UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of December 2021.

 

Commission File Number 001-38172

 

HUDSON CAPITAL INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Mr. Warren Wang, Chief Executive Officer

19 West 44th Street, Suite 1001,

New York, NY 10036

Telephone: (970) 528- 9999

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 

 
 

 

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

(i) Termination Agreement

 

On October 10, 2020, Hudson Capital, Inc., a British Virgin Islands company (“Hudson Capital” or the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), with Hudson Capital Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Hudson Capital (“Merger Sub I”), Hudson Capital Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Merger Sub I (“Merger Sub II”), Freight App, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Freight App”) and ATW Master Fund II, L.P., as the representative of the stockholders of Freight App (the “Stockholders’ Representative”).

 

On December 13, 2021, after discussions with the parties to the Merger Agreement, the Hudson Capital board of directors (the “Board”) concluded that it was in the Company’s best interest to change strategies and terminate the Merger Agreement and its amendments and adopt the New Merger Agreement (as defined below). In accordance with the termination of the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into a termination agreement in respect of the Merger Agreement between the Company and those parties to the Merger Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”).

 

(ii) New Merger Agreement

 

On December 13, 2021, the Company entered into a new merger agreement between Merger Sub I, Freight App and the Stockholders’ Representative (the “New Merger Agreement”) to acquire all the issued and outstanding securities of Freight App and assume Freight App as its direct, wholly–owned subsidiary.

 

The Merger

 

A Certificate of Merger shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Delaware Law, whereby Merger Sub I shall be merged with and into Freight App, such time being the “Merger Effective Time”. Following the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub I shall cease, and Freight App will continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Merger Effective Time”). At the Merger Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub I and by-laws then in effect, shall cease and the organizational documents of Freight App after the Merger will be in the form as agreed by the Company and Freight App.

 

Merger Consideration

 

At the Merger Effective Time, without any action on the part of the Company, Merger Sub, Freight App or the Freight App stockholders, each share of Freight App common stock, preferred stock and warrants issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive, without interest, the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration as specified on Schedule 1.38 of the New Merger Agreement.

 

The following restricted Company securities will be issued in connection with the Merger (the “Closing”):

 

Securities Issued in Merger   Issued at Merger     Initial Underlying Ordinary Shares  
Ordinary Shares     6,661,971       6,661,971  
A2 Preferred     1,809,950       1,809,950  
A1A Preferred     9,841,207       9,841,207  
A1B Preferred     3,776,925       3,776,925  
Series Seed Preferred     15,444       15,444  
Series B Preferred     56,901,849       16,257,671  
Series A4 Preferred     792,592       792,592  
Ordinary Shares Warrant     11,480       11,480  
Series Seed Warrant     9,163       9,163  
A2 Warrant     971,473       971,473  
Total Issued in Merger     80,792,054       40,147,876  

 

 
 

 

The Company wishes to rely on the exemption from registration pursuant to Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) in the provision and issuance of the abovementioned securities.

 

The Freight App stockholders shall have appraisal rights pursuant to Delaware law.

 

Contingent Merger Consideration

 

After the Closing, the Freight App stockholders shall be entitled to receive additional shares of the Company based upon the achievement of certain revenue thresholds in the amount of at least $25 million, $50 million and $100 million commencing with each of the calendar years ending on December 31, 2021, December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023, respectively. For each period if the revenue threshold is achieved, the Freight App stockholders shall receive (on a pro rata basis) 3.33% of the shares of Company ordinary on a fully-diluted basis as of the last day of the applicable calendar year-end (the “Contingent Merger Consideration Shares”). If, after the Closing and prior to December 31, 2023, a change of control occurs, then Company shall issue on or promptly after the date of such change of control, to the stockholders an amount equal to 10% of the shares of Company ordinary shares on a fully diluted basis less the Contingent Merger Consideration Shares previously issued.

 

Company Post-Closing Board of Directors

 

In connection with the Merger, all directors of the Company shall resign, and the post-closing board of directors of the Company shall consist of four directors, who shall be Nicholas Adler, Marc Urbach, William Samuels, and Javier Selgas.

 

Representations and Warranties; Covenants

 

The parties to the New Merger Agreement have made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the New Merger Agreement, including, among other things, covenants with respect to (i) the conduct of the Company and Freight App prior to the Closing of the Merger; and (ii) Freight App raised at least $7,000,000 concurrently with or prior to the Closing (the “Financing”).

 

The representations and warranties of the Company shall survive until twelve months after Closing, except for representations and warranties concerning corporate existence and power, corporate authorization and finders’ fees, which shall survive for ninety days after the expiration of the statute of limitations with respect thereto. The indemnification to which any indemnified party is entitled from the indemnifying parties pursuant to the New Merger Agreement for losses shall be effective so long as it is asserted prior to the date that is twelve months following the Closing.

 

Twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s capital stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Merger Effective Time (the “Reserved Shares”) shall be reserved for issuance in the event any liability is incurred by either party as a result of a breach of a representation or warranty. No party shall have any liability unless the aggregate amount of losses incurred by such party exceeds $700,000 (the “Deductible”) and then only for such amounts in excess of the Deductible and (ii) no amounts of indemnity shall be payable by any party that exceeds the Reserved Shares.

 

Closing Conditions

 

The Closing is subject to certain customary conditions of the respective parties, including, among other things, that: (i) the shareholders of Hudson Capital and the stockholders of Freight App shall have approved the Merger, respectively; (ii) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the New Merger Agreement) with respect to the Company or Freight App since the date of the New Merger Agreement; (iii) Freight App shall have completed the Financing; (iv) the Company shall have adopted an option plan in form and substance satisfactory to Freight App; and (v) the Company shall be in compliance with the Nasdaq continued listing requirements.

 

 
 

 

Termination

 

The New Merger Agreement may be terminated by the Company or Freight App under certain circumstances, including, among others, (i) by either the Company or Freight App if the Closing has not occurred on or before March 31, 2022, (ii) by either the Company or Freight App if the other party has materially breached any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant contained in the New Merger Agreement and such breach is not cured within 15 days of receipt of a notice describing the breach.

 

In the event of the termination of the Merger Agreement by the Company as the result of a breach by Freight App of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant contained in the New Merger Agreement that is not cured, or as a result of Freight App’s refusal to consummate the Merger contemplated by the New Merger Agreement, a breakup fee of $500,000 shall be paid, within three business days following termination (the “Break-Up Fee”), by Freight App to Hudson Capital. In the event of the termination of the New Merger Agreement by Freight App as the result of a breach by the Company of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant contained in the New Merger Agreement that is not cured by the Company, or as a result of the Company’s refusal to consummate the Merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Break-Up Fee shall be paid by the Company to Freight App.

 

The foregoing summary of the New Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual New Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto, and which is incorporated by reference in this report.

 

Additionally, it is contemplated that in connection with the Merger, (i) Company will change its name to Freight Technologies, Inc. and (ii) all the Company executive officers shall resign and the executive officers of Freight App immediately on Closing will take their same offices at the post-closing company.

 

(iii) ATW Securities Purchase Agreement

 

On December 13, 2021, Hudson Capital entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with ATW Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. (“ATW”) pursuant to which Hudson Capital agreed to sell for an aggregate purchase price of $862,000, a pre-funded warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 431,000 ordinary shares (the “Securities Purchase”). The closing of the Securities Purchase would be subject to customary closing conditions.

 

The warrant and the ordinary shares underlying the warrant will be issued pursuant to the prospectus included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-233408), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 22, 2019 and was declared effective on September 19, 2019, and a prospectus supplement will be filed with the Commission on the closing of the Securities Purchase by ATW.

 

The preceding description of the aforementioned agreements and securities does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement and the warrant, which are filed as exhibits to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amended Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association

 

In connection with the New Merger Agreement, on December 13, 2021, a majority of the Company’s shareholders approved the amendment of the Company’s Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association to among other things, (i) change its name to “Freight Technologies Inc.”; (ii) redesignate the existing shares of the Company in issue as ordinary shares, (iii) authorize the creation of various classes of preferred shares, and (iv) fix the number of directors on its Board to be four.

 

 
 

 

 

The proposed name change will take effect at a later date as determined by the Board and will be effective on the date the certificate of change of name is issued by the Registrar. The amended Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of the Company will similarly take effect on the date they are registered with the Registrar.

 

Resignation and New Appointment of Directors/Officers

 

In connection with the New Merger Agreement, the Board received notices of resignation from Warren Wang, Hon Man Yun, Ming Yi (Martin), Hong Chen and Xiaoyue Zhang from the Board with effect from the closing of the Merger (“Closing Date”) The Board has also received notice of resignations from Warren Wang and Hon Man Yun from their positions as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively with effect from the Closing Date.

 

The Board resolved that their resignations be accepted and appointed Javier Selgas, Nicholas H. Adler, William Samuels, and Marc Urbach as new directors effective Closing Date; and Javier Selgas and Paul Freudenthaler as the new Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively with effect from Closing Date.

 

Other Events

 

On December 13, 2021, the Board had also resolved to (i) withdraw Hudson Capital’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-253126); (ii) withdraw Hudson Capital’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-250044); (iii) take such actions as to dissolve Merger Sub II and Hudson Capital Holding, Co.; (iv) provide a Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship in favor of Capital Foundry Funding LLC (“Capital”), a lender of Freight App, in order to induce Capital to consent to the entry of the New Merger Agreement by Freight App; (v) execute a certain registration rights agreement with holders of certain Freight App stockholders to register the resale of their securities obtained as a result of the Merger; (vi) adopt the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the Compensation Committee, may, from time to time, be authorized to issue such number of ordinary shares or securities convertible into ordinary shares as not to exceed 5,000,000 ordinary shares to such persons and on such terms and conditions as he may determine in his discretion.

 

On December 14, 2021, Hudson Capital issued a press release announcing its entry into the New Merger Agreement. A copy of this press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Form of Amended Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association.
10.1   Termination Agreement dated December 13, 2021 by and between Hudson Capital, Merger Sub I, Merger Sub II, Freight App and Stockholders’ Representative.
10.2   New Merger Agreement dated December 13, 2021 by and between Hudson Capital, Merger Sub I, Freight App and Stockholders’ Representative.
10.3   Purchase Agreement between Hudson Capital and ATW Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. dated December 13, 2021
10.4   2021 Equity Incentive Plan
10.5   Form of Pre-funded Ordinary Shares Purchase Warrant
99.1   Press release of Hudson Capital dated December 14, 2021.

 

 
 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: December 14, 2021. HUDSON CAPITAL INC.
     
  By: /s/ Warren Wang
  Name: Warren Wang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004

 

HUDSON CAPITAL INC.

 

A Company Limited By Shares

 

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

Incorporated on the 28th day of September 2015

Amended and Restated on the 20th day of March 2017

Amended and Restated on the 26th day of October 2020

Amended and Restated on the [●] day of December 2021

 

 
 

 

TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

HUDSON CAPITAL INC.

 

A Company Limited By Shares

 

1 NAME

 

The name of the Company is Hudson Capital Inc.

 

2 STATUS

 

The Company is a company limited by shares.

 

3 REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT

 

3.1 The first registered office of the Company was at Start Chambers, Wickham’s Cay II, P.O. Box 2221, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

3.2 The current registered office of the Company is at Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited, Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

3.3 The first registered agent of the Company was Start Incorp Services Limited of Start Chambers, Wickham’s Cay II, P.O. Box 2221, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

3.4 The current registered agent of the Company is Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited of Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

3.5 The Company may, by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors, change the location of its registered office or change its registered agent.

 

3.6 If at any time the Company does not have a registered agent it may, by Resolution of Shareholders or Resolution of Directors, appoint a registered agent.

 

4 CAPACITY AND POWERS

 

4.1 Subject to the Act and any other British Virgin Islands legislation, the Company has, irrespective of corporate benefit:

 

(a) full capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any transaction; and

 

(b) for the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and privileges.

 

4.2 For the purposes of section 9(4) of the Act, there are no limitations on the business that the Company may carry on.

 

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5 NUMBER AND CLASSES OF SHARES

 

5.1 The Company is authorised to issue an unlimited number of Shares divided as follows:

 

(a) an unlimited number of ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.005 each (each such share being an “Ordinary Share”);

 

(b) an unlimited number of series A preferred shares (each such share being a “Series A Preferred Share”), designated as follows:

 

i. an unlimited number of series seed preferred shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Series Seed Preferred Shares”);
ii. an unlimited number of series A1-A preferred Shares with par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Series A1-A Preferred Shares”);
iii. an unlimited number of series A1-B preferred shares with par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Series A1-B Preferred Shares”, together with the Series A1-A Preferred Shares, the “Series A1 Preferred Shares”);
iv. an unlimited number of series A2 preferred shares with par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Series A2 Preferred Shares”);
v. an unlimited number of series A4 preferred shares with par value of US$0.0001 each, (the “Series A4 Preferred Shares”);

 

(c) an unlimited number of series B preferred shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (each such share being a “Series B Preferred Shares”); and

 

(d) an unlimited number of blank check preferred shares with no par value (each such share being a “Blank Check Preferred Share”).

 

5.2 Subject to the Memorandum, the Company may issue fractional Shares and a fractional Share shall have the corresponding fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole Share of the same class or series of Shares.

 

5.3 The Company may issue a class of Shares in one or more series. The division of a class of Shares into one or more series and the designation to be made to each series shall be determined by the directors from time to time.

 

6 RIGHTS OF SHARES

 

6.1 Each Ordinary Share in the Company confers upon the Shareholder:

 

(a) the right to one vote on any Resolution of Shareholders;

 

(b) Subject to the rights of the shareholders of Series A Preferred Shares as set out in the Schedule, the right to an equal share in any dividend paid by the Company; and

 

(c) subject to the rights of the shareholders of Series A Preferred Shares as set out in the Schedule, the right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company.

 

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6.2 Each Series A Preferred Share in the Company confers upon the Shareholder:

 

(a) the rights in respect of voting as are set out at Section 3 of the Schedule;
(b) the right to convert such Series A Preferred Shares as set out at Section 3 of the Schedule;
(c) the right in respect of any dividend paid by the Company as set out at Section 3 of the Schedule; and
(d) the right in respect of a share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company as set out at Section 3 of the Schedule.

 

6.3 Each Series B Preferred Share in the Company confers upon the Shareholder:

 

(a) the rights in respect of voting as are set out at Section 4 of the Schedule;
(b) the right to convert such Series B Preferred Shares as set out at Section 4 of the Schedule;
(c) the right in respect of any dividend paid by the Company as set out at Section 4 of the Schedule; and
(d) the right in respect of a share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company as set out at Section 4 of the Schedule.

 

6.4 The Blank Check Preferred Shares shall have such rights as specified by the board of Directors pursuant to the Resolution of Directors approving the issue of such Blank Check Preferred Shares, and in any such Resolution of Directors the board of Directors shall agree to amend and restate the Memorandum and Articles to fully set out such rights and instruct the registered agent of the Company to file the amended Memorandum and Articles with the Registrar. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding Section 3.1 or 4.1 of the Schedule, the Directors shall not require any approval of the Shareholders in respect of the issuance of Blank Check Preferred Shares and the related amendments to the Memorandum and Articles

 

7. REGISTERED SHARES

 

The Company shall issue registered Shares only. The Company is not authorised to issue bearer Shares, convert registered Shares to bearer Shares or exchange registered Shares for bearer Shares.

 

8. AMENDMENT OF THE MEMORANDUM AND THE ARTICLES

 

8.1 Subject to Sections 3.1 and 4.1 of the Schedule, the Company may amend this Memorandum or the Articles by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors, save that no amendment may be made by Resolution of Directors:

 

(a) to restrict the rights or powers of the Shareholders to amend this Memorandum or the Articles;

 

(b) to change the percentage of Shareholders required to pass a Resolution of Shareholders to amend this Memorandum or the Articles;

 

(c) in circumstances where this Memorandum or the Articles cannot be amended by the Shareholders;

 

(d) to this Clause 8; or

 

(e) to Regulation 22 of the Articles.

 

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8.2 Any amendment of this Memorandum or the Articles will take effect from the date that the notice of amendment, or restated Memorandum and Articles incorporating the amendment, is registered by the Registrar or from such other date as determined pursuant to the Act.

 

8.3 The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class may only be varied, whether or not the Company is in liquidation, with the consent in writing of the holders of a majority of the issued Shares of that class or by a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Shares of that class by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Shares of that class which were present at the meeting and were voted.

 

8.4 The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking equally with such existing Shares.

 

9 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

9.1 In this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of Association, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:

 

Additional Consideration has the meaning given to it in Section 3.4.5 of the Schedule.

 

Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.4 of the Schedule.

 

Aggregate Stated Value means the product obtained by multiplying (a) the Initial Conversion Shares by (b) the Series B Conversion Price.

 

Act means the BVI Business Companies Act 2004, as amended from time to time, and includes the BVI Business Companies Regulations 2012 and any other regulations made under the Act.

 

Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, the specified Person.

 

Approved Financing has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1.1(b) of the Schedule.

 

Articles means the attached Articles of Association of the Company.

 

Attribution Parties means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the original issuance date of such Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares (as appropriate), directly or indirectly managed or advised by the investment manager of a shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares (as appropriate) or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares (as appropriate) or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group (as defined by the Exchange Act) together with such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares (as appropriate) or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Ordinary Shares would or could be aggregated with such shareholder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares or Series B Preferred Shares (as appropriate) and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

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business day means a weekday on which banks are generally open for business in New York City, New York.

 

Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

Conversion Amount means the sum of the Stated Value at issue.

 

Conversion Shares means, collectively, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of the Schedule.

 

Convertible Securities has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.4 of the Schedule.

 

Deemed Liquidation Event has the meaning given to it in Section 3.4.2 of the Schedule.

 

electronic means actuated by electric, magnetic, electro-magnetic or electro-mechanical energy and ‘by electronic means’ means by any manner capable of being so actuated and shall include email and/or other data transmission service.

 

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Act of the United States.

 

executed includes any mode of execution.

 

Exempted Securities has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.4 of the Schedule.

 

Initial Consideration has the meaning given to it in Section 3.4.5 of the Schedule.

 

Initial Conversion Shares means 16,257,671 Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares on the Series B Original Issue Date (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse share splits or division and share combination or its equivalent and the like after the Series B Original Issue Date).

 

Initial Trigger Date means the fourth Trading Day following the Liquidity Date.

 

Liquidity Date means the earliest of the date that (a) a Registration Statement(s) registering for resale all of the Conversion Shares (unless partially waived by a Series B Preferred Shareholder) has been declared effective by the Commission and (b) all of the Underlying Ordinary Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions

 

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Maximum Percentage has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.9 of the Schedule.

 

Memorandum means this Memorandum of Association of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Schedule) as originally registered or as from time to time amended or restated.

 

Merger Agreement has the meaning given to it in Section 3.4.3 of the Schedule.

 

Option has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.4 of the Schedule.

 

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

 

Outstanding Share Number has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.9 of the Schedule.

 

Payment Distribution has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.6(c) of the Schedule.

 

Person or person includes, without limitation, an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), limited liability company, unincorporated association, trusts, the estates of deceased individuals or any other entity or organization.

 

present in person means, in the case of an individual, that individual or his lawfully appointed attorney being present and, in the case of corporation, being present by duly authorised representative or lawfully appointed attorney and, in relation to meetings, ‘in person’ shall be construed accordingly.

 

Proscribed Powers means the powers to: (a) amend this Memorandum or the Articles; (b) designate committees of directors; (c) delegate powers to a committee of directors; (d) appoint or remove directors; (e) appoint or remove an agent; (f) approve a plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement; (g) make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation plan; or (h) make a determination that immediately after a proposed distribution the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due.

 

Reference Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1 of the Schedule.

 

Registrar means the Registrar of Corporate Affairs appointed under section 229 of the Act.

 

Registration Statement means a registration statement filed with the Commission covering the resale of the Conversion Shares by the Series B Preferred Shareholders.

 

Requisite Holder has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1.1 of the Schedule.

 

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Resolution of Directors means either:

 

(a) a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of directors of the Company or of a committee of directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at the meeting who voted except that where a director is given more than one vote, he shall be counted by the number of votes he casts for the purpose of establishing a majority; or

 

(b) a resolution consented to in writing by all directors or by all members of a committee of directors of the Company, as the case may be.

 

Resolution of Shareholders means either:

 

(a) a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Shareholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted; or

 

(b) a resolution consented to in writing by a majority of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote on such resolution.

 

Seal means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company.

 

Securities means shares and debt obligation of every kind of the Company, and including without limitation options, warrants and rights to acquire shares of debt obligations.

 

Series A Conversion Price means has the Series A1-A Conversion Price, Series A1-B Conversion Price, Series A2 Conversion Price and Series A4 Conversion Price (as appropriate).

 

Series A1-A Conversion Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A1-B Conversion Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A2 Conversion Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A4 Conversion Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A Original Issue Date has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.4 of the Schedule.

 

Series A Reference Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A1-A Reference Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A1-B Reference Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A2 Reference Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A4 Reference Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) of the Schedule.

 

Series A Preferred Shares has the meaning given to it in Clause 5.1(c) of the Memorandum.

 

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Series B Conversion Price means US$3.00, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Schedule.

 

Series B Original Issue Date means the date of the first issuance of any Series B Preferred Shares regardless of the number of transfers of any particular Series B Preferred Shares thereafter, and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Series B Preferred Shares.

 

Series B Preferred Shares has the meaning given to it in Clause 5.1(d) of the Memorandum.

 

Schedule means the schedule to the Memorandum which forms a part of the same as provided for therein.

 

Share means a share issued or to be issued by the Company, including without limitation, Ordinary Shares, Series A Preferred Shares, Series B Preferred Shares and Blank Check Preferred Shares.

 

Shareholder means a person whose name is entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder of one or more Shares or fractional Shares.

 

Stated Value means each Series B Preferred Share shall have a par value of $0.0001 per share and a stated value equal to $3.00, subject to adjustment such that any adjustment to the Series B Conversion Price shall result in a corresponding equivalent adjustment to the Stated Value such that upon any conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares the shareholder shall receive one Ordinary Share for each Series B Preferred Share converted.

 

Stock Exchange means the stock exchange(s) on which Shares are listed from time to time.

 

Subsidiary means any subsidiary of the Company including any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company.

 

Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.

 

Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Ordinary Share is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transfer Agent means Transhare Securities Transfer & Registrar, the current transfer agent of the Corporation with a mailing address of 15500 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 302, Clearwater, FL 33760, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Trigger Date means each of the 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th, 100th, 110th, and 120th Trading Day immediately following the Liquidity Date.

 

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VWAP means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Ordinary Shares is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Ordinary Shares is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the Ordinary Shares is then quoted on OTCQB or OTCQX and neither are a Trading Market at such time, the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Ordinary Shares is not then quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Ordinary Shares are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per Ordinary Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of an Ordinary Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the shareholders of a majority in interest of the Preferred Shares then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

written or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy, and in writing shall be construed accordingly.

 

  9.2 In this Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to:

 

  (a) a Regulation is a reference to a regulation of the Articles;

 

  (b) a Clause is a reference to a clause of this Memorandum;

 

(c) voting by Shareholders is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to the Shares held by the Shareholder voting;

 

(d) the Act, this Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended or, in the case of the Act any re-enactment thereof; and

 

  (e) the singular includes the plural and vice versa.

 

9.3 Where a period of time is expressed as a number of days, the days on which the period begins and ends are not included in the computation of the number of days.

 

9.4 Any reference to a month shall be construed as a reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month and a reference to a period of several months shall be construed accordingly.

 

9.5 Any words or expressions defined in the Act bear the same meaning in this Memorandum and the Articles unless the context otherwise requires or they are otherwise defined in this Memorandum or the Articles.

 

9.6 Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting this Memorandum and the Articles.

 

Signed for Start Incorp Services Limited of Start Chambers, Wickham’s Cay II, P.O. Box 2221, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands for the purpose of incorporating a BVI Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands on the 28th day of September 2015.

 

Incorporator

 

   
Miles Walton  
Authorised Signatory  
Start Incorp Services Limited  

 

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Schedule

 

1. SCHEDULE

 

This Schedule forms a part of the Memorandum such that all rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Ordinary Shares, Series A Preferred Shares and Series B Preferred Shares and contained herein are deemed to be set out in full in the Memorandum.

 

2. CONFLICT

 

In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Memorandum and the Articles, the provisions of the Memorandum and, in particular, this Schedule shall prevail.

 

3. SERIES A PREFERRED SHARES

 

3.1. Protective Provisions and Waiver

 

3.1.1. At any time when Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not, either directly or indirectly, do any of the following without (in addition to any other vote required by law or this Memorandum and the Articles) the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Series A2 Preferred Shares voting together as a single class, which must include ATW Master Fund II, L.P. (the “Requisite Holders”) given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) separately as a class, and any such act or transaction entered into without such consent or vote shall be null and void ab initio, and of no force or effect:

 

(a) amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Memorandum and Articles in any manner that is adverse to, derogates from, or negatively affects the rights of any class of Series A1-A Preferred Shares, the Series A1-B Preferred Shares or the Series A2 Preferred Shares;

 

(b) create, or authorise the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue shares of, any additional class or series of shares that ranks senior to the Series A2 Preferred Shares, the Series A1-A Preferred Shares or the Series A1-B Preferred Shares with respect to the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends and rights of redemption, or increase the authorised number of any such class of Series A Preferred Shares or increase the authorised number of any additional class or series of shares of the Company; provided, however, that if the creation of such securities or the increase to the authorised number of shares is expressly approved in connection with a financing transaction of the Company which is approved by a Resolution of Directors passed by a majority of the directors of the Company (an “Approved Financing”), then the approval of the Requisite Holders need not be obtained;

 

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(c) (i) reclassify, alter or amend any existing security of the Company that is pari passu with the Series A2 Preferred Shares, Series A1-A Preferred Shares or Series A1-B Preferred Shares in respect of the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends or rights of redemption, if such reclassification, alteration or amendment would render such other security senior to any such class of Series A Preferred Shares in respect of any such right, preference, or privilege or reclassify, alter; or

 

(ii) reclassify, alter or amend any existing security of the Company that is junior to any such class of Series A Preferred Shares in respect of the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends or rights of redemption, if such reclassification, alteration or amendment would render such other security senior to or pari passu with any such class of Series A Preferred Shares in respect of any such right, preference or privilege.

 

(d) purchase or redeem (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of the Company other than (i) redemptions of or dividends or distributions on the Series A2 Preferred Shares, Series A1-A Preferred Shares and Series A1-B Preferred Shares as expressly authorized herein, (ii) dividends or other distributions payable on the Ordinary Shares solely in the form of additional shares of Ordinary Shares by way of a bonus share issue or otherwise and (iii) repurchase, redemption, surrender or other acquisition of shares from former employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons who performed services for the Company or any subsidiary in connection with the cessation of such employment or service at the lower of the original purchase price or the then-current fair market value thereof;

 

(e) create, or authorize the creation of, or issue, or authorize the issuance of any debt security outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(f) create, or hold shares or capital stock in, any subsidiary that is not wholly owned (either directly or through one or more other subsidiaries) by the Company, or permit any subsidiary to create or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue, any shares of any class or series of shares or capital stock, or sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any shares or capital stock of any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, or permit any direct or indirect subsidiary to sell, lease, transfer, exclusively license or otherwise dispose (in a single transaction or series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of such subsidiary; or

 

(g) increase or decrease the authorized number of directors constituting the directors of the Company unless such increase or decrease is expressly approved in connection with an Approved Financing

 

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3.1.2. Business Opportunities Regulation

 

Any amendment to Regulation 22 of the Articles shall require the affirmative vote or prior written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of the Series A2 Preferred Shares (voting as a single class).

 

3.1.3. Waiver

 

Any rights, powers, preferences and other terms of the Series A Preferred Shares in this Schedule, the Memorandum or the Articles, may be waived on behalf of all holders of Series A Preferred Shares by the affirmative written consent or vote of the Requisite Holders.

 

3.2. Voting Rights

 

The Series A Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to vote on any Resolution of Shareholders, except as expressly provided to the contrary in the provisions of the Act or the Schedule or in relation to a variation of the rights of the Series A Preferred Shares (or any class of Series A Preferred Shares) pursuant to the Memorandum.

 

3.3. Dividend Rights

 

The Company shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of shares of the Company (other than dividends on Ordinary Shares payable in Ordinary Shares by way of a bonus share issuance or otherwise) unless (in addition to the obtaining of any consents required elsewhere in this Memorandum and Articles) the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares then outstanding shall simultaneously receive with the shareholders of Ordinary Shares, a dividend on each outstanding Series A Preferred Shares in an amount at least equal to (i) in the case of a dividend on Ordinary Shares or any class or series that is convertible into Ordinary Shares, that dividend per shares of Series A Preferred Share as would equal the product of (A) the dividend payable on each share of such class or series determined, if applicable, as if all shares of such class or series had been converted into Ordinary Shares and (B) the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of a Series A Preferred Share, in each case calculated on the record date for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or (ii) in the case of a dividend on any class or series that is not convertible into Ordinary Shares, at a rate per share of Series A Preferred Share determined by (A) dividing the amount of the dividend payable on each share of such class or series of shares by the original issuance price of such class or series of shares (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any share dividend, share split, division, combination or other similar share reorganization with respect to such class or series) and (B) multiplying such fraction by an amount equal to the applicable Original Issue Price (as defined below); provided; that, if the Company declares, pays or sets aside, on the same date, a dividend on shares of more than one class or series of shares of the Company, the dividend payable to the shareholders of Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be calculated based upon the dividend on the class or series of shares that would result in the highest Series A2 Preferred Shares dividend.

 

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The “Series A1-A Original Issue Price” shall mean $0.47 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any share dividend, share split, division, combination or other similar share reorganization with respect to the Series A1-A Preferred Shares. The “Series A1-B Original Issue Price” shall mean $1.18 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any share dividend, share split, division, combination or other similar share reorganization with respect to the Series A1-B Preferred Shares. The “Series A2 Original Issue Price” shall mean $0.47 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any share dividend, share split, division, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series A2 Preferred Shares. The “Series A4 Original Issue Price” shall mean $1.77 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any share dividend, share split, division, combination or other similar share reorganization with respect to the Series A4 Preferred Shares. The “Series Seed Original Issue Price shall mean $16.3974 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any share dividend, share split, division, combination or other similar share reorganization with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares (the Series A1-A Original Issue Price, the Series A1-B Original Issue Price, the Series A2 Original Issue Price, the Series A4 Original Issue Price and the Series Seed Original Issue Price shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Original Issue Price”)

 

3.4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up; Certain Mergers, Consolidations and Asset Sales

 

3.4.1. Distribution of Remaining Assets

 

In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company available for distribution to its shareholders or, in the case of a Deemed Liquidation Event, the consideration or the Available Proceeds, as the case may be, shall be distributed to the shareholders of Series A4 Preferred Shares, the shareholders of Series A2 Preferred Shares, the shareholders of Series A1 Preferred Shares, the shareholders of the Series Seed Preferred Shares and the shareholders of Ordinary Shares, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each shareholder, treating for this purpose all such securities as if they had been converted to Ordinary Shares pursuant to the terms of this Memorandum and Articles of Association immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or Deemed Liquidation Event.

 

3.4.2. Deemed Liquidation Events

 

Each of the following events shall be considered a “Deemed Liquidation Event” for the purposes of this Section 3 of the Schedule:

 

  (a) a merger or consolidation in which:

 

  (i) the Company is a constituent party; or

 

(ii) a subsidiary of the Company is a constituent party and the Company issues shares pursuant to such merger or consolidation,

 

except any such merger or consolidation involving the Company or a subsidiary in which the shares of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares that represent, immediately following such merger or consolidation, at least a majority, by voting power, of the shares of (1) the surviving or resulting company; or (2) if the surviving or resulting company is a wholly owned subsidiary of another company immediately following such merger or consolidation, the parent company of such surviving or resulting company; or

 

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(b) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company of all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (2) the sale or disposition (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of one or more subsidiaries of the Company if substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such subsidiary or subsidiaries, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

3.4.3. Effecting a Deemed Liquidation Event

 

The Company shall not have the power to effect a Deemed Liquidation Event unless the agreement or plan of merger or consolidation for such transaction (the “Merger Agreement”) provides that the consideration payable to the shareholders of the Company in such Deemed Liquidation Event shall be paid to the shareholders of the Company in accordance with this Section 3.4 of the Schedule.

 

3.4.4. Amount Deemed Paid of Distributed

 

The amount deemed paid or distributed to the shareholders of the Company upon any such merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, exclusive license, other disposition or redemption shall be the cash or the value of the property, rights or securities to be paid or distributed to such holders pursuant to such Deemed Liquidation Event. The value of such property, rights or securities shall be determined in good faith by the directors of the Company.

 

3.4.5. Allocation of Escrow and Contingent Consideration

 

In the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event pursuant to this Section 3.4, if any portion of the consideration payable to the shareholders of the Company is payable only upon satisfaction of contingencies (the “Additional Consideration”), the Merger Agreement shall provide that (a) the portion of such consideration that is not Additional Consideration (such portion, the “Initial Consideration”) shall be allocated among the shareholders of the Company as if the Initial Consideration were the only consideration payable in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event; and (b) any Additional Consideration which becomes payable to the shareholders of the Company upon satisfaction of such contingencies shall be allocated among the shareholders of the Company in accordance with the subsection on Distribution of Remaining Assets, in each case, after taking into account the previous payment of the Initial Consideration as part of the same transaction. For the purposes of this subsection, consideration placed into escrow or retained as a holdback to be available for satisfaction of indemnification or similar obligations in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event shall be deemed to be Additional Consideration.

