 1 attached hereto.
2. Each
of the Kingold Shareholders agrees to jointly and irrevocably confer
Party A the purchase option to purchase 95% equities in Party C, so
that Party A or the third party designated by Party A ("
Designee
") may have the right
to purchase all equities the Kingold Shareholders hold in Party C ("
Object Equities
”) at any time
when the law of the PRC permits and deems it proper. And Party A
agrees to accept the above-mentioned purchase option.
3. Party C
agrees to irrevocably confer Party A the purchase option to purchase all
the assets of Party C, so that Party A or its Designee may have the
right to purchase all the assets of Party C ("
Object Assets
”) at any time
when the law of the PRC permits and deems it proper. And each of the
Kingold Shareholders of Party C agrees to such grant and Party A
agrees to accept the above-mentioned purchase option.
NOW, THEREFORE
, with the
consensus reached through negotiation, all parties have entered into this
Agreement and agreed to abide by it pursuant to the applicable laws and
regulations of the PRC.
Clause
1 Conferring
and Exercise of Purchase Option
1.1
Purchase
Option of Purchase Equities
. Each of the Kingold Shareholders
agrees to jointly and irrevocably confer Party A the purchase option to
purchase all the equities they hold in Party C (“
Equity Purchase
Option
”):
1.1.1 Commencing
upon the date hereof and continuing through the date which is ten
(10) years from the date hereof (“
Exercise Period
”),
Party A or its Designee shall have the right to purchase all or part of the
equities the Kingold Shareholders holds in Party C pursuant to the related
terms and conditions under this Agreement and at the Exercise Price for Equity
Purchase Option (as defined hereunder), provided that the law of the PRC at that
time permits. The Kingold Shareholders agrees to enter into an Equity
Transfer Agreement (“
Equity
Transfer Agreement
”) with Party A or its Designee in the format
attached hereunder as Annex 1 to this Agreement. The Exercise
Period under this Agreement may be extended by the written consent of
Party A before the expiration date. The term of extension shall
be determined through mutual agreement by all parties to this
Agreement.
1.1.2 Where
the law of the PRC permits and Party A sends the Equity Purchase Exercise
Notice (as defined in Clause 2.2.1), the Kingold Shareholders and
Party C shall unconditionally cooperate with Party A to carry out the
above procedures and transfer all or part of the Object Equities to Party A
or its Designee, and transfer all necessary formalities such as review and
approval, permit, registration and filing.
1.1.3 The
Object Equities shall be free of any Security Interest. Fro the
purpose of this Agreement, Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, the
right or interest of the third party, any purchase right of equity interest,
right of acquisition, right of first refusal, right of set-off, ownership
detainment or other security arrangements, however, it does not include any
security interests created under the Pledge of Equity Agreement entered into by
Party A and the Kingold Shareholders on the same day as this Agreement
(“
Pledge of Equity
Agreement
”).
1.1.4 During
the Exercise Period, if the holding of all or part of the Object Equities by any
or all of the Kingold Shareholders is or will be deemed to violate the
applicable laws and regulations, the Kingold Shareholders and Party C shall
immediately send a written notice to Party A to explain the reason in
detail.
1.2
Purchase
Option to Purchase Assets
. Party C here agrees to
irrevocably confer Party A the purchase option to purchase all of its
assets (“
Assets Purchase
Option
”). The Equity Purchase Option and the Assets Purchase
Option collectively are referred to as “
Purchase Option
”:
1.2.1 During
the Exercise Period, Party A or its Designee shall have the right to
purchase all or part of the assets owned by Party C pursuant to the terms
and conditions under this Agreement at the Exercise Price for Assets Purchase
Option or a percentage thereof (as defined hereunder), provided that the law of
the PRC at that time permits. Party C agrees to enter into an
assets transfer agreement (“
Assets Transfer Agreement
”)
with Party A or its Designee in the format attached hereunder as
Annex 2 to this Agreement.
1.2.2 Where
the law of the PRC permits and Party A sends the Asset Purchase Exercise
Notice (as defined in Clause 2.3.1), the Kingold Shareholders and
Party C shall unconditionally cooperate with Party A to carry out the
above procedures and transfer all or part of the Object Assets to Party A
or its Designee, and transact all necessary formalities such as review and
approval, permit, registration and filing.
1.2.3 When
Party A exercises the Assets Purchase Option, the Kingold Shareholders
shall ensure certain shareholders of Party C set forth on Table 2 will
approve the asset transfer under this Agreement.
Clause
2 Exercise
Steps
2.1 Pursuant
to the applicable laws and regulations, Party A shall have the right to
determine the time, manner and number of purchases for the Purchase
Option.
2.2 Exercise
steps to purchase equities:
2.2.1 During
the Exercise Period, Party A may send an exercise notice (“Equity Purchase
Exercise Notice”) to any or all of the Kingold Shareholders to exercise the
Equity Purchase Option under this Agreement to purchase all or part of the
Object Equities or transfer all or part of the Object Equities to a Designee,
provided that the law of the PRC permits at that time.
2.2.2 Upon
receipt of the Equity Purchase Notice pursuant to Clause 2.2.1 above,
party B and/or such Kingold Shareholder(s) as applicable shall
immediately:
(a) enter
into an Equity Transfer Agreement in the format attached as Annex 1 hereto
with Party A and/or its Designee according the requirements of the Equity
Purchase Exercise Notice;
(b) revise
the Articles of Association of Party C together with Party A and/or
its Designee and other shareholders of Party C at that time pursuant to the
Equity Transfer Agreement;
(c) convene
a shareholder’s meeting of Party C to pass the resolutions to approve the
equity transfer pursuant to the exercise of the Equity Purchase Option and the
amendment to the Articles of Association of Party C;
(d) together
with Party A and/or its Designee and other shareholders of Party C at
that time, handle all necessary approval and examination, registration and
filing procedures required by laws and regulations of the PRC within thirty
(30) business days as of the date of execution of this Agreement or an
earlier time agreed upon by the parties; and
(e) the
Kingold Shareholders shall execute all other requisite contracts, agreements or
documents, obtain all requisite approvals and consents of the government,
conduct all necessary actions, without any Security Interest, to transfer the
valid ownership of the Object Equities to Party A and/or its Designee, and
cause Party A and/or its Designee to be the registered owner of the Object
Equities.
2.3 Exercise
steps to purchase assets:
2.3.1 During
the Exercise Period, Party A may send an exercise notice ("
Assets Purchase Exercise
Notice
") to Party C to exercise the Assets Purchase Option under
this Agreement, purchase all or part of the Object Assets owned by Party C
or transfer all or part of the Object Assets to a Designee, provided that the
law of the PRC permits at that time.
2.3.2 Once
Party C receives the Assets Purchase Exercise Notice pursuant to
Clause 2.3.1 above, Party C shall immediately:
(a) enter
into an Assets Transfer Agreement in the format attached as Annex 2 hereto
and any other necessary agreements with Party A and/or its Designee
according to the requirements set forth in the Assets Purchase Exercise
Notice;
(b) convene
a shareholder's meeting of Party C to pass the resolution to approve the
exercise of the Assets Purchase Option; and
(c) Party C
and the Kingold Shareholders shall execute all other requisite contracts,
agreements or documents, obtain all requisite approvals and consents of the
government, conduct all necessary actions, without any security interest,
transfer the valid ownership of the Object Assets to Party A and/or it
Designee, and cause Party A and/or its Designee to be the registered owner
of the Object Assets.
2.4 Before
Party A obtains the Object Equities or the Object Assets of Party C by
means of exercising either the Equity Purchase Option or the Assets Purchase
Option, the Kingold Shareholders and/or Party C shall entrust Party A
to manage Party C pursuant to the Exclusive Management Consulting and
Technical Support Agreement entered into by and between Party A and
Party C on the same day as this Agreement.
2.5
Exercise
Conditions
. During the Exercise Period, where Party A
deems it necessary and the law of the PRC at that time permits to purchase the
equities or assets of Party C, Party A may immediately exercise the
Equity Purchase Option or the Assets Purchase Option, and purchase the Object
Equities or Object Assets. Party A shall have the right to
choose to exercise either the Equity Purchase Option or the Assets Purchase
Option; and the exercise of the Equity Purchase Option will not affect the
exercise of the Assets Purchase Option and vice versa.
Clause
3 Exercise
Price
3.1 Exercise
price for Equity Purchase Option ("
Exercise Price for Equity Purchase
Option
")
For
Party A to exercise the Equity Purchase Option, the purchase price of the
Object Equities shall be negotiated based on the appraisal by an assets
evaluation institution mutually agreed upon by Party A and the Kingold
Shareholders.
If the
applicable PRC laws imposes other restrictions on the purchase price of the
Object Equities or otherwise amends the applicable law at the time when
Party A exercise the Equity Purchase Option, all Parties agree that the
purchase price shall be set at the lowest price permitted by the applicable
laws.
3.2 Exercise
price for Assets Purchase Option ("
Exercise Price for Assets Purchase
Option
")
For
Party A to exercise the Assets Purchase Option, the purchase price of the
Object Assets shall be negotiated based on the appraisal by an assets evaluation
institution mutually agreed upon by Party A and Party C
If the
applicable PRC laws impose other restrictions on the purchase price of the
Object Assets or otherwise amends the applicable law at' the time when
Party A exercise the Assets Purchase Option, all Parties agree that the
purchase price shall be set at the lowest price permitted by the applicable
laws.
Clause
4 Represent
ions and Warranties
4.1 Each
party respectively represents and warranties to the other parties
that:
4.1.1 it
has the right to execute this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement, and the
Assets Transfer Agreement, and the capability to perform its obligations under
this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement, and the Assets Transfer
Agreement;
4.1.2 it
has carried out necessary internal derision-making procedures, obtained proper
authority, acquired all the necessary consent and approval of any requisite
third party and government authority to enter into and perform its obligations
under this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement, and the Assets Transfer
Agreement;
4.1.3 to
its knowledge and without independent verification, the execution, delivery of
this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement, and the Assets Transfer
Agreement, and performance of the obligations under this Agreement, the Equity
Transfer Agreement, and the Assets Transfer Agreement will
not: (i) violate any PRC laws, (ii) conflict with its
Articles of Association or other organizational documents; (iii) breach any
contracts or documents to which each party is a party or which bind each party;
(iv) violate any acquired permits, approvals or any valid qualifications;
or (v) result in the ceasing or revocation or additional conditions to the
acquired permits or approvals; and
4.1.4 once
executed, this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement, and the Assets Transfer
Agreement will constitute the legal, valid, and binding obligation of each
party, and each party will be subject to compulsory enforcement on it pursuant
to the terms and conditions under this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement,
and the Assets Transfer Agreement.
4.2 The
Kingold Shareholders hereby, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to
Party A that:
4.2.1 Each
of the Kingold Shareholders is a shareholder, duly and legally registered, of
Party C and has paid the subscribed registered capital in full sum pursuant
to the law of the PRC.
4.2.2 The
shares held by the Kingold Shareholders can be freely transferred without
anyone's prior consent, and the shares are free of encumbrances of any kind,
other than the Security Interest pursuant to the Pledge of Equity
Agreement.
4.2.3 The
Kingold Shareholders have complied with all PRC laws and regulations applicable
to the purchase of assets and equities in connection with this Agreement, the
Equity Transfer Agreement, and the Assets Transfer Agreement.
4.2.4 No
litigation, arbitration or administrative procedure relevant to the Object
Equities or the Kingold Shareholder itself is in process or to be settled, and
the Kingold Shareholders have no knowledge of any pending or threatened
claim;
4.2.5 None
of the Kingold Shareholders has sold or has agreed to sell its equities in
Party C to any third party other than Party A or its
Designee.
4.2.6 Each
of the Kingold Shareholders strictly abides by the obligations under the
Articles of Association of Party C. There are no circumstances
that may affect the legal status of the Kingold Shareholders as the shareholders
of Party C, or any circumstance that may prevent Party A from
exercising the Equity Purchase Option under this Agreement.
4.2.7 The
Kingold Shareholders, upon the request of Party A, will appoint any person
designated by Party A to he the director of Party C.
4.2.8 The
Kingold Shareholders shall promptly notify Party A of any pending or
threatened litigation, arbitration or administrative procedure related to the
assets, business and income of Party C, and tender to Party A the sole
control of the defense and settlement of such claim and cooperate with such
defense and/or settlement at its own expense.
4.3
Party C hereby represents and
warrants to Parry A that
:
4.3.1 Party C
is a joint stock limited company duly and legally registered and existing
pursuant to the law of the PRC.
4.3.2 Its
business is operated in all major aspects conforming to the current effective
law of the PRC.
4.3.3 Party C
complies with all PRC laws and regulations applicable to the purchase of assets
and equities in connection with this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement,
and the Assets Transfer Agreement.
4.3.4 The
shares of Party C are transferable, and Party C has not permitted or
caused any Security Interest to be imposed upon the shares of Party C,
other than the Security Interest pursuant to the Pledge of Equity
Agreement.
4.3.5 Party C
does not have any unpaid debt, other than (i) debt arising from its normal
business; and (ii) debt disclosed to Party A and obtained written
consent by Party A.
4.3.6 No
litigation, arbitration or administrative procedure relevant to the Object
Equities and Object Assets of Party C or Party C itself is in process
or to be settled and Party C has no knowledge of any pending or threatened
claim.
4.3.7 Party C
has not sold or agreed to sell any of its assets to any third party other than
Party A or its Designee.
4.3.8 Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreements or
Assets Transfer Agreements, nor the performance of the obligations under this
Agreement, any Equity Transfer Agreements or Assets Transfer Agreements
will: (i) violate any PRC laws; (ii) conflict with its
Articles of Association or other organizational documents; (iii) breach any
contracts or documents to which Party C is a party or which bind
Party C; (iv) violate any acquired permits, approvals or any valid
qualifications; or (v) result in the ceasing or revocation or additional
conditions to the acquired permits or approvals.
4.3.9 Party C
will maintain insurance from an insurance company acceptable to
Party A. The amount and category of insurance shall be the same
as those held by the companies which are in the same industry with similar
business and own the similar properties and assets as Party C.
4.3.10 Upon
the request of Party A, Party C shall provide all related operation
and finance materials of Party C to the extent that those materials are
available to Party C.
4.3.11 Party C
shall promptly notify Party A of any pending or threatened litigation,
arbitration or administrative procedure related to the assets, business and
income of Party C, and tender to Party A the sole control of the
defense and settlement of such claim and cooperate with such defense and/or
settlement at Party C's expense.
4.4 Before
Party A obtains the Object Equities and Object Assets of Party C by
means of exercising either the Equity Purchase Option or the Assets Purchase
Option, with out the prior written consent by Party A, the Kingold
Shareholders and Party C shall not jointly or separately:
4.4.1 amend,
modify or revise the Articles of Association of Party C in any form, or
change the structure of the registered capital;
4.4.2 agree
to increase or decrease the registered capital or the number of existing
shareholders of Party C;
4.4.3 cause
Party C to have transactions, which may materially affect the assets,
business, net assets or other legal rights and liabilities of Party C,
unless these transactions are related to the ordinary course of business or have
been disclosed to and the written consent from Party A has been
obtained;
4.4.4 transfer
or dispose the Object Equities in any manner or grant any security interest or
any other third-party right on the Object Equities;
4.4.5 sell,
transfer, mortgage or dispose in any other form, any asset, income and any other
legal yield and interest of Party C, or approve any encumbrance or
imposition of any Security Interest on Party C’s assets;
4.4.6 issue
or provide guarantee, loan or credit to any third party or incur any debt, other
than (i) the debt arising from ordinary course of business; and
(ii) the debt has been disclosed to Party A and the written consent by
Party A has been obtained.
