Ridgetech Inc 6-K, filed Aug 2, 2022
Ridgetech Inc. (RDGT)
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Ridgetech Inc filed this 6-K on August 2, 2022.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2022
Commission File Number: 001-40724
CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Hai Wai Hai Tongxin Mansion Floor 6 Gong Shu District,
Hangzhou
City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China, 310008
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On July 29, 2022, China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Securities Purchase Agreements (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain non-U.S. persons (the “Investors”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Investors, and the Investors agreed to purchase from the Company, in a private placement an aggregate of 1,000,000 ordinary shares (the “Shares”), par value $0.012 per share, of the Company (“Ordinary Share”), at a purchase price of $1.50 per Share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $1,500,000, as well as warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $2.625 per share (the “Warrants”). The Warrants shall be exercisable immediately following issuance and expire thirty-six months from the issuance date of the Warrants. The exercise price and the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions. Concurrently, the Company and the Investors entered into Shareholder Rights Agreements (the “Rights Agreement”) regarding rights and obligations of the Investors and the Company with regard to the sale of the Shares and the Warrants (such transaction, the “Offering”). Rights of the Investors under the Rights Agreement include demand registration rights, and piggyback registration rights in case the Company proposes a registered securities offering. Moreover, under the Rights Agreement, the Investors agree to vote according to the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors regarding any proposal requiring Company shareholder approval, and to refrain from various transactions involving Company securities or assets absent prior consent of the Company or its board of directors.
The Offering is pursuant to and in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The foregoing description of documents related to the Offering does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full texts of form of Purchase Agreement, form of Warrant and form of the Rights Agreement, a copy of each is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, Exhibit 99.2, and Exhibit 99.3, respectively, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement | |
| 99.2 | Form of Warrant | |
| 99.3 | Form of Shareholder Rights Agreement |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: August 2, 2022 | CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Lei Liu | |
| Name: | Lei Liu | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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Exhibit 99.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of July 29, 2022 by and among China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and the purchasers listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Schedule of Purchasers”), each of which is herein referred to as a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers.”
WHEREAS, the parties desire that the Purchasers make an equity investment in the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the rules and regulations as promulgated by the SEC (as defined below) under Regulation S of the Securities Act (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the Ordinary Shares (as defined below) issued to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement shall have the registration and other rights as evidenced by the Shareholders Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, dated as of the date hereof and entered into among the Company and the Purchasers (the “Shareholders Rights Agreement”).
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(i) “Adverse Person” means such Persons that is either (1) a Person listed (during any of the three completed calendar years prior to the date hereof) in China Medicine Retail Company Top 100 published by the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, or (2) a Person listed (during any of the three completed calendar years prior to the date hereof) in China Medicine Store Chains Comprehensive Capabilities Top 100 published by the 21st Century Medicine Store, as well as any Associate or Subsidiary of such Persons in clauses (1) or (2).
(ii) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have correlative meanings.
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(iii) “Associate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (together with any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, trust and incorporated or unincorporated association controlling it, controlled by it or under the same control with it) which, directly or indirectly, through voting securities or contractual arrangements or otherwise, (i) holds or has the right to acquire 25% or more of the capital stock, either in terms of economic interests or voting power, of the Person specified; (ii) is the single largest shareholder of the Person specified, or (iii) has the power to appoint or nominate or designate at least one-third of the members of the board of directors (or other equivalent authority, as applicable) or one-third or more of the senior executive officers of the Person specified.
(iv) “Company Intellectual Property” shall mean all of the Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(v) “Company Intellectual Property Agreements” shall mean the contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement: (i) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is granted a right to any third party’s Intellectual Property that is material to the operation of the Company’s business as a whole, other than licenses and related services agreements for commercially available technology or Intellectual Property, or (ii) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has licensed to third parties rights under any material Company Intellectual Property, other than customer, developer and reseller licenses and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the sale or licensing of Company products or services.
(vi) “Company Options” shall mean options to purchase Ordinary Share under any of the Company Stock Option Plans.
(vii) “Company Stock Option Plan” shall mean each stock option plan, stock award plan, stock appreciation right plan, phantom stock plan, stock option, other equity or equity-based compensation plan, equity or other equity based award to any employee, whether payable in cash, shares or otherwise (to the extent not issued pursuant to any of the foregoing plans), or other plan or contract of any nature with any employee pursuant to which any stock, option, warrant or other right to purchase or acquire capital stock of the Company or right to payment based on the value of Company capital stock has been granted or otherwise issued.
(viii) “Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(ix) “FCPA” shall mean the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(x) “GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles.
(xi) “Governmental Entity” shall mean any national, provincial, state, municipal, local government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority.
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(xii) “Intellectual Property” shall mean the rights associated with or arising under any of the following anywhere in the world: (i) patents and applications therefor; (ii) copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor, and all other corresponding rights in works of authorship, however denominated; (iii) rights in industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor; (iv) trademark rights and corresponding rights in trade names, logos and service marks, trademarks or service marks, and registrations and applications therefor; (v) trade secrets rights and corresponding rights in confidential business and technical information and know-how (“Trade Secrets”); and (vi) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing anywhere in the world (as applicable).
(xiii) “Knowledge” of any Person that is not an individual means the knowledge of such Person’s directors and officers.
(xiv) “Legal Requirements” shall mean any national, provincial, state, municipal, local or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, order, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity.
(xv) “Lien” shall mean any pledge, claim, lien, charge, encumbrance, option and security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever.
(xvi) “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, when used in connection with an entity, any change, event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect (any such item, an “Effect”), that could have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.
(xvii) “Nasdaq” shall mean the Nasdaq Capital Market.
(xviii) “Ordinary Share” shall mean the Ordinary Share of the Company, par value US$0.012 per share.
(xix) “Permits” shall mean all permits, licenses, variances, exemptions, orders and approvals from Governmental Entities.
(xx) “Permitted Liens” shall mean (i) statutory liens for taxes that are not yet due and payable, (ii) statutory liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements, (iii) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar programs mandated by applicable Law, (iv) statutory liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies and other like liens, (v) liens in the ordinary course of business, and (vi) liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of an applicable Legal Requirement to secure payments of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods.
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(xxi) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other enterprise, association, organization, entity or Governmental Entity.
(xxii) “PRC” shall mean the People’s Republic of China and solely for the purposes of this Agreement, exclude Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan.