 

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3.5. Conversion Rights

 

The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall have conversion rights as follows (the “Conversion Rights”):

 

3.5.1. Right to Convert

 

(a) Conversion Ratio

 

Subject to the provisions set out in the Section 3.5.9, each Series A Preferred Share shall be convertible, at the option of the shareholder thereof, at any time and from time to time, and without the payment of additional consideration by the shareholder thereof, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Shares as is determined by dividing the applicable Reference Price (as defined below) by the applicable Conversion Price (as defined below) in effect at the time of conversion.. The “Series A4 Conversion Price” shall initially be equal to $1.18. The “Series A2 Conversion Price” shall initially be equal to $1.42. The “Series A1-A Conversion Price” shall initially be equal to $0.95. The “Series A1-B Conversion Price” shall be equal to $1.18. The “Series Seed Conversion Price” shall initially be equal to $16.3682 (the Series A4 Conversion Price, Series A2 Conversion Price, Series A1-A Conversion Price and Series A1-B Conversion Price shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Series A Conversion Price” and together with the Series Seed Conversion Price, the “Conversion Price”). Such initial Conversion Price (as applicable), and the rate at which Series A Preferred Shares may be converted into Ordinary Shares, shall be subject to adjustment as provided below.. The “Series A4 Reference Price” shall be equal to $1.77. The “Series A2 Reference Price” shall be equal to $1.42. The “Series A1-A Reference Price” shall be equal to $0.95. The “Series A1-B Reference Price” shall be equal to $1.18. The “Series Seed Reference Price” shall be equal to $16.3682 the Series A4 Reference Price, Series A2 Reference Price, Series A1-A Reference Price and Series A1-B Reference Price shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Series A Reference Price” and together with the Series Seed Reference Price, the “Reference Price”).

 

(b) Termination of Conversion Rights

 

In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or a Deemed Liquidation Event, the Conversion Rights shall terminate at the close of business on the last full day preceding the date fixed for the payment of any such amounts distributable on such event to the shareholders of Series A Preferred Shares.

 

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3.5.2. Fractional Shares

 

No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the shareholder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the fair market value of an Ordinary Share as determined in good faith by the directors of the Company. Whether or not fractional shares would be issuable upon such conversion shall be determined on the basis of the total number of Series A Preferred Shares the shareholder is at the time converting into Ordinary Shares and the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon such conversion.

 

3.5.3. Mechanics of Conversion

 

(a) Notice of Conversion

 

In order for a shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares to voluntarily convert Series A Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares, such shareholder shall (a) provide written notice to the Company’s transfer agent at the office of the transfer agent for the Preferred Shares (or at the principal office of the Company if the Company serves as its own transfer agent) that such shareholder elects to convert all or any number of such shareholder’s of Series A Preferred Shares and, if applicable, any event on which such conversion is contingent and (b), if such shareholder’s shares are certificated, surrender the certificate or certificates for such Series A Preferred Shares (or, if such registered shareholder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company to indemnify the Company against any claim that may be made against the Company on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate), at the office of the transfer agent for the Preferred Shares (or at the principal office of the Company if the Company serves as its own transfer agent). Such notice shall state such shareholder’s name or the names of the nominees in which such shareholder wishes the Ordinary Shares to be issued. If required by the Company, any certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the registered shareholder or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. The close of business on the date of receipt by the transfer agent (or by the Company if the Company serves as its own transfer agent) of such notice and, if applicable, certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) shall be the time of conversion (the “Conversion Time”), and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the specified shares shall be deemed to be outstanding of record as of such date. The Company shall, as soon as practicable after the Conversion Time (i) issue and deliver to such shareholder of Preferred Shares, or to his, her or its nominees, a certificate or certificates for the number of full Ordinary Shares issuable upon such conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof and a certificate for the number (if any) of the Series A Preferred Shares represented by the surrendered certificate that were not converted into Ordinary Shares, and (ii) pay in cash such amount as provided in Section 3.5.2 above (Fractional Shares) in lieu of any fraction of a Ordinary Share otherwise issuable upon such conversion.

 

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(b) Reservation of Shares

 

The Company shall at all times when the Series A Preferred Shares shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, such number of its duly authorized Ordinary Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Series A Preferred Shares; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding Series A Preferred Shares, the Company shall take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including, without limitation, engaging in best efforts to obtain the requisite shareholder approval of any necessary amendment to this Memorandum and Articles of Association. Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the applicable Conversion Price below the then par value of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, the Company will take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its directors, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Shares at such adjusted Conversion Price.

 

(c) Effect of Conversion

 

All Series A Preferred Shares which shall have been surrendered for conversion as herein provided shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately cease and terminate at the Conversion Time, except only the right of the shareholders thereof to receive Ordinary Shares in exchange therefor and to receive payment in lieu of any fraction of a share otherwise issuable upon such conversion as provided in Section 3.5.2 above (Fractional Shares). Any Series A Preferred Shares so converted shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Company may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for shareholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of Series A Preferred Shares accordingly.

 

(d) No Further Adjustment

 

Upon any such conversion, no adjustment to the applicable Conversion Price shall be made for any declared but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Shares surrendered for conversion or on the Ordinary Shares delivered upon conversion

 

3.5.4. Adjustments to Series A Conversion Price for Diluting Issues

 

For the purpose of this Section 3.5, the following definitions shall apply:

 

Option” shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Ordinary Shares or Convertible Securities.

 

Series A Original Issue Date” shall mean the date on which the first share Series A Preferred Share was issued.

 

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Convertible Securities” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares, but excluding Options.

 

Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares” shall mean all Ordinary Shares issued (or, pursuant to the Section 3.5.6 (Deemed Issue of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares), deemed to be issued) by the Company after the Series A Original Issue Date, other than (1) the following shares of Ordinary Shares and (2) Ordinary Shares deemed issued pursuant to the following Options and Convertible Securities (clauses (1) and (2), collectively, “Exempted Securities”):

 

(a) Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities issued as a dividend or distribution on any class of Series A Preferred Shares;

 

(b) Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities issued by reason of a dividend, share split, division, split-up or other distribution on Ordinary Shares that is covered by Sections 3.5.10, 3.5.11 or 3.5.12 below on the Adjustments for Share Splits, Divisions and Combinations, Adjustments for Certain Dividends and Distributions, Adjustments for Other Dividends and Distributions or Adjustments for Merger or Reorganization, etc.;

 

(c) Ordinary Shares or Options issued to employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the directors of the Company;

 

(d) Ordinary Shares or Convertible Securities actually issued upon the exercise of Options or Ordinary Shares actually issued upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities, in each case, provided such issuance is pursuant to the terms of such Option or Convertible Security;

 

(e) Ordinary Shares, options, warrants or other convertible securities issued to banks, equipment lessors or other financial lessors pursuant to a debt financing, equipment leasing or real property leasing transaction as approved by the directors of the Company;

 

(f) Ordinary Shares, options, warrants or other convertible securities issued to suppliers or third-party service providers in connection with the provision of goods or services as approved by the directors of the Company ; or

 

(g) Ordinary Shares, options, warrants or other convertible securities issued in connection with sponsored research, collaboration, technology license, development, OEM, marketing or other similar agreements or strategic partnerships approved by the directors of the Company.

 

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3.5.5. No Adjustment of Applicable Series A Conversion Price

 

No adjustment in the applicable Series A Conversion Price shall be made as the result of the issuance or deemed issuance of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares if the Company receives written notice from the Requisite Holders agreeing that no such adjustment shall be made as the result of the issuance or deemed issuance of such Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares

 

3.5.6. Deemed Issue of Additional Ordinary Shares

 

(a) If the Company at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date shall issue any Options or Convertible Securities (excluding Options or Convertible Securities which are themselves Exempted Securities) or shall fix a record date for the determination of shareholders of any class of securities entitled to receive any such Options or Convertible Securities, then the maximum number of Ordinary Shares (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto, assuming the satisfaction of any conditions to exercisability, convertibility or exchangeability but without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of Convertible Securities and Options therefor, the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, shall be deemed to be Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares issued as of the time of such issue or, in case such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date.

 

(b) If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security, the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment to the applicable Series A Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 3.5.7 below (Adjustment of Applicable Series A Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares), are revised as a result of an amendment to such terms or any other adjustment pursuant to the provisions of such Option or Convertible Security (but excluding automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution or similar provisions of such Option or Convertible Security) to provide for either (1) any increase or decrease in the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (2) any increase or decrease in the consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, then, effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective, the applicable Series A Conversion Price computed upon the original issue of such Option or Convertible Security (or upon the occurrence of a record date with respect thereto) shall be readjusted to such applicable Series A Conversion Price as would have obtained had such revised terms been in effect upon the original date of issuance of such Option or Convertible Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no readjustment pursuant to this clause (b) shall have the effect of increasing the applicable Series A Conversion Price to an amount which exceeds the lower of (i) the applicable Series A Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the original adjustment made as a result of the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security, or (ii) the applicable Series A Conversion Price that would have resulted from any issuances of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares (other than deemed issuances of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares as a result of the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security) between the original adjustment date and such readjustment date.

 

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(c) If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security (excluding Options or Convertible Securities which are themselves Exempted Securities), the issuance of which did not result in an adjustment to the applicable Series A Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of the Section 3.5.7 below (Adjustment of Applicable Series A Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares) (either because the consideration per share (determined pursuant to Section 3.5.8 below on Determination of Consideration) of the Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares subject thereto was equal to or greater than the applicable Series A Conversion Price then in effect, or because such Option or Convertible Security was issued before the Series A Original Issue Date), are revised after the Series A Original Issue Date as a result of an amendment to such terms or any other adjustment pursuant to the provisions of such Option or Convertible Security (but excluding automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution or similar provisions of such Option or Convertible Security) to provide for either (1) any increase in the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (2) any decrease in the consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise, conversion or exchange, then such Option or Convertible Security, as so amended or adjusted, and the Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares subject thereto (determined in the manner provided in subsection (a) above shall be deemed to have been issued effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective.

 

(d) Upon the expiration or termination of any unexercised Option or unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Security (or portion thereof) which resulted (either upon its original issuance or upon a revision of its terms) in an adjustment to the applicable Series A Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 3.5.7 below (Adjustment of Applicable Series A Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares), the applicable Series A Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such applicable Series A Conversion Price as would have obtained had such Option or Convertible Security (or portion thereof) never been issued.

 

(e) If the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, is calculable at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended but is subject to adjustment based upon subsequent events, any adjustment to the applicable Series A Conversion Price provided for in this Section 3.5.6 shall be effected at the time of such issuance or amendment based on such number of shares or amount of consideration without regard to any provisions for subsequent adjustments (and any subsequent adjustments shall be treated as provided in clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 3.5.6). If the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, cannot be calculated at all at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended, any adjustment to the applicable Series A Conversion Price that would result under the terms of this Section 3.5.6 at the time of such issuance or amendment shall instead be effected at the time such number of shares and/or amount of consideration is first calculable (even if subject to subsequent adjustments), assuming for purposes of calculating such adjustment to the applicable Series A Conversion Price that such issuance or amendment took place at the time such calculation can first be made.

 

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3.5.7. Adjustment of Applicable Series A Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Additional Ordinary Shares

 

In the event the Company shall at any time after the Series A Original Issue Date issue Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares (including Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 3.5.6 above (Deemed Issue of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares)), without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the applicable Series A Conversion Price of the Series A2 Preferred Shares, the Series A1-A Preferred Shares, as applicable (but for avoidance of doubt, not the applicable Series A4 Preferred Shares Conversion Price), in effect immediately prior to such issuance or deemed issuance, then the applicable Series A Conversion Price of the Series A2 Preferred Shares or the Series A1-A Preferred Shares, as applicable (but for avoidance of doubt, not the applicable Series A4 Preferred Share Conversion Price or the Series A1-B Share Conversion Price), shall be reduced, concurrently with such issuance or deemed issuance, to the consideration per share received by the Company for such issue or deemed issue of the Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares; provided that if such issuance or deemed issuance was without consideration, then the Company shall be deemed to have received an aggregate of $0.00001 of consideration for all such Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares issued or deemed to be issued. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Series A2 Conversion Price, the Series A1-A Conversion Price or the Series A1-B Conversion Price be reduced by the operation of the immediately preceding sentence to a Conversion Price that is less than $0.43 per share.

 

3.5.8. Determination of Consideration

 

For purposes of this Section 3.5, the consideration received by the Company for the issuance or deemed issuance of any Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares shall be computed as follows:

 

(a) Cash and Property

 

Such consideration shall:

 

(i) insofar as it consists of cash, be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Company, excluding amounts paid or payable for accrued interest;

 

(ii) insofar as it consists of property other than cash, be computed at the fair market value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the directors of the Company; and

 

(iii) in the event Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which covers both, be the proportion of such consideration so received, computed as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above, as determined in good faith by the directors of the Company.

 

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(b) Options and Convertible Securities

 

The consideration per share received by the Company for Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares deemed to have been issued pursuant to Section 3.5.6 above (Deemed Issue of Additional Shares of Ordinary Shares), relating to Options and Convertible Securities, shall be determined by dividing:

 

(i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issue of such Options or Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such consideration) payable to the Company upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, by

 

(ii) the maximum number of shares of Ordinary Shares (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

3.5.9. Limitation on Beneficial Ownership

 

The Company shall not effect the conversion of any of the Series A Preferred Shares held by a shareholder of the Company, and such shareholder shall not have the right to convert any of the Series A Preferred Shares held by such holder pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Memorandum and Articles of Association, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, such shareholder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or upon the election by a shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares prior to the issuance of any Preferred Shares, 9.99%) (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of Ordinary Shares held by such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted Series A Preferred Shares beneficially owned by such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Convertible Security) beneficially owned by such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 3.5.9. For purposes of this Section 3.5.9, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares a shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares may acquire upon the conversion of such Series A Preferred Shares without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, such shareholder may rely upon the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as provided by the Company upon request of the shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares (the “Outstanding Share Number”). If the Company receives a notice of conversion from a shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares at a time when the actual number of outstanding Ordinary Shares is less than the Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall notify such shareholder of Preferred Shares in writing of the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding and, to the extent that such Conversion Notice would otherwise cause the beneficial ownership of such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares, as determined pursuant to this Section 3.5.9, to exceed the Maximum Percentage, such shareholder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Ordinary Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Conversion Notice. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of any shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares, the Company shall within one (1) business day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to such shareholder of Preferred Shares the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including such Series A Preferred Shares, by such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of Ordinary Shares to a shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares upon conversion of such Series A Preferred Shares results in such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), the number of shares so issued by which such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, any shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage of such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares. For purposes of clarity, the Ordinary Shares issuable to a shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms of this Memorandum and Articles of Association in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act. No prior inability to convert such Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3.5.9 to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph (or any portion of this paragraph) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 3.5.9 or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor shareholder of such Series A Preferred Shares.

 

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3.5.10. Adjustment for Share Splits, Divisions and Combinations

 

If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date effect a division of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the applicable Series A Conversion Price and Series Seed Conversion Price in effect immediately before that division shall be proportionately decreased so that the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date combine the outstanding shares of Ordinary Shares, the applicable Series A Conversion Price and Series Seed Conversion Price in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased so that the number of shares of Ordinary Shares issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Any adjustment under this Section 3.5.10 shall become effective at the close of business on the date the division or combination becomes effective.

 

3.5.11. Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions

 

In the event the Company at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of shareholders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable on the Ordinary Shares in additional Ordinary Shares, then and in each such event the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately before such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying the applicable Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

 

(a) the numerator of which shall be the total number of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date, and

 

(b) the denominator of which shall be the total number of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of Ordinary Shares issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing (i) if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the applicable Conversion Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter the applicable Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this Section 3.5.11 as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions; and (ii) that no such adjustment shall be made if the shareholders of Series A Preferred Shares simultaneously receive a dividend or other distribution of Ordinary Shares in a number equal to the number of Ordinary Shares as they would have received if all outstanding Series A Preferred Shares had been converted into Ordinary Shares on the date of such event

 

3.5.12. Adjustments for other Dividends and Distributions

 

In the event the Company at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of shareholders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of the Company (other than a distribution of Ordinary Shares in respect of outstanding Ordinary Shares) or in other property and the provisions of Section 3.5.11do not apply to such dividend or distribution, then and in each such event the shareholders of Series A Preferred Shares shall receive, simultaneously with the distribution to the shareholders of Ordinary Shares, a dividend or other distribution of such shares or other property in an amount equal to the amount of such shares or other property as they would have received if all outstanding Series A Preferred Shares had been converted into Ordinary Shares on the date of such event.

 

3.5.13. Adjustment for Merger or Reorganization

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.4.2, if there shall occur any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger involving the Company in which the Ordinary Shares (but not the Series A Preferred Shares) is converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by the Sections 3.5.4 to 3.5.7, above (Adjustments to Series A Conversion Price for Diluting Issues, Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions or Adjustments for Other Dividends and Distributions), then, following any such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, each Series A Preferred Share shall thereafter be convertible in lieu of the Ordinary Shares into which it was convertible prior to such event into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which a shareholder of the number of Ordinary Shares of the Company issuable upon conversion of one Series A Preferred Shares immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the directors of the Company) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Section 3.5 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the shareholders of the Series A Preferred Shares, to the end that the provisions set forth in this Section 3.5 (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the applicable Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares.

 

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3.5.14. Certificate as to Adjustments

 

Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the applicable Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 3.5, the Company at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable but in any event not later than ten (10) days thereafter, compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares a share certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property into which the Series A Preferred Shares is convertible) and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the written request at any time of any shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares (but in any event not later than ten (10) days thereafter), furnish or cause to be furnished to such shareholder a share certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Conversion Price then in effect, and (ii) the number of Ordinary Shares and the amount, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then would be received upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Shares.

 

4. SERIES B PREFERRED SHARES

 

4.1. Protective Provisions

 

As long as any Series B Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Shares:

 

(a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series B Preferred Shares or alter or amend this Memorandum and Articles, in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares;

 

(b) increase the number of authorised Series B Preferred Shares; or

 

(c) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

4.2. Voting Rights

 

The Series B Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to vote on any Resolution of Shareholders, except as expressly provided to the contrary in the provisions of the Act or the Schedule or in relation to a variation of the rights of the Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to the Memorandum

 

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4.3. Dividend Rights

 

The holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, and the Company shall pay, dividends on Series B Preferred Shares equal (on an as-if-converted-to-Ordinary Shares basis) to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on Ordinary Shares when, as and if such dividends are paid on Ordinary Shares. No other dividends or other distributions shall be paid on Series B Preferred Shares

 

4.4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up

 

Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary (a “Liquidation”), the shareholders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Company the same amount that a shareholder of Ordinary Shares would receive if the Series B Preferred Shares were fully converted (disregarding for such purposes any conversion limitations hereunder) to Ordinary Shares which amounts shall be paid pari passu with all shareholders of Ordinary Shares. The Company shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each holder of Series B Preferred Shares.

 

4.5. Conversion Rights

 

4.5.1. Conversions at Option of Series B Preferred Shareholder

 

Each Series B Preferred Share shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the Series B Original Issue Date at the option of the shareholder thereof, into that number of Ordinary Shares (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4.5.4 and 4.5.5 below) determined by dividing the Stated Value of such share of Series B Preferred Shares by the Conversion Price. Shareholders shall effect conversions by providing the Company with a conversion notice in the form satisfactory to the Company (a “Notice of Conversion”). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of Series B Preferred Shares to be converted, the number of Series B Preferred Shares owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of Series B Preferred Shares owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable shareholder delivers by facsimile such Notice of Conversion to the Company (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Company is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of Series B Preferred Shares, a shareholder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the Series B Preferred Shares to the Company unless all of the Series B Preferred Shares represented thereby are so converted, in which case such shareholder shall deliver the certificate representing such Series B Preferred Shares promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Series B Preferred Shares converted into Ordinary Shares or redeemed in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued

 

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4.5.2. Conversion Price

 

The conversion price for the Series B Preferred Shares shall equal $3.00, subject to adjustment as set out in Section 4 of this Schedule (the “Series B Conversion Price”).

 

4.5.3. Mechanics of Conversion

 

(a) Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion

 

Not later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Shareholder (A) the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares, and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends, if any. The Company shall use its best efforts to deliver the Conversion Shares in book entry form. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Ordinary Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion.

 

(b) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares

 

If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable holder of the Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date, the Shareholder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Shareholder any original Series B Preferred Share certificate delivered to the Company and the shareholder shall promptly return to the Company the Conversion Shares issued to such Shareholder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion.

 

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(c) Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages

 

The Company’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Series B Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Shareholder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such shareholder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by such shareholder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to such Shareholder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action that the Company may have against such shareholder. In the event a shareholder shall elect to convert any or all of the Stated Value of its Series B Preferred Shares, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Shareholder or any one associated or affiliated with such shareholder has been engaged in any violation of law, or agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to shareholder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Series B Preferred Shares of such shareholder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of such shareholder in the amount of 150% of the Stated Value of Series B Preferred Shares which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such shareholder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails to deliver to a shareholder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 4.5.3(a) by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Company shall pay to such shareholder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $5,000 of Stated Value of Series B Preferred Shares being converted, $50 per Trading Day (increasing to $100 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day and increasing to $200 per Trading Day on the sixth Trading Day after such damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or shareholder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a shareholder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Shareholder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Shareholder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

(d) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure and Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion

 

In addition to any other rights available to the shareholder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to a Shareholder the applicable Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4.5.3(a), and if after such Share Delivery Date such shareholder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Shareholder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such shareholder of the Conversion Shares which such shareholder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to such shareholder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such shareholder) the amount, if any, by which (x) such shareholder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Ordinary Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that such shareholder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such shareholder, either reissue (if surrendered) the Series B Preferred Shares equal to the number of Series B Preferred Shares submitted for conversion (in which case, such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to such shareholder the number of Ordinary Shares that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4.5.3(a). For example, if a shareholder purchases Ordinary Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of Series B Preferred Shares with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay such shareholder $1,000. The shareholder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to such shareholder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a shareholder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver Conversion Shares upon conversion of Series B Preferred Shares as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(e) Reservation of Shares Issuable on Conversion

 

The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the shareholder (and the other shareholders of the Series B Preferred Shares), not less than such aggregate number of the Ordinary Shares as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4.5.6) upon the conversion of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Shares. The Company covenants that all Ordinary Shares that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(f) Fractional Shares

 

No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares. As to any fraction of a share which the shareholder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share

 

(g) Transfer Taxes and Expenses

 

The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares shall be made without charge to any shareholder for any taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the shareholders of such Series B Preferred Shares and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.

 

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4.5.4. Beneficial Ownership Limitation

 

The Company shall not effect any conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares, and a shareholder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Series B Preferred Shares, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such shareholder (together with such shareholder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such shareholder or any of such shareholder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such shareholder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Ordinary Shares which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Stated Value of Series B Preferred Shares beneficially owned by such Shareholder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, the Series B Preferred Shares) beneficially owned by such shareholder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4.5.6, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4.5.6 applies, the determination of whether the Series B Preferred Shares is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such shareholder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many Series B Preferred Shares are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such shareholder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be such shareholder’s determination of whether the Series B Preferred Shares may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such shareholder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and how many of the Series B Preferred Shares are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each shareholder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4.5.6, in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, a shareholder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request (which may be via email) of a shareholder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to such shareholder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding of Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Series B Preferred Shares, by such shareholder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, upon election by a Shareholder prior to the issuance of any Series B Preferred Shares, 9.99%) of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Shares held by the applicable Shareholder. A shareholder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4.5.6 applicable to its Series B Preferred Shares provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares held by the shareholder and the provisions of this Section 4.5.6 shall continue to apply. Any such increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company and shall only apply to such shareholder and no other Shareholder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4.5.6 to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor shareholder of Series B Preferred Shares.

 

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4.5.5. Issuance Limitations

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company may not issue, upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares, a number of Ordinary Shares which would exceed the Initial Conversion Shares (such number of shares, subject to upward adjustment as contemplated by the remainder of this Section 4.5.5, the “Issuable Maximum”). In the event that the average of the three VWAPs immediately prior to the Initial Trigger Date (such amount, the “Initial Trigger Date Conversion Price”) is less than the Conversion Price, then on and after the Initial Trigger Date, the Issuable Maximum shall be increased to equal the lesser of (i) such number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Aggregate Stated Value divided by the Initial Trigger Date Conversion Price and (ii) 32,515,343 Ordinary Shares (subject to adjustment for forward, division and reverse share splits or combination, reorganizations and the like). Further, in the event that the average of the 3 lowest VWAPs during the ten Trading Days immediately prior to each Trigger Date (each such amount, a “Trigger Date Conversion Price”) is less than the Conversion Price, then on and after each applicable Trigger Date the Issuable Maximum may be increased and only increased on each applicable Trigger Date to equal the lesser of (i) such number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Aggregate Stated Value divided by the applicable Trigger Date Conversion Price and (ii) 56,901,849 of Ordinary Shares (subject to adjustment for forward, division, and reverse share splits or combinations, reorganizations and the like). Each shareholder shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be entitled to a portion of the Issuable Maximum equal to its pro-rata portion of the Initial Conversion Shares issuable to such shareholder on or before the Series B Original Issue Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Issuable Maximum exceed 56,901,849 of Ordinary Shares, in the aggregate. Furthermore, following the final Trigger Date, in the event that the Issuable Maximum is less than the aggregate number of Series B Preferred Shares issued on the Series B Original Issue Date, then such Series B Preferred Shares previously issued in excess of such finally-determined Issuable Maximum shall be cancelled, on a pro rata basis with the shareholders, and not reissued

 

4.5.6. Certain Adjustments

 

(a) Share Dividends and Divisions or Combinations of Shares

 

If the Company, at any time while the Series B Preferred Shares are outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or issues bonus shares or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in Ordinary Shares on Ordinary Shares or any other Ordinary Share Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of a dividend on, the Series B Preferred Shares), (ii) subdivides outstanding Ordinary Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse share split or combination) outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of the Ordinary Shares, any shares of the Company, then the Series B Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4.5.6 shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

(b) Subsequent Rights Offerings

 

In addition to any adjustments pursuant to paragraph 5.3.1, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Ordinary Share Equivalents or rights to purchase shares, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Ordinary Shares (the “Purchase Rights”), then each shareholder of Series B Preferred Shares will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Shareholder could have acquired if the shareholder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete conversion of such shareholder’s Series B Preferred Shares (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record shareholders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Shareholder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Shareholder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the shareholder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Ordinary Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Shareholder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Shareholder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation)

 

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(c) Pro Rata Distributions

 

During such time as any Series B Preferred Share is outstanding, if the Company declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to shareholders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, shares or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Payment Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares, then, in each such case, each holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to participate in such Payment Distribution to the same extent that the shareholder would have participated therein if the shareholder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Payment Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record shareholders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Payment Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the shareholder’s right to participate in any such Payment Distribution would result in the shareholder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the shareholder shall not be entitled to participate in such Payment Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Ordinary Shares as a result of such Payment Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Payment Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the shareholder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the shareholder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

(d) Fundamental Transaction

 

If, at any time while the Series B Preferred Shares is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which shareholders of Ordinary Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Ordinary Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a share or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (not including any Ordinary Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares, the shareholder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Sections 4.5.4 and 4.5.5 above, Beneficial Ownership Limited and Issuance Limited, on the conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares), the number of Ordinary Shares of the successor or acquiring company or of the Company, if it is the surviving company, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares for which the Series B Preferred Shares is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Sections 4.5.4 and 4.5.5 on the conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Ordinary Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If shareholders of Ordinary Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Shareholder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new Memorandum and Articles of Association with the same terms and conditions and issue to the shareholders new preferred shares consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the shareholders’ right to convert such preferred share into Alternate Consideration. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Memorandum and Articles of Association and the other associated transaction documents in respect of the Series B Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.5.6 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the shareholder and approved by the shareholder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the shareholder of the Series B Preferred Shares, deliver to the shareholder in exchange for the Series B Preferred Shares a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Series B Preferred Shares which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Ordinary Shares acquirable and receivable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares (but taking into account the relative value of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares, such number of shares and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of the Series B Preferred Shares immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the shareholder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Memorandum and Articles of Association and the other associated transaction documents in respect of the Series B Preferred Shares referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Memorandum and Articles of Association and the other associated transaction documents in respect of the Series B Preferred Shares with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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(e) Calculations

 

All calculations under this Section 4.5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a Share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 4.5, the number of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.

 

4.6. Notices to Series B Preferred Shareholders

 

4.6.1. Adjustment of Series B Conversion Price

 

Whenever the Series B Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to this Section 4, the Company shall promptly deliver to each holder of Series B Preferred Shares a notice setting forth the Series B Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

4.6.2. Notice to Allow Conversion by Series B Shareholder

 

If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Ordinary Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Ordinary Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all shareholders of the Ordinary Shares of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Ordinary Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Ordinary Shares is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares, and shall cause to be delivered to each shareholder of Series A Preferred Shares at its last address as it shall appear upon the share register of the Company, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the shareholders of the Ordinary Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Ordinary Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Ordinary Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The shareholder of Series B Preferred Shares shall remain entitled to convert the Conversion Amount of the Series B Preferred Shares (or any part hereof) during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

HUDSON CAPITAL INC.

 

A Company Limited By Shares

 

1 DISAPPLICATION OF THE ACT

 

The following sections of the Act shall not apply to the Company:

 

(a) section 46 (Pre-emptive rights);

 

(b) section 60 (Process for acquisition of own shares);

 

(c) section 61 (Offer to one or more shareholders);

 

(d) section 62 (Shares redeemed otherwise than at the option of company); and

 

(e) section 175 (Disposition of assets).

 

2 SHARES

 

2.1 Nothing in these Articles shall require title to any Shares or other Securities to be evidenced by a certificate if the Act and the rules of the Stock Exchange permit otherwise.

 

2.2 Where a certificate in respect of Shares or Securities is provided by the Company, then it shall be signed by a director or officer of the Company, or any other person authorised by Resolution of Directors, or under the Seal specifying the number of Shares or Securities held by him and the signature of the director, officer or authorised person and the Seal may be facsimiles.

 

2.3 Any Shareholder receiving a certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its directors and officers harmless from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of any wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession thereof. If a certificate for Shares is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production of the worn out certificate or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity as may be required by Resolution of Directors.

 

2.4 If several persons are registered as joint holders of any Shares, any one of such persons may give an effectual receipt for any distribution.

 

2.5 Subject to the Memorandum and these Articles, Shares and other Securities may be issued at such times, to such persons, for such consideration and on such terms as the directors may by Resolution of Directors determine.

 

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2.6 A Share may be issued for consideration in any form or a combination of forms, including money, a promissory note, or other written obligation to contribute money or property, real property, personal property (including goodwill and know-how), services rendered or a contract for future services.

 

2.7 Before issuing Shares for a consideration which is, in whole or in part, other than money, a Resolution of Directors shall be passed stating:

 

(a) the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares; and

 

(b) that, in the opinion of the directors, the present cash value of the non-money consideration and money consideration, if any, is not less than the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares.

 

2.8 The Company shall keep a register of members containing:

 

(a) the names and addresses of the persons who hold Shares;

 

(b) the number of each class and series of Shares held by each Shareholder;

 

(c) the date on which the name of each Shareholder was entered in the register of members; and

 

(d) the date on which any person ceased to be a Shareholder.

 

2.9 The register of members may be in any such form as the directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents. Until the directors otherwise determine, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage form shall be the original register of members.

 

2.10 A Share is deemed to be issued when the name of the Shareholder is entered in the register of members.

 

2.11 Subject to and in accordance with the Act, the Memorandum and the rules of the Stock Exchange, the directors, without further consultation with the holders of any Shares or Securities, may resolve that any class or series of Shares or other Securities from time to time in issue or to be issued (including Shares in issue at the date of the adoption of these Articles) may be issued, held, registered, converted to, transferred or otherwise dealt with in uncertificated form and no provision of these Articles will apply to any uncertificated Shares or other Securities to the extent that they are inconsistent with the holding of such Shares or Securities or the transfer of title to any such Shares or other Securities.

 

2.12 Subject to the Memorandum, Conversion of Shares held in certificated form into Shares held in uncertificated form, and vice versa, may be made in such manner as the directors may, in their absolute discretion, think fit (subject always to the Act and the rules of the Stock Exchange). The Company shall enter on the register of members how many Shares are held by each Shareholder in uncertificated form and in certificated form and shall maintain the register of members in each case as is required. Notwithstanding any provision of these Articles, a class or series of Shares shall not be treated as two classes by virtue only of that class or series comprising both certificated Shares and uncertificated Shares or as a result of any provision of these Articles which apply only in respect of certificated or uncertificated Shares.

 

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3 REDEMPTION OF SHARES AND TREASURY SHARES

 

3.1 Subject to the Memorandum, the Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire and hold its own Shares save that the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its own Shares without the consent of Shareholders whose Shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired unless the Company is permitted by the Act or any other provision in the Memorandum or Articles to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire the Shares without their consent.

 

3.2 Subject to the Memorandum, the Company may acquire its own fully paid Shares for no consideration by way of surrender of the Shares to the Company by the person holding the Shares. Any such surrender shall be in writing and signed by the person holding the Shares.

 

3.3 Subject to the Memorandum, the Company may only offer to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire Shares if the Resolution of Directors authorising the purchase, redemption or other acquisition contains a statement that the directors are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that immediately after the purchase, redemption or other acquisition the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due.

 

3.4 Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires may be cancelled or held as treasury shares provided that the number of Shares purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired and held as treasury shares, when aggregated with Shares of the same class already held by the Company as treasury shares, may not exceed 50% of the Shares of that class previously issued by the Company excluding Shares that have been cancelled. Shares which have been cancelled shall be available for reissue.

 

3.5 All rights and obligations attaching to a treasury share are suspended and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds the Share as a treasury share.

 

3.6 Treasury shares may be transferred by the Company on such terms and conditions (not otherwise inconsistent with the Memorandum and the Articles) as the Company may by Resolution of Directors determine.

 

4 MORTGAGES AND CHARGES OF SHARES

 

4.1 Shareholders may mortgage or charge their Shares.

 

4.2 There shall be entered in the register of members at the written request of the Shareholder:

 

(a) a statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or charged;

 

(b) the name of the mortgagee or chargee; and

 

(c) the date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the register of members.

