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Each Unit shall consist of (a) that number of shares (each, a Primary Share) of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Company Common Stock), as is equal to the quotient obtained by taking the product obtained by multiplying U.S. $ [Insert number] by the number of Units being subscribed to, and dividing said product by the average of the consolidated closing bid price of one share of Company Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC (Closing Bid Price), for the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the date on which the Merger is publicly announced, and (b) one (1) Warrant (the Warrant) to purchase one (1) share of Company Common Stock (each, a Warrant Share). The form of Warrant being issued is set forth as Schedule A hereto, and the terms and conditions of said Warrants, which terms and conditions are described below under the heading Warrants, are as set forth therein. | |
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The purchase price per Unit (the Purchase Price) shall be $ [Insert number]. | |
Commitment:
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Buyer agrees to purchase from Company [Insert number] Units and to pay a total Purchase Price for such Units equal to U.S. $ [Insert number] multiplied by the number of Units being acquired by such Buyer, and, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Company agrees to sell and issue to Buyer at the Closing the Primary Shares and Warrants comprising the Units. Buyer acknowledges that this commitment (i) is irrevocable, (ii) is conditioned upon acceptance by or on behalf of the Company and may be accepted or rejected in whole or in part by the Company in its sole discretion and (iii) will expire if not accepted by the Company on or prior to six months from the date hereof. |
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The Warrants shall be immediately exercisable upon issue, have an exercise price per Warrant Share equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) U.S. $30 million by (ii) the number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock immediately upon the occurrence of the Merger (and giving effect thereto). The Warrants will have an expiration date upon the earlier to occur of (x) the third anniversary of the consummation of the Merger or (y) the forty-fifth day after the Company provides notice to the holder of the Warrant that the Closing Bid Price had exceeded 130% of the exercise price for ten consecutive trading days. The Warrants would not be publicly traded or registered on any securities exchange. The form and the terms and conditions of the Warrants shall be that of Schedule A attached to this Commitment Letter and the terms and conditions set forth on said Schedule A, and not the summary set forth in this paragraph, shall govern the interpretation of the Warrants. | |
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In connection with the Merger, the Company will effect a reverse stock split. The numbers of Primary Shares and Warrant Shares in this Commitment Letter, as well as the Purchase Price per Unit and the Closing Bid Price set forth herein are pre-split, and will be adjusted to give effect to the reserve stock split. | |
Buyer Status:
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Buyer represents that it is a Qualified Investor within the meaning of Section 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and an investment professional within the meaning of Article 19 of the FSMA 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 and is not a U.S. Person within the meaning of Rule 902 of Regulation S promulgated under the Act. | |
Voting Rights:
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Primary Shares and Warrant Shares shall have one vote per share in accordance with Delaware law. Warrant Shares shall have no voting rights until the Warrants are exercised and the Warrant Shares are issued and outstanding. Warrants shall have no voting rights. | |
Purpose:
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Company shall apply the total Purchase Price of the Units sold in the Offering toward the general corporate expenses of the Company. | |
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Buyer agrees to not sell any Primary Shares or the Warrants or any Warrant Shares for a period of not less than six (6) months from the date of issuance by the Company of the relevant Primary Shares, Warrant or Warrant Shares to Buyer. Moreover, the purchase and sale of the Primary Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares are subject to Regulation S promulgated under the Act by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and relating to an available exemption from registration for the sale of securities by U.S. companies in offshore transactions. To that end Buyer represents, certifies and agrees that (i) it is not a U.S Person (within the meaning of Regulation S) and is not acquiring the Primary Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person, (ii) Buyer did not become aware of the Company or the Units through any form of directed selling efforts (as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S), and no general solicitation or general advertising in violation of the Act has been or will be used nor will any offers by means of any directed selling efforts in the United States be made by Buyer or any of its representatives in connection with the offer and sale of any of the Units or the Warrant Shares, (iii) at the time of the origination of contact concerning the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter and on the date of execution and |
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| delivery of this Commitment Letter by Buyer, Buyer was outside the United States, (iv) with respect to the Primary Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares, it shall comply with the Transfer Restrictions set out on Schedule B attached to this Commitment Letter and made a part hereof, (v) that such Transfer Restrictions shall be set out in a legend on certificate(s) representing the Primary Shares, the Warrant Shares and the Warrants, and (vi) that the Company will refuse (or cause its transfer agent and registrar to refuse) transfer and registration of any Primary Shares or Warrant Shares or Warrant transferred other than in accordance with the Transfer Restrictions. | ||
Payment:
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Payment shall be made by Buyer into escrow with the Company on such date as the Company notifies the Buyer of at least two (2) days prior thereto (the Payment Date) by wire transfer to the Companys account, in U.S. Dollars, to [Insert Bank Account Info]. The Payment Date, to be selected by the Company, shall be not less than five (5) days, and not more than ten (10) days, from the anticipated Closing Date (as defined below). Notwithstanding the earlier Payment Date, the closing with respect to the Primary Shares and the Warrants (the Closing) shall occur substantially simultaneously with the consummation of the Merger and the date of such consummation shall be referred to as the Closing Date. Subsequent to the Closing, the Company shall deliver certificates evidencing the Primary Shares registered with the Companys transfer agent and the Warrants registered on the books of the Company, in each case, in the name and address of the Buyer as set out above in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that the Buyer shall be the owner of such Primary Shares and Warrants from the Closing Date. If, subsequent to the Payment Date, the Company determines that the Closing will not occur, the Company shall promptly return the funds so deposited in escrow to the Buyer without interest. | |
