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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of, October 2025

 

Commission File Number 001-38172

 

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Mr. Javier Selgas, Chief Executive Officer

2001 Timberloch Place, Suite 500

The Woodlands, TX 77380

Telephone: (773) 905-5076

(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.

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Line of Credit

 

The Equity Purchase Facility Agreement

 

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F On October 28, 2025, Freight Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), with a certain institutional investor (the “Investor”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to direct the Investor to purchase up to $1.0 billion (the “Commitment Amount”) in ordinary shares of the Company, no par value per share (“Ordinary Shares”), subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Purchase Agreement (the “Advance Shares”).

 

During the term of the Purchase Agreement, the Company may direct the Investor to purchase a certain portion of the Commitment Amount (“Advance”) by delivering a notice (“Advance Notice”) to the Investor. The Company shall, in its sole discretion, select the amount of the Advance requested by the Company in each Advance Notice. There shall be no mandatory minimum amount for each Advance and there shall be no non-usages fee for not obtaining Advances, however, each requested Advance may not exceed the Maximum Advance Amount (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, to the extent required by the rules of the Exchange (as defined below) the Company is required to hold a special meeting of shareholders (the “Shareholder Meeting”), no later than ninety (90) calendar days following the date of the Purchase Agreement, to seek approval of the issuance of the Advance Shares under the Purchase Agreement equal to and in excess of 20% of the total outstanding Ordinary Shares (such approval, the “Shareholder Approval”). Until Shareholder Approval is obtained, the total cumulative number of Ordinary Shares that may be issued to the Investor will be limited to 19.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of October 27, 2025 (the “Exchange Cap”) pursuant to the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Exchange”) or other applicable rules of the Principal Market.

 

Additionally, the Company may not direct the Investor to purchase any Advance Shares under the Purchase Agreement if such purchase, when aggregated with all other Ordinary Shares then owned by Investor and its affiliates beneficially, would result in Investor and its affiliates beneficially owning (on an aggregated basis) more than 4.99% of the then outstanding voting power or number of Ordinary Shares; provided that, Investor may increase or decrease this ownership limitation, upon notice to the Company, which notice with respect to an increase will not be effective until the 61st day following the date such notice is delivered, not to exceed 9.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares held by the Investor.

 

The Company will be prohibited from conducting any Variable Rate Transactions (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) from the date of the Purchase Agreement to the earlier of (i) the date that is three (3) months after the date the Investor has purchased Advance Shares issuable under the Purchase Agreement, and, (ii) three (3) years after the date of termination of the Purchase Agreement.

 

 

 

In addition, at any time during the Additional Issuance Restricted Period (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) shall, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) without prior written approval from the Investor. The Investor also has the right to participate in any Subsequent Placement during the Additional Issuance Restricted Period. The Company is required to provide the Investor with the securities to be issued in such Subsequent Placement on the same terms as other investors.

 

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, conditions and indemnification obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in such agreements were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.

 

The Registration Rights Agreement

 

On October 28, 2025, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the resale of Advance Shares issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

 

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will be required to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registering the resale of Ordinary Shares and any securities issued or issuable to the Investor from time to time under the Purchase Agreement (the “Registrable Securities”) within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the Purchase Agreement, and to have such registration statement be declared effective by the SEC within ninety (90) calendar days of the date of the Purchase Agreement. The Company must also file one or more additional registration statements for the resale of the Registrable Securities if necessary.

 

If the registration statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed or declared effective by certain days set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement (among other things, the “Event Date”), on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of such Event Date thereafter (if not cured by such date) or any pro rata portion thereof, until the applicable Event Date is cured or ninety (90) calendar days after the applicable Event Date, whichever comes first, the Company shall pay the Investor an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages, equal to the product of two percent (2.0%) multiplied by the total purchase price of each outstanding Advance Notice (other than the purchase price for any Advance Shares purchased by the Investor prior to the occurrence of the Event); provided, that the maximum aggregate amount payable thereunder shall not exceed 4% of such amount.

 

Commencing on the 30th calendar day following October 28, 2025, if at any time there is not an effective registration statement covering the Registrable Securities, and the Company proposes to register the offer and sale of any Ordinary Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 ((or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee share plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (iii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more shareholders of the Company and the form of registration statement to be used may be used for any registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall give prompt written notice (in any event no later than five days prior to the filing of such registration statement) to the holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such a registration and, shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion from the holders of Registrable Securities; provided that, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities that have been sold or may be sold without any restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as determined by the counsel to the Company.

 

 

 

The Placement Agency Agreement

 

Pursuant to a Placement Agency Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2025 (the “Placement Agency Agreement”), between the Company and R. F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. (“Lafferty” or the “Placement Agent”), Lafferty is serving as the exclusive placement agent for the Company in connection with the proposed placement (the “Placement”) of registered Ordinary Shares contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Placement Agency Agreement, the Company will pay Lafferty a cash fee equal to (i) two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate gross proceeds raised from the Placement until the one (1) year anniversary of the date of the Placement Agency Agreement, and then (ii) one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate gross proceeds raised from the Placement subsequent to the one (1) year anniversary of the date of the Placement Agency Agreement until the date of termination of the Placement Agency Agreement. In addition, the Company agreed to reimburse Lafferty for all travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred, including (i) all expenses incident to the issuance, delivery and qualification of the Ordinary Shares (including all printing and engraving costs); (ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Ordinary Shares; (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Ordinary Shares; (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors; (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of any registration statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), preliminary prospectus and prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and the Placement Agency Agreement; (vi) all filing fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Ordinary Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the securities laws of any other country; (vii) the fees and expenses associated with including any Ordinary Shares on the Exchange; and (viii) up to $1,500 for reasonable and documented out-of-pocket accountable expenses related to legal fees of counsel to the Placement Agent.

 

Certain Related Matters

 

The Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Placement Agency Agreement are filed as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 6-K, and the description above of the material terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Placement Agency Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to each such exhibit.

 

The Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Placement Agency Agreement contain customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnification obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in such agreements were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreements and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.

 

The offer and sale of securities described above was conducted as a private placement pursuant to and in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder for transactions not involving a public offering.

 

Other Related Matters

 

The Purchase Agreement provides the Company with significant capital flexibility to progress strategic initiatives. The Company will seek to deepen its investments in advanced technologies that support logistics operations, including AI-enabled automation and processing, and also explore opportunities related to, but outside, its core market of over-the-road, US-MEXICO cross-border freight.

 

As part of its exploration, the Company recently held conversations with operators of AI computer data centers, exploring potential opportunities for an investment or acquisition related to AI data center opportunities in Mexico and in other countries in Europe and the Middle East. As of today, the Company is only exploring and has not made any commitments or decisions regarding such opportunities.

 

The Company has sent to Fetch Compute Inc. its Call Option Exercise Notice pursuant to section 4.18 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2025, between the Company and Fetch Compute Inc. Per this exercise notice, the Company will be returning the 11,300,000 FET Tokens to Fetch Compute, Inc. and in exchange for 2,091,465 of the Company’s Series A4 Preferred Shares. As part of the exercise of the call option, Fetch Compute, Inc. will retain a total of 219,783 Series A4 Preferred Shares. A copy of the Call Option Exercise Notice is furnished as Exhibit 10.4 to this Report on Form 6-K.

 

Additionally, the Company is in the process of amending its Memorandum and Articles of Association to provide for mandatory conversions of preferred shares to ordinary shares to simplify the capitalization of the Company. The Company is seeking the requisite preferred shareholder approval for these changes upon which the Company will file its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association with Registrar of Corporate Affairs of the British Virgin Islands. A copy of the proposed and amended Memorandum and Articles of Association is furnished as Exhibit 10.5 to this Report on Form 6-K.

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

The statements contained therein, and this Current Report on Form 6-K may include “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or the Company’s future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify these statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “should,” “seeks,” “future,” “continue,” “plan,” “target,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology that concern the Company’s expectations, strategy, plans, or intentions. Forward-looking statements relating to expectations about future results or events are based upon information available to the Company as of today’s date and are not guarantees of the future performance of the Company, and actual results may vary materially from the results and expectations discussed. The Company’s expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and Form 6-K, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the Company or other matters and attributable to the Company or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. The Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date hereof, except as required by law.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1   Form of Equity Purchase Facility Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2025
10.2   Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2025
10.3   Form of Placement Agency Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2025
10.4   Call Option Exercise Notice
10.5  

Proposed amendment to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Date: October 28, 2025 FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Javier Selgas
  Name: Javier Selgas
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

EX-10.1 2 ex10-1.htm EX-10.1

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EQUITY PURCHASE FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS EQUITY PURCHASE FACILITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 28, 2025, is made by and between [●], a Delaware limited liability company, or its registered assigns (the “Investor”) and FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”). The Investor and the Company may be referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall have the right to issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time as provided herein, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, up to an aggregate of $1.0 billion (the “Commitment Amount”) in newly issued ordinary shares, no par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, the Common Shares are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “FRGT”;

 

WHEREAS, the offer and sale of the Common Shares issuable hereunder will be made in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”), or upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the transactions to be made hereunder; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties are concurrently entering into a Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company shall register the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I. Certain Definitions

 

Section 1.01. For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular and plural forms of such terms:

 

(a) “Accredited Investor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.

 

(b) “Additional Issuance Restricted Period” shall mean the period beginning on the date of this Agreement through, and including, three (3) calendar months after a Lapsed Registration Termination or any termination pursuant to Section 9.01(b).

 

(c) “Adjusted Advance Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(i).

 

(d) “Advance” shall mean any issuance and sale of Advance Shares by the Company to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(e) “Advance Date” means the first Trading Day immediately after the expiration of the applicable Pricing Period for each Advance.

 

(f) “Advance Halt” means, on any day during the Pricing Period (i) the Company notifies the Investor that a Material Outside Event has occurred or shall have occurred, (ii) the Company notifies the Investor of a Black Out Period, or (iii) the Investor learns that an Equity Condition Failure exists.

 

(g) “Advance Notice” shall mean a written notice in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto to the Investor executed by an officer of the Company and setting forth the number of Advance Shares that the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor.

 

 

 

(h) “Advance Notice Confirmation” means, in connection with an Advance Notice selecting either an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period, an Extended Purchase Pricing Period or an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, written confirmation by the Investor to the Company (which may be delivered by e-mail), at the Investor’s discretion, accepting such Advance Notice, subject to the terms and adjustments herein, and, where applicable, specifying the time the Pricing Period begins (at Investor’s discretion) for such Advance Notice.

 

(i) “Advance Notice Date” means each date the Company is deemed to have delivered (in accordance with Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement) an Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(j) “Advance Shares” shall mean the Common Shares that the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(k) “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.07.

 

(l) “After Market Trading Day” means a Trading Day during which the close of Regular Trading Hours on the Principal Market ends at 4:00 p.m. New York City time and trading on the Principal Market continues after the close of the Principal Market until 8:00 p.m. New York City time in the form of after-market trading.

 

(m) “After Market Notice Hours” means, on an After Market Trading Day, the period of time from 4:00 p.m. New York City time until 7:30 p.m. New York City time.

 

(n) “After Market Trading Hours” means, on an After Market Trading Day, the period of time from 4:00 p.m. New York City time until 8:00 p.m. New York City time.

 

(o) “After Market Pricing Hours” means the trading hours during any Trading Day that the Principal Market is open, beginning at the start of Regular Trading Hours on such Trading Day and ending at the conclusion of the After Market Trading Hours on such Trading Day.

 

(p) “Aggregate Purchase Price” means the product of (i) the Purchase Price and (ii) the Adjusted Advance Amount.

 

(q) “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

(r) “Applicable Laws” shall mean all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, executive orders, directives, policies, guidelines and codes having the force of law, whether local, national, or international, as amended from time to time, including without limitation (i) all applicable laws that relate to money laundering, terrorist financing, financial record keeping and reporting, (ii) all applicable laws that relate to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, books and records and internal controls, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and (iii) any Sanctions laws.

 

(s) “Applicable VWAP” means the Daily VWAP, Extended Daily VWAP, Hourly VWAP, Extended Hourly VWAP or Overtime VWAP, as applicable.

 

(t) “Approved Share Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which Common Shares and standard options to purchase Common Shares may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.

 

(u) “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal, state or similar laws for the relief of debtors.

 

(v) “Black Out Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(a).

 

(w) “Block Trades” means any privately negotiated transaction involving the sale or resale of Common Shares, executed outside of the public exchange (including trades executed through alternative trading systems, dark pools, or direct negotiation), involving at least 10,000 Common Shares, including trades where a broker-dealer attempts to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction. Such trades may be conducted without substantial marketing efforts prior to pricing and may include same-day trades, overnight trades or similar transactions.

 

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(x) “Bona Fide Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.22.

 

(y) “Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

 

(z) “Commitment Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

(aa) “Commitment Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and expiring upon the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01.

 

(bb) “Common Share Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred shares, 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, Common Shares.

 

(cc) “Common Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

(dd) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

(ee) “Company Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.

 

(ff) “Condition Satisfaction Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Annex I.

 

(gg) “Confirmation Deadline” means, in connection with (i) an Advance Notice selecting an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period or Extended Purchase Pricing Period, 4:00 p.m. New York City time (or the conclusion of Regular Trading Hours on the Principal Market, if earlier) on the Trading Day of the applicable Pricing Period, and (ii) an Advance Notice selecting an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, 8:00 p.m. New York City time on the After Market Trading Day of the applicable Pricing Period.

 

(hh) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

(ii) “Convertible Securities” shall mean any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Shares) or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(jj) “Current Report” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.15.

 

(kk) “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

(ll) “Daily Traded Amount” means the daily trading volume of the Common Shares on the Principal Market during Regular Trading Hours as reported by the Reporting Service.

 

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(mm) “Daily VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the VWAP for such Trading Day during Regular Trading Hours as reported by the Reporting Service. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(nn) “Disclosure Schedules” shall have the meaning set forth in Article IV.

 

(oo) “Effective Date” means the first Trading Day immediately following the date hereof.

 

(pp) “Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14.

 

(qq) “Equity Condition Failure” means Trading Day during a Pricing Period on which (A) the Company or any of its respective directors, officers, employees or agents has disclosed any material non-public information about the Company to the Investor (unless a public announcement thereof is made by the Company in the manner contemplated by Regulation FD prior to the opening of trading on the Principal Market), or (B) any of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (b), (c), (f), (h), (i), (n), (o), or (p) to Annex I to this Agreement are not satisfied.

 

(rr) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(ss) “Exchange Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c).

 

(tt) “Excluded Day” means a day on which there is no VWAP for the Common Shares.

 

(uu) “Excluded Securities” means (i) Common Shares or options to purchase Common Shares issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company for services rendered to the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Share Plan, provided that (A) all such issuances (taking into account the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of such options) after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 5% of the Common Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date thereof and (B) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects the Investor; (ii) Common Shares issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities (other than options to purchase Common Shares issued pursuant to an Approved Share Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that the conversion, exercise or other method of issuance (as the case may be) of any such Convertible Security is made solely pursuant to the conversion, exercise or other method of issuance (as the case may be) provisions of such Convertible Security that were in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of this Agreement, the conversion, exercise or issuance price of any such Convertible Securities (other than options to purchase Common Shares issued pursuant to an Approved Share Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Shares issued pursuant to an Approved Share Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities (other than options to purchase Common Shares issued pursuant to an Approved Share Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects the Investor; and (iii) any Common Shares issued or issuable in connection with any acquisitions (whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of equity, purchase of assets, reorganization or otherwise), mergers, consolidations, or reorganizations approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business complementary with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith.

 

(vv) “Extended Daily VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the Extended VWAP for such Trading Day during Extended Trading Hours as reported by the Reporting Service. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

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(ww) “Extended Hourly VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the Extended VWAP during any given one-hour interval beginning at 4:00 a.m. New York City time through 4:00 p.m. New York City time, as reported by the Reporting Service. In the event that, for the relevant Pricing Period, the Extended Trading Hours results in a fractional hour, then the last fractional hour of trading of the Extended Trading Hours on such Trading Day will count as the final “one-hour” interval of such Trading Day. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(xx) “Extended Trading Hours” means the trading hours during any Trading Day that the Principal Market is open, beginning at 4:00 a.m. New York City time and ending 4:00 p.m. New York City time (or at the time the Principal Market closes, if earlier) on such Trading Day. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(yy) “Extended VWAP” means, for any Trading Day that the Common Shares is then listed or quoted on a Principal Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for applicable measurement period on the Principal Market during the Extended Trading Hours of such Trading Day as reported by the Reporting Service. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such measurement period.

 

(zz) “GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.07.

 

(aaa) “GDPR” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.36.

 

(bbb) “Hazardous Materials” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14.

 

(ccc) “HIPAA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.36.

