UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 7, 2009

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


 

 

 

 

 

Nevada

 

000-52639

 

20-4158835

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Road
Xushui County, Baoding City
Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 011 - (86) 312-8605508

Copies to:
Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
Benjamin Tan, Esq.
61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor
New York, New York 10006
Phone: (212) 930-9700
Fax: (212) 930-9725

          Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

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           o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

           o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


 

 

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

 

Item 3.02.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Securities Purchase Agreement

          On October 7, 2009, Orient Paper, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Access America Fund, LP, Renaissance US Growth Investment Trust Plc, RENN Global Entrepreneurs Funds, Inc., Premier RENN Entrepreneurial Fund Limited, Pope Investments II, LLC and Steve Mazur (collectively, the “Buyers”) to sell to the Buyers 8,333,332 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 of the Company (“Common Stock”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $5,000,000 (the “Financing”).

Use of Proceeds

          The Company will use the proceeds of sale for general corporate purposes, including general and administrative expenses. Specifically, the Company agreed that it will deposit $300,000 of the proceeds in escrow to pay the fees and expenses in connection with a public relations and investor relations campaign of a design and type satisfactory to a representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow Agreement. Such amount shall be released only upon the dual signatures of the CEO of the Company and such representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow Agreement. The Company agreed that the public relations and investor relations campaign shall include a “retail component” involving the use of direct mail to assist in the repositioning of the Company in the minds of the general public. The Company also agreed that it will deposit $2,000,000 of the proceeds in escrow under the Escrow Agreement on account of the Company appointing a Board of Director comprising a majority of independent Board of Directors acceptable to the Buyers. Such amount shall also be released only upon the dual signatures of the CEO of the Company and such representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow Agreement.

          In addition, the Company agreed to reimburse Access America Investments, Inc. $100,000 in transactional expenses from the proceeds of the Financing within a reasonable period of time after closing.

Registration Rights

          The Company agreed to grant certain registration rights to the Buyers as more particularly set forth under “Registration Rights Agreement” below.

Employee Stock Option Plan

          The Company agreed to enact an employee stock option plan for its directors and employees and certain key members of management covering options to purchase a total of 1,500,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $.60 per share. The options to purchase such shares shall vest in three equal installments on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the grant.

          The Financing closed on October 7, 2009. The issuance of the common stock to the Buyers under the Securities Purchase Agreement was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act based upon our compliance with Regulation D as promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Transfers of such shares were restricted by the Company in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act. All of the Buyers were provided with access to our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement

          On October 7, 2009, the Company entered into a Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement with the Buyers, Mr. Zhenyong Liu (the “Principal Shareholder”) and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP (the “Escrow Agent”). As an inducement for the Buyers to enter and consummate the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Financing, the Principal Shareholder has agreed to place 3,000,000 shares of common stock (the “Escrow Shares”) into escrow for the benefit of the Buyers in the event the Company fails to achieve the following financial performance thresholds for the 12-month periods ended December 31, 2009 (“2009”) and December 31, 2010 (“2010”):


          (a) If Net Income for 2009 shall be at least ten per cent (10%) less than the 2009 Performance Threshold, then (x) the 2009 Escrow Shares (defined below) shall be distributed on a pro rata basis to the Buyers based on the number of shares of common stock purchased by each Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (y) within five (5) business days after March 31, 2010, the Company shall provide written instructions to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to issue and deliver the 2009 Escrow Shares to each Buyer on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of common stock purchased by that Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall provide a copy of such instructions to each Buyer. “2009 Escrow Shares” shall be number of Escrow Shares equivalent to the percentage by which the Company missed the 2009 Performance Threshold. For example, if the Company were to miss the 2009 Performance Threshold by 15%, the 2009 Escrow Shares shall comprise 450,000 shares of common stock. For the avoidance of any doubt, no 2009 Escrow Shares shall be transferred to any Buyer in the event the Company misses the 2009 Performance Threshold by less than 10%.

          (b) If Net Income for 2010 shall be at least ten per cent (10%) less than the 2010 Performance Threshold, then (x) the 2010 Escrow Shares (defined below) shall be distributed on a pro rata basis to the Buyers based on the number of shares of common stock purchased by each Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (y) within five (5) business days after March 31, 2011, the Company shall provide written instructions to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to issue and deliver the 2010 Escrow Shares to each Buyer on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of common stock purchased by that Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall provide a copy of such instructions to each Buyer. “2010 Escrow Shares” shall be the number of Escrow Shares equivalent to the percentage by which the Company missed the 2010 Performance Threshold. For example, if the Company were to miss the 2010 Performance Threshold by 25%, the 2010 Escrow Shares shall comprise 750,000 shares of Common Stock. For the avoidance of any doubt, no 2010 Escrow Shares shall be transferred to any Buyer in the event the Company misses the 2010 Performance Threshold by less than 10%.

          The 2009 Performance Threshold shall equal or exceed the Company’s 2009 Net Income (as defined in accordance with the United States generally accepted accounting principles) of $10,000,000 and the 2010 Performance Threshold shall equal or exceed the Company’s 2010 Net Income (as defined in accordance with the United States generally accepted accounting principles) of $18,000,000.

          The Principal Shareholder is obligated to deliver the Escrow Shares to the Escrow Agent’s Brokerage Account (as defined in the Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement) within 7 days of Closing.

Escrow Agreement

          On October 7, 2009, the Company entered into an Escrow Agreement with the Buyers, the Principal Shareholder and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, the Escrow Agent. Prior to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Financing, the Escrow Agent shall allocate a portion of the proceeds and hold such portion in a separate escrow account to pay the fees and expenses in connection with investor or public relations in the aggregate amount of $300,000 and allocate and hold $2,000,000 of the proceeds in escrow on account of the Company appointing a Board of Director comprising a majority of independent Board of Directors acceptable to the Buyers.

          The escrow account was established and funded prior to the date of closing of the Financing and the said proceeds, net of the amounts withheld were disbursed on the date of Closing.

Registration Rights Agreement  

          On October 7, 2009, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Buyers.

          Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 covering the resale of all of the 8,333,332 shares of common stock sold to the Buyers within 90 days of the closing of the Financing.


          The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the earlier of (I) 180 days after the closing (II) 5 business days after the Company learns that no review of the registration statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff of the SEC has no further comments on the registration statement provided that in the event that the Company is unable to register for resale under Rule 415 all of the Buyers’ shares of common stock due to limits imposed by the SEC’s interpretation of Rule 415, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such registration statement only such limited portion of shares as the SEC shall permit. The Company is obligated to file one or more subsequent registration statements to register the rest of the shares until all the Buyers’ shares of common stock are registered, pursuant to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement; provided that the Company’s obligation to file subsequent registration statements shall cease on the first anniversary of the closing date of the Financing. Each Buyer’s shares shall be registered in the subsequent registrations on a pro rata basis.

          If a registration statement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the respective filing deadline (a “Filing Failure”) or (B) not declared effective by the SEC as aforesaid, (an “Effectiveness Failure”) or (ii) on any day after the respective dates of effectiveness sales of all the shares included on such registration statement cannot be made because of a failure to keep such registration statement effective, to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such registration statement, to register a sufficient number of shares of common stock or to maintain the listing of the common stock (a “Maintenance Failure”) then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of common stock (A) the Company shall pay to each holder of shares relating to such registration statement an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of such Buyer’s shares included in such Registration Statement on each of the following dates: (i) the day of a Filing Failure; (ii) the day of an Effectiveness Failure; and (iii) the initial day of a Maintenance Failure; and (B) the Company shall pay to each holder of shares relating to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price of such Buyer’s shares included in such Registration Statement on each of the following dates: (i) on the thirtieth day after the date of a Filing Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Filing Failure is cured; (ii) on the thirtieth day after the date of an Effectiveness Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; and (iii) on the thirtieth day after the date of a Maintenance Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Maintenance Failure is cured. Defaults in the said payments shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.

Lock-Up Agreement

          As an inducement for the Company and the Buyers to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Financing contemplated thereby, the Principal Shareholder entered into a Lock Up Agreement with the Company on October 7, 2009.

          Under the Lock-Up Agreement, the Principal Shareholder agreed that he would not offer, sell, contract to sell, assign, transfer, hypothecate, pledge or grant a security interest in, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise, directly or indirectly) (each, a “transfer”), any of the shares of the Company’s common stock that the Principal Shareholder presently owns or may acquire after the date hereof (“Lock-Up Shares”) and shall not transfer such shares until a date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date under the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Period”), unless (i) the Buyers, who are holders of at least 75% of the shares of common stock purchased under the Securities Purchase Agreement at the time of the purported transfer within the Period, consent to the same, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, or (ii) all or any part of such Lock-Up Shares are transferred pursuant to that Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement.

          The foregoing summaries of the Securities Purchase Agreement, Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement, Escrow Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, and Lock-up Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual Securities Purchase Agreement, Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement, Escrow Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, and Lock-up Agreement, which are filed as exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5, respectively, hereto.

Item 8.01. Other Events

          On October 7, 2009, the Company issued a press release annexed hereto as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.


          The information in this report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and shall not be incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 7, 2009 between the Company and the Buyers.

 

 

 

10.2 Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement dated October 7, 2009 between the Company, the Buyers, the Principal Shareholder and the Escrow Agent.

 

 

 

10.3 Escrow Agreement dated October 7, 2009 between the Company, the Buyers, the Principal Shareholder and the Escrow Agent

 

 

 

10.4 Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the Buyers dated October 7, 2009

 

 

 

10.5 Lock-Up Agreement between Company and the Principal Shareholder dated October 7, 2009.

 

 

 

99.1 Press Release, October 7, 2009, issued by the Company.

SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

Date: October 8, 2009

 

 

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Zhenyong Liu

 

 

Chief Executive Officer



SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”), dated as of October 7, 2009, by and among Orient Paper, Inc., a Nevada corporation, with headquarters located at Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Road, Xushui County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550 (the “ Company ”), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “ Buyer ” and collectively, the “ Buyers ”). The Company and the Buyers shall collectively be referred to as the “ Parties ” and individually, a “ Party ”.

BACKGROUND

          A. The Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“ Regulation D ”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) under the 1933 Act.

          B. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”), set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate amount for all Buyers together shall be 8,333,332 shares of Common Stock and shall collectively be referred to herein as the “ Common Shares ”).

          C. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Common Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

          D. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto, together with Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP (“ Escrow Agent ”), are executing and delivering a Closing Escrow Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Closing Escrow Agreement ”) pursuant to which the Buyers shall deposit their Purchase Price (as defined below) with the Escrow Agent to be applied to the transactions contemplated hereunder.

          E. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, the Buyers and the Company’s CEO, Mr. Zhenyong Liu, and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP (“ Make Good Escrow Agent ”), are executing and delivering a Make Good Escrow Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Make Good Escrow Agreement ”); and the Company and its CEO, Mr. Zhenyong Liu, are executing and delivering a Lock-Up Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .


          NOW, THEREFORE , the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:

          1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON SHARES .

               (a) Purchase of Common Shares . Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), the number of Common Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers (the “ Closing ”). The Closing shall occur on the Closing Date at the offices of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, located at 61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, NY 10006 or such other venue as the Parties may so designate.

               (b) Purchase Price . The purchase price for the Common Shares to be purchased by each Buyer at the Closing shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers (the “ Purchase Price ”) which shall be equal to the amount of $0.60per Common Share times the number of Common Shares purchased.

               (c) Closing Date . The date and time of the Closing (the “ Closing Date ”) shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City Time, on October 7, 2009 (or such other date and time as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer).

               (d) Form of Payment . On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price to the Company for the Common Shares to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, either (A) by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions, or (B) by bank certified checks made payable to the Company and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer one or more stock certificates, evidencing the number of Common Shares such Buyer is purchasing as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer.

          2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .

               Each Buyer represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:

               (a) Organization and Good Standing of Buyers . If the Buyer is an entity, such Buyer is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.

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               (b) Authorization and Power . Each Buyer has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which such Buyer is a party and to purchase the Common Stock being sold to it hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which such Buyer is a party by such Buyer and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action, and no further consent or authorization of such Buyer or its Board of Directors, stockholders, or partners, as the case may be, is required. The Transaction Documents to which such Buyer is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Buyer and constitutes, or shall constitute when executed and delivered, a valid and binding obligation of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with the terms thereof.

               (c) No Public Sale or Distribution . Such Buyer is (i) acquiring the Common Shares 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 1933 Act and such Buyer does not have a present arrangement to effect any distribution of the Common Shares to or through any Person or entity; provided , however , that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Common Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Common Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.

               (d) Accredited Investor Status . Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D. Such Buyer is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act and such Buyer is not a broker-dealer, nor an affiliate of a broker-dealer.

               (e) Reliance on Exemptions . Such Buyer understands that the Common Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Common Shares.

               (f) Information . Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Common Shares which have been requested by such Buyer as it has deemed necessary or appropriate to conduct its due diligence investigation and has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Company in terms of the Company’s stage of development so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the Company. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. Each Buyer further acknowledges that such Buyer understands the high risks of investing in companies domiciled and/or which operate primarily in the People’s Republic of China and that the purchase of the Common Shares involves substantial risks and is able to afford a complete loss of such investment. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Common Shares.

