VCI Global Ltd 6-K, filed Aug 6, 2024
VCI Global Ltd (VCIG)
About this 6-K
VCI Global Ltd filed this 6-K on August 6, 2024.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2024
Commission File Number: 001-41678
VCI Global Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
B03-C-8 Menara 3A
KL, Eco City, No.3 Jalan Bangsar
59200 Kuala Lumpur
(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 ☐
On August 1, 2024, VCI Global Limited (the “Company”) entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Alumni Capital LP (“Alumni Capital”), a Delaware limited partnership. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation to cause Alumni Capital to purchase up to $5 million of our ordinary shares (the “Commitment Amount”), no par value, at the Purchase Price (defined below) during the period beginning on the execution date of the Purchase Agreement and ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which Alumni Capital has purchased $5 million of our common stock shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or (ii) June 30, 2025.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the “Purchase Price” means eighty-five percent (85%) of the lowest daily VWAP of the ordinary shares five business days prior to the Closing of a Purchase Notice. No Purchase Notice will be made without an effective registration statement and no Purchase Notice will be in an amount greater than $1,000,000.
The Purchase Agreement provides that the number of our ordinary shares to be sold to Alumni Capital will not exceed the number of shares that, when aggregated together with all other shares of our ordinary shares which Alumni Capital is deemed to beneficially own, would result in Alumni Capital owning more than 4.99% of our outstanding ordinary shares.
In consideration for Alumni Capital’s execution and performance under the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to Alumni Capital a Share Purchase Warrant dated August 1, 2024 (the “Commitment Warrant”), to purchase up to a number of our ordinary shares equal to (i) 20% of the Commitment Amount less the aggregate Exercise Values of all previous partial exercises of the Commitment Warrant, divided by (ii) the Exercise Price on the date of exercise.
On August 5, 2024, we filed a prospectus supplement, dated as of August 5, 2024 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) under its registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-279521), in respect of the financing with Alumni Capital LP (the “Offering”). The Prospectus Supplement included certain updated disclosures regarding the Company, in particular, in the sections captioned “Prospectus Supplement Summary—Recent Developments”. Neither the Commitment Warrant nor the ordinary shares underlying the Commitment Warrant are covered by the Prospectus Supplement. In addition, the Company is filing, as exhibits hereto, the purchase agreement and the Purchase Warrant Agreement in respect of the Offering and an opinion of counsel of Carey Olsen (BVI) L. P. Capitalized terms that are not defined herein may have meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.
This Report on Form 6-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Company’s securities, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the Company’s securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: August 6, 2024 | VCI Global Limited | |
| By: | /s/ Victor Hoo | |
| Name: | Victor Hoo | |
| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit 4.1
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
Warrant No. [__________]
Purchase Warrant Agreement
VCI GLOBAL LIMITED
Issuance Date: August 1, 2024
THIS WARRANT TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, Alumni Capital LP 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 1, 2024 (the “Issuance Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the three (3) year anniversary of the Issuance Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from VCI GLOBAL LIMITED, a British Virgin Islands corporation (the “Company”), the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value (“Ordinary Shares”), in the amounts and the price per share as set forth in Section 2.
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of August 1, 2024, by and between the Company and the Holder.
For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Approved Equity Plan” means any employee benefit plan or agreement which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which OR, and Options may be issued to any employee, officer, consultant, or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.
“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States, or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Convertible Securities” means any stock 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.
“Excluded Securities” means (i) securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or this Warrant; (ii) securities issued upon the conversion or exercise of any Option or Convertible Security which is outstanding as of the Execution Date; (iii) Ordinary Shares issuable upon a share split, share dividend, or any subdivision of shares of Ordinary Shares approved by the Company’s shareholders; and (iv) Ordinary Shares (or Options, Convertible Securities, or other rights to purchase such Ordinary Shares) issued or issuable to employees or directors of, or consultants providing bona fide services to, the Company pursuant to an Approved Equity Plan (as defined above) provided that all such issuances (taking into account the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of such Options or Convertible Securities) after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (iv) do not, in the aggregate, exceed 10% of the Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
“Exercise Date” means each date on which the Holder elects to exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part.
“Exercise Value” means the number of shares of Ordinary Shares received upon an exercise of this Warrant multiplied by the Exercise Price applicable to such exercise.
“Market Price” means the highest traded price of the shares of Ordinary Shares during the three hundred sixty-five (365) Trading Days prior to the date of the respective Notice of Exercise.
“Options” means any rights, warrants, or options to subscribe for, purchase, or otherwise acquire Ordinary Shares, or Convertible Securities.
“Share Equivalents” shall mean any securities of the Company entitling the holder thereof to acquire at any time Shares of Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Shares of Ordinary Shares.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Ordinary Shares are traded on the Trading Market; provided, however, that if the shares of Ordinary Shares are not listed or quoted on the Trading Market, then Trading Day shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday, and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or State of Delaware are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the shares of Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, or the OTC Markets QB Tier (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
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Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrants. Exercise of the purchase rights for Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed notice of exercise in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (a “Notice of Exercise”), which may be delivered in a .PDF format via electronic mail pursuant to the notice provisions set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Within two (2) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company (or within three (3) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company if the Notice of Exercise is received after 12 p.m. EST on such day), the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, unless such exercise is made pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below (if available). No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required. The Company shall be entitled to conclusively assume the genuineness of any signature on any Notice of Exercise delivered to the Company pursuant to this Section 2(a), the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons signing any Notice of Exercise so delivered, the authenticity of any Notice of Exercise so delivered, the conformity to an authentic original of any Notice of Exercise so delivered as certified, authenticated, conformed, photostatic, facsimile, or electronic and the authenticity of the original of such Notice of Exercise. 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 the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases, and the Company shall be entitled to conclusively assume that its records of the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases are accurate, absent actual notice to the contrary. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such notice.