 

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4.3 Where particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the register of members, such particulars may be cancelled:

 

(a) with the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his behalf; or

 

(b) upon evidence satisfactory to the directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the directors shall consider necessary or desirable.

 

4.4 Whilst particulars of a mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the register of members pursuant to this Regulation:

 

(a) no transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be effected;

 

(b) the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such Share; and

 

  (c) no replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such Shares, without the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.

 

4.5 The directors may not resolve to refuse or delay the transfer of a Share pursuant to the enforcement of a valid security interest created over the Share.

 

5 FORFEITURE

 

5.1 Shares that are not fully paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in this Regulation and for this purpose Shares issued for a promissory note, other written obligation to contribute money or property or a contract for future services are deemed to be not fully paid.

 

5.2 A written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the Shareholder who defaults in making payment in respect of the Shares.

 

5.3 The written notice of call referred to in Regulation 5.2 shall name a further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from the date of service of the notice on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement that in the event of non- payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment is not made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

5.4 Where a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Regulation 5.2 and the requirements of the notice have not been complied with, the directors may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and cancel the Shares to which the notice relates.

 

5.5 The Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the Shareholder whose Shares have been cancelled pursuant to Regulation 5.4 and that Shareholder shall be discharged from any further obligation to the Company.

 

6 TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

6.1 Shares may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the transferee, which shall be sent to the Company for registration.

 

6.2 The transfer of a Share is effective when the name of the transferee is entered on the register of members.

 

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6.3 If the directors of the Company are satisfied that an instrument of transfer relating to Shares has been signed but that the instrument has been lost or destroyed, they may resolve by Resolution of Directors:

 

(a) to accept such evidence of the transfer of Shares as they consider appropriate; and

 

(b) that the transferee’s name should be entered in the register of members notwithstanding the absence of the instrument of transfer.

 

6.4 The personal representative of a deceased Shareholder may transfer a Share even though the personal representative is not a Shareholder at the time of the transfer.

 

6.5 The directors may not resolve to refuse or delay the transfer of a Share unless the Shareholder has failed to pay an amount due in respect of the Share.

 

6.6 Where shares are listed on a Recognised Exchange, Regulation 6.1 to 6.4 shall not apply and the shares may be transferred without the need for a written instrument of transfer if the transfer is carried out in accordance with the law, rules, procedures and other requirements applicable to shares listed on the Recognised Exchange.

 

7 MEETINGS AND CONSENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

7.1 Any director of the Company may convene meetings of the Shareholders at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the director considers necessary or desirable.

 

7.2 Upon the written request of Shareholders entitled to exercise 30% or more of the voting rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested the directors shall convene a meeting of Shareholders.

 

7.3 The director convening a meeting shall give not less than 7 days’ notice of a meeting of Shareholders to:

 

(a) those Shareholders whose names on the date the notice is given appear as Shareholders in the register of members of the Company and are entitled to vote at the meeting; and

 

(b) the other directors.

 

7.4 The director convening a meeting of Shareholders may fix as the record date for determining those Shareholders that are entitled to vote at the meeting the date notice is given of the meeting, or such other date as may be specified in the notice, being a date not earlier than the date of the notice.

 

7.5 A meeting of Shareholders held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if Shareholders holding at least 90% of the total voting rights on all the matters to be considered at the meeting have waived notice of the meeting and, for this purpose, the presence of a Shareholder at the meeting shall constitute waiver in relation to all the Shares which that Shareholder holds.

 

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7.6 The inadvertent failure of a director who convenes a meeting to give notice of a meeting to a Shareholder or another director, or the fact that a Shareholder or another director has not received notice, does not invalidate the meeting.

 

7.7 A Shareholder may be represented at a meeting of Shareholders by a proxy who may speak and vote on behalf of the Shareholder.

 

7.8 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place designated for the meeting before the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote. The notice of the meeting may specify an alternative or additional place or time at which the proxy shall be presented.

 

7.9 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other form as approved by the directors or as the chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the Shareholder appointing the proxy.

 

 

[COMPANY NAME]

 

I/We being a Shareholder of the above Company HEREBY APPOINT …………………….. of ………………………. or failing him ……………………………. of ………………………………….. to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of Shareholders to be held on the………… day of …………………, 20…….. and at any adjournment thereof. (Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here)

 

Signed this …… day of      , 20……

 

…………………………… Shareholder

 

 

7.10 The following applies where Shares are jointly owned:

 

(a) if two or more persons hold Shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy at a meeting of Shareholders and may speak as a Shareholder;

 

(b) if only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all joint owners; and

 

(c) if two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one.

 

7.11 A Shareholder shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of Shareholders if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Shareholders or their authorised representatives participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

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7.12 A meeting of Shareholders is duly constituted if, at the commencement of the meeting, there are present in person or by proxy not less than 50% of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote on Resolutions of Shareholders to be considered at the meeting. A quorum may comprise a single Shareholder or proxy and then such person may pass a Resolution of Shareholders and a certificate signed by such person accompanied where such person be a proxy by a copy of the proxy instrument shall constitute a valid Resolution of Shareholders.

 

7.13 If within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Shareholders, shall be dissolved; in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the next business day in the jurisdiction in which the meeting was to have been held at the same time and place or to such other time and place as the directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting there are present within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than one third of the votes of the Shares or each class or series of Shares entitled to vote on the matters to be considered by the meeting, those present shall constitute a quorum but otherwise the meeting shall be dissolved.

 

7.14 At every meeting of Shareholders, the chairman of the board of directors shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no chairman of the board of directors or if that chairman is not present at the meeting, the Shareholders present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman. If the Shareholders are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the person representing the greatest number of voting Shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall preside as chairman failing which the oldest individual Shareholder or representative of a Shareholder present shall take the chair.

 

7.15 The chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time, and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

7.16 At any meeting of the Shareholders the chairman is responsible for deciding in such manner as he considers appropriate whether any resolution proposed has been carried or not and the result of his decision shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting. If the chairman has any doubt as to the outcome of the vote on a proposed resolution, he shall cause a poll to be taken of all votes cast upon such resolution. If the chairman fails to take a poll then any Shareholder present in person or by proxy who disputes the announcement by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand that a poll be taken and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken. If a poll is taken at any meeting, the result shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

 

7.17 Subject to the specific provisions contained in this Regulation for the appointment of representatives of persons other than individuals the right of any individual to speak for or represent a Shareholder shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by which, the person is constituted or derives its existence. In case of doubt, the directors may in good faith seek legal advice from any qualified person and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise rule, the directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any liability to any Shareholder or the Company.

 

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7.18 Any person other than an individual which is a Shareholder may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such individual as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of Shareholders or of any class of Shareholders, and the individual so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same rights on behalf of the Shareholder which he represents as that Shareholder could exercise if it were an individual.

 

7.19 The chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on behalf of any person other than an individual may call for a notarially certified copy of such proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being so requested or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such person shall be disregarded.

 

7.20 Directors of the Company may attend and speak at any meeting of Shareholders and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class or series of Shares.

 

7.21 An action that may be taken by the Shareholders at a meeting may also be taken by a resolution consented to in writing, without the need for any notice, but if any Resolution of Shareholders is adopted otherwise than by the unanimous written consent of all Shareholders, a copy of such resolution shall forthwith be sent to all Shareholders not consenting to such resolution. The consent may be in the form of counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more Shareholders. If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the earliest date upon which Shareholders holding a sufficient number of votes of Shares to constitute a Resolution of Shareholders have consented to the resolution by signed counterparts.

 

8 DIRECTORS

 

8.1 The first directors of the Company shall be appointed by the first registered agent within 6 months of the date of incorporation of the Company; and thereafter, the directors shall be elected by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors. If, before the Company has any members, all of the directors appointed by the registered agent resign or die or otherwise cease to exist, the registered agent may appoint one or more further persons as directors of the Company.

 

8.2 No person shall be appointed as a director or alternate director, or nominated as a reserve director, of the Company unless he has consented in writing to be a director or alternate director, or to be nominated as a reserve director.

 

8.3 Subject to Regulation 8.1, the minimum number of directors shall be one and there shall be no maximum number.

 

8.4 Each director holds office for the term, if any, fixed by the Resolution of Shareholders or the Resolution of Directors appointing him, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. If no term is fixed on the appointment of a director, the director serves indefinitely until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

8.5 A director may be removed from office:

 

(a) with or without cause, by Resolution of Shareholders passed at a meeting of Shareholders called for the purpose of removing the director or for purposes including the removal of the director or by a written resolution passed by at least 75% of the votes of the Shares of the Company entitled to vote; or

 

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(b) with cause, by Resolution of Directors passed at a meeting of directors called for the purpose of removing the director or for purposes including the removal of the director.

 

8.6 A director may resign his office by giving written notice of his resignation to the Company and the resignation has effect from the date the notice is received by the Company or from such later date as may be specified in the notice. A director shall resign forthwith as a director if he is, or becomes, disqualified from acting as a director under the Act.

 

8.7 The directors may at any time appoint any person to be a director either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors. Where the directors appoint a person as director to fill a vacancy, the term shall not exceed the term that remained when the person who has ceased to be a director ceased to hold office.

 

8.8 A vacancy in relation to directors occurs if a director dies or otherwise ceases to hold office prior to the expiration of his term of office.

 

8.9 Where the Company only has one Shareholder who is an individual and that Shareholder is also the sole director of the Company, the sole Shareholder/director may, by instrument in writing, nominate a person who is not disqualified from being a director of the Company as a reserve director of the Company to act in the place of the sole director in the event of his death.

 

8.10 The nomination of a person as a reserve director of the Company ceases to have effect if:

 

(a) before the death of the sole Shareholder/director who nominated him,

 

(i) he resigns as reserve director, or

 

(ii) the sole Shareholder/director revokes the nomination in writing; or

 

(b) the sole Shareholder/director who nominated him ceases to be able to be the sole Shareholder/director of the Company for any reason other than his death.

 

8.11 The Company shall keep a register of directors containing:

 

(a) the names and addresses of the persons who are directors of the Company or who have been nominated as reserve directors of the Company;

 

(b) the date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was appointed as a director, or nominated as a reserve director, of the Company;

 

(c) the date on which each person named as a director ceased to be a director of the Company;

 

(d) the date on which the nomination of any person nominated as a reserve director ceased to have effect; and

 

(e) such other information as may be prescribed by the Act.

 

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8.12 The register of directors may be kept in any such form as the directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents. Until a Resolution of Directors determining otherwise is passed, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage shall be the original register of directors.

 

8.13 The directors may, by Resolution of Directors, fix the emoluments of directors with respect to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company.

 

8.14 A director is not required to hold a Share as a qualification to office.

 

9 POWERS OF DIRECTORS

 

9.1 The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, or under the direction or supervision of, the directors of the Company. Subject to the provisions of the Memorandum, the directors of the Company have all the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, the business and affairs of the Company. The directors may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Act or by the Memorandum (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Schedule) or the Articles required to be exercised by the Shareholders.

 

9.2 Each director shall exercise his powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the Company acting in a manner that contravenes the Memorandum, the Articles or the Act. Each director, in exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly and in good faith in what the director believes to be the best interests of the Company.

 

9.3 If the Company is the wholly owned subsidiary of a parent, a director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing duties as a director, act in a manner which he believes is in the best interests of the parent even though it may not be in the best interests of the Company.

 

9.4 Any director which is a body corporate may appoint any individual as its duly authorised representative for the purpose of representing it at meetings of the directors, with respect to the signing of consents or otherwise.

 

9.5 The continuing directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body.

 

9.6 Subject to the provisions of the Memorandum, the directors may by Resolution of Directors exercise all the powers of the Company to incur indebtedness, liabilities or obligations and to secure indebtedness, liabilities or obligations whether of the Company or of any third party.

 

9.7 All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by Resolution of Directors.

 

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10 PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

10.1 Any one director of the Company may call a meeting of the directors by sending a written notice to each other director.

 

10.2 The directors of the Company or any committee thereof may meet at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the directors may determine to be necessary or desirable.

 

10.3 A director is deemed to be present at a meeting of directors if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all directors participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

10.4 A director shall be given not less than 3 days’ notice of meetings of directors, but a meeting of directors held without 3 days’ notice having been given to all directors shall be valid if all the directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do not attend waive notice of the meeting, and for this purpose the presence of a director at a meeting shall constitute waiver by that director. The inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a director, or the fact that a director has not received the notice, does not invalidate the meeting.

 

10.5 A director of the company (the appointing director) may appoint any other director or any other eligible person as his alternate to exercise the appointing director’s powers and carry out the appointing director’s responsibilities in relation to the taking of decisions by the directors in the absence of the appointing director.

 

10.6 The appointment and termination of an alternate director must be in writing, and written notice of the appointment and termination must be given by the appointing director to the Company as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

10.7 An alternate director has the same rights as the appointing director in relation to any directors’ meeting and any written resolution circulated for written consent. An alternate director has no power to appoint a further alternate, whether of the appointing director or of the alternate director, and the alternate does not act as an agent of or for the appointing director.

 

10.8 The appointing director may, at any time, voluntarily terminate the alternate director’s appointment. The voluntary termination of the appointment of an alternate shall take effect from the time when written notice of the termination is given to the Company. The rights of an alternate shall automatically terminate if the appointing director dies or otherwise ceases to hold office.

 

10.9 A meeting of directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting there are present in person or by alternate not less than one-half of the total number of directors, subject to a minimum of 2.

 

10.10 If the Company has only one director the provisions herein contained for meetings of directors do not apply and such sole director has full power to represent and act for the Company in all matters as are not by the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Shareholders. In lieu of minutes of a meeting the sole director shall record in writing and sign a note or memorandum of all matters requiring a Resolution of Directors. Such a note or memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution for all purposes.

 

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10.11 The directors may appoint a director as chairman of the board of directors. At meetings of directors at which the chairman of the board of directors is present, he shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no chairman of the board of directors or if the chairman of the board is not present, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

10.12 An action that may be taken by the directors or a committee of directors at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Directors or a resolution of a committee of directors consented to in writing by all directors or by all members of the committee, as the case may be, without the need for any notice. The consent may be in the form of counterparts each counterpart being signed by one or more directors. If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the date upon which the last director has consented to the resolution by signed counterparts.

 

11 COMMITTEES

 

11.1 The directors may, by Resolution of Directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of one or more directors, and delegate one or more of their powers, including the power to affix the Seal, to the committee.

 

11.2 The directors have no power to delegate to a committee of directors any of the Proscribed Powers.

 

11.3 A committee of directors, where authorised by the Resolution of Directors appointing such committee or by a subsequent Resolution of Directors, may appoint a sub-committee and delegate powers exercisable by the committee to the sub-committee.

 

11.4 The meetings and proceedings of each committee of directors consisting of 2 or more directors shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings of directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the Resolution of Directors establishing the committee.

 

11.5 Where the directors delegate their powers to a committee of directors they remain responsible for the exercise of that power by the committee, unless they believed on reasonable grounds at all times before the exercise of the power that the committee would exercise the power in conformity with the duties imposed on directors of the Company under the Act.

 

12 OFFICERS AND AGENTS

 

12.1 The Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as may be considered necessary or expedient. The officers shall perform such duties as are prescribed at the time of their appointment subject to any modification in such duties as may be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors.

 

12.2 The emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors.

 

12.3 The officers of the Company shall hold office until their successors are duly appointed, but any officer elected or appointed by the directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by Resolution of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by Resolution of Directors.

 

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12.4 The directors may, by Resolution of Directors, appoint any person, including a person who is a director, to be an agent of the Company.

 

12.5 An agent of the Company shall have such powers and authority of the directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in the Articles or in the Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except that no agent has any power or authority with respect to the following:

 

(a) the Proscribed Powers;

 

(b) to change the registered office or agent;

 

(c) to fix emoluments of directors; or

 

(d) to authorise the Company to continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands.

 

12.6 The Resolution of Directors appointing an agent may authorise the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the agent by the Company.

 

12.7 The directors may remove an agent appointed by the Company and may revoke or vary a power conferred on him.

 

13 CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

 

13.1 A director of the Company shall, forthwith after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company, disclose the interest to all other directors of the Company.

 

13.2 For the purposes of Regulation 13.1, a disclosure to all other directors to the effect that a director is a member, director or officer of another named entity or has a fiduciary relationship with respect to the entity or a named individual and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction which may, after the date of the entry into the transaction or disclosure of the interest, be entered into with that entity or individual, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that transaction.

 

13.3 A director of the Company who is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company may:

 

(a) vote on a matter relating to the transaction;

 

(b) attend a meeting of directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and

 

(c) sign a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction,

 

and, subject to compliance with the Act shall not, by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from such transaction and no such transaction shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any such interest or benefit.

 

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14 INDEMNIFICATION

 

14.1 Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company shall indemnify against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings any person who:

 

(a) is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director of the Company; or

 

(b) is or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a director of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

 

14.2 The indemnity in Regulation 14.1 only applies if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was unlawful.

 

14.3 For the purposes of Regulation 14.2 and without limitation, a director acts in the best interests of the Company if he acts in the best interests of the Company’s parent in the circumstances specified in Regulation 9.3.

 

14.4 The decision of the directors as to whether the person acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company and as to whether the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of the Articles, unless a question of law is involved.

 

14.5 The termination of any proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

14.6 Expenses, including legal fees, incurred by a director in defending any legal, administrative or investigative proceedings may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the director is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company in accordance with Regulation 14.1.

 

14.7 Expenses, including legal fees, incurred by a former director in defending any legal, administrative or investigative proceedings may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the former director to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the former director is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company in accordance with Regulation 14.1 and upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Company deems appropriate.

 

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14.8 The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section is not exclusive of any other rights to which the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, Resolution of Shareholders, resolution of disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to acting in the person’s official capacity and as to acting in another capacity while serving as a director of the Company.

 

14.9 If a person referred to in Regulation 14.1 has been successful in defence of any proceedings referred to in Regulation 14.1, the person is entitled to be indemnified against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the proceedings.

 

14.10 The Company may purchase and maintain insurance in relation to any person who is or was a director, officer or liquidator of the Company, or who at the request of the Company is or was serving as a director, officer or liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to indemnify the person against the liability as provided in the Articles.

 

15 CORPORATE RECORDS

 

15.1 The Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent:

 

(a) the Memorandum and the Articles;

 

(b) the register of members, or a copy of the register of members;

 

(c) the register of directors, or a copy of the register of directors; and

 

(d) copies of all notices and other documents filed by the Company with the Registrar in the previous 10 years.

 

15.2 Until the directors determine otherwise by Resolution of Directors the Company shall keep the original register of members and original register of directors at the office of its registered agent.

 

15.3 If the Company maintains only a copy of the register of members or a copy of the register of directors at the office of its registered agent, it shall:

 

(a) within 15 days of any change in either register, notify the registered agent in writing of the change; and

 

(b) provide the registered agent with a written record of the physical address of the place or places at which the original register of members or the original register of directors is kept.

 

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15.4 The Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the directors may determine:

 

(a) minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Shareholders and classes of Shareholders; and

 

(b) minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees of directors.

 

15.5 Where any original records referred to in this Regulation are maintained other than at the office of the registered agent of the Company, and the place at which the original records is changed, the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the new location of the records of the Company within 14 days of the change of location.

 

15.6 The records kept by the Company under this Regulation shall be in written form or either wholly or partly as electronic records complying with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions Act 2001 as from time to time amended or re-enacted.

 

16 SEAL

 

The Company shall have a Seal an impression of which shall be kept at the office of the registered agent of the Company. The Company may have more than one Seal and references herein to the Seal shall be references to every Seal which shall have been duly adopted by Resolution of Directors. The directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal and for an imprint thereof to be kept at the registered office. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein the Seal when affixed to any written instrument shall be witnessed and attested to by the signature of any one director or other person so authorised from time to time by Resolution of Directors. Such authorisation may be before or after the Seal is affixed, may be general or specific and may refer to any number of sealings. The directors may provide for a facsimile of the Seal and of the signature of any director or authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the Seal had been affixed to such instrument and the same had been attested to as hereinbefore described.

 

17 DISTRIBUTIONS BY WAY OF DIVIDEND

 

17.1 Subject to the provisions of the Memorandum, the directors of the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, authorise a distribution by way of dividend at a time and of an amount they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due.

 

17.2 Dividends may be paid in money, shares, or other property.

 

17.3 Notice of any dividend that may have been declared shall be given to each Shareholder as specified in Regulation 19 and all dividends unclaimed for 3 years after having been declared may be forfeited by Resolution of Directors for the benefit of the Company.

 

17.4 No dividend shall bear interest as against the Company and no dividend shall be paid on treasury shares.

 

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18 ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

 

18.1 The Company shall keep records and underlying documentation that are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s transactions and that will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy.

 

18.2 The records and underlying documentation of the Company shall be kept at the office of its registered agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the directors may determine and if the records and underlying documentation are kept in a location other than the office of the registered agent, the Company shall provide the registered agent with a written record of:

 

(a) the physical address of the place at which the records and underlying documentation are kept; and

 

(b) the name of the person who maintains and controls the Company’s records and underlying documentation.

 

18.3 If the location at which the records and underlying documentation are kept or the name of the person who maintains and controls the records and underlying documentation changes, the Company shall, within 14 days of the change provide its registered agent with:

 

(a) the physical address of the new location at which the records and underlying documentation are kept; and

 

(b) the name of the new person who maintains and controls the Company’s records and underlying documentation.

 

18.4 The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders call for the directors to prepare periodically and make available a profit and loss account and a balance sheet. The profit and loss account and balance sheet shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit and loss of the Company for a financial period and a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities of the Company as at the end of a financial period.

 

18.5 The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders call for the accounts to be examined by auditors.

 

18.6 The first auditors shall be appointed by Resolution of Directors; subsequent auditors shall be appointed by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors.

 

18.7 The auditors may be Shareholders, but no director or other officer shall be eligible to be an auditor of the Company during their continuance in office.

 

18.8 The remuneration of the auditors of the Company may be fixed by Resolution of Directors.

 

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18.9 The auditors shall examine each profit and loss account and balance sheet required to be laid before a meeting of the Shareholders or otherwise given to Shareholders and shall state in a written report whether or not:

 

(a) in their opinion the profit and loss account and balance sheet give a true and fair view respectively of the profit and loss for the period covered by the accounts, and of the assets and liabilities of the Company at the end of that period; and

 

(b) all the information and explanations required by the auditors have been obtained.

 

18.10 The report of the auditors shall be annexed to the accounts and shall be read at the meeting of Shareholders at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be otherwise given to the Shareholders.

 

18.11 Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books of account and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.

 

18.12 The auditors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend any meetings of Shareholders at which the Company’s profit and loss account and balance sheet are to be presented.

 

19 NOTICES

 

19.1 Any notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company to Shareholders shall be in writing and may be given by personal service, mail, courier, email, or fax to such Shareholder’s address as shown in the register of members or to such Shareholder’s email address or fax number as notified by the Shareholder to the Company in writing from time to time.

 

19.2 Any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company, at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company at the offices of the registered agent of the Company.

 

19.3 Where a notice is sent by post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing notice, and shall be deemed to be received on the fifth business day following the day on which the notice was posted. Where a notice is sent by fax or email, notice shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the email or fax to the address or number provided by the intended recipient and service of the notice shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted.

 

20 VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION

 

Subject to the Act and the provisions of the Memorandum, the Company may by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors appoint an eligible individual as voluntary liquidator alone or jointly with one or more other voluntary liquidators.

 

21 CONTINUATION

 

The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders or by a resolution passed unanimously by all directors of the Company continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner provided under those laws.

 

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22 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

 

22.1 To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, no individual serving as a director or an officer of the Company (“Management”) shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for Management, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other. Except to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Management shall have no duty to communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Company and shall not be liable to the Company or its Shareholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a director and/or officer solely by reason of the fact that such party pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself or themself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company.

 

22.2 Except as provided elsewhere in this Regulation, the Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Company and Management, about which a Director and/or Officer who is also a member of Management acquires knowledge.

 

22.3 To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that is renounced in this Regulation to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the provisions of this Article apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been conducted in the past.

 

Signed for Start Incorp Services Limited of Start Chambers, Wickham’s Cay II, P.O. Box 2221, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands for the purpose of incorporating a BVI Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands on the 28th day of September 2015.

 

Incorporator

 

   
Miles Walton  
Authorised Signatory  
Start Incorp Services Limited  

 

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Exhibits 10.1

 

Termination Agreement

 

This Termination Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of December 13, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Hudson Capital Inc. (f/k/a China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc.), a British Virgin Islands business company (“Parent”), Hudson Capital Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Freight App Inc., a Delaware corporation(fka Freight Hub, Inc. (the “Company”), and ATW Master Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as the representative of the stockholders of the Company (the “Stockholders’ Representative”).

 

Whereas, the parties entered into a Merger Agreement dated October 10, 2020, as amended from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”).

 

Whereas, the parties desire to terminate the Merger Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises and respective agreements of the parties hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Termination of the Merger Agreement . Effective as of the Effective Date, the Merger Agreement is hereby irrevocably terminated and no party shall have any further rights or obligations thereunder other than those which specifically survive pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

 

Section 2. Further Assurances. The parties hereto hereby covenant and agree to execute, acknowledge and deliver all such documents and instruments, and to take such further actions, as may be reasonable necessary or appropriate, from time to time, to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.

 

Section 4. Amendments. No change or modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing signed by the parties hereto.

 

Section 5. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE(S) FOLLOW]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date.

 

  Parent:
   
  Hudson Capital Inc. (f/k/a China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc.)
     
  By: /s/ Warren Wang
  Name: Warren Wang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  Purchaser/Redomestication Surviving Corporation:
   
  Hudson Capital Merger Sub I Inc.
                                                     
  By: /s/ Warren Wang
  Name: Warren Wang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Merger Sub:
   
  Hudson Capital Merger Sub II Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Warren Wang
  Name: Warren Wang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  Company/Surviving Corporation:
   
  freight APP, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Paul Freudenthaler
  Name: Paul Freudenthaler
  Title: CFO

 

  Stockholders’ Representative:
   
  ATW Master Fund II, L.P.
                                            
  By: ATW Partners GP II, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Antonio Ruiz-Gomez, Jr.
  Name: Antonio Ruiz-Gomez, Jr.
  Title: Member

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

MERGER AGREEMENT

 

dated

 

December 13, 2021

 

by and among

 

Hudson Capital Inc. (f/k/a China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc.), a British Virgin

Islands business company,

 

as Parent,

 

Hudson Capital Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation,

 

as Merger Sub,

 

Freight App, Inc., a Delaware corporation,

 

as the Company,

 

and ATW Master Fund II, L.P.,

 

as the Stockholders’ Representative

 

 
 

 

Table of Contents

 

  Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1
   
ARTICLE II THE MERGER 8
       
  2.1 The Merger 8
  2.2 Closing; Effective Time. 8
  2.3 Board of Directors of Surviving Corporation 8
  2.4 Board of Directors of Parent 8
  2.5 Effects of the Merger 8
  2.6 Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws 8
  2.7 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock 9
  2.8 Rights Not Transferable 9
  2.9 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action 9
  2.10 Section 368 Reorganization 9
       
ARTICLE III CONVERSION OF SHARES; MERGER CONSIDERATION 9
  3.1 Conversion of Shares 9
  3.2 Payment of Merger Consideration 11
  3.3 Contingent Merger Consideration. 12
       
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY 13
  4.1 Corporate Existence and Power 13
  4.2 Authorization 13
  4.3 Governmental Authorization 13
  4.4 Non-Contravention 13
  4.5 Capitalization 14
  4.6 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws 14
  4.7 Corporate Records 14
  4.8 Third Parties 15
  4.9 Assumed Names 15
  4.10 Subsidiaries 15
  4.11 Consents 16
  4.12 Financial Statements 16
  4.13 Books and Records 16
  4.14 Absence of Certain Changes 17
  4.15 Properties; Title to the Company’s Assets 19
  4.16 Litigation 19
  4.17 Contracts 19
  4.18 Insurance 21
  4.19 Licenses and Permits 21
  4.20 Compliance with Laws 22
  4.21 Intellectual Property 22
  4.22 Customers and Suppliers 23
  4.23 Accounts Receivable and Payable; Loans 23
  4.24 Pre-payments 23
  4.25 Employees 24
  4.26 Employment Matters 24

 

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  4.27 Withholding 25
  4.28 Employee Benefits and Compensation 26
  4.29 Real Property 27
  4.30 Accounts 28
  4.31 Tax Matters 28
  4.32 Environmental Laws 29
  4.33 Finders’ Fees 29
  4.34 Powers of Attorney and Suretyships 29
  4.35 Directors and Officers 29
  4.36 Other Information 29
  4.37 Certain Business Practices 30
  4.38 Money Laundering Laws 30
  4.39 OFAC 30
  4.40 Not an Investment Company 30
       
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND merger sub 31
  5.1 Corporate Existence and Power 31
  5.2 Corporate Authorization 31
  5.3 Governmental Authorization 31
  5.4 Non-Contravention 31
  5.5 Finders’ Fees 31
  5.6 Issuance of Shares 32
  5.7 Capitalization 32
  5.8 Information Supplied 32
  5.9 Listing 32
  5.10 Reporting Company 33
  5.11 Board Approval 33
  5.12 Parent SEC Documents and Parent Financial Statements 33
  5.13 Subsidiaries 34
  5.14 Third Parties; Related Party Arrangements 34
  5.15 Absence of Certain Changes 34
  5.16 Properties; Title to Parent’s Assets 36
  5.17 No Undisclosed Liability 36
  5.18 Litigation 36
  5.19 Contracts 37
  5.20 Licenses and Permits 37
  5.21 Compliance with Laws 37
  5.22 Accounts Receivable and Payable; Loans. 38
  5.23 Employees 38
  5.24 Tax Matters 39
  5.25 Powers of Attorney and Suretyships 40
  5.26 Other Information 40
  5.27 Certain Business Practices 40
  5.28 Money Laundering Laws 40

 

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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY PENDING CLOSING 40
  6.1 Conduct of the Business 40
  6.2 Access to Information 42
  6.3 Notices of Certain Events 43
  6.4 Annual and Interim Financial Statements 43
  6.5 SEC Filings. 44
  6.6 Financial Information 44
       
ARTICLE VII COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY 44
  7.1 Reporting and Compliance with Laws 44
  7.2 Best Efforts to Obtain Consents 44
  7.3 Available Funding and Cash Payment 44
       
ARTICLE VIII COVENANTS OF ALL PARTIES HERETO 45
  8.1 Best Efforts; Further Assurances 45
  8.2 Tax Matters 45
  8.3 Settlement of Parent Liabilities 45
  8.4 Confidentiality 46
  8.5 Form 6-K; Form 8-K; Press Releases 46
  8.6 Director and Officer Liability 47
       
ARTICLE IX CONDITIONS TO CLOSING 47
  9.1 Condition to the Obligations of the Parties 47
  9.2 Conditions to Obligations of Parent 48
  9.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company 49
       
ARTICLE X INDEMNIFICATION 49
  10.1 Indemnification 49
  10.2 Procedure 50
  10.3 Reserved Shares 51
  10.4 Limitations of Indemnification. 52
  10.5 Periodic Payments 52
  10.6 Survival of Indemnification Rights 52
       
ARTICLE XI DISPUTE RESOLUTION 53
  11.1 Arbitration 53
  11.2 Waiver of Jury Trial; Exemplary Damages 54
       
ARTICLE XII TERMINATION 54
  12.1 Termination Without Default 54
  12.2 Termination Upon Default 55
  12.3 No Other Termination 55
  12.4 Breakup Fee 55
  12.5 Survival 55
       
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS 56
  13.1 Notices 56
  13.2 Amendments; No Waivers; Remedies 57

 

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  13.3 Arm’s length bargaining; no presumption against drafter 57
  13.4 Publicity 58
  13.5 Expenses 58
  13.6 No Assignment or Delegation 58
  13.7 Governing Law 58
  13.8 Counterparts; facsimile signatures 58
  13.9 Entire Agreement 58
  13.10 Severability 58
  13.11 Construction of certain terms and references; captions 58
  13.12 Further Assurances 59
  13.13 Third Party Beneficiaries 59
  13.14 Stockholders’ Representative 59

 

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MERGER AGREEMENT

 

This MERGER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of December __, 2021 (the “Signing Date”), by and among Hudson Capital Inc. (f/k/a China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc.), a British Virgin Islands business company (“Parent”), Hudson Capital Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Freight App Inc., a Delaware corporation(fka Freight Hub, Inc. (the “Company”), and ATW Master Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as the representative of the stockholders of the Company (the “Stockholders’ Representative”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

A. The Company is in the business of operating a cloud-based mobile platform that offers digital freight matching technology connecting shippers with a broad network of carriers and drivers in Mexico, Canada and the United States (the “Business”);

 

B. Parent is a holding company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands that provides various financial services through several wholly-owned subsidiaries;

 

C. The parties desire that Merger Sub merge with and into the Company and the Company shall survive, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Merger”), and that the shares of Company Common Stock (excluding any shares held in the treasury of the Company) and Company Stock Rights be converted upon the Merger into the right to receive the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration, as is provided herein (Merger Sub and the Company are sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Constituent Corporations” and the Company, following the Merger, is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation”).

 

The parties accordingly agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

 

1.1 “Action” means any legal action, suit, claim, investigation, hearing or proceeding, including any audit, claim or assessment for Taxes or otherwise.

 

1.2 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person; provided that for the purpose of this Agreement, ATW Master Fund II, L.P. shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company.

 

 
 

 

1.3 “Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration” means the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration for such share of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, and each Warrant, as specified on Schedule 1.38.