(xxiii) “Predecessor” means China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a predecessor to the Company.
(xxiv) “Preferred Shares” means the preferred shares of the Company, par value US$0.001 per share.
(xxv) “SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(xxvi) “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(xxvii) “Subsidiaries” shall mean, when used with respect to any party, any corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, at least a majority of the securities or other interests of which having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such party or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, the Subsidiaries of the Company shall include any variable interest entity over which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries effects control pursuant to contractual arrangements and which is consolidated with the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to the Company.
(xxviii) “Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Shareholders Rights Agreement and all exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto.
(xxix) “Transfer Agent” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 6201 1501st Ave, Brooklyn NY 11219 and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
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(b) The following capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the respective sections of this Agreement set forth opposite each of the capitalized terms below:
| Term | Section where Defined | |
| Accredited Investor | 4(d) | |
| Agreement | Preamble | |
| Board | 3(e)(iii) | |
| Closing | 2(c) | |
| Company | Preamble | |
| Company Balance Sheet | 3(e)(ii) | |
| Company Financials | 3(e)(ii) | |
| Company Permits | 3(m)(ii) | |
| Company SEC Reports | 3(e)(i) | |
| correspondence | 6(b)(i) | |
| DWAC | 2(d) | |
| Irreparable Breach | 6(e)(iii) | |
| Purchase Shares | 2(a) | |
| Purchaser | Preamble | |
| Purchasers | Preamble | |
| Schedule of Purchasers | Preamble | |
| Shareholders Rights Agreement | Recitals | |
| Trade Secrets | 1(a)(x) | |
| U.S. Person | 4(k) | |
| Warrant | 2(a) | |
| Warrant Shares | 2(a) |
2. Purchase and Sale
(a) Purchase and Sale of the Purchase Shares. At the Closing, the Company hereby agrees to sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers hereby agree, severally but not jointly, to purchase, for a purchase price of US$1.50 per share, Ordinary Shares in the amounts listed on the Schedule of Purchasers (the “Purchase Shares”).
(b) Warrant. At the Closing and in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchase Shares, the Company agrees to issue to each Purchaser a warrant (the “Warrant”) in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B to purchase the same number of Ordinary Shares such Purchaser is purchasing pursuant to Section 2(a) above (such Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the “Warrant Shares”).
(c) Closing. At the closing (the “Closing”), the Company shall issue and sell the Purchase Shares and Warrant to the Purchasers as indicated on the Schedule of Purchasers. The Closing shall take place remotely through the exchange of signature pages and documents electronically or by facsimile. The Closing shall take place on the fifth business day following the date of this Agreement or a later date as mutually agreed upon by all parties.
(d) Deliveries. At the Closing, each Purchaser shall pay to the Company the purchase price for the Purchase Shares it is purchasing as indicated in the Schedule of Purchasers. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer of U.S. Dollars to a bank account of the Company in accordance with the Company’s wire instructions. The Company shall, at the Closing, issue and deliver to each Purchaser a certificate representing the Purchase Shares being purchased by such Purchaser at the Closing (together with a certified copy of relevant pages of the register of members of the Company reflecting the issuance of the Purchase Shares being purchased by such Purchaser), as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name in the Schedule of Purchasers, or cause the Transfer Agent via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) to deliver such Purchase Shares, and a Warrant to purchase the same number of Ordinary Shares, registered in the name of such Purchaser.
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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Company SEC Reports, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers as follows:
(a) Organization; Good Standing; Qualification; Subsidiaries. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation or other organization duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (when such concept is applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted as described in the Company SEC Reports. The Company is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b) Capitalization.
(i) Capital Stock. (i) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500,000,000 Ordinary Shares and 10,000,000 Preferred Shares. As of the date hereof, 4,337,360 Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding and none of the Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Company are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights.
(ii) Equity Incentive Plan. As of the date hereof: (i) 80,583 Ordinary Shares are subject to issuance pursuant to Company Options; and (ii) 58,379 Ordinary Shares are reserved for future issuance under the Company Stock Option Plan. All Ordinary Shares subject to issuance under the Company Stock Option Plans, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable (including payment of the exercise price therefor), would be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except for outstanding Company Options, there are no outstanding or authorized restricted stock unit, stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other forms of stock-based awards with respect to the Company.
(iii) Other Securities. As of the date hereof, there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertaking. All outstanding Ordinary Shares, all outstanding Company Options, and all outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary of the Company have been issued and granted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable securities laws and other material Legal Requirements.
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(c) Authorization; Non-Contravention.
(i) Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the Company necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Purchase Shares and the Warrants has been taken prior to the date hereof, and each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, when validly executed by each of the Purchasers, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained therein may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.
(ii) Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Purchase Shares and the Warrants) will not (i) result in a violation of the Company’s charter documents (each as amended to date), (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 any Subsidiary is a party, or (iii) subject to the consents set forth in Section 3(f), result in a violation of any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected.
(d) SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Internal Controls.
(i) SEC Filings. As of the date hereof, the Company or the Predecessor, as applicable, has filed all required registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated by reference) required to be filed by it with the SEC. All such registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents in the form filed with the SEC have been made available to the Purchasers or are publicly available in the Interactive Data Electronic Applications database of the SEC. All such required registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents, as amended, are referred to herein as the “Company SEC Reports.” As of their respective dates (or if subsequently amended or supplemented, on the date of such amendment or supplement), the Company SEC Reports (i) were prepared in accordance and complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Reports, and (ii) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC. No executive officer of the Company has failed to make the certifications required of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, with respect to any Company SEC Report. Neither the Company nor any of its executive officers has received notice from any Governmental Entity challenging or questioning the accuracy, completeness, form or manner of filing of such certifications.
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(ii) Financial Statements. Each of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes thereto) contained in the Company SEC Reports (the “Company Financials”): (i) complied in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto; (ii) was prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, for normal and recurring year-end adjustments and as may be permitted by the SEC on Form 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q, 8-K, 6-K or any successor or like form under the Exchange Act); and (iii) fairly presented in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of the Company’s operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. The balance sheet of the Company as of September 30, 2021 contained in the Company SEC Reports is hereinafter referred to as the “Company Balance Sheet.” Except as disclosed in the Company Financials, since the date of the Company Balance Sheet and through the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities required under GAAP to be set forth on a consolidated balance sheet which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(iii) Sarbanes-Oxley and Internal Controls. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing. The Company has established and maintains, adheres to and enforces a system of internal accounting controls which are effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, including policies and procedures that (i) require the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company’s independent auditors, has identified or been made aware of (A) any significant deficiency or material weakness, in each case which has not been subsequently remediated, in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B) any fraud that involves the Company’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company.