b) Number of Warrant Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Holder shall have the right to purchase from the Company a number of Warrant Shares equal to (i) twenty percent (20%) of the Commitment Amount, less the Exercise Value of all partial exercises of this Warrant in accordance with Section 2(a) prior to the Exercise Date, divided by (ii) the Exercise Price on the Exercise Date.
c) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Warrant Share shall be calculated by dividing $15,000,000 (the “Valuation”) by the total number of shares of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the Exercise Date, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
d) Cashless Exercise. If at any time there is no effective Registration Statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
| (A) = | the Market Price; |
| (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. |
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Assuming (i) the Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company, and (ii) all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) with respect to Holder and the Warrant Shares are met in the case of such a cashless exercise, the Company agrees that the Company will use its best efforts to cause the removal of the legend from such Warrant Shares (including by delivering an opinion of the Company’s counsel to the Company’s transfer agent at its own expense to ensure the foregoing), and the Company agrees that the Holder is under no obligation to sell the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to removing the legend. The Company expressly acknowledges that Rule 144(d)(3)(ii), as currently in effect, provides that Warrant Shares issued solely upon a cashless exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired at the same time as the Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).
e) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Company’s Transfer Agent or to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise as a book-entry statement evidencing that the applicable Warrant Shares have been issued to the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is one (1) Trading Days after the later of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise provided that such Notice of Exercise is received by 12 p.m. EST and one (1) Trading Days for any Notice of Exercise received after 12 p.m. EST, and (B) the Company’s receipt of payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, unless such exercise is made pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(d) (such date, the “Warrant Shares Delivery Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to the issuance of such Warrant Shares, having been paid. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the shares of Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain an Transfer Agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable.
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 Holder fails to make payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares pursuant to a Notice of Exercise within two (2) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company (or within three (3) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company if the Notice of Exercise is received after 12 p.m. EST on such day) by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, then the Company will have the right to rescind such exercise, unless such exercise is made pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(d). If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(e)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
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iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder and provided all information and documents required have been provided to the Company, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(e)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Ordinary Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Ordinary Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases shares of Ordinary Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Ordinary Shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares of Ordinary Shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Ordinary Shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of an share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
vi. Charges, Taxes, and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all fees charged by the Transfer Agent, including any fees assessed to the Transfer Agent by Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its Ordinary Shares books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
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f) Holder’s Exercise Limitations.
i. 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), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 2(e), the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares 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 and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of 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 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 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 shares of Ordinary Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of 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 shares of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written request of a Holder (which, for clarity, includes electronic mail), the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of 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 since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Ordinary Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
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Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on Ordinary Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Ordinary Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Ordinary Shares into a larger number of Ordinary Shares, as applicable, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse split) outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of Ordinary Shares, as applicable or (iv) issues by reclassification of Ordinary Shares any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury Ordinary Shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of Warrant 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 holders of Ordinary Shares, as applicable, 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) Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3(a), the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).
c) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Ordinary Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, as applicable, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization, or recapitalization of Ordinary Shares or any compulsory exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash, or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (not including any Ordinary Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, the Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Ordinary Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Ordinary Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
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d) Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Certain Options or Convertible Securities. In addition to, and not in limitation of, the other provisions of this Section 3, excluding any Excluded Securities if after the Closing Date, the Company in any manner issues or sells or enters into any agreement to issue or sell Options or Convertible Securities that contain terms, such as conversion rate or price adjustments, that offset, in whole or in part, declines in the market value of the Company’s shares of Ordinary Shares occurring prior to conversion or exchange (other than terms that adjust for share splits, share combinations, share dividends, or other Company-initiated changes in its capitalizations) (each of the formulations for such adjustments being herein referred to as, the “Variable Price”, and any such securities, “Variable Price Securities”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via .PDF format via electronic mail pursuant to the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement to the Holder on the date of such agreement and the issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company enters into such agreement or issues any such Variable Price Securities, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to substitute the Variable Price for the Exercise Price upon exercise of this Warrant by designating in the Notice of Exercise delivered upon any exercise of this Warrant that, solely for purposes of such exercise, the Holder is relying on the Variable Price rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price for a particular exercise of this Warrant shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price for any future exercises of this Warrant.
e) 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 shares of Ordinary Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury shares of Ordinary Shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
f) Notice to Holder.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail or deliver via electronic mail to the Holder 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 shares of capital stock 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 mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights, or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Ordinary Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights, or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Ordinary Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Ordinary Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing 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, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Issuance Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer Restrictions. Subject to any limitations imposed by applicable law, this Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred, or assigned without the consent of the Company.
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e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Stockholder 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(a).