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               (g) No Governmental Review . Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Common Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Common Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Common Shares.

               (h) Transfer or Resale . Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Common Shares have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Common Shares to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Common Shares can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended, (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “ Rule 144 ”); (ii) any sale of the Common Shares made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Common Shares under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person (as defined in Section 3(r)) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Common Shares under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Common Shares may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan secured by the Common Shares and such pledge of Common Shares shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Common Shares hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Common Shares shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined below), including, without limitation, this Section 2(h); provided, that in order to make any sale, transfer or assignment of Common Shares, such Buyer and its pledgee makes such disposition in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.

               (i) Legends . Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Common Shares and, until such time as the resale of the Common Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the stock certificates representing the Common Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Common Shares upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such Common Shares are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Common Shares may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and that such legend is no longer required, or (iii) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurance that the Common Shares can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with such issuance. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the holder of the Common Shares within three (3) Trading Days after the occurrence of any of (i) through (iii) above, a certificate without such legend or to issue such Common Shares to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at DTC, and if on or after such Trading Day the holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the holder of such Common Shares that the holder anticipated receiving without legend from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the holder’s request, 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 unlegended Common Shares shall terminate. “ Trading Day ” is defined as a day on which securities are generally traded in real-time (and not under any delayed or pre-market or post-market trading) in any of the following markets: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the OTC Bulletin Board.

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               (j) Validity; Enforcement . This Agreement and other Transaction Documents as they apply to each Buyer have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

               (k) No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents as they apply to each Buyer and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party or by which its properties or assets are bound, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder. Such Buyer 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 this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which such Buyer is a party or to purchase the Common Shares.

               (l) Residency . Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.

               (m) Prohibited Transactions . Since the Buyer was approached by the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, neither such Buyer nor any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer has, directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to effect any transaction in the Common Stock, including any short sale, whether or not against the box, established any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) with respect to the Common Stock, granted any other right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to the Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to or derived any significant part of its value from the Common Stock or otherwise sought to hedge its position in the Common Shares (but not including any actions to secure available shares to borrow in order to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future) (each, a “ Prohibited Transaction ”). Prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this Agreement or (ii) the date of the 8-K Filing as described in Section 4(h), such Buyer shall not, and shall cause any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in a Prohibited Transaction.

               (n) No General Solicitation . Each Buyer acknowledges that the Common were not offered to such Buyer by means of any form of general or public solicitation or general advertising, or publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature, including (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, website, or similar media, or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which such Buyer was invited by any of the foregoing means of communications.

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               (o) Independent Investment . Except as may be disclosed in any filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Buyers under Section 13 and/or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, no Buyer has agreed to act with any other Buyer for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of the Common Shares purchased hereunder for purposes of Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act, and each Buyer is acting independently with respect to its investment in the Shares.

               (p) Brokers . Save for Chinamerica Holdings, LLC, each Buyer has no knowledge of any brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions that are or will be payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person or entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement

               (q) Listing of Common Shares . Immediately upon the effectiveness of a registration statement with the SEC covering the Common Shares, the Buyers shall use reasonable efforts to assist the Company in making an immediate application to a United States stock exchange, such as the Nasdaq Capital Market or the NYSE American Stock Exchange, for the listing of the Common Shares.

          3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY .

               The Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that:

               (a) Organization and Qualification . Each of the Company and its “ Subsidiaries ” (which for purposes of this Agreement means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest) are corporations duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated, and have the requisite corporate power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “ Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby and the other Transaction Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below). The Company has no Subsidiaries except as set forth on Schedule 3(a) .

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               (b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5), the Closing Escrow Agreement, the Make Good Escrow Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreement and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”) and to issue the Common Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery 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 Common Shares have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

               (c) Issuance of Common Shares . The Common Shares 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 Common Shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. The offer and issuance by the Company of the Common Shares is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

               (d) No Conflicts . 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 Common Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation (as defined below) or Bylaws (as defined below) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any U.S. law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (“ OTCBB ”)), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected, except in the case of clause (ii) such as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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               (e) Consents . The Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof (other than (x) any consent, authorization or order that has been obtained as of the date hereof, (y) any filing or registration that has been made as of the date hereof or (z) any filings which may be required to be made by the Company with the Commission or state securities administrators subsequent to the Closing; provided , that, for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Buyers herein). All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Company is not in violation of any requirements of the OTCBB and has no knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to the cessation of quotations for the Common Stock on the OTCBB in the foreseeable future

               (f) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Common Shares . The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an “affiliate” of the Company (as defined in Rule 144) or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”)). The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Common Shares. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

               (g) No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees . Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Common Shares. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. For the purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the Parties agree and acknowledge, jointly and severally, that no agent’s fees, financial advisory fees or brokers’ commission whatsoever is/are due to any third party by the Company, except to Chinamerica Holdings LLC.

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               (h) No Integrated Offering . None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, and any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of any of the Common Shares under the 1933 Act or cause this offering of the Common Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of any of the Common Shares under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Common Shares to be integrated with other offerings.

               (i) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement . The Company and its board of directors have 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 Articles of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Nevada which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Common Shares and any Buyer’s ownership of the Common Shares. The Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.

               (j) SEC Documents; Financial Statements . During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof or prior to the date of the Closing, along with the Current Report of the Company being filed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “ SEC Documents ”). The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in this Section 2(j) of this Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading.

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               (k) Absence of Certain Changes . Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(k) , since December 31, 2008, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(k) , since December 31, 2008, the Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $25,000 outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $25,000. The Company has not taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company is not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3(k), “ Insolvent ” means, with respect to any Person (i) the present fair saleable value of such Person’s assets is less than the amount required to pay such Person’s total Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(r)), (ii) such Person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature or (iv) such Person has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

               (l) No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances . No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced.

               (m) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in material violation of any term of or in default under the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or their organizational charter or articles of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the OTCBB and has no knowledge of

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any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the OTCBB in the foreseeable future except for possible violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably lead to delisting or suspension from trading of the Common Stock by the OTCBB, FINRA or the SEC. During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, (i) the Common Stock has been quoted on the OTCBB, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or FINRA and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the OTCBB regarding the suspension or cessation of quotation of the Common Stock on the OTCBB. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit

               (n) Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

               (o) Sarbanes-Oxley Act . The Company is in, and will be in continued compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof, except for possible violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

               (p) Transactions With Affiliates . Except as otherwise provided in the SEC Documents, none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer, director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

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               (q) Equity Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 49,984,349 shares are issued and outstanding,no shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to options and warrants outstanding and no shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock. All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(q) and in the SEC Documents: (i) no shares of the Company’s capital stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(r)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement); (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Common Shares; (viii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has furnished or made available to the Buyer upon such Buyer’s request, true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “ Articles of Incorporation ”), and the Company’s Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “ Bylaws ”), and the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

               (r) Indebtedness and Other Contracts . Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(r) and the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the material violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in material violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, individually or in the aggregate, in a

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Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “ Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of other kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

               (s) Absence of Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 3(s) and the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before the SEC, FINRA, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries’ officers or directors, whether of a civil or criminal nature or otherwise.

               (t) Insurance . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(t), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

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               (u) Employee Relations . (i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union. The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good. No executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the 1933 Act) has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary. No executive officer of the Company, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.

                    (ii) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

               (v) Title . The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

               (w) Intellectual Property Rights . The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights (“ Intellectual Property Rights ”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted. None of the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated, or are expected to expire or terminate within three years from the date of this Agreement. The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company, being threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual Property Rights. The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights.

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               (x) Environmental Laws . The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval and (iv) do not have any unresolved environmental complaints or issues in any of the jurisdictions in which they operate where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Further, to the knowledge of the Company, it and its Subsidiaries are not in violation of any applicable anti-dumping laws in the jurisdiction(s) in which it carries out business, where the failure to so comply would reasonably have in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect. The term “ Environmental Laws ” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “ Hazardous Materials ”)into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder. The Company further undertakes that it shall notify the Buyers promptly if it or any of its Subsidiaries were to receive an environmental complaint.

               (y) Subsidiary Rights . The Company, or one of its Subsidiaries, has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.

               (z) Tax Status . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all federal, foreign and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

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               (aa) Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient, in its reasonable belief, 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 generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act) that are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed in to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the twelve months prior to the date hereof neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice or correspondence from any accountant relating to any potential material weakness in any part of the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

               (bb) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements . Save as otherwise provided in the SEC Documents, there is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its Exchange Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

               (cc) Manipulation of Price . The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Common Shares.

               (dd) Transfer Taxes . On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Common Shares to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

               (ee) Investment Company Status . The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Common Shares will not be, an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

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               (ff) Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity . Except as is set forth in Section 2(m) , it is understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has asked any Buyer nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or its Subsidiaries, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Common Shares for any specified term; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, that any Buyer, and counterparties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly, presently do not have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iii) that each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counterparty in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the period that the Common Shares are outstanding and (b) such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any of the documents executed in connection herewith. The Company is not aware of any of the aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities of any of the Buyers. The Company may not be informed of, and will not monitor, any such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities by one or more Buyers in the future.

               (gg) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation . The Company is not, has never been, and so long as any Common Shares remain outstanding, shall not become, a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Buyer’s request.

               (hh) Bank Holding Company Act . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “ BHCA ”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “ Federal Reserve ”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

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

               (jj) Disclosure . The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company are materially true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact

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or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading except any non-disclosure would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect . Each press release issued by the Company during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary or either of its or their respective business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company’s reports filed under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are being incorporated into an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act) except any non-disclosure would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.

               (kk) Related Party Transactions . Except as set out in Schedule 3(kk), neither the Company or its Subsidiaries is involved in any related party transactions. The Company undertakes that all future related party transactions shall be negotiated and entered into at arm’s length and shall be pre-approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.

               (ll) Non-Competition. Save for the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Winston Yen, the Company shall procure that all key members of its management shall devote substantially all their time and effort in the Company’s business and that they shall not be involved, directly or indirectly, in any business that is similar or in competition with the Company’s business.

          4. COVENANTS .

               (a) Best Efforts . Each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts timely to satisfy each of the covenants and the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

               (b) Form D and Blue Sky . The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Common Shares as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company, on or before the Closing Date, shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Common Shares for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Common Shares required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.

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               (c) Reporting Status . Until the date on which the Investors (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall have sold all the Common Shares (the “ Reporting Period ”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such termination.

               (d) Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Common Shares for general corporate purposes, including general and administrative expenses, and in connection with acquisitions and not for (i) the repayment of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) the redemption or repurchase of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ equity securities. The Company agrees that it will deposit $300,000 of the proceeds in escrow under the Escrow Agreement to pay the fees and expenses in connection with a public relations and investor relations campaign of a design and type satisfactory to a representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow Agreement. Such amount shall be released only upon the dual signatures of the CEO of the Company and such representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow Agreement. The Company agrees that the public relations and investor relations campaign shall include a “retail component” involving the use of direct mail to assist in the repositioning of the Company in the minds of the general public. Additionally, the Company agrees that it will deposit $2,000,000 of the proceeds in escrow under the Escrow Agreement on account of the Company appointing a Board of Director comprising a majority of independent Board of Directors acceptable to the Buyers. Such amount shall also be released only upon the dual signatures of the CEO of the Company and such representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow Agreement.

               (e) Financial Information . The Company agrees to send the following to each Investor during the Reporting Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) on the same day as the release thereof, facsimile copies or email copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders. As used herein, “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

               (f) Listing . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the national securities exchange, automated quotation system or OTCBB upon which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.

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               (g) Pledge of Common Shares . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Common Shares may be pledged by an Investor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Common Shares. The pledge of Common Shares shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Common Shares hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Common Shares shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(h) of this Agreement; provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(h) of this Agreement in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Common Shares to such pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Common Shares may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Common Shares to such pledgee by an Investor provided that any and all costs to effect the pledge of the Common Shares are borne by pledgor and/or pledgee and not Company.

               (h) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information . The Company shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, within the fourth Business Day after the date of this Agreement, (A) issue a press release (the “ Press Release ”) reasonably acceptable to the Buyers 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 1934 Act, and attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), 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, no Buyer shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in 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 Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the Press Release without the express written consent of such Buyer. If a Buyer 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 required in writing by such Buyer, it may 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 of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, a Buyer 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 Buyer 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 Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided , however , that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K filing and contemporaneously therewith 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 Buyer 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 Buyer, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise, unless such disclosure is required by law or regulation.