 

(ddd) “Hourly VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the VWAP during any given one-hour interval beginning at 9:30 a.m. New York City time through 4:00 p.m. New York City time (or the close of trading on the Principal Market, if earlier), as reported by the Reporting Service. The last 30 minutes (or fraction of an hour) of the Regular Trading Hours of such Trading Day will count as the final “one-hour” interval of such Trading Day.

 

(eee) “Indebtedness” means (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vi) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (vii) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any lien upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (viii) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.

 

(fff) “Indemnified Liabilities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

 

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(ggg) “Insolvent” shall mean, whether on a consolidated or individual basis, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness or (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their ability to pay as such debts mature. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any business or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

 

(hhh) “Investor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

(iii) “Investor Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth Section 5.01.

 

(jjj) “IT Systems” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.36.

 

(kkk) “Lapsed Registration Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in 9.01(a).

 

(lll) “Limitation Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.21(b)(i).

 

(mmm) “Market Price” shall mean the Accelerated Purchase Market Price, Regular Purchase Market Price, Extended Purchase Market Price or Overtime Purchase Market Price, as applicable (in each case, to be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, share split or other similar transaction that occurs on or after the date of the Original Agreement):

 

(i) “Accelerated Purchase Market Price” for an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period, the lower of (i) the lowest price the Common Shares traded during the Regular Trading Hours of the Trading Day applicable to the Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period and (ii) the lowest Hourly VWAP of the Common Shares during the Regular Trading Hours of the Trading Day applicable to the Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period;

 

(ii) “Regular Purchase Market Price” for a Regular Purchase Pricing Period the lower of (i) the lowest price the Common Shares traded during the relevant Pricing Period; and (ii) the lowest Daily VWAP of the Common Shares during the relevant Regular Purchase Pricing Period. (For avoidance of doubt, the Regular Purchase Pricing Period includes any Excluded Day during the relevant Pricing Period);

 

(iii) “Extended Purchase Market Price” for an Extended Purchase Pricing Period, the lower of (i) the lowest price the Common Shares traded during the Extended Trading Hours on the Trading Day applicable to the Extended Purchase Pricing Period and (ii) the lowest Extended Hourly VWAP of the Common Shares on the Trading Day applicable to the Extended Purchase Pricing Period; and

 

(iv) “Overtime Purchase Market Price” for an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, the lower of (i) the lowest price the Common Shares traded during the After Market Pricing Hours on the Trading Day applicable to the Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, and (ii) the lowest Overtime Hourly VWAP of the Common Shares during the Trading Day applicable to the Overtime Purchase Pricing Period.

 

(nnn) “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary, individually or taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform any of their respective obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(ooo) “Material Outside Event” shall have the meaning set forth Section 6.11.

 

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(ppp) “Maximum Advance Amount” means the Accelerated Purchase Maximum Advance Amount, Regular Purchase Maximum Advance Amount or Extended Purchase Maximum Advance Amount, as applicable, provided, however, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Maximum Advance Amount shall not exceed the limitations set forth in Section 2.02 of this Agreement:

 

(i) “Accelerated Purchase Maximum Advance Amount” in respect of each Advance Notice with an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period, an amount of Common Shares equal to the lower of (i) four hundred percent (400%) of the median Daily Traded Amount during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding an Advance Notice Date, and (ii) such number of Common Shares equal to $2,500,000 as of the date of each Advance Notice (determined based on the last closing price of the Common Shares on the Principal Market prior to delivery of such Advance Notice), or such other amount of Common Shares as agreed upon by the Parties in writing, which may be made via e-mail;

 

(ii) “Regular Purchase Maximum Advance Amount” in respect of each Advance Notice with a Regular Purchase Pricing Period, an amount of Common Shares equal to the lower of (i) one hundred percent (100%) the median Daily Traded Amount during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding an Advance Notice Date, and (ii) such number of Common Shares equal to $1,000,000 as of the date of each Advance Notice (determined based on the last closing price of the Common Shares on the Principal Market prior to delivery of such Advance Notice);

 

(iii) “Extended Purchase Maximum Advance Amount” in respect of each Advance Notice with an Extended Purchase Pricing Period, an amount of Common Shares equal to the lower of (i) four hundred percent (400%) of the median Daily Traded Amount during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding an Advance Notice Date, and (ii) such number of Common Shares equal to $2,500,000 as of the date of each Advance Notice (determined based on the last closing price of the Common Shares on the Principal Market prior to delivery of such Advance Notice), or such other amount of Common Shares as agreed upon by the Parties in writing, which may be made via e-mail; and

 

(iv) “Overtime Purchase Maximum Advance Amount” in respect of each Advance Notice with an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, an amount of Common Shares equal to the lower of (i) four hundred percent (400%) of the median Daily Traded Amount during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding an Advance Notice Date, and (ii) such number of Common Shares equal to $2,500,000 as of the date of each Advance Notice (determined based on the last closing price of the Common Shares on the Principal Market prior to delivery of such Advance Notice), or such other amount of Common Shares as agreed upon by the Parties in writing, which may be made via e-mail.

 

(qqq) “Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.32.

 

(rrr) “OFAC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.31.

 

(sss) “Offer Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.22.

 

(ttt) “Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

 

(uuu) “Overtime Daily VWAP” means, for any After Market Trading Day, the Overtime VWAP for such After Market Trading Day during the After Market Trading Hours, starting at the beginning of the Overtime Purchase Pricing Period and ending at 8:00 p.m., as reported by the Reporting Service. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(vvv) “Overtime Hourly VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the Overtime VWAP during any given one-hour interval beginning at the start of Regular Trading Hours through the conclusion of After Market Trading Hours, as reported by the Reporting Service. In the event that, for the relevant Pricing Period, the After Market Pricing Hours results in a fractional hour, then the last fractional hour of trading of the After Market Pricing Hours on such Trading Day will count as the final “one-hour” interval of such Trading Day. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

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(www) “Overtime VWAP” means, for any After Market Trading Day, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares on the Principal Market during the After Market Pricing Hours as reported by the Reporting Service for the applicable measurement period but in no event after the conclusion of the After Market Trading Hours, provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares, the “Overtime VWAP” shall exclude Block Trades. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such measurement period.

 

(xxx) “Party” and “Parties” shall each have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

(yyy) “Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

(zzz) “Personal Data” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.36.

 

(aaaa) “Plan of Distribution” shall mean the section of a Registration Statement disclosing the plan of distribution of the Shares.

 

(bbbb) “Pricing Period” shall mean either the Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period, the Regular Purchase Pricing Period, the Extended Purchase Pricing Period or the Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, as applicable:

 

(i) “Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period” means, with respect to an Advance Notice selecting an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period, the period commencing at the Accelerated Deemed Delivered Time (or the start of Regular Trading Hours on the Principal Market on such Trading Day, if later) and ending at 4:00 p.m. New York City time (or the close of Regular Trading Hours on the Principal Market, if earlier) on the applicable date of the Accelerated Deemed Delivered Time; provided however, that in the event of an Advance Halt, the Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period shall expire at the time of such Advance Halt;

 

(ii) “Regular Purchase Pricing Period” means, with respect to an Advance Notice selecting a Regular Purchase Pricing Period, the Regular Trading Hours of the three consecutive Trading Days commencing at the applicable Deemed Delivered Time; provided, however, that in the event of an Advance Halt, the Regular Purchase Pricing Period shall end at the time of such Advance Halt;

 

(iii) “Extended Purchase Pricing Period” means, with respect to an Advance Notice selecting an Extended Purchase Pricing Period, the period commencing at the Extended Deemed Delivered Time and ending at 4:00 p.m. New York City time (or the close of Regular Trading Hours on the Principal Market, if earlier) on the applicable date of the Extended Deemed Delivered Time; provided however, that in the event of an Advance Halt, the Extended Purchase Pricing Period shall expire at the time of such Advance Halt; and

 

(iv) “Overtime Purchase Pricing Period” means, with respect to an Advance Notice selecting an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, the period commencing at the Overtime Deemed Delivered Time and ending at the conclusion of the After Market Pricing Hours on the date of the Deemed Delivered Time; provided however, that in the event of an Advance Halt, the Overtime Purchase Pricing Period shall expire at the time of such Advance Halt.

 

(cccc) “Principal Market” shall mean the Nasdaq Capital Market, provided however, that in the event the Common Shares are ever listed or traded on any of the Trading Markets, then the “Principal Market” shall mean such Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed or traded to the extent such other market or exchange is the principal trading market or exchange for the Common Shares.

 

(dddd) “Prospectus” shall mean any prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) used by the Company in connection with a Registration Statement, including documents incorporated by reference therein.

 

(eeee) “Prospectus Supplement” shall mean any prospectus supplement to a Prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including documents incorporated by reference therein.

 

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(ffff) “Purchase Price” shall mean the price per Advance Share in respect of any Advance Notice:

 

(i) For an Advance Notice selecting an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period or Extended Purchase Pricing Period, the applicable Market Price multiplied by one hundred percent (100%);

 

(ii) For an Advance Notice selecting a Regular Purchase Pricing Period, the applicable Regular Purchase Market Price multiplied by one hundred percent (100%); and

 

(iii) For an Advance Notice selecting an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, the applicable Overtime Purchase Market Price multiplied by one hundred percent (100%).

 

(gggg) “Real Property” shall mean the real property, leases in real property, facilities or other interests in real property owned or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(hhhh) “Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(iiii) “Registration Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(b).

 

(jjjj) “Registration Rights Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

(kkkk) “Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(llll) “Regular Trading Hours” means the regular trading hours during any Trading Day that the Principal Market is open, starting 9:30 a.m. New York City time and ending 4:00 p.m. New York City time (or at the time the Principal Market closes, if earlier) on such Trading Day (for avoidance of doubt, Regular Trading Hours excludes pre-market and post-market trading).

 

(mmmm) “Regulation D” shall mean the provisions of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(nnnn) “Reporting Service” means either Bloomberg L.P. or FactSet Research Systems Inc., as determined by the Investor from time to time.

 

(oooo) “Required Approvals” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02.

 

(pppp) “Reservation Estimate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.26.

 

(qqqq) “Restricted Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.19.

 

(rrrr) “Restricted Person” shall have the meaning set forth Section 6.19.

 

(ssss) “Rule 144” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.08.

 

(tttt) “Sanctions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.31.

 

(uuuu) “Sanctioned Countries” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.31.

 

(vvvv) “SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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(wwww) “SEC Documents” means (1) any registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC, including the financial statements, schedules, exhibits and all other documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein and all information deemed to be a part thereof as of the effective date of such registration statement under the Securities Act, (2) any proxy statement or prospectus filed by the Company with the SEC, including all documents incorporated or deemed incorporated therein by reference, whether or not included in a registration statement, in the form in which such proxy statement or prospectus has most recently been filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, (3) all reports, periodic reports, schedules, registrations, forms, statements, information and other documents filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the two years prior to the date hereof, including, without limitation, the Current Report, (4) each Registration Statement, as the same may be amended from time to time, the Prospectus contained therein and each Prospectus Supplement thereto and (5) all information contained in such filings and all documents and disclosures that have been and heretofore shall be incorporated by reference therein.

 

(xxxx) “Securities Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

(yyyy) “Settlement Document” in respect of an Advance Notice delivered by the Company, shall mean a settlement document in the form set out on Exhibit C.

 

(zzzz) “Shareholder Approval” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.25.

 

(aaaaa) “Shares” means the Common Shares to be issued from time to time hereunder pursuant to an Advance.

 

(bbbbb) “Subsequent Placement” means the issuance, offer, sale, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise disposition of (or announcement of any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act)), any Convertible Securities, any debt, any preferred shares or any purchase rights (any such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement (whether occurring during the Additional Issuance Restricted Period or at any time thereafter)).

 

(ccccc) “Subsidiaries” means any Person in which (I) the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Company in the Company’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP or (II) the Company, directly or indirectly, (i) owns any of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (ii) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “Subsidiary”.

 

(ddddd) “Trading Day” means any day during which the Principal Market shall be open for business.

 

(eeeee) “Trading Market” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, or the NYSE Euronext, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Shares.

 

(fffff) “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(ggggg) “Transactions” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(hhhhh) “Transfer Agent” means Transhare Corporation, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 17755 North US Highway 19, Suite 140, Clearwater, FL 33764 and a facsimile number of (727) 269-5616, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

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(iiiii) “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any Common Shares or Common Share Equivalents that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional Common Shares or Common Share Equivalents either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price, exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the Common Shares at any time after the initial issuance of such equity or debt securities (including, without limitation, pursuant to any “cashless exercise” provision), or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such equity or debt security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Shares (including, without limitation, any “full ratchet,” “share ratchet,” “price ratchet,” or “weighted average” anti-dilution provisions, but not including any standard anti-dilution protection for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, share split, reverse share split or other similar transaction), (ii) issues or sells any equity or debt securities, including without limitation, Common Shares or Common Share Equivalents, either (A) at a price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Shares (other than standard anti-dilution protection for any reorganization, recapitalization, non- cash dividend, share split, reverse share split or other similar transaction), or (B) that is subject to or contains any put, call, redemption, buy-back, price- reset or other similar provision or mechanism (including, without limitation, a “Black-Scholes” put or call right) that provides for the issuance of additional equity securities of the Company or the payment of cash by the Company, or (iii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an at-the-market offering or “equity line of credit” (that is not an Excluded Securities) or other continuous offering or similar offering of Common Shares or Common Share Equivalents whereby the Company may sell Common Shares or Common Share Equivalents at a future determined price.

 

(jjjjj) “Volume Limit” means,

 

(i) For an Advance Notice selecting either an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period or Extended Purchase Pricing Period, the trading volume of the Common Shares on the Principal Market, excluding any Block Trades, during the applicable Pricing Period as reported by the Reporting Service multiplied by ten percent (10%);

 

(ii) For an Advance Notice selecting a Regular Purchase Pricing Period, the trading volume of the Common Shares on the Principal Market, excluding any Block Trades, during the Regular Trading Hours of such Pricing Period (excluding any Excluded Day, if applicable) as reported by the Reporting Service multiplied by ten percent (10%); and

 

(iii) For an Advance Notice selecting an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period, the trading volume of the Common Shares on the Principal Market, excluding any Block Trades, during the applicable Pricing Period as reported by the Reporting Service multiplied by ten percent (10%).

 

(kkkkk) “Volume Threshold” means a number of Shares equal to the quotient of the number of Advance Shares requested by the Company in an Advance Notice divided by 0.10.

 

(lllll) “Volume Adjusted Advance Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(e).

 

(mmmmm) “Volume Threshold Failure” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(e).

 

(nnnnn) “VWAP” means, for any Trading Day that the Common Shares is then listed or quoted on a Principal Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for applicable measurement period on the Principal Market during the Regular Trading Hours of the Principal Market as reported by the Reporting Service. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such measurement period.

 

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Article II. Advances

 

Section 2.01. Advances; Mechanics. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at any time during the Commitment Period, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall subscribe for and purchase from the Company, Advance Shares by the delivery to the Investor of Advance Notices, on the following terms:

 

(a) Advance Notice. At any time during the Commitment Period the Company may require the Investor to purchase Common Shares by delivering an Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Investor of the conditions set forth herein and in Annex I, and in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(i) the Company shall, in its sole discretion, select the number of Advance Shares, not to exceed the Maximum Advance Amount, it desires to issue and sell to the Investor in each Advance Notice and the time it desires to deliver each Advance Notice;

 

(ii) there shall be no mandatory minimum Advances and there shall be no non-usages fee for not utilizing the Commitment Amount or any part thereof; and

 

(iii) in the event that the bid price for the Common Shares is at or below $1.00 (the “Trigger Price”), an Advance Notice shall not be deemed delivered without the prior written consent of the Investor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trigger Price shall not be adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction,

 

(b) Date and Time of Delivery of Advance Notice.

 

(i) Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period. An Advance Notice sent in accordance with the terms herein and selecting an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period shall be deemed delivered if such notice is received by the Investor via e-mail on a Trading Day and the Investor delivers to the Company an Advance Notice Confirmation for such Advance Notice, at the Investor’s discretion and (i) if such Advance Notice is received by the Investor via e-mail before 9:00 a.m. New York City time on such Trading Day and the Investor delivers to the Company an Advance Notice Confirmation, such Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on such Trading Day at the start of Regular Trading Hours of the Principal Market on such Trading Day, (ii) if such Advance Notice is received via e-mail after 9:00 a.m. New York City time and before 4:00 p.m. New York City time on such Trading Day and the Investor delivers to the Company an Advance Notice Confirmation, such Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on such Trading Day at the time specified by the Investor in the Advance Notice Confirmation, or (iii) if such notice is received via e-mail after 4:00 p.m. New York City time and the Investor delivers to the Company an Advance Notice Confirmation, such Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered as of the start of Regular Trading Hours of the Principal Market on the immediately succeeding Trading Day (each instance, as applicable, the “Accelerated Deemed Delivered Time”).