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(e) Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity is required to be obtained or made by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, except for those that have been obtained on or prior to the date hereof.
(f) Brokers or Finders. The Company has not incurred, and shall not incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for any brokerage or finders’ fees or agents commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
(g) Nasdaq. The Ordinary Shares are listed on Nasdaq. There are no proceedings to revoke or suspend such listing and the Company has not received any notice from Nasdaq, nor does the Company have Knowledge of any reason that the Company does not or will not meet the listing or maintenance requirements for continuing listing on Nasdaq.
(h) Valid Issuance of Securities. The Purchase Shares have been duly authorized, and the Purchase Shares and the Warrants, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and upon payment of the purchase price therefor, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer imposed by U.S. law (both state and federal) or other applicable securities laws and as set forth in the Transaction Documents). The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the applicable Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer imposed by U.S. law (both state and federal) and other applicable securities laws and as set forth in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the Warrants.
(i) Offering. Provided that the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers herein are complete, true and accurate, then the offer, issuance and sale of the Purchase Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares pursuant hereto will be exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act, and will have been registered or qualified (or are exempt from registration and qualification) under the registration, permit or qualification requirements of all applicable U.S. state securities laws. Neither the Company nor any agent on its behalf has solicited any offers to sell or has offered to sell all or any part of the Purchase Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares to any person or persons so as to bring the sale of such securities within the registration and/or qualification provisions of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities laws.
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(j) No Material Adverse Effect. Since September 30, 2021, no event or circumstance has occurred that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(k) Intellectual Property. (i) The Company Intellectual Property is owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries free and clear of Liens, other than (i) Permitted Liens, (ii) encumbrances, restrictions or other obligations arising under any of the Company Intellectual Property Agreements, or (iii) Liens that could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(ii) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has taken reasonable steps consistent with applicable industry practice to protect and preserve the confidentiality of material confidential information that they wish to, or are obligated by third parties to, protect as Trade Secrets, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no misappropriation from the Company of such Trade Secrets by any Person, except where such misappropriation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(iii) To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their current products or services is infringing upon or otherwise violating the Intellectual Property of any third party, except where such infringement could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(iv) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has not received written notice of any suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding made, conducted or brought by a third party that has been served upon or, to the Knowledge of the Company, filed or threatened in writing with respect to any alleged infringement or other violation in any material respect by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their current products or services or other operation of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ business of the Intellectual Property of such third party. As of the date of this Agreement, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no pending or threatened claim challenging the validity or enforceability of, or contesting the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights with respect to, any of the material Company Intellectual Property.
(v) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will not result in (i) the Company or its Subsidiaries granting to any third party any rights or licenses to any Company Intellectual Property, (ii) any right of termination or cancellation under any Company Intellectual Property Agreement, or (iii) the imposition of any Lien on any Company Intellectual Property, except where any of the foregoing (in clauses (i) through (iii)) would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance; Permits.
(i) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or in violation of any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses or properties is bound or affected, except for conflicts, violations and defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. As of the date hereof, no material investigation or review by any Governmental Entity is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has been threatened in a writing delivered to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
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(ii) Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold, to the extent legally required, all Permits that are required for the operation of the business of the Company, as currently conducted, the failure to hold which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company (collectively, “Company Permits”). As of the date hereof, no suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of Company, threatened. The Company and its Subsidiaries comply in all material respects with the terms of the Company Permits.
(m) Litigation. As of the date hereof, there are no claims, suits, actions or proceedings or, to the Knowledge of the Company, pending or threatened in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, before any court, governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or any arbitrator that seeks to restrain or enjoin the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or which would reasonably be expected, either singularly or in the aggregate with all such claims, actions or proceedings, to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(n) Ownership of Assets. Other than Permitted Liens, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no Liens over or affecting the whole or any part of the material assets of the Company.
(o) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the Knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any Person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.
(p) Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Purchasers. Each of the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the Purchaser necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Shareholders Rights Agreement, and the performance of all obligations of the Purchaser hereunder and thereunder, has been taken prior to the date hereof, and each of this Agreement and the Shareholders Rights Agreement, when validly executed by the Company, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained in the Shareholders Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.
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(b) Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Purchase Shares and the Warrants to be purchased by the Purchaser will be acquired for investment for the Purchaser’s own account, and not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and the Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. The Purchaser is not a party to any contract, understanding, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Purchase Shares or the Warrants purchased by it.
(c) Receipt of Information. The Purchaser has had an opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the issuance and sale of the Purchase Shares and the Warrants, and the business, properties, prospects and financial condition of the Company, and to obtain additional information (to the extent the Company possessed such information or could acquire such information without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary to verify the accuracy of any information furnished to it or to which it had access. The foregoing, however, does not limit or modify the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 of this Agreement or the right of the Purchaser to rely thereon. The Purchaser acknowledges and understands that no Person other than the Company has been authorized to give any representations not contained in this Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchase Shares and the Warrants and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company.
(d) Accredited Investor. The Purchaser is, and on each date on which he/she/it exercises any Warrant, he/she/it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act.
(e) Investment Experience. The Purchaser is experienced in evaluating and investing in securities of companies that are similar to the Company and acknowledges that it is able to fend for itself, can bear the economic risk of its investment, and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Purchase Shares and the Warrants.
(f) Rule 144. The Purchaser understands that the Purchase Shares and the Warrants (and, upon exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares) may not be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom. In particular, the Purchaser is aware that the Purchase Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act unless all of the conditions of that rule are met. Among the conditions for use of Rule 144 is the availability of current information to the public about the Company.
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(g) Reliance on Purchaser’s Representations. The Purchaser understands that the Purchase Shares and the Warrants (and, upon exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares) being offered and sold to it will not be registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws on the ground that such issuance will be exempt from the registration requirements of U.S. federal, state and other applicable securities laws, and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire the Purchase Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
(h) Legends. Each certificate (or book-entry, as applicable) representing any of the Purchase Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares shall be endorsed with the applicable legend set forth below and any other legends required by applicable law, and the Purchaser covenants that, except to the extent such restrictions are waived in writing by the Company, it shall not transfer the securities represented by any such certificate without complying with the restrictions on transfer described in this Agreement and the legends endorsed on such certificate (or book-entry, as applicable):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREIN HAVE BEEN OFFERED AND SOLD IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” IN RELIANCE UPON REGULATION S AS PROMULGATED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
(i) Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required to be obtained or made by the Purchaser in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) Adverse Person. The Purchaser is not an Adverse Person.