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               (i) Registration Statements . The Company shall file a registration statement with the SEC to register the Common Shares (“Registrable Securities”) pursuant to the terms set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date. No other securities shall be included in the registration statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective within one hundred and eighty (180) days after filing. In the event that the number of Common Shares to be registered on the initial registration statement as permitted by the Commission is less than the full amount of the Registrable as a result of Rule 415 of the Securities Act or its interpretation, the Company shall file one or more subsequent registration statements to register the rest of the Registrable Securities until all Registrable Securities are registered, pursuant to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement; provided that the Company’s obligation to file subsequent registration statements shall cease on the first anniversary of the Closing Date. Each Buyer’s shares shall be registered in the subsequent registrations on a pro rata basis. Until the date that is forty-five days after the effective date of the initial registration statement, the Company will not file a registration statement (other than on Form S-8 or solely to register shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an acquisition with non-affiliated third parties on an arm’s length basis, the primary purpose of which is not to raise additional capital (the “ Acquisition Shares ”)) under the 1933 Act relating to securities that are not the Common Shares. Until the effective date of the initial registration statement, the Company will not file a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to Acquisition Shares.

               (j) Corporate Existence . So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Common Shares, the Company shall maintain its corporate existence and shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, except in the event of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, where the surviving or successor entity in such transaction (i) assumes the Company’s obligations hereunder and under the agreements and instruments entered into in connection herewith and (ii) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on the OTCBB, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the American Stock Exchange or The New York Stock Exchange, Inc (each referred to herein as a “ Trading Market ”).

               (k) Conduct of Business . The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

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               (l) Closing Documents . On or prior to fourteen (14) calendar days after the Closing Date, the Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Buyer a complete closing set of the Transaction Documents, Common Share certificates and any other document required to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7 hereof or otherwise.

               (m) No Change in Control . For a period of twelve (12) months from the Closing Date, the Company will not enter into a transaction that would result in a Change in Control of the Company without the unanimous approval of the Company’s independent directors and the written approval of the Buyers, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. For the purposes of this Section 4(m), “ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred (a) on the date that any one Person, or more than one Person acting in concert, acquires beneficial ownership of voting securities the Company that, together with the voting securities previously held or beneficially owned by such Person or Persons acting in concert, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights of any class of securities issued by the Company; or (b) on the date that any one Person or Persons acting in concert acquires (or has acquired during the twelve month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition of such Person or Persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than fifty percent (50%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; for this purpose, the term “gross fair market value” means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets. The determination of whether persons are acting in concert, and of beneficial ownership, shall be made in accordance with Regulation 13D under the Exchange Act.

               (n) Sale and Further Encumbrance . For a period of twelve (12) months from the Closing Date, the Company shall not sell more than 10% of its Net Equity or encumber itself with a debt amounting to more than 50% of its Net Equity. For the purposes of Section 4(n), “ Net Equity ” means that amount reflected as Stockholder’s Equity of the Company on the most recent financial statements filed with the SEC.

               (o) Expenses . The Company shall bear all of its own legal, accounting and other expenses, including those relating to the preparation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the preparation and filing of any current report, quarterly or annual report or document. In addition, the Company agrees that it will reimburse Access America Investments, Inc. $100,000 in transactional expenses from the proceeds of the sale of Common Shares herein on or within a reasonable period of time after Closing.

               (p) Employee Stock Option Plan . On or prior to the expiration of sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Company shall enact an employee stock option plan for its directors and employees certain key members of management covering options to purchase a total of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company at an exercise price of $.60 per share. The options to purchase such shares shall vest in three equal installments on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the grant.

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          5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS .

               (a) Register . The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Common Shares), a register for the Common Shares, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Common Shares have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), and the number of Common Shares held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.

               (b) Transfer Agent Instructions . The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Common Shares, issued at the Closing in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto (the “ Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions ”). The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(h) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that the Common Shares shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Common Shares in accordance with Section 2(h), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Common Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such Common Shares to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be, without any restrictive legend. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

          6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL .

               The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Common Shares to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:

                    (i) Such Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

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                    (ii) Such Buyer shall have delivered to the Escrow Agent, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, the Purchase Price for the Common Shares being purchased by such Buyer and each other Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company or by means of a check made payable to the Escrow Agent which has been cleared and made freely available prior to the Closing.

                    (iii) The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date which shall be true and correct as of such specified date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

                    (iv) 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.

                    (v) Each Buyer has completed an Accredited Investor Questionnaire to the satisfaction of the Company and has delivered the same to the Company.

          7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE .

               The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Common Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

                    (i) The Company shall have executed and delivered to such Buyer (i) each of the Transaction Documents and (ii) the Common Shares (in such amounts as such Buyer shall request)being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

                    (ii) The Company shall have executed the Make Good Escrow Agreement together with the Buyers and Mr. Zhenyong Liu, the Company’s CEO.

                    (iii) The Company shall have executed the Lock-Up Agreement with Mr. Zhenyong Liu.

                    (iv) Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, the Company’s outside counsel (“Company Counsel”), dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.

                    (v) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent.

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                    (vi) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the incorporation and good standing of the Company and each of its operating Subsidiaries in such corporation’s state of incorporation issued by the Secretary of State of such state of incorporation as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date.

                    (vii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business and is required to so qualify, as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date.

                    (viii) The Common Stock (I) shall be quoted on the OTCBB and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or FINRA from trading on the OTCBB nor shall suspension by the SEC or FINRA have been threatened.

                    (ix) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Articles of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada within 10 days of the Closing Date.

                    (x) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Articles of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G .

                    (xi) The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date which shall be true and correct as of such specified date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H .

                    (xii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a date within five days of the Closing Date.

                    (xiii) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Common Shares.

                    (xiv) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.

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                    (xv) 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.

          8. TERMINATION . In the event that the closing shall not have occurred with respect to a buyer on or before ten (10) business days from the date hereof due to the company’s or such buyer’s failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date without liability of any party to any other party.

          9. MISCELLANEOUS .

               (a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The Company hereby appoints Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP with offices at 61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, NY 10006 as its agent for service of process in New York. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

               (b) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.

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               (c) Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

               (d) Severability . If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

               (e) Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, 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 Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holders of Common Shares representing at least a majority of the amount of the Common Shares, or, if prior to the Closing Date, the Buyers listed on the Schedule of Buyers as being obligated to purchase at least a majority of the amount of the Common Shares. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Common Shares 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 or holders of Common Shares, as the case may be. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.

               (f) Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) five Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

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If to the Company:

 

Orient Paper, Inc.

Attention:

Mr. Zhenyong Liu

Address:

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Road, Xushui County, Baoding City,

City & State:

Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550

Telephone:

011 - (86) 312-8605508

Fax:

011 - (86) 312-8605530

Email:

liu@orientalpapercorporation.com/ wyen@orientalpapercorporation.com

 

 

With a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

Attention:

Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.

Telephone:

(212) 930 9700

Fax:

(212) 930 9725

Email:

gsichenzia@srff.com

If to the Transfer Agent:

Empire Stock Transfer, Inc.

Address: 1859 Whitney Mesa Drive, Henderson, NV 89014

Telephone: 702-818-5898

Facsimile: 702-974-1444

Attention: Patrick Mokros

Email: patrick@empirestock.com

If to a Buyer, to its address, facsimile number and email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address, facsimile number and/or email address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

               (g) Currency . Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in United States Dollars. All amounts owing under this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall be paid in US dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be converted in the US dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “ Exchange Rate ” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into US dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the US dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.

               (h) 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 Shares. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of Common Shares representing at least a majority of the number of the Common Shares, including by merger or consolidation. A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

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               (i) No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

               (j) Survival . Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3, the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing and the delivery of Common Shares, as applicable. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

               (k) Further Assurances . Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

               (l) Indemnification . In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Common Shares thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder of the Common Shares and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “ Indemnitees ”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Common Shares, or (iii) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Common Shares as an investor in the Company. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(l) shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

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               (m) No Strict Construction . The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

               (n) Remedies . Each Buyer and each holder of the Common Shares shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.

               (o) Rescission and Withdrawal Right . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights

               (p) Payment Set Aside . To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, 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.

               (q) Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations

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of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

               (r) Judgment Currency .

               If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 9(r) referred to as the “ Judgment Currency ”) an amount due in US dollars under this Agreement, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding:

               (1) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or

               (2) the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section being hereinafter referred to as the “ Judgment Conversion Date ”).

               If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 9(r)(1) and (2) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

               Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused its respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Zhenyong Liu

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

ACCESS AMERICA FUND, LP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christopher Efird

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Christopher Efird

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

RENAISSANCE US GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

RENN GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURS FUND, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: President

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BUYER:

 

 

 

PREMIER RENN ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND LIMITED

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

POPE INVESTMENTS II, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William P. Weller

 

 

 

 

 

Name: William P. Weller

 

 

Title: Managing Member

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

STEVE MAZUR

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steve Mazur

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Steve Mazur

 

 

Title:

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SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buyer

 

Address and Facsimile Number

 

Number of Common Shares

 

Purchase Price

 

Legal Representative’s Address and Facsimile Number

                 

Access America Fund, LP

 

11,200 Westheimer
Suite 508
Houston, Texas 77069
Fax:713-599-1304

 

2,500,000

 

$1,500,000

 

Access America Fund, LP
11,200 Westheimer
Suite 508
Houston, Texas 77069
Fax:713-599-1304

                 

Renaissance US Growth Investment Trust Plc

 

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59
Dallas, TX 75206
Fax: 214-891-8291

 

1,333,333

 

$800,000

 

Access America Fund, LP
11,200 Westheimer
Suite 508
Houston, Texas 77069
Fax:713-599-1304

                 

RENN Global Entrepreneurs Fund, Inc.

 

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59
Dallas, TX 75206
Fax: 214-891-8291

 

500,000

 

$300,000

 

Access America Fund, LP
11,200 Westheimer
Suite 508
Houston, Texas 77069
Fax:713-599-1304

                 

Premier RENN Entrepreneurial Fund Limited

 

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59
Dallas, TX 75206
Fax: 214-891-8291

 

500,000

 

$300,000

 

Access America Fund, LP
11,200 Westheimer
Suite 508
Houston, Texas 77069
Fax:713-599-1304

                 

Pope Investments II, LLC

 

5100 Poplar Avenue Suite 805, Memphis, TN 38137
Fax: 901-763-4229

 

3,333,333

 

$2,000,000

 

Access America Fund, LP
11,200 Westheimer
Suite 508
Houston, Texas 77069
Fax:713-599-1304

                 

Steve Mazur

 

66 Glenbrook Road - 2121
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Fax:631-598-4723

 

166,666

 

$100,000

 

Access America Fund, LP
11,200 Westheimer
Suite 508
Houston, Texas 77069
Fax: 713-599-1304

                 

TOTAL

 

 

 

8,333,332

 

$5,000,000

 

 

                 

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EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Registration Rights Agreement – Please refer to Exhibit 10.4 of this 8-K

Exhibit B

Form of Closing Escrow Agreement – Please refer to Exhibit 10.3 of this 8-K

Exhibit C

Form of Make Good Escrow Agreement – Please refer to Exhibit 10.2 of this 8-K

Exhibit D

Form of Lock-Up Agreement – Please refer to Exhibit 10.5 of this 8-K

Exhibit E

Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

Exhibit F

Form of Company Counsel Opinion

Exhibit G

Form of Secretary’s Certificate

Exhibit H

Form of Officer’s Certificate



SCHEDULES

Schedule 3(a) - List of Subsidiaries
Schedule 3(k) - Absence of Certain Changes
Schedule 3(q) - Equity Capitalization
Schedule 3(r) - Indebtedness and Other Contracts
Schedule 3(s) - Absence of Litigation
Schedule 3(t) – Insurance
Schedule 3(kk) – Related Party Transactions


Schedule 3(a) - List of Subsidiaries

Dongfang Zhiye Holding Limited (a BVI company, not serving any purpose after the 6/26/09 PRC legal restructuring with the following “Shengde” entities)

Shengde Holdings Inc. (a Nevada corporation)

Baoding Shengde Paper Co., Ltd. (a PRC company)

Schedule 3(k) - Absence of Certain Changes

Since December 31, 2008, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries except for the followings:

On August 26, 2009 the Company entered into a Short-Term Loan Deferred Payment Agreement with the United Commercial Bank (China) Ltd. under which the Company agreed to repay the outstanding loan balance in the amount of $2,816,476.39, due originally due January 23, 2009 and extended to June 30, 2009, in the following installments:

 

 

 

8/31/09: $400,000

 

9/15/09: all accrued interest up to 8/31/09

 

9/30/09: $400,000

 

10/31/09: $200,000

 

11/30/09: $300,000

 

12/31/09: $300,000

 

1/31/10: $200,000

 

2/28/10: $200,000

 

3/31/10: $200,000

 

4/30/10: $200,000

 

5/31/10: $200,000

 

6/30/10: $216,476.39

Schedule 3(q) - Equity Capitalization

 

 

1.

The Company agreed to issue warrants to CCG Investor Relations Partners LLC to purchase up to 100,000 shares the Company’s common stock at a price of $1.0 per share. The warrants have a term of two (2) years and are with cashless exercise option and piggyback registration rights.

 

 

2.

The Chinamerica consultant warrants (to be determined)



 

 

3.

Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan (to be determined)

Schedule 3(r) - Indebtedness and Other Contracts
Schedule 3(kk) – Related Party Transactions

The Company had the following bank loans payable as of June 30, 2009:

 

 

 

 

 

Description

 

June 30,
2009

 

 

 

 

 

Working capital loan provided by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, secured by certain manufacturing equipments of the Company. Interest is payable monthly at the fixed rate of 6.372% per annum. The entire principal is due and payable at maturity on January 20, 2010. The note is renewable upon maturity.