4.4.7 terminate
or cause Party C to terminate any material agreement (whose definition is
at Party A’s discretion at that time) entered into by Party C, or
enter into any agreement that would conflict with the existing material
agreements of Party C and/or the Kingold Shareholders;
4.4.8 distribute
any distributable profit, bonus, dividend or interest of Party C, unless
otherwise stipulated by law; or
4.4.9 approve
or adopt any shareholders resolution at a shareholder meeting of Party C
which may cause Party C to merge, acquire, invest in or associate with any
entity other than Party A.
Clause
5 Transfer
of this Agreement
5.1 Without
the prior written consent by Party A, the Kingold Shareholders and
Party C shall not sub-contract, license or transfer its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to any third party or its affiliate; and any
transfer of this Agreement without prior written consent of Parry A shall
be invalid.
5.2 The
Kingold Shareholders and Party C agree and confirm that Party A may
transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement, without the consent of
the Kingold Shareholders and Party C, to any third party, provided that
Party A notifies the Kingold Shareholders and Party C of such transfer
in writing.
Clause
6 Confidentiality
6.1 All
parties agree that, all materials, documents, communications and other
information obtained in the negotiation, execution or performance of this
Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement, and the Assets Transfer Agreement,
whether commercial, technical or in any other form (“
Confidential information
"),
shall be strictly kept confidential and used only for the performance of the
obligations under this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement, and the Assets
Transfer Agreement. Unless the other parties consent in writing, none
of the parties shall release, leak or disclose any Confidential Information to
any third party.
6.2 Either
party may disclose the Confidential Information in the following
circumstances: (1) where the law, court order or the competent
court with jurisdiction requires, and such disclosure may be conducted only
within such requirement; (2) where the competent authority or government
department requires; (3) where such Confidential Information has been known
to the general public; (4) where such Confidential Information was owned
duly and legally by the disclosing party rather obtained from the other party
before the disclosing party obtains it; (5) the information is required to
be disclosed subject to the applicable laws or the rules or provisions of a
stock exchange or securities governing authority; and (6) the information
is disclosed by each party to its legal or financial consultant relating the
transaction of this Agreement, the Equity Transfer Agreement, and the Assets
Transfer Agreement, and this legal or financial consultant shall comply with the
confidentiality set forth in this Clause.
However,
for the circumstances aforesaid, where either party discloses the Confidential
Information, it shall inform the other party of the Confidential Information to
be disclosed.
6.3 Nonetheless
other provisions of this clause, either party shall have the right to disclose
the Confidential Information to its lawyer, accountant, other professional
consultants, directors or senior officers; such personnel shall undertake in
writing to treat such information as Confidential Information by taking the
measures similar to those provided in 7.1 of this Clause.
6.4 The
disclosure of the Confidential Information by staff or employed institution of
any party shall be deemed as the disclosure of such Confidential Information by
such party, and such party shall bear the liabilities for breaching the
agreement.
6.5 This
clause shall survive whatever this Agreement is invalid, amended, revoked,
terminated or unable to implement by any reason.
Clause
7 Liability
for breach
7.1 Both
panics shall sufficiently perform this Agreement. Either Party
breaching this Agreement shall bear the liability as arising out of and in
relation thereto. If the breaching party causes damages to any other
party, the breathing party shall compensate such party for all such
damages.
7.2 If
a Kingold Shareholder breaches this Agreement, in addition to the remedies
stipulated by law, Party A may also take the following
measures:
7.2.1 require
such breaching Kingold Shareholder to transfer all or any part of the equities
of Party C held by such breaching Kingold Shareholder immediately at the
Exercise Price for Equity Purchase Option to Party A or its Designee,
provided that the law of the PRC permits at that time; or
7.2.2 require
such breaching Kingold Shareholder to compensate all direct and indirect
damages, including but not limited to all the legal fees, travel fees and
investigation fees paid for seeking and enforcing such remedies.
7.3 If
Party C breaches this Agreement, in addition to the remedies stipulated by
law, Party A may also take the following measures:
7.3.1 require
Party C to transfer all or part of the Object Assets immediately at the
Exercise Price for Assets Purchase Option to Party A or its Designee,
provided that the law of the PRC permit at that time;
7.3.2 require
the Kingold Shareholders to exercise their rights as shareholders, and cure the
breach of Party C; if after ten (10) days after Party A sends a
written notice to the Kingold Shareholders or Party C, such breach has not
been cured. Party A shall have the right to require the Kingold
Shareholders to transfer all or part of the Object Equities immediately at the
Exercise price for Equity Purchase Option to Party A or its Designee
provided that the law of the PRC permits at that time; or
7.3.3 require
the Kingold Shareholders and Party C to compensate all direct and indirect
damages, including but not limited to all the legal fees, travel fees and
investigation fees paid for seeking and enforcing such remedies.
Clause
8
Governing
Law
. The execution, validity, effect, interpretation,
performance and dispute solution of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws
and regulations of the PRC.
Clause
9
Dispute
Resolution
. All parties agree that any dispute arising from or
in relation to this Agreement shall first be settled by the friendly negotiation
of both parties. If the negotiation fails within 45 days, either
party shall have the right to file the dispute with China International Economic
and Trade Arbitration Commission (“
CIETAC
”) in Beijing for
arbitration pursuant to the currently effective arbitration rules of CIETAC at
the time of application. This arbitration shall be final and bind
both parties and shall be enforceable in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The arbitration fees shall be born by the losing
party.
Clause
10
Effect and
Termination
10.1 This
Agreement shall come into effect after it is signed and stamped by all
parries.
10.2 In
any of the following circumstances, this Agreement shall be
terminated:
10.2.1 where,
during the Exercise Period, all parties reach an agreement to terminate this
Agreement;
10.2.2 where,
during the Exercise Period, Party A notifies the other parties thirty
(30) days in advance to terminate this Agreement; in such circumstance,
Party A shall not assume any liabilities as arising out of and in relation
thereto;
10.2.3 at
the expiration of the Exercise Period provided; however, Party A may extend
the Exercise Period and this Agreement in its sole discretion; or
10.2.4 upon
the unanimous agreement by all parties.
10.3 The
Clause 7 regarding confidentiality and Clause 13 regarding
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Clause
11
Taxes and
Fees
. All taxes and fees resulting from the execution and
performance of this Agreement, the Equity Purchase Agreement and the Assets
Purchase Agreement shall be borne by each party respectively pursuant to the
applicable laws and regulations.
Clause
12
Indemnification
. Party C
and each of the Kingold Shareholders shall indemnify and hold harmless
Party A or its Designee, their affiliates and each of their respective
successors and assigns, and their respective officers, directors, employees and
agents (collectively, "
Indemnified Party
") from and
against any liabilities, claims (including claims by third parties}, demands,
judgments, losses, costs, damages or expenses whatsoever (including reasonable
attorneys', consultants' and other professional fees and disbursements of every
kind, nature and description) (collectively, "
Damages
") such Indemnified
Party may sustain, suffer or incur and that result from, arise out of or relate
to the willful breach of this Agreement, the Equity Purchase Agreement and the
Assets Purchase Agreement by Party C or any of the Kingold
Shareholders.
Clause
13 General
Terms
1.
Entire
Agreement
. This Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules
hereto contain the entire understanding between the parties, no other
representations, warranties or covenants having induced any party to execute
this Agreement, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements with
respect to the subject matter hereof. All exhibits, addendums, and
schedules referred to in this Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference. All references to schedules and exhibits are to exhibits
and schedules attached to and to become a part of this Agreement unless
otherwise indicated.
2.
Amendment
. Any
amendment and/or rescission shall be in writing and signed by the authorized
representatives of all parties. Such revision shall be a valid
integral part of this Agreement.
3.
Headings
. The
headings of any Clauses or other portion of this Agreement are for convenience
only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
4.
Construction
. References
in this Agreement to "Clauses," "Sections," "Schedules" and "Exhibits" shall be
to the Clauses, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits of this Agreement, unless
otherwise specifically provided; any use in this Agreement of the singular or
plural, or the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, shall be deemed to include
the others, unless the context otherwise requires; the words "herein”, "hereof"
and "hereunder" and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; the word "including" when used in this Agreement shall mean
"including without limitation"; and except as otherwise specified in this
Agreement, all references in this Agreement (a) to any agreement, document,
certificate or other written instrument shall be a reference to such agreement,
document, certificate or instrument, in each case together with all exhibits,
schedules, attachments and appendices thereto, and as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof; and (b) to any law, statute or regulation shall be deemed
references to such law, statute or regulation as the same may be supplemented,
amended, consolidated, superseded or modified from time to time.
5.
Severability
. Any
provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
6.
Waiver
. No
failure or delay of either party to enforce any right hereunder shall constitute
a waiver of any such right hereunder. No waiver shall be effective
hereunder unless in writing and a waiver shall only be effective for the
specific act or circumstance for which it is given and not for any future act or
circumstance.
7.
Succession
of this Agreement
. This Agreement shah bind the successors and
transferees of all parties.
8.
Language
. This
Agreement is in both Chinese and English and signed by all parties, and the two
versions have the same effect. Should there be any discrepancy
between the two language versions, the Chinese version shall
prevail.
9.
Notices
. All
notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be sufficiently given only if mailed by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or sent by expedited or overnight delivery service with
return receipt, or sent by telecopier with confirmed receipt, to the party to
receive notice at the following addresses or at such other address as any party
may, upon ten (10) days prior notice, direct:
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to Party B:
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a copy to:
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10.
Copies of
this Agreement
. This Agreement shall be executed in four
counterparts, each party holds one and the rests are used for the transaction of
related formalities. Each of the copies shall be deemed as the
original one and has the same effect.
_The
remainder of this page Is intentionally left blank._
IN WITNESS HEREOF
, all parties
have signed This Agreement on the date specified on the first page of this
Agreement by their respective authorized representatives.
Party
A: Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd (seal)
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Legal Representative or Authorized Representative (signature):
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Party
B: The Kingold
Shareholders:
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Jia Zhihong (signature):
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Tang Yongbao (signature):
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Dai Cuiyuan (signature):
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Huang Fan (signature):
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Zhao Jin (signature):
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Zhao Bin (signature):
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Chen Wei (signature):
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Wang Jun (signature):
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Xu Ji (signature):
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Wu Xueyuan (signature):
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Hu Ziwei (signature):
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Oin Wanjiang (signature):
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Zuo Liping (signature):
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Fu Liuyun (signature):
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Dai Yichao (signature):
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Yang Chonghui (signature):
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Niao Hanmei (signature):
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Wang Yan (signature):
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Pan Ming (signature):
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Yang Guoqiao (signature):
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Yan Huan (signature):
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Li Feng (signature):
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Yao Hai Qiong (signature):
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Li Huili (signature):
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Li Ziliang (signature):
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Zhuang Wenbo (signature):
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Xue Yi (signature):
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Wang Zhaoping (signature):
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Li Meidie (signature):
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Lai Suhua (signature):
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Cheng Ying (signature):
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Zhou Lin (signature):
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Zhang Jing (signature):
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Liu Min (signature):
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Zhang Jianshe (signature):
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Feng Ligang (signature):
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Wang Jianxin (signature):
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Xiong Shuming (signature):
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Luo Anying (signature):
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Guo Yong (signature):
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Guang Jun (signature):
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Wuhan Xinyuejin Industrial Co., Ltd (seal)
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Authorized Representative (signature):
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Party C: Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co. Ltd. (seal)
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Legal Representative or Authorized Representative (signature):
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Table
1:
Serial
No.
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Name
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Address
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ID No.
(Registration No.)
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Number of
Shares Held
(10,000)
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Proportion
of Shares
Held (%)
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1
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Jia
Zhihong
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No.
40-1, Laodong St., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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420102196111133118
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6636.65
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66.3665
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2
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Tang
Yongbao
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1
st
Floor 1, No. 2, Zhangjiawan, Wuchang District, Wuhan
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4208219710514004X
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400.00
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4.00
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3
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Dai
Cuiyuan
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No.
11, Taohuawu, Yunshan St., Lanxi, Zhejiang Province
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330719195208060027
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400.00
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4.00
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4
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Huang
Fan
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2
nd
1, No. 1190, Jiefang Ave., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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420102194107051735
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300.00
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3.00
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5
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Zhao
Jin
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No.
13, 8
th
Area, Yuege Village, Hancuahe Town, Fangshen District,
Beijing
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110111194910043615
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250.00
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2.50
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6
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Zhao
Bin
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West
8 Building, No. 3, Taipingyang Industrial Zone, Shaoyan Rd., Yantian
District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
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440621196805223134
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200.00
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2.00
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7
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Chen
Wei
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No.
3-8, Nanhu Tongheiqiao, Shizishan St., Hongshan District,
Wuhan
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420111197610265036
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183.00
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1.83
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8
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Wang
Jun
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4
th
Floor, No. 136, Shahuzhui, Wuchang District, Wuhan
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420106197411082439
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132.35
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1.3235
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9
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Xu
Ji
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20-102,
No. 5 Building, Fusheng Garden, Fujian Rd., Hexi District,
Tianjia
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120103195611280035
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100.00
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1.00
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10
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Wu
Xueyuan
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2-14F,
Baihua Apartments, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Province
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432301196601232061
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100.00
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1.00
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11
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Hu
Ziwei
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No.
255, Jiefang Ave., Wuchang District, Wuhan
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420802198702070021
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79.00
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0.79
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12
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Qin
Wanjiang
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No.
9, Houhainanyan, Xicheng District, Beijing
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110102195811271186
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75.00
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0.75
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13
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Zuo
Liping
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2-502,
No. 13 building, Lougouqiaonanli, Fengtai District,
Beijing
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110106195908041526
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150.00
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1.50
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14
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Fu
Liuyun
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14
th
Floor 1, No. 37, Jingwa Rd. Jianghan District, Wuhan
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420102193605103126
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42.00
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0.42
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Serial
No.
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Name
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Address
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ID No.
(Registration No.)
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Number of
Shares Held
(10,000)
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Proportion
of Shares
Held (%)
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15
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Dai
Yichao
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No.
19, Huanghe’er Village, Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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420102196210173174
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35.00
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0.35
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16
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Yang
Chonghui
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No.
4, 3-10, Baiyan Residential Area, Gucheng St., Linhai, Zhejiang
Province
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331082198309300318
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30.00
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0.30
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17
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Liao
Hanmei
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3
rd
Floor 1, Xiangiangli No. 29, Hongkong St., Jianghan District,
Wuhan
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420102195411082100
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30.00
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0.30
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18
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Wang
Yan
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7
th
Floor 3, No. 12, Taibei Rd., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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420102197507160328
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30.00
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0.30
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19
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Pan
Ming
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No.
30-2-201, Meiyuan Residential Area Phase II, Wuchang District,
Wuhan
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422201196303120830
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24.00
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0.24
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20
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Yan
Guoqiao
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3
rd
Floor 1, NO. 241, Hanyang Ave., Hanyang District, Wuhan
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420104195610304338
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20.00
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0.20
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21
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Yan
Huan
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No.