 

(ii) Regular Purchase Pricing Period. An Advance Notice sent in accordance with the terms herein and selecting a Regular Purchase Pricing Period shall be deemed delivered on (i) the Trading Day it is received by the Investor if such notice is received by e-mail at or before 9:00 a.m. New York City time (or at such later time if agreed to by the Investor in its discretion), or (ii) the immediately succeeding Trading Day if it is received by e-mail after 9:00 a.m. New York City time (each instance, as applicable, the “Regular Deemed Delivered Time”). In the event that the Company delivers a valid Advance Notice selecting an (i) Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period or Extended Purchase Pricing Period on a Trading Day prior to 9:00 a.m. New York City time, or (ii) Overtime Purchase Pricing Period on an After Market Trading Day during After Market Notice Hours, and in either instance, as applicable, the Investor has not sent an Advance Notice Confirmation prior to the Confirmation Deadline, the Advance Notice shall be accepted or rescinded as provided in Section 2.01(b)(v).

 

(iii) Extended Purchase Pricing Period. An Advance Notice sent in accordance with the terms herein and selecting an Extended Purchase Pricing Period shall be deemed delivered if such notice is received by the Investor via e-mail on a Trading Day and the Investor delivers to the Company an Advance Notice Confirmation for such Advance Notice, at the Investor’s discretion and (i) if such Advance Notice is received by the Investor via e-mail before 4:00 p.m. New York City time on such Trading Day and the Investor delivers to the Company an Advance Notice Confirmation, such Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on such Trading Day at the time specified by the Investor in the Advance Notice Confirmation, or (ii) if such notice is received via e-mail after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, such Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on the immediately succeeding Trading Day, at the time specified by the Investor in the Advance Notice Confirmation (each instance, as applicable, the “Extended Deemed Delivered Time” and, together with the Accelerated Deemed Delivered Time and Regular Deemed Delivered Time, the “Deemed Delivered Time”). In the event that the Company delivers an Advance Notice selecting an Extended Purchase Pricing Period on a Trading Day prior to 9:00 a.m. New York City time on a Trading Day, and the Investor has not sent an Advance Notice Confirmation prior to the Confirmation Deadline, the Advance Notice shall be accepted or rescinded as provided in the Advance Notice.

 

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(iv) Overtime Purchase Pricing Period. An Advance Notice sent in accordance with the terms herein and selecting an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period shall be deemed delivered if such notice is received by the Investor via e-mail on an After Market Trading Day and during the After Market Notice Hours, and (A) if the Investor delivers to the Company an Advance Notice Confirmation for such Advance Notice, at the Investor’s discretion, such Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on such After Market Trading Day at the time specified by the Investor in the Advance Notice Confirmation (each instance, as applicable, the “Overtime Deemed Delivered Time” and, together with the Accelerated Deemed Delivered Time, Regular Deemed Delivered Time and Extended Deemed Delivered Time, the “Deemed Delivered Time”), or (B) if the Investor does not deliver to the Company an Advance Notice Confirmation for such Advance Notice prior to the Confirmation Deadline, the Advance Notice shall be accepted or rescinded as provided in Section 2.01(b)(v).

 

(v) Automatic Adjustment to Regular Purchase Pricing Period.

 

(A) If the Company delivers an Advance Notice on a Trading Day selecting either an Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period or Extended Purchase Pricing Period and such Advance Notice is received by Investor before 9:00 a.m. New York City time on such Trading Day, in the event the Investor does not deliver an Advance Notice Confirmation to the Company prior to the Confirmation Deadline and the Company is eligible to deliver an Advance Notice with a Regular Purchase Pricing Period, then such Advance Notice with the Accelerated Purchase Pricing Period or Extended Purchase Pricing Period shall automatically be deemed to have been delivered selecting a Regular Purchase Pricing Period with the “Deemed Delivered Time” being the start of Regular Trading Hours on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the Confirmation Deadline, provided, however, that if the Investor has not delivered an Advance Notice Confirmation to the Company, the Company may rescind such Advance Notice before 12:00 p.m. New York City time on the date of the Confirmation Deadline.

 

(B) If the Company delivers an Advance Notice on an After Market Trading Day selecting an Overtime Purchase Pricing Period and such Advance Notice is received by Investor during the After Market Notice Hours on such After Market Trading Day, in the event the Investor has not delivered an Advance Notice Confirmation to the Company prior to the Confirmation Deadline and the Company is eligible to deliver an Advance Notice with a Regular Purchase Pricing Period, then such Advance Notice with the Overtime Purchase Pricing Period shall automatically be deemed to have been delivered selecting a Regular Purchase Pricing Period with the “Deemed Delivered Time” being the start of Regular Trading Hours on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the Confirmation Deadline, provided, however, that if the Investor has not delivered an Advance Notice Confirmation to the Company, the Company may rescind such Advance Notice before 12:00 p.m. New York City time on the date of the Confirmation Deadline.

 

Section 2.02. Advance Limitations, Regulatory. Regardless of the Advance requested in an Advance Notice, the final number of Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to such Advance Notice shall be reduced (if at all) in accordance with each of the following limitations:

 

(a) Ownership Limitation; Commitment Amount. At the request of the Company, the Investor will inform the Company in writing of the number of Common Shares the Investor currently beneficially owns. At the request of the Investor, the Company shall promptly confirm orally or in writing to the Investor the number of Common Shares then outstanding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Investor shall not be obligated to purchase or acquire, and shall not purchase or acquire, any Common Shares under this Agreement which, when aggregated with all other Common Shares beneficially owned by the Investor and its Affiliates (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder), would result in the beneficial ownership by the Investor and its Affiliates (on an aggregated basis) to exceed 4.99% of the then outstanding voting power or number of Common Shares (the “Ownership Limitation”). In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of an Advance that would (i) cause the Investor to exceed the Ownership Limitation or (ii) cause the aggregate number of Shares issued and sold to the Investor hereunder to exceed the Commitment Amount shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company, and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the Advance by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion; provided that in the event of any such automatic withdrawal and automatic modification, the Investor will promptly notify the Company of such event. The Investor, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2.02, provided that the Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Shares held by the Investor and the Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2.02 shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st)day after such notice is delivered to the Company. Since the Investor will not be obligated to report to the Company the number of Shares it may hold at the time of an Advance Notice, unless the Advance Notice at issue would result in the issuance of Shares in excess of the Ownership Limitation without regard to any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the Investor or an Affiliate thereof, the Investor shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether the restriction contained in this Section 2.02 will limit any particular Advance Notice and to the extent that the Investor determines that the limitation contained in this Section 2.02 applies, the determination of which portion of the principal amount of the applicable Advance Notice shall be the responsibility and obligation of the Investor.

 

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(b) Registration Limitation. In no event shall an Advance exceed the amount registered in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby under the Registration Statement then in effect (the “Registration Limitation”). In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of an Advance that would exceed the Registration Limitation shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the aggregate amount of the requested Advance by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion; provided that in the event of any such automatic withdrawal and automatic modification, the Investor will promptly notify the Company of such event.

 

(c) Compliance with Rules of Principal Market. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise permitted by the applicable rules of the Principal Market, the Company shall not effect any sales under this Agreement and the Investor shall not have the obligation to purchase Shares under this Agreement to the extent (but only to the extent) that after giving effect to such purchase and sale the aggregate number of Common Shares issued under this Agreement would exceed 19.99% of the aggregate number of Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the execution date of this Agreement, which number shall be reduced, on a share-for-share basis, by the number of Common Shares issued or issuable pursuant to any transaction or series of transactions that may be aggregated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the applicable rules of the Principal Market (such maximum number of shares, the “Exchange Cap”) unless the Company has obtained Shareholder Approval for the issuance of Common Shares pursuant to this Agreement in excess of the Exchange Cap in accordance with the applicable rules of the Principal Market. In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of an Advance that would exceed the Exchange Cap shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the aggregate amount of the requested Advance by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion in respect of each Advance Notice.

 

(d) [Reserved].

 

(e) Volume Threshold Limitation. In connection with any Advance Notice, if the total number of Common Shares traded on the Principal Market during the applicable Pricing Period (excluding any Block Trades and, in the case of a Regular Purchase Pricing Period, any Excluded Days), is less than the applicable Volume Threshold (the “Volume Threshold Failure”), then the number of Advance Shares issued and sold pursuant to such Advance Notice shall automatically be reduced to the greater of (i) the applicable Volume Limit and (ii) the number of Shares sold by the Investor during such Pricing Period (the “Volume Adjusted Advance Amount”), but in each case not to exceed the amount requested in the Advance Notice or any limitations set forth in Section 2.02.

 

(f) [Reserved].

 

(g) [Reserved].

 

(h) Advance Halt. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if on any day during the Pricing Period an Advance Halt exists, the parties agree that the Pricing Period of the pending Advance shall end and the final number of Common Shares to be purchased by the Investor at the Closing for such Advance shall be equal to the number of Common Shares sold by the Investor during the applicable Pricing Period prior to the notification from the Company of such Advance Halt, but in each case not to exceed the amount requested in the Advance Notice (the “Halt Adjusted Advance Amount”).

 

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(i) Adjusted Advance Amount. For avoidance of doubt, in connection with a given Pricing Period for which a Volume Adjusted Advance Amount or a Halt Adjusted Advance Amount applies, the Advance Shares for such Pricing Period shall be automatically adjusted to the lower of (i) the Volume Adjusted Advance Amount, and (ii) the Halt Adjusted Advance Amount, but in each case not to exceed the amount requested in the Advance Notice or any limitations set forth in Section 2.02 (the “Adjusted Advance Amount”).

 

Section 2.03. Unconditional Contract. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that upon the Investor’s receipt of a valid Advance Notice from the Company the Parties shall be deemed to have entered into an unconditional contract binding on both Parties for the purchase and sale of Advance Shares pursuant to such Advance Notice in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (i) subject to Applicable Laws and (ii) subject to Section 6.20, the Investor may sell Common Shares after receipt of an Advance Notice, including during a Pricing Period.

 

Section 2.04. Closings. The closing of each Advance and each sale and purchase of Advance Shares (each, a “Closing”) shall take place as soon as practicable on each applicable Advance Date in accordance with the procedures set forth below. The Company acknowledges that the final number of Common Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to an Advance Notice and the Purchase Price will not be known at the time an Advance Notice is delivered but shall be determined on each Closing based on the daily prices of the Common Shares that are the inputs to the determination of the Purchase Price, the Volume Threshold and the Adjusted Advance Amount. In connection with each Closing, the Company and the Investor shall fulfill each of its obligations as set forth below:

 

(a) On or prior to each Advance Date, the Investor shall deliver to the Company a Settlement Document along with a report by the Reporting Service, indicating the applicable Market Price for the applicable Trading Days during the Pricing Period, in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(b) Promptly after receipt of the Settlement Document with respect to each Advance (and, in any event, not later than one Trading Day after such receipt), the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer such number of Advance Shares to be purchased by the Investor (as set forth in the Settlement Document) by crediting the Investor’s account or its designee’s account at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, and transmit notification to the Investor that such share transfer has been requested. Within one (1) Trading Day following the receipt of the Advance Shares by the Investor, the Investor shall pay to the Company the Aggregate Purchase Price of the Advance Shares (as set forth in the Settlement Document), in cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company in writing and transmit notification to the Company that such funds transfer has been requested. No fractional shares shall be issued, and any fractional amounts shall be rounded to the next higher whole number of shares. To facilitate the transfer of the Common Shares by the Investor, the Common Shares will not bear any restrictive legends so long as there is an effective Registration Statement covering the resale of such Common Shares (it being understood and agreed by the Investor that notwithstanding the lack of restrictive legends, the Investor may only sell such Common Shares pursuant to the Plan of Distribution set forth in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act (including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements) or pursuant to an available exemption).

 

(c) On or prior to the applicable Advance Date, each of the Company and the Investor shall deliver to the other all documents, instruments and writings expressly required to be delivered by either of them pursuant to this Agreement in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein.

 

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if on any day during the Pricing Period (i) the Company notifies the Investor that a Material Outside Event has occurred, or (ii) the Company notifies the Investor of a Black Out Period, the parties hereto agree that any pending Advance shall end and the final number of Advance Shares to be purchased by the Investor at the Closing for such Advance shall be equal to the number of Common Shares sold by the Investor during the applicable Pricing Period prior to the notification from the Company of a Material Outside Event or Black Out Period.

 

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Section 2.05. Hardship.

 

(a) In the event the Investor sells Common Shares after receipt, or deemed receipt, of an Advance Notice and the Company fails to perform its obligations as mandated in this Agreement, the Company agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Article V hereto and in addition to any other remedy to which the Investor is entitled at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance, it will hold the Investor harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company and acknowledges that irreparable damage may occur in the event of any such default. It is accordingly agreed that the Investor shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce (subject to Applicable Laws and the rules of the Principal Market), without the posting of a bond or other security, the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

(b) In the event the Company provides an Advance Notice and the Investor fails to perform its obligations as mandated in Section 2.02, the Investor agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Article V hereto and in addition to any other remedy to which the Company is entitled at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance, it will hold the Company harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Investor and acknowledges that irreparable damage may occur in the event of any such default. It is accordingly agreed that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce (subject to the Securities Act and the rules of the Principal Market), without the posting of a bond or other security, the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

Article III. Representations and Warranties of the Investor

 

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof, as of each Advance Notice Date and as of the date of each Closing that:

 

Section 3.01. Organization and Authorization. The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to purchase or acquire Common Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. The decision to invest and the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Investor, the performance by the Investor of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and require no other proceedings on the part of the Investor. The undersigned has the right, power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and all other instruments on behalf of the Investor or its shareholders. This Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and, assuming the execution and delivery hereof and acceptance thereof by the Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms.

 

Section 3.02. Evaluation of Risks. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of, and bearing the economic risks entailed by, an investment in the Common Shares and of protecting its interests in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that its investment in the Company involves a high degree of risk, and that the Investor may lose all or a part of its investment.

 

Section 3.03. No Legal, Investment or Tax Advice from the Company. The Investor acknowledges that it had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents with its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The Investor is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of the Company’s representatives or agents for legal, tax, investment or other advice with respect to the Investor’s acquisition of Common Shares hereunder, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the laws of any jurisdiction, and the Investor acknowledges that the Investor may lose all or a part of its investment.

 

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Section 3.04. Investment Purpose. The Investor is acquiring the Common Shares for its own account, for investment purposes and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered under or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Investor does not agree, or make any representation or warranty, to hold any of the Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Shares at any time in accordance with, or pursuant to, a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or an applicable exemption under the Securities Act. The Investor does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to sell or distribute any of the Shares. The Investor acknowledges that it will be disclosed as an “underwriter” and a “selling shareholder” in each Registration Statement and in any Prospectus contained therein to the extent required by applicable law and to the extent the Prospectus is related to the resale of Registrable Securities. The Investor is acquiring the Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

Section 3.05. Accredited Investor. The Investor is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D.

 

Section 3.06. Information. The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information the Investor deemed material to making an informed investment decision. The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management and have received answers to such questions. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Investor or its advisors (and its counsel), if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company has not made to the Investor, and the Investor acknowledges and agrees it has not relied upon, any representations and warranties of the Company, its employees or any third party other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement. The Investor understands that its investment involves a high degree of risk. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 3.07. Not an Affiliate. The Investor is not an officer, director or a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company or any “Affiliate” of the Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act).

 

Section 3.08. No Prior Short Sales. At no time prior to the date of this Agreement has the Investor, its sole member, any of their respective officers, or any entity managed or controlled by the Investor or its sole member, engaged in or effected, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for its own principal account, any (i) “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Shares or (ii) hedging transaction, in either case which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Shares that remains in effect as of the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.09. General Solicitation. Neither the Investor, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Common Shares by the Investor.

 

Article IV. Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

Except where specifically set forth below with respect to certain specified representations and warranties or in a disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Investor concurrently with this Agreement, which is hereby incorporated by reference in, and constitutes an integral part of, this Agreement (the “Disclosure Schedules”), the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor that, as of the date hereof, as of each Advance Notice Date and as of the date of each Closing:

 

Section 4.01. Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.02. Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the consummation by the Company and its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors or other governing body, as applicable, and (other than (i) the filing with the SEC of a Form D with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and the applicable 8-K Filing, (ii) with respect to the applicable Closing, confirmation that Shareholder Approval has been obtained, if applicable, (iii) with respect to any applicable Closings, the filing of an additional listing application with the Principal Market, and (iv) any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies (collectively, the “Required Approvals”)) and no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Subsidiaries, their respective boards of directors or their shareholders or other governing body. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been (or, when executed and delivered, will be) duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the execution and delivery thereof and acceptance by the Investor, constitute (or, when duly executed and delivered, will be) the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. Except for the Required Approvals, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to such Closing, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.02, the Company is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Shares. “Governmental Entity” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multinational organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.