 

$

1,899,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working capital loan provided by the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. Interest is payable monthly at 8.217% per annum. The entire principal was due and payable at maturity on June 4, 2009. The Company was granted a grace period of one month by the bank. The loan was renewed on July 1, 2009.

 

 

876,578

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term credit facility provide by the United Commercial Bank (China) Limited, including a revolving credit facility of $2,000,000 and a non-revolving import loan facility of $816,976. The credit facility is secured by the Company’s building, land use rights and is personally guaranteed by the Chief Executive Officer and Director Mr. Zhenyong Liu. Interest is paid monthly with a floating rate indexed to 5% plus the three-month LIBOR, adjusted every three months, and was 5.6207% per annum on June 30, 2009. The note is renewable upon maturity, which was extended to June 30, 2009, according to a Short-Term Credit Facility Extension Agreement entered into by the Company and the Bank on January 23, 2009. On August 26, 2009 the Company entered into a Short-Term Loan Deferred Payment Agreement with the United Commercial Bank (China) Ltd. under which the Company agreed to repay the outstanding loan balance in the amount of $2,816,477 in eleven (11) uneven monthly installments, starting from August 31, 2009 to June 30, 2010. See Schedule 3(k) for details of the installment payment schedule.

 

 

2,816,977

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan payable to Rural Credit Cooperative of Xushui, guaranteed by an unrelated third party company. The entire principal is due and payable at maturity on September 16, 2011. Interest is paid monthly at the rate of 0.774% per month.

 

 

1,940,159

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total bank loans payable

 

 

7,532,966

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 



Mr. Zhenyong Liu, Chief Executive Officer of Orient Paper, loaned money (over a period of time) to the Company for working capital purposes, amounting to $6,131,761 and $2,131,761 as of June 30, 2009 and August 31, 2009. On July 24, 2008, Mr. Liu agreed to change the term of the loan from payable on demand to a period of three years, maturing on July 23, 2011, and with no stated interest.

On August 1, 2008, Mr. Shuangxi Zhao, a member of the Board of Directors of HBOP, loaned money to the Company for working capital purposes which amounted to $876,578 as of June 30, 2009. The amount owed bears interest at 7.56 percent per annum and is due on July 31, 2011.

On August 5, 2008, Mr. Xiaodong Liu, a member of the Board of Directors of Orient Paper loaned money to the Company for working capital purposes which amounted to $1,095,722 as of June 30, 2009. The amount owed bears interest at 7.56 percent per annum and is due on August 4, 2011.

Schedule 3(s) - Absence of Litigation

To the knowledge of the Company’s management, there is NO legal action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before the SEC, FINRA, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or threatened against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries’ officers or directors, whether of a civil or criminal nature or otherwise.

Schedule 3(t) - Insurance

The Company hereby acknowledges that it has never been rejected any insurance coverage sought or applied for. The Company’s current insurance policies include the following:

Du-Bang Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd.

Insurance policy number is 20101213000009000011 for basic property insurance.

Insurance period is from July 9th, 2009 to July 9th, 2010.


MAKE GOOD SECURITIES ESCROW AGREEMENT

          THIS MAKE GOOD SECURITIES ESCROW AGREEMENT (the “ Make Good Agreement ”), dated as of October 7, 2009, is entered into by and among Orient Paper, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 7 , 2009 (the “ Buyers ”), Zhenyong Liu (the “ Principal Shareholder ”) and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP with an address at 61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, NY 10006 (the “ Escrow Agent ”).

          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

WITNESSETH:

          WHEREAS, the Buyers will be purchasing from the Company and the Company will be selling to the Buyers an aggregate of 8,333,332 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), for a total aggregate purchase price of approximately $5,000,000 in a private placement financing transaction (the “ Financing Transaction ”) pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Closing Date ”) by and among the Company and the Buyers (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement ”);

          WHEREAS, as an inducement to the Buyers to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Principal Shareholder has agreed to place the Escrow Shares (as hereinafter defined) into escrow for the benefit of the Buyers in the event the Company fails to achieve the following financial performance thresholds for the 12-month periods ended December 31, 2009 (“ 2009 ”) and December 31, 2020 (“ 2010 ”):

          (a) In 2009, Net Income, as defined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“ US GAAP ”) and reported by the Company in its audited financial statements for 2009 (the “ 2009 financial statements ”) equals or exceeds $10,000,000 (the “ 2009 Performance Threshold ”);

          (b) In 2010, Net Income, as defined in accordance with US GAAP and reported by the Company in its audited financial statements for 2010 (the “ 2010 financial statements ”) exceeds $18,000,000 (the “ 2009 Performance Threshold ”); and

          WHEREAS, the Company, the Buyers and the Principal Shareholder have requested that the Escrow Agent hold the Escrow Shares on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Escrow Agent has agreed to act as escrow agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

TERMS OF THE ESCROW

               1.1. The parties hereby agree to establish an escrow account with the Escrow Agent whereby the Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrow Shares as contemplated by this Agreement.

               1.2. Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall open a brokerage account with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Escrow Agent Custody Account”) whereupon the Principal Shareholder shall deposit or cause to be deposited at least 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock (“ Escrow Shares ”) into the Escrow Agent Custody Account within seven (7) days thereof. The Escrow Agent Custody Account shall be in the sole name of the Escrow Agent and only the Escrow Agent shall have sole authority to transact the shares placed therein. In the event that the Principal Shareholder deposits shares in excess of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock into the Escrow Agent Custody Account, the parties agree and hereby irrevocably authorize the Escrow Agent to transfer such excess shares back to the Principal Shareholder’s brokerage account upon instructions from the Principal Shareholder without requiring further authorization or approval from the Company and the Buyers. For the avoidance of any doubt, the Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for procuring the deposit of Escrow Shares.

               All parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its Affiliates, employees, and representatives from any and all claims, liabilities, costs or expenses in any way arising from or relating to their duties or performance as instructed by the Escrow Agent, other than those which have resulted from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

               1.3. The Company will provide the Buyers with (i) the Company’s audited financial statements for 2009, prepared in accordance with US GAAP, on or before March 31, 2010 and (ii) the Company’s audited financial statements for 2010, prepared in accordance with US GAAP, on or before March 31, 2011, so as to allow the Buyers the opportunity to evaluate whether the 2009 Performance Threshold and the 2010 Performance Threshold were attained. In the event that any Buyer receives the financial information prior to its dissemination by the Company in either a press release or in the Company’s SEC Documents, the Company shall issue a press release announcing the information or file a Form 8-K within one trading day of a request by the Buyer to make such information public.

               1.4. The parties hereby agree that the Escrow Shares shall be delivered to the Buyers as set forth below:

           (i) If Net Income for 2009 shall be at least ten per cent (10%) less than the 2009 Performance Threshold, then (x) the 2009 Escrow Shares (defined below) shall be distributed on a pro rata basis to the Buyers based on the number of shares of Common Stock purchased by each Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (y) within five (5)business days after March 31, 2010, the Company shall provide written instructions to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to issue and deliver the 2009 Escrow Shares to each Buyer on a pro rata basis based on the number

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of shares of Common Stock purchased by that Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall provide a copy of such instructions to each Buyer. “ 2009 Escrow Shares ” shall be number of Escrow Shares equivalent to the percentage by which the Company missed the 2009 Performance Threshold. For example, if the Company were to miss the 2009 Performance Threshold by 15%, the 2009 Escrow Shares shall comprise 450,000 shares of Common Stock. For the avoidance of any doubt, no 2009 Escrow Shares shall be transferred to any Buyer in the event the Company misses the 2009 Performance Threshold by less than 10%.

           (ii) If Net Income for 2010 shall be at least ten per cent (10%) less than the 2010 Performance Threshold, then (x) the 2010 Escrow Shares (defined below) shall be distributed on a pro rata basis to the Buyers based on the number of shares of Common Stock purchased by each Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (y) within five (5)business days after March 31, 2011, the Company shall provide written instructions to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to issue and deliver the 2010 Escrow Shares to each Buyer on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of Common Stock purchased by that Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall provide a copy of such instructions to each Buyer. “ 2010 Escrow Shares ” shall be the number of Escrow Shares equivalent to the percentage by which the Company missed the 2010 Performance Threshold. For example, if the Company were to miss the 2010 Performance Threshold by 25%, the 2010 Escrow Shares shall comprise 750,000 shares of Common Stock. For the avoidance of any doubt, no 2010 Escrow Shares shall be transferred to any Buyer in the event the Company misses the 2010 Performance Threshold by less than 10%.

               1.5 In the event 2009 Escrow Shares are delivered to the Buyers, the Principal Shareholder shall forthwith deposit in Escrow Agent Custody Account, such additional number of shares of Common Stock so as to ensure that the Escrow Shares shall amount to at least 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

               1.6 The parties hereby agree that in determining the 2009 Performance Threshold and the 2010 Performance Threshold, the parties shall not take into account (and such amounts shall not be included in determining Net Income):

                    (i) the offering and transactional costs associated with the Financing Transaction, including without limitation, legal and audit costs, registration and filing fees;

                    (ii) losses the Company has suffered or reasonably calculated to have suffered as a result of a force majeure event, which shall mean (i) acts of God (ii) outbreak of hostilities, riots, civil disturbances, acts of terrorisms, (iii) the act of any government or authority (including refusal or revocation of any license or consent), (iv) fire, explosion, flood, or bad weather, (v) power failure, failure of telecommunications lines, failure or breakdown of plant, machinery or vehicles, (vi) default of suppliers or sub-contractors, (vii) theft, malicious damage, strike, lock-out or industrial action of any kind and (vii) any cause or circumstance whatsoever beyond the Company’s reasonable control;

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                    (iii) any compensation expense incurred by the Company in connection with the release of any Escrow Shares to the Principal Shareholder;

                    (iv) the effects of EITF 07-5; and

                    (v) the costs and expense incurred by the Company in 2009 and incurred in 2019 in establishing an employee stock option plan pursuant to Section 4(p) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and granting stock options to its employees thereunder.

               1.7 If the Company does not achieve either the 2009 Performance Threshold or the 2010 Performance Threshold, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly cause the 2009 Escrow Shares or the 2010 Escrow Shares, as the case may be, to be delivered to the Buyers, including causing its transfer agent promptly to issue the certificates in the names of the Buyers and causing its securities counsel to provide any written instruction required by the Escrow Agent in a timely manner so that the issuances and delivery contemplated above can be achieved within ten (10) business days after March 31, 2010 or March 31, 2011, as applicable. For the avoidance of any doubt, the Escrow Agent shall not be responsible to procure written instructions from the Company to transfer the 2009 Escrow Shares or the 2010 Escrow Shares to the Buyers.

               1.8 Upon the written instructions of the Company, the Escrow Agent shall deliver the 2009 Escrow Shares and the 2010 Escrow Shares, as applicable, to each Buyer or the Principal Shareholder, and shall be held harmless from any claim, loss or expense regarding such delivery regardless of whether the other provisions of this Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement are complied with or met.

               1.9 The Escrow Agent shall upon the delivery of 2009 Escrow Shares and 2010 Escrow Shares to the Buyers, but in no event no later than April 15, 2011, return to the Principal Shareholder any Escrow Shares not required to be delivered to the Buyers pursuant to the terms hereof.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER

               2. The Principal Shareholder hereby represents and warrants to the Buyers as follows:

                    (i) The Escrow Shares placed into escrow hereunder by the Principal Shareholder are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company. The Principal Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner of the Escrow Shares placed into escrow pursuant to this Agreement by the Principal Shareholder and has good title to such Escrow Shares, free and clear of all pledges, liens, claims and encumbrances, except encumbrances created by this Agreement. There are no restrictions on the ability of the Principal Shareholder to transfer the Escrow Shares placed into escrow pursuant to this Agreement by the Principal Shareholder or to enter into this Agreement other than transfer restrictions under the Lock-Up Agreement and/or applicable federal and state securities laws. While any Escrow Shares remain in escrow, the Principal Shareholder will not pledge any Escrow Shares and will not create or permit to be created or to exist any lien, claim or encumbrance upon any Escrow Share. Upon any delivery of Escrow Shares placed into escrow pursuant to this Agreement by the Principal Shareholder to the Buyers hereunder, the Buyers will acquire good and valid title to such Escrow Shares, free and clear of any pledges, liens, claims and encumbrances.