59-402, Dongfang Garden, Hanyang District, Wuhan
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420105198202280445
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20.00
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0.20
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22
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Li
Fong
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2
nd
Floor 1, No. 1095-61, Jiefang Ave., Qiaokou District,
Wuhan
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420104196303090012
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20.00
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0.20
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23
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Yao
Haiqiong
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No.
50, Niupiling, Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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420102197002033729
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15.00
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0.15
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24
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Li
Huili
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No.
506, Hexingli, Changqing Office, Dongxihu District, Wuhan
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410321197701145525
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12.00
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0.12
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25
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Li
Ziliang
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4
th
Floor 1, No. 391, Changdi St., Qiaokou District, Wuhan
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42010419810128271X
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10.00
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0.10
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26
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Zhuang
Wenbo
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13
th
Floor 7, No. 684-18, Jiefang Ave., Jianghan District,
Wuhan
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420103196710253716
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10.00
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0.10
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27
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Xue
Xi
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6
th
Floor 2, No. 3-13, Xuesong St., Jianghan District, Wuhan
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420106196105245223
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10.00
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0.10
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28
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Wang
Zhaoping
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No.
25, Minzu Rd., Jianghan District, Wuhan
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42010419691124242X
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10.00
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0.10
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29
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Li
Mengdie
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8
th
Floor 1, No. 117-4, Fazham Ave., Jianghan District, Wuhan
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420104196407234324
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10.00
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0.10
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Serial
No.
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Name
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Address
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ID No.
(Registration No.)
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Number of
Shares Held
(10,000)
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Proportion
of Shares
Held (%)
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30
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Lai
Suhua
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5
th
Floor 1, No. 17 Yiyuan Rd., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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420102196305112067
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10.00
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0.10
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31
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Cheng
Ying
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3-504,
No. 8 Building, Fulinyuan Residential Area, Chaoyang District,
Beijing
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420111197112044169
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10.00
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0.10
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32
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Zhou
Lin
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24
th
Floor 5, No. 130, Sanyang Rd., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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360403197412280323
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8.00
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0.08
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33
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Zhang
Jing
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No.
70, Fenbu St., Nangang District, Harbin
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230103197501177023
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8.00
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0.08
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34
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Liu
Min
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No.
5-5-4-2, Xufeng Apartments, Wuchang District, Wuhan
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420107197105100068
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6.00
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0.06
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35
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Zhang
Jianshe
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No.
46-4, Xian’anfang, Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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42010219530709032X
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6.00
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0.06
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36
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Feng
Ligang
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No.
40, 1st Group, Fenghuang Village, Shuanghe Town, Changaing County, Sichuan
Province
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512530197603067079
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5.00
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0.05
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37
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Wang
Jianxin
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7
th
Floor 2, No. 428, Qingnian Rd., Jianghan District, Wuhan
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420103196104033756
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4.00
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0.04
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38
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Xiong
Shuming
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No.
28-3-601, Zisha Rd., Wuchang District, Wuhan
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420106196305011632
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3.00
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0.03
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39
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Luo
Anying
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2-502,
No. 58-13, Taiyuan Rd., Wuchang District, Wuhan
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420106196211252021
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2.00
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0.02
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40
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Guo
Yong
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203,
No. 1296, Yanchang Rd., Chengguan District, Lanzhou, Gansu
Province
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620402197108082012
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2.00
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0.02
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41
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Guang
Jun
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No.
89., Jiaotong Rd., Douhe Town, Xiantao, Hubei Province
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429004197903111144
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2.00
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0.02
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42
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Wuhan
Xinyuejin Industrial Co., Ltd
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No.
Te 1, Luojiazui Rd., Jiang’an District, Wuhan
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Registration
No. 4201021100565
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100.00
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1.00
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Table 2:
Serial
No.
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Name
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Address
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ID No.
(Registration No.)
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Number of
Shares Held
(10,000)
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Proportion
of Shares
Held (%)
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1
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Beijing
Shouchuang Investment co., Ltd.
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Room
1808, No. 69 Zizhuyuan Rd., Haidian District, Beijin.
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Registration
No. 1100001513673
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500.00
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5.00
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Annex
1: Equity Transfer Agreement
This
Equity Transfer Agreement is entered into by and between the following two
parties on ____________________ in __________________:
(1)
____________________(hereinafter referred to the "
Transferor
")
(2) Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd, a Wholly-Owned Foreign Enterprise ("
WOFE
") incorporated and duly
existing in Wuhan of the PRC with legal registered office at 5th Floor 1-3,
No. Te 15, Economic Development Zone, Jiang'an District, Wuhan and
legal representative: Hu Qiao (hereinafter referred to as “
the transferee
”).
WHEREAS
:
1. The
transferor holds ______% of the equities of Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Joint Stock
Co., Ltd ("
Kingold
Jewelry
").
2. The
transferor agrees to transfer _______% of the equities held in Kingold Jewelry
to the transferee and the transferee agrees to accept the above
equities.
THEREFORE
, through friendly
negotiation, both parties have reached the following agreements for the equity
transfer:
Clause
1 Equity Transfer and
Settlement
1.1 Both
parties hereto agree that the transferor transfers its ______ % equities in
Kingold Jewelry to the transferee pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. The transferee agrees to accept the equities of the
transferor.
1.2 The
prompt day for the above-mentioned equity transfer shall be the day where
Kingold Jewelry completes the registration of change with Administration for
Industry and Commerce. As of the prompt day, the ______ % equities
the transferor holds in Kingold Jewelry shall be transferred to the transferee,
and the transferee shall enjoy the rights and assume the obligations as a
shareholder of Kingold Jewelry with all the equities it holds.
Clause
2 Transfer Price
2.1 Both
parties hereto agree that the price tor such equity transfer is RMB
__________________ and shall be paid during ________________ days as of the
execution of this Agreement.
Clause
3
Taxes and
Fees
. Both parties hereto shall bear any applicable tax and
fee and expense, including duly and legal fees and expenses for lawyers,
accountants and other experts, as arising from and in relation to the
negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the necessary
approvals for this Agreement.
Clause
4
Dispute
Resolution
. Any dispute between the transferor and the
transferee arising from or in relation to this Agreement shall firstly be
subject to the friendly negotiation of both parties. If the dispute
may not be settled during thirty (30) days after the negotiation aforesaid,
either party shall have the right to file the dispute with China International
Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ("
CIETAC
") in Beijing for
arbitration pursuant to the currently effective arbitration rules of CIETAC at
the time of application. This arbitration shall be final and bind
both parties.
Clause
5
Others
. This
Agreement is signed in Chinese arid is in _______ copies. The
transferor and the transferee hold _____________ copy (copies) and __________
copy (copies) are filed to the original commerce and industry registration agent
and the rest ________ copy (copies) are filed to the notarial office (if
necessary). All copies shall have the same legal effect.
The
Transferor: ____________________ The
Transferee: ____________________ Co., Ltd
Authorized
Representative (signature):
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Authorized
Representative (signature):
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Name:
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Name:
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Assets
Transfer Agreement
This
Assets Transfer Agreement (hereinafter referred to as this "
Agreement
") is entered into by
and between the following two parties on _______________ ______, 2008 in
______________ City, _________________ Province of the PRC:
___________________
Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the “
Transferor
”)
Registered
Office: _______________________
Name of
Legal Representative: ______________________
___________________
Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the “
Transferee
”)
Registered
Office: _______________________
Name of
Legal Representative: ______________________
WHEREAS
:
1. The
transferor is a joint stock limited company duly registered and incorporated in
the PRC and mainly engaging in ______________. The transferee is a
limited liability company duly registered and incorporated ill the
PRC.
2. The
transferee, for its operation purpose, needs to purchase part of assets owned by
the transferor (with the details listed in Annex 1I hereto).
3. The
transferor agrees to sell to the transferee pursuant to the terms and conditions
under this Agreement and the transferee agrees to purchase from the transferor
pursuant to the terms and conditions under this Agreement the assets as stated
in Clause 1 of this Agreement provided that the attached conditions
permit.
HEREBY
, both parses have
reached the following agreements:
Clause
1
Assets
Transfer and Payment
. The transferor here agrees to sell to
the transferee pursuant to the terms and conditions under this Agreement and the
transferee agrees to purchase from the transferor pursuant to the terns and
conditions under this Agreement all the assets as listed in Annex 1 to this
Agreement as at the prompt date (except otherwise provided in 1.2
herein).
Unless
otherwise provided by the law of the PRC, us of the day when this Agreement
comes into effect, the title of and any right and interest in relation to or
resulting from the assets shall be owned by the transferee.
Clause
2
Transfer
Price and Payment
. The transferor and the transferee here
consistently agree that the transfer price of the assets under this Agreement
shall be RMB __________________.
Clause
3
Fees
. Except
otherwise provided expressly or agreed by both parties, both parties shall pay
respectively all fees (including but not limited to fees to its lawyer, auditor,
other representatives or consultants) as arising from and in relation to the
preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the expected
transactions, and bear respectively taxes as arising out of and in relation
thereto.
Clause
4
Termination
. This
Agreement may be terminated provided that both parties agree in writing to do
so.
Clause
5
Dispute
Resolution
. Both parties shall friendly negotiate to solve any
dispute as arising from or in relation to this Agreement, including the dispute
and misunderstanding on the revision of the respective rights and obligations
under this Agreement. This negotiation shall be immediately started
upon the service of the written request by either party to the other party for
the negotiation which states the nature of the disputes.
If the
dispute is not solved during thirty (30) days after the service of written
request for negotiation, either party may require filing the dispute to
______________ Sub-commission of China International Economic and Trade
Arbitration Commission ("CIETAC”) for arbitration in ___________ pursuant to the
currently effective arbitration rules of CIETAC at the time of
application.
This
arbitration shall be final and bind both parties. Both parties
expressly agree to waive the application of laws and regulations on the appeal
of the arbitral award, and thus both parties shall not file an appeal for the
arbitral award and neither party shall refuse the enforcement action of the
other party pursuant to the arbitral award which is favorable to the later
party.
Clause
6
Other
Terms
.
6.1
Effect
. This
Agreement shall come into effect as of the date of execution and constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligations of both parties and either party may impose
enforcement on the other party pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
6.2
Governing
Law
. The interpretation arid performance of all terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall be governed by the law of the
PRC.
6.3
Revision
and Amendment to this Agreement
. Both parties may revise and
amend this Agreement in the form of written agreement. The revised
agreement and supplementary agreement to this Agreement with the signatures of
both parties shall be an integral part of this Agreement and shall have the same
legal effect as this Agreement.
6.4
Severability
. If
any clause is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the other clauses of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect to both parties.
6.5
Copy
. This
Agreement is executed in duplicate and in both English and
Chinese. Each party holds one and alt topics shall have the same
legal effect.
(hereinafter
left blank)
IN WITNESS HEREOF
the
authorized representatives of the transferor and the transferee have signed on
this Agreement on the date stated on the first page of this
Agreement.
The Transferor:
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EXHIBIT
10.9
Pledge
of Equity Agreement
This
Pledge of Equity Agreement (this “
Agreement
”) is entered into by
and between the following two parties in Wuhan China on June 30
th
,
2009;
Party A:
The
Kingold Shareholders; The Shareholders of Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd
{hereinafter referred to as “
Kingold Jewelry
”) set forth on
Table 1, (collectively, the “
Kingold
Shareholders
”).
Party B:
Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd, a Wholly-Owned Foreign Enterprise (“
WOFE
”) registered in Wuhan of
the PRC with legal registered office at 5th Floor 1-3, No. Te 15, Economic
Development Zone, Jiang’ an District, Wuhan.
Whereas:
1. Each
shareholder set forth on Table 1 is the shareholder of Wuhan Kingold Jewelry
Co., Ltd and duly and legally holds shares of Kingold Jewelry. The
percentage of shares held is as indicated in Table 1 attached
hereto.
2. Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd is a corporation incorporated and validly existing in
the territory of the PRC pursuant to the law of the PRC with license
registration number: 420100000023089 and legal registered office at
No. Te 15, Huangpu Science and Technology Park, Jiang’ an District,
Wuhan.
3. In
order to ensure the Kingold Shareholders and/or Kingold Jewelry to perform all
obligations under the Exclusive Management Consulting and Technical Support
Agreement, Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement and Purchase Option Agreement
(collectively referred to as “
Onshore Agreements
”) entered
into on tie same day as this Agreement, the Kingold Shareholders, agree to
pledge their 95% equities in Kingold Jewelry to Party B as the guarantee
for the performance of the Onshore Agreements by the related responsible parties
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and Party B agrees
to accept such pledge provided by the Kingold Shareholders.
Now,
therefore,, under the principle of equality and mutual benefit and with the
consensus reached through negotiation, both parties have entered into this
Agreement and agreed to abide by it pursuant to the applicable laws and
regulations of the PRC
Clause 1 Fledge
of Equity
In order
to guarantee the Kingold Shareholders and other related responsible parties to
perform all obligations and liabilities under the Onshore Agreements, each of
the Kingold Shareholders, agree to pledge the Pledged Equities (as defined in
Clause 4 herein) under this Agreement to Party B pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, and Party B agrees to accept the above equity
pledge, and have priority right to the proceeds from the conversion, auction, or
sale of the Pledged Equities.
The
Pledge under this Agreement includes the rights owned by Party B to collect the
fees (including legal fees), expenses, interests, losses, liquidated damages and
compensations that Kingold Jewelry shall pay under the Onshore Agreements, and
civil liabilities that Kingold Jewelry or Kingold Shareholders shall bear in
case the Onshore Agreements wholly or partially become null and void due to any
reason.
Unless
consent in writing by Party B, after the execution of this Agreement, the pledge
under this Agreement will be discharged only when Kingold Jewelry and Kingold
Shareholders have performed all the obligations and liabilities under the
Onshore Agreements and Party B confirms in writing. If Kingold
Jewelry or Kingold Shareholders have not fully performed all or part of its or
their obligations or liabilities under the Onshore Agreements at the expiration
of such agreements, Party B will maintain the pledge hereunder up to the date
when all such obligations and liabilities are fully performed.
Clause 2
Representations
and Warranties
2.1
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The
Kingold Shareholders, jointly and severally, represent and warranty to
Party B, on the day of execution of this
Agreement:
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The
Kingold Shareholders have the right to execute this Agreement and the
capability to perform the same;
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The
Kingold Shareholders have carried out necessary internal decision-making
procedures, obtained proper authority, acquire all the necessary consents
and approvals of any requisite third party and government authority to
enter into and perform this Agreement and this Agreement does not violate
the laws and contracts binding or affecting
it;
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Upon
the execution, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid, binding
obligation of all parties and all parties will be subject to compulsory
enforcement pursuant to the teems and conditions of this
Agreement.
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Each
of the Kingold Shareholders is the exclusive end duly owner of the Pledged
Equities, has paid up all capitals subscribed, has obtained the capital
verification report issued by the duly qualified Certified Public
Accounting firm and has the right to set the pledge of the first priority
on such Pledged Equities for Party
B.
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Except
for the pledge under this Agreement, there is not: (i) any
other encumbrance or any security interests for the benefit of any third
party on the equity interests pledged by the Kingold Shareholders
(including but not limited to pledge); (ii) any mortgages or other
guarantee rights set for any third party; (iii) any pending or
possible civil, administrative or criminal litigation or administrative
punishment or arbitration relating to the equity interests hereunder on
the date of execution of this Agreement; (iv) any trusts or
conditions of limited use; (v) any exemptions from lawsuit, execution,
enforcement or other legal proceedings, or (vi) any outstanding taxes,
fees or undecided legal procedures related with the equity interests
hereunder on the date of execution of this
Agreement.