 

1.4 “Authority” means any governmental, regulatory or administrative body, agency or authority, any court or judicial authority, any arbitrator, or any public, private or industry regulatory authority, whether international, national, Federal, state, or local.

 

1.5 “Balance Sheet Date” means December 31, 2020.

 

1.6 “Books and Records” means all books and records, ledgers, employee records, customer lists, files, correspondence, and other records of every kind (whether written, electronic, or otherwise embodied) owned or used by a Person or in which a Person’s assets, the business or its transactions are otherwise reflected, other than stock books and minute books.

 

1.7 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York are authorized to close for business.

 

1.8 “COBRA” means collectively, the requirements of Sections 601 through 606 of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code.

 

1.9 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

1.10 “Company A1-A Preferred Stock” means the shares par value $0.0001 of Series A1-A Preferred Stock of the Company.

 

1.11 “Company A1-B Preferred Stock” means the shares par value $0.00001 of Series A1-B Preferred Stock of the Company.

 

1.12 “Company A2 Preferred Stock” means the shares par value $0.00001 of Series A2 Preferred Stock of the Company.

 

1.13 “Company A3 Preferred Stock” means the shares par value $0.00001 of Series A3 Preferred Stock of the Company equal to the Initial Conversion Shares.

 

1.14 “Company A4 Preferred Stock” means the shares par value $0.0001 of Series A4 Preferred Stock of the Company.

 

1.15 “Company Common Stock” means common stock, par value $0.00001 per share of the Company.

 

1.16 “Company Options” means equity awards granted pursuant to the Company Option Plan, including options and restricted shares.

 

1.17 “Company Option Plan” means Freight App, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

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1.18 “Company Preferred Stock” means Company A1-A Preferred Stock, the Company A1-B Preferred Stock, Company A2 Preferred Stock, Company A3 Preferred Stock, Company A4 Preferred Stock and Company Series Seed Preferred Stock.

 

1.19 “Company Series Seed Preferred Stock” means the shares par value $0.00001 of Series Seed Preferred Stock of the Company.

 

1.20 “Company Stock Rights” means all options, warrants or other rights to purchase, convert or exchange into Company Common Stock.

 

1.21 “Contracts” means all contracts, agreements, leases (including Real Property leases, equipment leases, car leases and capital leases), licenses, commitments, client contracts, statements of work (SOWs), sales and purchase orders and similar instruments, oral or written, to which the Company is a party or by which any of its respective assets are bound, including any entered into by the Company in compliance with Section 6.1 after the Signing Date and prior to the Closing, and all rights and benefits thereunder, including all rights and benefits thereunder with respect to all cash and other property of third parties under the Company’s dominion or control.

 

1.22 “Control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. “Controlled”, “Controlling” and “under common Control with” have correlative meanings. Without limiting the foregoing, a Person (the “Controlled Person”) shall be deemed Controlled by (a) any other Person (the “10% Owner”) (i) owning beneficially, as meant in Rule 13.d-3 under the Exchange Act, securities entitling such Person to cast 10% or more of the votes for election of directors or equivalent governing authority of the Controlled Person or (ii) entitled to be allocated or receive 10% or more of the profits, losses, or distributions of the Controlled Person; (b) an officer, director, general partner, partner (other than a limited partner), manager, or member (other than a member having no management authority that is not a 10% Owner) of the Controlled Person; or (c) a spouse, parent, lineal descendant, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, or brother-in-law of an Affiliate of the Controlled Person or a trust for the benefit of an Affiliate of the Controlled Person or of which an Affiliate of the Controlled Person is a trustee.

 

1.23 “Environmental Laws” shall mean all Laws that prohibit, regulate or control any Hazardous Material or any Hazardous Material Activity, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act of 1976, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and the Clean Water Act.

 

1.24 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.

 

1.25 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

1.26 “Hazardous Material” shall mean any material, emission, chemical, substance or waste that has been designated by any Governmental Authority to be radioactive, toxic, hazardous, a pollutant or a contaminant.

 

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1.27 “Hazardous Materials Activity” shall mean the transportation, transfer, recycling, storage, use, treatment, manufacture, removal, remediation, release, exposure of others to, sale, labeling, or distribution of any Hazardous Material or any product or waste containing a Hazardous Material, or product manufactured with ozone depleting substances, including, without limitation, any required labeling, payment of waste fees or charges (including so-called e-waste fees) and compliance with any recycling, product take-back or product content requirements.

 

1.28 “Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind (including amounts by reason of overdrafts and amounts owed by reason of letter of credit reimbursement agreements) including with respect thereto, all interests, fees and costs, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than accounts payable to creditors for goods and services incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien or security interest on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (f) all obligations of such Person under leases required to be accounted for as capital leases under U.S. GAAP, (g) all guarantees by such Person and (h) any agreement to incur any of the same.

 

1.29 “Initial Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2021, by and among the Company and the parties thereto, as amended.

 

1.30 “Intellectual Property Right” means any trademark, service mark, registration thereof or application for registration therefor, trade name, license, invention, patent, patent application, trade secret, trade dress, know-how, copyright, copyrightable materials, copyright registration, application for copyright registration, software programs, data bases, u.r.l.s., and any other type of proprietary intellectual property right, and all embodiments and fixations thereof and related documentation, registrations and franchises and all additions, improvements and accessions thereto, and with respect to each of the forgoing items in this definition, which is owned or licensed or filed by the Company, or used or held for use in the Business, whether registered or unregistered or domestic or foreign.

 

1.31 “Inventory” is defined in the UCC.

 

1.32 “Key Personnel” means Javier Selgas.

 

1.33 “Knowledge of the Company” means the actual knowledge of Javier Selgas, without any further investigation by such individual.

 

1.34 “Knowledge of Parent” means the actual knowledge of Man Yun, without any further investigation by such individual.

 

1.35 “Law” means any domestic or foreign, federal, state, municipality or local law, statute, ordinance, code, rule, or regulation.

 

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1.36 “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, and any conditional sale or voting agreement or proxy, including any agreement to give any of the foregoing.

 

1.37 “Material Adverse Effect” or “Material Adverse Change” means a material adverse change or a material adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate, upon on the assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, net worth, management, earnings, cash flows, business, operations or properties of the Company and the Business, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, excluding any changes or effects resulting from (i) general changes in economic, geographic, market, financial or capital market or political conditions, (ii) terrorism, war or the outbreak of hostilities, natural disasters or other force majeure events anywhere in the world, whether commencing before or after the date of this Agreement, (iii) changes in conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company operates, (iv) any changes in applicable Laws or accounting rules (including GAAP), or the interpretation thereof by any Authority, (v) the negotiation, execution, pendency, announcement or the consummation of the Merger, (vi) compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required or expressly permitted by, this Agreement, or (vii) the Company’s failure to act at the request of Parent (other than as contemplated by this Agreement), or to which Company has consented; provided, however, with respect to a matter described in any of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), such matter does not have a disproportionate effect on the Company (as applicable) as compared to similarly situated Persons operating in the industries in which the Company operate.

 

1.38 “Merger Consideration” means in the aggregate, 40,147,876 shares of Parent (the “Merger Consideration”) issuable to the Stockholders and in such amounts and classes set forth opposite each Stockholder’s name on Schedule 1.38, subject to update immediately prior to Closing to reflect any adjustments to the capital stock of the Company, including a reverse stock split, or the issuance of shares of additional shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock as may be approved and agreed by the Parties, including such issuances contemplated by the Company financings set forth on Schedule 6.1.

 

1.39 “Order” means any decree, order, judgment, writ, award, injunction, rule or consent of or by an Authority.

 

1.40 “Parent Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, par value $0.005 per share, of Parent.

 

1.41 “Parent Preferred Shares” means the preferred shares of the Parent issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration, consisting of, Parent Series Seed Preferred Shares, Parent Series A1-A Preferred Shares, Parent Series A1-B Preferred Shares, Parent Series A1 Preferred Shares, Parent Series A2 Preferred Shares and Parent Series A4 Preferred Shares.

 

1.42 “Parent Series A1-A Preferred Shares” means the shares par value US$0.0001 of series A1-A preferred shares of the Parent.

 

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1.43 “Parent Series A1-B Preferred Shares” means the shares par value US$0.0001 of series A1-B preferred shares of the Parent.

 

1.44 “Parent Series A2 Preferred Shares” means the shares par value US$0.0001 of series A2 preferred shares of the Parent.

 

1.45 “Parent Series A4 Preferred Shares” means the shares par value US$0.0001 of series A1-A preferred shares of the Parent.

 

1.46 “Parent Series Seed Preferred Shares” means the shares par value US$0.0001 of series seed preferred shares of the Parent.

 

1.47 “Parent Share Rights” means all options, warrants or other rights to purchase, convert or exchange into Parent Ordinary Shares.

 

1.48 “Permitted Liens” means (i) all defects, exceptions, restrictions, easements, rights of way and encumbrances disclosed in policies of title insurance which have been made available to Parent; and (ii) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’ and similar statutory Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts (A) that are not delinquent, (B) that are not material to the business, operations and financial condition of the Company so encumbered, either individually or in the aggregate, (C) not resulting from a breach, default or violation by the Company of any Contract or Law, and (D) the Liens set forth on Schedule 4.13.

 

1.49 “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government, domestic or foreign, or political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

1.50 “Pre-Closing Period” means any period that ends on or before the Closing Date or with respect to a period that includes but does not end on the Closing Date, the portion of such period through and including the day of the Closing.

 

1.51 “Real Property” means, collectively, all real properties and interests therein (including the right to use), together with all buildings, fixtures, trade fixtures, plant and other improvements located thereon or attached thereto; all rights arising out of use thereof (including air, water, oil and mineral rights); and all subleases, franchises, licenses, permits, easements and rights-of-way which are appurtenant thereto.

 

1.52 “Reserved Shares” means shares of Parent Ordinary Shares representing 20% of Parent’s shares issued and outstanding immediately after the Effective Time.

 

1.53 “Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.

 

1.54 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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

 

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1.56 “Stockholder” means a holder of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock.

 

1.57 “Subsidiary” means each entity of which at least fifty percent (50%) of the capital stock or other equity or voting securities are Controlled or owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

 

1.58 “Tangible Personal Property” means all tangible personal property and interests therein, including machinery, computers and accessories, furniture, office equipment, communications equipment, automobiles, trucks, forklifts and other vehicles owned or leased by the Company and other tangible property .

 

1.59 “Tax(es)” means any federal, state, local or foreign tax, charge, fee, levy, custom, duty, deficiency, or other assessment of any kind or nature imposed by any Taxing Authority (including any income (net or gross), gross receipts, profits, windfall profit, sales, use, goods and services, ad valorem, franchise, license, withholding, employment, social security, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, employment, payroll, transfer, excise, import, real property, personal property, intangible property, occupancy, recording, minimum, alternative minimum, environmental or estimated tax), including any liability therefor as a transferee (including under Section 6901 of the Code or similar provision of applicable Law) or successor, as a result of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or similar provision of applicable Law or as a result of any Tax sharing, indemnification or similar agreement, together with any interest, penalty, additions to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto.

 

1.60 “Taxing Authority” means the Internal Revenue Service and any other Authority responsible for the collection, assessment or imposition of any Tax or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.

 

1.61 “Tax Return” means any return, information return, declaration, claim for refund or credit, report or any similar statement, and any amendment thereto, including any attached schedule and supporting information, whether on a separate, consolidated, combined, unitary or other basis, that is filed or required to be filed with any Taxing Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of a Tax or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.

 

1.62 “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, or any corresponding or succeeding provisions of Laws of the State of New York, or any corresponding or succeeding provisions of Laws, in each case as the same may have been and hereafter may be adopted, supplemented, modified, amended, restated or replaced from time to time.

 

1.63 “U.S. GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

1.64 “Warrants” means the warrants to purchase 9,050 shares of Company Common Stock, 7,224 shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock and 765,862 shares of Company A-2 Preferred Stock.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE MERGER

 

2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date, pursuant to an appropriate certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) and in accordance with Delaware Law, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. Following the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).

 

2.2 Closing; Effective Time. The consummation of the transactions as contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely via exchange of documents and signatures (or in such other manner as the parties may designate in writing) at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the date hereof. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date”. At the Closing, the parties hereto shall cause the Certificate of Merger to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as is required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of Delaware Law, and, as soon as practicable on or after the Closing Date, shall make any and all other filings or recordings required under Delaware Law. The Merger shall become effective at such date and time as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Delaware Secretary of State or at such other date and time as Merger Sub and the Company shall agree in writing and shall specify in the Certificate of Merger (the date and time the Merger becomes effective being the “Effective Time”).

 

2.3 Board of Directors of Surviving Corporation. Immediately after the Closing, the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation will consist of four (4) directors, who shall be Nicholas Adler, Marc Urbach, William Samuels, and Javier Selgas.

 

2.4 Board of Directors of Parent. Immediately after the Closing, the board of directors of the Parent will consist of four (4) directors, who shall be Nicholas Adler, Marc Urbach, William Samuels, and Javier Selgas. At least a majority of Parent’s post-Closing board of directors shall qualify as independent directors under the Securities Act and the rules of Nasdaq.

 

2.5 Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and in the relevant provisions of Delaware Law.

 

2.6 Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws.

 

(a) At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of Surviving Corporation shall be in the form agreed to be between Parent and the Company until thereafter amended in accordance with its terms and as provided by Law.

 

(b) At the Effective Time, and without any further action on the part of the Company or Merger Sub, the bylaws of the Company shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with its terms, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and as provided by Law.

 

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2.7 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock on the records of the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of certificates evidencing ownership of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares of Company Common Stock, except as otherwise provided for herein or by Law.

 

2.8 Rights Not Transferable. The rights of the holders of Company Common Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time are personal to each such holder and shall not be assignable or otherwise transferable for any reason (except by will or by the operation of the laws of descent after the death of a natural holder thereof). Any attempted transfer of such right by any holder thereof (otherwise than as permitted by the immediately preceding sentence) shall be null and void.

 

2.9 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and interest in, to and under, and/or possession of, all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the name and on behalf of the Company, to take all lawful action necessary or desirable to accomplish such purpose or acts, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

 

2.10 Section 368 Reorganization. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Merger is intended to constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The parties to this Agreement hereby (i) adopt this Agreement insofar as it relates to the Merger as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 1.368-2(g) of the United States Treasury regulations, (ii) agree to file and retain such information as shall be required under Section 1.368-3 of the United States Treasury regulations, and (iii) agree to file all Tax and other informational returns on a basis consistent with such characterization. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that no party is making any representation or warranty as to the qualification of the Merger as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code or as to the effect, if any, that any transaction consummated on, after or prior to the Effective Time has or may have on any such reorganization status. Each of the parties acknowledge and agree that each such party (i) has had the opportunity to obtain independent legal and tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) is responsible for paying its own Taxes, including any adverse Tax consequences that may result if the Merger is determined not to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code.

 

ARTICLE III

CONVERSION OF SHARES; MERGER CONSIDERATION

 

3.1 Conversion of Shares.

 

(a) Conversion of Company Common Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Stockholders, each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive, without interest, the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration as specified on Schedule 1.38 hereto. All fractional shares of Company Common Stock held by the Stockholders shall be entitled to receive the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration with respect to such fractional shares.

 

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(b) Conversion of Company Preferred Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Stockholders, each share of Company Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive, without interest, the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration as specified on Schedule 1.38 hereto. All fractional shares of Company Preferred Stock held by the Stockholders shall be entitled to receive the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration with respect to such fractional shares.

 

(c) Conversion of Company Warrants. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Stockholders, each Warrant issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive, without interest, the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration as specified on Schedule 1.38 hereto.

 

(d) Capital Stock of Merger Sub. Each share of capital stock of Merger Sub that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will, by virtue of the Merger and without further action on the part of the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, be converted into and become one share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation (and the sole share of Surviving Corporation into which the shares of Merger Sub capital stock are so converted shall be the only share of the Surviving Corporation’s capital stock that are issued and outstanding immediately after the Effective Time). Each certificate evidencing ownership of shares of Merger Sub common stock will, as of the Effective Time, evidence ownership of such share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.

 

(e) Treatment of Company Capital Stock Owned by the Company. At the Effective Time, all shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock that are owned by the Company as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof.

 

(f) Company Options. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company Option Plan, any certificate, option agreement, restricted stock award agreement or other instrument issued to evidence a Company Option (“Option Documents”) shall be terminated and all Company Options not exercised (with respect to options) or vested (with respect to restricted stock grants) prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive an equivalent number (as adjusted to take into effect the Merger) of options to purchase ordinary shares of Parent or restricted ordinary shares of Parent, as applicable.No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.1, none of Surviving Corporation or any party hereto shall be liable to any person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

 

(g) Surrender of Certificates. All shares of Parent Ordinary Shares and Parent Preferred Shares, and all Parent Warrants issued upon the surrender of shares of the Company Common Stock, the Company Preferred Stock and the Warrants, in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such securities, other than any additional rights pursuant to this Agreement, provided that any restrictions on the sale and transfer of such shares shall also apply to Parent Ordinary Shares, Parent Preferred Shares and Parent Warrants so issued in exchange.

 

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3.2 Payment of Merger Consideration. 

 

(a) Share Exchange Procedures. At or after the Closing, each Stockholder shall surrender to the Surviving Corporation the certificates evidencing such Stockholder’s shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock, as applicable, (the “Share Certificates”) for cancellation, upon which: (i) Parent shall cause to be issued to each Stockholder the Applicable Per Share Merger Consideration such Stockholder has the right to receive in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock formerly represented by such Share Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1. If a transfer of ownership of shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company is stated to have occurred, then payment of the relevant portion of the Merger Consideration may be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Share Certificate is registered if the Share Certificate representing such shares is properly endorsed or otherwise is in proper form for transfer. After the Closing, ach Share Certificate shall be deemed at all times after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender (or at such other applicable time) such portion of the Merger Consideration to which the holder of such Share Certificate is entitled pursuant and subject to this Article III.

 

(b) No Issuance of Fractional Shares. No certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Ordinary Shares or Parent Preferred Shares will be issued pursuant to the Merger, and instead any such fractional share that would otherwise be issued will be rounded to the nearest whole share.

 

(c) Exercise of Company Options Prior to the Closing Date. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit (A) a holder of a Company Option from exercising such Company Option prior to the Closing Date and (B) the Company from issuing a certificate to such holder in respect of such Company Option exercise prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that all such Company Option exercises shall be in accordance with the Company Option Plan and the Option Documents with respect thereto.

 

(d) Legend. Each certificate and Parent Warrant issued pursuant to the Merger to any holder of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or Warrants, as applicable, shall bear the legend set forth below, or legend substantially equivalent thereto, together with any other legends that may be required by any securities laws at the time of the issuance of Parent Ordinary Shares, Parent Preferred Shares and Parent Warrant:

 

THE SHARES [UNDERLYING THE WARRANT] REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE [WARRANT AGREEMENT] HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND UNTIL (I) SUCH OFFER, SALE, TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR (II) THE ISSUER OF THE SHARES HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT.

 

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3.3 Contingent Merger Consideration.

 

(i) Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Section 3.3, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(1) Calculation Period” means each of the calendar years ending on December 31, 2021, December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023.

 

(2) Contingent Merger Consideration Shares” means up to 3.33% of the shares of Parent Ordinary Shares on a fully-diluted basis as of the last day of the applicable Calculation Period.

 

(3) First Year Revenue Threshold” means at least $25,000,000 in revenue of the Company as per the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the Calculation Period ended December 31, 2021.

 

(4) Maximum Contingent Merger Consideration Shares” means an aggregate amount of shares of Parent Ordinary Shares on a fully-diluted basis not to exceed 10%.

 

(5) Revenue Threshold” means each of the First Year Revenue Threshold, the Second Year Revenue Threshold and the Third Year Revenue Threshold.

 

(6) Second Year Revenue Threshold” means at least $50,000,000 in revenue of the Company as per the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the Calculation Period ended December 31, 2022.

 

(7) Third Year Revenue Threshold” means at least $100,000,000 in revenue of the Company as per the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the Calculation Period ended December 31, 2023.

 

(ii) As soon as practicable, but in any event within fifteen (15) days after delivery of the audited financials of the Surviving Corporation for each Calculation Period (each such date, a “Contingent Merger Consideration Calculation Delivery Date”), Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Stockholders’ Representative a written statement (in each case, a “Contingent Merger Consideration Calculation Statement”) setting forth the revenues of the Surviving Corporation for the applicable Calculation Period.

 

(iii) In the event that the applicable Revenue Threshold has been achieved for the associated Calculation Period, the Stockholders shall be entitled to receive and Parent shall issue, the Contingent Merger Consideration Shares to the Stockholders on a pro rata basis as set forth on Schedule 4.1.

 

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(iv) If, after the Closing and prior to the last Calculated Period, a change of control occurs, then Parent shall issue, to the Stockholders an amount equal to the Maximum Contingent Merger Consideration Shares issuable, less the Contingent Merger Consideration Shares previously issued by Parent, on or promptly after the date of such change of control.

 

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

Except as set forth on the Schedules to this Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent, that each of the following representations and warranties is true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date.

 

4.1 Corporate Existence and Power. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, Permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on the Business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company is not qualified to do business as a foreign entity in any jurisdiction, except as set forth on Schedule 4.1, and there is no other jurisdiction in which the character of the property owned or leased by the Company or the nature of its activities make qualification of the Company in any such jurisdiction necessary. The Company has offices located only at the addresses set forth on Schedule 4.1.

 

4.2 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are within the corporate powers of the Company and have been or will be at Closing duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company. This Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.

 

4.3 Governmental Authorization. Neither the execution, delivery nor performance by the Company of this Agreement requires any consent, approval, license or other action by or in respect of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Authority requiring a consent, approval, authorization, order or other action of or filing with any Authority as a result of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (each of the foregoing, a “Governmental Approval”).

 

4.4 Non-Contravention. None of the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement does or will (a) contravene or conflict with the organizational or constitutive documents of the Company, (b) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law or Order binding upon or applicable to the Company, (c) except for the Contracts listed on Schedule 4.11. requiring Company Consents (but only as to the need to obtain such Company Consents), constitute a default under or breach of (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) or violate or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of any right or obligation of the Company or require any payment or reimbursement or to a loss of any material benefit relating to the Business to which the Company is entitled under any provision of any Permit, Contract or other instrument or obligations binding upon the Company or by which any of the Company Common Stock or any of the Company’s assets is or may be bound or any Permit, (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Company Common Stock or any of the Company’s assets, (e) cause a loss of any material benefit relating to the Business to which the Company is entitled under any provision of any Permit or Contract binding upon the Company, or (f) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens) on any of the Company’s assets.

 

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4.5 Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization consisting of: (i) 34,361,711 shares of Company Common Stock of which 1,401,985 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, (ii) 80,000 shares of Non-Voting Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share (“Company Non-Voting Common Stock”) of which 80,000 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof and (iii) 19,958 shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock of which 12,175 shares is issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, (iv) 7,991,078 shares of Company Series A1-A Preferred Stock of which 7,758,329 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, (v) 3,167,474 shares of Company Series A1-B Preferred Stock of which 2,977,544 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, (vi) 2,258,521 shares of Company Series A2 Preferred Stock of which 1,426,877 shares is issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, (vii) 15,989,993 shares of Company Series A3 Preferred Stock of which none are currently issued and outstanding, and (viii) 643,586 shares of Company Series A4 Preferred Stock of which none are currently issued and outstanding. No Company capital stock is held in its treasury. All of the issued and outstanding Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and has not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any Person or Law. All of the issued and outstanding Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock is owned of record and beneficially by the Persons set forth on Schedule 4.5. No other class of capital stock of the Company is authorized or outstanding. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5, there are no: (a) outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, rights (including “phantom stock rights”), calls, commitments, understandings, conversion rights, rights of exchange, plans or other agreements of any kind providing for the purchase, issuance or sale of any shares of the capital stock of the Company, or (b) to the Knowledge of the Company, agreements with respect to any of the Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock, including any voting trust, other voting agreement or proxy with respect thereto.

 

4.6 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. Copies of (a) the certificate of incorporation of the Company, as certified by the Secretary of State of its state of incorporation, and (b) the bylaws of the Company, certified by the secretary of the Company, have heretofore been made available to Parent, and such copies are each true and complete copies of such instruments as amended and in effect on the date hereof.

 

4.7 Corporate Records. All proceedings occurring since January 1, 2017 of the board of directors, including committees thereof, and all consents to actions taken thereby, are accurately reflected in the minutes and records contained in the corporate minute books of the Company. The stock ledgers and stock transfer books of the Company are complete and accurate. The stock ledgers and stock transfer books and minute book records of the Company relating to all issuances and transfers of stock by the Company, and all proceedings of the board of directors, including committees thereof, and stockholders of the Company since January 1, 2017 have been made available to Parent, and are the original stock ledgers and stock transfer books and minute book records of the Company or true, correct and complete copies thereof.

 

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4.8 Third Parties; Related Party Arrangements. The Company is not Controlled by any Person and, other than the Persons listed on Schedule 4.8, the Company is not in Control of any other Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Key Personnel (a) engages in any business, except through the Company, or are employees of or provide any service for compensation to, any other business concern or (b) owns any equity security of any business concern, except for publicly traded securities not in excess of 5% of the issued and outstanding securities with respect to such publicly traded securities. Schedule 4.8 lists each Contract to which the Company, on the one hand, and any Stockholder beneficially owning more than 10% of the common stock of the Company, or any affiliate of such a Stockholder (collectively, a “10% Stockholder”), on the other hand, is a party. No Stockholder or any Affiliate of a Stockholder (i) owns, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any tangible or intangible property (including Intellectual Property Rights) that the Company uses or the use of which is necessary for the conduct of the Business or the ownership or operation of the Company’s assets, or (ii) have engaged in any transactions with the Company. Schedule 4.8 sets forth a complete and accurate list of the Affiliates of the Company and the ownership interests in the Affiliate of the Company and each Stockholder.

 

4.9 Assumed Names. Schedule 4.9 is a complete and correct list of all assumed or “doing business as” names currently or, within five (5) years of the date of this Agreement, used by the Company, including names on any websites. Since December 31, 2017, the Company has not used any name other than the names listed on Schedule 4.9 to conduct the Business. The Company has filed appropriate “doing business as” certificates in all applicable jurisdictions with respect to itself.

 

4.10 Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10, the Company does not currently own and within the past five (5) years has not owned directly or indirectly, securities or other ownership interests in any other entity. The Company owns 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock and securities of each Person listed on Schedule 4.10. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement relating to the formation of any joint venture, association or other entity.

 

(b) Each Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under and by virtue of the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation set forth by its name on Schedule 4.10. Each Subsidiary has all power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, Permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. No Subsidiary is qualified to do business as a foreign entity in any jurisdiction, except as set forth by its name on Schedule 4.10, and there is no other jurisdiction in which the character of the property owned or leased by any Subsidiary or the nature of its activities make qualification of such Subsidiary in any such jurisdiction necessary. Each Subsidiary has offices located only at the addresses set forth by its name on Schedule 4.10.

 

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4.11 Consents. The Contracts listed on Schedule 4.11 are the only Contracts binding upon the Company or by which any of the Company Common Stock or any of the Company’s assets are bound, requiring a consent, approval, authorization, order or other action of or filing with any Person as a result of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (each of the foregoing, a “Company Consent”).

 

4.12 Financial Statements.

 

(a) Schedule 4.12 includes (i) the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, consisting of the audited consolidated balance sheets as of such dates, the audited income statements for the twelve (11) month periods ended on such dates, and the audited consolidated cash flow statements for the twelve (11.) month periods ended on such dates (collectively, the “Annual Financial Statements” and (ii) the unaudited balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 (“Interim Balance Sheet” and together with the Annual Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”).

 

(b) The Financial Statements are complete and accurate and fairly present, in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis, the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations of the Company for the periods reflected therein. The Financial Statements were prepared from the Books and Records of the Company and such Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated therein.

 

(c) Except as specifically disclosed, reflected or fully reserved against on the Interim Balance Sheet, and for liabilities and obligations of a similar nature and in similar amounts incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the Interim Balance Sheet, there are no liabilities, debts or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, asserted or unasserted or otherwise) relating to the Company, other than (a) liabilities reflected and adequately reserved against in the Interim Balance Sheet, (b) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business after the date of the Interim Balance Sheet, (c) liabilities related to the future performance of any Material Contract, (d) liabilities incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (e) Indebtedness of the Company or amounts that will be discharged or paid in full prior to the Closing Date, and (f) liabilities specifically identified on Schedule 4.12.

 

(d) The Interim Balance Sheet accurately reflects the outstanding Indebtedness of the Company as of the date thereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12, the Company does not have any Indebtedness.

 

4.13 Books and Records. The Company shall deliver to Parent complete and accurate copies of all documents referred to in the Schedules to this Agreement. The Books and Records accurately and fairly, in reasonable detail, reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of and the providing of services by the Company.

 

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4.14 Absence of Certain Changes. Since January 1, 2021, the Company has conducted the Business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, since the Balance Sheet Date, there has not been:

 

(a) any Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b) any transaction, Contract or other instrument entered into, or commitment made, by the Company relating to the Business, or any of the Company’s assets (including the acquisition or disposition of any assets) that require annual payment from or to the Company individually in excess of $500,000 or in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,500,000, or any relinquishment by the Company of any Contract or other right, in either case other than transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c) (i) any redemption of, declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to any capital stock or other equity interests in the Company; (ii) any issuance by the Company of shares of capital stock or other equity interests in the Company, or (iii) any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition, or any amendment of any term, by the Company of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests;

 

(d) (i) any creation or other incurrence of any Lien other than Permitted Liens on the Company Common Stock or any of the Company’s assets, and (ii) any making of any loan, advance or capital contributions to or investment in any Person by the Company;

 

(e) any material personal property damage, destruction or casualty loss or personal injury loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting the business or assets of the Company;

 

(f) increased benefits payable under any existing severance or termination pay policies or employment agreements; entered into any employment, deferred compensation or other similar agreement (or amended any such existing agreement) with any director, officer, manager or employee of the Company; established, adopted or amended (except as required by law) any bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, compensation, stock option, restricted stock or other benefit plan or arrangement covering any director, officer, manager or employee of the Company; or increased any compensation, bonus or other benefits payable to any director, officer, manager or employee of the Company, other than increases to non-officer employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;

 

(g) any material labor dispute, other than routine individual grievances, or any activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of the Company, which employees were not subject to a collective bargaining agreement at the Balance Sheet Date, or any lockouts, strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages or threats thereof by or with respect to any employees of the Company;

 

(h) any sale, transfer, lease to others or otherwise disposition of any of its assets by the Company except for inventory sold in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or immaterial amounts of other Tangible Personal Property not required by its business;

 

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(i) (i) any amendment to or termination of any Material Contract, (ii) any amendment to any material license or material Permit from any Authority held by the Company, (iii) any receipt of any notice of termination of any of the items referenced in (i) and (ii); and (iv) a material default by the Company under any Material Contract, or any material license or material permit from any Authority held by the Company;

 

(j) any capital expenditure by the Company in excess in any fiscal month of an aggregate of $500,000 or entering into any lease of capital equipment or property under which the annual lease charges exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate by the Company;

 

(k) any institution of litigation, settlement or agreement to settle any litigation, action, proceeding or investigation before any court or governmental body relating to the Company or its property or suffering of any actual or threatened litigation, action, proceeding or investigation before any court or governmental body relating to the Company or its property;

 

(l) any loan of any monies to any Person or guarantee of any obligations of any Person by the Company;

 

(m) except as required by GAAP, any change in the accounting methods or practices (including, without limitation, any change in depreciation or amortization policies or rates) of the Company or any revaluation of any of the assets of the Company;

 

(n) any amendment to the Company’s organizational documents, or any engagement by the Company in any merger, consolidation, reorganization, reclassification, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction;

 

(o) any acquisition of assets (other than acquisitions of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or business of any Person individually in excess of $1,000,000 or in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,500,000;

 

(p) any material Tax election made by the Company outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or any material Tax election changed or revoked by the Company; any material claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes settled or compromised by the Company; any annual Tax accounting period changed by the Company; any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement relating to any Tax entered into by the Company; or any right to claim a material Tax refund surrendered by the Company; or

 

(q) any commitment or agreement to do any of the foregoing.

 

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4.15 Properties; Title to the Company’s Assets. The Company has good, valid and marketable title in and to, a valid leasehold interest or license in or a right to use, all of their assets reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.15, no such asset is subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens. The Company’s assets constitute all of the assets necessary for the Company to operate the Business immediately after the Closing in substantially the same manner as the Business is currently being conducted.

 

4.16 Litigation. There is no Action (or any basis therefore) pending against, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened against or affecting, the Company, any of its officers or directors, the Business, or any Company Common Stock or any of the Company’s assets or any Contract before any court, Authority or official or which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated hereby. There are no outstanding judgments against the Company. The Company is not, and has not been in the past five (5) years, subject to any Action with any Authority.