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                    (ii) The performance of this Agreement and compliance with the provisions hereof will not violate any provision of any law applicable to the Principal Shareholder 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, charge or encumbrance upon, any of the properties or assets of the Principal Shareholder pursuant to the terms of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument binding upon the Principal Shareholder or affecting the Escrow Shares. No notice to, filing with, or authorization, registration, consent or approval of any governmental authority or other person is necessary for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Principal Shareholder.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

               3.1 The Company will pay Escrow Agent a total of $1,000 for all services rendered by Escrow Agent hereunder.

               3.2 No waiver 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.

               3.3 All notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications to be given or delivered or permitted under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be delivered and received by the intended recipient as follows: (i) if personally delivered, on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (ii) if mailed certified or registered mail return receipt requested, two (2) business days after being mailed, (iii) if delivered by overnight courier (with all charges having been prepaid), on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the overnight courier service of recognized standing), or (iv) if delivered by facsimile transmission, on the business day of such delivery if sent by 6:00 p.m. in the time zone of the recipient, or if sent after that time, on the next succeeding business day (as evidenced by the printed confirmation of delivery generated by the sending party’s telecopier machine). If any notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given (in accordance with this Section 3.3), or the refusal to accept same, the notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication shall be deemed received on the second business day the notice is sent (as evidenced by a sworn affidavit of the sender). All such notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications will be sent to the following addresses or facsimile numbers as applicable.

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If to Escrow Agent:

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

 

61 Broadway, 32nd Floor,

 

New York, NY 10006

 

Attention: Gregory Sichenzia, Esq./Benjamin Tan, Esq.

 

Tel No.:212-930-9700

 

Fax No.: 212-930-9725

If to the Company or the Principal Shareholder:

 

 

 

 

Orient Paper, Inc.

 

Attention:

Mr. Zhenyong Liu

 

Address:

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Rd, Xushui County,

 

City & State:

Baoding City, Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550

 

Telephone:

(86) 312-860-5508

 

Fax:

(86) 312-860-5530

 

Email:

liu@orientalpapercorporation.com

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

 

 

 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

 

61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor

 

New York, NY 10006

 

Attention: Gregory Sichenzia, Esq./Benjamin Tan, Esq.

 

Tel. No.: (212) 930-9700

 

Fax No.: (212) 930-9725

 

 

If to the Buyers:

to each Buyer at the address and facsimile numbers set out below that Buyers signature

or to such other address and to the attention of such other person as any of the above may have furnished to the other parties in writing and delivered in accordance with the provisions set forth above.

               3.4 This Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the permitted successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.

               3.5 This Escrow Agreement is the final expression of, and contains the entire agreement between, the parties with respect to the Escrow Shares, and the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings with respect to the Escrow Shares. This Escrow Agreement is one of a series of agreements relating to the Financing Transaction, and the terms hereof shall not relate to any aspect of the Financing Transaction other than the Escrow Shares and the escrow hereby created. This Escrow 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.

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               3.6 Whenever required by the context of this Escrow Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and each gender shall include all other genders. This Escrow Agreement shall not be construed as if it had been prepared by one of the parties, but rather as if both parties had prepared the same. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to Articles are to articles of this Escrow Agreement.

               3.7 The parties hereto expressly agree that this Escrow Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted under and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. Any action to enforce, arising out of, or relating in any way to, any provisions of this Escrow Agreement shall only be brought in a state or Federal court sitting in New York City, Borough of Manhattan.

               3.8 The Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder may be altered, amended, modified or revoked only by a writing signed by the Company, the Principal Shareholder, each Buyer and the Escrow Agent.

               3.9 The Escrow Agent shall be obligated only for the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth herein and may rely and shall be protected in relying or refraining from acting on any instrument reasonably believed by the Escrow Agent to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Escrow Agent shall not be personally liable for any act the Escrow Agent may do or omit to do hereunder as the Escrow Agent while acting in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence, fraud and willful misconduct, and any act done or omitted by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the advice of the Escrow Agent’s attorneys-at-law shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith, in the absence of gross negligence, fraud and willful misconduct.

               3.10 The Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized to disregard any and all warnings given by any of the parties hereto or by any other person or corporation, excepting only orders or process of courts of law and is hereby expressly authorized to comply with and obey orders, judgments or decrees of any court. In case the Escrow Agent obeys or complies with any such order, judgment or decree, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person, firm or corporation by reason of such decree being subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside, vacated or found to have been entered without jurisdiction.

               3.11 The Escrow Agent shall not be liable in any respect on account of the identity, authorization or rights of the parties executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver any documents or papers deposited or called for hereunder in the absence of gross negligence, fraud and willful misconduct.

               3.12 The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to employ such legal counsel and other experts as the Escrow Agent may deem necessary properly to advise the Escrow Agent in connection with the Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder, may rely upon the advice of such counsel, and may pay such counsel reasonable compensation therefor which shall be paid by the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent has acted as legal counsel for the Company and the Principal

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Shareholder and may continue to act as legal counsel for the Company and the Principal Shareholder from time to time, notwithstanding its duties as the Escrow Agent hereunder. The Buyers consent to the Escrow Agent in such capacity as legal counsel for the Company and the Principal Shareholder and waive any claim that such representation represents a conflict of interest on the part of the Escrow Agent. The Buyers understand that the Escrow Agent is relying explicitly on the foregoing provision in entering into this Escrow Agreement.

               3.13 The Escrow Agent’s responsibilities as escrow agent hereunder shall terminate if the Escrow Agent shall resign by giving written notice to the Company and the Buyers. In the event of any such resignation, the Buyers and the Company shall appoint a successor Escrow Agent and the Escrow Agent shall deliver to such successor Escrow Agent any Escrow Shares and other documents held by the Escrow Agent.

               3.14 If the Escrow Agent reasonably requires other or further instruments in connection with this Escrow Agreement or obligations in respect hereto, the necessary parties hereto shall join in furnishing such instruments.

               3.15 It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise with respect to the delivery and/or ownership or right of possession of the documents or the Escrow Shares held by the Escrow Agent hereunder, the Escrow Agent is authorized and directed in the Escrow Agent’s sole discretion (1) to retain in the Escrow Agent’s possession without liability to anyone all or any part of said documents or the Escrow Shares until such disputes shall have been settled either by mutual written agreement of the parties concerned or by a final order, decree or judgment or a court of competent jurisdiction after the time for appeal has expired and no appeal has been perfected, but the Escrow Agent shall be under no duty whatsoever to institute or defend any such proceedings or (2) to deliver the Escrow Shares and any other property and documents held by the Escrow Agent hereunder to a state or Federal court having competent subject matter jurisdiction and located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in accordance with the applicable procedure therefor.

               3.16 The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent and its partners, employees, agents and representatives from any and all claims, liabilities, costs or expenses in any way arising from or relating to the duties or performance of the Escrow Agent hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Securities Purchase Agreement other than any such claim, liability, cost or expense to the extent the same shall have been determined by final, unappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent.

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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES ESCROW AGREEMENT]

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of this 7 th day of October, 2009.

 

 

 

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Zhenyong Liu

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

ESCROW AGENT:

 

 

 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory Sichenzia

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Gregory Sichenzia

 

 

Title: Partner

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER:

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Zhenyong Liu

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

ACCESS AMERICA FUND, LP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christopher Efird

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Christopher Efird

 

 

Title: President

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BUYER:

 

 

 

RENAISSANCE US GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

RENN GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURS FUND, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

PREMIER RENN ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND LIMITED

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: Investment Advisor, President of

 

 

RENN Capital group, Inc.

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

POPE INVESTMENTS II, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William P. Wells

 

 

 

 

 

Name: William P. Wells

 

 

Title: Managing Member

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

STEVE MAZUR

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steve Mazur

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Steve Mazur

 

 

Title:

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ESCROW AGREEMENT

          This Escrow Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2009 (this “ Escrow Agreement ”), is entered into by and among Orient Paper, Inc., a Nevada corporation, with headquarters located at Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Road, Xushui County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550 (the “ Company ”), the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 7, 2009 (the “ Buyers ”), Zhenyong Liu (the “ Principal Shareholder ”) and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP with an address at 61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, NY 10006 (the “ Escrow Agent ”).

          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

WITNESSETH:

          WHEREAS, the Buyers will be purchasing from the Company and the Company will be selling to the Buyers an aggregate of 8,333,332 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”) for a total aggregate purchase price of approximately $5,000,000 in a private placement financing transaction (the “ Financing Transaction ”) pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated of the date hereof (the “Closing Date” ) by and among the Company and the Buyers (the “Securities Purchase Agreement” );

          WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyers desire to deposit all proceeds received from the Buyers in the Financing Transaction (the “ Escrowed Funds ”) with the Escrow Agent, to be held and disbursed by the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement; and

          WHEREAS, Escrow Agent is willing to hold the Escrowed Funds in escrow subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:

          1. Appointment of Escrow Agent . The Company and each Buyer hereby appoint Escrow Agent as escrow agent in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment.

          2. Delivery of the Escrowed Funds .

               a. The Company will direct each Buyer to deliver the Escrowed Funds to the Escrow Agent as follows:

 

 

 

 

Citibank

 

 

New York, NY

 

A/C of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

 

A/C#:

92883436

 

ABA#:

021000089

 

SWIFT Code:

CITIUS33

 

REMARK: [COMPANY NAME/BUYER NAME]

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               b. The Escrowed Funds shall be forwarded to the Escrow Agent by wire transfer, together with the written account of subscription (the “ Subscription ”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Subscription Information ”). The Escrowed Funds to be wired shall be wired to the account set forth in Section 2(a) above and the Subscription shall be faxed or emailed to the Escrow Agent in accordance with the information provided on Exhibit A .

               c. Simultaneously with each deposit, each Buyer shall provide the Escrow Agent with the Subscription Information, including the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each Buyer and of the aggregate principal amount of shares of Common Stock and attached warrants subscribed for by such Buyer.

               d. In the event a wire transfer is received by the Escrow Agent and the Escrow Agent has not received Subscription Information, the Escrow Agent shall notify the Buyer. If the Escrow Agent does not receive the Subscription Information by such Buyer prior to close of business on the fifth (5 th ) business day (days other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which the Escrow Agent is not open for business in the State of New York) after notifying the Buyer of receipt of said wire, the Escrow Agent shall return the funds to the Buyer.

          3. Escrow Agent to Hold and Disburse Escrowed Funds. The Escrow Agent will hold and disburse the Escrowed Funds received by it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as follows:

               a. Prior to any disbursement of the Escrowed Funds, the Escrow Agent shall allocate a portion of the Escrowed Funds and hold such portion in a separate escrow account to pay the fees and expenses in connection with investor relations and financial communications in the aggregate amount of $300,000 (the “ Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion ”). Additionally, the Escrow Agent shall allocate and hold $2,000,000 of the Escrowed Funds until the Company shall have identified and engaged such number of additional independent director(s) acceptable to the representative of the Buyers (“ Representative ”) so that its board of directors shall comprise a majority of the board of directors (the “ Director Held-Back Escrowed Portion ”).

                    Unless otherwise specified herein, the term “Escrowed Funds” shall include the aggregate amount of the Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion and Director Held-Back Escrowed Portion.

               b. At such time that Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) is deposited and upon receipt of joint instructions from the Company and the Representative, in substantially the forms of Exhibit C hereto, following the consummation of the Financing Transaction, the Escrow Agent shall release the Escrowed Funds, less the Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion and the Director Held-Back Escrowed Portion, to the Company. Thereafter, the Escrow Agent shall disburse the Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion, from time to time, and the Director Held-Back Escrowed Portion upon receiving the joint instructions from the Company and the Representative substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto. Access America Investments, LLC is hereby appointed the representative of the Buyers for purposes of this paragraph 3(b).

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               c. In the event this Agreement, the Escrowed Funds, or the Escrow Agent becomes the subject of litigation, or if the Escrow Agent shall desire to do so for any other reason, each of the Company and the Buyers authorizes the Escrow Agent, at its option, to deposit the Escrowed Funds (including the Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion and the Director Held-Back Escrow Portion) with the clerk of the court in which the litigation is pending, or a court of competent jurisdiction if no litigation is pending, and thereupon the Escrow Agent shall be fully relieved and discharged of any further responsibility with regard thereto. Each of the Company, and the Buyers further authorizes the Escrow Agent, if it receives conflicting claims to any of the Escrowed Funds, is threatened with litigation or if the Escrow Agent shall desire to do so for any other reason, to interplead all interested parties in any court of competent jurisdiction and to deposit the Escrowed Funds (including the Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion and the Director Held-Back Escrowed Portion) with the clerk of that court and thereupon the Escrow Agent shall be fully relieved and discharged of any further responsibility hereunder to the parties from which they were received.

          4. Exculpation and Indemnification of Escrow Agent .

               a. The Escrow Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities other than those expressly set forth herein. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty to enforce any obligation of any person to make any payment or delivery, or to direct or cause any payment or delivery to be made, or to enforce any obligation of any person to perform any other act. The Escrow Agent shall be under no liability to the other parties hereto or anyone else, by reason of any failure, on the part of any party hereto or any maker, guarantor, endorser or other signatory of a document or any other person, to perform such person’s obligations under any such document. Except for amendments to this Agreement referenced below, and except for written instructions given to the Escrow Agent by the Company and the Buyers relating to the Escrowed Funds, the Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to recognize any agreement between or among any of the Company and the Buyers, notwithstanding that references hereto may be made herein and whether or not it has knowledge thereof.

               b. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable to the Company, any Buyers or to anyone else for any action taken or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, in good faith and acting upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Escrow Agent), 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 believed by the Escrow Agent to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons. The Escrow Agent shall not be bound by any of the terms thereof, unless evidenced by written notice delivered to the Escrow Agent signed by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Escrow Agent are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto.