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction, or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant or any Ordinary Shares certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or Ordinary Shares certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or Ordinary Shares certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or Ordinary Shares certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
d) Authorized Ordinary Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant (the “Required Reserve Amount”). 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 shares of 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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e) Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company covenants and agrees that it will, at all times during the period the Warrant is outstanding, maintain a duly qualified independent Transfer Agent. The Company represents and warrants that, on or before the Issuance Date, it will issue irrevocable instructions to its current Transfer Agent (and each Transfer Agent appointed thereafter) to issue certificates or book-entry statements, registered in the name of the Holder or its nominee, for the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by the Holder to the Company upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms thereof (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”). Such Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions shall be in a form acceptable to the Holder and shall include a provision to irrevocably reserve the Required Reserve Amount. The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions shall be signed by the Company’s Transfer Agent as of the date of the Issuance Date and by the Company. The Company warrants that, (i) no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(e), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 5(g) (prior to registration of the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act or the date on which the Warrant Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold), will be given by the Company to its Transfer Agent and that the Warrant Shares shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement, (ii) it will not direct its Transfer Agent not to transfer or delay, impair, and/or hinder its Transfer Agent in transferring (or issuing)(electronically or in certificated form) any certificate or book-entry statement for Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to this Warrant as and when required by this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement, and (iii) it will not fail to remove (or direct its Transfer Agent not to remove or impair, delay, and/or hinder its Transfer Agent from removing) any restrictive legend (or to withdraw any stop transfer instructions in respect thereof) on any certificate for any Warrant Shares issued to the Holder upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to this Warrant as and when required by this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement. Nothing in this Section shall affect in any way the Holder’s obligations to comply with all applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any, upon resale of the Warrant Shares. If a Holder provides the Company, at the cost of the Holder, with an opinion of counsel in form, substance, and scope customary for opinions in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Warrant Shares may be made without registration under the Securities Act and such sale or transfer is effected, the Company shall permit the transfer, and, in the case of the Warrant Shares, promptly instruct its Transfer Agent to issue one or more certificates or book-entry statements, free from restrictive legend, in such name and in such denominations as specified by the Holder. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(e) may be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section, that the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
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, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
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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, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. 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, collectively capped at USD100,000.00 only.
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 shares of 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, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company agrees that monetary damages may 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.
m) Amendment. This Warrant (other than Section 2(f)) may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.
n) Severability. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
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o) Headings. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant. Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.
p) Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action, or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.
q) Venue. Each party hereby irrevocably submits that any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Warrant, shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Each party hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT. The parties agree that all dispute resolution proceedings in accordance with this Section 5(q) may be conducted in a virtual setting.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party has caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized as of the Issuance Date.
| VCI GLOBAL LIMITED | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | Dato’ Victor Hoo | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Date: | August 1, 2024 | |
| Agreed & Accepted: | ||
| ALUMNI CAPITAL LP | ||
| By: | ALUMNI CAPITAL GP LLC | |
| By: | ||
| Name: | Ashkan Mapar | |
| Title: | Manager | |
| Date: | August 1, 2024 | |
EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE (Notice of Exercise)
(To be executed by the registered holder to exercise this Ordinary Shares Purchase Warrant)
The Undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Ordinary Shares (“Warrant Shares”) of VCI GLOBAL LIMITED, a British Virgin Islands corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached copy of the Warrant (the ”Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
| 1. | Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as (check one): |
| ☐ | a cash exercise with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares; or | |
| ☐ | by cashless exercise pursuant to the Warrant. |
| 2. | Payment of Exercise Price. If cash exercise is selected above, the holder shall pay the applicable Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. |
| 3. | Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder __________________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. |
Date: ____________________
(Print Name of Registered Holder)
By: _________________________________________
Name: ______________________________________
Title:________________________________________
EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT OF WARRANT
(To be signed only upon authorized transfer of the Warrant)
For Value Received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto ____________________ the right to purchase _______________ shares of Ordinary Shares, no par value, of VCI GLOBAL LIMITED, to which the within Warrant relates and appoints ____________________, as attorney-in-fact, to transfer said right on the books of VCI GLOBAL LIMITED with full power of substitution and re-substitution in the premises. By accepting such transfer, the transferee has agreed to be bound in all respects by the terms and conditions of the within Warrant.
| Date: |
| (Signature) * | |
| (Name) | |
| (Address) | |
| (Social Security or Tax Identification No.) |
* The signature on this Assignment of Warrant must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the Warrant in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. When signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, please indicate your position(s) and title(s) with such entity.
Exhibit 5.1
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6 August 2024
VCI Global Limited
B03-C-8 Menara 3A
KL Eco City, No. 3 Jalan Bangsar
59200 Kuala Lumpur
Dear Sir / Madam
Re: VCI Global Limited (the “Company”)
We are lawyers qualified to practise in the British Virgin Islands and have acted as British Virgin Islands legal counsel to the Company. We have been asked to issue this legal opinion in connection with a prospectus supplement dated 5 August 2024 (the “Prospectus Supplement” and together with the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement (as defined below), the “Prospectus”) forming part of the registration statement on Form F-3 (file number 333-279521) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) (the “Registration Statement”, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) relating to the offering of the following securities of the Company having an aggregate offering price of up to $4,600,00 or the equivalent in foreign or composite currencies.
The Prospectus Supplement relates to the offering and take-down of 19,075,644 Ordinary Shares (the “Take-Down Shares”) pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In providing our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.
| 1. | SCOPE OF OPINION |
This Opinion is given only on the laws of the British Virgin Islands in force at the date hereof and is based solely on matters of fact known to us at the date hereof. We have not investigated the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction other than the British Virgin Islands (collectively, “Foreign Laws”). We express no opinion as to matters of fact or, unless expressly stated otherwise, the veracity of any representations or warranties given in or in connection with any of the documents set out in Schedule 1.
| 2. | DOCUMENTS REVIEWED AND ENQUIRIES MADE |
In giving this Opinion, we have undertaken the Searches and reviewed originals, copies, drafts, conformed copies, certified copies or notarised copies of the documents set out in Schedule 1.
| 3. | ASSUMPTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS |
This Opinion is given on the basis that the assumptions set out in Schedule 2 (which we have not independently investigated or verified) are true, complete and accurate in all respects. In addition, this Opinion is subject to the qualifications set out in Schedule 3.