 

4.17 Contracts.

 

(a) Schedule 4.17(a) lists all material Contracts, oral or written (collectively, “Material Contracts”) to which the Company is a party and which are currently in effect and constitute the following:

 

(i) all Contracts that require annual payments or expenses by, or annual payments or income to, the Company of $1,000,000 or more (other than standard purchase and sale orders entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);

 

(ii) all sales, advertising, agency, lobbying, broker, sales promotion, market research, marketing or similar contracts and agreements, in each case requiring the payment of any commissions by the Company in excess of $1,000,000 annually;

 

(iii) all employment Contracts, employee leasing Contracts, and consultant and sales representatives Contracts with any current or former officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or other Person, under which the Company (A) has continuing obligations for payment of annual compensation of at least $1,000,000 (other than oral arrangements for at-will employment), (B) has severance or post termination obligations to such Person (other than COBRA obligations), or (C) has an obligation to make a payment upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or as a result of a change of control of the Company;

 

(iv) all Contracts creating a joint venture, strategic alliance, limited liability company and partnership agreements to which the Company is a party;

 

(v) all Contracts relating to any acquisitions or dispositions of assets by the Company, other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

(vi) all Contracts for material licensing agreements, including Contracts licensing Intellectual Property Rights, other than “shrink wrap” licenses;

 

(vii) all Contracts relating to secrecy, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements restricting the conduct of the Company or substantially limiting the freedom of the Company to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area;

 

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(viii) all Contracts relating to patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, brands, copyrights, trade secrets and other Intellectual Property Rights of the Company;

 

(ix) all Contracts providing for guarantees, indemnification arrangements and other hold harmless arrangements made or provided by the Company, including all ongoing agreements for repair, warranty, maintenance, service, indemnification or similar obligations;

 

(x) all Contracts with or pertaining to the Company to which any 10% Stockholder is a party;

 

(xi) all Contracts relating to property or assets (whether real or personal, tangible or intangible) in which the Company holds a leasehold interest and which involve payments to the lessor thereunder in excess of $150,000 per month;

 

(xii) all Contracts relating to outstanding Indebtedness, including financial instruments of indenture or security instruments (typically interest-bearing) such as notes, mortgages, loans and lines of credit;

 

(xiii) any Contract relating to the voting or control of the equity interests of the Company or the election of directors of the Company (other than the organizational documents of the Company);

 

(xiv) any Contract not cancellable by the Company with no more than 60 days’ notice if the effect of such cancellation would result in monetary penalty to the Company in excess of $1,000,000 per the terms of such contract;

 

(xv) any Contract that can be terminated, or the provisions of which are altered, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to which the Company is a party; and

 

(xvi) any Contract for which any of the benefits, compensation or payments (or the vesting thereof) will be increased or accelerated by the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or the amount or value thereof will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b) Each Contract is a valid and binding agreement, and is in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in breach or default (whether with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice or both) under the terms of any such Material Contract. The Company has not assigned, delegated, or otherwise transferred any of its rights or obligations with respect to any Material Contracts, or granted any power of attorney with respect thereto or to any of the Company’s assets. No Contract (i) requires the Company to post a bond or deliver any other form of security or payment to secure its obligations thereunder or (ii) imposes any non-competition covenants that may be binding on, or restrict the Business or require any payments by or with respect to Parent or any of its Affiliates.

 

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(c) None of the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby constitutes a default under or gives rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation of the Company.

 

4.18 Insurance. Schedule 4.18 contains a true, complete and correct list (including the names and addresses of the insurers, the names of the Persons if other than the Company to whom such insurance policies have been issued, the expiration dates thereof, the annual premiums and payment terms thereof, whether it is a “claims made” or an “occurrence” policy and a brief identification of the nature of the policy) of all liability, property, workers’ compensation and other insurance policies currently in effect that insure the property, assets or business of the Company or its employees (other than self-obtained insurance policies by such employees). Each such insurance policy is valid and binding and in full force and effect, all premiums due thereunder have been paid and the Company has not received any notice of cancellation or termination in respect of any such policy or default thereunder. Neither the Company, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Person to whom such policy has been issued, has received notice that any insurer under any policy referred to in this Section 4.18 is denying liability with respect to a claim thereunder or defending under a reservation of rights clause. Within the last two (2) years the Company has not filed for any claims exceeding $1,000,000 against any of its insurance policies, exclusive of automobile and health insurance policies. The Company has not received written notice from any of its insurance carriers or brokers that any premiums will be materially increased in the future, and does not have any reason to believe that any insurance coverage listed on Schedule 4.18 will not be available in the future on substantially the same terms as now in effect.

 

4.19 Licenses and Permits. Schedule 4.19 correctly lists each license, franchise, permit, order or approval or other similar authorization affecting, or relating in any way to, the Business, together with the name of the Authority issuing the same (the “Permits”). Except as indicated on Schedule 4.19, such Permits are valid and in full force and effect, and none of the Permits will, assuming the related third party consents have been obtained or waived prior to the Closing Date, be terminated or impaired or become terminable as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company has all Permits necessary to operate the Business.

 

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4.20 Compliance with Laws. The Company is not in violation of, has not violated, and to the Knowledge of the Company, is neither under investigation with respect to nor has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation or alleged violation of, any Law, or judgment, order or decree entered by any court, arbitrator or Authority, domestic or foreign, nor is there any basis for any such charge and within the last 12 months the Company has not received any subpoenas by any Authority.

 

(a) Without limiting the foregoing paragraph, the Company is not in violation of, has not violated, and to the Knowledge of the Company is not under investigation with respect to nor has been threatened or charged with or given notice of any violation of any provisions of:

 

(i) any Law applicable due to the specific nature of the Business;

 

(ii) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (§§ 78dd-1 et seq.), as amended (the “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”);

 

(iii) any comparable or similar Law of any jurisdiction; or

 

(iv) any Law regulating or covering conduct in, or the nature of, the workplace, including regarding sexual harassment or, on any impermissible basis, a hostile work environment.

 

No Permit, license or registration is required by the Company in the conduct of the Business under any of the Laws described in this Section 4.20.

 

4.21 Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Schedule 4.21 sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all Intellectual Property Rights, specifying as to each, as applicable: (i) the nature of such Intellectual Property Right; (ii) the owner of such Intellectual Property Right; (iii) the jurisdictions by or in which such Intellectual Property Right has been issued or registered or in which an application for such issuance or registration has been filed; and (iv) all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements pursuant to which any Person is authorized to use such Intellectual Property Right.

 

(b) Within the past five (5) years (or prior thereto if the same is still pending or subject to appeal or reinstatement) the Company has not been sued or charged in writing with or been a defendant in any Action that involves a claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company has no knowledge of any other claim of infringement by the Company, and no knowledge of any continuing infringement by any other Person of any Intellectual Property Rights of the Company.

 

(c) The current use by the Company of the Intellectual Property Rights does not infringe, and the use by the Company of the Intellectual Property Rights after the Closing will not infringe, the rights of any other Person. Any Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company in the performance of any services under any Contract is, and upon the performance of such Contract remains, owned by the Company and no client, customer or other third-party has any claim of ownership on the Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(d) All employees, agents, consultants or contractors who have contributed to or participated in the creation or development of any copyrightable, patentable or trade secret material on behalf of the Company or any predecessor in interest thereto either: (i) is a party to a “work-for-hire” agreement under which the Company is deemed to be the original owner/author of all property rights therein; or (ii) has executed an assignment or an agreement to assign in favor of the Company (or such predecessor in interest, as applicable) all right, title and interest in such material.

 

(e) None of the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will cause any material item of Intellectual Property Rights owned, licensed, used or held for use by the Company immediately prior to the Closing to not be owned, licensed or available for use by the Company on substantially the same terms and conditions immediately following the Closing.

 

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(f) The Company has taken reasonable measures to safeguard and maintain the confidentiality and value of all trade secrets and other items of Company Intellectual Property that are confidential and all other confidential information, data and materials licensed by the Company or otherwise used in the operation of the Business.

 

4.22 Customers and Suppliers.

 

(a) Schedule 4.22(a) sets forth a list of the Company’s ten (10) largest customers and the ten (10) largest suppliers as measured by the dollar amount of purchases therefrom or thereby, for the Company’s December 31, 2020 and 2019 fiscal years, showing the approximate total sales by the Company to each such customer and the approximate total purchases by the Company from each such supplier, during each such period.

 

(b) No supplier listed on Schedule 4.22(a) and, to the actual Knowledge of the Company, no customer listed on Schedule 4.22(a), has (i) terminated its relationship with the Company, (ii) materially reduced its business with the Company or materially and adversely modified its relationship with the Company, (iii) notified the Company in writing of its intention to take any such action, or (iv) to the Knowledge of the Company, become insolvent or subject to bankruptcy proceedings.

 

4.23 Accounts Receivable and Payable; Loans.

 

(a) All accounts receivable and notes of the Company reflected on the Financial Statements, and all accounts receivable and notes arising subsequent to the date thereof, represent valid obligations arising from services actually performed or goods actually sold by the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. The accounts payable of the Company reflected on the Financial Statements, and all accounts payable arising subsequent to the date thereof, arose from bona fide transactions in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.

 

(b) To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no contest, claim, or right of setoff in any agreement with any maker of an account receivable or note relating to the amount or validity of such account, receivables or note that could reasonably result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c) The information set forth on Schedule 4.23(c) separately identifies any and all accounts, receivables or notes of the Company which are owed by any Affiliate of the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.23(c), the Company is not indebted to any of its Affiliates and no Affiliates are indebted to the Company.

 

4.24 Pre-payments. The Company has not received any payments with respect to any services to be rendered or goods to be provided after the Closing except in the ordinary course of business.

 

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4.25 Employees.

 

(a) Schedule 4.25(a) sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the ten (10) highest paid employees of the Company as of the Signing Date, including the name, department, title, employment or engagement commencement date, current salary or compensation rate for each such person and total compensation (including bonuses) paid to each such person for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. Unless indicated in such list, no salaried employee included in such list (i) is currently on leave, (ii) has given written notice of his or her intent to terminate his or her relationship with the Company, or (iii) has received written notice of such termination from the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, no salaried employee (but specifically excluding all account executives) of the Company that earned an aggregate amount of compensation in excess of $100,000 in the December 31, 2020 fiscal year intends to terminate his or her relationship with the Company within six (6) months following the Closing Date. Schedule 4.25(a) sets forth all proceedings, governmental investigations or administrative proceedings of any kind against the Company of which the Company has been notified regarding its employees or employment practices, or operations as they pertain to conditions of employment within two (2) years preceding the date of this Agreement.

 

(b) The Company is not a party to or subject to any employment contract, consulting agreement, collective bargaining agreement, confidentiality agreement restricting the activities of the Company, non-competition agreement restricting the activities of the Company, or any similar agreement, and there has been no activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of the Company.

 

(c) There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims or proceedings against the Company under any worker’s compensation policy or long-term disability policy.

 

(d) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has properly classified all of its employees as exempt or non-exempt.

 

4.26 Employment Matters.

 

(a) Schedule 4.26(a) sets forth a true and complete list of every employment agreement, commission agreement, employee group or executive medical, life, or disability insurance plan, and each incentive, bonus, profit sharing, retirement, deferred compensation, equity, phantom stock, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation right or severance plan of the Company now in effect or under which the Company has or might have any obligation, or any understanding between the Company and any employee concerning the terms of such employee’s employment that does not apply to the Company’s employees generally (collectively, “Labor Agreements”). The Company has previously delivered to Parent true and complete copies of each such Labor Agreement, any employee handbook or policy statement of the Company, and complete and correct information concerning the Company’s employees, including with respect to the (i) name, residence address, and social security number; (ii) position; (iii) compensation; (iv) vacation and other fringe benefits; (v) claims under any benefit plan; and (vii) resident alien status (if applicable). Schedule 4.26(a) sets forth a true and complete list of the names, addresses and titles of the directors, officers and managers of the Company.

 

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(b) Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.26(b):

 

(i) all employees of the Company are employees at will, and the employment of each employee by the Company may be terminated immediately by the Company, as applicable, without any cost or liability except severance in accordance with the Company’s standard severance practice as disclosed on Schedule 4.26(b);

 

(ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company has any plan to terminate his or her employment now or in the near future, whether as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise;

 

(iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company, in the ordinary course of his or her duties, has breached or will breach any obligation to a former employer in respect of any covenant against competition or soliciting clients or employees or servicing clients or confidentiality or any proprietary right of such former employer; and

 

(iv) the Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement, does not have any material labor relations problems, and there is no pending representation question or union organizing activity respecting employees of the Company.

 

(c) The Company has complied in all material respects with all Labor Agreements and all applicable laws relating to employment or labor. There is no legal prohibition with respect to the permanent residence of any employee of the Company in the United States or his or her permanent employment by the Company. No present or former employee, officer, director or manager of the Company has, or will have at the Closing Date, any claim against the Company for any matter including for wages, salary, or vacation or sick pay, or otherwise under any Labor Agreement. All accrued obligations of the Company applicable to its employees, whether arising by operation of Law, by Contract, by past custom or otherwise, for payments by the Company to any trust or other fund or to any Authority, with respect to unemployment or disability compensation benefits, social security benefits, under ERISA or otherwise, have been paid or adequate accruals therefor have been made.

 

4.27 Withholding. All obligations of the Company applicable to its employees, whether arising by operation of Law, by contract, by past custom or otherwise, or attributable to payments by the Company to trusts or other funds or to any governmental agency, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security benefits or any other benefits for its employees with respect to the employment of said employees through the date hereof have been paid or adequate accruals therefor have been made on the Financial Statements. All reasonably anticipated obligations of the Company with respect to such employees (except for those related to wages during the pay period immediately prior to the Closing Date and arising in the ordinary course of business), whether arising by operation of Law, by contract, by past custom, or otherwise, for salaries and holiday pay, bonuses and other forms of compensation payable to such employees in respect of the services rendered by any of them prior to the date hereof have been or will be paid by the Company prior to the Closing Date.

 

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4.28 Employee Benefits and Compensation.

 

(a) Schedule 4.28 sets forth a true and complete list of each “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), bonus, deferred compensation, equity-based or non-equity-based incentive, severance or other plan or written agreement relating to employee or director benefits or employee or director compensation or fringe benefits, maintained or contributed to by the Company at any time during the 7-calendar year period immediately preceding the date hereof and/or with respect to which the Company could incur or could have incurred any direct or indirect, fixed or contingent liability (each a “Plan” and collectively, the “Plans”). Each Plan is and has been maintained in substantial compliance with all applicable laws, including but not limited to ERISA, and has been administered and operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms.

 

(b) Each Plan which is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code, has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred and no condition exists which could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation of any such determination. No event which constitutes a “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA) for which the 30-day notice requirement has not been waived by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”) has occurred with respect to any Plan. No Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA has been terminated or is or has been the subject of termination proceedings pursuant to Title IV of ERISA. Full payment has been made of all amounts which the Company was required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date hereof (excluding any amounts not yet due) and no Plan which is subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA has incurred an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived.

 

(c) Neither the Company nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any other “disqualified person” or “party in interest” (as defined in Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code and Section 3(14) of ERISA, respectively), has engaged in any transaction in connection with any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA, damages pursuant to Section 409 of ERISA or a tax pursuant to Section 4975(a) of the Code. The Company has not maintained any Plan (other than a Plan which is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code) which provides benefits with respect to current or former employees or directors following their termination of service with the Company (other than as required pursuant to COBRA). Each Plan subject to the requirements of COBRA has been operated in substantial compliance therewith.

 

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(d) No individual will accrue or receive additional benefits, service or accelerated rights to payment of benefits as a direct result of the Merger. No material liability, claim, investigation, audit, action or litigation has been incurred, made, commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, by or against any Plan or the Company with respect to any Plan (other than for benefits payable in the ordinary course and PBGC insurance premiums). No Plan or related trust owns any securities in violation of Section 407 of ERISA. With respect to each Plan which is an “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) as of the most recent actuarial valuation report prepared for each such Plan, the aggregate present value of the accrued liabilities thereof (determined in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 35) did not exceed the aggregate fair market value of the assets allocable thereto.

 

(e) No Plan is a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) and the Company has not been obligated to contribute to any multiemployer plan. No material liability has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, incurred under Title IV of ERISA (other than for PBGC insurance premiums payable in the ordinary course) or Section 412(f) or (n) of the Code, by the Company or any entity required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to Section 4001(b) of ERISA and/or Section 414 (b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code with respect to any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA).

 

(f) There is no unfunded non-tax-qualified Plan which provides a pension or retirement benefit.

 

(g) The Company has not made any commitment to create or cause to exist any employee benefit plan which is not listed on Schedule 4.28, or to modify, change or terminate any Plan (other than as may be necessary for compliance with applicable law).

 

(h) The Company does not have any plan, arrangement or agreement providing for “deferred compensation” that is subject to Section 409A(a) of the Code, or any plan, arrangement or agreement that is subject to Section 409A(b) of the Code.

 

4.29 Real Property.

 

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.29, the Company does not own, or otherwise have an interest in, any Real Property, including under any Real Property lease, sublease, space sharing, license or other occupancy agreement. The Company has good, valid and subsisting title to its respective leasehold estates in the offices described on Schedule 4.29, free and clear of all Liens. The Company has not breached or violated any local zoning ordinance, and no notice from any Person has been received by the Company or served upon the Company claiming any violation of any local zoning ordinance.

 

(b) The Real Property leased by the Company is in a state of maintenance and repair in all material respects adequate and suitable for the purposes for which it is presently being used, and there are currently no material repair or restoration works likely to be required in connection with any of the leased Real Property. The Company is in physical possession and actual and exclusive occupation of the whole of the leased properties, none of which are subleased or assigned to another Person. The Leases lease all useable square footage of the premises located at the leased Real Property locations. The Company does not owe any brokerage commission with respect to any Real Property.

 

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4.30 Accounts. Schedule 4.30 sets forth a true, complete and correct list of the checking accounts, deposit accounts, safe deposit boxes, and brokerage, commodity and similar accounts of the Company, including the account number and name, the name of each depositary or financial institution and the address where such account is located and the authorized signatories thereto.

 

4.31 Tax Matters.

 

(a) (i) The Company has duly and timely filed all Tax Returns which are required to be filed by or with respect to it, and has paid all Taxes which have become due; (ii) all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete and accurate and disclose all Taxes required to be paid; (iv) there is no Action, pending or proposed or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, with respect to Taxes of the Company or for which a Lien may be imposed upon any of the Company’s assets and, to the best of the Knowledge of the Company, no basis exists therefor; (v) no statute of limitations in respect of the assessment or collection of any Taxes of the Company for which a Lien may be imposed on any of the Company’s assets has been waived or extended, which waiver or extension is in effect; (vi) the Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to the reporting, payment, collection and withholding of Taxes and has duly and timely withheld or collected, paid over to the applicable Taxing Authority and reported all Taxes (including income, social, security and other payroll Taxes) required to be withheld or collected by the Company; ; (vii) no claim has ever been made by a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company has not paid any Tax or filed Tax Returns, asserting that the Company is or may be subject to Tax in such jurisdiction; (viii) there is no outstanding power of attorney from the Company authorizing anyone to act on behalf of the Company in connection with any Tax, Tax Return or Action relating to any Tax or Tax Return of the Company; (ix) the Company is not, and has ever been, a party to any Tax sharing or Tax allocation Contract; (x) the Company is and has never been included in any consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return; (xi) the Company is not a party to a Contract that requires or would, upon the occurrence of certain events, require the Company to make a payment which would not be fully deductible under Section 280G of the Code without regard to whether such payment is reasonable compensation for services rendered and without regard to any exception that requires future action by any Person; (xii) during the last two years, the Company has not engaged in any exchange under which gain realized on the exchange was not recognized under Section 1031 of the Code; (xiii) the Company was not a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” under Section 355 of the Code in any transaction within the last two years or pursuant to a plan or series of related transactions (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) with any transaction contemplated by this Agreement; (xiv) the Company is not, and has never been, a “personal holding company” (within the meaning of Section 542 of the Code), a stockholder in a “controlled foreign corporation” (within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code), a “foreign personal holding company” (within the meaning of Section 552 of the Code as in effect prior to the repeal of such section), or a “passive foreign investment company” (within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code); (xvi) the Company is not and has not been treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and (xvii) the Company is not an “investment company” for purposes of Sections 351(e) or 368 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company has not entered into a “reportable transaction” (within the meaning of Section 6707A of the Code or Treasury Regulations §1.6011.-4 or any predecessor thereof).

 

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4.32 Environmental Laws.

 

(a) The Company has not (i) received any written notice of any alleged claim, violation of or liability under any Environmental Law which has not heretofore been cured or for which there is any remaining liability; (ii) disposed of, emitted, discharged, handled, stored, transported, used or released any Hazardous Materials, arranged for the disposal, discharge, storage or release of any Hazardous Materials, or exposed any employee or other individual to any Hazardous Materials so as to give rise to any liability or corrective or remedial obligation under any Environmental Laws; or (iii) entered into any agreement that may require it to guarantee, reimburse, pledge, defend, hold harmless or indemnify any other Person with respect to liabilities arising out of Environmental Laws or the Hazardous Materials Activities of the Company, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) The Company has delivered to Parent all material records in its possession concerning the Hazardous Materials Activities of the Company and all environmental audits and environmental assessments in the possession or control of the Company of any facility currently owned, leased or used by the Company which identifies the potential for any violations of Environmental Law or the presence of Hazardous Materials on any property currently owned, leased or used by the Company.

 

(c) There are no Hazardous Materials in, on, or under any properties owned, leased or used at any time by the Company such as could give rise to any material liability or corrective or remedial obligation of the Company under any Environmental Laws.

 

4.33 Finders’ Fees. Other than Chardan Capital Markets LLC, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any of Affiliates who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the Company or any of its Affiliates (including the Company following the Closing) upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.34 Powers of Attorney and Suretyships. The Company does not have any general or special powers of attorney outstanding (whether as grantor or grantee thereof) or any obligation or liability (whether actual, accrued, accruing, contingent, or otherwise) as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, indemnitor or otherwise in respect of the obligation of any Person.

 

4.35 Directors and Officers. Schedule 4.35 sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all directors and officers of the Company.

 

4.36 Other Information. Neither this Agreement nor any of the documents or other information made available to Parent or its Affiliates, attorneys, accountants, agents or representatives pursuant hereto or in connection with Parent’s due diligence review of the Business, the Company Common Stock, the Company’s assets or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading.

 

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4.37 Certain Business Practices. Neither the Company, nor any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company (in their capacities as such) has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or (iii) made any other unlawful payment. Neither the Company, nor any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company (nor any Person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing, but solely in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company) has, since December 31, 2017, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any gift or similar benefit in any material amount to any customer, supplier, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder the Company or assist the Company in connection with any actual or proposed transaction, which, if not given could reasonably be expected to have had a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, or which, if not continued in the future, could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the business or prospects of the Company or that could reasonably be expected to subject the Company to suit or penalty in any private or governmental litigation or proceeding.

 

4.38 Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with laundering statutes in all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental authority (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

4.39 OFAC. Neither the Company, nor any director or officer of the Company (nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee, affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company) is currently identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company has not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC in the last five (5) fiscal years.

 

4.40 Not an Investment Company. The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND merger sub

 

Except as set forth on the Schedules to this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub (the “Parent Parties”), jointly and severally, hereby represent and warrant to the Company that, except as disclosed in Parent SEC Documents:

 

5.1 Corporate Existence and Power. Parent is a British Virgin Islands business company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Merger Sub is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Parent Parties has all power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, Permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. None of Parent Parties has entered into any definitive agreements with respect to any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of its assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation.

 

5.2 Corporate Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent Parties of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent Parties of the transactions contemplated hereby are within the corporate powers of Parent Parties and have been or will be on or before Closing duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent Parties, including each of Parent Parties’ board of directors and shareholders to the extent required by the their organizational documents, BVI Law or any other applicable Law or any contract to which Parent Parties or any of their shareholders is a party or by which or its securities are bound. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Parent Party and it constitutes, a valid and legally binding agreement of each Parent Party, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms.

 

5.3 Governmental Authorization. Other than as required under the NASDAQ rules, Parent Parties respective organizational documents, BVI Law or Delaware Law or securities Laws, or as otherwise set forth on Schedule 5.3, neither the execution, delivery nor performance of this Agreement requires any consent, approval, license or other action by or in respect of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Authority.

 

5.4 Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent Parties of this Agreement do not and will not, (i) provide that holders of fewer than the number of Parent Ordinary Shares specified in Parent’s organizational documents exercise their redemption rights with respect to such transaction, contravene or conflict with the organizational or constitutive documents of Parent, or (ii) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law, judgment, injunction, order, writ, or decree binding upon Parent Parties.

 

5.5 Finders’ Fees. Other than Chardan Capital Markets LLC, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of any Parent Party or its Affiliates who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the Company or any of its Affiliates upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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5.6 Issuance of Shares. The Merger Consideration, when issued, and the Contingent Merger Consideration Shares, if issued, in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, and will be fully paid and nonassessable.

 

5.7 Capitalization.

 

(a) The authorized shares of Parent consists of unlimited Parent Ordinary Shares of which 7,036,146. Parent Ordinary Shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. All outstanding Parent Ordinary Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of BVI Law, Parent’s organizational documents or any contract to which Parent is a party or by which Parent is bound. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of Parent to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Parent Ordinary Shares or any equity of Parent. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of Parent to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.

 

(b) The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which one (1) share of Merger Sub Common Stock is issued and outstanding as of the date hereof and 150,000,000 share of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which none are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof (“Merger Sub Capital Stock”). All issued and outstanding shares of Merger Sub Capital Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of Delaware Law, the Merger Sub’s organizational documents or any contract to which Merger Sub is a party or by which Merger Sub is bound. Except as set forth in the Merger Sub’s organizational documents, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Merger Sub to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Merger Sub Capital Stock or any capital equity of Merger Sub. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of Merger Sub to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.

 

5.8 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by any Parent Party expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the filings with the SEC and mailings to Parent’s shareholders with respect to the solicitation of proxies to approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will, at the date of filing and/ or mailing, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth in the materials provided by Parent or that is included in Parent SEC Documents).

 

5.9 Listing. Parent Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the ticker symbol HUSN. Other as disclosed in Parent SEC Documents, there is no other action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent by Nasdaq with respect to any intention by such entity to prohibit or terminate the listing of Parent Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq.

 

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5.10 Reporting Company. Parent is a publicly held company subject to reporting obligations pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, and Parent Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. Other as disclosed in Parent SEC Documents, there is no legal proceeding pending or, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened in writing against Parent by the SEC with respect to the deregistration of Parent Ordinary Shares. Parent has taken no action that is designed to terminate the registration of Parent Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act.

 

5.11 Board Approval. Each of Parent board of directors and Merger Sub board of directors (including any required committee or subgroup of such boards) has, as of the date of this Agreement, unanimously (i) declared the advisability of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) determined that the transactions contemplated hereby are in the best interests of the stockholders or shareholders of Parent and Merger Sub, as applicable.

 

5.12 Parent SEC Documents and Parent Financial Statements. Parent has filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents, including any exhibits thereto, required to be filed or furnished by Parent with the SEC since Parent’s formation under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto, and will file all such forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement (the “Additional Parent SEC Documents”). Parent has made available to the Company copies in the form filed with the SEC of all of the following, except to the extent available in full without redaction on the SEC’s website through EDGAR for at least two (2) days prior to the date of this Agreement: (i) Parent’s Annual Reports on Form 20-F for each fiscal year of Parent beginning with the first year Parent was required to file such a form, (ii) all proxy statements relating to Parent’s meetings of shareholders (whether annual or special) held, and all information statements relating to shareholder consents, since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above, (iii) its Quarterly Reports on Form 6-K filed since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above, (iv) its Current Reports on Form 6-K filed since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above, and (v) all other forms, reports, registration statements and other documents (other than preliminary materials if the corresponding definitive materials have been provided to the Company pursuant to this Section 5.12) filed by Parent with the SEC since Parent’s formation (the forms, reports, registration statements and other documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, whether or not available through EDGAR, are, collectively, the (“Parent SEC Documents”). Parent SEC Documents were, and the Additional Parent SEC Documents will be, prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations thereunder. Parent SEC Documents did not, and the Additional Parent SEC Documents will not, at the time they were or are filed, as the case may be, with the SEC (except to the extent that information contained in any Parent SEC Document or Additional Parent SEC Document has been or is revised or superseded by a later filed Parent SEC Document or Additional Parent SEC Document, then on the date of such filing) 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 made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As used in this Section 5.12, the term “file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.

 

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5.13 Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Parent owns an equity interest in each Person listed on Schedule 5.13 (each a “Parent Subsidiary” and together, “Parent Subsidiaries”). None of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is a party to any agreement relating to the formation of any joint venture, association or other entity.

 

(b) Each Parent Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under and by virtue of the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation set forth by its name on Schedule 5.13. Each Parent Subsidiary has all power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, Permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. Each Parent Subsidiary has offices located only at the addresses set forth by its name on Schedule 5.13.

 

(c) Schedule 5.13 sets forth a true and complete list of the names, addresses and titles of the directors, officers and managers of Parent Subsidiaries.

 

5.14 Third Parties; Related Party Arrangements. Schedule 5.14 lists each Contract to which Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any shareholder or stockholder beneficially owning more than 10% of the common share of Parent, or any affiliate of such a shareholder or stockholder, on the other hand, is a party, that has not been filed or disclosed in Parent SEC Documents. No shareholder or stockholder of Parent, any Parent Subsidiary or any Affiliate of a shareholder or stockholder of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary (i) owns, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any tangible or intangible property that Parent uses or the use of which is necessary for the conduct of the Business or the ownership or operation of Parent’s assets, or (ii) have engaged in any transactions with Parent.

 

5.15 Absence of Certain Changes. Since January 1, 2021, Parent and each Parent Subsidiary has conducted its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices and there has not been:

 

(a) any material adverse effect;

 

(b) any transaction, Contract or other instrument entered into, or commitment made, by Parent relating to the Business, or any of Parent’s assets (including the acquisition or disposition of any assets) that require annual payment from or to Parent individually in excess of $1,000 or in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000, or any relinquishment by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary of any Contract or other right, in either case other than transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c) (i) any redemption of, declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to any shares or other equity interests in Parent; (ii) any issuance by Parent of shares or other equity interests in Parent, or (iii) any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition, or any amendment of any term, by Parent of any outstanding shares or other equity interests;

 

(d) (i) any creation or other incurrence of any Lien on any Parent Subsidiary of Common Stock or any of Parent’s or Parent Subsidiaries’ assets, and (ii) any making of any loan, advance or capital contributions to or investment in any Person by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary;

 

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(e) any material personal property damage, destruction or casualty loss or personal injury loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting the business or assets of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary;

 

(f) increased benefits payable under any existing severance or termination pay policies or employment agreements; entered into any employment, deferred compensation or other similar agreement (or amended any such existing agreement) with any director, officer, manager or employee; established, adopted or amended (except as required by law) any bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, compensation, stock option, restricted stock or other benefit plan or arrangement covering any director, officer, manager or employee; or increased any compensation, bonus or other benefits payable to any director, officer, manager or employee, other than increases to non-officer employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;

 

(g) any material labor dispute, other than routine individual grievances, or any activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees, which employees were not subject to a collective bargaining agreement at December 31, 2020, or any lockouts, strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages or threats thereof by or with respect to any employees;

 

(h) any sale, transfer, lease to others or otherwise disposition of any of its assets by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary except for inventory sold in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;

 

(i) (i) any amendment to or termination of any Parent Material Contract, (ii) any amendment to any material license or material Permit from any Authority held by Parent or a Parent Subsidiary, (iii) any receipt of any notice of termination of any of the items referenced in (i) and (ii); and (iv) a material default by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary under any Material Contract, or any material license or material Permit from any Authority held by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary;

 

(j) any capital expenditure by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary in excess in any fiscal month of an aggregate of $5,000 or entering into any lease of capital equipment or property under which the annual lease charges exceed $5,000 in the aggregate by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary;

 

(k) any institution of litigation, settlement or agreement to settle any litigation, action, proceeding or investigation before any court or governmental body relating to Parent, any Parent Subsidiary or their property or suffering of any actual or threatened litigation, action, proceeding or investigation before any court or governmental body relating to Parent, any Parent Subsidiary or their property;

 

(l) any loan of any monies to any Person or guarantee of any obligations of any Person by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary;

 

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(m) any change in the accounting methods or practices (including, without limitation, any change in depreciation or amortization policies or rates) of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or any revaluation of any of the assets of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary;

 

(n) any engagement by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary in any merger, consolidation, reorganization, reclassification, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction;

 

(o) any acquisition of assets (other than acquisitions of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or business of any Person individually in excess of $1,000 or in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000;

 

(p) any material Tax election made by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or any material Tax election changed or revoked by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary; any material claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes settled or compromised by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary any annual Tax accounting period changed by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary; any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement relating to any Tax entered into by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary; or any right to claim a material Tax refund surrendered by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary; or

 

(q) any commitment or agreement to do any of the foregoing.

 

5.16 Properties; Title to Parent’s Assets. Each of Parent and Parent Subsidiary has good, valid and marketable title in and to, a valid leasehold interest or license in or a right to use, all of their assets reflected on Parent’s financial statements. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.16, no such asset is subject to any Liens.

 

5.17 No Undisclosed Liability. Except as specifically disclosed, reflected or fully reserved against on Parent’s most recent financial statements included in Parent’s SEC Documents, and for liabilities and obligations of a similar nature and in similar amounts incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of such financial statements, there are no liabilities, debts or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, asserted or unasserted or otherwise) relating to Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, other than (a) liabilities reflected and adequately reserved against in such financial statements, (b) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business after the date of such financial statements, (c) liabilities related to the future performance of any Parent Material Contract, (d) liabilities incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and (e) liabilities specifically identified on Schedule 5.17.

 

5.18 Litigation. There is no Action (or any basis therefore) pending against, or to the Knowledge of Parent threatened against or affecting, Parent, Parent Subsidiaries or any of their officers or directors, their business, assets or any Contract before any court, Authority or official or which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated hereby. There are no outstanding judgments against Parent or any Parent Subsidiary. Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is, and has not been in the past five (5) years, subject to any Action with any Authority.

 

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5.19 Contracts.

 

(a) Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.19, Parent SEC Documents have disclosed all material Contracts, oral or written to which Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is a party, or that require annual payment from or to Parent or any Parent Subsidiary individually in excess of $1,000 or in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000 (“Parent Material Contract”) and which are currently in effect and constitute agreements that provide for obligations that are material to and enforceable against Parent, or rights that are material to Parent and enforceable by Parent against one or more other parties to the agreement, in each case whether or not subject to conditions.