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               c. The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for the sufficiency or accuracy of the form, or of the execution, validity, value or genuineness of, any document or property received, held or delivered to it hereunder, or of any signature or endorsement thereon, or for any lack of endorsement thereon, or for any description therein; nor shall the Escrow Agent be responsible or liable to the Company, any Buyer or to anyone else in any respect on account of the identity, authority or rights, of the person executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver any document or property or this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the use or application of the Escrowed Funds pursuant to the provisions hereof.

               d. The Escrow Agent shall have the right to assume, in the absence of written notice to the contrary from the proper person or persons, that a fact or an event, by reason of which an action would or might be taken by the Escrow Agent, does not exist or has not occurred, without incurring liability to the Company, any Buyer or to anyone else for any action taken or omitted to be taken or omitted, in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment, in reliance upon such assumption.

               e. To the extent that the Escrow Agent becomes liable for the payment of taxes, including withholding taxes, in respect of income derived from the investment of the Escrowed Funds, or any payment made hereunder, the Escrow Agent may pay such taxes; and the Escrow Agent may withhold from any payment of the Escrowed Funds (including the Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion and Director Held-Back Escrowed Portion) such amount as the Escrow Agent estimates to be sufficient to provide for the payment of such taxes not yet paid, and may use the sum withheld for that purpose. The Escrow Agent shall be indemnified and held harmless against any liability for taxes and for any penalties in respect of taxes, on such investment income or payments in the manner provided in Section 4(f).

               f. The Escrow Agent will be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against all expenses, including all counsel fees and disbursements, or loss suffered by the Escrow Agent in connection with any action, suit or proceedings involving any claim, or 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 the Escrow Agent hereunder, except for claims relating to gross negligence by Escrow Agent or breach of this Agreement by the Escrow Agent, or the monies or other property held by it hereunder. Promptly after the receipt by the Escrow Agent of notice of any demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, the Escrow Agent shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company, notify each of them thereof in writing, but the failure by the Escrow Agent to give such notice shall not relieve any such party from any liability which the Company may have to the Escrow Agent hereunder. Notwithstanding any obligation to make payments and deliveries hereunder, the Escrow Agent may retain and hold for such time as it deems necessary such amount of monies or property as it shall, from time to time, in its sole discretion, deem sufficient to indemnify itself for any such loss or expense and for any amounts due it under Section 7.

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               g. For purposes hereof, the term “expense or loss” shall include all amounts paid or payable to satisfy any claim, demand or liability, or in settlement of any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding settled with the express written consent of the Escrow Agent, and all costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, counsel fees and disbursements, paid or incurred in investigating or defending against any such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding.

          5. Termination of Agreement and Resignation of Escrow Agent

               a. This Agreement shall terminate upon disbursement of all of the Escrowed Funds, provided that the rights of the Escrow Agent and the obligations of the Company and the Buyers under Section 4 shall survive the termination hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Escrow Agent does not receive any instructions with respect to the disbursement of any remaining Escrowed Funds by October 7, 2010, this Agreement shall terminate as of such date and all Escrowed Funds shall be returned to the Buyers pro rata in proportion to the numbers of shares of Common Stock purchased by each without interest thereon or deduction therefrom, except as permitted by paragraph 7 hereof.

               b. The Escrow Agent may resign at any time and be discharged from its duties as Escrow Agent hereunder by giving the Company and the Buyers at least five (5) business days written notice thereof (the “ Notice Period ”). As soon as practicable after its resignation, the Escrow Agent shall, if it receives notice from the Company and Buyers within the Notice Period, turn over to a successor escrow agent appointed by the Company and Buyers all Escrowed Funds (less such amount as the Escrow Agent is entitled to retain pursuant to Section 7) upon presentation of the document appointing the new escrow agent and its acceptance thereof. If no new agent is so appointed within the Notice Period, the Escrow Agent shall return the Escrowed Funds to the parties from which they were received without interest or deduction.

          6. Form of Payments by Escrow Agent

               a. Any payments of the Escrowed Funds, Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion or Director Held-Back Escrow Portion by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be made by wire transfer unless directed to be made by check by the Escrowing Parties.

               b. All amounts referred to herein are expressed in United States Dollars and all payments by the Escrow Agent shall be made in such dollars.

          7. Compensation. Escrow Agent shall be entitled to the following compensation from the Company:

               a. Documentation Fee : The Company shall pay a documentation fee to the Escrow Agent of $2,000 which shall be payable upon release of the Escrowed Funds.

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               b. Fees : The Company shall pay a fee of $500 to the Escrow Agent at the Closing of the Financing Transaction. In addition, the Company shall pay a processing fee of $500 to the Escrow Agent for each disbursement made subsequent to the Closing from the Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion and the Director Held-Back Escrowed Portion.

               c. Interest : The Escrowed Funds, Public Relations Held-Back Escrowed Portion and Director Held-Back Escrowed Portion shall be held in separate non-interest bearing escrow accounts.

          8. Notices. All notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications to be given or delivered or permitted under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be delivered and received by the intended recipient as follows: (i) if personally delivered, on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (ii) if mailed certified or registered mail return receipt requested, two (2) business days after being mailed, (iii) if delivered by overnight courier (with all charges having been prepaid), on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the overnight courier service of recognized standing), or (iv) if delivered by facsimile transmission, on the business day of such delivery if sent by 6:00 p.m. in the time zone of the recipient, or if sent after that time, on the next succeeding business day (as evidenced by the printed confirmation of delivery generated by the sending party’s telecopier machine). If any notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given (in accordance with this Section 8), or the refusal to accept same, the notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication shall be deemed received on the second business day the notice is sent (as evidenced by a sworn affidavit of the sender). All such notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications will be sent to addresses or facsimile numbers as applicable set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

          9. Further Assurances . From time to time on and after the date hereof, the Company, and each of the Buyers, if applicable, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Escrow Agent such further documents and instruments and shall do and cause to be done such further acts as the Escrow Agent shall reasonably request (it being understood that the Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to make any such request) to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement, to evidence compliance herewith or to assure itself that it is protected in acting hereunder.

          10. Consent to Service of Process . The Company and each Buyer hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and of any Federal court located in such state in connection with any action, suit or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any action taken or omitted hereunder, and waives personal service of any summons, complaint or other process and agrees that the service thereof may be made by certified or registered mail directed to it at the address listed on Exhibit A hereto.

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          11. Miscellaneous.

               a. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction against the party causing such instrument to be drafted. The terms “hereby,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and any similar terms, as used in this Agreement, refer to the Escrow Agreement in its entirety and not only to the particular portion of this Agreement where the term is used. The word “person” shall mean any natural person, partnership, corporation, government and any other form of business of legal entity. All words or terms used in this Agreement, regardless of the number or gender in which they were used, shall be deemed to include any other number and any other gender as the context may require. This Agreement shall not be admissible in evidence to construe the provisions of any prior agreement.

               b. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder of the Company and each Buyer may not be assigned. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder of the Escrow Agent may be assigned by the Escrow Agent, with the prior consent of the Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors, heirs and permitted assigns of each of the Company, the Escrow Agent, the Principal Shareholder and each Buyer. No other person shall acquire or have any rights under or by virtue of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be changed orally or modified, amended or supplemented without an express written agreement executed by the Escrow Agent, the Company and Buyers purchasing not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Common Stock. This Agreement is 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.

               c. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to employ such legal counsel and other experts as the Escrow Agent may deem necessary properly to advise the Escrow Agent in connection with the Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder, may rely upon the advice of such counsel, and may pay such counsel reasonable compensation therefor which shall be paid by the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent has acted as legal counsel for the Company and may continue to act as legal counsel for the Company from time to time, notwithstanding its duties as the Escrow Agent hereunder. The Company and the Buyers consent to the Escrow Agent in such capacity as legal counsel for the Company and waive any claim that such representation represents a conflict of interest on the part of the Escrow Agent. The Company and the Buyers understand that the Escrow Agent is relying explicitly on the foregoing provision in entering into this Escrow Agreement.

               d. 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. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the terms thereof.

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          12. Execution of Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in a number of counterparts, by facsimile, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as of those whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more of the counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, are signed by all the parties.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement on the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Zhenyong Liu

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

ESCROW AGENT:

 

 

 

 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory Sichenzia

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Gregory Sichenzia

 

 

Title: Partner

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

ACCESS AMERICA FUND, LP

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christopher Efird

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Christopher Efird

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

RENAISSANCE US GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: Director

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BUYER:

 

 

 

 

RENN GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURS FUND, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

PREMIER RENN ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND LIMITED

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

Title: Investment Advisor, President of RENN Capital Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

POPE INVESTMENTS II, LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William P. Wells

 

 

 

 

 

Name: William P. Wells

 

 

Title: Managing Member

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

STEVE MAZUR

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steve Mazur

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Steve Mazur

 

 

Title:

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EXHIBIT A

PARTIES TO AGREEMENT

 

Orient Paper, Inc.

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Rd, Xushui County, Baoding City

Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550

Attention: Zhenyong Liu

Tel. No. (86) 312-8605508

Fax No. (86) 312-8605530

 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor,

New York, New York 10006

Attention: Benjamin A. Tan, Esq.

Tel No.: (212) 930- 9700

Fax No.: (212) 930-9725

 

Zhenyong Liu

c/o Orient Paper, Inc.

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Rd, Xushui County, Baoding City

Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550

Tel. No. (86) 312-8605508

Fax No. (86) 312-8605530

 

Buyers

 

Access America Fund, LP

1800 West Loop, Suite 485,

Houston, TX 77027

Tel: 713-600-8888 x 206

Fax: 713-599-1304

 

Renaissance US Growth Investment Trust Plc

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59

Dallas, TX 75206

Fax: 214-891-8291

 

RENN Global Entrepreneurs Fund, Inc.

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59

Dallas, TX 75206

Fax: 214-891-8291

 

Premier RENN Entrepreneurial Fund Limited

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59

Dallas, TX 75206

Fax: 214-891-8291

 

Pope Investments II, LLC

5100 Poplar Avenue Suite 805, Memphis, TN 38137

Fax: 901-763-4229

 

Steve Mazur

66 Glenbrook Road - 2121

Stamford, Connecticut 06902

Fax:

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EXHIBIT B

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

Name of Buyer

 

__________________________________________________

 

 

 

Address of Buyer

 

__________________________________________________

 

 

 

Amount of Shares and Warrants

 

__________________________________________________

 

 

 

Subscribed (US$)

 

__________________________________________________

 

 

 

Subscription Amount
Submitted Herewith

 

__________________________________________________

 

 

 

Taxpayer ID Number/
Social Security Number

 

__________________________________________________

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EXHIBIT C

DISBURSEMENT REQUEST

          Pursuant to that certain Escrow Agreement dated effective as of October 7 , 2009, among Orient Paper, Inc., Zhenyong Liu, the Buyers, and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, as Escrow Agent, the Escrowing Parties hereby request disbursement of funds in the amount and manner described below from account number _____________, styled ____________________________ Escrow Account.

 

 

 

 

Please disburse to:

________________________________

 

 

 

 

Amount to disburse:

________________________________

 

 

 

 

Form of distribution:

________________________________

 

 

 

 

Payee:

 

 

                    Name:

________________________________

 

                    Address:

________________________________

 

                    City/State:

________________________________

 

                    Zip:

________________________________

 

 

 

 

Please disburse to:

________________________________

 

 

 

 

Amount to disburse:

________________________________

 

 

 

 

Form of distribution:

________________________________

 

 

 

 

Payee:

 

 

                    Name:

________________________________

 

                    Address:

________________________________

 

                    City/State:

________________________________

 

                    Zip:

________________________________


 

 

 

 

Subscriptions Accepted From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buyer

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

___________________________

 

__________________________

 

 

 

 

 

___________________________

 

__________________________

 

 

 

 

 

___________________________

 

__________________________

 

 

 

 

 

___________________________

 

__________________________

 

 

 

 

 

                       Total:

 

__________________________

 

 

 

 

 

Statement of event or condition which calls for this request for disbursement:

 

 

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

 

 

_______________________________________________________________

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Orient Paper, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: _________________________

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access America Investments, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: _________________________

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement “), dated as of October 7, 2009, by and among Orient Paper, Inc., a Nevada corporation, with headquarters located at Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Road, Xushui County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550 (the “ Company “), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (each, a “ Buyer “ and collectively, the “ Buyers “).

BACKGROUND

          A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement “), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer an aggregate 8,333,332 shares (the “ Common Shares “) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock “).

          B. In accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “ 1933 Act “), and applicable state securities laws.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Buyers hereby agree as follows:

          1. Definitions .

          Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

          (a) ” Additional Effective Date “ means the date the Additional Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.

          (b) ” Additional Effectiveness Deadline “ means the date which is one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days after the Additional Filing Date.

          (c) ” Additional Filing Date “ means the date on which the Additional Registration Statement is filed with the SEC.