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The
Kingold Shareholders have not effected and will not effect an event of
default and have no knowledge of any risk of an Event of Default (defined
in Clause 7) under this Agreement or any other agreement to which the
Kingold Shareholders are a party.
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The
Kingold Shareholders have abided by and performed all obligations
stipulated by the applicable laws and regulations and all applicable
authorizations and permissions; The Kingold Shareholders do not have any
circumstances that go against laws, regulations or rules and may have
material and adverse effect on the validity, effect, performance and
enforceability of this Agreement.
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To
the best knowledge of the Kingold Shareholders, no court, arbitral
tribunal or government authority starts to take any legal proceedings or
administrative proceedings against The Kingold Shareholders or their
Pledged Equities, neither does any courts, arbitral tribunals or
government authority start to file any legal proceedings or administrative
proceedings against the Kingold Shareholders or their Pledged Equities,
and the Kingold Shareholders have no knowledge of any such
risks.
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Party
B presents and warranties to the Kingold Shareholders on the day of
execution of this Agreement:
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it
has the right, to execute this Agreement and the capability to perform the
same;
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it
has carried out necessary internal decision-making procedures, obtained
proper authority, acquire the necessary consents and approvals of any
third party and government authority to enter into and perform this
Agreement and it does not go against the laws and contracts binding or
affecting it; and
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upon
the execution, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid, binding
obligation of all parties and all patties shall be subject to compulsory
enforcement pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
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Clause 3 Guaranteed
Liabilities
The
liabilities guaranteed under this Agreement are the obligations and liabilities
of the Kingold Shareholders and all related responsible parties incurred under
the Onshore Agreements (including the extended agreements to these agreements
and the revised and supplementary agreements to such agreements), including but
not limited to the management consulting fees, interest, liquidated damages,
indemnities, creditor’s right realization fees arising out of and in relation to
the Onshore Agreements and payable by the Kingold Shareholders to Party B, and
the damages and other fees that are payable by the Kingold Shareholders to Party
B due to the default.
Clause 4 Pledged
Equities
The
Pledged Equities are the 95% shares in Kingold Jewelry which the Kingold
Shareholders duly and legally hold (see the percentage of shares in Table 1
attached hereto) and all rights and proceeds of or in relation to such
equities.
Clause 5 Pledge
Procedures and Transaction
Within
thirty (30) days of the execution of this Agreement, the Kingold Shareholders
shall transact the registration procedures in relation to this pledge of equity
at Wuhan Administration for Industry and Commerce. If the
registration for such pledge of equity fails due to the reason of Wuhan
Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Kingold Shareholders shall write
down the matter about such pledge of equity into the stock ledger of Kinggold
Jewelry and apply to Wuhan Administration for Industry and Commerce for the
transaction of the registration of the pledge of equity within thirty (30) days
as of the day when Wuhan Administration for Industry and Commerce approves the
transaction or the information about transaction approval is
obtained.
Clause 6 The
Kingold Shareholder’s Undertaking
Within
the term of this Agreement, the Kingold Shareholders undertakes to Party B
that:
6.1
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without
the prior written consent of Party B, the Kingold Shareholders shall not
set any other guarantees (whether prevailing over the pledge under this
Agreement or not) or other restrictive conditions un all or part of the
Pledged Equities;
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without
the prior written consent of Party B, the Kingold Shareholders shall not
sell, lease, lend, transfer, assign, grant, remortgage, trust, or
participate in equity investment by, the Pledged Equities or dispose by
any other means all or part of the Pledged
Equities;
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the
Kingold Shareholders shall not use or allow others to use the Pledged
Equities for any actions or events against law or tins
Agreement;
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after
receiving any notice, order, ruling, verdict or other instruments in
relation to the Pledged Equities from the government, judicial authority
or arbitral organization of the PRC, the Kingold Shareholders shall
immediately notify Party B and within the period provided by law take all
necessary steps to reduce the risks that such notice, order or other
instruments may bring to the Pledged Equities. Where Party B
deems necessary, the Kingold Shareholders shall file a lawsuit,
arbitration or administrative lawsuit against the above notice, order or
other instruments and hear all fees that arising therefrom and in relation
thereto;
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the
Kingold Shareholders shall timely notify Party B of any events or any
received notices which may affect the the Kingold Shareholders’ equity
interest or any part of its right, and any events or any received notices
which may change the Kingold Shareholders’ covenants and obligations under
this Agreement or which may affect the the Kingold Shareholders’
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and lake actions in
accordance with the instructions of Party
B;
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the
Kingold Shareholders agrees that Party B’s right of exercising the pledge
pursuant to this Agreement shall not be suspended or hampered by the
Kingold Shareholders or any successors or transferees of the Kingold
Shareholders or any other persons;
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the
Kingold Shareholders warrants to Party B that in order to protect or
perfect the security over the obligations of the Kingold Shareholders
and/or Wuhan Kingold under Onshore Agreements, the Kingold Shareholders
shall make any necessary amendment (if applicable), execute in good faith
and cause other parties who have interests in the pledge to execute all
the title certificates, contracts, and /or perform and cause other parties
who have interests to take action as required by Party B and make access
to exercise the rights and authorization vested in Party B under this
Agreement, and execute all the documents with respect to the changes of
certificate of equity interests Party B or another party designated by
Party B, and provides Party B with all the documents regarded as necessary
to Party B within the reasonable time;
and
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the
Kingold Shareholders warrants to Party B that the Kingold Shareholders
will comply with and perform all the guarantees, covenants, agreements,
representations and conditions for the benefits of Party B. The
Kingold Shareholders shall indemnity Party B for all the damages suffered
by Party B for the reasons that the Kingold Shareholders do not perform or
fully perform their guarantees, covenants, agreements, representations and
conditions.
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Clause 7 Event
of Default
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The
following events shall be regarded as an Event of
Default:
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where
the Kingold Shareholders and related responsible parties fail to perform
any obligations under the Onshore Agreements in time or fails to discharge
any guaranteed liability as scheduled in full
sum;
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where
any representation and undertaking the Kingold Shareholders makes in
Clause
2
herein
have falsity, fraud, misleading statement or
error;
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where
the Kingold Shareholders violates any undertaking in Clause 6 of this
Agreement;
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where
the Kingold Shareholders refuses or intentionally delays the transaction
of the procedures necessary for the registration of the pledge under this
Agreement and tails to correct such action in time within ten (10) days as
of the day when Party B requires in writing to do
so;
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where
any external loan, guarantee, indemnity, undertaking or other compensation
liability of the Kingold Shareholders: (i) is required to
be discharged or performed in advance due to an event of default; or
(ii) is due but cannot be discharged or performed as scheduled, which
makes Party B reasonably believe that the ability of die Kingold
Shareholders to perform its obligations under this Agreement has been
materially and adversely
affected;
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where
this Agreement becomes ineffective, revocable, unenforceable or the
Kingold Shareholders cannot continue performing its obligations under this
Agreement in time and completely due to the fault (including omission) of
the Kin gold Shareholders after the issuance of new laws and
regulations;
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where
the Kingold Shareholders violates any other term and condition of this
Agreement; and
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other
circumstances in which Party B cannot exercise and dispose the pledge due
to the fault (including omission) of the Kingold
Shareholders.
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The
Kingold Shareholders waive the pledged equity interests or transfers the
pledged equity interests without prior written consent from the Party
B;
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Any
approval, permits, licenses or authorization from the competent authority
of the government needed to perform this Agreement or validate this
Agreement are withdrawn, suspended, invalidated or materially
amended;
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The
property of the Kingold Shareholders is adversely changed and causes
Party B to deem that the capability of the Kingold Shareholders to
perform the obligations herein is
affected;
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If
the Kingold Shareholders knows or should have known the occurrence of any
event stated above in Clause 7.1 or any matter that may incur the above
events, it shall immediately notify Party B in
writing.
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Unless
the Kingold Shareholders immediately takes the measures satisfactory to
Party B to correct the Event of Default listed in Clause 7.1 above, Party
B may send written notice of exercising the pledge to the Kingold
Shareholders at any time upon or after the occurrence of Event of Default
and demand (i) full payment of the outstanding fees pursuant to the
Onshore Agreement and (ii) immediate performance of the Kingold
Shareholders and Kingold Jewelry’s obligation under the Onshore
Agreements, and require disposal of the Pledged Equities pursuant to this
Agreement.
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The
Event of Default provided in this Clause will not affect the exercise of
other remedies by the parties pursuant to the currently effective laws and
regulations of the PRC.
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Clause 8 Exercise
of Pledge
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Subject
to Clause 7.3, Party B can dispose the Pledged Equities at any time upon
or after sending the notice for the exercise of the
pledge.
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Party
B shall have the priority right to dispose all or part of Pledged Equities
under this Agreement (including but not limited to purchase of shares at
discounted price by agreement, sell at auction by law, sell-off Pledged
Equities) is per legal procedures and be paid priorly from the sum gained
from the disposal until all guaranteed liabilities of the Kingold
Shareholders and Kingold Jewelry under the Onshore Agreements are
discharged completely.
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Where
Party B disposes the Pledged Equities; pursuant to this Agreement, the
Kingold Shareholders shall not set any obstacles but give necessary
assistance so that Party B can realize its
pledge.
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Clause 9 Termination
Upon the
date that all guaranteed liabilities of the Kingold Shareholders and Kingold
Jewelry under the Onshore Agreements are discharged, this Agreement shall be
terminated. In such. Case, Party B shall cancel the pledge
registration under this Agreement as soon as possible within the reasonable and
feasible period.
Clause 10 Taxes
and Fees
All taxes
and fees resulting from the execution and performance of this Agreement shall be
borne by each party respectively pursuant to the applicable laws and
regulations.
Clause 11 Liability
in the Event of Default
Both
parties shall sufficiently perform this Agreement. Either party
breaking this Agreement shall bear the liability as arising therefrom and in
relation thereto. If the breaking party causes damages to the other
party, the breaking party shall compensate the other party for all such
damages.
Clause 12 Governing
Law
The
execution, validity, effect, interpretation, performance and dispute solution of
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws and regulations of the
PRC.
Clause 13 Dispute
Resolution
Party B
and each of the Kingold Shareholders agree that any dispute arising from or in
relation to this Agreement shall first be settled by the friendly negotiation of
both parties. If the negotiation fails within 45 days, either party
shall have the right to file the dispute with China International Economic and
Trade Arbitration Commission (“
CIETAC
”) in Beijing for
arbitration pursuant to the currently effective arbitration rules of CIETAC at
the time of application. This arbitration shall be final and bind
both parties and shall be enforceable in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The arbitration fees shall be born by the losing
party.
Clause 14 Effect,
Change and Recession of this Agreement
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This
Agreement will come into effect where the following conditions are
met: (1) this Agreement is duly and legally executed by
the Kingold Shareholders and Party B; and (2) the pledge of equity
under this Agreement has been filed and registered by law with Wuhan
Administration for Industry and Commerce or has been wrote down in the
stock ledger of Kingold Jewelry pursuant to Clause
5.
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After
tins Agreement comes into effect, except otherwise provided by this
Agreement, neither party shall amend or terminate this Agreement in
advance. If it is necessary to amend or terminate this
Agreement, both parties shall negotiate to reach a written
agreement. Before such written agreement is reached, this
Agreement shall remain in effect.
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Clause 15 Physical
Possession Of Documents
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the
Kingold Shareholders shall driver the physical possession of the
Certificate of Registration (original) of Wuhan Kingold to Party B,
provide the proper record of such pledge on the shareholders
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register of Wuhan Kingold to Party B, and handle various approval and
examination, registration and filling procedures required by laws and
regulations of the PRC within thirty (30) business days as of the date of
execution of this Agreement or an earlier time agreed upon by the
parties.
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if
subjects of the pledge change and such changes need lo be registered or
filed, Party B and the Kingold Shareholders shall register or file such
changes within five (5) business days as of the day of change, and shall
deliver relevant registration of change or filling
documents.
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During
the term of the equity pledge, the Kingold Shareholders shall instruct
Wuhan Kingold not to distribute any dividends, or adopt any profits
distribution plans; if the Kingold Shareholders shall be entitled to
collect any interests other than dividend and profits distribution plan,
the Kingold Shareholders shall instruct Wuhan Kingold to transfer such
interests into cash and pay the same into the bank account designated by
Party B in accordance with Party B’s requirements, and the Kingold
Shareholders shall not use money deposited into the bank account without
the prior written consent of
Party B.
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During
the term of equity pledge, if the Kingold Shareholders subscribes new
capital contribution or accepts an equity transfer (“
Newly-added Equities
”),
the Newly-added Equities shall be automatically become Pledged Equities
under this Agreement, and such the Kingold Shareholders shall accomplish
all the procedures with respect to the pledge of the Newly-added Equities
within ten (10) business days after acquiring the Newly-added
Equities. If the Kingold Shareholders fails to accomplish the
relevant procedures as specified in this Clause, the Party B shall have
the right to exercise the pledge right under this
Agreement.
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This
Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto contain the entire understanding
between the parties, no other representations, warranties or covenants having
induced any party to execute this Agreement, and supersede all prior or
contemporaneous agreements with respect to the subject matter
hereof. All exhibits, addendums, and schedules referred to in this
Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. All references to
schedules and exhibits are to exhibits and schedules attached to and to become a
part of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
Any
amendment and/or rescission shall be in writing and signed by the authorized
representatives of both parties. Such revision shall be a valid integral part of
this Agreement.
The
headings of any Clauses or other portion of this Agreement arc for convenience
only and arc not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
References
in this Agreement to “Clauses,” “Sections,” “Schedules” and “Exhibits” shall be
to the Clauses, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits of this Agreement, unless
otherwise specifically provided; any use in this Agreement of the singular or
plural, or the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, shall be deemed to include
the others, unless the context otherwise requires; the words “herein”, “hereof
and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; the word “including” when used in this Agreement shall mean
“including without limitation”; and except as otherwise specified in this
Agreement, all references in this Agreement (a) to any agreement document,
certificate or other written instrument shall be a reference to such agreement,
document, certificate or instrument, in each case together with all exhibits,
schedules, attachments and appendices thereto, and as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof; and (b) to any law, statute or regulation shall be deemed
references to such law, statute or regulation as the same may be supplemented,
amended, consolidated, superseded or modified from time to time.
Without
the prior written consent of Party B, none of the Kingold Shareholders shall
transfer all or part of their rights and obligations under this Agreement to any
third party.
This
Agreement is binding on the Kingold Shareholders and its successor, and
effective to Party B and every successor and transferee thereto.
Party B
may at any time transfer all or part of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement to a natural person or legal person it appoints. In such
case, the transferee shall have and assume the rights and obligations that Party
B has and assumes under this Agreement and the Kingold Shareholders shall not
have any objections.
After the
Kingold Shareholders is changed due to the transfer, all parties to the new
pledge shall enter into a new pledge agreement as per the format of this
Agreement.
Any
provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable hi any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such pro vision in any other jurisdiction.
No
failure or delay of either party to enforce any right hereunder shall constitute
a waiver of any such right hereunder. No waiver shall be effective
hereunder unless in writing and a waiver shall only be effective for the
specific act or circumstance for which it is given and not for any future act or
circumstance.
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Succession
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This
Agreement shall bind the successors and transferees of both
parties.
This
Agreement is in both Chinese and English and signed by both parties, and the two
versions have the same effect. Should there be any discrepancy
between the two language versions, the Chinese version shall
prevail.