Law:
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This Commitment Letter and the purchase of the Primary Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares shall be governed by Delaware law without reference to the conflicts of laws rules of any jurisdiction. | |
Miscellaneous:
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This Commitment Letter is not assignable by Buyer without the consent of the Company. The representations and warranties made by the Buyer in this Commitment Letter shall survive the Closings. Schedule B is an integral part of this Commitment Letter and shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein. This Commitment Letter may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one instrument. | |
Signatures:
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This Commitment Letter to buy and sell Units has been executed and delivered by the following authorized representatives of the Buyer and the Company. |
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| THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS WARRANT, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED BY SUCH HOLDER PRIOR TO THE LATER OF THE (X) SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING THE ISSUANCE HEREOF OR (Y) IF APPLICABLE, THREE MONTHS AFTER IT CEASES TO BE AN AFFILIATE, OTHER THAN (1) TO THE COMPANY, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144, IF APPLICABLE, UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT BUT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND IN RELATION TO WHICH THE HOLDER HAS FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION TO SUCH EFFECT FROM COUNSEL OF RECOGNISED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY PRIOR TO SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS WARRANT, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT IS A NON-U.S. PERSON, AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT. |
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| 2 | Insert third anniversary of the date of the Merger. |
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| THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT REREGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED BY SUCH HOLDER PRIOR TO THE LATER OF (X) SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING THE ISSUANCE HEREOF OR (Y) IF APPLICABLE, THREE MONTHS AFTER IT CEASES TO BE AN AFFILIATE, OTHER THAN (1) TO THE COMPANY, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144, IF APPLICABLE, UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT BUT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND IN RELATION TO WHICH THE HOLDER HAS FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION TO SUCH EFFECT FROM COUNSEL OF RECOGNISED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY PRIOR TO SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT IS A NON-U.S. PERSON, AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT. |
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| A. | It is acquiring the Unit Securities for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account or person is not a U.S. Person, and it is aware that the acquisition of Unit Securities is being made in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. | |
| B. | It acknowledges that the Unit Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold except as provided below. | |
| C. | It understands and agrees: |
| 1. | that the Unit Securities are being offered only outside the United States to non-U.S. Persons in an offshore transaction in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act; and | ||
| 2. | that it shall not offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer any Unit Security within six (6) months after the date of original issuance of such Unit Security or, in the case of an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act) of the Company, at any time until the later of (i) one (1) year after the date of original issuance of such Unit Security and (ii) three months after it ceases to be an affiliate of the Company, other than (in each case as indicated and certified by the transferor, in the case of Primary Shares or Warrant Shares, in the Certificate of Transfer on the reverse of the certificate representing such Primary Shares or Warrant Shares, and, in the case of Warrants, in a certificate furnished by the transferor to the Company upon request for transfer): |
| (a) | to the Company; | ||
| (b) | pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States; | ||
| (c) | in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act; | ||
| (d) | pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act; or | ||
| (e) | in a transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act but is in accordance with applicable state securities laws and in relation to which the transferor has furnished to the Company an opinion to such effect from counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Company prior to such offer, sale, pledge or transfer. |
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| D. | It understands that in any resale and transfer of Unit Securities it will, and each subsequent holder thereof is required to, notify any purchaser of Unit Securities of the resale restrictions referred to above, if then applicable. This notification requirement will be satisfied by virtue of the fact that the following legend will be placed on the certificates representing the Primary Shares, the Warrants and the Warrants Shares, unless otherwise agreed to by the Company: |
| THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED BY SUCH HOLDER PRIOR TO THE LATER OF THE (X) SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING THE ISSUANCE HEREOF OR (Y) IF APPLICABLE, THREE MONTHS AFTER IT CEASES TO BE AN AFFILIATE, OTHER THAN (1) TO THE COMPANY, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144, IF APPLICABLE, UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT BUT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND IN RELATION TO WHICH THE HOLDER HAS FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION TO SUCH EFFECT FROM COUNSEL OF RECOGNISED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY PRIOR TO SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT IS A NON-U.S. PERSON, AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT. |
| E. | It acknowledges that the foregoing restrictions apply to holders of beneficial interests in the Unit Securities as well as to holders of Unit Securities. | |
| F. | It acknowledges that it shall not engage in any hedging transactions involving the Unit Securities unless in compliance with the Securities Act. | |
| G. | It is a Qualified Investor within the meaning of Section 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and an investment professional within the meaning of Article 19 of the FSMA 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005. |
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