 

Section 4.03. Authorization of the Common Shares. The issuance of the Common Shares has been duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and against payment therefore as provided herein, the Common Shares shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances with respect to the issuance thereof.

 

Section 4.04. No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the certificate of incorporation or other organizational documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries (with respect to consummation, as the same may be amended prior to the date on which any of the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.05. Acknowledgement. The Company acknowledges its obligation to issue the Common Shares upon delivery of an Advance Notice is absolute and unconditional, subject to any limitations provided for herein, regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the Company.

 

Section 4.06. SEC Documents; Financial Statements. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.06, the Company has timely filed (giving effect to permissible extensions in accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all SEC Documents. The Company has delivered or made available to the Investor through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, true and complete copies of the SEC Documents, as applicable. Except as disclosed in amendments or subsequent filings to the SEC Documents, as of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date hereof, on the date of such amended or superseded filing), each of the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and did not contain 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.

 

Section 4.07. Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis (except for (i) such adjustments to accounting standards and practices as are noted therein, (ii) in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, to the extent such financial statements may not include footnotes required by GAAP or may be condensed or summary statements and (iii) such adjustments which are not material, either individually or in the aggregate) during the periods involved; the other financial and statistical data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the SEC Documents (including the exhibits thereto); and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the SEC), if any, comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the SEC’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

Section 4.08. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for and comply with the conditions for the use of Form F-1 under the Securities Act. Each Registration Statement and the offer and sale of Common Shares as contemplated hereby, if and when filed, will meet the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects with said rule. Any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, or to be filed as exhibits to a Registration Statement have been so described or filed. Copies of each Registration Statement, any Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the SEC on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available through EDGAR, to the Investor and its counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of each Advance Notice Date and completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Common Shares other than a Registration Statement and the Prospectus to which the Investor has consented.

 

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Section 4.09. No Misstatement or Omission. Each Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, and any Prospectus, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each Advance Notice Date, the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. Each Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Each Prospectus did not, or will not, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in a Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the SEC, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Company by the Investor specifically for use in the preparation thereof.

 

Section 4.10. Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act. Each Registration Statement, each Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference in each Registration Statement, Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents were or are filed with the SEC under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable.

 

Section 4.11. Equity Capitalization.

 

(a) Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares and preferred shares, par value $0.0001 per share. As of the date hereof, the Company has (i) 3,552,322 Common Shares issued and outstanding, (ii) 19,982,903 shares of Series A preferred stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) issued and outstanding, which convert into 7,473 Common Shares, (iii) 7,020 Series seed preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series Seed Preferred Shares”), which are convertible into 1 Common Share, and (iv) warrants to purchase up to 26,817,218 Common Shares.

 

(b) Valid Issuance; Available Shares. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are duly authorized and have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(c) Existing Securities; Obligations. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.11: (A) none of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s shares, interests or capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or liens suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (B) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act (except pursuant to this Agreement); (D) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) there are no securities or instruments containing antidilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Shares; and (F) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement.

 

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Section 4.12. Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights, if any, necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received written notice of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, or trade secrets, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other infringement.

 

Section 4.13. Employee Relations. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.13, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened, in each case which is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.14. Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have not received written notice alleging any failure to comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received written notice alleging any failure to comply with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply would be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state and local laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

Section 4.15. Title. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company (or its Subsidiaries) has indefeasible fee simple or leasehold title to its properties and material assets owned by it, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest other than such as are not material to the business of the Company. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.16. Insurance. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.17. Regulatory Permits. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to own their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permits.

 

Section 4.18. Internal Accounting Controls. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.18, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences, and management is not aware of any material weaknesses that are not disclosed in the SEC Documents as and when required.

 

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Section 4.19. Absence of Litigation. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.19, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending against or affecting the Company, the Common Shares or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.20. Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.20, since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K (or Form 20-F if the Company is then a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 405”)) and the date of the Company’s most recently reviewed financial statements contained in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (or unaudited interim financial statements contained in a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K if the Company is then a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405), there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K (or Form 20-F if the Company is then a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405), except as disclosed in Schedule 4.20, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) made any capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at such Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below).

 

Section 4.21. Subsidiaries. Other than as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, association or other business entity.

 

Section 4.22. Tax Status. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. The Company has not received written notification of any unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim where failure to pay would cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.23. Certain Transactions. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or as not required to be disclosed pursuant to Applicable Laws, none of the officers or directors of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer or director, or to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer or director has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

Section 4.24. Rights of First Refusal. The Company is not obligated to offer the Common Shares offered hereunder or any other Company securities offered pursuant to the Transaction Documents on a right of first refusal basis to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former shareholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.

 

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Section 4.25. Dilution. The Company is aware and acknowledges that issuance of Common Shares hereunder could cause dilution to existing shareholders and could significantly increase the outstanding number of Common Shares.

 

Section 4.26. Acknowledgment Regarding Investor’s Purchase of Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length investor with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder is merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Shares hereunder. The Company is aware and acknowledges that it shall not be able to request Advances under this Agreement if the Registration Statement is not effective or if any issuances of Common Shares pursuant to any Advances would violate any rules of the Principal Market. The Company acknowledges and agrees that it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 4.27. Placement Agent’s Fees. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for Persons engaged by the Investor or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby in connection with the sale of the Common Shares. The Company shall pay, and hold the Investor harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the offer or sale of the Common Shares other than R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc.

 

Section 4.28. Relationship of the Parties. Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf is a client or customer of the Investor or any of its affiliates and neither the Investor nor any of its affiliates has provided, or will provide, any services to the Company or any of its affiliates, its subsidiaries, or any person acting on its or their behalf. The Investor’s relationship to Company is solely as investor as provided for in the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 4.29. Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement or a Prospectus prepared pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement will be made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

Section 4.30. Compliance with Laws. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with Applicable Laws; the Company has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, has not complied with Applicable Laws, or could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with Applicable Laws, and is not aware of any pending change or contemplated change to any applicable law or regulation or governmental position; in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.31. Sanctions Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or controlled affiliate of the Company or any director or officer of any Subsidiary, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authorities, including, without limitation, designation on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or OFAC’s Foreign Sanctions Evaders List or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including, without limitation, the Crimea, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Sudan and Syria (the “Sanctioned Countries”)). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds from the sale of Common Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions or is a Sanctioned Country, or (b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions or Applicable Laws by any Person (including any Person participating in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past five years, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in, and is now not engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions or was a Sanctioned Country. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer or controlled affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has ever had funds blocked by a United States bank or financial institution, temporarily or otherwise, as a result of OFAC concerns.

 

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Section 4.32. Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

Section 4.33. No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.33, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise), that (i) would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws in a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Shares and which has not been publicly announced, (ii) could have a material adverse effect on the Investor’s investment hereunder or (iii) could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.34. Investment Company Status. The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Common Shares will not be, an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Section 4.35. Acknowledgement Regarding Investor’s Trading Activity. It is understood and acknowledged by the Company that (i) following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms thereof, the Investor has not been asked by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has the Investor agreed with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to desist from effecting any transactions in or with respect to (including, without limitation, purchasing or selling, long and/or short) any securities of the Company or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company, or to hold any securities of the Company or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company for any specified term; (ii) the Investor, and counterparties in “derivative” transactions to which the Investor is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Shares which was established prior to the Investor’s knowledge of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; and (iii) the Investor shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counterparty in any “derivative” transaction. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any of the documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

Section 4.36. Cybersecurity. The Company and its Subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s business. The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable physical, technical and administrative controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards reasonably designed to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data, including “Personal Data,” used in connection with their businesses. “Personal Data” means (i) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, or customer or account number; (ii) any information which would qualify as “personally identifying information” under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended; (iii) “personal data” as defined by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (EU 2016/679); (iv) any information which would qualify as “protected health information” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (collectively, “HIPAA”); and (v) any other piece of information that allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any data related to an identified person’s health or sexual orientation. There have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person or such, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same except in each case, where such would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification except in each case, where such would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.37. Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405.

 

Article V. Indemnification

 

Section 5.01. Indemnification by the Company. In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Shares hereunder, and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and its investment manager and each of their respective officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and each person who controls the Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Investor Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and reasonable and documented expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Investor Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by the Investor Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any related prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for inclusion therein; (b) any material misrepresentation or breach of any material representation or material warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby; or (c) any material breach of any material covenant, material agreement or material obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable under Applicable Law, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under Applicable Law.

 

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Section 5.02. Indemnification by the Investor. In consideration of the Company’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in addition to all of the Investor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Investor shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Subsidiaries and all of its and their officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”) from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Company Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any related prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Investor will only be liable for written information relating to the Investor furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, and will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Investor by or on behalf of the Company specifically for inclusion therein; (b) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Investor in this Agreement or any instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor; or (c) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Investor contained in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Investor may be unenforceable under Applicable Laws, the Investor shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under Applicable Laws.

 

Section 5.03. Notice of Claim. Promptly after receipt by an Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, as applicable, shall, if a claim for an Indemnified Liability in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Article V, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof; but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it of liability under this Article V except to the extent the indemnifying party is prejudiced by such failure. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually reasonably satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the actual and reasonable third party fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee reasonably apprised as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The indemnification required by this Article V shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received and payment therefor is due.

 

Section 5.04. Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Article V are not exclusive and shall not limit any right or remedy which may be available to any indemnified person at law or equity. The obligations of the parties to indemnify or make contribution under this Article V shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.05. Limitation of liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no party shall seek, nor shall any be entitled to recover from the other party be liable for, special, incidental, indirect, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages.

 

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Article VI. Covenants

 

The Company covenants with the Investor, and the Investor covenants with the Company, as follows, which covenants of one party are for the benefit of the other party, during the Commitment Period:

 

Section 6.01. Effective Registration Statement. From the time that the initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and continuing thereafter during the Commitment Period, the Company shall maintain the continuous effectiveness of a Registration Statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act pursuant to and in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Section 6.02. Listing. The Company shall use its best efforts to continue the listing and trading of its Common Shares and the listing of the Shares on the Principal Market and to comply with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market; provided that if the Company receives any final and non-appealable notice that the listing or quotation of the Common Shares on the Principal Market shall be terminated on a date certain or if the Company fails to maintain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Principal Market, the Company shall promptly (and in any case within 24 hours) notify the Investor of such fact in writing and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Common Shares to be listed or quoted on another Principal Market.

 

Section 6.03. Blue Sky. The Company shall take such action, if any, as is necessary by the Company in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Shares for issuance by the Company to the Investor pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and at the request of the Investor, the subsequent resale of Registrable Securities by the Investor, in each case, under applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Investor from time to time during the Commitment Period; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify, (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

Section 6.04. Suspension of Registration Statement.

 

(a) Establishment of a Black Out Period. During the Commitment Period, the Company from time to time may suspend the use of a Registration Statement by written notice to the Investor in the event that the Company determines in its sole discretion in good faith that such suspension is necessary to (A) delay the disclosure of material nonpublic information concerning the Company, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company or (B) amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a “Black Out Period”).

 

(b) No Sales by Investor During the Black Out Period. During such Black Out Period, the Investor agrees not to sell any Common Shares pursuant to such Registration Statement, but may sell Common Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration, if available, subject to the Investor’s compliance with Applicable Laws.

 

(c) Limitations on the Black Out Period. The Company shall not impose any Black Out Period that is longer than 30 days or in a manner that is more restrictive (including, without limitation, as to duration) than the comparable restrictions that the Company may impose on transfers of the Company’s equity securities by its directors and senior executive officers. In addition, the Company shall not deliver any Advance Notice during any Black Out Period. If the public announcement of such material, nonpublic information is made during a Black Out Period, the Black Out Period shall terminate immediately after such announcement, and the Company shall immediately notify the Investor of the termination of the Black Out Period.

 

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Section 6.05. Listing of Common Shares. As of each Advance Notice Date, the Common Shares to be issued and sold by the Company from time to time hereunder will have been registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and approved for listing on the Principal Market, subject to official notice of issuance. As of each Advance Notice Date, the Common Shares shall not have been limited or suspended from trading on the Principal Market (other than suspensions of not more than two (2) Trading Days and occurring prior to the applicable date of determination due to business announcements by the Company) nor shall delisting or suspension by the Principal Market have been threatened (with a reasonable prospect of delisting occurring after giving effect to all applicable notice, appeal, compliance and hearing periods (it being understood by the Company and the Investor that no reasonable prospect of delisting will occur prior to the Company holding an annual or special meeting of its shareholders in order to obtain Shareholder Approval, including any postponement thereof) or any communications from the Principal Market related to such notice that do not actually effect the delisting or suspension of the Common Shares) or be reasonably likely to occur or pending as evidenced by (A) a writing by such Principal Market or (B) the Company falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Market on which the Common Shares are then listed, provided that the Investor may waive such condition at the Investor’s sole option.

 

Section 6.06. Opinion of Counsel. Prior to the date of the delivery by the Company of the first Advance Notice, the Investor shall have received an opinion letter from counsel to the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor.

 

Section 6.07. Exchange Act Registration. The Company will file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act and, during the Commitment Period, will not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by Exchange Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act.

 

Section 6.08. Legal Opinions; Restrictive Legends. The Company is obligated to cause its legal counsel to deliver legal opinions to the Transfer Agent in connection with any legend removal requested pursuant to Rule 144, within one (1) Trading Day of such legend removal request, subject to the Investor providing customary representations and other documentation, if any, as reasonably requested by the Company, its counsel or the Transfer Agent. In addition, within one (1) Trading Day after the initial Registration Statement which covers the Shares is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause its legal counsel to deliver, to the Transfer Agent (with copies to the Investor) a legal opinion stating that such Shares are registered for resale pursuant to such Registration Statement that has been declared effective by the SEC and that any restrictive legends on the Shares shall be removed in connection with the resale of such Shares by the Investor pursuant to such Registration Statement. To the extent that a legal opinion is not provided (either timely or at all), then, in addition to being a breach of the covenant in this Section 6.08 hereunder, the Company agrees to reimburse the Investor for all costs incurred by the Investor in connection with any legal opinions paid for by the Investor in connection with the sale or transfer of the Shares. The Investor shall notify the Company of any such costs and expenses it incurs that are referred to in this section from time to time and all amounts owed hereunder shall be paid by the Company promptly.

 

Section 6.09. Transfer Agent Instructions. For any time while there is a Registration Statement in effect for this transaction, the Company shall (if required by the transfer agent for the Common Shares) deliver to the transfer agent for the Common Shares (with a copy to the Investor) (i) instructions to issue Common Shares to the Investor free of restrictive legends upon each Advance if the delivery of such instructions are consistent with Applicable Law, in each case supported as needed by an opinion from legal counsel for the Company and (ii) an opinion of Company counsel, stating that Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) is available as an exemption from registration for the resale of the Common Shares.

 

Section 6.10. Corporate Existence. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve and continue the corporate existence of the Company during the Commitment Period.

 

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Section 6.11. Notice of Certain Events Affecting Registration; Suspension of Right to Make an Advance. The Company will promptly notify the Investor, and confirm in writing, upon its becoming aware of the occurrence of any of the following events in respect of a Registration Statement or related Prospectus (such information to be held in strict confidence by Investor until such time as it is publicly disclosed by the Company): (i) the issuance by the SEC or any other federal governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; or (ii) the happening of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, related Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the related Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or of the necessity to amend the Registration Statement or supplement a related Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or any other law (and the Company will promptly make available to the Investor any such supplement or amendment to the related Prospectus). The Company shall not deliver to the Investor any Advance Notice, and the Company shall not sell any Shares pursuant to any pending Advance Notice (other than as required pursuant to Section 2.01), during the continuation of any of the foregoing events (each of the events described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (ii), inclusive, a “Material Outside Event”).

 

Section 6.12. Consolidation. If an Advance Notice has been delivered to the Investor, then the Company shall not effect any consolidation of the Company with or into, or a transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to another entity before the transaction contemplated in such Advance Notice has been closed in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof, and all Shares in connection with such Advance have been received by the Investor.

 

Section 6.13. Issuance of the Common Shares. The issuance and sale of the Common Shares to the Investor hereunder shall be made in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities law.

 

Section 6.14. Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay all expenses incident to the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any amendment or modifications hereto or thereto and the performance of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, including, but not limited to, (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and each amendment and supplement thereto, of each Prospectus and of each amendment and supplement thereto; (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of any Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) all fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors and the fees and disbursements of any counsel to the Investor, (iv) the qualification of the Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including filing fees in connection therewith, (v) the printing and delivery of copies of any Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto requested by the Investor, (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Shares for trading on the Principal Market and (vii) filing fees of the SEC and the Principal Market.