 

(b) Each Parent Material Contract is a valid and binding agreement, and is in full force and effect, and neither Parent, any Parent Subsidiary nor, to the Knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto, is in breach or default (whether with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice or both) under the terms of any such Parent Material Contract. Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has assigned, delegated, or otherwise transferred any of its rights or obligations with respect to any Parent Material Contracts, or granted any power of attorney with respect thereto or to any of Parent’s or Parent Subsidiary’s assets. No Contract (i) requires Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to post a bond or deliver any other form of security or payment to secure its obligations thereunder or (ii) imposes any non-competition covenants that may be binding on, or restrict the Business or require any payments by or with respect to Parent or any of its Affiliates.

 

(c) None of the execution, delivery or performance by Parent of this Agreement or the consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby constitutes a default under or gives rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation of Parent.

 

5.20 Licenses and Permits. Parent SEC Documents have disclosed each Permit affecting, or relating in any way to, the business of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary. Such Permits are valid and in full force and effect, and none of the Permits will, assuming the related third party consents have been obtained or waived prior to the Closing Date, be terminated or impaired or become terminable as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.21 Compliance with Laws. None of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is in violation of, has violated, and to the Knowledge of Parent, is neither under investigation with respect to or has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation or alleged violation of, any Law, or judgment, order or decree entered by any court, arbitrator or Authority, domestic or foreign, nor is there any basis for any such charge and within the last 12 months Parent has not received any subpoenas by any Authority.

 

Without limiting the foregoing paragraph, neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is in violation of, has violated, and to the Knowledge of Parent is not under investigation with respect to nor has been threatened or charged with or given notice of any violation of any provisions of:

 

(a) any Law applicable due to the specific nature of their business;

 

(b) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act;

 

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(c) any comparable or similar Law of any jurisdiction; or

 

(d) any Law regulating or covering conduct in, or the nature of, the workplace, including regarding sexual harassment or, on any impermissible basis, a hostile work environment.

 

5.22 Accounts Receivable and Payable; Loans.

 

(a) All accounts receivable and notes of Parent and Parent Subsidiaries reflected on Parent’s financial statements, and all accounts receivable and notes arising subsequent to the date thereof, represent valid obligations arising from services actually performed or goods actually sold by Parent or a Parent Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. The accounts payable of Parent and Parent Subsidiaries reflected on Parent’s financial statements, and all accounts payable arising subsequent to the date thereof, arose from bona fide transactions in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.

 

(b) To the Knowledge of Parent, there is no contest, claim, or right of setoff in any agreement with any maker of an account receivable or note relating to the amount or validity of such account, receivables or note that could reasonably result in a material adverse effect on Parent.

 

(c) The information set forth on Schedule 5.22(c) separately identifies any and all accounts, receivables or notes of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary which are owed by any Affiliate of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.22(c), neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is indebted to any of its Affiliates and no Affiliates are indebted to Parent or any Parent Subsidiary.

 

5.23 Employees.

 

(a) Schedule 5.23(a) sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the employees of Parent and Parent Subsidiary as of the date hereof, including the name, department, title, employment or engagement commencement date, current salary or compensation rate for each such person and total compensation (including bonuses) paid to each such person at the end of the last fiscal year. Unless indicated in such list, no employee (i) is currently on leave, (ii) has given written notice of his or her intent to terminate his or her relationship with Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, or (iii) has received written notice of such termination from Parent or any Parent Subsidiary. At Closing, none of Parent Subsidiaries shall have any employees. Schedule 5.23(a)(ii) sets forth all proceedings, governmental investigations or administrative proceedings of any kind against Parent or any Parent Subsidiary of which Parent has been notified regarding its employees or employment practices, or operations as they pertain to conditions of employment.

 

(b) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is a party to or subject to any employment contract, consulting agreement, collective bargaining agreement, confidentiality agreement restricting the activities of Parent or a Parent Subsidiary, non-competition agreement restricting the activities of Parent or a Parent Subsidiary, or any similar agreement, and there has been no activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of Parent or a Parent Subsidiary.

 

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(c) Schedule 5.23(c) sets forth a true and complete list of every employment agreement, commission agreement, and benefit plan of Parent now in effect or under which Parent has or might have any obligation, or any understanding between Parent and any current employee concerning the terms of such employee’s employment.

 

(d) Parent has previously delivered to the Company true and complete copies of each such Labor Agreement, any employee handbook or policy statement of Parent, and complete and correct information concerning Parent’s employees, including with respect to the (i) name, residence address, and social security number; (ii) position; (iii) compensation; (iv) vacation and other fringe benefits; (v) claims under any benefit plan; and (vii) resident alien status (if applicable). Parent and Parent Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all Labor Agreements and all applicable Laws relating to employment or labor. No present or former employee, officer, director or manager of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary has, or will have at the Closing Date, any claim against Parent or any Parent Subsidiary for any matter including for wages, salary, or vacation or sick pay, or otherwise under any Labor Agreement. All accrued obligations of Parent and Parent Subsidiaries applicable to their employees, whether arising by operation of Law, by Contract, by past custom or otherwise, for payments by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to any trust or other fund or to any Authority, with respect to unemployment or disability compensation benefits, or severance, have been paid or adequate accruals therefor have been made.

 

5.24 Tax Matters.

 

(a) (i) Parent and each Parent Subsidiary has duly and timely filed all Tax Returns which are required to be filed by or with respect to it, and has paid all Taxes which have become due; (ii) all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete and accurate and disclose all Taxes required to be paid; (iv) there is no Action, pending or proposed or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened, with respect to Taxes of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or for which a Lien may be imposed upon any of Parent’s assets and, to the best of the Knowledge of Parent, no basis exists therefor; (v) no statute of limitations in respect of the assessment or collection of any Taxes of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary for which a Lien may be imposed on any of Parent’s assets has been waived or extended, which waiver or extension is in effect; (vi) Parent and each Parent Subsidiary has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to the reporting, payment, collection and withholding of Taxes and has duly and timely withheld or collected, paid over to the applicable Taxing Authority and reported all Taxes (including income, social, security and other payroll Taxes) required to be withheld or collected by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary ; (vii) no claim has ever been made by a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where Parent or any Parent Subsidiary has not paid any Tax or filed Tax Returns, asserting that Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is or may be subject to Tax in such jurisdiction; (viii) there is no outstanding power of attorney from Parent or any Parent Subsidiary authorizing anyone to act on behalf of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary in connection with any Tax, Tax Return or Action relating to any Tax or Tax Return of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary; and (ix) Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is, and has never been, a party to any Tax sharing or Tax allocation Contract.

 

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5.25 Powers of Attorney and Suretyships. Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has any general or special powers of attorney outstanding (whether as grantor or grantee thereof) or any obligation or liability (whether actual, accrued, accruing, contingent, or otherwise) as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, indemnitor or otherwise in respect of the obligation of any Person.

 

5.26 Other Information. Neither this Agreement nor any of the documents or other information made available to the Company or its Affiliates, attorneys, accountants, agents or representatives pursuant hereto or in connection with the Company’s due diligence review of Parent and Parent Subsidiaries or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading.

 

5.27 Certain Business Practices. Neither Parent, nor any director, officer, agent or employee of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary (in their capacities as such) has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or (iii) made any other unlawful payment. Neither Parent, and Parent Subsidiary, nor any director, officer, agent or employee of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary (nor any Person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing, but solely in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of Parent or a Parent Subsidiary) has, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any gift or similar benefit in any material amount to any customer, supplier, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or assist Parent or any Parent Subsidiary in connection with any actual or proposed transaction that could reasonably be expected to subject Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to suit or penalty in any private or governmental litigation or proceeding.

 

5.28 Money Laundering Laws. The operations of Parent and Parent Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the Money Laundering Laws, and no Action involving Parent or any Parent Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened.

 

ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY PENDING CLOSING

 

The Company covenants and agrees that:

 

6.1 Conduct of the Business. (a) From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company shall conduct the Business only in the ordinary course, (including the payment of accounts payable and the collection of accounts receivable), consistent with past practices, and other than those transactions set forth on Schedule 6.1, shall not enter into any material transactions without the prior written consent of Parent and shall use its best efforts to preserve intact its business relationships with employees, clients, suppliers and other third parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until and including the Closing Date, without Parent’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Company shall not:

 

(i) amend, modify or supplement its certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents;

 

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(ii) amend, waive any provision of, terminate prior to its scheduled expiration date, or otherwise compromise in any way, any Contract (including Contracts described in Section 6.1(a)(iii) below), or any other right or asset of the Company;

 

(iii) modify, amend or enter into any Contract, which (A) is with respect to Real Property, (B) extends for a term of one year or more or (C) obligates the payment of more than $1,000,000 (individually or in the aggregate);

 

(iv) make any capital expenditures in excess of $1,000,000 (individually or in the aggregate);

 

(v) sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any of the Company’s assets or assets covered by any Contract except (i) pursuant to existing Contracts or commitments disclosed herein and (ii) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course consistent with past practice;

 

(vi) accept returns of products sold from Inventory except in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice;

 

(vii) pay, declare or promise to pay any dividends or other distributions with respect to its capital stock, or pay, declare or promise to pay any other payments to any Stockholder (other than, in the case of any Stockholder that is an employee of the Company, payments of salary accrued in said period at the current salary rate set forth on Schedule 4.25(a)) or any Affiliate of the Company;

 

(viii) authorize any salary increase of more than 10% for any employee of the Company making an annual salary equal to or greater than $100,000 or in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate on an annual basis or change the bonus or profit sharing policies of the Company;

 

(ix) obtain or incur any loan or other Indebtedness, including drawings under the Company’s existing lines of credit;

 

(x) suffer or incur any Lien, except for Permitted Liens, on the Company’s assets;

 

(xi) suffer any damage, destruction or loss of property related to any of the Company’s assets, whether or not covered by insurance;

 

(xii) delay, accelerate or cancel any receivables or Indebtedness owed to the Company or write off or make further reserves against the same;

 

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(xiii) merge or consolidate with or acquire any other Person or be acquired by any other Person;

 

(xiv) suffer any insurance policy protecting any of the Company’s assets to lapse;

 

(xv) amend any of its Plans set forth in Section 4.28(a) or fail to continue to make timely contributions thereto in accordance with the terms thereof;

 

(xvi) make any change in its accounting principles or methods or write down the value of any Inventory or assets;

 

(xvii) change the place of business or jurisdiction of organization of the Company;

 

(xviii) extend any loans other than travel or other expense advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $10,000.00 individually or $50,000.00 in the aggregate;

 

(xix) issue, redeem or repurchase any capital stock, membership interests or other securities, or issue any securities exchangeable for or convertible into any shares of its capital stock;

 

(xx) effect or agree to any change in any practices or terms, including payment terms, with respect to customers or suppliers;

 

(xxi) make or change any material Tax election or change any annual Tax accounting periods; or

 

(xxii) agree to do any of the foregoing.

 

(b) The Company shall not (i) take or agree to take any action that might make any representation or warranty of the Company inaccurate or misleading in any respect at, or as of any time prior to, the Closing Date or (ii) omit to take, or agree to omit to take, any action necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being inaccurate or misleading in any respect at any such time.

 

6.2 Access to Information. From the date hereof until and including the Closing Date, the Company shall, to the best of its ability, (a) continue to give Parent, its legal counsel and other representatives full access to the offices, properties and Books and Records, (b) furnish to Parent, its legal counsel and other representatives such information relating to the Business as such Persons may request and (c) cause the employees, legal counsel, accountants and representatives of the Company to cooperate with Parent in its investigation of the Business; provided that no investigation pursuant to this Section (or any investigation prior to the date hereof) shall affect any representation or warranty given by the Company and, provided further, that any investigation pursuant to this Section shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the Business of the Company.

 

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6.3 Notices of Certain Events. The Company shall promptly notify Parent of:

 

(a) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging or raising the possibility that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement might give rise to any Action or other rights by or on behalf of such Person or result in the loss of any rights or privileges of the Company (or Surviving Corporation, post-Closing) to any such Person or create any Lien on any Company Common Stock or any of the Company’s assets;

 

(b) any notice or other communication from any Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c) any Actions commenced or threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the Company, any Stockholder, Company Common Stock or the Company’s assets or the Business or that relate to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(d) the occurrence of any fact or circumstance which constitutes or results, or might reasonably be expected to constitute or result, in a Material Adverse Change; and

 

(e) the occurrence of any fact or circumstance which results, or might reasonably be expected to result, in any representation made hereunder by the Company to be false or misleading in any respect or to omit or fail to state a material fact.

 

6.4 Annual and Interim Financial Statements. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, within forty five (45) calendar days following the end of each three-month quarterly period, the Company shall deliver to Parent an unaudited consolidated summary of its earnings and an unaudited consolidated balance sheet for the period from the Balance Sheet Date through the end of such quarterly period and the applicable comparative period in the preceding fiscal year, in each case accompanied by a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that all such financial statements fairly present the financial position and results of operations of the Company as of the date or for the periods indicated, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, except as otherwise indicated in such statements and subject to year-end audit adjustments. Such certificate shall also state that except as noted, from the Balance Sheet Date through the end of the previous quarterly period there has been no Material Adverse Effect. The Company shall also promptly deliver to Parent copies of any audited consolidated financial statements of the Company that the Company’s certified public accountants may issue.

 

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6.5 SEC Filings.

(a) The Company acknowledges that:

 

(i) Parent will be required to file Annual Reports on Form 20-F, and interim reports on Current Reports on Form 6-K, that may be required to contain information about the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

(ii) Parent will be required to file Current Reports on Form 6-K to announce the transactions contemplated hereby and other significant events that may occur in connection with such transactions.

 

(b) In connection with any filing Parent makes with the SEC that requires information about the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be included, the Company will, and will use its best efforts to cause its Affiliates, in connection with the disclosure included in any such filing or the responses provided to the SEC in connection with the SEC’s comments to a filing, to use their best efforts to (i) cooperate with Parent, (ii) respond to questions about the Company required in any filing or requested by the SEC in a timely fashion, and (iii) promptly provide any information requested by Parent’s representatives in connection with any filing with the SEC.

 

6.6 Financial Information. The Company will promptly provide additional financial information requested by Parent for inclusion in any filings to be made by Parent with the SEC. If requested by Parent, such information must be reviewed or audited by the Company’s auditors.

 

ARTICLE VII

COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company agrees that:

 

7.1 Reporting and Compliance with Laws. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company shall duly and timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed with the applicable Taxing Authorities, pay any and all Taxes required by any Taxing Authority and duly observe and conform in all material respects, to all applicable Laws and Orders.

 

7.2 Best Efforts to Obtain Consents. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain each third party consent required under this Agreement as promptly as practicable hereafter.

 

7.3 Available Funding and Cash Payment. Concurrently with or prior to the Closing, the Company shall have raised at least $7,000,000 which shall be used for working capital purposes following Closing (the “Financing”). In addition, at Closing, the Company shall pay to Parent and/or its designees on behalf of Parent a total of $1,750,000, of which $175,000 (the “Escrowed Amount”) has been deposited into an escrow account held by the Company’s legal counsel, Loeb & Loeb. At Closing, Loeb & Loeb shall release the Escrow Amount to Parent and/or its designees and the Company shall pay the remainder of the $1,750,000 directly to Parent via wire transfer of immediately available funds. However, in the event this Agreement is terminated as a result of Parent’s refusal to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in breach of this Agreement, the Escrowed Amount shall be released to the Company.

 

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ARTICLE VIII
COVENANTS OF ALL PARTIES HERETO

 

The parties hereto covenant and agree that:

 

8.1 Best Efforts; Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party shall use its best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under applicable Laws to consummate and implement expeditiously each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The parties hereto shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and take such other actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

8.2 Tax Matters.

 

(a) The Stockholders’ Representative shall cooperate and assist the Surviving Corporation in preparing (or causing to be prepared) and filing (or causing to be filed) on a timely basis (taking into account valid extensions of time to file) all Tax Returns of the Company required to be filed by the Company after the Closing Date for taxable periods ending on or before the Closing Date. Such Tax Returns shall be true, correct and complete, shall be prepared on a basis consistent with the similar Tax Returns for the immediately preceding taxable period, and shall not make, amend, revoke or terminate any Tax election or change any accounting practice or procedure without the prior written consent of the Surviving Corporation. The Stockholders’ Representative shall give a copy of each such Tax Return to the Surviving Corporation with sufficient time prior to filing for its review and comment. The Stockholders’ Representative shall cause the Company to cooperate in connection with the preparation and filing of such Tax Returns, to timely pay the Tax shown to be due thereon, and to furnish the Surviving Corporation proof of such payment.

 

(b) Following the Closing, the Stockholders’ Representative may amend any Tax Return of the Company for any taxable period ending on or before the Closing. Surviving Corporation shall cooperate with the Stockholders’ Representative in connection with the preparation and filing of such amended Tax Returns and any Tax proceeding in connection therewith. The cost of preparing and filing such amended Tax Returns or participating in any such Tax proceeding shall be borne by the Company.

 

(c) Surviving Corporation shall retain all Books and Records with respect to Tax matters of the Company for Pre-Closing Periods for at least seven (7) years following the Closing Date and shall abide by all record retention agreements entered into by or with respect to the Company with any Taxing Authority.

 

8.3 Settlement of Parent Liabilities. Concurrently with the Closing, all outstanding liabilities of Parent regarding the Merger shall be settled and paid in full, including reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by Surviving Corporation’s officers, directors, or any of their respective Affiliates, in connection with identifying, investigating and consummating a business combination.

 

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8.4 Confidentiality. The Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall hold and shall cause their respective representatives to hold in strict confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law, all documents and information concerning the other party furnished to it by such other party or its representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (a) previously known by the party to which it was furnished, (b) in the public domain through no fault of such party or (c) later lawfully acquired from other sources, which source is not the agent of the other party, by the party to which it was furnished), and each party shall not release or disclose such information to any other person, except its representatives in connection with this Agreement. In the event that any party believes that it is required to disclose any such confidential information pursuant to applicable Laws, such party shall give timely written notice to the other parties so that such parties may have an opportunity to obtain a protective order or other appropriate relief. Each party shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations to hold confidential information concerning or supplied by the other parties if it exercises the same care as it takes to preserve confidentiality for its own similar information.

 

8.5 Form 6-K; Form 8-K; Press Releases.

 

(a) As promptly as practicable after execution of this Agreement, Parent will prepare and file a Current Report on Form 6-K pursuant to the Exchange Act to report the execution of this Agreement, a copy of which will be provided to the Company at least one (1) Business Day before its filing deadline and which the Company may review and comment upon prior to filing. Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall also issue a joint press release announcing the execution of this Agreement, in form and substance mutually acceptable to Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative.

 

(b) At least five (5) days prior to the Closing, Parent shall begin preparing, in consultation with the Company, a draft Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with and announcing the Closing, together with, or incorporating by reference, such information that is required to be disclosed with respect to the consummated transaction pursuant to Form 6-K (the “Closing Form 6-K”). Prior to the Closing, Parent and the Company shall prepare a mutually agreeable press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing Press Release”). Concurrently with the Closing, Parent shall distribute the Closing Press Release and, as soon as practicable thereafter, file the Closing Form 6-K with the SEC.

 

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8.6 Director and Officer Liability.

 

(a) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless each Person who is now, or has been a director, officer, or employee of the Company and Parent (collectively, the “Indemnified Fiduciaries”) in respect of actions taken prior to and including the Effective Time in connection with their duties as directors or officers of the Company, as provided in the Company certificate of incorporation, bylaws and any indemnification agreements between the Company and said Indemnified Fiduciaries (each as in effect as of the date of this Agreement) made available by the Company to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement, for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time, and any claim made requesting indemnification pursuant to such indemnification rights within such six (6)-year period shall continue to be subject to this Section 8.6 until disposition of such claim.

 

(b) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall purchase, at the Company’s expense, in effect for six (6) years after the Effective Time, insurance “tail” or other insurance policies with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance with respect to acts or omissions existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time in an amount and scope at least as favorable as the coverage applicable to directors and officers as of immediately prior to the Effective Time under the Company’s directors’ and officer’s insurance policy (the “D&O Tail Policy”). If the Merger is consummated, then Parent and the Surviving Corporation will not cancel the D&O Tail Policy during its term.

 

(c) The provisions contained in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Surviving Corporation in respect of indemnification shall not be amended, repealed, or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any Indemnified Fiduciary.

 

(d) If Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity in such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each case, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, honor the indemnification set forth in this Section 8.6.

 

(e) The obligations of the Surviving Corporation and Parent under this Section 8.7 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Person to whom this Section 8.7 applies without the prior written consent of such affected Person.

 

ARTICLE IX
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

 

9.1 Condition to the Obligations of the Parties. The obligations of all of the parties to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction of all the following conditions:

 

(a) No provisions of any applicable Law, and no Order shall prohibit or impose any condition on the consummation of the Closing;

 

(b) There shall not be any Action brought by a third-party non-Affiliate to enjoin or otherwise restrict the consummation of the Closing;

 

(c) The post-Closing board of directors shall have been appointed.

 

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(d) NASDAQ and Parent shareholders have approved the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

9.2 Conditions to Obligations of Parent. The obligation of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or the waiver at Parent’s sole and absolute discretion, of all the following further conditions:

 

(a) The Company shall have duly performed all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(b) All of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant hereto, shall: (i) be true, correct and complete at and as of the date of this Agreement (except as provided in the disclosure schedules or as provided for in Article IV), or, (ii) if otherwise specified, when made or when deemed to have been made, and (iii) be true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date, in the case of (i) and (ii) with only such exceptions as could not in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c) There shall have been no event, change or occurrence which individually or together with any other event, change or occurrence, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d) Parent Parties shall have received a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect set forth in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section 9.2.

 

(e) No court, arbitrator or other Authority shall have issued any judgment, injunction, decree or order, or have pending before it a proceeding for the issuance of any thereof, and there shall not be any provision of any applicable Law restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the Closing, or the effective operation of the Business by the Company after the Closing Date.

 

(f) Parent Parties shall have received copies of all required third party consents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, and no such third party consents shall have been revoked.

 

(g) Parent Parties shall have received copies of all Governmental Approvals, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent Parties, and no such Governmental Approval shall have been revoked.

 

(h) Parent Parties shall have received Schedules updated as of the Closing Date.

 

(i) The requisite shareholders of Parent shall have approved the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Parent’s organizational documents and BVI Law.

 

(j) The Company shall have completed the Financing.

 

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9.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or the waiver at the Company’s discretion, of all of the following further conditions:

 

(a) (i) Parent shall have performed in all material respects all of their respective obligations hereunder required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) the representations and warranties of Parent contained in this Agreement, and in any certificate or other writing delivered by Parent pursuant hereto, disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date and (iii) the Company shall have received a certificate signed by an authorized officer of Parent to the foregoing effect.

 

(b) The requisite majority of the Stockholders shall have approved the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Company’s organizational documents and Delaware Law.

 

(c) Parent shall be in compliance with all applicable rules of NASDAQ.

 

(d) Parent shall have adopted an option plan in form and substance satisfactory to the Company.

 

ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION

 

10.1 Indemnification.

 

(a) Parent hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company Indemnitees, against and in respect of any and all Losses incurred or sustained by any Company Indemnitee as a result of or in connection with any breach, inaccuracy or nonfulfillment or the alleged breach, inaccuracy or nonfulfillment of any of the representations, warranties and covenants of Parent and Merger Sub contained herein or any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto. Any liability incurred by the Company Indemnitees pursuant to the terms of this Article X shall be paid by issuance of Reserved Shares.

 

(b) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Parent, Merger Sub, each of its Affiliates and each of its and their respective members, managers, partners, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, attorneys and agents and permitted assignees (the “Parent Indemnitees”), against and in respect of any and all Losses incurred or sustained by any Parent Indemnitee as a result of or in connection with any breach, inaccuracy or nonfulfillment or the alleged breach, inaccuracy or nonfulfillment of any of the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company contained herein or any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto. Any liability incurred by Parent Indemnitees pursuant to the terms of this Article X shall be paid by issuance of Reserved Shares.

 

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10.2 Procedure. The following shall apply with respect to all claims by any Company Indemnitee or Parent Indemnitee as the case may be (an “Indemnified Party”) for indemnification:

 

(a) An Indemnified Party shall give the indemnifying party/parties (an “Indemnifying Party” or “Indemnifying Parties” as the case may be) prompt notice (an “Indemnification Notice”) of any third-party action with respect to which such Indemnified Party seeks indemnification pursuant to Section 10.1 (a “Third-Party Claim”), which shall describe in reasonable detail the Loss that has been or may be suffered by the Indemnified Party. The failure to give the Indemnification Notice shall not impair any of the rights or benefits of such Indemnified Party under Section 10.1, except to the extent such failure materially and adversely affects the ability of the Indemnifying Parties to defend such claim or increases the amount of such liability.

 

(b) In the case of any Third-Party Claims as to which indemnification is sought by any Indemnified Party, such Indemnified Party shall be entitled, at the sole expense and liability of the Indemnifying Parties, to exercise full control of the defense, compromise or settlement of any Third-Party Claim unless the Indemnifying Parties, within a reasonable time after the giving of an Indemnification Notice by the Indemnified Parties (but in any event within ten (10) days thereafter), shall (i) deliver a written confirmation to such Indemnified Party that the indemnification provisions of Section 10.1 are applicable to such action and the Indemnifying Parties will indemnify such Indemnified Party in respect of such action pursuant to the terms of Section 10.1 and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, shall do so without asserting any challenge, defense, limitation on the Indemnifying Parties’ liability for Losses, counterclaim or offset, (ii) notify such Indemnified Party in writing of the intention of the Indemnifying Parties to assume the defense thereof, and (iii) retain legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party to conduct the defense of such Third-Party Claim.

 

(c) If the Indemnifying Parties assume the defense of any such Third-Party Claim pursuant to Section 10.2(b), then the Indemnified Party shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Parties in any manner reasonably requested in connection with the defense, and the Indemnified Party shall have the right to be kept fully informed by the Indemnifying Parties and their legal counsel with respect to the status of any legal proceedings, to the extent not inconsistent with the preservation of attorney-client or work product privilege. If the Indemnifying Parties so assume the defense of any such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel employed by the Indemnified Party shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Parties have agreed to pay such fees and expenses, or (ii) the named parties to any such Third-Party Claim (including any impleaded parties) include an Indemnified Party and an Indemnifying Party and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by its counsel that there may be a conflict of interest between such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Parties in the conduct of the defense thereof, and in any such case the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the Indemnifying Parties.

 

(d) If the Indemnifying Parties elect to assume the defense of any Third-Party Claim pursuant to Section 10.2(b), the Indemnified Party shall not pay, or permit to be paid, any part of any claim or demand arising from such asserted liability unless the Indemnifying Parties withdraw from or fail to vigorously prosecute the defense of such asserted liability, or unless a judgment is entered against the Indemnified Party for such liability. If the Indemnifying Parties do not elect to defend, or if, after commencing or undertaking any such defense, the Indemnifying Parties fail to adequately prosecute or withdraw such defense, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to undertake the defense or settlement thereof, at the Indemnifying Parties’ expense. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Indemnifying Parties shall not be entitled to control, but may participate in, and the Indemnified Party (at the expense of the Indemnifying Parties) shall be entitled to have sole control over, the defense or settlement of (x) that part of any Third-Party Claim (i) that seeks a temporary restraining order, a preliminary or permanent injunction or specific performance against the Indemnified Party, or (ii) to the extent such Third-Party Claim involves criminal allegations against the Indemnified Party or (y) the entire Third-Party Claim if such Third-Party Claim would impose liability on the part of the Indemnified Party in an amount which is greater than the amount as to which the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. In the event the Indemnified Party retains control of the Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will not settle the subject claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

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(e) If the Indemnifying Parties undertake the defense of any such Third-Party Claim pursuant to Section 10.1 and propose to settle the same prior to a final judgment thereon or to forgo appeal with respect thereto, then the Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Parties prompt written notice thereof and the Indemnifying Parties shall have the right to participate in the settlement, assume or reassume the defense thereof or prosecute such appeal, in each case at the Indemnifying Parties’ expense. The Indemnifying Parties shall not, without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party settle or compromise or consent to entry of any judgment with respect to any such Third-Party Claim (i) in which any relief other than the payment of money damages is or may be sought against such Indemnified Party, (ii) in which such Third-Party Claim could be reasonably expected to impose or create a monetary liability on the part of the Indemnified Party (such as an increase in the Indemnified Party’s income Tax) other than the monetary claim of the third party in such Third-Party Claim being paid pursuant to such settlement or judgment, or (iii) which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant, person conducting such investigation or initiating such hearing, plaintiff or petitioner to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability with respect to such Third-Party Claim and all other actions (known or unknown) arising or which might arise out of the same facts.

 

10.3 Reserved Shares. At the Closing, Parent shall cause the Reserved Shares to be reserved for issuance pursuant to this Section 10.3.

 

(a) Rights to the Reserved Shares. Other than in connection with the payment of any Losses pursuant to this Article X, no party shall have any rights to the Reserved Shares, including voting rights or rights to dividends, interest payments or other distributions of any kind made in respect of the Reserved Shares.

 

(b) Distribution of Reserved Shares. In the event of payment of a Loss to an Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 10.1(a) or 10.1(b), as applicable, then, within three (3) Business Days of the determination of amount of the Loss, (A) the Stockholders’ Representative and Parent shall provide for joint written instruction to be given to Parent’s Transfer Agent (“Joint Written instruction”) to issue such number of Reserved Shares to the Indemnified Party(ies) as set forth in such Joint Written Instruction. The number of Reserved Shares to be issued as payment for a Loss shall be calculated based on the volume weighted average price per share at which Parent’s Common Stock traded on NASDAQ over the five trading day period preceding the date on which the claim for indemnification for which the Loss is to be paid was made by the Indemnified Party.

 

(c) Release of Reserved Shares. Upon the resolution of all unresolved indemnification claims set forth in any Indemnification Notice provided prior to the expiration of the Survival Period (the “Release Date”), the Stockholders’ Representative and Parent shall provide Joint Written Instruction to Parent’s Transfer Agent no party shall have any claim to any Reserved Shares not issued and such remaining Reserved Shares shall be held in the treasury of the Company.

 

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10.4 Limitations of Indemnification.

 

(a) Subject to Section10.4(b), with respect to indemnification for any Losses based upon, attributable to or related to Section 10.1(a) or 10.1(b), (i) neither Parent, the Company nor the Stockholders shall have any liability unless the aggregate amount of Losses incurred by the Indemnified Party exceeds $700,000 (the “Deductible”) and then only for such amounts in excess of the Deductible and (ii) no amounts of indemnity shall be payable by the Indemnifying Party which exceeds the Reserved Shares (the “Indemnity Cap”).

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to indemnification for any Losses based upon, attributable to or related to fraud or willful misconduct of a Parent Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, the Indemnity Cap shall not apply.

 

10.5 Periodic Payments. Any indemnification required by Section 10.1 for costs, disbursements or expenses of any Indemnified Party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any Action shall be made by periodic payments by the Indemnifying Parties to each Indemnified Party during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or costs, disbursements or expenses are incurred.

 

10.6 Survival of Indemnification Rights. Except for the representations and warranties in Section 5.1 (Corporate Existence and Power), Section 5.2 (Corporate Authorization), and Section 5.5 (Finders’ Fees) which shall survive until ninety (90) days after the expiration of the statute of limitations with respect thereto (including any extensions and waivers thereof), the representations and warranties of Parent shall survive until twelve months (the “Survival Period”) following the Closing. The indemnification to which any Indemnified Party is entitled from the Indemnifying Parties pursuant to Section 10.1 for Losses shall be effective so long as it is asserted prior to the date that is twelve months following the Closing.

 

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ARTICLE XI
DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

11.1 Arbitration.

 

(a) The parties shall promptly submit any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including with respect to the meaning, effect, validity, termination, interpretation, performance, or enforcement of this Agreement) or any alleged breach thereof (including any action in tort, contract, equity, or otherwise), to binding arbitration before one arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”). Binding arbitration shall be the sole means of resolving any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including with respect to the meaning, effect, validity, termination, interpretation, performance or enforcement of this Agreement) or any alleged breach thereof (including any claim in tort, contract, equity, or otherwise).

 

(b) If the parties cannot agree upon the Arbitrator, the Arbitrator shall be selected by the New York, New York chapter head of the American Arbitration Association upon the written request of either side. The Arbitrator shall be selected within thirty (30) days of such written request.

 

(c) The laws of the State of New York shall apply to any arbitration hereunder. In any arbitration hereunder, this Agreement and any agreement contemplated hereby shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to a contract negotiated, signed, and wholly to be performed in the State of New York, which laws the Arbitrator shall apply in rendering his decision. The Arbitrator shall issue a written decision, setting forth findings of fact and conclusions of law, within sixty (60) days after he shall have been selected. The Arbitrator shall have no authority to award punitive or other exemplary damages.

 

(d) The arbitration shall be held in New York, New York in accordance with and under the then-current provisions of the rules of the American Arbitration Association, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

(e) On application to the Arbitrator, any party shall have rights to discovery to the same extent as would be provided under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Federal Rules of Evidence shall apply to any arbitration under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Arbitrator shall limit any discovery or evidence such that his decision shall be rendered within the period referred to in Section 11.1(c).

 

(f) The Arbitrator may, at his discretion and at the expense of the party who will bear the cost of the arbitration, employ experts to assist him in his determinations.

 

(g) The costs of the arbitration proceeding and any proceeding in court to confirm any arbitration award or to obtain relief (including actual attorneys’ fees and costs) shall be borne by the unsuccessful party and shall be awarded as part of the Arbitrator’s decision, unless the Arbitrator shall otherwise allocate such costs in such decision. The determination of the Arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties and not subject to appeal.