(k) Not U.S. Person. The Purchaser is, and on each date on which he/she/it exercises any Warrant, he/she/it will be, not a “U.S. person” as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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5. Conditions Precedent to Closing.
(a) Conditions to the Obligation of the Purchasers to Consummate the Closing. The obligation of each of the Purchasers to consummate the Closing and to purchase and pay for the Purchase Shares and the Warrants being purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(i) Representations and Warranties; Covenants.
(1) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of the Closing as though made at that time.
(2) The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement prior to the date of Closing.
(ii) Qualifications. All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any Governmental Entity that are required in connection with the lawful issuance, sale and purchase of the Purchase Shares and the Warrants, and the purchase and the procurement of foreign exchange for payment of the Purchase Price, pursuant to this Agreement shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.
(iii) Shareholders Rights Agreement. The Company shall have executed and delivered to each Purchaser a signature page to the Shareholders Rights Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
(iv) Warrant. The Company shall have executed and delivered to each Purchaser the Warrant being purchased by such Purchaser hereunder, registered in the name of such Purchaser.
(b) Conditions to the Obligation of the Company to Consummate the Closing. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing and to issue and sell the Purchase Shares and the Warrant to the Purchasers at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(i) Representations and Warranties; Covenants.
(1) Each of the representations and warranties of each Purchaser in Section 4 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of the Closing as though made at that time.
(2) Each of the Purchasers shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement prior to the date of Closing.
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(ii) Qualifications. All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any Governmental Entity that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Purchase Shares and the Warrants pursuant to this Agreement shall be duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.
(iii) Shareholders Rights Agreement. Each Purchaser shall have executed and delivered a signature page to the Shareholders Rights Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
6. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Public Statements or Releases. None of the parties to this Agreement shall make, issue, or release any announcement, whether to the public generally, or to any of its suppliers or customers, with respect to this Agreement or the transactions provided for herein, or make any statement or acknowledgment of the existence of, or reveal the status of, this Agreement or the transactions provided for herein, without the prior consent of the other parties, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided, that nothing in this Section 6(a) shall prevent any of the parties hereto from making such public announcements as it may consider necessary in order to satisfy any Legal Requirements applicable to it, but to the extent not inconsistent with such Legal Requirements, it shall provide the other parties with an opportunity to review and comment on any proposed public announcement before it is made.
(b) Notices.
(i) Any notices, reports or other correspondence (hereinafter collectively referred to as “correspondence”) required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be sent by international courier, facsimile, electronic mail or delivered by hand to the party to whom such correspondence is required or permitted to be given hereunder. Where a notice is sent by overnight courier, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, and sending such notice through an internationally recognized express courier service, delivery fees pre-paid, and to have been effected three (3) business days following the day the same is sent as aforesaid. Where a notice is delivered by facsimile, electronic mail, by hand or by messenger, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected upon delivery; provided that facsimile or electronic mail alone does not constitute an effective notice.
(ii) All correspondence to the Company shall be addressed as follows:
China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc.
Hai Wai Hai Tongxin Mansion Floor 6
Gong Shu District, Hangzhou City
Zhejiang Province, China 310008
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
frank.zhao@jojodrugstores.com
(iii) All correspondence to any Purchaser shall be sent to such Purchaser at the address set forth under such Purchaser’s name on the Schedule of Purchasers.
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(iv) Any entity may change the address to which correspondence to it is to be addressed by notification as provided for herein.
(c) Captions. The captions and paragraph headings of this Agreement are solely for the convenience of reference and shall not affect its interpretation.
(d) Severability. Should any part or provision of this Agreement be held unenforceable or in conflict with the applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the invalid or unenforceable part or provisions shall be replaced with a provision which accomplishes, to the extent possible, the original business purpose of such part or provision in a valid and enforceable manner, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain binding upon the parties hereto.
(e) Governing Law; Arbitration; Injunctive Relief.
(i) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal and substantive laws of the State of New York.
(ii) Other than as set forth in Section 6(e)(iii), each of the parties hereto irrevocably (i) agrees that any dispute or controversy arising out of, relating to, or concerning any interpretation, construction, performance or breach of this Agreement, may be settled by arbitration to be held in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in accordance with the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association, (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such arbitration, and (iii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the State of New York in any such arbitration or to the jurisdiction of state of federal courts in the state of New York in any of the legal actions or claims. If submitted to arbitration in any jurisdiction, the decision of the arbitrator shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties to the arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s decision in any court having jurisdiction. The parties to the arbitration shall each pay an equal share of the costs and expenses of such arbitration, and each party shall separately pay for its respective counsel fees and expenses; provided, however, that the prevailing party in any such arbitration shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party its reasonable costs and attorney fees.
(iii) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that damages will not be an adequate remedy for any material breach or violation of this Agreement if such material breach or violation would cause immediate and irreparable harm (an “Irreparable Breach”). Accordingly, in the event of a threatened or ongoing Irreparable Breach, each party hereto shall be entitled to seek, in any court of law of competent jurisdiction, equitable relief of a kind appropriate in light of the nature of the ongoing or threatened Irreparable Breach, which relief may include, without limitation, specific performance or injunctive relief; provided, however, that if the party bringing such action is unsuccessful in obtaining the relief sought, the moving party shall pay the non-moving party’s reasonable costs, including attorney’s fees, incurred in connection with defending such action. Such remedies shall not be the parties’ exclusive remedies but shall be in addition to all other remedies provided in this Agreement.
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(f) Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated, and no rights or provisions may be waived, except with the written consent of the Company and Purchasers.
(g) Expenses. Each party will bear its own costs and expenses in connection with the drafting and negotiation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(h) Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (except by merger, stock sale, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction) and no Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to an Adverse Person or without the prior written consents of the Company. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section shall be void.