 

Section 6.15. Current Report. The Company shall, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the first Trading Day following the date of this Agreement, file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K or a Report of Foreign Private Issuers, as applicable, describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the Exchange Act and attaching all the material Transaction Documents (including any exhibits thereto, the “Current Report”), which Current Report shall include all material, nonpublic information required to be disclosed in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company shall provide the Investor and its legal counsel a reasonable opportunity to comment on a draft of the Current Report prior to filing the Current Report with the SEC and shall give due consideration to all such comments that are timely received by the Company. Should the Company choose to issue a press release announcing this Agreement, then such press release shall be issued on the same day the Current Report is filed with the SEC. Until the Current Report is filed with the SEC, the Company shall not deliver any Advance Notices pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, effective upon the filing of the Current Report, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and Investor or any of its respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the other hand shall terminate. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide the Investor with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without the express prior written consent of the Investor (which may be granted or withheld in the Investor’s sole discretion). The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting resales of Shares.

 

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Section 6.16. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds from any sale of Shares by the Company to the Investor hereunder shall be used by the Company in the manner as will be set forth in the Prospectus included in any Registration Statement (and any post-effective amendment thereto) and any Prospectus Supplement thereto filed pursuant to this Agreement, including for working capital purposes for the Company and its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the transactions contemplated herein to repay any advances or loans to any executives or employees of the Company or any Subsidiary or to make any payments in respect of any related party obligations, including without limitation any payables or notes payable to related parties of the Company or any Subsidiary whether or not such amounts are described on the balance sheets of the Company in any SEC Documents and any Subsidiary or described in any “Related Party Transactions” section of any SEC Documents.

 

Section 6.17. Market Activities. Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary, nor any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons will, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute or result, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of Common Shares or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase Common Shares in violation of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Shares.

 

Section 6.18. Trading Information. On the first Trading Day of each week (provided the Investor sold any shares during the prior week) and otherwise upon the Company’s reasonable request, the Investor agrees to provide the Company with trading reports setting forth the number and average sales prices of shares of Common Shares sold by the Investor during the prior trading week.

 

Section 6.19. Selling Restrictions.

 

(a) Short Sales. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and subject to Section 6.19(b), the Investor covenants that from and after the date hereof through and including the Trading Day following the expiration or termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.01 (the “Restricted Period”), none of the Investor or any entity managed or directly controlled by the Investor (collectively, the “Restricted Persons” and each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a “Restricted Person”) shall, directly or indirectly, (i) engage in any “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Shares, or (ii) engage in any hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Shares, in each case either for its own principal account or for the principal account of any other Restricted Person (each instance, as applicable, a “Short Sale”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained herein shall (without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true) prohibit any Restricted Person during the Restricted Period from: (1) selling “long” (as defined under Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO) the Shares; or (2) selling a number of Common Shares equal to the number of Advance Shares that such Restricted Person is unconditionally obligated to purchase under a pending Advance Notice but has not yet received from the Company or the transfer agent pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.19(a), in the event any Restricted Persons holds any form of security or instrument that is (or may become) convertible into, or exercisable for, Common Shares (an “Owned Instrument”) than the Restricted Persons may engage in hedging and/or trading activities (including, without limitation, the location and/or reservation of borrowable Common Shares) at various times during the period that Owned Instrument remains outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value and/or number of the Common Shares underlying the Owned Instrument, as applicable, deliverable with respect to the Owned Instrument are being determined. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any of the documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

Section 6.20. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations of the parties hereto may be assigned to any other Person, provided however that the Investor may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate.

 

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Section 6.21. No Frustration; No Variable Rate Transactions, Etc.

 

(a) No Frustration. The Company shall not enter into, announce or recommend to its shareholders any agreement, plan, arrangement or transaction in or of which the terms thereof would restrict, materially delay, conflict with or impair the ability or right of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including, without limitation, the obligation of the Company to deliver the Shares to the Investor in respect of an Advance Notice.

 

(b) No Variable Rate Transactions.

 

(i) Variable Rate Transaction. From the date hereof until the earlier of (i) the date that is three (3) months after the date the Investor has purchased all the Shares hereunder, and (ii) three (3) years after the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01 herein (the “Limitation Date”), the Company and each Subsidiary shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Placement of Common Shares or Common Share Equivalents (or a combination thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction, other than in connection with the issuance of Excluded Securities or with the prior written consent of the Investor. The Investor shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

(ii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary this Section shall not apply to any issuance of Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 6.22. Right of First Refusal.

 

(a) During the Additional Issuance Restricted Period, in the event that the Company receives a Bona Fide Offer (defined below) of a Subsequent Placement, then the Company must, and irrevocably agrees to, first offer such opportunity to the Investor to provide such capital or financing to the Company on the same or similar terms as the respective third party’s terms, and the Investor may in its sole discretion determine whether the Investor will provide such capital or financing for such Subsequent Placement. Upon receipt of the third-party offer, the Company shall promptly provide notice thereof to the Investor (the “Offer Notice”) and provide copies of the pending transaction documents. Should the Investor be unwilling or unable to provide such capital or financing to the Company within five (5) Trading Days from the Investor’s receipt of the Offer Notice from the Company, then the Company may obtain such capital or financing from such third party on the exact same terms and conditions offered by the Company to the Investor and such transaction must be completed within five (5) Trading Days of the date of the Offer Notice. If the Company does not receive the capital or financing from the respective third party within five (5) Trading Days of the date of the respective Offer Notice, then the Company must again offer the capital or financing opportunity to the Investor as described above, and the process detailed above shall be repeated. A “Bona Fide Offer” is one in which the third party purchaser is irrevocably and contractually bound to purchase the subject securities from the Company, subject to the Investor’s right of first refusal.

 

Section 6.23. Participation Right. At any time during the Additional Issuance Restricted Period, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 6.23.

 

(a) At least five (5) Trading Days prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement, the Company shall deliver to the Investor a written notice (each such notice, a “Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall not contain any information (including, without limitation, material, non-public information) other than: (A) if the proposed Offer Notice (as defined below) constitutes or contains material, non-public information, a statement asking whether the Investor is willing to accept material non-public information or (B) if the proposed Offer Notice does not constitute or contain material, non-public information, (x) a statement that the Company proposes or intends to effect a Subsequent Placement, (y) a statement that the statement in clause (x) above does not constitute material, non-public information and (z) a statement informing the Investor that it is entitled to receive an Offer Notice (as defined below) with respect to such Subsequent Placement upon its written request. Upon the written request of the Investor within one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s delivery to the Investor of such Pre-Notice, and only upon a written request by the Investor, the Company shall promptly, but no later than two (2) Trading Days after such request, deliver to the Investor an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (A) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (B) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (C) identify the Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (D) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with the Investor in accordance with the terms of the Offer.

 

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(b) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, the Investor must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the first (1st) Business Day after the Investor’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of the Offered Securities that the Investor elects to purchase and, if the Investor shall elect to purchase any of the Offered Securities (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to the Investor a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the second (2nd) Business Day after the Investor’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.

 

(c) The Company shall have five (5) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above (A) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Investor (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (B) to publicly announce (x) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (y) either (I) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (II) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report or Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, as applicable, with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.

 

(d) In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified above), then the Investor may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, withdraw its Notice of Acceptance or reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that the Investor elected to purchase pursuant to Section 6.23(b) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to the Investor pursuant to this Section 6.23 prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that the Investor so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Investor in accordance with Section 6.23(a) above.

 

(e) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Investor shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Investor, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 6.23(d) above if the Investor has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Investor of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Investor of a separate purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Investor and its counsel.

 

(f) Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Investor or other Persons in accordance with this Section 6.23 may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Investor under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

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(g) The Company and the Investor agree that if the Investor elects to participate in the Offer, (x) neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provision whereby the Investor shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company, (y) representation and warranties of an Investor in the Subsequent Placement Documents shall not be more restrictive than those of the Investor in this Agreement (other than such changes as necessary to comply with applicable law, rules and regulations, the manner of sale of such security in such Subsequent Placement and/or the type of such security to be sold in such Subsequent Placement) and (z) any registration rights set forth in such Subsequent Placement Documents shall be similar in all material respects to the registration rights contained in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.23 and unless otherwise agreed to by the Investor, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Investor that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case, in such a manner such that the Investor will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the fifth (5th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by such fifth (5th) Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by the Investor, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Investor shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide the Investor with another Offer Notice and the Investor will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 6.23. The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to the Investor in any thirty (30) day period, except as expressly contemplated by the last sentence of Section 6.23(b).

 

(i) The restrictions contained in this Section 6.23 shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities. The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section 6.23 by providing terms or conditions to one Buyer that are not provided to all.

 

Section 6.24. Non-Public Information. Neither the Company, nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall disclose any material non-public information about the Company to the Investor, unless a simultaneous public announcement thereof is made by the Company in the manner contemplated by Regulation FD. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (as determined in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Investor), (i) the Investor shall promptly provide written notice of such breach to the Company and (ii) after such notice has been provided to the Company and, provided that the Company shall have failed to publicly disclose such material, non-public information within 24 hours following demand therefor by the Investor, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents, the Investor shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, non-public information without the prior approval by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents. The Investor shall not have any liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders or agents, for any such disclosure. The Company shall not disclose any material non-public information to the Investor without the Investor’s prior written consent.

 

Section 6.25. Shareholder Approval. If required, the Company shall provide each shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholder Meeting”), which shall be promptly called and held not later than ninety (90) days following the date hereof (the “Shareholder Meeting Deadline”), a proxy statement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Investor and Sullivan & Worcester LLP, at the expense of the Company, with the Company obligated to reimburse the expenses of Sullivan & Worcester LLP incurred in connection therewith. The proxy statement, if any, shall solicit each of the Company’s shareholders’ affirmative vote at the Shareholder Meeting for approval of the proposal (“Shareholder Proposal”) to authorize the issuance of all of the Shares issuable hereunder in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Principal Market (such affirmative approval being referred to herein as the “Shareholder Approval”, and the date such Shareholder Approval is obtained, the “Shareholder Approval Date”), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its shareholders’ approval of such proposal and to cause the board of directors of the Company to recommend to the shareholders that they approve such proposal. The Company shall be obligated to seek to obtain the Shareholder Approval by the Shareholder Meeting Deadline. If, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts the Shareholder Approval is not obtained by such Shareholder Approval Date, the Company shall adjourn and reconvene the Shareholder Meeting at least as often as every thirty (30) calendar days thereafter until such Shareholder Approval is obtained, but in no event later than the three hundred and sixty-fifth (365th) calendar day after the date hereof.

 

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Section 6.26. Reservation. As of the date hereof, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 100% of the Common Shares issuable hereunder, which number of Common Shares shall be calculated assuming a price per share equal to 80% of the lower of (i) the 3 day VWAP prior to the measurement date and (ii) the last closing price per Common Share (the “Reservation Estimate”); provided; however, that if the Company does not have sufficient authorized Common Shares available for the Reservation Estimate, then the Company shall reserve the maximum amount available as of the date hereof and shall thereafter increase such reserve amount on the first day of every successive month until the reserve amount is equal to the Reservation Estimate; provided, further that, without the prior written consent of the Investor, the Company may not deliver an Advance Notice hereunder if the reserve amount is less than the number of Advance Shares to be purchased in such Advance. Any consent provided by the Investor pursuant to this Section 6.26 shall only apply to the applicable Advance Notice and shall not be deemed to be a consent to any additional Advance Notices.

 

Section 6.27. Market Activities. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company under Regulation M of the Exchange Act.

 

Section 6.28. Use of Name. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, use the names “[●]”, “[●]”, or any derivations thereof, or logos associated with these names, as the case may be, in any manner or take any action that may imply any relationship with the Investor or any of its Affiliates without the prior written consent of the Investor, provided, however, the Investor hereby consents to all lawful uses of these names in the prospectus, statement and other materials that are required by applicable laws or pursuant to the disclosure requirements of the SEC or any state securities authority.

 

Article VII. Non-Exclusive Agreement.

 

Section 7.01. Except as provided herein, this Agreement and the rights awarded to the Investor hereunder are non-exclusive, and the Company may, at any time throughout the term of this Agreement and thereafter, issue and allot, or undertake to issue and allot, to any person or persons any shares and/or securities and/or convertible notes, bonds, debentures, options to acquire shares or other securities and/or other facilities which may be converted into or replaced by Common Shares or other securities of the Company, and to extend, renew and/or recycle any bonds and/or debentures, and/or grant any rights with respect to its existing and/or future share capital.

 

Article VIII. Choice of Law/Jurisdiction

 

Section 8.01. This Agreement, and any and all claims, proceedings or causes of action relating to this Agreement or arising from this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, including, without limitation, tort claims, statutory claims and contract claims, shall be interpreted, construed, governed and enforced under and solely in accordance with the substantive and procedural laws of the State of Delaware, in each case as in effect from time to time and as the same may be amended from time to time, and as applied to agreements performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether the State of Delaware, or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. The Parties further agree that any action between them shall be heard in the state and federal courts sitting in New Castle County, Delaware, and expressly consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts sitting in New Castle County, Delaware, for the adjudication of any civil action asserted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, THE PERFORMANCE THEREOF OR THE FINANCINGS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTY HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS PARAGRAPH.

 

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Article IX. Termination

 

Section 9.01. Termination.

 

(a) Unless earlier terminated as provided hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate automatically on the earliest of (i) the first day of the next month following the 24-month anniversary of the Effective Date, (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Advances pursuant to this Agreement for Common Shares equal to the Commitment Amount and all Advance Shares have been delivered, and (iii) the date on which the Company announces or publicly discloses a material restatement of its financial statements for two (2) or more fiscal quarters (the “Lapsed Registration Termination”). The Investor may terminate this Agreement at any time at the Investor’s sole option if the Registration Statement is not declared effective by the one hundred and twentieth (120) day following the date hereof.

 

(b) The Company may terminate this Agreement effective upon five (5) Trading Days’ prior written notice to the Investor; provided that there are no outstanding Advance Notices, the Common Shares under which have yet to be issued. Following the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, the Investor may terminate this Agreement effectively immediately if the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop order by the Commission) or such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, the Prospectus contained therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto otherwise becomes unavailable to the Investor for the resale of all of the Registrable Securities included therein in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, and such lapse or unavailability continues for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of twenty (20) Trading Days in any 365-day period. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the mutual written consent of the parties, effective as of the date of such mutual written consent unless otherwise provided in such written consent.

 

(c) Nothing in this Section 9.01 shall be deemed to release the Company or the Investor from any liability for any breach under this Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company and the Investor to compel specific performance by the other party of its obligations under this Agreement. The indemnification provisions contained in Article V shall survive termination hereunder.

 

Article X. Notices

 

Other than with respect to Advance Notices, which must be in writing and will be deemed delivered on the day set forth in Section 2.01(b), any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered (a) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (b) upon receipt, when sent by e-mail to all addresses noted below if sent on a Trading Day, or, if not sent on a Trading Day, on the immediately following Trading Day; (c) 5 days after being sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, (d) one day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses for such communications (except for Advance Notices which shall be delivered in accordance with Exhibit B hereof) shall be:

 

If to the Company, to:  

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

2001 Timberloch Place, Suite 500

The Woodlands, TX 77380

Attn: Javier Selgas, Chief Executive Officer

Telephone: 773-905-5076

Email: investors@fr8technologies.com

 

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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice or delivery of process) to:  

Bevilacqua PLLC

1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500

Washington, DC 20036

Attn: Louis A Bevilacqua, Esq.

Telephone: 202-869-0888

Email: Lou@bevilacquapllc.com

     
If to the Investor(s):  

[●]

Attn:

Telephone:

Email:

     
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice or delivery of process) to:  

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attn: David Danovitch, Esq.

Telephone: (212) 660-3060

Email: ddanovitch@sullivanlaw.com

 

or at such other address and/or e-mail and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party three Trading Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (i) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (ii) electronically generated by the sender’s email service provider containing the time, date, recipient email address or (iii) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

Article XI. Miscellaneous

 

Section 11.01. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, both which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. Facsimile or other electronically scanned and delivered signatures (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com), including by e-mail attachment, shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.02. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their respective affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and, except as specifically set forth herein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement.

 

Section 11.03. Reporting Entity for Common Shares. The reporting entity relied upon for the determination of the trading price or trading volume of the Common Shares on any given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement shall be the Reporting Service or any successor thereto. The written mutual consent of the Investor and the Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.