| 4. | OPINIONS |
Having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:
| 4.1 | Due incorporation, existence and status |
The Company has been duly incorporated as a BVI business company, limited by shares, under the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (as amended) (the “Act”), is validly existing and was in good standing with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands at the date of the Certificate of Good Standing (the “Registrar”).
| 4.2 | Power and authority |
The Company has full power (including both capacity and authority) under its Memorandum and Articles to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under the Documents and to offer the Take-Down Shares under the Securities Purchase Agreement.
| 4.3 | No conflict |
The execution and delivery of the Documents by the Company and the performance of its obligations thereunder do not contravene:
| (a) | any law to which the Company is currently subject in the British Virgin Islands; or |
| (b) | any provision of the Memorandum and Articles. |
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| (c) | Based solely on the Memorandum and Articles, the Company is authorised to issue an unlimited number of Ordinary Shares, no par value per share. |
| (d) | The Take-Down Shares, to be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, have been duly authorised for issuance and when: (a) the board of directors of the Company has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (b) the issue of such Take-Down Shares have been recorded in the Company’s register of members; and (c) the subscription price of such Take-Down Shares have been fully paid in cash or other consideration approved by the board of directors of the Company, the Take-Down Shares will be duly authorised, validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable, and free of any pre-emptive or similar rights. As a matter of British Virgin Islands law, a share is only issued when it has been entered in the register of members. |
| (e) | With respect to the Ordinary Shares, when: (a) the board of directors of the Company has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (b) the issue of such Ordinary Shares have been recorded in the Company’s register of members; and (c) the subscription price of such Ordinary Shares have been fully paid in cash or other consideration approved by the board of directors of the Company, the Ordinary Shares will be duly authorised, validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable. Non-assessable in this opinion means when used herein, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the Shares by the Company or its creditors except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil). As a matter of British Virgin Islands law, a share is only issued when it has been entered in the register of members. |
| (f) | The description of the Ordinary Shares in the Registration Statement and Prospectus is correct in all material aspects. |
| 4.4 | Legal Validity |
The execution and delivery of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder have been authorised by the Company and, the Securities Purchase Agreement has been duly executed on behalf of the Company constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.
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| 5. | RELIANCE |
| 5.1 | Except as specifically referred to in this Opinion we have not examined, and give no opinion on, any contracts, instruments or other documents (whether or not referred to in, or contemplated by, the Documents). We do not give any opinion on the commercial merits of any transaction contemplated or entered into under or pursuant to the Documents. |
| 5.2 | This Opinion (and any obligations arising out of or in connection with it) is given on the basis that it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands. By relying on the opinions set out in this Opinion the addressee(s) hereby irrevocably agree(s) that the courts of the British Virgin Islands are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise in connection with this Opinion. |
| 5.3 | We assume no responsibility to advise any person entitled to rely on this Opinion, or to undertake any investigations, as to any change in British Virgin Islands law (or its application) or factual matters arising after the date of this Opinion, which might affect the opinions set out herein. |
| 5.4 | This opinion deals only with the specified legal issues expressly addressed herein, and you should not infer any opinion that is not explicitly stated herein from any matter addressed in this opinion. |
| 5.5 | This opinion is issued solely in connection with the Registration Statement and Prospectus and the offering of the Take-Down Shares by the Company and is not to be relied upon in respect of any other matter. |
Yours faithfully
Carey Olsen
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Schedule 1
Documents Reviewed and ENQUIRIES made
For the purpose of this Opinion, we have reviewed originals, copies, drafts or conformed copies of the following documents:
| A. | CORPORATE DOCUMENTS |
| 1. | The certificate of incorporation of the Company obtained by us pursuant to the Company Searches. |
| 2. | The memorandum and articles of association of the Company (the “Memorandum and Articles”) obtained by us pursuant to the Company Searches. |
| 3. | A certificate of good standing relating to the Company issued by the Registrar, dated 23 May 2024 (the “Certificate of Good Standing”). |
| 4. | A registered agent’s certificate dated 31 May 2024 (the “Certificate”) issued by the Registered Agent. |
| 5. | A signed copy of the written resolutions of the directors of the Company, approving inter alia the Company’s entry into and execution of the Documents, dated 1 August 2024 (the “Resolutions”). |
| B. | SEARCHES AND ENQUIRIES |
The information revealed by our search of the Company’s public records on file and available for public inspection from the Registrar at the time of our search on 26 July 2024 (the “Company Searches”), including all relevant forms and charges (if any) created by the Company and filed with the Registrar pursuant to section 163 of the BVI Business Companies Act (the “Act”).
| C. | DOCUMENTS |
| 1. | A final copy of the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. |
| 2. | A copy of the securities purchase agreement with Alumni Capital dated 5 August 2024 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell [19,075,644] Ordinary Shares to two accredited investors at a purchase price of $[$0.2411452] per share. |
The documents listed in paragraph C of this Schedule are together, the “Documents”.
| D. | SCOPE |
The documents listed in this Schedule are the only documents and/or records we have examined and the only searches and enquiries we have carried out for the purposes of this Opinion.