(i) Survival. The respective representations and warranties given by the parties hereto shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the Closing, and (ii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 6(m) of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any applicable statute of limitations, any claim with respect to the failure of a representation or warranty to be true and correct (other than as a result of fraud or willful misconduct) that is not asserted within such timeframes may not be pursued and is hereby irrevocably waived after such time.
(j) Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto respecting the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and statements respecting the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral. No modification, alteration, waiver or change in any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon the parties hereto unless made in writing and in accordance with the provisions of Section 6(f) hereof.
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(l) Counterparts; Reproductions. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. A facsimile, portable document file (PDF) or other reproduction of this Agreement may be executed by one or more parties and delivered by such party by facsimile, electronic mail or any similar electronic transmission pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen. Such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and effective for all purposes.
(m) Termination.
(i) This Agreement may be terminated, and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned at any time, by mutual consent of the Company and Purchasers. This Agreement may also be terminated (x) by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the Company, or (y) by the Company, by written notice to the Purchasers, in each case if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the date hereof; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties), and provided, further, that the right of any party to terminate this Agreement shall not be available to any party who’s action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act constitutes a material breach of this Agreement.
(ii) If terminated, this Agreement shall become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of any party hereto or their respective officers, directors or affiliates; provided, however, that (1) each party shall remain liable for any breach of this Agreement prior to its termination (subject to the limitations set forth herein, including, without limitation, Section 6(j)), and (2) the provisions of this Section 6 shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination.
(n) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY | ||
| CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Signature Page To Ordinary Share Purchase Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| PURCHASERS | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
Signature Page To Ordinary Share Purchase Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| PURCHASERS | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Signature Page To Ordinary Share Purchase Agreement
Schedule A
SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS
Exhibit A
SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit B
FORM OF WARRANT
Exhibit 99.2
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREIN HAVE BEEN OFFERED AND SOLD IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” IN RELIANCE UPON REGULATION S AS PROMULGATED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES
| No. OW- | Issued on August __, 2022 |
THIS ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [●] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after August __, 2022 (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August __, 2025 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), up to 250,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.012, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”; and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). The purchase price of one Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated July 29, 2022, among the Company and the purchasers thereto. In addition, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:
“Adjustment Right” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 3(b)) of Ordinary Shares (other than rights of the type described in Section 3(d) hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).
“Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Ordinary Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Ordinary Shares for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Ordinary Shares are 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 OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, 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 are not then listed or 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 Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Ordinary Shares so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Ordinary Shares as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Convertible Securities” means any shares or other security (other than Options) 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 Ordinary Shares.
“Exempt Issuances” means any issuance of (a) Ordinary Shares or options to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company approved by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and any securities upon exercise of warrants and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the issuance date of this Warrant, provided that such securities have not been amended since the issuance date of this Warrant to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations), and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company
“Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares or Convertible Securities.
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Ordinary Shares are 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 are 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 OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, 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 are not then listed or 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 Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the daily volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date), or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of an Ordinary Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
Section 2. Exercise.
(a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise,” and each such date, an “Exercise Date”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
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(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be $2.625, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
(c) Cashless Exercise. With the written consent of the Company, this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
| (A) | = | as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise, or (z) the Bid Price of the Ordinary Shares on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day; |
| (B) | = | the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and |
| (X) | = | the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise. |
If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).
(d) Mechanics of Exercise.
(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee for, as well as a certified copy of the relevant pages of the register of members of the Company reflecting, the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Ordinary Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder.
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(ii) Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise by written notice to the Company.
(iv) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
(v) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder subject to any transfer and assignment restrictions in this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement.
(vi) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
(e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Ordinary Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.9% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon the Company’s reasonable consent, may increase the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.9% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a permitted successor holder of this Warrant.
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Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Share Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its Ordinary Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Ordinary Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Ordinary Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse share split) outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of the Ordinary Shares any capital shares of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of 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) Adjustment Upon Issuance of Ordinary Shares. If and whenever on or after the Initial Exercise Date, the Company grants, issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to grant, issue or sell), or in accordance with this Section 3(b) is deemed to have issued or sold, any Ordinary Shares (including the issuance or sale of Ordinary Shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any Exempt Issuances issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to herein as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 3(b)), the following shall be applicable:
(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants, issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to grant, issue or sell) any Options and the lowest price per share for which one Ordinary Share is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such Ordinary Share shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting, issuance or sale (or the time of execution of such agreement to grant, issue or sell, as applicable) of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 3(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one Ordinary share is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one Ordinary Share upon the granting, issuance or sale (or pursuant to the agreement to grant, issue or sell, as applicable) of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one Ordinary Share is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting, issuance or sale (or the agreement to grant, issue or sell, as applicable) such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Ordinary Shares or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such Ordinary Shares upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
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(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to issue or sell) any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one Ordinary Share is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such Ordinary Share shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale (or the time of execution of such agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 3(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one Ordinary Share is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one Ordinary Share upon the issuance or sale (or pursuant to the agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one Ordinary Share is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale (or the agreement to issue or sell, as applicable) of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Ordinary Shares upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 3(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.
(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 3(a), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 3(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Initial Exercise Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Ordinary Shares deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.
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(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “Primary Security”, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the “Secondary Securities” and together with the Primary Security, each a “Unit”), together comprising one integrated transaction, the aggregate consideration per Ordinary Share with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be the lowest of (x) the purchase price of such Unit, (y) if such Primary Security is an Option and/or Convertible Security, the lowest price per share for which one Ordinary Share is at any time issuable upon the exercise or conversion of the Primary Security in accordance with Section 3(b)(i) or 3(b)(ii) above and (z) the lowest VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on any Trading Day during the five (5) Trading Day period (the “Adjustment Period”) immediately following the public announcement of such Dilutive Issuance (for the avoidance of doubt, if such public announcement is released prior to the opening of the applicable Trading Market on a Trading Day, such Trading Day shall be the first Trading Day in such five Trading Day period and if this Warrant is exercised, on any given Exercise Date during any such Adjustment Period, solely with respect to such portion of this Warrant converted on such applicable Exercise Date, such applicable Adjustment Period shall be deemed to have ended on, and included, the Trading Day immediately prior to such Exercise Date). If any Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be split equally between the Company and the Holder.
(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of Ordinary Shares for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Ordinary Shares, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the Ordinary Shares deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).
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(c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any 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 the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Ordinary Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, 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 “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Ordinary Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.