 

Section 11.04. Fees and Expenses. The Company shall reimburse the Investor for all legal fees and expenses and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by it or its affiliates in connection with the structuring, documentation, diligence, negotiation, applicable closing and post-closing, as applicable, including related amendments, waivers, enforcement actions, compliance checks or legal audits, of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents irrespective of whether or not any Closings occur (including, without limitation, as applicable, any other reasonable and documented fees and expenses in connection with the structuring, documentation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence and regulatory filings in connection therewith) (the “Transaction Expenses”) and such Transaction Expenses not otherwise paid by the Company shall be withheld by the Investor from its Aggregate Purchase Price at each applicable Closing; provided, that the Company shall promptly reimburse Sullivan & Worcester LLP (and/or the Investor, as applicable) on demand for all Transaction Expenses applicable thereto in accordance hereto not so reimbursed through such withholding at such applicable Closing. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, transfer agent fees, Depository Trust Company fees or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by the Investor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold the Investor harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Equity Purchase Facility Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

 

  COMPANY:
     
  FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name: Javier Selgas
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  INVESTOR:
     
  [●]
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Equity Purchase Facility Agreement]

 

 

 

ANNEX I TO THE

EQUITY PURCHASE FACILITY AGREEMENT

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY

TO DELIVER AN ADVANCE NOTICE

 

The right of the Company to deliver an Advance Notice and the obligations of the Investor hereunder with respect to an Advance are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, on each Advance Notice Date (a “Condition Satisfaction Date”), of each of the following conditions:

 

(a) Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company in the Agreement, of which this Annex I is attached, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Advance Notice Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such other date.

 

(b) Registration of the Shares with the SEC. There is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Investor is permitted to utilize the Prospectus thereunder to resell all of the Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice.

 

(c) Public Information. The Current Report shall have been filed with the SEC and the Company shall have filed with the SEC in a timely manner all reports, notices and other documents required under the Exchange Act and applicable SEC regulations during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

 

(d) Authority. The Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any applicable state for the offer and sale of all the Common Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice, or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom. The sale and issuance of such Common Shares shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Company is subject.

 

(e) Board. The board of directors of the Company shall have approved the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; said approval has not been amended, rescinded or modified and remains in full force and effect as of the date hereof, and a true, correct and complete copy of such resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the Company shall have been provided to the Investor.

 

(f) No Material Outside Event. No Material Outside Event shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(g) Performance by the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date including, without limitation, the delivery of all Common Shares issuable pursuant to all previously delivered Advance Notices.

 

(h) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly, materially and adversely affects any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(i) No Suspension of Trading in or Delisting of Common Shares. The Advance Shares have been approved for trading on the Principal Market, subject to official notice of issuance. Trading in the Common Shares shall not have been suspended by the SEC, the Principal Market or FINRA, the Company shall not have received any final and non-appealable notice that the listing or quotation of the Common Shares on the Principal Market shall be terminated on a date certain (unless, prior to such date certain, the Common Shares is listed on any subsequent Principal Market), nor shall there have been imposed any suspension of, or restriction on, accepting additional deposits of the Common Shares, electronic trading or book-entry services by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) with respect to the Common Shares that is continuing, the Company shall not have received any notice from DTC to the effect that a suspension of, or restriction on, accepting additional deposits of the Common Shares, electronic trading or book-entry services by DTC with respect to the Common Shares is being imposed or is contemplated (unless, prior to such suspension or restriction, DTC shall have notified the Company in writing that DTC has determined not to impose any such suspension or restriction).

 

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(j) Authorized. All of the Shares issuable pursuant to the applicable Advance Notice shall have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. All Shares relating to all prior Advance Notices required to have been received by the Investor under this Agreement shall have been delivered to the Investor in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(k) Advance Notice. The representations contained in the applicable Advance Notice shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

 

(l) Consecutive Advance Notices. Unless the Investor consents in writing (which may be by e-mail at any time prior to the expiration of the Pricing Period for such applicable Additional Notices), the Pricing Period for all prior Advances has been completed and settled.

 

(m) Shareholder Approval. The Company shall have obtained Shareholder Approval to issue Common Shares in excess of the Exchange Cap hereunder, if required by the Investor.

 

(n) Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(o) Delivery. Furthermore, the Company shall not have the right to deliver an Advance Notice to the Investor if any of the following shall occur:

 

  (i) the Company breaches any representation or warranty in any material respect, or breaches any covenant or other term or condition under any Transaction Document in any material respect;

 

  (ii) if any Person commences a proceeding against the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law for so long as such proceeding is not dismissed;

 

  (iii) if the Company is at any time insolvent, or, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, (1) commences a voluntary case, (2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (3) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or (4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (5) the Company is generally unable to pay its debts as the same become due;

 

  (iv) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (1) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (2) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or (3) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Subsidiary for so long as such order, decree or similar action remains in effect; or

 

  (v) if at any time the Company is not eligible or is unable to transfer its Shares to Investor, including, without limitation, electronically through FAST.

 

(p) Non-Public Information. The Investor shall have neither received, nor be in possession of, any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

(See Attached)

 

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EXHIBIT B

ADVANCE NOTICE

 

VIA EMAIL TO ALL

 

Date: _______________________   Advance Notice Number: _______________

 

The undersigned, _______________________, hereby certifies, with respect to the sale of Common Shares of Freight Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issuable in connection with this Advance Notice, delivered pursuant to that certain Equity Purchase Facility Agreement, dated as of October [●], 2025 (the “Agreement”), as follows (with capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same meanings as given to them in the Agreement):

 

1. Authorization: The undersigned is the duly elected ________________________ of the Company.

 

2. Registration: There are no fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration Statement which would require the Company to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement.

 

3. Conditions Precedent Compliance: The Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be performed by the Company contained in this Agreement on or prior to the Advance Notice Date. All conditions to the delivery of this Advance Notice are satisfied as of the date hereof.

 

4. Common Shares Outstanding: The number of Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the date hereof is __________________.

 

5. Advance Amount: The number of Advance Shares the Company is requesting is _____________________.

 

6. Pricing Period: This is an Advance Notice for a(n) _________________1 Pricing Period.

 

7. Automatic Pricing Period Adjustment: If this Advance Notice is for an Accelerated Pricing Period, Extended Pricing Period or Overtime Pricing Period delivered in accordance with Section 2.01(b)(v) of the Agreement and the Investor has not sent an Advance Notice Confirmation prior to the Confirmation Deadline, the Company hereby ____________2 elect(s) to rescind this Advance Notice after the expiration of the Confirmation Deadline (if not rescinded, this Advance Notice will automatically transfer the Pricing Period selection to a Regular Purchase Pricing Period, with the Pricing Period starting at the beginning of Regular Trading Hours on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the Confirmation Deadline).

 

The undersigned has executed this Advance Notice as of the date first set forth above.

 

  FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
  By:               

 

 

1 Select either a Regular, Accelerated, Extended or Overtime Purchase Pricing Period.

2 Enter “does not” If the Company wishes not to rescind, otherwise, if left blank, the Company has elected to rescind.

 

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EXHIBIT C

SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT

 

VIA EMAIL

 

[●]    
Attn:    
Email:   Advance Notice Date: _______________, 202__

 

Below please find the settlement information with respect to the Advance Notice Number:  
1. Number of Common Shares requested in the Advance Notice:  
2. Number of Excluded Days (if any):  
3. Volume Threshold Adjusted Advance Amount:  
4. Halt Adjusted Advance Amount:  
5. Adjusted Advance Amount (the lesser of (i) row 1, and (ii) the greater of (A) row 3, and (B) row 4):  
6. Market Price:  $
7. Purchase Price per share:  $
8. Aggregate Purchase Price due to Company (row 5 multiplied by row 7):  $

 

Please issue the number of Advance Shares due to the Investor to the account of the Investor as follows:

 

Investor’s DTC participant #:

 

ACCOUNT NAME:

ACCOUNT NUMBER:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

COUNTRY:

Contact person:

Number and/or email:

 

Sincerely,

 

[●]

 

Agreed and approved By:

 

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC:  
     
   
Name:                        
Title:    

 

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EX-10.2 3 ex10-2.htm EX-10.2

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [●], 2025, is made by and between [●], a Delaware limited liability company (the “Investor”), and FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”). The Investor and the Company may be referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor have entered into that certain Equity Purchase Facility Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company may issue, from time to time, to the Investor up to $1.0 billion of newly issued Ordinary Shares (as defined below) (the “Common Shares”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of, and in consideration for the Investor entering into, the Purchase Agreement, and to induce the Investor to execute and deliver the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the Investor with certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “Securities Act”).

 

AGREEMENT

 

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

 

1. DEFINITIONS.

 

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

 

(a) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed and/or any of the following exchanges on which the Ordinary Shares are traded and listed, or any successor(s) thereto, is not open for at least five (5) hours of trading: the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange; or the NYSE American; and any successor to any of the foregoing markets or exchanges.

 

(b) “Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to the initial Registration Statement filed hereunder, the 60th calendar day following the date such initial Registration Statement is filed, provided, however, in the event the Company is notified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that the Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Deadline as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth Business Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the date required above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Registration Statement is subject to a full SEC review, or the Company is required to update the financial statements therein, which causes the Registration Statement not to be declared effective by the Effectiveness Deadline, the Effectiveness Deadline shall automatically be deemed to be extended for so long as necessary provided that the Company is using its best efforts to promptly respond and satisfy the requests of the SEC, and during such period, the Company shall not be deemed to be in default of satisfying the Effectiveness Deadline.

 

(c) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(d) “Filing Deadline” means, with respect to the initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 30th calendar day following the date hereof.

 

(e) “Ordinary Shares” means (x) the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value per share, and (y) any capital stock into which such ordinary shares shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such ordinary shares.

 

 

 

(f) “Person” means a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

(g) “Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

(h) “Registrable Securities” means all of (i) the Common Shares and (ii) any shares of capital stock issued or issuable with respect to the Common Shares, including, without limitation, (1) as a result of any share split, share dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event or otherwise, and (2) shares of capital stock of the Company into which the Common Shares are converted or exchanged and shares of capital stock of a successor entity into which the Common Shares are converted or exchanged.

 

(i) “Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company filed pursuant to this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

(j) “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto.

 

(k) “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

(l) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency administering the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at the time.

 

(m) “Securities Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals above.

 

2. REGISTRATION.

 

(a) The Company’s registration obligations set forth in this Section 2 including its obligations to file Registration Statements, obtain effectiveness of Registration Statements, and maintain the continuous effectiveness of any Registration Statement that has been declared effective shall begin on the date hereof and continue until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Investor has sold all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) the date of termination of the Purchase Agreement if as of such termination date the Investor holds no Registerable Securities and (iii) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold or may be sold without any restriction pursuant to Rule 144 as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent (the “Registration Period”).

 

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall (i) as soon as practicable, but in no case later than the Filing Deadline, prepare and file with the SEC an initial Registration Statement on Form F-1 (or, if the Company is not then eligible, on Form F-1) or any successor form thereto covering the resale by the Investor of the maximum number of Registrable Securities as shall be permitted to be included thereon in accordance with applicable SEC rules, regulations and interpretations so as to permit the resale of such Registrable Securities by the Investor under Rule 415 at then prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices). The Registration Statement shall contain “Selling Shareholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections. The Company shall use its best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 am, Eastern Time, on the Business Day following the date of effectiveness, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the Securities Act the final Prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement. Prior to the filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC, the Company shall furnish a draft of the Registration Statement to the Investor for their review and comment. The Investor shall furnish comments on the Registration Statement to the Company within 24 hours of the receipt thereof from the Company.

 

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(c) Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. If at any time during the Registration Period, all Registrable Securities are not covered by a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) as a result of Section 2(e) or otherwise, the Company shall use its best efforts to file with the SEC one or more additional Registration Statements so as to cover all of the Registrable Securities not covered by such initial Registration Statement, in each case as soon as practicable (taking into account any position of the staff of the SEC with respect to the date on which the Staff will permit such additional Registration Statement(s) to be filed with the SEC and the rules and regulations of the SEC). The Company shall use its best efforts to cause each such new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC.

 

(d) During the Registration Period, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with a Registration Statement, which Prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, (ii) prepare and file with the SEC additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (iii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iv) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the SEC with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably possible provide the Investor true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the SEC relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Investor which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company); and (v) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 2(d)) by reason of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, or Form 8-K, or Form 20-F or Form 6-K, after the Company announces that it has regained its foreign private issuer (“FPI”) status or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall incorporate such report by reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement.

 

(e) Reduction of Registrable Securities Included in a Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in the event that the SEC requires the Company to reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration Statement in order to allow the Company to rely on Rule 415 with respect to a Registration Statement, then the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration Statement (after consultation with the Investor as to the specific Registrable Securities to be removed therefrom) to the maximum number of securities as is permitted to be registered by the SEC. In the event of any reduction in Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall use its best efforts to file one or more New Registration Statements with the Commission in accordance with Section 2(c) until such time as all Registrable Securities have been included in Registration Statements that have been declared effective and the Prospectuses contained therein are available for use by the Investor.

 

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(f) Failure to File or Obtain Effectiveness of the Registration Statement or Remain Current; Partial Liquidated Damages. If: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Deadline, or (ii) a Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, or the Company fails to file with the SEC a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five (5) Business Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not subject to further review, or (iii) after the effectiveness, a Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective, or (iv) the Investor is not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities for more than 30 consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of 60 calendar days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive calendar days), or (v) if after the date that is six months from the date hereof, the Company does not have available adequate current public information as set forth in Rule 144(c) (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event” and the date of any such Event, the “Event Date”), then in addition to any other rights the Investor may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Company shall be in breach of the term and conditions of this Agreement and such Event shall be deemed an event of default for so long as such Event remains uncured. During the period of the existence of an uncured Event, the Investor shall have no obligation to accept an Advance Notice or accept or purchase any Advance Shares (other than any Advance Shares purchased by the Investor prior to the occurrence of the Event). In addition, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date thereafter (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) or any pro rata portion thereof, until the applicable Event is cured or sixty (60) calendar days after the applicable Event Date, whichever occurs first, the Company shall pay to the Investor an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of two percent (2.0%) multiplied by the total purchase price of each outstanding Advance Notice (other than the purchase price for any Advance Shares purchased by the Investor prior to the occurrence of the Event); provided, that the maximum aggregate amount payable thereunder shall not exceed 4% of such amount. For example, if the total purchase price of all outstanding Advance Notices (other than the purchase price for any Advance Shares purchased by the Investor prior to the occurrence of the Event) is $1,000,000 at an Event Date which shall occur after the date hereof, then, on the Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of such Event Date thereafter (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) the Company shall pay partial liquidated damages on such amount equal to $20,000, up to an aggregate of $40,000. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 2(f) in full within seven (7) calendar days after the date payable, the Company shall pay interest thereon at a rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable regulation) to the Investor, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full.

 

(g) Piggy-Back Registrations. Commencing on the Filing Deadline, if at any time there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company proposes to register the offer and sale of any Ordinary Shares under the Securities Act (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 ((or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee share plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (iii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more shareholders of the Company and the form of registration statement to be used may be used for any registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall give prompt written notice (in any event no later than five days prior to the filing of such registration statement) to the holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such a registration and, shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion from the holders of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2(g) that have been sold or may be sold without any restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent.

 

(h) No Inclusion of Other Securities. In no event shall the Company include any securities other than Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(c) without obtaining the prior written consent of the Investor prior to filing such Registration Statement with the SEC.

 

3. RELATED OBLIGATIONS.

 

(a) The Company shall, not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Business Day prior to the filing of any related amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K or 20-F, after the Company announces that it has regained FPI status, supplements and amendments to update the Registration Statement solely for information reflected in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K, or Annual Reports on Form 20-F or a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, after the Company announces that it has regained its FPI status), furnish to the Investor copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the reasonable and prompt review of such Investor. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Investor shall reasonably object in good faith.

 

(b) The Company shall furnish to the Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge (i) at least one copy (which may be in electronic form) of such Registration Statement as declared effective by the SEC and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) at least one copy (which may be in electronic form) of the final prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto, and (iii) any documents, which are not publicly available through EDGAR, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

 

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

 

(d) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or development, the Company shall notify the Investor in writing of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission and deliver one electronic copy of such supplement or amendment to the Investor. The Company shall also promptly notify the Investor in writing (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to the Investor by email on the same day of such effectiveness), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate. The Company shall respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the SEC with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto.

 

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

 

(f) Without limiting any obligation of the Company under the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall use best efforts to cause all of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement to be listed on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(f).

 

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

 

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(h) The Company shall cooperate with the holders of the Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such Registration Statement or Rule 144 and representing such number of Common Shares and registered in such names as the holders of the Registrable Securities may reasonably request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or Rule; provided, that the Company may satisfy its obligations hereunder without issuing physical share certificates through the issuance of the Registrable Securities in book entry form.

 

(i) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

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

 

(k) Within two (2) Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investor) an opinion of legal counsel for the Company stating that such Registrable Securities are registered for resale pursuant to such Registration Statement that has been declared effective by the SEC and that, in connection with a resale of any Common Shares pursuant to such Registration Statement, the Common Shares shall be transferred free of any restrictive legends.