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SCHEDULE 2
Assumptions
We have assumed:
| (a) | the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all copies (whether or not certified) examined by us and the authenticity and completeness of the originals from which such copies were taken; |
| (b) | that where a document has been examined by us in draft form, it will be or has been executed and/or filed in the form of that draft, and where a number of drafts of a document have been examined by us all changes thereto have been marked or otherwise drawn to our attention; |
| (c) | the accuracy and completeness of all factual representations made in the Registration Statement and the Documents reviewed by us; |
| (d) | that the public records of the Company we have examined are accurate and that the information disclosed by the Searches is true and complete. |
| (e) | that the Resolutions were signed by all or a majority of the directors, as the case may be, in the manner prescribed in the Company’s articles of association, remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded or amended; |
| (f) | that there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than the British Virgin Islands, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein; |
| (g) | that upon issue of any shares to be sold by the Company, the Company will receive consideration for the full issue price thereof which shall be equal to at least the par value thereof; |
| (h) | the Company’s issuance of any Ordinary Shares is or will be in compliance with its Memorandum and Articles; |
| (i) | that Memorandum and Articles will not be amended in any manner that would affect the opinions set forth herein; |
| (j) | that the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission prior to, or concurrent with, the sale of the Take-Down Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement; |
| (k) | the Registration Statement and the transactions contemplated thereunder complies with the requirements of the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Securities Act; |
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| (l) | the capacity, power and authority of each of the parties to the Documents, as the case may be, other than the Company, to enter into and perform its respective obligations thereunder; |
| (m) | the due execution and delivery of the Documents by each of the parties thereto, other than the Company, and the physical delivery thereof by the Company with an intention to be bound thereby; |
| (n) | the validity and binding effect under the laws of such jurisdiction (the “Foreign Laws”) of the Documents in accordance with its terms; |
| (o) | the validity and binding effect under the Documents of the submission by the Company to the exclusive jurisdiction of the relevant state and federal courts of the United States of America (the “Foreign Courts”); |
| (p) | no invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the British Virgin Islands to subscribe for any shares of the Company; |
| (q) | that on the date of entering into the Documents the Company is, and after entering into the Documents the Company is and will be able to, pay its liabilities as they become due; and |
| (r) | none of the parties to the Documents is carrying on unauthorised financial services business for the purposes of the Financial Services Commission Act of the British Virgin Islands, and |
| (s) | that the contents of the Registered Agent’s Certificate are true and correct as of the date hereof. |
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SCHEDULE 3
qualifications
| 1. | The obligations under the Documents will not necessarily be legal, valid, binding or enforceable in all circumstances and this Opinion is not to be taken to imply that each obligation would necessarily be capable of enforcement or be enforced in all circumstances in accordance with its terms. In particular, but without limitation: |
| (a) | the binding effect, validity and enforceability of obligations may be limited by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, liquidation, dissolution, re-organisation and other laws of general application relating to, or affecting the rights of, creditors; |
| (b) | enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity (for example, equitable remedies such as specific performance or the issuing of an injunction are available only at the discretion of the court and may not be available where damages are considered to be an adequate alternative and we therefore express no opinion on whether such remedies will be granted if sought); |
| (c) | claims may be or become barred under the laws relating to the prescription and limitation of actions or may become subject to the general doctrine of estoppel or waiver in relation to representations, acts or omissions of any relevant party or may become subject to defences of set-off or counterclaim; |
| (d) | where obligations are to be performed in a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands, they may not be enforceable in the British Virgin Islands to the extent that performance would be illegal under the laws of that jurisdiction; |
| (e) | the courts of the British Virgin Islands have jurisdiction to give judgment in the currency of the relevant obligation; |
| (f) | obligations to make payments that may be regarded as penalties will not be enforceable; |
| (g) | a company cannot, by agreement or in its articles of association, restrict the exercise of a statutory power; |
| (h) | there exists doubt as to enforceability of any provision whereby the Company covenants not to exercise powers specifically given to its Members by the Act; |
| (i) | the enforcement of contractual obligations may be limited by the provisions of British Virgin Islands law applicable to agreements or contracts held to have been frustrated by events happening after the relevant agreement or contract was entered into; |
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| (j) | the enforcement of obligations may be invalidated or vitiated by reason of fraud, duress, undue influence, mistake, illegality or misrepresentation; |
| (k) | the courts of the British Virgin Islands may: |
| (i) | refuse to enforce a provision that amounts to an indemnity in respect of the costs of enforcement or of unsuccessful proceedings brought in the British Virgin Islands where such courts have already made an order to that effect; |
| (ii) | decline to exercise jurisdiction in relation to substantive proceedings brought under or in relation to the Documents in matters where they determine that such proceedings may be tried in a more appropriate forum; and/or |
| (iii) | find that a hybrid dispute resolution clause, though generally recognised under British Virgin Islands law, is unenforceable on the grounds, amongst others, that it confers concurrent jurisdiction on an arbitral tribunal and the courts of the British Virgin Islands; |
| (l) | provisions that purport to require parties to reach agreement in the future may be unenforceable for lack of certainty; |
| (m) | an agreement made by a person in the course of carrying on unauthorised financial services business is unenforceable against the other party to the agreement under section 50F of the Financial Services Commission Act, 2001; |
| (n) | where the courts of the British Virgin Islands determine that a contractual term may be interpreted in more than one manner the courts may employ the one that is deemed to be most consistent with business and common sense; |
| (o) | it is possible that a judgment (in the British Virgin Islands or elsewhere) relating to a particular agreement or instrument would be held to supersede the terms of such agreement or instrument with the effect that, notwithstanding any express term to the contrary in such agreement or instrument, such terms would cease to be binding; and |
| (p) | there is a presumption that the courts of the British Virgin Islands will give effect to an exclusive jurisdiction clause in an agreement and upon application, may stay proceedings brought in the British Virgin Islands or grant an anti-suit injunction against a party that commences proceedings elsewhere where such proceedings are in breach of the exclusive jurisdiction clause, unless a party can satisfy the courts of the British Virgin Islands that it would be just and equitable to depart from that presumption (for example, not to do so would deprive one party of access to justice). |
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| 2. | To maintain the Company in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Company must inter alia pay annual filing fees to the Registrar, comply with its economic substance requirements and obligations under the Virgin Islands Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act, 2018 and file a copy of its register of directors with the Registrar. |
| 3. | We make no comment on references to any Foreign Laws or to any representations or warranties made in any agreement or document. |
| 4. | We express no view as to the commercial terms of the Documents or whether such terms represent the intentions of the parties and make no comment with regard to the representations that may be made by the Company. |
| 5. | We offer no opinion as to whether the acceptance of, or the execution or performance of, the Company’s obligations under the Documents will or may result in the breach or infringement of any other deed, contract or document entered into by, or binding upon, the Company (other than the Memorandum and Articles). |
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Exhibit 10.1
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 1, 2024 (the “Execution Date”), is entered into by and between VCI GLOBAL LIMITED, a British Virgin Islands corporation (the “Company”), and ALUMNI CAPITAL LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investor”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company wishes to sell to the Investor, and the Investor wishes to buy from the Company, up to $5,000,000 of the Company’s Ordinary Shares, no par value (“Ordinary Shares”).