(e) Adjustment for Reorganization If there shall occur any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger involving the Company in which the outstanding shares of the same class and series as the Warrant Shares are converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by subsections 3(a), 3(b) or 3(c) (collectively, a “Reorganization”), then, following such Reorganization, the Registered Holder shall receive upon exercise hereof the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which the Registered Holder would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such Reorganization if such exercise had taken place immediately prior to such Reorganization. In any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board) shall be made in the application of the provisions set forth herein with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Holder, to the end that the provisions set forth in this section shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities, cash or other property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
(f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
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(g) Notice to Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Ordinary 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 holders of the Ordinary Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital 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 delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Ordinary Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, 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 in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Form 6-K report. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
Section 4. Representations of Holder
(a) Acquisition of Warrant for Personal Account. The Holder represents and warrants that it is acquiring the Warrant and the Exercise Shares solely for its account for investment and not with a view to or for sale or distribution of said Warrant or Exercise Shares or any part thereof. The Holder also represents that the entire legal and beneficial interests of the Warrant and Exercise Shares the Holder is acquiring is being acquired for, and will be held for, its account only.
(b) Securities Are Not Registered.
(i) The Holder understands that this Warrant and the Exercise Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on the basis that set forth in the Regulation S certification signed by the Holder.
(ii) The Holder is aware that neither this Warrant nor the Exercise Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 adopted under the Act unless certain conditions are met, including, among other things, the existence of a public market for the shares, the availability of certain current public information about the Company, and the resale following the required holding period under Rule 144.
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(c) Disposition of Warrant and Exercise Shares. The Holder further agrees not to make any disposition of all or any part of this Warrant or the Exercise Shares in any event unless and until:
(i) There is then in effect a registration statement under the Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with said registration statement; or
(ii) The Holder shall have notified the Company of the proposed disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a statement of the specific terms and circumstances of the proposed disposition, and if applicable and requested by the Company, the Holder shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such disposition for the Holder will not require registration of such Warrant or Exercise Shares under the Act or any other applicable laws.
(d) Legend. The Holder understands and agrees that all certificates and book entries evidencing the Exercise Shares to be issued to the Holder may bear the following legend:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREIN HAVE BEEN OFFERED AND SOLD IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” IN RELIANCE UPON REGULATION S AS PROMULGATED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
(a) Currency. Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Warrant are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”). All amounts owing under this Warrant shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Warrant, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal (NY edition) on the relevant date of calculation.
(b) No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.
(c) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of this Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or share certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or certificate.
(d) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
(e) Authorized Shares.
The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Ordinary Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
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Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its charter documents or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
(f) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement, and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(g) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal or foreign securities laws.
(h) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
(i) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(j) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Ordinary Shares or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
(k) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(l) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares. The Holder shall not, and shall cause its assignees not to, transfer or assign this Warrant or any Warrant Shares to any Adverse Person. The Company shall not permit the transfer or assignment of this Warrant or any Warrant Shares to any Adverse Person.
(m) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
(n) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
(o) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
| CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Signature Page to Warrant
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: ChINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, inc:
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
☐ in lawful money of the United States; or
☐ if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
Or
The certificate representing the Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following address:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing Entity:
_____________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:
_________________________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory:
___________________________________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________________________________________
Date: _____________________________________________________________________
Exhibit 99.3
SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 29, 2022 by and among China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and each of the individuals and entities listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Investors”).
WHEREAS, the Investors have agreed to purchase ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.012 per share (“Ordinary Shares”), pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement among the Company and the Investors, dated as of even date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement,” and the Ordinary Shares purchased thereunder, the “Purchase Shares”).
WHEREAS, the Company issued to the Investors warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants, the “Warrant Shares”; together with the Purchased Shares, the “Total Shares”).
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement so that, as of the Effective Date (as defined below) the Investors may (i) from time to time register under the Securities Act (as defined below) the sale of the Total Shares, and (ii) have the other rights and obligations provided for hereunder.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1 Interpretation
1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any given Person, a Person that Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with the given Person.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Control” means, when used with respect to any Person, the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Effective Date” means the date upon which the Purchase Shares are sold to the Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Form F-1” means a registration statement on Form F-1 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act or any substantially similar form then in effect.
“Form F-3” means a registration statement on Form F-3 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act or any substantially similar form then in effect.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.
“Holders” means any Investor together with any permitted transferees and assigns of such Investor.
“Nasdaq” means The Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Person” means any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other enterprise, association, organization, entity or governmental entity.
The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
“Registrable Securities” means (i) the Total Shares, and (ii) any Ordinary Shares issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the Total Shares; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file any, registration statement hereunder with respect thereto) upon the first to occur of (A) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities being declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities having been disposed of by the holder thereof in accordance with such effective registration statement, (B) such Registrable Securities having been sold in accordance with Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), (C) such Registrable Securities becoming eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, and (D) such Registrable Securities having been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not validly assigned to the transferee in accordance with this Agreement.
“Registration Expenses” means all expenses incurred in effecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification, and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, and expenses of any regular or special audits incident to or required by any such registration, but shall not include Selling Expenses and the compensation of regular employees of the Company (which shall be paid in any event by the Company).
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder.
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1.2 Additional Definitions. The following capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the respective sections of this Agreement set forth opposite each of the capitalized terms below:
| Term | Section Reference | |
| Agreement | Preamble | |
| Board | 3.1 | |
| Ordinary Shares | Recitals | |
| Company | Preamble | |
| correspondence | 3.6(a) | |
| Investors | Preamble | |
| Irreparable Breach | 3.4(c) | |
| Purchase Agreement | Recitals | |
| Purchase Shares | Recitals | |
| Total Shares | Preamble | |
| Violation | 2.6(a) | |
| Voting Securities | 3.2 | |
| Warrant Shares | Preamble |
Section 2 REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
2.1 Demand Registration Rights.
(a) Registration.
(1) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Holders holding at least 250,000 Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations or similar events) may request the Company in writing to register all or part of the Registrable Securities. Upon receipt of such a request, the Company shall (i) promptly, and in any event within twenty (20) business days after receipt of such written request, give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders, and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, as soon as reasonably practicable, the registration of the sale of the Registrable Securities specified in the request, together with any Registrable Securities of any Holder who requests in writing to join such registration within thirty (30) business days after the Company’s delivery of written notice, to become effective. Any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall not be underwritten.
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not be obligated to effect more than two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1(a).