All
notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be sufficiently given only if mailed by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or sent by expedited or overnight delivery service with
return receipt, or sent by telecopier with confirmed receipt, to the party to
receive notice at the following addresses or at such other address as any party
may, upon ten (10) days prior notice, direct:
If
to the Kingold Shareholders:
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witness hereof both parties have signed this Agreement on (he date specified on
the first page of this Agreement.
This
Agreement shall be executed in four counterparts, each party holds one and the
rests are used for the transaction of related formalities. Each of
the copies shall be deemed as the original one and has the same
effect.
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remainder of this page is intentionally left blank.]
In witness hereof
, all parties
have signed this Agreement on the date specified on the first page of this
Agreement by their respective authorized representatives.
The
Kingold Shareholders:
Jia
Zhihong (signature):
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Yongbao (signature):
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Dai
Cuiyuan (signature):
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Huang
Fan (signature):
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Zhao
Jin (signature):
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Zhao
Bin (signature):
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Chen
Wei (signature):
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Wang
Jun (signature):
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Xu
Ji (signature):
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Wu
Xueyuan (signature):
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Hu
Ziwei (signature):
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Qin
Wanjiang (signature):
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Zuo
Liping (signature):
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Fu
Liuyun (signature):
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Dai
Yichao (signature):
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Yang
Chonghui (signature):
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Niao
Hanmei (signature):
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Wang
Yan (signature):
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Pan
Ming (signature):
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Yang
Guoqiao (signature):
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Yan
Huan (signature):
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Li
Feng (signature):
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Yao
Hai Qiong (signature):
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Li
Huili (signature):
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Li
Ziliang (signature):
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Zhuang
Wenbo (signature):
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Xue
Yi (signature):
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Wang
Zhaoping (signature):
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Li
Meidie (signature):
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Lai
Suhua (signature):
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Cheng
Ying (signature):
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Zhou
Lin (signature):
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Zhang
Jing (signature):
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Liu
Min (signature):
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Jianshe (signature):
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Feng
Ligang (signature):
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Wang
Jianxin (signature):
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Xiong
Shuming (signature):
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|
|
Luo
Anying (signature):
|
|
Guo
Yong (signature):
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|
|
|
Guang
Jun (signature):
|
|
|
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Wuhan
xingyuejin Industrial Co., Ltd (seal)
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Authorized
Representative (signature):
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Party
B: Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd. (seal)
Authorized
Representative (signature):
Table
1:
Serial
No.
|
|
Name
|
|
Address
|
|
ID No.
(Registration No.)
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
Held
(10,000)
|
|
|
Proportion of
Shares Held
(%)
|
|
1.
|
|
Jia Zhihong
|
|
No. 40-1, Laodong, St.,
Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
420102196111133118
|
|
|
|
6636.65
|
|
|
|
66.3665
|
|
2.
|
|
Tang Yongbao
|
|
1
st
Floor 1, No. 2,
Zhangjiawan, Wuchang
District, Wuhan
|
|
42080219710514004X
|
|
|
|
400.00
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
3.
|
|
Dai Cuiyuan
|
|
No. 11, Taohuawu,
Yunshan St., Lanxi,
Zhejiang Province
|
|
330719195208060027
|
|
|
|
400.00
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
4.
|
|
Huang Fan
|
|
2
nd
1. No. 1190, Jiefang
Ave., Jiang’an District,
Wuhan
|
|
420102194107051735
|
|
|
|
300.00
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
5.
|
|
Zhan Jim
|
|
No. 13, 8
th
Area, Yuege
Village, Hancunhe Town,
Fangshan District, Beijing
|
|
11011194910043615
|
|
|
|
250.00
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
6.
|
|
Zhao Bin
|
|
West 8 Building No. 3
Taipingyang Industrial
Zone, Shaoyan Rd.,
Yantian District,
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Province
|
|
440621196805223134
|
|
|
|
200.00
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
7.
|
|
Chen Wei
|
|
No. 3-8 Nanhu
Tonghuiqiao, Shizishan
St., Hongshan District,
Wuhan
|
|
420111197610265036
|
|
|
|
183.00
|
|
|
|
1.83
|
|
8.
|
|
Wang Jun
|
|
4
th
Floor, No. 136,
Shahuzhui, Wuchang
District, Wuhan
|
|
420106197411082439
|
|
|
|
132.35
|
|
|
|
1.3235
|
|
9.
|
|
Xu Ji
|
|
20-102, No. 5 Building,
Fusheng Garden, Jujian
Rd., Hexi District, Tainjin
|
|
120103195611280035
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
10.
|
|
Wu Xueyuan
|
|
2-14F, Baihua
Apartments, Futian
District, Shenzhen,
Guandong Province
|
|
432301196601232061
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
11.
|
|
Hu Ziwei
|
|
No. 255, Jiefang Ave.,
Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
420802198702070021
|
|
|
|
79.00
|
|
|
|
0.79
|
|
12.
|
|
Qin Wanjiang
|
|
No. 9, Houhainanyan,
Xicheng District, Beijing
|
|
110102195811271186
|
|
|
|
75.00
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
|
13.
|
|
Zuo Liping
|
|
2-502, No. 13 building,
Lougouqiaonanli, Fengtai
District, Beijing
|
|
110106395908041526
|
|
|
|
150.00
|
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
Serial
No.
|
|
Name
|
|
Address
|
|
ID No.
(Registration No.)
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
Held
(10,000)
|
|
|
Proportion of
Shares Held
(%)
|
|
14.
|
|
Fu Liuyon
|
|
14
th
Floor 1, No. 37,
Jingwu Rd. Jianghan
District, Wuhan
|
|
420102193605103126
|
|
|
|
42.00
|
|
|
|
0.42
|
|
15.
|
|
Dai Yichao
|
|
No. 19, Huanghe èr
Village, Jiang’an District,
Wuhan
|
|
420102196210173174
|
|
|
|
35.00
|
|
|
|
0.35
|
|
16.
|
|
Yang Chonghui
|
|
No. 4, 3-10 Balyun
Residential Area, Gucheng
St., Linhai, Zhejiang
Province
|
|
331082198309300318
|
|
|
|
30.00
|
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
17.
|
|
Lino Hahnmei
|
|
3
rd
Floor 1, Xiangjiang
No. 29, Hongkong St.,
Jianghan District, Wuhan
|
|
420102195411082100
|
|
|
|
30.00
|
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
18.
|
|
Wang Yan
|
|
7
th
Floor, No. 12, Taibei
Rd., Jiang’an District,
Wuhan
|
|
420102197507160328
|
|
|
|
30.00
|
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
19.
|
|
Pan Ming
|
|
No. 30-2-201, Meihuan
Residential Area Phase II,
Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
422201196303120830
|
|
|
|
24.00
|
|
|
|
0.24
|
|
20.
|
|
Yan Guoqiao
|
|
3
rd
Floor, No. 241,
Hanyang Av., Hanyang
District, Wuhan
|
|
420104195610304338
|
|
|
|
20.00
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
21.
|
|
Yan Huan
|
|
No. 59-402, Dongfang
Garden, Hanyang District,
Wuhan
|
|
420105198202280455
|
|
|
|
20.00
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
22.
|
|
Li Feng
|
|
2
nd
Floor 1, No. 1095-61,
Jiefang Ave., Qiaokou
District, Wuhan
|
|
420104196303090012
|
|
|
|
20.00
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
23.
|
|
Yao Halqiong
|
|
No. 50, Niupling, Jiang’an
District, Wuhan
|
|
420102197002033729
|
|
|
|
15.00
|
|
|
|
0.15
|
|
24.
|
|
Li Huili
|
|
No. 506, Hexingli,
Changqing Office,
Dongxihu District, Wuhan
|
|
410321197701145525
|
|
|
|
12.00
|
|
|
|
0.12
|
|
25.
|
|
Li Ziliang
|
|
4
th
Floor 1, No. 391,
Changdi St., Qiaokou
District, Wuhan
|
|
4201041981012821X
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
26.
|
|
Zhuang Wenbo
|
|
13th Floor 7, No. 684-18,
Jiefang Ave., Jianghan
District, Wuhan
|
|
420103196710253716
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
27.
|
|
Xue Xi
|
|
6th Floor 2, No. 3-13,
Xuesong St., Jianghan
District, Wuhan
|
|
420106196105245223
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
28.
|
|
Wang Zhaoping
|
|
No. 25, Minzu Rd.,
Jianghan District, Wuhan
|
|
42010419691124242X
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
Serial
No.
|
|
Name
|
|
Address
|
|
ID No.
(Registration No.)
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
Held
(10,000)
|
|
|
Proportion of
Shares Held
(%)
|
|
29.
|
|
Li Mengdie
|
|
8th Floor 1, No, 117-4,
Fazhan Ave., Jianghan
District, Wuhan
|
|
420104196407234324
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
30.
|
|
Lai Suhua
|
|
5th Floor 1, No. 17
Yiyuan Rd., Jiang’an
District, Wuhan
|
|
420104196305112067
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
31.
|
|
Cheng Ying
|
|
3-504, No. 8 Building,
Fulinyuan Residential
Area, Chaoyang District,
Beijing
|
|
420111197112044169
|
|
|
|
10.00
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
32.
|
|
Zhou Lin
|
|
24th Floor 5, No. 130,
Sanyang Rd., Jiang’an
District, Wuhan
|
|
360403197412280323
|
|
|
|
8.00
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
33.
|
|
Zhang Jing
|
|
No. 70, Fenbu St.,
Nangang District, Harbin
|
|
230103197501177023
|
|
|
|
8.00
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
34.
|
|
Liu Min
|
|
No, 5-5-4-2, Xufeng
Apartements, Wuchang
District, Wuhan
|
|
420107197105100068
|
|
|
|
6.00
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
35.
|
|
Zhang Jianshe
|
|
No. 46-4, Xian’anfang,
Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
42010219530709032X
|
|
|
|
6.00
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
36.
|
|
Feng Ligang
|
|
No. 40, 1st Group,
Fenghuang Village,
Shuanghe Town,
Changning County,
Sichuan, Province
|
|
512530197603067079
|
|
|
|
5.00
|
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
37.
|
|
Wang Jianxin
|
|
7th Floor 2, No. 428,
Qingnian Rd., Jianghan
District, Wuhan
|
|
420103196104033756
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
38.
|
|
Xiong Shuming
|
|
No. 28-3-601, Zisha Rd.,
Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
420106196305011632
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
39.
|
|
Luo Anying
|
|
2-502, No. 58-13,
Wuchang District, Wuhan
|
|
420106196211252021
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
40.
|
|
Guo Yong
|
|
203, No. 1296, Yanchang
Rd., Chengguan District,
Lanzhon, Gansu Province
|
|
620402197108082012
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
41.
|
|
Guang Jun
|
|
No. 89, Jiaotong Rd.,
Douhe Town, Xiantao,
Hubei Province
|
|
429004197903111144
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
42.
|
|
Wuhan
Xinyucjin
Industrial Co.,
Ltd.
|
|
No. Te 1, Luojiazui Rd.,
Jiang’an District, Wuhan
|
|
Registration No.
4201021100565
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
EXHIBIT
10.10
EXECUTIVE
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Executive Employment Agreement
(the “
Agreement
”)
is made as of April 1, 2010 (the “
Effective
Date
”), by and between Kingold Jewelry, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“
Company
”)
and Bin Liu, an individual residing at 384 Town Place, Cir, Buffalo Grove, IL
60089 (“
Executive
”).
WHEREAS, the Company is publicly traded
in the United States and is in need of a executive with significant experience
in finance and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements;
and
WHEREAS, Executive has experience in
such fields; and
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to engage
Executive to serve as its Chief Financial Officer.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and the covenants contained herein, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Duties and
Position
. During the term of this Agreement, Executive agrees
to be employed by and to serve the Company as its Chief Financial
Officer. The Company agrees to employ and retain Executive in such
capacity and Executive accepts and agrees to such employment, subject to the
general supervision, advice and direction of the Chairman of the
Company. Executive shall perform such duties as are customarily
performed by a Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded United States
company. Executive shall devote substantially all of his business
time to the performance of his duties as Chief Financial Officer.
2
. Term
. The
term of this Agreement shall begin on April 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) and
shall continue until terminated by either party in accordance with the terms
hereof (such period to be referred to herein as the “Employment
Term”).
3.
Salary, Benefits and
Options.
(a)
Base
Salary
. The Executive shall be paid a salary of US$135,000 per
annum, payable monthly in the amount of US$11,000 per month for the first eleven
months of each one (1) year period of the Employment Term and US$14,000 for the
twelfth month of each one (1) year period of the Employment Term.
(b)
Benefits
. Executive
shall be eligible to participate in all benefit plans generally available to
employees who are executives.
(c)
Options
. Upon each of
the Effective Date and the first and second anniversary of the Effective Date,
Executive shall be granted 120,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s
common stock (an “Annual Option Grant”), at an exercise price equal to the
closing price for the Company’s stock on each such issuance
date. Each Annual Option Grant shall vest quarterly at a rate of
30,000 options at the end of each three month period of
employment. Upon the termination of Executive’s employment with the
Company, any unvested options shall be immediately cancelled and all vested
options shall be subject to cancellation pursuant to the terms of the Company’s
employee incentive option plan.
(d)
Relocation
Allowance
. Executive shall receive a relocation allowance of up to
$20,000 to be used for the purpose of moving from Illinois to such other
location as mutually agreed.
(e)
Bonus
. Executive
shall be eligible, from time to time, to receive, at the sole discretion of the
Board of Directors, bonuses pursuant to the Company’s Board of Directors
pursuant to any Company bonus plan or bonus pool which may be adopted by the
Company.
4.
Termination
.
4.1
Termination During Probation
Period
. During the ninety (90) period following the Effective
Date (the “Probation Period”), the Company shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement for any reason without any additional compensation to
Executive.
4.2
Voluntary
Termination
. Following the Probation Period, the Company may
terminate this Agreement at any time upon notice to the Executive and the
payment to the Executive of any amount equal to three (3) months’
salary. Executive may effect a voluntary termination of this
Agreement at any time upon sixty (60) days notice to the Company, however, in
such event no additional compensation shall be due to Executive.
4.3
Termination
For
Cause
. The Company shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement “For Cause”, at any time, by giving the Executive a notice of
termination “For Cause”, stating in such notice the reasons constituting such
cause upon which this Agreement shall be terminated upon the delivery of such
notice. For purposes hereof "For Cause”: mean (a) Executive’s
inability to timely perform his duties as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer;
(b) habitual intoxication which materially affects the Executive's performance;
(c) drug addiction; (d) Executive is found guilty of fraud, embezzlement,
defalcation, dishonesty, or commission of an act of moral turpitude which
results in either civil or criminal liability; (e) Executive’s intentional
failure, or willful refusal without reasonable reason, to perform his duties
under this Agreement or the reasonable and proper instructions of the Chairman,
which breach or failure is not cured by Executive within fourteen (14) days
following notice by the Company to Executive requiring remedy of such breach;
(f) Executive deliberately causes harm to the Company’s business affairs or
breaches his duty of trust or fiduciary duties to the Company or its affiliates;
or (g) Executive breaches the confidentiality and/or non-competition provisions
of this Agreement, provided, however, that with respect to a breach which is not
material only to the extent that such breach was not cured within fourteen (14)
days following notice by the Company to Executive requiring remedy of such
breach. In the event that, this Agreement is terminated by
the Company “For Cause” the Company shall not have any further obligations or
liability to Executive under this Agreement subsequent to the actual date of
Executive’s termination.