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings specified or indicated (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a Party, any individual, a corporation, limited liability company or any other legal entity, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Party. For purpose of this definition, the term “control,” as used with respect to any corporation or other entity, means (a) direct or indirect ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the securities or other ownership interests representing the voting stock or general partnership or membership interest of such corporation or other entity or (b) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such corporation or other entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Law” shall mean Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2(f).
“Business Day” shall mean a day on which the Principal Market shall be open for business.
“Clearing Costs” shall mean all of the Investor’s broker and Transfer Agent costs with respect to the deposit of the Purchase Notice Securities.
“Closing” shall mean any one of the closings of a purchase and sale of Purchase Notice Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.
“Closing Date” shall mean the date a Closing occurs.
“Commitment Amount” shall mean $5,000,000.
“Commitment Period” shall mean the period commencing on the Execution Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which the Investor shall have purchased Purchase Notice Securities pursuant to this Agreement for an aggregate purchase price of the Commitment Amount or (ii) 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 31, 2025.
“Commitment Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.
“Company” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Custodian” shall mean any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Damages” shall mean any loss, claim, damage, liability, cost, and expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and costs and expenses of expert witnesses and investigation).
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(g).
“Execution Date” shall mean the date set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Future SEC Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(i).
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Initial Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
“Investor” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“knowledge of the Company” and similar phrases means the actual knowledge of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, or chief operating officer of the Company after reasonable inquiry.
“Lien” shall mean a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right, or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any effect on the business, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Party that is material and adverse to the Party and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with the ability of the Party to enter into and perform its obligations under any Transaction Document.
“New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.1(b).
“Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Party” shall mean a party to this Agreement.
“Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
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“Principal Market” shall mean any of the national exchanges (i.e., NYSE, NYSE American, Nasdaq), or principal quotation systems (i.e., OTCQX, OTCQB, OTC Pink, the OTC Bulletin Board), or other principal exchange or recognized quotation system which is at the time the principal trading platform or market for the Ordinary Shares.
“Purchase Agreement Securities” shall mean the securities to be acquired directly or indirectly hereunder, including the Purchase Notice Securities, and the Commitment Securities and the Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants, to be issued to the Investor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Purchase Notice Amount” shall mean the product of the number of Purchase Notice Securities referenced in the Purchase Notice multiplied by the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.1.
“Purchase Notice” shall mean a written notice from the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, to the Investor setting forth the Purchase Notice Securities that the Company requires the Investor to purchase pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Purchase Notice Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
“Purchase Notice Limitation” shall mean a number of shares of Ordinary Shares equal to $1,000,000.
“Purchase Notice Securities” shall mean all of the Purchase Agreement Securities that the Company shall be entitled to issue as set forth in all Purchase Notices in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
“Purchase Price” shall mean the lowest traded price for the Ordinary Shares for the five (5) consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Purchase Notice multiplied by 85%. The Purchase Notice will be subject to the Purchase Notice Limitation.
“Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred in effecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with FINRA, and any fees of the securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Ordinary Shares is then listed or quoted), printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Investor, blue sky fees and expenses, and any fees and disbursements of accountants retained by the Company incident to or required by any such registration.
“Registration Statement” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.1(c).
“Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Purchase Notice Securities, (ii) the Warrant Shares, and (iii) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such securities by way of a conversion, exercise, ordinary share dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, capitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (1) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of, or exchanged in accordance with such registration statement; (2) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (3) such securities have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act; or (4) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.
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“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act.
“SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC Documents” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.5.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Share Equivalents” shall mean any securities of the Company entitling the holder thereof to acquire at any time Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Ordinary Shares.
“Shareholder Approval” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.4.
“Shareholder Approval Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.4.
“Subsidiary” shall mean any Person the Company wholly-owns or controls, or in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the voting stock or similar voting interest, in each case that would be disclosable pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Securities” mean the Purchase Notice Securities, the Warrant, and the Warrant Shares to be issued to the Investor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Warrant and all exhibits hereto and thereto.
“Transfer Agent” shall mean, as applicable the current transfer agent as of the Execution Date and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Warrant” shall mean the warrant to purchase shares of the Company’s Ordinary Shares to the Investor issued pursuant to Section 6.3 of this Agreement.
“Warrant Shares” shall mean the shares of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.
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ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.1 PURCHASE NOTICES.