 

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(h) Any judgment upon any award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in and enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties expressly consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts (Federal and state) in New York, New York to enforce any award of the Arbitrator or to render any provisional, temporary, or injunctive relief in connection with or in aid of the Arbitration. The parties expressly consent to the personal and subject matter jurisdiction of the Arbitrator to arbitrate any and all matters to be submitted to arbitration hereunder. None of the parties hereto shall challenge any arbitration hereunder on the grounds that any party necessary to such arbitration (including the parties hereto) shall have been absent from such arbitration for any reason, including that such party shall have been the subject of any bankruptcy, reorganization, or insolvency proceeding.

 

(i) The parties shall indemnify the Arbitrator and any experts employed by the Arbitrator and hold them harmless from and against any claim or demand arising out of any arbitration under this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby, unless resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the person indemnified.

 

(j) This arbitration section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any agreement contemplated hereby.

 

11.2 Waiver of Jury Trial; Exemplary Damages.

 

(a) THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT EACH SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, IN ANY COURT IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT, OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER CAUSE OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT OF ANY KIND OR NATURE. NO PARTY SHALL BE AWARDED PUNITIVE OR OTHER EXEMPLARY DAMAGES RESPECTING ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT.

 

(b) Each of the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that each has been represented in connection with the signing of this waiver by independent legal counsel selected by the respective party and that such party has discussed the legal consequences and import of this waiver with legal counsel. Each of the parties to this Agreement further acknowledge that each has read and understands the meaning of this waiver and grants this waiver knowingly, voluntarily, without duress and only after consideration of the consequences of this waiver with legal counsel.

 

ARTICLE XII
TERMINATION

 

12.1 Termination Without Default. In the event that the Closing of the transactions contemplated hereunder have not occurred by March 31, 2022 (the “Outside Closing Date”), as may be unilaterally extended by Parent, provided that Parent, as applicable, remains in compliance with all applicable rules of NASDAQ, for three consecutive three month periods upon written notice delivered to the Company by Parent at least five Business Days prior to the expiration of the then Outside Closing Date, and no material breach of this Agreement by the party seeking to terminate this Agreement shall have occurred or have been made (as provided in Section 12.2 hereof), Parent or the Company shall have the right, at its sole option, to terminate this Agreement without liability to the other side. Such right may be exercised by Parent or the Company, as the case may be, giving written notice to the other at any time after the Outside Closing Date.

 

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12.2 Termination Upon Default.

 

(a) Parent may terminate this Agreement by giving notice to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date, without prejudice to any rights or obligations Parent may have, if the Company or the Stockholders shall have materially breached any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant contained herein to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date and such breach shall not be cured by fifteen (15) days following receipt by the Company or the Stockholders’ Representative, as the case may be, of a notice describing in reasonable detail the nature of such breach.

 

(b) The Company may terminate this Agreement by giving notice to Parent, without prejudice to any rights or obligations the Company may have, if Parent shall have materially breached any of its covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties contained herein to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date and such breach shall not be cured by the earlier of fifteen (15) days following receipt by Parent of a notice describing in reasonable detail the nature of such breach.

 

12.3 No Other Termination. Except as otherwise specified herein, neither Parent nor the Company may terminate this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

12.4 Breakup Fee.

 

(a) In the event of the termination of this Agreement by Parent pursuant to Section 12.2(a) or as a result of the Company’s refusal to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby which refusal is not permitted by Section 12.1 or 12.2, a breakup fee of $500,000 shall be paid, within three Business Days following termination, by the Company to Parent.

 

(b) In the event that the transaction contemplated by this Agreement is not consummated by the Outside Closing Date, as extended by Parent pursuant to Section 12.1(a), for any reason, a breakup fee of $1,500,000 shall be paid within three Business Days following the Outside Closing Date, by Parent to the Company

 

12.5 Survival. The provisions of Article X through Article XIII shall survive any termination hereof.

 

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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

13.1 Notices. Any notice hereunder shall be sent in writing, addressed as specified below, and shall be deemed given: (a) if by hand or recognized courier service, by 4:00PM on a Business Day, addressee’s day and time, on the date of delivery, and otherwise on the first Business Day after such delivery; (b) if by fax or email, on the date that transmission is confirmed electronically, if by 4:00PM on a Business Day, addressee’s day and time, and otherwise on the first Business Day after the date of such confirmation; or (c) five days after mailing by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notices shall be addressed to the respective parties as follows (excluding telephone numbers, which are for convenience only), or to such other address as a party shall specify to the others in accordance with these notice provisions:

 

if to Parent, to:

 

Hudson Capital, Inc.
19 West 44th Street, Suite 1001
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Warren Wang
Email: warren@hudsoncapitalusa.com

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Benjamin Tan, Esq.
Telecopy: 212. 930 9725

 

if to the Company (prior to Closing) and to Surviving Corporation (after Closing):

 

Freight App, Inc.
c/o RPCK | Rastegar Panchal
One Grand Central Place
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2410
New York, NY 100165
Attention: Joshua Teitelbaum, Esq.
Telecopy: 212-202-4977

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Loeb & Loeb LLP
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
Attention: Mitchell Nussbaum
Telecopy: 212-407-4866

 

if to the Stockholders’ Representative:

 

ATW Master Fund II, L.P.
507 West 28th Street #1205
New York, NY 10001
Attention: Kerry Propper / Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez



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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

RPCK | Rastegar Panchal
One Grand Central Place
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2410
New York, NY 100165
Attention: Joshua Teitelbaum, Esq.
Telecopy: 212. 202-4977

 

13.2 Amendments; No Waivers; Remedies.

 

(a) This Agreement cannot be amended, except by a writing signed by each party, and cannot be terminated orally or by course of conduct. No provision hereof can be waived, except by a writing signed by the party against whom such waiver is to be enforced, and any such waiver shall apply only in the particular instance in which such waiver shall have been given.

 

(b) Neither any failure or delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder or in requiring satisfaction of any condition herein nor any course of dealing shall constitute a waiver of or prevent any party from enforcing any right or remedy or from requiring satisfaction of any condition. No notice to or demand on a party shall waive or otherwise affect any obligation of that party or impair any right of the party giving such notice or making such demand, including any right to take any action without notice or demand not otherwise required by this Agreement. No exercise of any right or remedy with respect to a breach of this Agreement shall preclude exercise of any other right or remedy, as appropriate to make the aggrieved party whole with respect to such breach, or subsequent exercise of any right or remedy with respect to any other breach.

 

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no statement herein of any right or remedy shall impair any other right or remedy stated herein or that otherwise may be available.

 

(d) Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, neither shall any party seek, nor shall any party be liable for, punitive or exemplary damages, under any tort, contract, equity, or other legal theory, with respect to any breach (or alleged breach) of this Agreement or any provision hereof or any matter otherwise relating hereto or arising in connection herewith.

 

13.3 Arm’s length bargaining; no presumption against drafter. This Agreement has been negotiated at arm’s-length by parties of equal bargaining strength, each represented by counsel or having had but declined the opportunity to be represented by counsel and having participated in the drafting of this Agreement. This Agreement creates no fiduciary or other special relationship between the parties, and no such relationship otherwise exists. No presumption in favor of or against any party in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement or any provision hereof shall be made based upon which Person might have drafted this Agreement or such provision.

 

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13.4 Publicity. Except as required by law and except with respect to Parent SEC Documents, the parties agree that neither they nor their agents shall issue any press release or make any other public disclosure concerning the transactions contemplated hereunder without the prior approval of the other party hereto. If a party is required to make such a disclosure as required by law, the parties will use their best efforts to cause a mutually agreeable release or public disclosure to be issued.

 

13.5 Expenses. Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, unless otherwise specified herein.

 

13.6 No Assignment or Delegation. No party may assign any right or delegate any obligation hereunder, including by merger, consolidation, operation of law, or otherwise, without the written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment or delegation without such consent shall be void, in addition to constituting a material breach of this Agreement.

 

13.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

13.8 Counterparts; facsimile signatures. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which shall constitute one agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon delivery to each party of an executed counterpart or the earlier delivery to each party of original, photocopied, or electronically transmitted signature pages that together (but need not individually) bear the signatures of all other parties.

 

13.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements related thereto (whether written or oral), all of which are merged herein. No provision of this Agreement may be explained or qualified by any agreement, negotiations, understanding, discussion, conduct or course of conduct or by any trade usage. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, there is no condition precedent to the effectiveness of any provision hereof. No party has relied on any representation from, or warranty or agreement of, any person in entering into this Agreement, prior hereto or contemporaneous herewith, except those expressly stated herein.

 

13.10 Severability. A determination by a court or other legal authority that any provision that is not of the essence of this Agreement is legally invalid shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. The parties shall cooperate in good faith to substitute (or cause such court or other legal authority to substitute) for any provision so held to be invalid a valid provision, as alike in substance to such invalid provision as is lawful.

 

13.11 Construction of certain terms and references; captions. In this Agreement:

 

(a) References to particular sections and subsections, schedules, and exhibits not otherwise specified are cross-references to sections and subsections, schedules, and exhibits of this Agreement.

 

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(b) The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and, unless the context requires otherwise, “party” means a party signatory hereto.

 

(c) Any use of the singular or plural, or the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, includes the others, unless the context otherwise requires; “including” means “including without limitation;” “or” means “and/or;” “any” means “any one, more than one, or all;” and, unless otherwise specified, any financial or accounting term has the meaning of the term under United States generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied heretofore by the Company.

 

(d) Unless otherwise specified, any reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), instrument, or other document includes all schedules, exhibits, or other attachments referred to therein, and any reference to a statute or other law includes any rule, regulation, ordinance, or the like promulgated thereunder, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time. Any reference to a numbered schedule means the same-numbered section of the disclosure schedule.

 

(e) If any action is required to be taken or notice is required to be given within a specified number of days following a specific date or event, the day of such date or event is not counted in determining the last day for such action or notice. If any action is required to be taken or notice is required to be given on or before a particular day which is not a Business Day, such action or notice shall be considered timely if it is taken or given on or before the next Business Day.

 

(f) Captions are not a part of this Agreement, but are included for convenience, only.

 

13.12 Further Assurances. Each party shall execute and deliver such documents and take such action, as may reasonably be considered within the scope of such party’s obligations hereunder, necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

13.13 Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof confers any benefit or right upon or may be enforced by any Person not a signatory hereto.

 

13.14 Stockholders’ Representative. ATW Master Fund II, L.P. is hereby appointed as agent and attorney-in-fact (the “Stockholders’ Representative”) for each Stockholder, (i) to give and receive notices and communications to or by Parent for any purpose under this Agreement, (ii) to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to any indemnification claims (including Third-Party Claims) under Article X or other disputes arising under or related to this Agreement, (iii) to act on behalf of Stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, the securities described herein and any other document or instrument executed in connection with the Agreement and the Merger and (iv) to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders’ Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing. Such agency may be changed by the Stockholders from time to time upon no less than twenty (20) days prior written notice to Parent and, if after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation, provided, however, that the Stockholders’ Representative may not be removed unless holders of at least 51% of all of the Company Common Stock on an as-if converted basis outstanding immediately prior to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement agrees to such removal. Any vacancy in the position of Stockholders’ Representative may be filled by approval of the holders of at least 51% of all of the Company Common Stock on an as-if converted basis outstanding immediately prior to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Any removal or change of the Stockholders’ Representative shall not be effective until written notice is delivered to Parent. No bond shall be required of the Stockholders’ Representative, and the Stockholders’ Representative shall not receive any compensation for his services. Notices or communications to or from the Stockholders’ Representative shall constitute notice to or from the Stockholders. The Stockholders’ Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder while acting in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable business judgment. A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders’ Representative shall, for all purposes hereunder, constitute a decision, act, consent or instruction of all of the Stockholders and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each of the Stockholders. The Stockholders shall severally indemnify the Stockholders’ Representative and hold him harmless against any loss, liability, or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholders’ Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of his duties hereunder. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13..13. to the contrary, the Stockholders’ Representative (in its capacity as such) shall have no obligation or authority with respect to any indemnification claims against a Stockholder made by a Parent Indemnitee under Section 10.1(a).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Parent:
   
  Hudson Capital Inc. (f/k/a China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc.)
     
  By: /s/ Warren Wang
  Name: Warren Wang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  Merger Sub:
   
  Hudson Capital Merger Sub I Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Warren Wang
  Name: Warren Wang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  Company/Surviving Corporation:
     
  FREIGHT APP INC.
     
  By: /s/ Paul Freudenthaler
  Name: Paul Freudenthaler
  Title: CFO

 

  Stockholders’ Representative:
     
  ATW Master Fund II, L.P.
     
  By ATW Partners GP II, LLC
                                             
  By : /s/ Atonio Ruiz-Gimenez, Jr.
  Name: Atonio Ruiz-Gimenez, Jr.
  Title: Member

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 13, 2021, between Hudson Capital, Inc., a British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), and ATW Opportunities Master Fund L.P. (the “Purchaser”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

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

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

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

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

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

 

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

 

 
 

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.

 

Company Counsel” means Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP.

 

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

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

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

 

Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(v).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Merger” means the Company’s proposed business combination with Hudson Capital Merger Sub I, Inc. and Freight App, Inc. (formerly known as “FreightHub, Inc.”, a Delaware company pursuant to the merger agreement, dated as of October 10, 2020, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.005 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Per Warrant Purchase Price” equals $2.00, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Ordinary Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement, but prior to the Closing Date.

 

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

 

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

 

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Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.

 

Registration Statement” means the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and declared effective on September 19, 2019.

 

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

 

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

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

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

 

Securities” means the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Share Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Ordinary Shares.

 

Subscription Amount” means, as to the Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below its name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company set forth, discussed or disclosed in the SEC Reports, and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

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

 

Transfer Agent” means Transhare Corporation, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of Bayside Center 1, 17755 US Highway 19 N., Suite 140, Clearwater, Florida and a facsimile number of (727) 269-5616, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Warrants” means the prefunded Ordinary Shares Purchase warrants delivered to the Purchaser at Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) substantially in the form in Exhibit A hereto.

 

Warrant Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

ARTICLE II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1 Securities Purchase; Closing.

 

On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase 431,000 Warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $862,000;

 

On or before the Closing Date, the Company and Purchaser shall deliver to the other the Closing Deliverables as set forth in Sections 2.2(a) and 2.2(b) below, respectively. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

2.2 Closing Deliverables.

 

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

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company together with the Company’s wire instructions and executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer;

 

(ii) a Warrant registered in the name of the Purchaser to purchase up to the number of Ordinary Shares set forth in the Purchase signature page hereto;

 

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(iii) a certificate, in form provided to the Company, executed by an officer of the Company and dated as of such Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, (ii) the memorandum and articles of association of the Company (of which a certified version shall be attached to such certificate) and (iii) the Company’s bylaws (which shall be attached to such certificate, each as in effect at such Closing;

 

(iv) a Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer certifying that all of the conditions to Closing have been satisfied; and

 

(v) the Prospectus Supplement and evidence that the Securities have been approved for listing on the Trading Market.

 

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

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser; and

 

(ii)  the Purchaser’s Subscription Amount.

 

2.3 Closing Conditions.

 

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

 

(i)  the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein) with the exception of the representations in Section 3.1(f) which must be true and correct in all respects;

 

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

 

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

 

(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;

 

(v) there shall be adequate shares registered and not previously issued under the Registration Statement to permit the issuance of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares; the Registration Statement shall be effective, no stop order shall have been instituted or contemplated and the prospectus supplement shall have been filed with the Commission; and

 

(vi) from the date hereof to Closing Date, trading in the Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally on any Trading Market shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any Trading Market, which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Warrants at the Closing .

 

ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

 

(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

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(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

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

 

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Ordinary Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iv) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Warrants are duly authorized and free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the Warrants. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Warrant Shares will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is absolute and unconditional, regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

 

The Warrants and the Warrant Shares will be registered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 which has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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(g) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of an unlimited number of Ordinary Shares, of which, 7,036,146 are issued and outstanding and 650,000 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Ordinary Shares. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any Ordinary Shares, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional Ordinary Shares or Share Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue Ordinary Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchaser) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any mandatory redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all foreign, federal and state securities laws. Other than the Required Approvals, no further approval or authorization of any stockholder, lender, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(j) Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, Proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

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(k) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(m) [Reserved]

 

(n) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

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(o) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in 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 Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that is effective to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP or any other criteria applicable to such statements, and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established and maintained disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic annual report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic annual report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(p) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchaser as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

 

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

 

(r) Registration Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(s) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and, except as set forth on Schedule 3.1 hereto, the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1 hereto, the Company has not in the 12 months preceding the date hereof received notice from any Trading Market on which Ordinary Shares are or have been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1 hereto, the Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Ordinary Shares are currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer. The issuance and sale of the Warrants hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

 

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(t) Application of Takeover Protections. No control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s memorandum or articles of association (or similar charter documents) or the laws of the British Virgin Islands that is or could become applicable to the Purchaser as a result of the Purchaser and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchaser’s ownership of the Securities, is applicable to the Company.

 

(u) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

(v) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $100,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

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(w) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise 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 and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material 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 or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(x) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchaser and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act

 

(y) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.

 

(z) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

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(aa) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser 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 thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(bb) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement Agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

(cc) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

(dd) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable U.S. and foreign financial record-keeping and reporting requirements, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action, suit or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

(ee) Share Option Plans. Each share option granted by the Company under the Company’s share option plans was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s share option plans and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares on the date such share option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No share option granted under the Company’s share option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, share options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of share options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

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(ff) Disclosure. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

(gg) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchaser a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

(hh) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchaser in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

 

3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein):

 

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

 

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(b) Understandings or Arrangements. The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting the Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

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

 

(d) Access to Information. The Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto), the SEC Reports and all such information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Warrants.

 

(e) Accredited Investor or Qualified Institutional Buyer. The Purchaser understands the definitions of “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act and “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is either an “accredited investor” or “qualified institutional buyer” for purposes of acquiring the Securities to be purchased by the Purchaser under this Agreement.

 

(f) No Solicitation. At no time was the Purchaser presented with or solicited by any publicly issued or circulated newspaper, mail, radio, television or other form of general advertising or solicitation in connection with the offer, sale and purchase of the Securities.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect the Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1 Warrant Shares. If all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares the Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such exercise shall be issued free of all legends. If at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement (or any subsequent registration statement registering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares) is not effective or is not otherwise available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall immediately notify the holders of the Warrants in writing that such registration statement is not then effective and thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when the registration statement is effective again and available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Company to issue, or any Purchaser to sell, any of the Warrant Shares in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws).

 

4.2 Furnishing of Information. Until the earliest of the time that the Warrants have expired or been exercised, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

4.3 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof, or if this Agreement is executed after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) at 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 6-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchaser that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Purchaser by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

4.5 Prospectus Supplement. The Company shall prepare a Prospectus Supplement with respect to the offering of the Securities. Counsel for the Purchaser shall be provided with adequate time to review, to comment and to approve the Prospectus Supplement prior to filing with the Commission.

 

4.6 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Warrants hereunder for working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables and service providers such as auditors and attorneys in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Ordinary Shares or Share Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation,or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.

 

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4.7 Indemnification of Purchaser. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.6, the Company will indemnify and hold the Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls the Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any the Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any Action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of the Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such Action is solely based upon a material breach of the Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings the Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by the Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct). If any Action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such Action there is, in the reasonable opinion of Purchaser’s counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of the Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.7 shall be made by advancement of periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law; provided, however, that no Purchaser shall be entitled to any double recovery of damages as a result of the exercise of any other such right.

 

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4.8 Listing of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby agrees to take all actions immediately after the date hereof to file a Notice of Additional Listing with the Trading Market to list the Warrant Shares so that they can be issued no later than 15 days after the date hereof. The Company will use its best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Ordinary Shares on the Trading Market on which it is currently listed. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Ordinary Shares traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Warrant Shares will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Ordinary Shares on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Ordinary Shares for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

4.9 Subsequent Equity Sales. From the date hereof until December 28, 2021, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any Ordinary Shares or Share Equivalents, including, without limitation, the filing of a registration statement other than for the purposes of registering the resale of the Securities being purchased hereunder.

 

4.10 [Reserved]

 

4.11 [Reserved]

 

4.12 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. The Purchaser covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including short sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. The Purchaser covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, the Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) the Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of the Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of the Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.

 

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4.12 Blue Sky Filings. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.

 

4.13 Pledge of Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by a Purchaser in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and Purchaser effecting a pledge of Securities shall not be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by a Purchaser.

 

4.14 Reservation of Ordinary Shares. So long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than 100% of the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of all the Warrants (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein).

 

4.15 Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise the Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required in order to exercise the Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company deliver Warrant Shares or permit the exercise of Warrants if it would breach Beneficial Ownership Limitation.

 

4.16 Restructure of Terms. In the event any changes in the terms of this Agreement or the Securities are required by a Trading Market, the Purchaser, in its sole discretion, may opt to terminate this Agreement or proceed with such terms as necessary to obtain all Required Approvals.

 

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ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Purchaser by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth Trading Day after all of the conditions to Closing have been satisfied or waived; provided, however, no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).

 

5.2 Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchaser. The Company shall also pay all legal fees of Company and the Purchaser, each not to exceed $50,000, which will be deducted out of the proceeds at Closing.

 

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

 

5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the e-mail address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or e-mail attachment at the facsimile number or email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchaser which purchased at least a majority in interest of the Warrants based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought, provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be required. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Purchaser, Any amendment effected in accordance with accordance with this Section 5.6 shall be binding upon the Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Company.

 

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5.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

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

 

5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.7 and this Section 5.8.

 

5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an Action, suit or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.6, the prevailing party in such Action, suit or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.

 

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5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

 

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

 

5.12 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever the Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then the Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that in the case of a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the Purchaser shall be required to return any Ordinary Shares subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to the Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of the Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to the Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.18 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

5.19 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and Ordinary Shares in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Ordinary Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

5.20 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

 

(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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

 

 

HUDSON CAPITAL INC.

   

Address for Notice:

      19 West 44th Street, Suite 1001
By:

/s/ Warren Wang

  New York, NY 10036
Name: Warren Wang     Fax:
Title: Chief Executive Officer  
         
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):      

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Benjamin Tan, Esq.

     
         
ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND L.P.     Address for Notice:
      7969 NW 2nd Street, #415
By: ATW Partners Opportunities Fund GP, LLC   Miami, FL 33126
By: /s/ Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez, Jr.     Fax:
Name: Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez, Jr.    
Title: Member      

 

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

Loeb & Loeb LLP345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

Attention: Mitchell Nussbaum, Esq.

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: ATW Opportunities Master Fund L.P.

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez, Jr.

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez, Jr.

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: Member

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: Aruizg@atwpartners.com

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

7969 NW 2nd Street #415

Miami, FL 33126

 

Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):

 

Subscription Amount: $862,000

 

Warrant Shares: 431,000

 

EIN Number: 85-1393078

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF WARRANT

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

HUDSON CAPITAL INC.

2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

ARTICLE I
PURPOSE

 

The purpose of this Hudson Capital Inc.2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to benefit Hudson Capital Inc., a British Virgin Islands corporation (the “Company”) and its stockholders, by assisting the Company and its subsidiaries to attract, retain and provide incentives to key management employees, directors, and consultants of the Company and its Affiliates, and to align the interests of such service providers with those of the Company’s stockholders. Accordingly, the Plan provides for the granting of Non-qualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Unit Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards or any combination of the foregoing.

 

ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan unless the context otherwise requires:

 

2.1 Affiliate” shall mean any corporation which, with respect to the Company, is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code or other entity in which the Company has a controlling interest in such entity or another entity which is part of a chain of entities in which the Company or each entity has a controlling interest in another entity in the unbroken chain of entities ending with the applicable entity.

 

2.2 Award” shall mean, individually or collectively, any Option, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, or Unrestricted Stock Award.

 

2.3 Award Agreement” shall mean a written agreement between the Company and the Holder with respect to an Award, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award, as amended.

 

2.4 Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.5 ““Cause” shall mean (i) if the Holder is a party to an employment or service agreement with the Company or an Affiliate which agreement defines “Cause” (or a similar term), “Cause” shall have the same meaning as provided for in such agreement, or (ii) for a Holder who is not a party to such an agreement, “Cause” shall mean termination by the Company or an Affiliate of the employment (or other service relationship) of the Holder by reason of the Holder’s (A) intentional failure to perform reasonably assigned duties, (B) dishonesty or willful misconduct in the performance of the Holder’s duties, (C) involvement in a transaction which is materially adverse to the Company or an Affiliate, (D) breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, (E) willful violation of any law, rule, regulation or court order (other than misdemeanor traffic violations and misdemeanors not involving misuse or misappropriation of money or property), (F) commission of an act of fraud or intentional misappropriation or conversion of any asset or opportunity of the Company or an Affiliate, or (G) material breach of any provision of the Plan or the Holder’s Award Agreement or any other written agreement between the Holder and the Company or an Affiliate, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board, the determination of which shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties.

 

2.6 Change of Control” shall mean: (i) for a Holder who is a party to an employment or consulting agreement with the Company or an Affiliate which agreement defines “Change of Control” (or a similar term), “Change of Control” shall have the same meaning as provided for in such agreement, or (ii) for a Holder who is not a party to such an agreement, “Change of Control” shall mean the satisfaction of any one or more of the following conditions (and the “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day that any one or more of the following conditions shall have been satisfied):

 

 

 

 

(a) Any person (as such term is used in paragraphs 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, hereinafter in this definition, “Person”), other than the Company or an Affiliate or an employee benefit plan of the Company or an Affiliate, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

 

(b) The closing of a merger, consolidation or other business combination (a “Business Combination”) other than a Business Combination in which holders of the Shares immediately prior to the Business Combination have substantially the same proportionate ownership of the common stock or ordinary shares, as applicable, of the surviving corporation immediately after the Business Combination as immediately before;

 

(c) The closing of an agreement for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to any entity that is not an Affiliate;

 

(d) The approval by the holders of shares of Shares of a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, other than a merger of the Company into any subsidiary or a liquidation as a result of which persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such liquidation have substantially the same proportionate ownership of shares of common stock or ordinary shares, as applicable, of the surviving corporation immediately after such liquidation as immediately before; or

 

(e) Within any twenty-four (24) month period, the Incumbent Directors shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board or the board of directors of any successor to the Company; provided, however, that any director elected to the Board, or nominated for election, by a majority of the Incumbent Directors then still in office, shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director for purposes of this paragraph (e), but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an individual, entity or “group” other than the Board (including, but not limited to, any such assumption that results from paragraphs (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this definition).

 

2.7 Code” shall mean the United States of America Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to any section and any regulation under such section.

 

2.8 Committee” shall mean a committee comprised of two (2) or more members of the Board who are selected by the Board as provided in Section 4.1.

 

2.9 Company” shall have the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph, including any successor thereto.

 

2.10 Consultant” shall mean any non-Employee (individual or entity) advisor to the Company or an Affiliate who or which has contracted directly with the Company or an Affiliate to render bona fide consulting or advisory services thereto.

 

2.11 Director” shall mean a member of the Board or a member of the board of directors of an Affiliate, in either case, who is not an Employee.

 

2.12 ““Effective Date” shall mean ________, 2021.

 

2.13 Employee” shall mean any employee, including any officer, of the Company or an Affiliate.

 

2.14 Exchange Act” shall mean the United States of America Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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2.15 “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any specified date, the closing sales price of the Shares for such date (or, in the event that the Shares are not traded on such date, on the immediately preceding trading date) on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”), as reported by NASDAQ, or such other domestic or foreign national securities exchange on which the Shares may be listed. If the Shares are not listed on NASDAQ or on a national securities exchange, but are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or by the National Quotation Bureau, the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be the mean of the highest bid and lowest asked prices per Share for such date. If the Shares are not quoted or listed as set forth above, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board in good faith by any fair and reasonable means (which means may be set forth with greater specificity in the applicable Award Agreement). The Fair Market Value of property other than Shares shall be determined by the Board in good faith by any fair and reasonable means consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

 

2.16 Family Member” of an individual shall mean any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Holder’s household (other than a tenant or employee of the Holder), a trust in which such persons have more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which such persons (or the Holder) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which such persons (or the Holder) own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests.

 

2.17 Holder” shall mean an Employee, Director or Consultant who has been granted an Award or any such individual’s beneficiary, estate or representative, who has acquired such Award in accordance with the terms of the Plan, as applicable.

 

2.18 Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option which is intended by the Committee to constitute an “incentive stock option” and conforms to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code.

 

2.19 Incumbent Director” shall mean, with respect to any period of time specified under the Plan for purposes of determining whether or not a Change of Control has occurred, the individuals who were members of the Board at the beginning of such period.

 

2.20 Non-qualified Stock Option” shall mean an Option which is not an Incentive Stock Option or which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option but does not meet the applicable requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

 

2.21 Option” shall mean an Award granted under Article VII of the Plan of an option to purchase Shares and shall include both Incentive Stock Options and Non-qualified Stock Options.

 

2.22 Option Agreement” shall mean a written agreement between the Company and a Holder with respect to an Option.

 

2.23 Plan” shall mean this Hudson Capital Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, together with each of the Award Agreements utilized hereunder.

 

2.24 Restricted Stock Award” and “Restricted Stock” shall mean an Award granted under Article VIII of the Plan of Shares, the transferability of which by the Holder is subject to Restrictions.

 

2.25 Restricted Stock Agreement” shall mean a written agreement between the Company and a Holder with respect to a Restricted Stock Award.

 

2.26 Restricted Stock Unit Award” and “RSUs” shall refer to an Award granted under Article X of the Plan under which, upon the satisfaction of predetermined individual service-related vesting requirements, a cash payment shall be made to the Holder, based on the number of Units awarded to the Holder.

 

2.27 Restricted Stock Unit Agreement” shall mean a written agreement between the Company and a Holder with respect to a Restricted Stock Award.

 

2.28 Restriction Period” shall mean the period of time for which Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award shall be subject to Restrictions, as set forth in the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement.

 

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2.29 Restrictions” shall mean the forfeiture, transfer and/or other restrictions applicable to Shares awarded to an Employee, Director or Consultant under the Plan pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award and set forth in a Restricted Stock Agreement.

 

2.30 Rule 16b-3” shall mean Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, as such may be amended from time to time, and any successor rule, regulation or statute fulfilling the same or a substantially similar function.

 

2.31 Shares” or “Stock” shall mean the ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.005 per share.

 

2.32 Ten Percent Stockholder” shall mean an Employee who, at the time an Option is granted to him or her, owns shares possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or of any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation thereof (both as defined in Section 424 of the Code), within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code.

 

2.33 Termination of Service” shall mean a termination of a Holder’s employment with, or status as a Director or Consultant of, the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, for any reason, including, without limitation, Total and Permanent Disability or death, except as provided in Section 6.4. In the event Termination of Service shall constitute a payment event with respect to any Award subject to Code Section 409A, Termination of Service shall only be deemed to occur upon a “separation from service” as such term is defined under Code Section 409A and applicable authorities.

 

2.34 Total and Permanent Disability” of an individual shall mean the inability of such individual to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

2.35 Unit” shall mean a bookkeeping unit, which represents one Share for purposes of each Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

2.36 Unrestricted Stock Award” shall mean an Award granted under Article IX of the Plan of Shares which are not subject to Restrictions.

 

2.37 Unrestricted Stock Agreement” shall mean a written agreement between the Company and a Holder with respect to an Unrestricted Stock Award.

 

ARTICLE III
EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

 

The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date, provided that the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months of such date.

 

ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION

 

4.1 Composition of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall be appointed by the Board. If necessary, in the Board’s discretion, to comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or relevant securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service, the Committee shall consist solely of two (2) or more Directors who are each (i) “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 and (ii) “independent” for purposes of any applicable listing requirements;. If a member of the Committee shall be eligible to receive an Award under the Plan, such Committee member shall have no authority hereunder with respect to his or her own Award.

 

4.2 Powers. Subject to the other provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the sole authority, in its discretion, to make all determinations under the Plan, including but not limited to (i) determining which Employees, Directors or Consultants shall receive an Award, (ii) the time or times when an Award shall be made (the date of grant of an Award shall be the date on which the Award is awarded by the Committee), (iii) what type of Award shall be granted, (iv) the term of an Award, (v) the date or dates on which an Award vests, (vi) the form of any payment to be made pursuant to an Award, (vii) the terms and conditions of an Award (including the forfeiture of the Award, and/or any financial gain, if the Holder of the Award violates any applicable restrictive covenant thereof), (viii) the Restrictions under a Restricted Stock Award, (ix) the number of Shares which may be issued under an Award, (x) the waiver of any Restrictions, and (xi) determining whether to offer to repurchase, replace or reprice a previously granted Award and the terms and conditions of such offer, subject in all cases to compliance with applicable laws. In making such determinations the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered by the respective Employees, Directors and Consultants, their present and potential contribution to the Company’s (or the Affiliate’s) success and such other factors as the Committee in its discretion may deem relevant.

 

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4.3 Additional Powers. The Committee shall have such additional powers as are delegated to it under the other provisions of the Plan. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee is authorized to construe the Plan and the respective Award Agreements executed hereunder, to prescribe such rules and regulations relating to the Plan as it may deem advisable to carry out the intent of the Plan, to determine the terms, restrictions and provisions of each Award and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for administering the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent the Committee shall deem necessary, appropriate or expedient to carry it into effect. The determinations of the Committee on the matters referred to in this Article IV shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and all Holders.

 

4.4 Committee Action. Subject to compliance with all applicable laws, action by the Committee shall require the consent of a majority of the members of the Committee, expressed either orally at a meeting of the Committee or in writing in the absence of a meeting. No member of the Committee shall have any liability for any good faith action, inaction or determination in connection with the Plan.

 

ARTICLE V
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN AND LIMITATIONS THEREON

 

5.1 Authorized Shares and Award Limits. The Committee may from time to time grant Awards to one or more Employees, Directors and/or Consultants determined by it to be eligible for participation in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article VI. Subject to Article XI, the aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed 5,000,000 Shares. Shares shall be deemed to have been issued under the Plan solely to the extent actually issued and delivered pursuant to an Award. To the extent that an Award lapses, expires, is canceled, is terminated unexercised or ceases to be exercisable for any reason, or the rights of its Holder terminate, any Shares subject to such Award shall again be available for the grant of a new Award. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the maximum number of Shares that may be subject to Awards of Options under Article VII, in this case granted to any one person during any calendar year, shall be 100,000 Shares (subject to adjustment in the same manner as provided in Article XI with respect to Shares subject to Awards then outstanding).