5.
Non-Disclosure.
5.1
Non-Disclosure
. The
Executive recognizes and acknowledges that he will have access to certain
confidential information of the Company and that such information constitutes
valuable, special and unique property of the Company. The Executive agrees that
he will not, for any reason or purpose whatsoever, during or after the term of
his employment, use any of such confidential information or disclose any of such
confidential information to any party without express authorization of the
Company, except as necessary in the ordinary course of performing his duties
hereunder. The obligation of confidentiality imposed by this subparagraph shall
not apply to information which appears in issued patents or printed publications
or which otherwise becomes generally known in the industry through no act of the
Executive in breach of this Agreement.
5.2
Inventions, Designs and
Product Developments
. All inventions, discoveries, concepts,
improvements, formulas, processes, devices, methods, innovations, designs, ideas
and product developments (collectively, the "Developments"), developed or
conceived by Executive, solely or jointly with others, whether or not patentable
or copyrightable, at any time during the Employment Term and all of the
Executive's right, title and interest therein, shall be the exclusive property
of the Company. The Executive hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the
Company all of his right, title and interest in and to any and all such
Developments. Executive shall disclose fully, as soon as practicable and in
writing, all Developments to the Board of Directors of the Company. At any time
and from time to time, upon the request of the Company, the Executive shall
execute and deliver to the Company any and all instruments, documents and
papers, give evidence and do any and all other acts which, in the opinion of
counsel for the Company, are or may be necessary or desirable to document such
transfer or to enable the Company to file and prosecute applications for and to
acquire, maintain and enforce any and all patents, trademark registrations or
copyrights under United States or foreign law with respect to any such
Developments or to obtain any extension, validation, reissue, continuance or
renewal of any such patent, trademark or copyright. The Company will be
responsible for the preparation of any such instruments, documents and papers
and for the prosecution of any such proceedings and will reimburse the Executive
for all reasonable expenses the Executive incurs upon authorization of the Board
of Directors of the Company.
5.3
Corporate
Opportunities
. In the event that during the term of this
Agreement, any business opportunity directly related to the Company’s business
shall come to Executive’s knowledge, Executive shall promptly notify the
Company’s Chairman of such opportunity. The Executive shall not appropriate for
himself or for any other person other than the Company, any such opportunity,
except with the express written consent of the Board of Directors, in
advance.
5.4
Survival.
The
provisions of this Section 5 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
6.
Non-Competition
. The
Executive agrees that during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one
(1) year thereafter, the Executive shall not, unless acting pursuant hereto or
with the prior written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company,
directly or indirectly:
(a) solicit business from or
perform services for, any persons, company or other entity which at any time
during the Executive's employment by the Company is a client, customer of the
Company or prospective customer of Company if such business or services are of
the same general character as those engaged in or performed by the Company (as
used herein, the term “prospective customer” shall mean any persons, company or
other entity with which the Company had conducted sales or marketing activities
within the prior six (6) months);
(b) solicit for employment
or in any other fashion hire any of the senior management of the
Company;
(c) own, manage, operate,
finance, join, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation,
financing or control of, or be connected as an officer, director, Executive,
partner, principal, agent, representative, consultant or otherwise with any
business or enterprise engaged in the business of designing and manufacturing
gold jewelry (the “Business”);
(d) use or permit his name
to be used in connection with, any business or enterprise engaged in the
Business;
(e) use the name of the
Company or any name similar thereto, but nothing in this clause shall be deemed,
by implication, to authorize or permit use of such name after expiration of such
period; or
(f) The provisions of this
Section 6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
7.
Compliance With Employer’s
Rules
.
The
employment relationship between the parties shall be governed by the general
employment policies and procedures of the Company, including (but not limited
to) those relating to the protection of confidential information and assignment
of inventions; provided, however, that when the terms of this Agreement differ
from or are in conflict with the Company’s general employment policies or
procedures, this Agreement shall control. Executive agrees to abide
by all of the Company’s policies and procedures in effect from time to
time.
8.
Return of Property
.
Upon termination of
Executive’s employment, Executive shall deliver all property (including keys,
records, notes, lists, data, memoranda, models, and equipment) that is in the
Executive’s possession or under the Executive’s control which is the Company’s
property or related to the Company’s business.
9.
Miscellaneous
.
9.1
Notices
. Every
notice or other communication required or contemplated by this Agreement by
either party shall be delivered to the other party by personal delivery at the
address set forth on the signature page below or by e-mail at the address set
forth on the signature page below.
9.2
Entire
Agreement
.
This
Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements, and the terms set forth herein represent the entire
understanding and agreement between the Company and Executive regarding
compensation, employment, status and position. It is further
understood that the Company’s policies, procedures and rules may be amended or
changed at any time by the Company.
9.3
Amendment
.
This Agreement may be
modified or amended only if the amendment is made in writing and is signed by
both parties. This Agreement cannot be altered in any way by any oral
statement(s) made by Executive or the Company.
9.4
Severability
.
If any provision(s) of
this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the
remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a
court finds that any provision(s) of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable,
but that by limiting such provision it would become valid or enforceable, then
such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so
limited.
9.5
No Waiver
.
The failure of either
party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a
waiver or limitation of that party’s right subsequently to enforce and compel
strict compliance with every provision of this Agreement.
9.6
Applicable Law
.
This Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of laws
principles.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT
10.11
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
CALL
OPTION AGREEMENT
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED CALL OPTION AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement
”) is made and
entered into as of December 17, 2009 (the “
Effective Date
”), between Jia
Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin, residents of the People’s Republic of China (the "
Purchaser
" or “
Purchasers
”) and Huo Yong Lin,
a resident of Hong Kong Special Administration Region (the “
Seller
”). Purchasers
and Seller are also referred to herein together as the “
Parties
” and individually as a
“
Party
”.
RECITALS
WHEREAS
, pursuant to a Reverse
Acquisition Agreement by and among ActiveWorlds Corp., a company incorporated
under the laws of the State of Delaware, whose shares trade on the OTC Bulletin
Board under the symbol AWLD (the “
ActiveWorlds
”), Dragon Lead
Group Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (the "
Dragon Lead
") and its
shareholders, among which Famous Grow Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Island
company wholly owned by the Seller is the single largest shareholder ("
Famous Grow
" or the “
Company
”), ActiveWorlds is
expected to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Dragon
Lead and issue new shares to Famous Grow and other Dragon Lead shareholders (the
“
Reverse Acquisition
Agreement
”);
WHEREAS
, Purchasers have
agreed with Seller, as an inducement to the Purchasers in continuing to provide
services to Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited by Shares (“
Wuhan Kingold
”) (which has
entered into a series of captive agreements (“
VIE Agreement
”) with Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Company Limited, a PRC company that is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Dragon Lead (the “
Vogue-Show
”, together the
“
Group
”)) and the Group,
with Jia Zhi Hong serving as chairman of Wuhan Kingold and chief
executive officer of ActiveWorlds and Zhao Bin serving as general manager of
both Wuhan Kingold and ActiveWorlds, to enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS
, Seller is the sole
holder of the Famous Grow’s issued shares (“
Company Shares
”), and has
determined that it is in her best interest to receive benefits from Purchasers’
performance as senior management of Wuhan Kingold and the Group and will enter
into the Reverse Acquisition Agreement based on the possibility of obtaining
such benefits;
WHEREAS
, upon the closing of
the Reverse Acquisition Agreement, Famous Grow will be issued and hold
35,850,445 shares of common stock of ActiveWorlds, $0.001 par value per
share;
WHEREAS
, Seller agrees to
[deposit all her Company Shares to a make good escrow agent and] grant to
Purchasers certain call rights to acquire up to 100 percent of the Company
Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein (“
Call Right
”);
NOW, THEREFORE
, the Parties,
in consideration of the foregoing premises and the terms, covenants and
conditions set forth below, and other good and valuable consideration, receipt
of which is acknowledged, hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1.
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DEFINITIONS;
INTERPRETATION
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1.1.
Terms Defined in this
Agreement
. The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the
following definitions:
“
Bankruptcy Law
” means any Law
of any jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, corporate
reorganization, company arrangement, civil rehabilitation, special liquidation,
moratorium, readjustment of debt, appointment of a conservator, trustee or
receiver, or similar debtor relief.
“
Business Day
” means any day on
which commercial banks are required to be open in the United
States.
“
Call Price
” means, with
respect to any exercise of the Call Right, par value or $0.001 per share of the
Company Shares subject to any Call Exercise Notice.
“
Government Authority
” means
any: (a) nation, principality, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county,
municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state,
local, municipal, foreign or other government; (c) governmental or quasi
governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division,
subdivision, department, agency, bureau, branch, office, commission, council,
board, instrumentality, officer, official, representative, organization, unit,
body or Person and any court or other tribunal); or (d) individual, Person or
body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any executive, legislative, judicial,
administrative, regulatory, police, military or taxing authority or power of any
nature.
“
Law
” means any federal, state,
local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, legislation, constitution,
principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, order, edict, decree,
proclamation, treaty, convention, rule, regulation, permit, ruling, directive,
pronouncement, requirement (licensing or otherwise), specification,
determination, decision, opinion or interpretation that is, has been or may in
the future be issued, enacted, adopted, passed, approved, promulgated, made,
implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any
Government Authority.
“
Person
” means any individual,
firm, company, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated
association, partnership, trust, joint venture, governmental authority or other
entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such
entity.
1.2.
Interpretation
.
(a)
Certain
Terms
. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and similar words refer
to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. The term “including” is not limited and means “including without
limitation.”
(b)
Section References;
Titles and Subtitles
. Unless otherwise noted, all references to Sections
herein are to Sections of this Agreement. The titles, captions and headings of
this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
(c)
Reference to
Entities, Agreements, Statutes
. Unless otherwise expressly provided
herein, (i) references to a Person include its successors and permitted
assigns, (ii) references to agreements (including this Agreement) and other
contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments,
restatements and other modifications thereto or supplements thereof and
(iii) references to any statute or regulation are to be construed as
including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing, supplementing or interpreting such statute or
regulation.
2.1.
Call Right
. Purchaser
shall have, during the Exercise Period (as defined below), the right and option
to purchase from the Seller, and upon the exercise of such right and option the
Seller shall have the obligation to sell to Purchasers, a portion of the Company
Shares identified in the Call Exercise Notice.
2.2.
Call Period
.
The Call Right shall be exercisable by Purchasers, by delivering a Call Exercise
Notice at any time during the period (the “
Exercise Period
”) commencing
on the day that shall be 30 days subsequent to the date that the Reverse
Acquisition is closed and ending at 6:30 p.m. (New York time) on the fifth
anniversary date therefrom (such date or the earlier expiration of the Call
Right is referred to herein as the “
Expiration
Date
”).
2.3.
Exercise Process
. In
order to exercise the Call Right during the Exercise Period, the Purchasers
shall deliver to the Seller, a written notice of such exercise substantially in
the form attached hereto as
Appendix A
(a “
Call Exercise
Notice
”) to such address or facsimile number set forth therein. The Call
Exercise Notice shall indicate the number of Company Shares as to which
Purchaser is then exercising its Call Right and the aggregate Call Price.
Provided the Call Exercise Notice is delivered in accordance with Section 6.4 to
such Seller on or prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, the date
of exercise (the “
Exercise
Date
”) of the Call Right shall be the date of such delivery of such Call
Exercise Notice. In the event the Call Exercise Notice is delivered after 6:30
p.m. (New York time) on any day or on a date which is not a Business Day, the
Exercise Date shall be deemed to be the first Business Day after the date of
such delivery of such Call Exercise Notice. The delivery of a Call Exercise
Notice in accordance herewith shall constitute a binding obligation (a) on the
part of such Purchaser to purchase, and (b) on the part of the Seller to sell,
the Company Shares subject to such Call Exercise Notice in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
2.4.
Call Price
. If the
Call Right is exercised pursuant to this Section 2, as payment for the Company
Shares being purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to the Call Right, such
Purchaser shall pay the aggregate Call Price to the Seller (but no later than
fifteen (15) Business Days of the Exercise Date).
2.5
Delivery of the
Shares
. Upon the receipt of a Call Exercise Notice, the Seller shall
deliver, or take all steps necessary to cause to be delivered, the Company
Shares being purchased pursuant to such Call Exercise Notice.
3.
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ENCUMBRANCES;
TRANSFERS, SET-OFF AND WITHHOLDINGS
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3.1.
Encumbrances
. Upon
exercise of the Call Right, the Company Shares being purchased shall be sold,
transferred and delivered to the Purchaser free and clear of any claim, pledge,
charge, lien, preemptive rights, restrictions on transfers (except as required
by securities laws of the United States), proxies, voting agreements and any
other encumbrance whatsoever.
3.2
Transfers
.
Prior to the Expiration Date, Seller shall continue to own, free and clear of
any hypothecation, pledge, mortgage or other encumbrance, except pursuant to
this Agreement and except in favor of the Collateral Agent (as defined below)
for the benefit of the Purchaser, such amount of the Company Shares as may be
required from time to time to in order for the Purchaser to exercise its Call
Right in full.
3.3.
Set-off
. The
Purchaser shall be absolutely entitled to receive all Company Shares subject to
the exercise of a Call Right, and for the purposes of this Agreement, Seller
hereby waives, as against the Purchaser, all rights of set-off or counterclaim
that would or might otherwise be available to the Seller.
3.4
Escrow of Company
Shares
.
(a) Upon
execution of this Agreement, Seller shall deliver to Mr. Huang Yi, as Collateral
Agent (the “
Collateral
Agent
”), certificates representing Company Shares and its ActiveWorlds
Common Stocks. The certificates representing the Company Shares (together with
duly executed stock powers in blank) or its ActiveWorlds Common Stocks shall be
held by the Collateral Agent.
(b) Upon
receipt of a Call Exercise Notice, the Collateral Agent shall promptly deliver
the Company Shares being purchased pursuant to such Call Exercise Notice in
accordance with the instructions set forth therein and in accordance with any
other Lock-Up or Make Good Agreement in place between the Purchasers or Seller
and other third party.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES.
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4.1.
Representations and
Warranties by Seller
. Seller represents and warrants to Purchaser
that:
(a)
Due
Authorization
. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder to be carried out by it
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Seller. This
Agreement, and all agreements and documents executed and delivered pursuant to
this Agreement, constitute valid and binding obligations of such Seller,
enforceable against such Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable Bankruptcy Laws and other laws or equitable principles of general
application affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b)
No Conflicts
. Neither
the execution or delivery of this Agreement by the Seller nor the fulfillment or
compliance by the Seller with any of the terms hereof shall, with or without the
giving of notice and/or the passage of time, (i) conflict with, or result in a
breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
(A) the organizational or charter documents of the Seller or (B) any contract or
any judgment, decree or order to which Seller is subject or by which the Seller
is bound, or (ii) require any consent, license, permit, authorization, approval
or other action by any Person or Government Authority which has not yet been
obtained or received. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by the Seller or compliance with the provisions hereof by the Seller does not,
and shall not, violate any provision of any Law to which the Seller is subject
or by which it is bound.
(c)
No Actions
. There are
no lawsuits, actions (or to the best knowledge of the Seller, investigations),
claims or demands or other proceedings pending or, to the best of the knowledge
of the Seller, threatened against the Seller which, if resolved in a manner
adverse to the Seller, would adversely affect the right or ability of the Seller
to carry out its obligations set forth in this Agreement.