(a) Subject to the conditions set forth herein, at any time during the Commitment Period, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to direct the Investor, by its delivery to the Investor of a Purchase Notice from time to time, to purchase, and the Investor shall have the obligation to purchase from the Company, the number of Purchase Notice Securities set forth on the Purchase Notice at the Purchase Price, provided that the amount of Purchase Notice Securities shall not exceed the Purchase Notice Limitation applicable to such Purchase Notice or the Beneficial Ownership Limitation set forth in Section 8.2(f). At the Company’s option, on the Business Day prior to a Purchase Notice Date, the Company may request, in writing, the Investor to provide to the Company, and the Investor shall promptly provide to the Company, the number of shares of Ordinary Shares then beneficially owned by the Investor, as determined in accordance with Section 13 of the Exchange Act, solely for the purpose of determining the amount of Purchase Notice Securities that may be set forth on the Purchase Notice. The Company may not deliver a subsequent Purchase Notice until the Closing of an active Purchase Notice, except if waived by the Investor in writing.
Section 2.2 MECHANICS.
(a) PURCHASE NOTICE. In accordance with Section 2.1 and 2.2(b) below, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2, the Company shall deliver the Purchase Notice Shares as DWAC Shares to the Investor alongside the delivery of each Purchase Notice by email or by overnight courier at its address set forth in Section 11.16. A Purchase Notice shall be deemed delivered on (i) the Business Day that the Purchase Notice has been received by email or courier by the Investor if both conditions are met on or prior to 8:00 a.m. New York time or (ii) the next Business Day if the conditions are met after 8:00 a.m. New York time on a Business Day or at any time on a day which is not a Business Day (the “Purchase Notice Date”).
(b) DELIVERY OF PURCHASE NOTICE SECURITIES. No later than 8:00 a.m. New York time on the Purchase Notice Date, the Company shall deliver the Purchase Notice Securities to the Investor in any manner/form requested by the Investor. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, in the event that the Investor is unable to deposit any Purchase Notice Securities or other securities issued pursuant to this Agreement into the Brokerage Account of investor three (3) Business Days from the day of receipt thereof, the related Purchase Notice and securities shall be void ab initio (a “Deposit Failure”). The Investor will promptly provide written notice to the Company of the Deposit Failure, and the Company will immediately take all necessary and required actions under applicable laws to rescind the issuance of such Securities and return any and all funds received by the Investor in consideration thereof, as it is expressly understood by the parties that unless the Investor is able to successfully deposit the Securities into the Brokerage Account of Investor the Company’s obligation to deliver the Securities on the Purchase Notice Date has not been satisfied.
(c) CLOSING. The Investor shall pay to the Company the Purchase Notice Amount with respect to the applicable Purchase Notice as full payment for such Purchase Notice Securities purchased by the Investor under the applicable Purchase Notice via wire transfer of immediately available funds as set forth below on the Closing Date. With respect to each Purchase Notice, the Closing shall occur no later than five (5) Business Days after the Purchase Notice Date. All payments made under this Agreement shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as the Company may from time to time designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Agreement is due on any day that is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
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ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR
The Investor represents and warrants the following to the Company:
Section 3.1 INTENT. The Investor is entering into this Agreement and acquiring the Purchase Agreement Securities for its own account, and not as nominee or agent, for investment purposes and not with a view towards, or for a sale in connection with, a “distribution” (as such term is defined in the Securities Act) and the Investor has no present arrangement (whether or not legally binding) at any time to sell the Purchase Agreement Securities to or through any Person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided, however, that the Investor reserves the right to dispose of the Purchase Agreement Securities at any time in accordance with federal and state securities laws applicable to such disposition.
Section 3.2 NO LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE COMPANY. The Investor acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The Investor is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction.
Section 3.3 ACCREDITED INVESTOR. The Investor is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D, and the Investor has such experience in business and financial matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Purchase Agreement Securities. The Investor acknowledges that an investment in the Purchase Agreement Securities is speculative and involves a high degree of risk.
Section 3.4 AUTHORITY. The Investor has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action and no further consent or authorization of the Investor is required. The Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Investor, and when delivered by the Investor in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
Section 3.5 NOT AN AFFILIATE. The Investor is not an officer, director, or “affiliate” (as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) of the Company.
Section 3.6 ORGANIZATION AND STANDING. The Investor is an entity duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full right and limited partnership or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Section 3.7 ABSENCE OF CONFLICTS. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Investor and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the purchase of any Purchase Agreement Securities and the payment of any Purchase Notice Amount, do not and will not (a) result in a violation of the Investor’s certificate or articles of formation or organization or other organizational or charter documents, (b) conflict with, or constitute a material default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Investor, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, instrument, or (c) result in a violation of any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Investor or by which any property or asset of the Investor is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect).
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Section 3.8 DISCLOSURE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION. The Investor has had an opportunity to review copies of the SEC Documents filed on behalf of the Company and has had access to all publicly available information with respect to the Company. The Investor understands that its investment in the Purchase Agreement Securities involves a high degree of risk. The Investor is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Purchase Agreement Securities including a total loss. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Purchase Agreement Securities. The Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Purchase Agreement Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Purchase Agreement Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Purchase Agreement Securities.
Section 3.9 MANNER OF SALE. At no time was the Investor presented with or solicited by or through any leaflet, public promotional meeting, television advertisement or any other form of general solicitation or advertising.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company represents and warrants the following to the Investor, as of the Execution Date:
Section 4.1 ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY. The Company is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company is not in violation or default of any of the provisions of its organizational or charter documents. The Company is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign company in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit, or curtail such power and authority or qualification. The Company has Subsidiaries as disclosed in the SEC Documents.