 

5.2 Types of Shares. The Shares to be issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of an Award may consist of authorized but unissued Shares, Shares purchased on the open market or Shares previously issued and outstanding and reacquired by the Company.

 

ARTICLE VI
ELIGIBILITY AND TERMINATION OF SERVICE

 

6.1 Eligibility. Awards made under the Plan may be granted solely to individuals or entities who, at the time of grant, are Employees, Directors or Consultants. An Award may be granted on more than one occasion to the same Employee, Director or Consultant, and, subject to the limitations set forth in the Plan, such Award may include, a Non-qualified Stock Option, a Restricted Stock Award, a Restricted Stock Unit Award, an Unrestricted Stock Award, or any combination thereof, and solely for Employees, an Incentive Stock Option.

 

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6.2 Termination of Service. Except to the extent inconsistent with the terms of the applicable Award Agreement and/or the provisions of Section 6.3 or 6.4, the following terms and conditions shall apply with respect to a Holder’s Termination of Service with the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable:

 

(a) The Holder’s rights, if any, to exercise any then exercisable Options shall terminate:

 

(i) If such termination is for a reason other than the Holder’s Total and Permanent Disability or death, ninety (90) days after the date of such Termination of Service;

 

(ii) If such termination is on account of the Holder’s Total and Permanent Disability, one (1) year after the date of such Termination of Service; or

 

(iii) If such termination is on account of the Holder’s death, one (1) year after the date of the Holder’s death.

 

Upon such applicable date the Holder (and such Holder’s estate, designated beneficiary or other legal representative) shall forfeit any rights or interests in or with respect to any such Options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide for a different time period in the Award Agreement, or may extend the time period, following a Termination of Service, during which the Holder has the right to exercise any vested Non-qualified Stock Option, which time period may not extend beyond the expiration date of the Award term.

 

(b) In the event of a Holder’s Termination of Service for any reason prior to the actual or deemed satisfaction and/or lapse of the Restrictions, vesting requirements, terms and conditions applicable to a Restricted Stock Award and/or Restricted Stock Unit Award, such Restricted Stock and/or RSUs shall immediately be canceled, and the Holder (and such Holder’s estate, designated beneficiary or other legal representative) shall forfeit any rights or interests in and with respect to any such Restricted Stock and/or RSUs. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine, prior to or within thirty (30) days after the date of such Termination of Service that all or a portion of any such Holder’s Restricted Stock and/or RSUs shall not be so canceled and forfeited.

 

6.3 Special Termination Rule. Except to the extent inconsistent with the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VI, if a Holder’s employment with, or status as a Director of, the Company or an Affiliate shall terminate, and if, within ninety (90) days of such termination, such Holder shall become a Consultant, such Holder’s rights with respect to any Award or portion thereof granted thereto prior to the date of such termination may be preserved, if and to the extent determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as if such Holder had been a Consultant for the entire period during which such Award or portion thereof had been outstanding. Should the Committee effect such determination with respect to such Holder, for all purposes of the Plan, such Holder shall not be treated as if his or her employment or Director status had terminated until such time as his or her Consultant status shall terminate, in which case his or her Award, as it may have been reduced in connection with the Holder’s becoming a Consultant, shall be treated pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.2, provided, however, that any such Award which is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall, upon the Holder’s no longer being an Employee, automatically convert to a Non-qualified Stock Option. Should a Holder’s status as a Consultant terminate, and if, within ninety (90) days of such termination, such Holder shall become an Employee or a Director, such Holder’s rights with respect to any Award or portion thereof granted thereto prior to the date of such termination may be preserved, if and to the extent determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as if such Holder had been an Employee or a Director, as applicable, for the entire period during which such Award or portion thereof had been outstanding, and, should the Committee effect such determination with respect to such Holder, for all purposes of the Plan, such Holder shall not be treated as if his or her Consultant status had terminated until such time as his or her employment with the Company or an Affiliate, or his or her Director status, as applicable, shall terminate, in which case his or her Award shall be treated pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.2.

 

6.4 Termination of Service for Cause. Notwithstanding anything in this Article VI or elsewhere in the Plan to the contrary, and unless a Holder’s Award Agreement specifically provides otherwise, in the event of a Holder’s Termination of Service for Cause, all of such Holder’s then outstanding Awards shall expire immediately and be forfeited in their entirety upon such Termination of Service.

 

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ARTICLE VII
OPTIONS

 

7.1 Option Period. The term of each Option shall be as specified in the Option Agreement; provided, however, that except as set forth in Section 7.3, no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of its grant.

 

7.2 Limitations on Exercise of Option. An Option shall be exercisable in whole or in such installments and at such times as specified in the Option Agreement.

 

7.3 Special Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the respective Incentive Stock Option is granted) of Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an individual during any calendar year under all plans of the Company and any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation thereof (both as defined in Section 424 of the Code) which provide for the grant of Incentive Stock Options exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (or such other individual limit as may be in effect under the Code on the date of grant), the portion of such Incentive Stock Options that exceeds such threshold shall be treated as Non-qualified Stock Options. The Committee shall determine, in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code, Treasury Regulations and other administrative pronouncements, which of a Holder’s Options, which were intended by the Committee to be Incentive Stock Options when granted to the Holder, will not constitute Incentive Stock Options because of such limitation, and shall notify the Holder of such determination as soon as practicable after such determination. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to an Employee if, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, such Employee is a Ten Percent Stockholder, unless (i) at the time such Incentive Stock Option is granted the Option price is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Incentive Stock Option, and (ii) such Incentive Stock Option by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted more than ten (10) years from the earlier of the Effective Date or date on which the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders. The designation by the Committee of an Option as an Incentive Stock Option shall not guarantee the Holder that the Option will satisfy the applicable requirements for “incentive stock option” status under Section 422 of the Code.

 

7.4 Option Agreement. Each Option shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement in such form and containing such provisions not inconsistent with the other provisions of the Plan as the Committee from time to time shall approve, including, but not limited to, provisions intended to qualify an Option as an Incentive Stock Option. An Option Agreement may provide for the payment of the Option price, in whole or in part, by the delivery of a number of Shares (plus cash if necessary) that have been owned by the Holder for at least six (6) months and having a Fair Market Value equal to such Option price, or such other forms or methods as the Committee may determine from time to time, in each case, subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Committee. Each Option Agreement shall, solely to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4, as applicable, specify the effect of Termination of Service on the exercisability of the Option. Moreover, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement may provide for a “cashless exercise” of the Option, in whole or in part, by (a) establishing procedures whereby the Holder, by a properly-executed written notice, directs (i) an immediate market sale or margin loan as to all or a part of Shares to which he is entitled to receive upon exercise of the Option, pursuant to an extension of credit by the Company to the Holder of the Option price, (ii) the delivery of the Shares from the Company directly to a brokerage firm and (iii) the delivery of the Option price from sale or margin loan proceeds from the brokerage firm directly to the Company, or (b) reducing the number of Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Option by the number of such Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Option price (or portion thereof to be so paid) as of the date of the Option’s exercise. An Option Agreement may also include provisions relating to: (i) subject to the provisions hereof, accelerated vesting of Options, including but not limited to, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, (ii) tax matters (including provisions covering any applicable Employee wage withholding requirements and requiring additional “gross-up” payments to Holders to meet any excise taxes or other additional income tax liability imposed as a result of a payment made upon a Change of Control resulting from the operation of the Plan or of such Option Agreement) and (iii) any other matters not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the Plan that the Committee shall in its sole discretion determine. The terms and conditions of the respective Option Agreements need not be identical.

 

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7.5 Option Price and Payment. The price at which an Share may be purchased upon exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that such Option price (i) shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of an Share on the date such Option is granted (or 110% of Fair Market Value for an Incentive Stock Option held by Ten Percent Stockholder, as provided in Section 7.3), and (ii) shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Article XI. The Option or portion thereof may be exercised by delivery of an irrevocable notice of exercise to the Company. The Option price for the Option or portion thereof shall be paid in full in the manner prescribed by the Committee as set forth in the Plan and the applicable Option Agreement, which manner, with the consent of the Committee, may include the withholding of Shares otherwise issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option. Separate share certificates shall be issued by the Company for those Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option and for those Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a Non-qualified Stock Option.

 

7.6 Stockholder Rights and Privileges. The Holder of an Option shall be entitled to all the privileges and rights of a stockholder of the Company solely with respect to such Shares as have been purchased under the Option and for which share certificates have been registered in the Holder’s name.

 

7.7 Options and Rights in Substitution for Stock or Options Granted by Other Corporations. Options may be granted under the Plan from time to time in substitution for stock options held by individuals employed by entities who become Employees, Directors or Consultants as a result of a merger or consolidation of the employing entity with the Company or any Affiliate, or the acquisition by the Company or an Affiliate of the assets of the employing entity, or the acquisition by the Company or an Affiliate of stock or shares of the employing entity with the result that such employing entity becomes an Affiliate.

 

ARTICLE VIII
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

 

8.1 Award. A Restricted Stock Award shall constitute an Award of Shares to the Holder as of the date of the Award which are subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” as defined under Section 83 of the Code during the specified Restriction Period. At the time a Restricted Stock Award is made, the Committee shall establish the Restriction Period applicable to such Award. Each Restricted Stock Award may have a different Restriction Period, in the discretion of the Committee. The Restriction Period applicable to a particular Restricted Stock Award shall not be changed except as permitted by Section 8.2.

 

8.2 Terms and Conditions. At the time any Award is made under this Article VIII, the Company and the Holder shall enter into a Restricted Stock Agreement setting forth each of the matters contemplated thereby and such other matters as the Committee may determine to be appropriate. The Company shall cause the Shares to be issued in the name of Holder, either by book-entry registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates evidencing the Shares, which Shares or certificates shall be held by the Company or the stock transfer agent or brokerage service selected by the Company to provide services for the Plan. The Shares shall be restricted from transfer and shall be subject to an appropriate stop-transfer order, and if any certificate is issued, such certificate shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the restrictions applicable to the Shares. After any Shares vest, the Company shall deliver the vested Shares, in book-entry or certificated form in the Company’s sole discretion, registered in the name of Holder or his or her legal representatives, beneficiaries or heirs, as the case may be, less any Shares withheld to pay withholding taxes. If provided for under the Restricted Stock Agreement, the Holder shall have the right to vote Shares subject thereto and to enjoy all other stockholder rights, including the entitlement to receive dividends on the Shares during the Restriction Period. At the time of such Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe additional terms and conditions or restrictions relating to Restricted Stock Awards, including, but not limited to, rules pertaining to the effect of Termination of Service prior to expiration of the Restriction Period. Such additional terms, conditions or restrictions shall, to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4, as applicable, be set forth in a Restricted Stock Agreement made in conjunction with the Award. Such Restricted Stock Agreement may also include provisions relating to: (i) subject to the provisions hereof, accelerated vesting of Awards, including but not limited to accelerated vesting upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, (ii) tax matters (including provisions covering any applicable Employee wage withholding requirements and requiring additional “gross-up” payments to Holders to meet any excise taxes or other additional income tax liability imposed as a result of a payment made in connection with a Change of Control resulting from the operation of the Plan or of such Restricted Stock Agreement) and (iii) any other matters not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the Plan that the Committee shall in its sole discretion determine. The terms and conditions of the respective Restricted Stock Agreements need not be identical. All Shares delivered to a Holder as part of a Restricted Stock Award shall be delivered and reported by the Company or the Affiliate, as applicable, to the Holder at the time of vesting.

 

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8.3 Payment for Restricted Stock. The Committee shall determine the amount and form of any payment from a Holder for Shares received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, if any, provided that in the absence of such a determination, a Holder shall not be required to make any payment for Shares received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, except to the extent otherwise required by law.

 

ARTICLE IX
UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

 

9.1 Award. Shares may be awarded (or sold) to Employees, Directors or Consultants under the Plan which are not subject to Restrictions of any kind, in consideration for past services rendered thereby to the Company or an Affiliate or for other valid consideration.

 

9.2 Terms and Conditions. At the time any Award is made under this Article IX, the Company and the Holder shall enter into an Unrestricted Stock Agreement setting forth each of the matters contemplated hereby and such other matters as the Committee may determine to be appropriate.

 

9.3 Payment for Unrestricted Stock. The Committee shall determine the amount and form of any payment from a Holder for Shares received pursuant to an Unrestricted Stock Award, if any, provided that in the absence of such a determination, a Holder shall not be required to make any payment for Shares received pursuant to an Unrestricted Stock Award, except to the extent otherwise required by law.

 

ARTICLE X
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS

 

10.1 Award. A Restricted Stock Unit Award shall constitute a promise to grant Shares (or cash equal to the Fair Market Value of Shares) to the Holder at the end of a specified Restriction Period. At the time a Restricted Stock Unit Award is made, the Committee shall establish the Restriction Period applicable to such Award. Each Restricted Stock Unit Award may have a different Restriction Period, in the discretion of the Committee. A Restricted Stock Unit shall not constitute an equity interest in the Company and shall not entitle the Holder to voting rights, dividends or any other rights associated with ownership of Shares prior to the time the Holder shall receive a distribution of Shares pursuant to Section 10.3.

 

10.2 Terms and Conditions. At the time any Award is made under this Article X, the Company and the Holder shall enter into a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement setting forth each of the matters contemplated thereby and such other matters as the Committee may determine to be appropriate. The Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall set forth the individual service-based vesting requirement which the Holder would be required to satisfy before the Holder would become entitled to distribution pursuant to Section 10.3 and the number of Units awarded to the Holder. Such conditions shall be sufficient to constitute a “substantial risk of forfeiture” as such term is defined under Section 409A of the Code. At the time of such Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe additional terms and conditions or restrictions relating to Restricted Stock Unit Awards in the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, including, but not limited to, rules pertaining to the effect of Termination of Service prior to expiration of the applicable vesting period. The terms and conditions of the respective Restricted Stock Unit Agreements need not be identical.

 

10.3 Distributions of Shares. The Holder of a Restricted Stock Unit shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of an Share, or one Share, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee and as set forth in the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, for each Restricted Stock Unit subject to such Restricted Stock Unit Award, if the Holder satisfies the applicable vesting requirement. Such distribution shall be made no later than by the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month next following the end of the calendar year in which the Restricted Stock Unit first becomes vested (i.e., no longer subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture”).

 

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ARTICLE XI
RECAPITALIZATION OR REORGANIZATION

 

11.1 Adjustments to Shares. The shares with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan are Shares as presently constituted; provided, however, that if, and whenever, prior to the expiration or distribution to the Holder of Shares underlying an Award theretofore granted, the Company shall effect a subdivision or consolidation of the Shares or the payment of an Share dividend on Shares without receipt of consideration by the Company, the number of Shares with respect to which such Award may thereafter be exercised or satisfied, as applicable, (i) in the event of an increase in the number of outstanding Shares, shall be proportionately increased, and the purchase price per Share shall be proportionately reduced, and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of outstanding Shares, shall be proportionately reduced, and the purchase price per Share shall be proportionately increased. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Article XI, any adjustment made with respect to an Award (x) which is an Incentive Stock Option, shall comply with the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code, and in no event shall any adjustment be made which would render any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan to be other than an “incentive stock option” for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, and (y) which is a Non-qualified Stock Option, shall comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and in no event shall any adjustment be made which would render any Non-qualified Stock Option granted under the Plan to become subject to Section 409A of the Code.

 

11.2 Recapitalization. If the Company recapitalizes or otherwise changes its capital structure, thereafter upon any exercise or satisfaction, as applicable, of a previously granted Award, the Holder shall be entitled to receive (or entitled to purchase, if applicable) under such Award, in lieu of the number of Shares then covered by such Award, the number and class of shares and securities to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the recapitalization if, immediately prior to such recapitalization, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of Shares then covered by such Award.

 

11.3 Other Events11.4. In the event of changes to the outstanding Shares by reason of an extraordinary cash dividend, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, split-up, spin-off, exchange or other relevant change in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for under this Article XI, any outstanding Awards and any Award Agreements evidencing such Awards shall be adjusted by the Board in its discretion in such manner as the Board shall deem equitable or appropriate taking into consideration the applicable accounting and tax consequences, as to the number and price of Shares or other consideration subject to such Awards. In the event of any adjustment pursuant to Sections 11.1, 11.2 or this Section 11.3, the aggregate number of Shares available under the Plan pursuant to Section 5.1 may be appropriately adjusted by the Board, the determination of which shall be conclusive. In addition, the Committee may make provision for a cash payment to a Holder or a person who has an outstanding Award. In addition, the Committee may make provision for a cash payment to a Holder or a person who has an outstanding Award.

 

11.5 Change of Control. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, at the time an Award is made or at any time prior to, coincident with or after the time of a Change of Control, cause any Award either (i) to be canceled in consideration of a payment in cash or other consideration in amount per share equal to the excess, if any, of the price or implied price per Share in the Change of Control over the per Share exercise, base or purchase price of such Award, which may be paid immediately or over the vesting schedule of the Award; (ii) to be assumed, or new rights substituted therefore, by the surviving corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such surviving corporation following such Change of Control; (iii) accelerate any time periods, or waive any other conditions, relating to the vesting, exercise, payment or distribution of an Award so that any Award to a Holder whose employment has been terminated as a result of a Change of Control may be vested, exercised, paid or distributed in full on or before a date fixed by the Committee; (iv) to be purchased from a Holder whose employment has been terminated as a result of a Change of Control, upon the Holder’s request, for an amount of cash equal to the amount that could have been obtained upon the exercise, payment or distribution of such rights had such Award been currently exercisable or payable; or (v) terminate any then outstanding Award or make any other adjustment to the Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate to reflect such transaction or change. The number of Shares subject to any Award shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.

 

11.6 Powers Not Affected. The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or of the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change of the Company’s capital structure or business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of debt or equity securities ahead of or affecting Shares or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding.

 

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11.7 No Adjustment for Certain Awards. Except as hereinabove expressly provided, the issuance by the Company of shares of any class or securities convertible into shares of any class, for cash, property, labor or services, upon direct sale, upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, and in any case whether or not for fair value, shall not affect previously granted Awards, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to the number of Shares subject to Awards theretofore granted or the purchase price per Share, if applicable.

 

ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

 

The Plan shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated pursuant to this Article XII, until the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date on which it is adopted by the Board (except as to Awards outstanding on that date). The Board in its discretion may terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any shares for which Awards have not theretofore been granted; provided, however, that the Plan’s termination shall not materially and adversely impair the rights of a Holder with respect to any Award theretofore granted without the consent of the Holder. The Board shall have the right to alter or amend the Plan or any part hereof from time to time; provided, however, that without the approval by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum representing a majority of the shares of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is present in person or by proxy, no amendment or modification of the Plan may (i) materially increase the benefits accruing to Holders, (ii) except as otherwise expressly provided in Article XI, materially increase the number of Shares subject to the Plan or the individual Award Agreements specified in Article V, or (iii) materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan, or (iv) amend, modify or suspend this Article XII. In addition, no change in any Award theretofore granted may be made which would materially and adversely impair the rights of a Holder with respect to such Award without the consent of the Holder (unless such change is required in order to exempt the Plan or any Award from Section 409A of the Code).

 

ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

13.1 No Right to Award. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Company nor any action of the Board or the Committee shall be deemed to give an Employee, Director or Consultant any right to an Award except as may be evidenced by an Award Agreement duly executed on behalf of the Company, and then solely to the extent and on the terms and conditions expressly set forth therein.

 

13.2 No Rights Conferred. Nothing contained in the Plan shall (i) confer upon any Employee any right with respect to continuation of employment with the Company or any Affiliate, (ii) interfere in any way with any right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate the employment of an Employee at any time, (iii) confer upon any Director any right with respect to continuation of such Director’s membership on the Board, (iv) interfere in any way with any right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate a Director’s membership on the Board at any time, (v) confer upon any Consultant any right with respect to continuation of his or her consulting engagement with the Company or any Affiliate, or (vi) interfere in any way with any right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate a Consultant’s consulting engagement with the Company or an Affiliate at any time.

 

13.3 Other Laws; No Fractional Shares; Withholding. The Company shall not be obligated by virtue of any provision of the Plan to recognize the exercise of any Award or to otherwise sell or issue Shares in violation of any laws, rules or regulations, and any postponement of the exercise or settlement of any Award under this provision shall not extend the term of such Award. Neither the Company nor its directors or officers shall have any obligation or liability to a Holder with respect to any Award (or Shares issuable thereunder) (i) that shall lapse because of such postponement, or (ii) for any failure to comply with the requirements of any applicable law, rules or regulations, including but not limited to any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of this Code. No fractional Shares shall be delivered, nor shall any cash in lieu of fractional Shares be paid. The Company shall have the right to deduct in cash (whether under this Plan or otherwise) in connection with all Awards any taxes required by law to be withheld and to require any payments required to enable it to satisfy its withholding obligations. In the case of any Award satisfied in the form of Shares, no Shares shall be issued unless and until arrangements satisfactory to the Company shall have been made to satisfy any tax withholding obligations applicable with respect to such Award. Subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may impose, the Company shall have the right to retain, or the Committee may, subject to such terms and conditions as it may establish from time to time, permit Holders to elect to tender, Shares (including Shares issuable in respect of an Award) to satisfy, in whole or in part, the amount required to be withheld.

 

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13.4 No Restriction on Corporate Action. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to prevent the Company or any Affiliate from taking any corporate action which is deemed by the Company or such Affiliate to be appropriate or in its best interest, whether or not such action would have an adverse effect on the Plan or any Award made under the Plan. No Employee, Director, Consultant, beneficiary or other person shall have any claim against the Company or any Affiliate as a result of any such action.

 

13.5 Restrictions on Transfer. No Award under the Plan or any Award Agreement and no rights or interests herein or therein, shall or may be assigned, transferred, sold, exchanged, encumbered, pledged or otherwise hypothecated or disposed of by a Holder except (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (ii) where permitted under applicable tax rules, by gift to any Family Member of the Holder, subject to compliance with applicable laws. An Award may be exercisable during the lifetime of the Holder only by such Holder or by the Holder’s guardian or legal representative unless it has been transferred by gift to a Family Member of the Holder, in which case it shall be exercisable solely by such transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfer, the Holder shall continue to be subject to the withholding requirements provided for under Section 17.3 hereof.

 

13.6 Beneficiary Designations. Each Holder may, from time to time, name a beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be contingent or successive beneficiaries) for purposes of receiving any amount which is payable in connection with an Award under the Plan upon or subsequent to the Holder’s death. Each such beneficiary designation shall serve to revoke all prior beneficiary designations, be in a form prescribed by the Company and be effective solely when filed by the Holder in writing with the Company during the Holder’s lifetime. In the absence of any such written beneficiary designation, for purposes of the Plan, a Holder’s beneficiary shall be the Holder’s estate.

 

13.7 Rule 16b-3. It is intended that the Plan and any Award made to a person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall meet all of the requirements of Rule 16b-3. If any provision of the Plan or of any such Award would disqualify the Plan or such Award under, or would otherwise not comply with the requirements of, Rule 16b-3, such provision or Award shall be construed or deemed to have been amended as necessary to conform to the requirements of Rule 16b-3.

 

13.8 Clawback Policy. Notwithstanding any contained herein or in any incentive “performance based” Awards under the Plan shall be subject to reduction, forfeiture or repayment by reason of a correction or restatement of the Company’s financial information if and to the extent such reduction or repayment is required by any applicable law.

 

13.9 Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee shall have no authority to issue an Award under the Plan with terms and/or conditions which would cause such Award to constitute non-qualified “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code unless such Award shall be structured to be exempt from or comply with all requirements of Code Section 409A. The Plan and all Award Agreements are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (or to be exempt therefrom) and shall be so interpreted and construed and no amount shall be paid or distributed from the Plan unless and until such payment complies with all requirements of Code Section 409A. It is the intent of the Company that the provisions of this Agreement and all other plans and programs sponsored by the Company be interpreted to comply in all respects with Code Section 409A, however, the Company shall have no liability to the Holder, or any successor or beneficiary thereof, in the event taxes, penalties or excise taxes may ultimately be determined to be applicable to any payment or benefit received by the Holder or any successor or beneficiary thereof.

 

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13.10 Indemnification. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee or of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred thereby in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which such person may be made a party or may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid thereby in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid thereby in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against such person; provided, however, that such person shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive and shall be independent of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or By-laws, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise.

 

13.11 Other Benefit Plans. No Award, payment or amount received hereunder shall be taken into account in computing an Employee’s salary or compensation for the purposes of determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, life insurance or other benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate, unless such other plan specifically provides for the inclusion of such Award, payment or amount received. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company to establish other plans or to pay compensation to its employees, in cash or property, in a manner which is not expressly authorized under the Plan.

 

13.12 Limits of Liability. Any liability of the Company with respect to an Award shall be based solely upon the contractual obligations created under the Plan and the Award Agreement. None of the Company, any member of the Board nor any member of the Committee shall have any liability to any party for any action taken or not taken, in good faith, in connection with or under the Plan.

 

13.13 Governing Law. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Plan shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

13.14 Severability of Provisions. If any provision of the Plan is held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such invalid or unenforceable provision had not been included in the Plan.

 

13.15 No Funding. The Plan shall be unfunded. The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of funds or assets to ensure the payment of any Award. Prior to receipt of Shares or a cash distribution pursuant to the terms of an Award, such Award shall represent an unfunded unsecured contractual obligation of the Company and the Holder shall have no greater claim to the Shares underlying such Award or any other assets of the Company or Affiliate than any other unsecured general creditor.

 

13.16 Headings. Headings used throughout the Plan are for convenience only and shall not be given legal significance.

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

PREFUNDED ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT

 

HUDSON CAPITAL, INC.

 

Warrant Shares: 431,000   Initial Exercise Date: December ___, 2021

 

THIS PREFUNDED ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, ATW Opportunities Master Fund L.P. or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and until this Warrant is exercised in full (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Hudson Capital, Inc., a British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), up to 431,000 ordinary shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) . The purchase price of one Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated December __, 2021, among the Company and the purchaser signatory thereto.

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Date prior to the Initial Exercise Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by such Warrant Share Delivery Date. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

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b) Exercise Price. The aggregate exercise price of this Warrant, except for a nominal exercise price of $0.001 per Warrant Share, was pre-funded to the Company on or prior to the Initial Exercise Date and, consequently, no additional consideration (other than the nominal exercise price of $0.001 per Warrant Share) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to any Person to effect any exercise of this Warrant. The Holder shall not be entitled to the return or refund of all, or any portion, of such pre-paid aggregate exercise price under any circumstance or for any reason whatsoever, including in the event this Warrant shall not have been exercised prior to the Termination Date. The remaining unpaid exercise price per Ordinary Share under this Warrant shall be $0.001 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Ordinary Share on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

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  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Ordinary Share is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Ordinary Share for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Ordinary Share is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Share for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Ordinary Share is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Ordinary Share are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Ordinary Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Ordinary Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Ordinary Share is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Share for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Ordinary Share is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Share for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Ordinary Share is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Ordinary Share are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Ordinary Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of an Ordinary Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

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d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Ordinary Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Date prior to the Initial Exercise Date, , the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder.

 

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ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Ordinary Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Ordinary Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of Ordinary Shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver Ordinary Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Afiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

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Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its Ordinary Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Ordinary Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Ordinary Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of Ordinary Shares any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b) Intentionally Omitted.

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Share Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Ordinary Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares , by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Ordinary Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.

 

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e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Ordinary Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Ordinary Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (not including any Ordinary Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of Ordinary Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Ordinary Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Ordinary Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Ordinary Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of Ordinary Shares of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of Ordinary Shares are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of Ordinary Shares of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders of Ordinary Shares will be deemed to have received common stock of the Successor Entity (which Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction. “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to this Section 3(e) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of (i) five Business Days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Ordinary Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Ordinary Share, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Ordinary Share, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Ordinary Share rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Ordinary Share, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Ordinary Share is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Ordinary Share of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Ordinary Share of record shall be entitled to exchange their Ordinary Shares of for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

h) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

 

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b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Ordinary Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Ordinary Share or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  HUDSON CAPITAL INC.
     
  By:  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
  Name: Warren Wang

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To:

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

[  ] in lawful money of the United States; or

 

[  ] [if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

_______________________________

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________

Date: ________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:
  (Please Print)
Address:

 

 

Phone Number:

 

Email Address:

(Please Print)

 

______________________________________

 

______________________________________

Dated: _______________ __, ______  
Holder’s Signature:____________________________  
Holder’s Address:_____________________________  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibits 99.1

 

Hudson Capital to Merge with Freight App, Inc.

 

NEW YORK, December 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hudson Capital Inc. (NASDAQ: HUSN) (Hudson Capital) announced it entered into a New Merger Agreement to acquire 100% of Freight App, Inc. (Fr8App) as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary. Simultaneously Hudson Capital terminated the Agreement and Plan of Merger signed on October 10, 2020 with Fr8App and other parties.

 

Warren Wang, Chairman and CEO of Hudson Capital, stated, “Fr8App is a leader in transportation technology with a focus on US-Mexico cross-border shipping that provides compelling solutions to carrier and shipper partners. Over the past year, Fr8App has grown its market leading solution set, broadened its shipper relationships, expanded its carrier base, and greatly improved the company’s financial performance. Based on the significant growth in North American logistics market, and for Fr8App specifically, we are excited to continue supporting Fr8App and set the stage for the next phase in its evolution.”

 

Javier Selgas, CEO of Fr8App, said, “During 2021, we achieved many operational and financial milestones. We are excited to enjoy the privileges of being part of a public company and improve our position to capitalize on numerous growth opportunities.”

 

About Freight App, Inc.

 

Freight App, Inc. (Fr8App), formerly known as FreightHub, Inc., makes shipping simple, transparent, and efficient. A transportation logistics technology platform company, Fr8App focuses on truckload freight for domestic and cross-border markets in Mexico, the US and Canada. As an innovative digital freight marketplace, broker, transportation management system (TMS) and public API, Fr8App uses its proprietary technology platform to connect carriers and shippers that significantly improves matching and operation efficiency via innovative technologies such as live pricing and real-time tracking.

 

About Hudson Capital Inc.

 

Incorporated in 2014, Hudson Capital Inc. (formerly known as China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc. (NASDAQ: HUSN)) commenced its business by providing financial advisory services to small and medium size companies. The traditional business segments include commercial payment advisory, intermediary bank loan advisory and international corporate financing advisory services which help clients to meet their commercial payment and investment needs. For more information, about Hudson Capital, please see the documents filed by Hudson Capital with the SEC at www.sec.gov.

 

In connection with the proposed merger, Hudson Capital intends to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Form S-4”) which was filed with the SEC on November 12, 2020, as amended on December 31, 2020, February 8, 2021, May 18, 2021, June 22, 2021, August 4, 2021, September 1, 2021, October 1, 2021, and November 5, 2021, includes and serves as a proxy statement/prospectus for Hudson Capital’s shareholders and a prospectus for Fr8App’s stockholders. Promptly after the Form S-4 is declared effective by the SEC, Hudson Capital will mail the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and a proxy card to each shareholder entitled to vote at the special meeting on the merger and the other proposals set forth in the proxy statement. SHAREHOLDERS OF HUDSON CAPITAL ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER THAT HUDSON CAPITAL WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT HUDSON CAPITAL, FREIGHTAPP AND THE MERGER. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials in connection with the merger (when they become available), and any other documents filed by Hudson Capital with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov).

 

 
 

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

Hudson Capital and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from Hudson Capital’s shareholders with respect to the merger. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in Hudson Capital are included in the prospectus/proxy statement for the proposed merger and are available at www.sec.gov. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the prospectus/proxy statement for the proposed merger when available. Information about Hudson Capital’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of ordinary shares of Hudson Capital is set forth in Hudson Capital’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2021. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.

 

Fr8App and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Hudson Capital in connection with the proposed merger. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed merger are included in the prospectus/proxy statement for the proposed merger, and are available at www.sec.gov.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Hudson Capital’s and Fr8App’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Hudson Capital’s and Fr8App’s expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the proposed acquisition, the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the proposed acquisition, and the timing of the completion of the proposed acquisition.

 

 
 

 

These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside Hudson Capital’s and Fr8App’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change, or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the definitive merger agreement (the “Agreement”); (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Hudson Capital or Fr8App following the announcement of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein; (3) the inability to complete the proposed acquisition, including due to failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of Hudson Capital and stockholders of Fr8App, certain regulatory approvals, or satisfy other conditions to closing in the Agreement; (4) the occurrence of any event, change, or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Agreement or could otherwise cause the transaction to fail to close; (5) the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Fr8App’s business and/or the ability of the parties to complete the proposed acquisition; (6) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of Hudson Capital’s shares of common stock on Nasdaq following the proposed merger; (7) the risk that the proposed acquisition disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed merger; (8) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed merger, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of Fr8App to grow and manage growth profitably, and retain its key employees; (9) costs related to the proposed merger; (10) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (11) the possibility that Hudson Capital or Fr8App may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (12) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to Fr8App; (13) risks related to the organic and inorganic growth of Fr8App’s business and the timing of expected business milestones; and (14) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the prospectus/proxy statement on the Form S-4, relating to the proposed merger, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, to be filed by Hudson Capital and in Hudson Capital’s other filings with the SEC. Hudson Capital cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Hudson Capital and Fr8App caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Hudson Capital and Fr8App do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This press release shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed merger. This press release shall also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

 

Fr8App Contact:

 

Kirsten Chapman, LHA Investor Relations, fr8app@lhai.com, 415.433.3777

 

Hudson Capital Contact:

 

Hon Man Yun, Chief Financial Officer, man@hudsoncapitalusa.com, (852) 98047102