(3) The registration made pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) shall be made: (i) on a registration statement on Form F-3 (or any successor to Form F-3) if such form is available for use by the Company; or (ii) otherwise on Form F-1 (or any successor to Form F-1) if such form is available for use by the Company.
(4) The registration of the sale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with this Section 2.1(a) shall, irrespective of whether such Registrable Securities are distributed by the Holder thereof, satisfy the Company’s obligations under this Section 2.1(a).
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(b) Right of Deferral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1:
(1) The Company shall not be obligated to register the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1(a) if, within the six (6) month period preceding the date of such request, the Company has already effected a registration in which Holders had an opportunity to participate pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2 and no Registrable Securities of the Holders were excluded from such registration pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2(c).
(2) The Company shall not be obligated to register the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1(a) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, any registration of the sale of Registrable Securities should not be made because it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for a registration statement to be filed in the near future. Following delivery of such certificate, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the receipt of any request duly submitted by Holders under Section 2.1(a) to register Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not utilize this right more than twice in any twelve (12) month period.
2.2 Piggyback Registration.
(a) Registration of the Company’s Securities. Subject to Section 2.2(c), if the Company proposes to register for its own account or for the account of any Person that is not a Holder or that is a Holder holding both Registrable Securities and other securities of the Company (unless such Person is contractually entitled to exclude participation by the Holders in its registration, and subject to any rights to partially exclude participation by the Holders in its registration) the sale of any of its Ordinary Shares in connection with the public offering of such securities, the Company shall promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration and, upon the written request of any Holder given within ten (10) days after delivery of such notice, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to include in such registration any Registrable Securities thereby requested by such Holder. If a Holder decides not to include all or any of its Registrable Securities in such registration by the Company, such Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Registrable Securities in any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its Ordinary Shares, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
(b) Right to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under Section 2.2(a) prior to the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not any Holder has elected to participate therein. The expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 2.3.
(c) Underwriting Requirements.
(1) In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of the Company’s Ordinary Shares initiated by the Company, the Company shall not be required to register the Registrable Securities of a Holder under this Section 2.2 unless such Holder shall include such Registrable Securities in the underwriting and such Holder enters into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriters selected by the Company and setting forth such terms for the underwriting as have been agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters. In the event the underwriters advise Holders seeking registration of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.2 in writing that market factors (including the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered, the general condition of the market, and the status of the Persons proposing to sell securities pursuant to the registration) require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, the underwriters may exclude some or all Registrable Securities from the registration and underwriting after excluding any other securities from the underwriting (other than any Securities which the Company may seek to include in the underwriting for its own account), and the number of securities and Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and the underwriting shall be allocated (i) first, to the Company, and (ii) thereafter among the Holders requesting inclusion of their Registrable Securities in such registration statement in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities which the Holders would otherwise be entitled to include in the registration.
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(2) If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any underwriting, the Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriters delivered at least seven (7) days prior to the effective date of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from the underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(d) Exempt Transactions. The Company shall have no obligation to register the sale of any Registrable Securities under this Section 2.2 in connection with a registration by the Company (i) relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in a Company share or option plan, or (ii) relating to a corporate reorganization or other transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act.
2.3 Expenses. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registrations pursuant to this Agreement shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the holders of securities included in such registration pro rata among each other on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities so registered.
2.4 Obligations of the Company. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3 hereof, whenever required to effect the registration of the sale of any Registrable Securities under this Agreement, the Company shall as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) keep such registration effective for a period ending on the earlier of the date which is ninety (90) days from the effective date of the registration statement or such time as the Holder or Holders have completed the distribution described in the registration statement relating thereto;
(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement for the period set forth in subsection (a) above;
(c) furnish such number of prospectuses, including any preliminary prospectuses, and other documents incident thereto, including any amendment of or supplement to the prospectus, as a Holder from time to time may reasonably request;
(d) use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdiction as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions;
(e) notify each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then existing, and following such notification promptly prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such shares, such 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 not misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then existing;
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(f) provide a transfer agent and registrar for the sale of all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such registration statement and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;
(g) cause all such Registrable Securities sold pursuant hereunder to be listed on Nasdaq;
(h) notify each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement (or if they have appointed an attorney-in-fact, such attorney-in-fact), after it shall receive notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has become effective;
(i) notify each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement (or if they have appointed an attorney-in-fact, such attorney-in-fact), after it shall receive notice, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or the initiation of any proceeding for that purpose and use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued; and
(j) use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish, at the request of the underwriters, if any, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection with a registration (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the Company, for purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given by company counsel to the underwriters in an underwritten public offering addressed to the underwriters, if any, and (ii) a “comfort” letter dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters.
2.5 Obligations of Holders. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to register the sale of Registrable Securities of any Holder pursuant to this Section 2 that the selling Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held thereby and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to timely effect the registration of the sale of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.
2.6 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2:
(a) Company Indemnity. To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its partners, officers, directors, shareholders, legal counsel, accountants, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Holder and each Person, if any, who controls (as defined in the Securities Act) such Holder or underwriter against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under laws which are applicable in connection with any registration, qualification, or compliance, of the Company’s securities insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a “Violation”):
(1) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any registration statement, any prospectus included in the registration statement, any issuer free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act), any issuer information (as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or any other document incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company, and any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
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(2) any violation (or alleged violation) by the Company of the Securities Act, any state securities laws or any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any offering covered by such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Company will reimburse each such Holder, its partners, officers, directors, legal counsel, accountants, underwriter or controlling Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them, as incurred, in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.6(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished for use in connection with such registration by such Holder, underwriter or controlling Person of such Holder.
(b) Notice. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.6 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 2.6, 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 the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflict of interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such indemnifying party of liability to the indemnified party under this Section 2.6 to the extent the indemnifying party is prejudiced as a result thereof, but the omission to so deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 2.6.
(c) Contribution. If any indemnification provided for in this Section 2.6 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and of the indemnified party, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(d) Survival. The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 2.6 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement for a period of twenty-four (24) months.
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2.7 Termination of the Company’s Obligations. The registration rights set forth in Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 of this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) when with respect to any Holder, all Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by such Holder may then be sold without registration in any ninety (90) day period pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (ii) the date as of which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a registration statement or (iii) thirty-six (36) months following the Effective Date.