 

(l) The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investor of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTOR.

 

(a) The Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d) such Investor shall as soon as reasonably practicable discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until the Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(d) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, subject to compliance with the securities laws, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended certificates for Common Shares to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

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

 

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

 

5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.

 

All expenses incurred by the Company in complying with its obligations pursuant to this Agreement and in connection with the registration and disposition of Registrable Securities shall be paid by the Company, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants (including legal fees of Investor’s counsel associated with the review of each Registration Statement).

 

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6. INDEMNIFICATION.

 

With respect to Registrable Securities which are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

 

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

 

(b) In connection with a Registration Statement, the Investor agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers, employees, representatives, or agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or is based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs (i) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement or (ii) from the Investor’s violation of any prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation there under relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(d), such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, further, however, that, absent fraud or gross negligence, the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the prospectus was corrected and such new prospectus was delivered to the Investor prior to such Investor’s use of the prospectus to which the Claim relates.

 

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(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel reasonably mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one (1) counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

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

 

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

 

7. CONTRIBUTION.

 

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

 

8. REPORTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT.

 

With a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investor to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration, and as a material inducement to the Investor’s purchase of the Common Shares, the Company represents, warrants, and covenants to the following:

 

(a) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months prior to the date hereof (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports).

 

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(b) During the Registration Period, the Company shall file with the SEC in a timely manner all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (it being understood that the filings prior to any permitted filing deadline extension under Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act shall be deemed timely and it being further understood that nothing herein shall limit the Company’s obligations under the Purchase Agreement) and such reports shall conform to the requirement of the Exchange Act and the SEC for filing thereunder.

 

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

 

9. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Investor. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9 shall be binding upon each of the Investor and the Company. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

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

 

(b) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered pursuant to the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement or to such other address and/or electronic mail address and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) electronically generated by the sender’s email service provider containing the time, date, and recipient email or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with this Section 10(b).

 

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

 

(d) The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Investor as its shareholder. All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, State of Delaware, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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(e) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

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

 

(g) This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, both of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. Facsimile or other electronically scanned and delivered signatures (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com), including by e-mail attachment, shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
 

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

     
  By:  
    Name: Javier Selgas
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  INVESTOR:
     
  [●]  
     
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement (Equity Purchase Facility Agreement)]

 

 

 

EX-10.3 4 ex10-3.htm EX-10.3

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT

 

October 27, 2025

 

Freight Technologies, Inc.

2001 Timberloch Place, Suite 500 

The Woodlands, TX 77380

Attn: Javier Selgas, Chief Executive Officer

 

Dear Mr. Selgas:

 

This letter (the “Agreement”) constitutes the agreement between R. F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. (the “Placement Agent”) and Freight Technologies, Inc., a British Virgin Islands corporation (the “Company”). It is our understanding that the Company has entered into, or will concurrently with this Agreement enter into, a committed equity purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with SZOP OPPORTUNITIES I LLC (“SZOP”) pursuant to which SZOP may, from time to time, purchase newly issued Ordinary Shares of the Company, no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”), at the Company’s election. This Agreement relates to resales by SZOP of Ordinary Shares acquired under the Purchase Agreement (“SZOP Resales”), for which the Placement Agent may act, from time to time and at the Company’s request, as selling agent or placement agent (each, a “Placement”). The Ordinary Shares sold by SZOP to investors introduced or arranged by the Placement Agent are referred to herein as the “Placement Securities.” The Ordinary Shares will be issued and sold to SZOP either (a) in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (b) pursuant to an effective registration statement. The resale of the Ordinary Shares will be registered pursuant to an effective resale registration statement on Form F-1 or Form F-3 (in each case, a “Registration Statement”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Sales of Placement Securities in connection with any SZOP Resale will be made by means of a prospectus (as supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), including a prospectus supplement that names the Placement Agent and sets forth the material terms and compensation for such Placement; no Placement shall occur unless and until such prospectus supplement has been filed. The Placement Agent will act solely in an agency capacity and shall have no authority to bind the Company or SZOP. The documents executed and delivered by the Company and SZOP in connection with the Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the Purchase Agreement and, if applicable, a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), are collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents,” and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent. 

 

The terms of the Purchase Agreement (including the sale of Ordinary Shares to SZOP thereunder) shall be as agreed between the Company and SZOP and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent with respect to provisions that materially affect the Placements. The terms of each Placement will be set forth in (a) a Prospectus supplement to the applicable Registration Statement that names the Placement Agent and (b) a Transaction Confirmation among SZOP (as selling securityholder) and the Placement Agent (with the Company a party as to issuer deliverables and covenants), and will involve sales to one or more investors introduced or arranged by the Placement Agent. Nothing herein confers upon the Placement Agent authority to bind the Company, SZOP, or any investor, and nothing herein obligates the Company to issue any securities to SZOP or to request any Placement, or obligates SZOP to conduct any resale through the Placement Agent absent an applicable Prospectus supplement and Transaction Confirmation. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent shall have no obligation to the Company with respect to any Placement except as expressly set forth herein, and that the execution of this Agreement does not constitute a commitment by the Placement Agent to purchase any securities or to successfully place any securities. Prior to execution of the Purchase Agreement, officers of the Company will be available to answer reasonable inquiries from SZOP, and prior to any Placement, to respond to reasonable due diligence inquiries from the Placement Agent.

 

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Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. With respect to the Placement Securities, each of the representations and warranties (together with any related disclosure schedules thereto) and covenants made by the Company to SZOP in the Purchase Agreement in connection with the Ordinary Shares, is hereby incorporated herein by reference into this Agreement (as though fully restated herein) and is, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of each closing of the sale of Placement Securities (each, a “Closing Date”), hereby made to, and in favor of, the Placement Agent. In addition to the foregoing, the Company represents and warrants that there are no affiliations with any FINRA member firm participating in the Placement among the Company’s officers, directors or, to the knowledge of the Company, any ten percent (10.0%) or greater securityholder of the Company.

 

Section 2. Plan of Distribution; Prospectus Supplements. No Placement shall occur unless and until the Company has caused a Prospectus supplement to be filed naming the Placement Agent as underwriter, selling agent or placement agent, setting forth the number of shares, price or price formula, timing window, and compensation for such Placement. The Company shall keep the Registration Statement effective and the Prospectus current during each Placement and any related Regulation M restricted period.

 

Section 3. Regulation M; Distribution Procedures. The parties acknowledge that each Placement may constitute a “distribution” under Regulation M. During any restricted period the Company will (i) institute issuer blackouts and suspend repurchase programs as required, (ii) coordinate legend-free/DTC deliverability, (iii) promptly supplement the Prospectus for any material developments, and (iv) provide the Placement Agent with daily outstanding share counts and other customary data reasonably requested. The Placement Agent shall not engage in stabilization or any prohibited conduct.

 

Section 4. Placement Notices; Confirmations; Settlement. From time to time, at the Company’s request, SZOP may conduct an SZOP Resale through the Placement Agent pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. The parties will memorialize each transaction in a Placement Notice specifying the number of shares, pricing parameters, timing window, and fees. Each completed Placement shall be confirmed by a Transaction Confirmation. Settlement will be DVP against delivery of freely tradable shares from SZOP (as selling securityholder) via the Company’s transfer agent or SZOP’s custodian against payment to SZOP (or as SZOP directs).

 

Section 5. Representations of the Placement Agent. The Placement Agent represents and warrants that it (i) is a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), (ii) is registered as a broker/dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the securities laws of each state in which an offer or sale of Placement Securities is made (unless exempt from the respective state’s broker-dealer registration requirements), (iii) is licensed as a broker/dealer under the laws of the United States of America applicable to the offers and sales of the Placement Securities by the Placement Agent, (iv) is and will be a corporate body validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation, and (v) has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Placement Agent will immediately notify the Company in writing of any change in its status with respect to subsections (i) through (v) above.

 

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Section 6. Compensation. In consideration of the services to be provided for hereunder, the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent and/or its respective designees a cash fee of (i) two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate gross proceeds raised from the Placement of the Placement Securities until the one (1) year anniversary of the date hereof, and then (ii) one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate gross proceeds raised from the sale(s) of the Placement Securities subsequent to the one (1) year anniversary of the date hereof until the date of Termination. The Placement Agent reserves the right to reduce any item of compensation or adjust the terms thereof as specified herein in the event that a determination is made by FINRA to the effect that the Placement Agent’s aggregate compensation is in excess of that permitted by FINRA Rules or that the terms thereof require adjustment.

 

Section 7. Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation: (i) all expenses incident to the issuance, delivery and qualification of the Placement Securities (including all printing and engraving costs); (ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares; (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Placement Securities; (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors; (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of any registration statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), preliminary prospectus and prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement; (vi) all filing fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Placement Securities for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the securities laws of any other country; (vii) the fees and expenses associated with including any Placement Securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Trading Market”); and (viii) up to $1,500 for reasonable and documented out-of-pocket accountable expenses related to legal fees of counsel to the Placement Agent.

 

Section 5. Indemnification.

 

(a) To the extent permitted by law, with respect to the Placement Securities, the Company shall indemnify the Placement Agent and its affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, members and controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) against all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities, as the same are incurred (including reasonable actual and documented fees and expenses of counsel), relating to or arising out of its activities hereunder or pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) are found in a final judgment (not subject to appeal) by a court of law to have resulted primarily and directly from the Placement Agent’s willful misconduct or gross negligence in performing the services described herein. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, the Company agrees to indemnify the Placement Agent, to the fullest extent set forth in this Section 5, against any and all claims asserted by any or person or entity alleging that the Placement Agent was not permitted or entitled to act as a placement agent herein, or that the Company was not permitted to hire or retain the Placement Agent herein, including but not limited to any claims arising out of any purported right of first refusal another person or entity claims to have to act as a placement agent or any similar role with respect to the Company or its securities.

 

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(b) Promptly after receipt by the Placement Agent of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to which the Placement Agent is entitled to indemnity hereunder, the Placement Agent will immediately notify the Company in writing of such claim or of the commencement of such action or proceeding, but failure or delay of notification to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any obligation it may have hereunder, except and only to the extent such failure results in the forfeiture by the Company of substantial rights and defenses or materially adversely impacts the Company. If the Company so elects or is requested by the Placement Agent, the Company will assume the defense of such action or proceeding and will employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent and will pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Placement Agent will be entitled to employ its own counsel separate from counsel for the Company and from any other party in such action if counsel for the Placement Agent reasonably determines that it would be inappropriate under the applicable rules of professional responsibility for the same counsel to represent both the Company and the Placement Agent. In such event, the reasonable fees and disbursements of no more than one such separate counsel will be paid by the Company, in addition to fees of local counsel. The Company will have the right to settle the claim or proceeding, provided that the Company will not settle any such claim, action or proceeding without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent (which will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Placement Agent and each other indemnitee named in such proceeding from all liabilities arising out of the action for which indemnification or contribution may be brought hereunder. The Company will not be liable for settlement of any action effected without its written consent, which may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(c) The Company agrees to notify the Placement Agent promptly of the assertion against it or any other person of any claim or the commencement of any action or proceeding relating to a transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(d) If for any reason the foregoing indemnity is unavailable to the Placement Agent or insufficient to hold the Placement Agent harmless, then the Company shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Placement Agent as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other, but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any relevant equitable considerations. The amounts paid or payable by a party in respect of losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees and expenses incurred in defending any litigation, proceeding or other action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions hereof, the Placement Agent’s share of the liability hereunder shall not be in excess of the amount of fees actually received, or to be received, by the Placement Agent under this Agreement (excluding any amounts received as reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Placement Agent).

 

(e) The provisions of this Section 5 will remain in full force and effect, survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement, and be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have to any indemnified party under this Agreement, whether or not the transaction contemplated by this Agreement is completed.

 

Section 6. Engagement Term. The Placement Agent’s engagement hereunder will continue until the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement expire or are terminated by the Company or SZOP (the “Termination Date”); provided, however, the Placement Agent may terminate this Agreement prior to the Termination Date at any time with one (1) days’ notice to the Company and SZOP (in each instance, the “Termination”). If this Agreement terminates prior to the completion of any Placements, the Company shall reimburse expenses incurred by the Placement Agent, pursuant to Section 4 hereof but in no event greater than the amounts set forth in Section 4, up to and including the date of Termination. The Placement Agent may not use any confidential information concerning the Company provided by the Company for any purposes other than those contemplated under this Agreement.

 

Section 7. Placement Agent Information. The Company agrees that any information or advice rendered by the Placement Agent in connection with this engagement is for the confidential use of the Company only in their evaluation of the Placement and, except as otherwise required by law, the Company will not disclose or otherwise refer to the advice or information in any manner without the Placement Agent’s prior written consent.

 

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Section 8. No Fiduciary Relationship. This Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating rights enforceable by any person or entity not a party hereto, except those entitled hereto by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary of the Company and shall have no duties or liabilities to the equity holders or the creditors of the Company or any other person by virtue of this Agreement or the retention of the Placement Agent hereunder, all of which are hereby expressly waived.

 

Section 9. Closing. The obligations of the Placement Agent, and each closing of the sale of the Placement Securities hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on each Closing Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and in the Purchase Agreement, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions, except as otherwise disclosed to and acknowledged and waived by the Placement Agent:

 

(a) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form, execution, delivery and validity of each of this Agreement, the Placement Securities, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby with respect to the Placement Securities have been completed or resolved in a manner reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to the Placement Agent.

 

(b) The Placement Agent has received from outside legal counsel to the Company such counsel’s written opinion with respect to the Placement Securities, addressed to the Placement Agent and dated as of each Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent.

 

(c) The Placement Agent has received customary certificates of the Company’s executive officers (the “Officer’s Certificate”) as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement, and a certificate of the Company’s secretary (the “Secretary’s Certificate”) certifying (i) that the Company’s organizational documents are true and complete, have not been modified and are in full force and effect; (ii) that the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the Placement are in full force and effect and have not been modified; and (iii) as to the incumbency of the officers of the Company. Each of the Officer’s Certificate and Secretary’s Certificate must be dated as of the initial Closing Date and any subsequent closing at the reasonable request of the Placement Agent, and all documents referenced in the Secretary’s Certificate must be attached thereto.

 

(d) The Ordinary Shares have been registered under the Exchange Act and listed, admitted and authorized for trading on the Trading Market or other applicable U.S. national exchange as of each Closing Date, and the Placement Agent has received reasonably satisfactory evidence of such actions. The Company has not taken any action designed to, or likely to have the effect of terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting, or suspending from trading, the Ordinary Shares from the Trading Market or other applicable U.S. national exchange. The Company has not received any information suggesting that the Commission or the Trading Market or other U.S. applicable national exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing except as otherwise publicly disclosed.

 

(e) No action or proceeding before a court of competent jurisdiction has been taken, and no statute, rule, regulation or order has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body that would, as of any Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Placement Securities or materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company. No injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction has been issued as of each Closing Date that would prevent the issuance or sale of the Placement Securities or materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.

 

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(f) The Company has entered into the Purchase Agreement with SZOP for the Ordinary Shares, and such agreements are in full force and effect and contain representations, warranties and covenants of the Company as agreed upon between the Company and SZOP.

 

(g) FINRA raised no objections to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms and arrangements of this Agreement. If requested by the Placement Agent, the Company has filed, or has authorized the Placement Agent’s counsel to file on the Company’s behalf, with FINRA all necessary materials in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110 with respect to the Placement (if necessary) and has paid all filing fees required in connection therewith.

 

(h) On or before each Closing Date, the Placement Agent and counsel for the Placement Agent have received such information and documents as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Placement Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties of the Company, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

 

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 9 have not been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, the Placement Agent may terminate this Agreement at any time on or prior to each Closing Date by giving oral or written notice to the Company. Any such oral notice must be promptly confirmed in writing.

 

Section 10. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in such State. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party. This Agreement is binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any right to trial by jury with respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement or any transaction or conduct in connection herewith is waived. Any dispute arising under this Agreement may be brought into the courts of the State of New York or into the federal court located in New York, New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of aforesaid courts. Each party hereto irrevocably waives personal service of process, consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by delivering a copy thereof via overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement, and acknowledges that such service will constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. If either party commences an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the non-prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall reimburse the prevailing party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such action or proceeding.

 

Section 11. Entire Agreement/Miscellaneous. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, between the Company and the Placement Agent, relating to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not affect such provision in any other respect or any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by both the Placement Agent and the Company. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive each Closing Date of the Placement and delivery of the Placement Securities. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which, when taken together, will be considered one and the same agreement. This Agreement will become effective when each party hereto has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or a .pdf format file, such signature will 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 or .pdf signature page were an original thereof.