(d)
Title
. Seller owns
the Company Shares free and clear of any claim, pledge, charge, lien, preemptive
rights, restrictions on transfers, proxies, voting agreements and any other
encumbrance whatsoever, except as contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has
not entered into or is a party to any agreement that would cause the Seller to
not own such Company Shares free and clear of any encumbrance, except as
contemplated by this Agreement.
4.2
Representations and
Warranties by Purchaser
. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the
Seller that:
(a)
Due Authorization
.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereunder to be carried out by it have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Purchaser. This Agreement,
and all agreements and documents executed and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, constitute valid and binding obligations of Purchaser, enforceable
against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable Bankruptcy
Laws and other laws or equitable principles of general application affecting the
rights of creditors generally.
(b)
No Conflicts
. Neither
the execution or delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser nor the fulfillment or
compliance by Purchaser with any of the terms hereof shall, with or without the
giving of notice and/or the passage of time, (i) conflict with, or result in a
breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
(A) the organizational or charter documents of Purchaser or (B) any contract or
any judgment, decree or order to which Purchaser is subject or by which
Purchaser is bound, or (ii) require any consent, license, permit, authorization,
approval or other action by any Person or Government Authority which has not yet
been obtained or received. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by Purchaser or compliance with the provisions hereof by Purchaser
does not, and shall not, violate any provision of any Law to which Purchaser is
subject or by which it is bound.
(c)
No Actions
. There are
no lawsuits, actions (or to the best knowledge of Purchaser, investigations),
claims or demands or other proceedings pending or, to the best of the knowledge
of Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser which, if resolved in a manner
adverse to Purchaser, would adversely affect the right or ability of Purchaser
to carry out its obligations set forth in this Agreement.
5.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND TERMINATION
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5.1
Events of Default
.
The occurrence at any time with respect to a Party (the “
Defaulting Party
”) of any of
the following events shall constitute an event of default (an “
Event of Default
”) with
respect to such party:
(a)
Failure to Pay or
Deliver
. The failure by a Party to make, when due, any payment under this
Agreement or deliver the Company Shares in accordance with this Agreement, if
such failure is not remedied on or before the third Business Day after notice of
such failure is given to the Defaulting Party;
(b)
Breach of Agreement
.
The failure by a Party to comply with or perform any agreement, covenant or
obligation (other than a failure described in Section 5.1(a)) to be complied
with or performed by such Party in accordance with this Agreement if such
failure is not remedied on or before the tenth Business Day after notice of such
failure is given to the Defaulting Party; or
(c)
Bankruptcy
. A Party
(1) is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or
merger); (2) becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits
in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due; (3)
makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit
of its creditors; (4) institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding
seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any relief under any
Bankruptcy Law, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation,
and in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented
against it, such proceeding or petition (A) results in a judgment of insolvency
or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for
its winding-up or liquidation or (B) is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or
restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation
thereof; (5) has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or
liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
(6) seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional
liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official
for it or for all or substantially all it assets; (7) has a secured party take
possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution,
attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or
against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains
possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or
rescinded, in each case within 30 days thereafter; (8) causes or is subject to
any event with respect to it which, under the applicable Law, has an analogous
effect to any of the events described in clauses (1) through (7); or (9) takes
any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or
acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts.
5.2
Termination
. If at
any time an Event of Default with respect to a Party has occurred and is
continuing, the other party may terminate this Agreement and deem the Expiration
Date to have occurred by giving written notice to the Defaulting Party
specifying the relevant Event of Default.
6.1.
Governing Law;
Jurisdiction
. This Agreement shall be construed according to, and the
rights of the Parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of New York,
without reference to any conflict of laws principle that would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than New York. Each Party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and
state courts sitting in the City of New York, for the adjudication of any
dispute hereunder or in connection herewith, and agrees not to assert in any
suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of such court, that such, suit, action or proceeding is brought in
an inconvenient forum, or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper.
6.2.
Successors and
Assigns
. No Party may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Party. The provisions
hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors and
permitted assigns of the Parties.
6.3.
Entire Agreement;
Amendment
. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding
and agreement between and among the Parties with regard to the subject matter
hereof. Any term of this Agreement may be amended only with the written consent
of each Party.
6.4.
Notices and Other
Communications
. Any and all notices, requests, demands and other
communications required or otherwise contemplated to be made under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be provided by one or more of the
following means and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) if
delivered personally, when received, (b) if transmitted by facsimile, on
the date of transmission with receipt of a transmittal confirmation, or
(c) if by an internationally recognized overnight courier service, one
Business Day after deposit with such courier service. All such notices,
requests, demands and other communications shall be addressed to such address or
facsimile number as a party may have specified to the other parties in writing
delivered in accordance with this Section 6.4.
6.5.
Delays or Omissions
.
No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any
Person hereunder, upon any breach or default under this Agreement, shall impair
any such right, power or remedy nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any
such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar
breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single
breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore
or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or
character on the part of any Person hereunder of any breach or default under
this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any Person of any provisions or
conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to
the extent specifically set forth in such writing and signed by the waiving or
consenting Person.
6.6.
Severability
.
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, then
such provision shall be construed, to the extent feasible, so as to render the
provision enforceable and to provide for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby on substantially the same terms as originally set forth
herein, and if no feasible interpretation would save such provision, it shall be
severed from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force
and effect unless the severed provision is essential to the rights or benefits
intended by the Parties. In such event, the Parties shall use best efforts to
negotiate, in good faith, a substitute, valid and enforceable provision or
agreement which most nearly affects the Parties’ intent in entering into this
Agreement.
6.7
Construction
. The
language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the
Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will
be applied against any Party.
6.8.
Further Assurances
.
The Parties shall perform such acts, execute and deliver such instruments and
documents and do all other such things as may be reasonably necessary to effect
the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.9.
Counterparts
.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
Execution and delivery of this Agreement by exchange of facsimile copies bearing
the facsimile signature of a Party shall constitute a valid and binding
execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Party.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first
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Purchaser
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/s/ Jia Zhi
Hong
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Seller
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/s/ Huo Yong
Lin
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Acknowledged
and agreed to:
Collateral
Agent
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APPENDIX
A
Form of Exercise
Notice
[Date]
[________________]
(the “
Seller
”)
[________________]
[________________]
Attention:
[_______]
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Re:
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Call
Option Agreement dated
____________ (the
“
Call Option
Agreement
”) between ________________ (“
Purchaser
”) and
________________ (“
Seller
”).
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Dear
Sir:
In
accordance with Section 2.3 of the Call Option Agreement, Purchaser hereby
provides this notice of exercise of the Call Right in the manner specified
below:
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(a)
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The
Purchaser hereby exercises its Call Rights with respect to Company Shares
pursuant to the Call Option
Agreement.
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(b)
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The
Purchaser shall pay the sum of $____________ to the
Seller.
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Dated:
_______________, ______
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EXHIBIT
10.17
FORM
OF
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
This
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement
”) is made
as of [
DATE
], 2010,
between Kingold Jewelry, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”), and [
INSERT NAME OF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR
DIRECTOR
] (collectively with such person’s heirs, executors,
administrators and other personal representatives, the “
Indemnitee
”), an
officer or director of the Company.
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors has concluded that Company’s officers and directors
should be provided with the maximum protection against risks relating to such
positions in order to insure that the most capable persons will be attracted to
such positions; and, therefore, has determined to contractually obligate itself
to indemnify its officers and directors, and to assume for itself liability for
expenses and damages in connection with claims lodged against such persons as a
result of their service to the Company as provided in this
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
applicable law empowers corporations to indemnify a person who serves as a
director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or a person who serves at
the request of a corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise;
and
WHEREAS,
the parties believe it appropriate to memorialize and reaffirm the Company’s
indemnification obligations to the Indemnitee and, in addition, to set forth the
agreements contained herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties agree as follows:
1.
Indemnification
. a)
The Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against any
judgments, penalties, fines, amounts paid in settlement and Expenses (as
hereinafter defined) incurred in connection with any Proceeding (as hereinafter
defined) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law (including, without
limitation, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“
Delaware Law
”)) as in
effect on the date hereof and to such greater extent as Delaware Law may
hereafter from time to time permit. In addition, the Company agrees
to advance to the Indemnitee Expenses incurred in connection with the
foregoing. “
Proceeding
” includes,
without limitation, any threatened, pending, or completed claim, action, suit,
investigation, or proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company
or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative
nature, including any Proceeding in which the Indemnitee may be or may have been
involved as a party, witness, or otherwise, (i) by reason of the fact that the
Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or any subsidiary or
Affiliate (as defined below) of the Company, (ii) by reason of any actual or
alleged error or misstatement or misleading statement made or suffered by the
Indemnitee, (iii) by reason of any action taken by him or her or of any inaction
on his or her part while acting as such director or officer, or (iv) by reason
of the fact that he or she was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, trustee, officer, employee, manager or agent of another corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan,
trust, or other entity or enterprise. As used in this Agreement, the
term “
other
enterprise
” shall include (without limitation) employee benefit plans and
administrative committees thereof, and the term “
fines
” shall include
(without limitation) any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee
benefit plan. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity or
enterprise on behalf of which the Indemnitee may be deemed to be acting in
connection with his or her service to the Company shall be entitled to the
benefits of the indemnity provided for by this Agreement to the same extent and
under the same conditions upon which the Indemnitee is entitled to such
indemnity. As used in this Agreement, the term “
Affiliate
” shall
include any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
employee benefit plan, trust or other entity or enterprise affiliated with the
Company.
(b) The
termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or
upon a plea of
nolo
contendere
or its equivalent, shall not, of itself (i) adversely affect
the rights of the Indemnitee to indemnification hereunder except as may be
specifically provided herein, (ii) create a presumption that the Indemnitee did
not act in good faith or in a manner which the Indemnitee reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or (iii) create a
presumption that (with respect to any criminal action or proceeding) the
Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the Indemnitee’s conduct was
unlawful.
(c) For
purposes of any determination of good faith hereunder, the Indemnitee shall be
deemed to have acted in good faith if the Indemnitee’s action is based on the
records or books of account of the Company or an Affiliate (as such term is
defined below), including financial statements, or on information supplied to
the Indemnitee by the officers of the Company or an Affiliate in the course of
their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Company or an Affiliate
or on information or records given or reports made to the Company or an
Affiliate by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or
other expert selected with reasonable care by the Company or an
Affiliate. The provisions of this Section 1(c) shall not be
deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which
the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met any applicable standard of conduct
required to be indemnified or exercise rights pursuant to this
Agreement.
(d) The
knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or
employee of the Company or an Affiliate shall not be imputed to the Indemnitee
for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this
Agreement.
2.
Interim
Expenses
. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by the
Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified
by the Company hereunder. The advances shall be paid by the Company
to or on behalf of the Indemnitee within ten (10) days following delivery of a
written request for an advance by the Indemnitee to the
Company. “
Expenses
” means all
attorneys’ fees and expenses, retainers, court costs, transcript costs,
duplicating costs, fees of experts, fees of witnesses, travel expenses, printing
and binding costs, telephone charges, postage and delivery fees, service fees,
all other costs and expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection
with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating or
being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding and, in the event the
Indemnitee is not receiving payment full-time as an employee of the company, per
diem payments to the Indemnitee for each day spent by the Indemnitee in
connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend,
investigating or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding in an amount
equal to (a) in the case of former employees that had employment agreements with
the Company, the last annual salary payable under the employment agreement
between the Company and the Indemnitee divided by 365 and (b) in the case of all
other Indemnitees that are former employees not described in clause (a) and
directors, $150,000 divided by 365 and includes any fees, costs and expenses
incurred in complying with requests of the Company or the Board of Directors
under Section 7 or establishing and enforcing a right to indemnification under
this Agreement
3.
Exceptions to
Indemnifications
. Notwithstanding the foregoing, indemnity
pursuant to Sections 1 or 2 need not be paid by the Company if and then
only to the extent that payment is actually made irrevocably and in cash to the
Indemnitee under a valid and collectible insurance policy paid for by the
Company or under a valid and enforceable indemnity clause, bylaw or agreement of
the Company.
4.
Notice of
Claim
. The Indemnitee, as a condition precedent to his or her
right to be indemnified under this Agreement, under any statute, or under any
provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation (the “
Certificate
”) or the
Company’s bylaws (the “
Bylaws
”) providing
for indemnification, shall give to the Company notice in writing as soon as
practicable of any claim made against him or her for which indemnity will or
could be sought under this Agreement, but a failure to give such notice shall
affect the obligations of the Company hereunder only to the extent that the
Company is actually and materially prejudiced thereby. Determination of the
Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made promptly, but in no
event later than forty-five (45) days after receipt by the Company of the
Indemnitee’s written request for indemnification. Further, if the
person or persons empowered pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof to make a required
determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification shall have failed
to make the requested determination within forty-five (45) days after receipt by
the Company of such request, the requisite determination in favor of entitlement
to indemnification shall be conclusively deemed to have been made and the
Indemnitee shall be absolutely entitled to such indemnification, absent (i)
misrepresentation by the Indemnitee of a material fact in the request for
indemnification or (ii) a final judicial determination that all or any part of
such indemnification is expressly prohibited by law.
5.
Procedure After Notice of
Claim
.
(a) Upon
notice by the Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 4 above, unless
the Indemnitee has been successful on the merits in defense of any Proceeding or
in defense of any claim, cause of action or allegation related to such
Proceeding, a determination with respect to the Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto
shall be made in the specific case by one of the following methods, which shall
be at the election of the Indemnitee: (i) by a majority vote of the
Disinterested Directors (as defined below), (ii) by a committee of Disinterested
Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, (iii) by
the Independent Legal Counsel (as defined below) in a written opinion to the
Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of which shall be delivered to the
Indemnitee, or (iv) by approval of the stockholders of the
Company. If it is so determined that the Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification, or the Indemnitee is otherwise entitled to indemnification,
payment to the Indemnitee shall be made within thirty (30) days thereafter. The
Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the person, persons, or entity making
such determination with respect to the Indemnitee’s entitlement to
indemnification, including providing to such person, persons, or entity upon
reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not
privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably
available to the Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such
determination. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and
disbursements) incurred by the Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person,
persons, or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company
(irrespective of the determination as to the Indemnitee’s entitlement to
indemnification) and the Company shall indemnify and hold the Indemnitee
harmless therefrom. The burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification for any reason shall be upon the
Company. It is the parties’ intention that if the Company contests
the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, the question of the Indemnitee’s
right to indemnification shall be for the court to decide, and neither the
failure of the Disinterested Directors, the Independent Legal Counsel or the
stockholders of the Company, as applicable, to have made a determination that
indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the
Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct required by applicable
law, nor an actual determination by the Disinterested Directors, the Independent
Legal Counsel or the stockholders of the Company, as applicable, that the
Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a
presumption that the Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of
conduct. To the extent deemed appropriate by the court, interest
shall be paid by the Company to the Indemnitee at a reasonable interest rate for
amounts which the Company indemnifies or is obliged to indemnify the Indemnitee
for the period commencing with the date on which the Indemnitee requested
indemnification (or reimbursement or advance of an Expense) and ending with the
date on which such payment is made to the Indemnitee by the
Company.