          (d) Additional Filing Deadline “ means if Additional Registrable Securities are required to be included in the Additional Registration Statement, the later of (i) ninety (90) days after the Initial Effective Date or the last preceding Additional Effective Date, as the case may be, or (ii) six (6) months after the Initial Effective Date or the last preceding Additional Effective Date in the event the SEC were to deem the former ninety-day period in (i) as premature for filing the Additional Registration Statement or (iii) the date which is six (6) weeks after substantially all of the Registrable Securities registered under the immediately preceding Registration Statement are sold, as applicable.

          (e) ” Additional Registrable Securities “ means, (i) any Cutback Shares not previously included on a Registration Statement and (ii) any share capital of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Cutback Shares, as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise.

          (f) ” Additional Registration Statement “ means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering any Additional Registrable Securities.


          (g) ” Additional Required Registration Amount “ means any Additional Registrable Securities not previously included on a Registration Statement.

          (h) Business Day “ means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

          (i) ” Closing Date “ shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

          (j) Cutback Shares “ means the Additional Required Registration Amount of Registrable Securities not included in all Registration Statements previously declared effective hereunder as a result of a limitation on the maximum number of shares of Common Stock of the Company permitted to be registered by the staff of the SEC pursuant to Rule 415.

          (k) ” Effective Date “ means the Initial Effective Date and the Additional Effective Date, as applicable.

          (l) ” Effectiveness Deadline “ means the Initial Effectiveness Deadline and the Additional Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable.

          (m) ” Eligible Market “ means the Over The Counter Bulletin Board, American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Capital Market.

          (n) ” Filing Deadline “ means the Initial Filing Deadline and the Additional Filing Deadline, as applicable.

          (o) ” Initial Effective Date “ means the date that the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

          (p) ” Initial Effectiveness Deadline “ means the earlier of (I) the date which is one hundred eighty (180) calendar days after the Closing Date and (II) the date which is five (5) Business Days after the Company learns that no review of the Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff of the SEC has no further comments on the Registration Statement.

          (q) ” Initial Filing Deadline “ means ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date.

          (r) ” Initial Registrable Securities “ means the Common Shares.

          (s) ” Initial Required Registration Amount “ (I) the number of Common Shares , or (II) such other amount as may be permitted by the staff of the SEC pursuant to Rule 415.

          (t) Initial Registration Statement “ means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the Initial Registrable Securities.

          (u) ” Investor “ means a Buyer, any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.


          (v) ” Person “ means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

           (w) ” register ,” “ registered ,” and “ registration “ refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.

          (x) ” Registrable Securities “ means the Initial Registrable Securities and the Additional Registrable Securities.

          (y) ” Registration Statement “ means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the Registrable Securities.

           (z) ” Required Holders “ means the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities.

          (aa) ” Required Registration Amount “ means either the Initial Required Registration Amount or the Additional Required Registration Amount, as applicable.

          (bb) ” Rule 415 “ means Rule 415 of Regulation C under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

          (cc) ” SEC “ means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

          2. Registration .

          (a) Initial Mandatory Registration . The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Initial Filing Deadline, file with the SEC the Initial Registration Statement on Form S-1 covering the resale of all of the Initial Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-1 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e). The Initial Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Initial Registrable Securities determined as of the date the Initial Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2(f). The Initial Registration Statement shall contain the “Selling Stockholders” section and “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex I . The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Initial Effectiveness Deadline provided that in the event that the Company is unable to register for resale under Rule 415 all of the Initial Registrable Securities on the Registration Statement that it has agreed to file pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2(a) due to limits imposed by the SEC’s interpretation of Rule 415, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Initial Registration Statement (which may be a subsequent Registration Statement if the Company needs to withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and refile a new Initial Registration Statement in order to rely on Rule 415) only such limited portion of the Initial Registrable Securities (equivalent to the Initial Required Registration Amount) as the SEC shall permit. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Investors in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities held by such Investors. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the Business Day following the Initial Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Initial Registration Statement.

          (b) Additional Mandatory Registrations . The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Additional Filing Deadline, file with the SEC an Additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Additional Registrable Securities not previously registered in an Initial Registration Statement or a preceding Additional Registration Statement as the case may be. To the extent the staff of the SEC does not permit the aforesaid Additional Registrable Securities to be registered on an Additional


Registration Statement, the Company shall file Additional Registration Statements successively trying to register on each such Additional Registration Statement the maximum number of remaining Additional Registrable Securities until the Additional Required Registration Amount has been registered with the SEC. In the event that Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have each Additional Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Additional Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the Business Day following the Additional Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Additional Registration Statement.

          (c) Allocation of Registrable Securities . The number of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement and each increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor at the time the Registration Statement covering such number of Registrable Securities or increase or decrease thereof is declared effective by the SEC. In the event that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the then remaining number of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for such transferor. Any shares of Common Stock included in a Registration Statement and which remain allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall be allocated to the remaining Investors, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by such Investors which are covered by such Registration Statement. In no event shall the Company include any securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement without the prior written consent of the Required Holders.

          (d) Legal Counsel . Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Required Holders shall have the right to select one legal counsel to review and oversee any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (“ Legal Counsel “). The Company and Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in performing the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

          (e) Ineligibility for Form S-1 . In the event that Form S-1 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-1 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-1 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.

          (f) Sufficient Number of Shares Registered . In the event the number of shares available under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities required and permitted by the SEC to be covered by such Registration Statement or an Investor’s allocated portion of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(b), the Company shall amend the applicable Registration Statement, or file a new Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the trading day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefore arises. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof. For purposes of the foregoing provision, the number of shares available under a Registration Statement shall be deemed “insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities” if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock available for resale under such Registration Statement, subject to any limitations imposed by the SEC, is less than the number of Registrable Securities.


          (g) Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statement . If (i) a Registration Statement covering all the Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the respective Filing Deadline (a “ Filing Failure “) or (B) not declared effective by the SEC on the respective Effectiveness Deadline, (an “ Effectiveness Failure “) or (ii) on any day after the respective Effective Date sales of all the Registrable Securities included on such Registration Statement cannot be made (other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in Section 3(r)) pursuant to such Registration Statement or otherwise (including, without limitation, because of a failure to keep such Registration Statement effective, to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement, to register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or to maintain the listing of the Common Stock) (a “ Maintenance Failure “) then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), (A) the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement on each of the following dates: (i) the day of a Filing Failure; (ii) the day of an Effectiveness Failure; and (iii) the initial day of a Maintenance Failure; and (B) the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement on each of the following dates: (i) on the thirtieth day after the date of a Filing Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Filing Failure is cured; (ii) on the thirtieth day after the date of an Effectiveness Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; and (iii) on the thirtieth day after the date of a Maintenance Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Maintenance Failure is cured. The payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(g) are referred to herein as “ Registration Delay Payments .” Registration Delay Payments shall be paid on the later of (I) the dates set forth above or (II) the third Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.

          3. Related Obligations .

          At such time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), 2(b), 2(e) or 2(f), the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:

          (a) The Company shall submit to the SEC, within three (3) Business Days after the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff of the SEC has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the submission of such request. The Company shall keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times for a period not exceeding one year from the date of Closing (the “ Registration Period “). The Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading.

          (b) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act “), the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement.


          (c) The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon (i) a Registration Statement at least five (5) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel reasonably objects. The Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel, without charge and upon Legal Counsel’s reasonable request, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by Legal Counsel and not otherwise available on the EDGAR system, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 3.

          (d) The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor and not otherwise available on the EDGAR system, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, such number of copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto as such Investor may reasonably request and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

          (e) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

          (f) The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state 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 (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel or such


Investor may reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel and each Investor by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate. By 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the date following the date any post-effective amendment has become effective, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement.

          (g) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

          (h) If any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the Registration Statement as an underwriter, at the reasonable request of such Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors.

          (i) If any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the Registration Statement as an underwriter, the Company shall make available for inspection by (i) such Investor, (ii) Legal Counsel and (iii) one firm of accountants or other agents retained by Legal Counsel (collectively, the “ Inspectors “), all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “ Records “), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to an Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement. Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and any Investor) shall be deemed to limit the Investors’ ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

          (j) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.


          (k) [Reserved.]

          (l) The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may request.

          (m) If requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any Registrable Securities.

          (n) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

          (o) Unless available on the EDGAR system, the Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the Effective Date of a Registration Statement.

          (p) The Company shall otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

          (q) Within two (2) Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

           (r) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after the Effective Date, the Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company and its counsel, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a “ Grace Period “); provided, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material, non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period in conformity with the provisions of this Section 3(r) (provided that in each notice the Company will not disclose the content of such material, non-public information to the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and, provided further, that no Grace Period shall exceed five (5) consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of twenty (20) days and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five (5) trading days after the last day of any prior Grace Period (each, an “ Allowable Grace Period “). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall


end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the applicable Registration Statement, prior to the Investor’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

          (s) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall identify any Buyer as an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or any Eligible Market and any Buyer being deemed an underwriter by the SEC shall not relieve the Company of any obligations it has under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure found in the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Exhibit B in the Registration Statement .

          4. Obligations of the Investors .

          (a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

          (b) Each Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

          (c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

          (d) Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

          5. Expenses of Registration .

          All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company. The Company is not liable to the Investors for the fees and disbursements of Legal Counsel in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement.


          6. Indemnification .

          In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

          (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “ Indemnified Person “), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, “ Claims “), incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“ Indemnified Damages “), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “ blue sky ” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“ Blue Sky Filing “), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, “ Violations “) provided the Indemnified Claims do not exceed, with respect to each Investor, the net proceeds of sale of the relevant Registrable Securities in that Registration Statement. Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); and (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

          (b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “ Indemnified Party “), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(c), such Investor will


reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that an Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

          (d) The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

          (e) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.


          7. Contribution .

          To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

          8. Reports Under the 1934 Act .

          With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“ Rule 144 “), the Company agrees to:

          (a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

          (b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

          (c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

          9. Assignment of Registration Rights .

          The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

          10. Amendment of Registration Rights .

          Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.


          11. Currency . Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in United States Dollars. All amounts owing under this Agreement or any Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) shall be paid in US dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be converted in the US dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “ Exchange Rate “ means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into US dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the US dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.

          12. Judgment Currency .

          a) If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 12 referred to as the “ Judgment Currency “) an amount due in US dollars under this Agreement, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding:

          i) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or

          ii) the date on which the foreign court determines payment should be made, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section being hereinafter referred to as the “ Judgment Conversion Date “).

          b) If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 12(a)(ii) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

          c) Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement.

          13. Miscellaneous .

          (a) A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the record owner of such Registrable Securities.

          (b) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:


 

 

 

 

If to Company:

 

 

 

 

 

Orient Paper, Inc.

 

 

Attention:

Mr. Zhenyong Liu

 

Address:

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Road, Xushui County, Baoding City,

 

City & State:

Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550

 

Telephone:

011 - (86) 312-8605508

 

Fax:

011 - (86) 312-8605530

 

Email:

liu@orientalpapercorporation.com/ wyen@orientalpapercorporation.com

 

 

 

 

With a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

 

 

 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

 

Attention:

Gregory Sichenzia, Esq./Benjamin Tan, Esq.

 

Telephone:

(212) 930 9700

 

Fax:

(212) 930 9725

 

Email:

gsichenzia@srff.com/btan@srff.com

If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

          (c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

          (d) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York,


Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. The Company hereby appoints Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP with offices at 61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, NY 10006, as its agent for service of process in New York. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

          (e) This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

          (f) Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

          (g) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

          (h) This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

          (i) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

          (j) All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders.

          (k) The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

          (l) This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

          (m) The obligations of each Buyer hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any obligations on any Buyer vis-à-vis any other Buyer. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated herein.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Zhenyong Liu

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESS AMERICA FUND, LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Christopher Efird

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Christopher Efird

 

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

 

RENAISSANCE US GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

 

RENN GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURS FUND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

Title: President



 

 

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

 

PREMIER RENN ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Russell Cleveland

 

 

 

Title: Investment Advisor, President of

 

 

 

RENN Capital Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

 

POPE INVESTMENTS II, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William P. Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: William P. Wells

 

 

 

Title: Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

 

STEVE MAZUR

 

 

By:

/s/ Steve Mazur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Steve Mazur

 

 

 

Title:



SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buyer

 

Address and Facsimile Number

 

Number of Common
Shares

 

Purchase Price

Legal Representative’s Address and Facsimile Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access America Fund, LP

 

11,200 Westheimer Suite 508 Houston, Texas 77042 Fax:713-599-1304

 

2,500,000

 

$1,500,000

Access America Fund, LP 11,200 Westheimer Suite 508 Houston, Texas 77042 Fax:713-599-1304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renaissance US Growth Investment Trust Plc

 

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59 Dallas, TX 75206 Fax: 214-891-8291

 

1,333,333

 

$800,000

Access America Fund, LP 11,200 Westheimer Suite 508 Houston, Texas 77042 Fax:713-599-1304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RENN Global Entrepreneurs Fund, Inc.