 

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Section 12. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder must be in writing and will be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is sent to the email address specified on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, (b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is sent to the email address on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, (c) the third business day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. internationally recognized air 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 are as set forth on the signature pages hereto.

 

Section 13. Press Announcements. The Company agrees that the Placement Agent may reference the Placement and the Placement Agent’s role in connection therewith in the Placement Agent’s marketing materials and on its website and to place advertisements in financial and other newspapers and journals, in each case at its own expense.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement by signing and returning to the Placement Agent the enclosed copy of this Agreement.

 

Very truly yours,

 

R.F. LAFFERTY & CO., INC.

 

By:    
Name: Robert Hackel
Title: Chief Operating Officer

 

Address for notice:

 

R. F. Lafferty & Co., Inc.

40 Wall Street, Suite 3602

New York, NY 10005

Attn: Robert Hackel, Chief Operating Officer

 

Email: rhackel@rflafferty.com

 

Accepted and Agreed to as of
the date first written above:

 

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
By:    
Name: Javier Selgas
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Address for notice:

 

Freight Technologies, Inc.

2001 Timberloch Place, Suite 500

The Woodlands, TX 77380

Attention: Javier Selgas, Chief Executive Officer

 

Email: javi.selgas@fr8hub.com

 

 

 

EX-10.4 5 ex10-4.htm EX-10.4

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

October 28, 2025

 

Fetch Compute Inc

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, DE 19808

 

  Re: Call Option Exercise Notice

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Freight Technologies, Inc., a company limited by shares organized in the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”) hereby gives this Call Option Exercise Notice pursuant to Section 4.18 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2025, between the Company and Fetch Compute Inc (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms used in this Call Option Exercise Notice and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

1. Exercise of Call Option

 

In accordance with Section 4.18(a) of the Agreement, the Company irrevocably elects to exercise the Call Option with respect to all, and not less than all, of the Callable Preferred Shares outstanding as of the date hereof, as detailed on Schedule 1 to this Call Notice, being:

 

Class   Amount (as of the date hereof)  
Part One Preferred Shares Outstanding     1,335,388  
Part Two Preferred Shares:        
Locked Part Two Preferred Shares outstanding:     975,860  
Part Two Preferred Shares to be unlocked in connection with Guaranteed Part Two Return:     -219,783  
Part Two Preferred Shares Net     756,077  

 

The total number of shares subject to this Call Option is therefore 2,091,465 Callable Preferred Shares net of the Part Two Preferred Shares to be unlocked in connection with Guaranteed Part Two Return (and 2,311,248 Callable Preferred Shares before deducting the of the Part Two Preferred Shares to be unlocked in connection with Guaranteed Part Two Return as part of the Call Payment).

 

2. Call Option Effective Date

 

Pursuant to Section 4.18(b)(ii) and Sectio 4.18(c) of the Agreement, the Call Option Effective Date shall be November 27, 2025, being a date not fewer than thirty (30) calendar days after the Purchaser’s receipt of this notice, unless the parties otherwise agree in writing. On the Effective Date, the Part Two Preferred Shares become unlocked in connection with Guaranteed Part Two Return as part of the Call Payment.

 

 

 

3. Call Payment

 

In accordance with Section 4.18(d)(i) of the Agreement, on the Call Option Effective Date the Company will deliver to the Purchaser the Call Payment, calculated as follows:

 

  a. Attributed Tokens: 11,300,000 FET Tokens
     
  b. Cash Component (if applicable): $0.00
     
  c. As part of the Call Payment, Purchaser retains 219,783 Part Two Preferred Shares unlocked in connection with Guaranteed Part Two Return.
     
  d. The Call Payment has been determined in accordance with Section 4.18 and related defined terms (including “Call Payment,” “Attributed Tokens,” “Part One Preferred Shares Outstanding,” “Reference Price” and “Swapped Token Factor”) and reflects the Guaranteed Part Two Return required under the Agreement. A detailed worksheet setting out this calculation is attached as Schedule 1.

 

4. Settlement Mechanics

 

  a. Company’s Delivery. On the Call Option Effective Date the Company will:

 

  i. transfer (or cause to be transferred) the Attributed Tokens to the Purchaser by authorizing the Purchaser to withdraw such tokens from the Purchaser Maintained Wallet; and
     
  ii. wire the cash component (if any) of the Call Payment to the account designated in writing by the Purchaser.

 

  b. Purchaser’s Delivery. Upon receipt of the Call Payment, the Purchaser shall, in accordance with Section 4.18(d)(ii) of the Agreement, surrender and transfer to the Company all Callable Preferred Shares1 free and clear of all Liens by delivering any certificates and/or causing the Company’s transfer agent to effect the book-entry transfer of such shares to the Company.

 

5. Further Assurances

 

The Company and the Purchaser shall execute and deliver such further instruments and take such additional actions as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the intent of this Call Option Exercise Notice and Section 4.18 of the Agreement.

 

6. This Call Option Exercise Notice is irrevocable upon delivery to the Purchaser.

 

 

1 Net of the Part Two Preferred Shares to be unlocked in connection with Guaranteed Part Two Return as part of the Call Payment IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Call Option Exercise Notice as of the date first written above.

 

[signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

  EXECUTED for and on behalf of,
     
  FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. in accordance with Section 4.18 of the Agreement
                       
  By:
  Name: Javier Selgas
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Agreed and Accepted:  
     
Purchaser:  
Fetch Compute, Inc.  
             
By:  
Name:  
Title:  

 

 

 

Schedule 1

 

Calculation of Call Payment

 

Purchased Securities Outstanding Prior to Call Notice      
Part One Preferred Shares outstanding     1,335,388  
Part Two Preferred Shares outstanding (as of the date of this notice)2     975,860  
Total Purchased Securities outstanding     2,311,248  
         
Part Two Preferred Shares Unlocked as part of the Guaranteed Part Two Return        
Series A4 Preferred Shares Reference Price   $ 3.894  
Stated value of Part One Preferred Shares   $ 5,200,000  
Guaranteed Part Two Return (% per annum)     25 %
Year fraction Part One Preferred Shares remained outstanding     0.658333333  
Value of Guaranteed Part Two Return   $ 855,833.35  
Part Two Preferred Shares unlocked as part of the Guaranteed Part Two Return     756,077  
         
Part One Preferred Shares outstanding     1,335,388  
Part Two Preferred Shares Balance3     756,077  
Total     2,091,465  
         
Other        
Swapped Token Factor:     n/a  
Number of Attributed Tokens:     11,300,000  
Token Price (per FET Token)   $ 0.460177  
Cash Component (if any): (Formula per “Call Payment” definition)   $ 0.00  

 

 

2 Inclusive of Part Two Preferred Shares that will be unlocked as part of the Guaranteed Part Two Return.

3 Net of Part Two Preferred Shares that will be unlocked as part of the Guaranteed Part Two Return.

 

 

 

EX-10.5 6 ex10-5.htm EX-10.5

 

Exhibit 10.5

 

Company No. 1891111

 

 

TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

 

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, 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, 26th day of October 2020, 20th day of December 2021, 14th day of February 2022, 26th day of May 2022, 13th day of July 2022, 23rd day of March 2023, 30th day of June 2023, 2nd day of February 2024, 12th day of June 2024, 24th day of January 2024, 31st day of January 2025, 27th day of June 2025 and 28th day of October 2025

 

 

 

TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

A Company Limited By Shares

 

1 NAME

 

The name of the Company is Freight Technologies, 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 no par value 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. a maximum of 25,000 series seed preferred shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Series Seed Preferred Shares”);
ii. a maximum of 10,000,000 series A1-A preferred Shares with par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Series A1-A Preferred Shares” or the “Series A1 Preferred Shares”);
iii. a maximum of 3,000,000 series A2 preferred shares with par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Series A2 Preferred Shares”);
iv. an unlimited number of series A4 preferred shares with par value of US$0.0001 each, (the “Series A4 Preferred Shares”);

 

(c) a maximum of 21,000,000 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 (if any) 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 (if any) 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.

 

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 or senior to 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:

 

Act means the BVI Business Companies Act (As Revised), as amended from time to time, and includes the BVI Business Companies Regulations (As Revised) 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.

 

Alternate Consideration has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.6(d) 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 Preferred Shares, 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.

 

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

 

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

 

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Buy In has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.3(d) of the Schedule.

 

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 Date has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.1 of the Schedule.

 

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

 

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

 

Excess Shares has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.9 of the Schedule.

 

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

 

executed includes any mode of execution.

 

Fundamental Transaction has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.6(d) of the Schedule.

 

July 2022 Amendment Date means July 13, 2022.

 

Liquidation has the meaning given to it in Section 4.4. of the Schedule.

 

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

 

Management has the meaning given to it in Section 22 of the Articles.

 

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.

 

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

 

Notice of Conversion has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.1 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.

 

Original Issue Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.3 of the Schedule.

 

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.

 

Purchase Rights has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.6 of the Schedule.

 

Reference Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.5.1(a) 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 means the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares voting together as a single class, which must include Freight Opportunities LLC.

 

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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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

October 2025 Amendment Date means October 28, 2025, the date on which the Memorandum and articles were amended and restated.

 

Series A Conversion Price means the Series A1-A Conversion Price, Series A2 Conversion Price and/or 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-A Original Issue Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.3 of the Schedule.

 

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

 

Series A2 Original Issue Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.3 of the Schedule.

 

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

 

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

Series A4 Original Issue Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.3 of the Schedule.

 

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

 

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 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(b) of the Memorandum.

 

Series B Conversion Price means, as initially in effect, US$1.40, and as previously adjusted and as in effect on the August 2025 Amendment Date, US$_____, subject to further 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(c) of the Memorandum.

 

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

 

Series Seed Original Issue Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.3 of the Schedule.

 

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.

 

Share Delivery Date has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.3(a) of the Schedule.

 

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.

 

Standard Settlement Date has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.3(a) of the Schedule.

 

Stated Value means each Series B Preferred Share shall have a par value of US$0.0001 per share as of the July 2022 Amendment Date and a stated value, as initially in effect as of the July 2022 Amendment Date equal to $6.60, and as previously adjusted and as in effect on the August 2025 Amendment Date, equal to US$_____, subject to further adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Schedule.

 

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.

 

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Successor Entity has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5.6(d) of the Schedule.

 

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 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, 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.

 

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.

 

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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. Waiver

 

3.1.1. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

3.1.2. Business Opportunities Regulation

 

Any amendment to Regulation 22 of the Articles shall require the written consent or affirmative vote of the Requisite Holders given in writing or by vote at a meeting.

 

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 written consent or affirmative 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.

 

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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.

 

The “Series A1-A Original Issue Price” shall mean US$0.47, subject to appropriate further 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 A2 Original Issue Price” shall mean US$0.47, subject to appropriate further 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 $US1.77, subject to appropriate further adjustment in the event of any share dividend, share split, division, combination or other similar share reorganization with respect to the Series A4 Preferred Shares. The “Series Seed Original Issue Price shall mean US$ 16.3974, subject to appropriate further 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 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.

 

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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

 

(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.

 

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3.4.5. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

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 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 be the price determined as set forth in Section 3.5.1(c), subject to adjustment as provided therein. The “Series A2 Conversion Price” was initially equal to US$1.40 and as previously adjusted and as in effect on the August 2025 Amendment Date is US$____. The “Series A1-A Conversion Price” was initially equal to US$1.40 and as previously adjusted and as in effect on the August 2025 Amendment Date is US$______. The “Series Seed Conversion Price” was initially equal to US$36.01 and as previously adjusted and as in effect on the August 2025 Amendment Date, is US$______ (the Series A4 Conversion Price, Series A2 Conversion Price and Series A1-A 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”). The “Series A4 Reference Price” shall be equal to US$3.894. The “Series A2 Reference Price” shall be equal to US$3.122. The “Series A1-A Reference Price” shall be equal to US$2.086. The “Series Seed Reference Price” shall be equal to US$36.01. The Series A4 Reference Price, Series A2 Reference Price and Series A1-A 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”).

 

Subject to the provisions set out in Section 3.5.9, the Company may by notice to the Shareholders holding Series A Preferred Shares, and without any further action being required by any Shareholders holding any such Series A Preferred Shares to accomplish the same, mandatorily convert all of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares, at any time, and without the payment of additional consideration by the Shareholder thereof, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Shares (or, for any Excess Shares (as defined in Section 3.5.9), pre-funded warrants exercisable into such number of fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Shares), as is determined by dividing 1.20 times the applicable Reference Price by the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion, provided however, the Series A4 shall be determined by dividing the applicable Reference Price by the applicable Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion.

 

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(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.

 

(c) Series A4 Conversion Price

 

The “Series A4 Conversion Price” shall mean the greater of (i) the lowest daily VWAP of the Ordinary Shares in the seven (7) consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding the date of the conversion of the applicable Series A Preferred Share and (ii) the Series A4 Conversion Price Floor. For purposes of this Section 3.5.1(c) the “Series A4 Conversion Price Floor” shall equal 20% of the closing price of the Ordinary Shares on the Trading Market on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the issuance of such applicable Series A4 Preferred Share. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the issuance of the applicable Series A4 Preferred Share effect a division of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the applicable Series A4 Conversion Price Floor in effect immediately before that division shall be proportionately decreased so that the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on conversion of such Series A4 Preferred, if a conversion were effected at the Series A4 Conversion Price Floor 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 applicable Series A4 Preferred Shares combine the outstanding shares of Ordinary Shares, the applicable Series A4 Conversion Price Floor in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased so that the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on conversion of such Series A4 Preferred Share, if a conversion were effected at the Series A4 Conversion Price Floor, shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Any adjustment of the Series A4 Conversion Price Floor as a result of the division or combination of the Ordinary Shares under this Section 3.5.1(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date such division or combination becomes effective.

 

3.5.2. Fractional Shares

 

No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, except in the case of the conversion of a Series A4 Preferred Share, in respect of which the Company may issue a fraction of an Ordinary Share. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the Shareholder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall (subject to compliance with the Act) 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.

 

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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 Series A 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 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 Series A 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.

 

(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 the 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.

 

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(c) Effect of Conversion

 

All Series A Preferred Shares which shall have been surrendered for conversion as herein provided (or mandatorily converted by the Company as provided herein) 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 (or, in connection with a mandatory conversion by the Company at the time the Company delivers such notice of mandatory conversion or at such other future time as the Company may specify in such notice of mandatory conversion), 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 mandatorily converted by the Company as provided herein) or on the Ordinary Shares delivered upon conversion

 

3.5.4. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

3.5.5. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

3.5.6. [Intentionally omitted]

 

3.5.7. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

3.5.8. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

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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 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 (except for the Series A4 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 (except for the Series A4 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.

 

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 3.5.11 do 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.

 

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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, 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 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.

 

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 certificate executed by an authorized officer 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. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Company will be deemed to have fully satisfied its obligations thereunder if in lieu of issuing the officer’s certificate contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the Company files with the Commission a Form 8-K, Form 6-K or other report in which the Company discloses the information that would otherwise be required to be included in the officer’s certificate contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence. 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 certificate executed by an authorized officer 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. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

4.1A Waiver

 

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

 

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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.

 

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 limitation set forth in Section 4.5.4 below) determined by dividing the Stated Value of such share of Series B Preferred Shares by the Series B 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.

 

Subject to the provisions set out in Section 4.5.4, the Company may by notice to the Shareholders holding Series B Preferred Shares, and without any further action being required by the Shareholders holding Series B Preferred Shares to accomplish the same, mandatorily convert all of the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares, at any 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 1.20 times the Stated Value by the Series B Conversion Price. The “Conversion Date” for purposes of the Schedule in the case of the Company’s mandatory conversion of Series B Preferred Shares hereunder shall be the date on which the Company delivers such notice of mandatory conversion to the Shareholders or such other future date as the Company may specify in such notice of mandatory conversion.

 

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4.5.2. Conversion Price

 

The conversion price for the Series B Preferred Shares shall be 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.

 

(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 the 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.

 

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(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 Series B 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 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 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. [RESERVED]

 

 

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 4.5.6(a), 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 Shareholders of Series B Preferred Shares 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 Section 4.5.4 above, 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 Shareholder’s Series B Preferred Shares is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4.5.4 on the conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Series B 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 Series B 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 converting his, her or its Series B Preferred Shares 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 holding Series B Preferred Shares 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 Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares and approved by the Shareholders holding a Majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares, deliver to the Shareholders holding Series B Preferred Shares in exchange for their 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 Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred Shares. 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. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Company will be deemed to have fully satisfied its obligations thereunder if in lieu of issuing the notice contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the Company files with the Commission a Form 8-K, Form 6-K or other report in which the Company discloses the information that would otherwise be required to be included in the notice contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence.

 

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 are 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 Shareholders holding 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 (AS REVISED)

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, 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.

 

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

 

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.

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 one-third 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

 

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(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.

 

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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