(b) In
the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by
the Independent Legal Counsel pursuant to
Section 5(a)
hereof,
the Independent Legal Counsel shall be selected as provided in this
Section 5(b)
. The
Independent Legal Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee (unless the
Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors
of the Company), and the Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company
advising it of the identity of the Independent Legal Counsel so
selected. If the Independent Legal Counsel is selected by the Board
of Directors at the request of the Indemnitee, the Company shall give written
notice to the Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent
Counsel so selected. In either event, the Indemnitee or the Company,
as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of
selection shall have been received, deliver to the Company or to the Indemnitee,
as the case may be, a written objection to such selection;
provided, however
, that such
objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Legal Counsel
so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Legal Counsel” as
defined below, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual
basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the
person so selected shall act as the Independent Legal Counsel. If
such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Legal
Counsel so selected may not serve as the Independent Legal Counsel unless and
until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction has
determined that such objection is without merit. If, within ten (10)
days after the submission of a notice by the Indemnitee for indemnification in
accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, the Indemnitee elects (in accordance with
Section 5(a) hereof) that an Independent Legal Counsel shall make such
determination and an Independent Legal Counsel shall not have been selected
without objection, either the Company or the Indemnitee may petition a court of
competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been
made by the Company or the Indemnitee to the other’s selection of the
Independent Legal Counsel and/or for the appointment as the Independent Legal
Counsel of a person selected by such court, and the person with respect to whom
all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as the
Independent Legal Counsel under Section 5(a) hereof. Upon the
non-appealable judgment, on the merits, pursuant to any judicial proceeding,
that a person selected to serve as Independent Legal Counsel does not meet the
requirements of “Independent Legal Counsel”, such person shall be discharged and
relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the
applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
(c) The
Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Legal
Counsel and shall fully indemnify and hold harmless such Independent Legal
Counsel against any and all
Expenses, claims,
liabilities, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its
engagement pursuant hereto.
(d) As
used herein, “
Disinterested
Director
” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a
party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by the
Indemnitee.
(e) As
used herein, “
Independent Legal
Counsel
” shall mean a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is
experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the
past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or
the Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with
respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other
indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party
to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Legal
Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of
professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in
representing either the Company or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the
Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.
(f) To
the extent that a determination is made or deemed to have been made pursuant to
the terms of this Section 5 that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification,
the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding in
the absence of (i) a misrepresentation of a material fact by the Indemnitee or
(ii) a final judicial determination that all or any part of such indemnification
is expressly prohibited by law.
6.
Failure to
Indemnify
. b) If a claim under this Agreement, under any
statute, or under any provision of the Certificate or Bylaws providing for
indemnification, is not paid in full by the Company promptly following a
determination of entitlement to indemnification pursuant to Sections 4 and 5,
the Indemnitee may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring an action against
the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in
whole or in part, the Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid for the
Indemnitee’s reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and
necessarily incurred in connection with successfully establishing the right to
indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be
indemnified by the Company.
(b) It
shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a
claim for expenses incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding in
advance of its final disposition) that the Indemnitee has not met the standards
of conduct that make it permissible under Delaware Law for the Company to
indemnify the Indemnitee for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such
defense shall be on the Company and the Indemnitee shall be entitled to receive
interim payments of Interim Expenses pursuant to Section 2 hereof unless and
until such defense may be finally adjudicated by court order or judgment from
which no further right of appeal exists.
(c) In
the event a determination has been made in accordance with the procedures set
forth in Section 5 hereof, in whole or in part, that the Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification, any adjudication referred to in Section 6(a) hereof
shall be
de
novo
and the
Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of any such prior determination
that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, and the Company shall
bear the burden of proof specified in Section 5 hereof in such
proceeding.
7.
Certain Agreements of the
Indemnitee
.
(a) The
Indemnitee agrees to cooperate with reasonable requests by the Board of
Directors of the Company to enable the Company to coordinate the Indemnitee’s
defense with, if applicable, the Company’s defense, provided, however, that the
Indemnitee shall not be required to take any action that would in any way
prejudice his or her defense or waive any defense or position available to him
or her in connection with any action;
(b) If
the Company has previously paid or advanced any Expenses of the Indemnitee in
connection with any Proceeding, the Indemnitee agrees to cooperate with
reasonable requests by the Board of Directors of the Company to subrogate to the
Company any rights of recovery under insurance policies purchased by the Company
or indemnities from third persons in favor of the Company;
(c) The
Indemnitee agrees to be represented in any action by a law firm mutually
acceptable to the Company and the Indemnitee; and
(d) The
Indemnitee agrees to cooperate with the Company and its counsel and maintain any
confidences revealed to him or her by the Company in connection with the
Company’s defense of any action. The Company agrees to cooperate with
the Indemnitee and his or her counsel and maintain any confidences revealed to
it by the Indemnitee in connection with the Indemnitee’s defense of any
action.
8.
Partial
Indemnification
. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any
provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a
portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company
shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion of such Expenses to
which the Indemnitee is entitled.
9.
Successors
. This
Agreement establishes contract rights that shall be binding upon, and shall
inure to the benefit of, the successors, assigns, heirs and legal
representatives of the parties hereto.
10.
Contract Rights Not
Exclusive
. The contract rights conferred by this Agreement
shall be in addition to, but not exclusive of, any other right which the
Indemnitee may have or may hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the
Certificate or Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise.
11.
Notice
Obligations
. The Indemnitee shall give the Company notice of
the institution of any investigation, claim, action, suit, or proceeding which
is or may be subject to this Agreement and generally keep the Company informed
of, and consult with the Company with respect to, the status of any such
investigation, claim action, suit or proceeding. In addition, all
notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be deemed duly given on the date actual notice is
received (including by facsimile or email). The address for notice to
the Indemnitee is as provided on the signature page of this Agreement, or as
subsequently modified by written notice, and for notice to the Company is at its
corporate headquarters and directed to the corporate secretary (or such other
designee as the Company shall designate in a notice to the
Indemnitee).
12.
Severability
. Should
any provision or section of this Agreement, or any clause hereof, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining
provisions, sections and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully
enforceable and binding on the parties.
13.
Choice of
Law
. The validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement
of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware,
without giving effect to the conflict of law provisions thereof.
14.
Continuation of
Indemnification
. The indemnification under this Agreement
shall continue as to the Indemnitee even though he or she may have ceased to be
a director, officer, employee and/or agent of the Company and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives of
the Indemnitee. The Company acknowledges that, in providing services
to it, the Indemnitee is relying on this Agreement. Accordingly, the
Company agrees that its obligations hereunder will survive (i) any actual or
purported termination of this Agreement by the Company or its successors or
assigns whether by operation of law or otherwise, (ii) any change in the
Certificate or Bylaws and (iii) termination of the Indemnitee’s services to the
Company (whether such services were terminated by the Company or the
Indemnitee), whether or not a claim is made or an action or Proceeding is
threatened or commenced before or after the actual or purported termination of
this Agreement, change in the Certificate or Bylaws or termination of the
Indemnitee’s services.
15.
Counterparts
. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one instrument.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and signed as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT
21.1
Company
Name
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Owned
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Jurisdiction
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Dragon
Lead Group Limited
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Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd.
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Kingold Jewelry Company Limited
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contractual interest owned by Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co.,
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CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby
consent to the inclusion in this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No.
333-167626 of our report dated March 23, 2010, except for Note 15, as to
which the date is September 16, 2010 relating to the consolidated financial
statements of Kingold Jewelry, Inc. (formerly Activeworlds Corp.), which appears
in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/
Friedman LLP
Marlton,
New Jersey
October
1, 2010
EXHIBIT 99.1
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
CODE
OF CONDUCT
This Code of Conduct applies to Kingold
Jewelry, Inc. and any of its subsidiaries or affiliated companies (unless
designated otherwise, collectively, the "Company").
The Company reserves the right to
change, amend, or eliminate the Code of Conduct or any provision in it without
prior notice to any employee. The Code of Conduct does not alter the at-will
employment relationship between an employee any the Company.
I.
Conflicts of Interest
No employee may benefit personally from
the Company's dealings with other clients, affiliates, customers, manufacturers
or distributors.
No employee may compete in any other
business whether as an employee, consultant, owner or in any other company
without the express prior written consent of a designated member of the
Company's officers or directors except for passive investments by the employee
which do not conflict with the employee's obligations toward the Company or
interfere with the performance of the employee's job duties which must be
approved by the Company. The Company will not unreasonably withhold its consent
to such passive investments.
No employee shall enter into, on behalf
of the Company, contract, agreement, or other business arrangement with any
close family member or with any corporation, partnership, association, or other
entity in which the employee or a close family member has any substantial
financial interest, without the express written consent of the Company's
officers or directors. For purposes of this Code of Conduct, a close family
member includes an employee's spouse, domestic partner, anyone commonly regarded
as a ""significant other"" or any employee’s biological or adopted child,
parent, sibling, or grandparent, and also includes any other person who lives in
the same household.
II.
Use of Company Resources
No Company employee may give or accept
a bribe. All payments for services shall be reasonable in relationship to the
nature of the services provided.
No Company employee will offer gifts to
business contacts if the act of giving the gift is prohibited by law or
prohibited by the contact's own company policies. Gifts should never be given
for the purpose of improperly influencing the recipient.
No Company employee shall accept a gift
from a Company vendor or supplier of greater than $50.
Company property, both tangible and
intellectual, should be safeguarded as if it
were the
employee's own.
III.
Fraud, Dishonesty or Criminal Conduct
Fraud, dishonesty or criminal conduct
or any violent activity is strictly prohibited by the Company. If fraud,
dishonesty, criminal conduct or any other activity not condoned by
the Company is detected or suspected of any Company employee, or anyone doing
business with the Company, it should be reported to the designated member of the
Company's executive management. The Company prohibits retribution of any kind
against persons who report suspected wrongdoing in good faith. Such action shall
be grounds for immediate termination for cause.
IV.
Safeguarding Non-Public Information
Confidential information about the
Company or its suppliers or customers or other companies should never be shared
with anyone outside the Company without the prior written approval of Company
executive management.
It is illegal for former employees to
use information about the Company or its suppliers or customers obtained while a
Company employee, or to take confidential Company-owned records with them when
they leave the employ of the Company.
V.
Securities Transactions
No employee may trade securities of the
Company or any other company if the employee knows any non-public information
about the Company or the company whose securities are being traded that a
reasonable person might consider important in deciding whether to buy, sell, or
hold such company's securities. This conduct is commonly referred to as "insider
trading", and as such, is illegal and would be grounds for immediate
termination.
Any questions regarding the Company
policy on insider trading should be referred to the Chief Executive Officer or
Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Legal penalties for trading
on or communicating material non-public information are severe. These penalties
apply to both the individuals involved in the insider trading and to their
employers. A person can be subject to penalties even if he or she did not
personally benefit from the violation. Penalties include fines, jail sentences,
and disgorgement of profit
The term "insider" may include not only
officers, director and employees, but also spouses, parents, children and
children's spouses who reside with the officer, director or employee. In some
circumstances persons living in the same household as an officer, director, or
employee, or anyone for whom the officer, director, or employee is financially
responsible may also be considered an insider.
Material information is generally
defined as information for which there is a substantial likelihood that a
reasonable investor would consider it important in making his or her investment
decisions. Material information is also information that can reasonably be
expected to have an effect on the price of a company's securities. Material
information includes, but is not limited to, dividend changes, earnings
estimates, changes in previously-released earnings estimates, significant merger
or acquisition proposals, major litigation, and extraordinary
developments.
VI.
Trade Practices
All employees are expected to comply
fully with all statutes and regulations applicable to the Company businesses,
including anti-trust laws, unfair trade practice laws, nondiscrimination
statutes and the Company's trade practice policies. No employee shall discuss
competitively sensitive information with a competitor, agree to fix
prices, divide markets, boycott customers or vendors or engage in other
anti-competitive practices.
VII.
Employment Practices
The Company forbids employment
discrimination or harassment based on race, color, gender, national origin,
religion, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or marital or
parental status.
All employees have an obligation to
become familiar with and to comply with the Company's policy on
non-discrimination.
All employees, especially management,
should understand that they have an obligation to report any improper
discrimination or harassment to corporate executive management immediately, even
if they are not the target of such discrimination or harassment. Managers and
even employees can be held personally liable for engaging in unlawful
discrimination or harassment.
The Company will not indemnify or
provide a defense to any employee or manager who it believes has engaged in
unlawful discrimination or harassment in the event that he or she is named as a
defendant in any charge or complaint of discrimination or
harassment.
VIII.
Interactions with Outside People and Organizations
All media inquiries regarding The
Company should be referred to or discussed with the Company's Chief Executive
Officer or Chief Financial Officer prior to media contact.
IX.
Internal Controls
Every employee must follow the
management guidelines which are designed to provide reasonable assurance to
shareholders and regulators that the Company businesses are being operated
effectively and efficiently under applicable laws and regulations and that
financial statements prepared by the Company are accurate.
X. Privacy
Confidential personnel or medical
information about Company employees should not be disclosed to persons outside
the Company without the employee's written permission or as is required by law.
Managers and supervisors should also treat such information as
confidential within the Company and should disclose it to other company
employees only is there is a significant need to know.
The Company's computers, telephones,
voicemail system, email system, other electronic equipment and systems,
including software systems, physical files, lockers, desks, and other furniture
are the property of the Company. Employees have no right of privacy as to any
materials, communications, information, or files maintained in or on the
Company's property or transmitted or stored through the Company's computer,
voicemail, e-mail, or telephone systems.
XI.
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property that is designed,
created, developed or modified while performing work-related duties is the
Company's property, not the employee's. Company employees may not
copy software provided to the Company by vendors unless the Company is licensed
to make copies and the employee has received written permission from the
Company's Chief Executive Officer.
XII.
Safety
Maintaining a safe working environment
is of the utmost importance and is the responsibility of everyone. All employees
and managers have an obligation to familiarize themselves with and to comply
with the safety rules and directives of the Company and its Corporate
Guidelines
In some circumstances managers can be
held criminally responsible for injuries caused by their failure to
observe proper safety procedures.
XIII.
Charitable Fundraising
Employees are encouraged to participate
in outside community and charitable services including political and religious
organizations. These activities must be limited to hours outside the normal work
hours and are restricted from company time and property unless specific written
permission is received from the Chief Executive Officer.
XIV.
Open Door Policy
Company
employees will have access to their supervisor without having a formal
appointment without any hindrance, on issues of professionalism, legal,
counting, medical, insurance or client related fraud. Also covered is sexual
abuse, emotional abuse, and harassment of any kind by another employee or
supervisor. If an employee abuses such privilege, he or she could face
limitations to Open Door Policy. Open door policy is not to take the place of
normal discussion between employee and supervisor and not intended to circumvent
supervision in work performance, compensation. Employee will have access to the
Chairman or Chief Executive Officer directly if no other supervisor resolves the
issue at hand.
XV.
Destruction and Preservation of Relevant Materials
Company employees at all levels will
preserve all information of a business nature for a minimum of 3 years. Voice
Mails can be deleted weekly, electronic communications including emails;
electronic files will be kept for two years. Medical files, client
master files, including engagement letter and all correspondences, audits and
the likes will be kept for a minimum of 5 years. Personal emails and
files may be deleted at will. All information on the Company's property,
computer systems, files, electronic media located on a company owned, leased or
managed site will be the property of the Company and as such subject to search
and disclosure.
XVI.
Environmental Responsibility
Company employees should conduct their
The Company business in compliance with all applicable environmental laws and
regulations. The Company encourages employees to recycle and to conserve energy
and other resources.