2.8 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act which may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration, the Company agrees to:
(a) use reasonable, diligent efforts to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times;
(b) use reasonable, diligent efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and Exchange Act; and
(c) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, to furnish to such Holder forthwith upon request (1) a certificate by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of the Securities Act (including, without limitation, Rule 144) and the Exchange Act, (2) a copy of the most recent annual report of the Company and such other reports and documents as may be filed by the Company with the Commission, and (3) such other reports, documents or information of the Company, as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits the selling of any such securities without registration.
Section 3 Miscellaneous
3.1 Stand-Still. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2, each Holder agrees that, for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the Effective Date, such Holder and its Affiliates will not, without the prior written consent of the Company or the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), directly or indirectly:
(a) make, effect, initiate, cause or in any way participate in any tender offer, exchange offer, merger, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company, or involving any securities or assets of the Company or any securities or assets of any subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company;
(b) seek or propose to influence or control the management or policies of the Company (other than as provided for herein), make, effect, initiate, cause or in any way participate in any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the rules of the Commission) to vote any voting securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to the voting of any voting securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof;
(c) make any public announcement with respect to, or submit a proposal for or offer of (with or without conditions), any merger, recapitalization, reorganization, business combination or other extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any subsidiary thereof or any of their securities or assets;
(d) enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with any third party with respect to any of the foregoing, or otherwise form, join or in any way engage in discussions relating to the formation of, or participate in, a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, in connection with any of the foregoing.
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3.2 Voting. In connection with any proposal submitted for Company shareholder approval (at any annual or special meeting called, or in connection with any other action (including the execution of written consents)) related to the election or removal of directors of the Board or any business or proposal involving the Company, each Holder will (1) cause all of its respective shares of Company capital stock that are entitled to vote, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the “Voting Securities”), to be present in person or represented by proxy at all meetings of shareholders of the Company, so that all such shares shall be counted as present for determining the presence of a quorum at such meetings and (2) vote all of their Voting Securities in accordance with the recommendation of the Board (or a committee thereof).
3.3 Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger, stock sale, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then held by the Holders and no Holder may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to an Adverse Person or without the prior written consents of the Company. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section shall be void.
3.4 Governing Law; Arbitration.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal and substantive laws of the State of New York.
(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably (i) agrees that any dispute or controversy arising out of, relating to, or concerning any interpretation, construction, performance or breach of this Agreement, may be settled by arbitration to be held in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, in accordance with the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association, (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such arbitration, and (iii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the State of New York in any such arbitration. If submitted to arbitration in any jurisdiction, the decision of the arbitrator shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties to the arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s decision in any court having jurisdiction. The parties to the arbitration shall each pay an equal share of the costs and expenses of such arbitration, and each party shall separately pay for its respective counsel fees and expenses; provided, however, that the prevailing party in any such arbitration shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party its reasonable costs and attorney fees.
(c) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that damages will not be an adequate remedy for any material breach or violation of this Agreement if such material breach or violation would cause immediate and irreparable harm (an “Irreparable Breach”). Accordingly, in the event of a threatened or ongoing Irreparable Breach, each party hereto shall be entitled to seek, in any court of law of competent jurisdiction, equitable relief of a kind appropriate in light of the nature of the ongoing or threatened Irreparable Breach, which relief may include, without limitation, specific performance or injunctive relief; provided, however, that if the party bringing such action is unsuccessful in obtaining the relief sought, the moving party shall pay the non-moving party’s reasonable costs, including attorney’s fees, incurred in connection with defending such action. Such remedies shall not be the parties’ exclusive remedies but shall be in addition to all other remedies provided in this Agreement.
3.5 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated, and no rights or provisions may be waived, except with the written consent of the Company and the Holders.
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3.6 Notices.
(a) Any notices, reports or other correspondence (hereinafter collectively referred to as “correspondence”) required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be sent by international courier, facsimile, electronic mail or delivered by hand to the party to whom such correspondence is required or permitted to be given hereunder. Where a notice is sent by overnight courier, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, and sending such notice through an internationally recognized express courier service, delivery fees pre-paid, and to have been effected three (3) business days following the day the same is sent as aforesaid. Where a notice is delivered by facsimile, electronic mail, by hand or by messenger, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected upon delivery.
(b) All correspondence to the Company shall be addressed as follows:
China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc.
Hai Wai Hai Tongxin Mansion Floor 6
Gong Shu District, Hangzhou City
Zhejiang Province, China 310008
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
frank.zhao@jojodrugstores.com
(c) All correspondence to any Investor shall be sent to such Investor at the address set forth under such Investor’s name on Schedule A hereto.
(d) Any entity may change the address to which correspondence to it is to be addressed by notification as provided for herein.
3.7 Further Assurances. Each party agrees to act in good faith and cooperate fully with the other parties and to execute such further instruments, documents and agreements and to give such further written assurances, as may be reasonably requested by the other parties to better evidence and reflect the transactions described herein and contemplated hereby, and to carry into effect the intents and purposes of this Agreement.
3.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto respecting the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and statements respecting the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral. No modification, alteration, waiver or change in any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon the parties hereto unless made in writing and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.5 hereof.
3.9 Captions. The captions and paragraph headings of this Agreement are solely for the convenience of reference and shall not affect its interpretation.
3.10 Severability. Should any part or provision of this Agreement be held unenforceable or in conflict with the applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the invalid or unenforceable part or provisions shall be replaced with a provision which accomplishes, to the extent possible, the original business purpose of such part or provision in a valid and enforceable manner, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain binding upon the parties hereto.
3.11 Remedies Cumulative. Each and all of the various rights, powers and remedies of the parties shall be considered to be cumulative with and in addition to any other rights, powers and remedies which such parties may have at law or in equity in the event of the breach of any of the terms of this Agreement. The exercise of any right, power or remedy shall neither constitute the exclusive election thereof nor the waiver of any other right, power or remedy available to such party.
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3.12 Counterparts; Reproductions. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. A facsimile, portable document file (PDF) or other reproduction of this Agreement may be executed by one or more parties and delivered by such party by facsimile, electronic mail or any similar electronic transmission pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen. Such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and effective for all purposes.
3.13 No Third Party Beneficiary. Except as contemplated in Section 2.6, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, benefits, or obligations hereunder.
3.14 Effectiveness and Termination.
(a) The rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall become effective only upon the Effective Date.
(b) This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon termination of the Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
3.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
3.16 Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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Schedule A
SCHEDULE OF INVESTORS