 

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59 Dallas, TX 75206 Fax: 214-891-8291

 

500,000

 

$300,000

Access America Fund, LP 11,200 Westheimer Suite 508 Houston, Texas 77042 Fax:713-599-1304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premier RENN Entrepreneurial Fund Limited

 

8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB-59 Dallas, TX 75206 Fax: 214-891-8291

 

500,000

 

$300,000

Access America Fund, LP 11,200 Westheimer Suite 508 Houston, Texas 77042 Fax:713-599-1304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pope Investments II, LLC

 

5100 Poplar Avenue Suite 805, Memphis, TN 38137 Fax: 901-763-4229

 

3,333,333

 

$2,000,000

Access America Fund, LP 11,200 Westheimer Suite 508 Houston, Texas 77042 Fax:713-599-1304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Mazur

 

66 Glenbrook Road - 2121 Stamford, Connecticut 06902 Fax:631-598-4723

 

166,666

 

$100,000

Access America Fund, LP 11,200 Westheimer Suite 508 Houston, Texas 77042 Fax:713-599-1304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

8,333,332

 

$5,000,000

 



EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Re: ORIENT PAPER, INC.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          [We are][I am] counsel to ORIENT PAPER, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company “), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October [ • ] , 2009 (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement “), entered into by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (such buyers and their transferees, provided such transfer is in accordance with Section 9 of the Registration Rights Agreement (defined below), are collectively referred to as the “ Holders “) pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders its shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock “). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the “ Registration Rights Agreement “) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act “). In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on [ • ] , 2009, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333- [ • ] ) (the “ Registration Statement “) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC “) relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling stockholder thereunder.

          In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS ] on [ ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS ] and we have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.

          This letter shall serve as our standing instruction to you that the shares of Common Stock are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration Statement. You need not require further letters from us to effect any future legend-free issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holders as contemplated by the Company’s Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated [ • ] , 2009 .

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[ ISSUER’S COUNSEL ]

 

 

 

By:_____________________

CC: [ LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS ]


ANNEX I

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

          The shares of common stock being offered by the selling stockholders are those previously issued to the Selling Stockholders. For additional information regarding the issuances of common stock, see “Private Placement of Common Shares” above. We are registering the shares of common stock in order to permit the selling stockholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the shares of common stock, the selling stockholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

          The table below lists the selling stockholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock by each of the selling stockholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the shares of common stock, as of [ • ] , 2009.

          The third column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling stockholders.

          In accordance with the terms of registration rights agreements with the holders of the shares of common stock, this prospectus generally covers the resale of at least the number of shares of common stock issued, as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus.

          The selling stockholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “ Plan of Distribution .”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Selling Stockholder

 

Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned Prior to Offering

 

Maximum Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Sold Pursuant to this Prospectus

 

Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned After Offering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) [ • ] [has][share] voting and investment power over these securities. [ • ] disclaim[s] beneficial ownership over the securities held by [ • ] . The selling stockholder acquired the securities offered for its own account in the ordinary course of business, and at the time it acquired the securities, it had no agreements, plans or understandings, directly or indirectly to distribute the securities.


PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

          We are registering the shares of common stock previously issued to permit the resale of these shares of common stock by the holders of the common stock from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of common stock.

          The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions,

 

 

 

 

on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;

 

 

 

 

in the over-the-counter market;

 

 

 

 

in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market;

 

 

 

 

through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;

 

 

 

 

in ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

 

 

 

in block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

 

 

 

in purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

 

 

 

on an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

 

 

 

in privately negotiated transactions;

 

 

 

 

in short sales;

 

 

 

 

in sales pursuant to Rule 144;

 

 

 

 

broker-dealers may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

 

 

 

a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

 

 

 

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.



          If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling shares of common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of common stock or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver shares of common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.

          The selling stockholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer and donate the shares of common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

          The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling stockholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.

          Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

          There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

          The selling stockholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the selling stockholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock.

          We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the registration rights agreement, estimated to be $ [ • ] in total, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that a selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreements, or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling stockholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.

          Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.


LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

          THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 7, 2009 by and between Orient Paper, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Zhenyong Liu (“Shareholder”).

          WHEREAS, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the investors listed in the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto (individually, a “ Buyer ” and collectively, the “ Buyers ”) whereby the Company will sell to the Buyers an aggregate of 8,333,332 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), for a total aggregate purchase price of approximately $5,000,000 in a private placement financing transaction (the “ Financing Transaction ”).

          WHEREAS, Shareholder wishes to induce the Company and the Buyers to enter into the Financing Transaction.

          WHEREAS, in order to induce the Company and the Buyers to enter into the Financing Transaction pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 7, 2009 by and among the Company and the Buyers (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), Shareholder has agreed not to sell any shares of the Company’s Common Stock that Shareholder presently owns or may acquire after the date hereof, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein (collectively, the “ Lock-Up Shares ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and conditions hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1. Restriction on Transfer; Term . The Shareholder hereby agrees with the Company that such Shareholder will not offer, sell, contract to sell, assign, transfer, hypothecate, pledge or grant a security interest in, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise, directly or indirectly) (each, a “transfer”), any of the Lock-Up Shares and shall not transfer such shares until a date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date under the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Period”), unless (i) the Buyers, who are holders of at least 75% of the shares of Common Stock purchased under the Securities Purchase Agreement at the time of the purported transfer within the Period, consent to the same, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, or (ii) all or any part of such Lock-Up Shares are transferred pursuant to that Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement of even date herewith entered into between the Company, the Shareholder and the Buyers.

          2. Ownership . During the Period, Shareholder shall retain all rights of ownership in the Lock-Up Shares, including, without limitation, voting rights and the right to receive any dividends that may be declared in respect thereof, except regarding any Lock-Up Shares transferred pursuant to the Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement.

          3. Company and Transfer Agent . The Company is hereby authorized to disclose the existence of this Agreement to its transfer agent. The Company and its transfer agent are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of the Common Stock if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement and/or the Securities Purchase Agreement.


          4. Notices . All notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications to be given or delivered or permitted under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be delivered and received by the intended recipient as follows: (i) if personally delivered, on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (ii) if mailed certified or registered mail return receipt requested, two (2) business days after being mailed, (iii) if delivered by overnight courier (with all charges having been prepaid), on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the overnight courier service of recognized standing), or (iv) if delivered by facsimile transmission, on the business day of such delivery if sent by 6:00 p.m. in the time zone of the recipient, or if sent after that time, on the next succeeding business day (as evidenced by the printed confirmation of delivery generated by the sending party’s telecopier machine). If any notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given (in accordance with this Section 4), or the refusal to accept same, the notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication shall be deemed received on the second business day the notice is sent (as evidenced by a sworn affidavit of the sender). All such notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications will be sent to the following addresses or facsimile numbers as applicable.

 

 

 

          If to the Company:

 

 

 

 

Orient Paper, Inc.

 

Attention:

Mr. Zhenyong Liu

 

Address:

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Rd, Xushui County,

 

City & State:

Baoding City, Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550

 

Telephone:

86-312-8605508

 

Fax:

86-312-8605530

 

Email:

liu@orientalpapercorporation.com

 

 

 

 

With a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

 

 

 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

 

Attention:

Gregory Sichenzia, Esq./Benjamin Tan, Esq.

 

Telephone:

(212) 930 9700

 

Fax:

(212) 930 9725

 

Email:

gsichenzia@srff.com/btan@srff.com

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          If to Shareholder,

 

 

 

 

Zhenyong Liu

 

c/o Orient Paper, Inc.

 

Attention:

Mr. Zhenyong Liu

 

Address:

Nansan Gongli, Nanhuan Rd, Xushui County,

 

City & State:

Baoding City, Hebei Province, The People’s Republic of China 072550

 

Telephone:

86-312-8605508

 

Fax:

86-312-8605530

 

Email:

liu@orientalpapercorporation.com

or to such other address as any party may specify by notice given to the other party in accordance with this Section 4.

          5. Amendment . This Agreement may not be modified, amended, altered or supplemented, except by a written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto.

          6. Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and/or contemporaneous understandings and agreements of any kind and nature (whether written or oral) among the parties with respect to such subject matter, all of which are merged herein.

          7. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in that state, without regard to any of its principles of conflicts of laws or other laws which would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted without regard to any presumption against the party causing this Agreement to be drafted.

          8. Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR SUCH DISTRICT, AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT, NOTICE OR OTHER PROCESS RELATING TO SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 4.

          9. Severability . The parties agree that if any provision of this Agreement be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that holding shall be effective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegally or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering illegal or unenforceable the remaining provisions hereof, and any such invalidity, illegally or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. It is the intent of the parties that this Agreement be fully enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

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          10. Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereby. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Each Buyer is an intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement and shall be entitled to enforce this Agreement.

          11. Headings . The section headings contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, section headings and headings in the exhibits and schedules) are inserted for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning, construction or interpretation of this Agreement. Any reference to the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall be a reference to such other gender as is appropriate. References to the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.

          12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same document. This Agreement shall become effective when one or more counterparts, taken together, shall have been executed and delivered by all of the parties.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above herein.

 

 

 

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Zhenyong Liu

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Zhenyong Liu

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Zhenyong Liu

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Contact:

 

 

Orient Paper, Inc.

CCG Investor Relations Inc.

 

Winston C. Yen, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Crocker Coulson, President

 

Phone: +1-562-818-3817 (Los Angeles)

Phone: +1-646-213-1915 (New York)

 

Email: info@orientalpapercorporation.com

Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com

 

   

www.ccgirasia.com

 

Orient Paper, Inc. Closes $5.0 Million Financing

 

 

Financing to support planned expansion into high margin digital photo paper

 

 

Management commits to net income targets of $10 million in 2009 and $18 million in 2010

 

Baoding, Hebei Province, China, October 7, 2009 – Orient Paper, Inc. (OPAI.OB) ("Orient Paper" or the "Company"), which controls and operates Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Co., Ltd. (“HBOP”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in Hebei, China, today announced that it has successfully closed a private placement financing to support its future growth. In the transaction that closed on October 7, the Company issued approximately 8.3 million pre-reverse split shares of the Company's common stock for an approximate aggregate purchase price of $5.0 million. No warrants are issued or issuable in the transaction. The participants in the private placement included institutional investors with extensive experience investing in the People's Republic of China including Access America Fund, LP, three funds under the common control of Renaissance Capital, Pope Investments II, LLC and Steve Mazur.

 

The Company intends to use the proceeds to enter into the digital photo paper business through the acquisition of a digital photo paper plant and for other general corporate purposes. As part of the terms of this transaction, the Company’s Chairman and CEO placed 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock into an escrow account (“make good shares”). These make good shares will be returned to the Company's management subject to Orient Paper achieving at least 90% of the agreed upon net income targets of $10.0 million in 2009 and $18.0 million in 2010.

 

“We are very pleased to announce that Orient Paper has successfully attracted support from well respected institutional investors in the U.S. capital markets. We believe that the proceeds from this financing, along with our existing cash resources, will enable Orient Paper to execute our strategy to move into the digital photo paper segment so as to accelerate our future growth and expand our margins,” said Mr. Liu Zhenyong, Chief Executive Officer of Orient Paper.

 


“We also plan to appoint a majority independent board and complete a 4-to-1 reverse split of our common stock, both of these steps are critical and will assist our efforts to upgrade the Company to a major exchange. We see this financing as an important step forward to position our company to take advantage of the attractive expansion opportunities in China’s paper manufacturing industry and are very excited and confident about our future growth prospects.”

 

As a precondition to the PIPE financing, on August 31, 2009, a group of institutional and accredited investors acquired the remaining 3 million shares of zero-basis Orient Paper common stock from a non-management shareholder. This is in addition to the 4 million shares that the institutional investors acquired from three non-management shareholders on June 25, 2009. Along with the most recent acquisition of the shares, Max Time Enterprises Limited, the seller, and its affiliate Mr. Kit Tsui, executed a general release of all current and future claims.

 

The stock issued in the private placement has not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Accordingly, these shares may not be sold by investors in the United States, except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement covering the re-sale of the securities by the investor. For more detailed information on this financing, see the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about October 7, 2009.

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

 

About Orient Paper, Inc.

 

Orient Paper, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shengde Holdings, Inc. and Baoding Shengde Paper Co., Ltd., controls and operates Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Co., Ltd (“HBOP”). Founded in 1996, HBOP is engaged in the production and distribution of products such as corrugated paper, offset paper, writing paper, and other paper and packaging-related products in China. The Company also has the capability to produce other paper and packaging-related products, such as plastic paper and craft paper. The Company uses recycled paper as its primary raw material. As one of the largest paper producers in Hebei Province, China, the Company is strategically located in Baoding, a city in close proximity to Beijing where the majority of publishing houses are based. Orient Paper is led by an experienced management team committed to diversifying the Company’s product offering and delivering tailored services to its customers. For more information, please visit http://www.orientalpapercorporation.com.

 


 

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the availability of funds and working capital to finance its activities; the actions and initiatives of current and potential competitors; the Company’s ability to introduce new products; anticipated growth in revenue and operating income; general economic and business conditions; the ability to attract or retain qualified senior management personnel and research and development staff; and other risks detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the companies and the industry. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or to changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that its expectations will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results.

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