Section 4.2 AUTHORITY. The Company has the requisite company power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company, and subject to the receipt of Shareholder Approval, the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary company action and no further consent or authorization of the Company’s board of directors is required. The Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed by the Investor and delivered by the Company in accordance with the term hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
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Section 4.3 CAPITALIZATION. As of the date hereof, there are 83,556,798 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. The Company has not issued any securities since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. Save for the right of first refusal of Boustead Securities, LLC, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents and this Agreement, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any securities, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional securities or Share Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Purchase Agreement Securities will not obligate the Company to issue Purchase Agreement Securities or other securities to any Person (other than the Investor) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are shareholder agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.
Section 4.4 LISTING AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. The Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the Principal Market on which the shares of Ordinary Shares are or have been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Principal Market. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company is and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
Section 4.5 SEC DOCUMENTS; DISCLOSURE. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements, and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) thereof, for the one (1) year preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Documents”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Documents prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and other federal laws, rules, and regulations applicable to such SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents when filed contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents comply as to form and substance in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (a) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (b) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments). Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Investor or its agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in Purchase Agreement Securities.
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Section 4.6 VALID ISSUANCES. The Purchase Agreement Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations. Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Investor in Article III of this Agreement and subject to the filings described in Section 4.7 of this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement Securities will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
Section 4.7 NO CONFLICTS. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Purchase Notice Securities and Commitment Securities, do not and will not (a) result in a violation of the Company’s articles of association or other organizational or charter documents, (b) conflict with, or constitute a material default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, instrument or any “lock-up” or similar provision of any underwriting or similar agreement to which the Company is a party, or (c) result in a violation of any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). The business of the Company is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except for possible violations that either singly or in the aggregate do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not required under federal, state or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents (other than (i) Shareholder Approval, (ii) any SEC or state securities filings that may be required to be made by the Company in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the issuance of Purchase Agreement Securities pursuant hereto, and (iii) the filing of a Listing of Additional Shares Notification Form with the Principal Market, which, in each case, have been made or will be made in a timely manner, as applicable); provided that, for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of Investor herein.
Section 4.8 NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. Since January 1, 2023, no event has occurred that has had a Material Adverse Effect on the Company that has not been disclosed in the SEC Documents.
Section 4.9 LITIGATION AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no material actions, suits, investigations, SEC inquiries, FINRA inquiries, NASDAQ inquiries, or similar proceedings (however any governmental agency may name them) pending or, to the actual knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or its properties, nor has the Company received any written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral notice of any such action, suit, proceeding, SEC inquiry, FINRA inquiry, NASDAQ inquiry or investigation, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. No judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree or award against the Company has been issued by or, to the actual knowledge of the Company, requested of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency which would have a Material Adverse Effect. There has not been, and to the actual knowledge of the Company, there is no pending investigation by the SEC involving the Company or any current officer or director of the Company.
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Section 4.10 ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING INVESTOR’S PURCHASE OF SECURITIES. Based solely on the Investor’s representation and warranties, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that the Investor is not (i) an officer or director of the Company, or (ii) an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Purchase Notice Securities.
Section 4.11 NO GENERAL SOLICITATION. Neither the Company, nor any Person acting on its behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Purchase Agreement Securities.
Section 4.12 NO INTEGRATED OFFERING. None of the Company, its Affiliates, and any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Purchase Agreement Securities to be integrated with prior offerings for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated, but excluding shareholder consents required to authorize and issue the Purchase Agreement Securities or waive any anti-dilution provisions in connection therewith.
Section 4.13 EXEMPT OFFERING. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor above, the offer, issue, and sale of the Securities hereunder are and will be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, and are exempt from registration and qualification under the registration, permit, or qualification requirements of all applicable state securities laws.
Section 4.14 PLACEMENT AGENT; OTHER COVERED PERSONS. The Company has not engaged any Person to act as a placement agent, underwriter, broker, dealer, or finder in connection with the sale of the Purchase Agreement Securities to the Investor hereunder. The Company is not aware of any Person that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of the Investor in connection with the sale of any Purchase Agreement Securities.
Section 4.15 REGISTRATION STATEMENT. At the time of the filing of each Registration Statement (as defined in Section 7.1(c)), or any amendment thereto, the Company shall have no knowledge of any untrue statement of a material fact in such Registration Statement, as the case may be, or omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and there shall be no such untrue statement of material fact or omission in any effective Registration Statement.
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ARTICLE
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COVENANTS OF INVESTOR
Section 5.1 SHORT SALES AND CONFIDENTIALITY. During the period from the Execution Date to the end of the Commitment Period, neither the Investor, nor any Affiliate of the Investor acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it, will execute (i) any “short sale” (as such term is defined in Section 242.200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Purchase Agreement Securities or (ii) hedging transaction which establishes a net short position with respect to the Purchase Agreement Securities or any other Company’s securities. For the purposes hereof, and in accordance with Regulation SHO, the sale after delivery of the Purchase Notice of such number of Purchase Notice Securities reasonably expected to be purchased under the Purchase Notice shall not be deemed a short sale. The Investor shall, until such time as the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents are publicly disclosed by the Company in accordance with the Exchange Act and the terms of the Transaction Documents, maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction Documents. Further, the Investor shall keep confidential the existence and terms of any Purchase Notice issued by the Company, including the number of Purchase Notice Securities set forth therein, until publicly disclosed by the Company in accordance with the Exchange Act and the terms of the Transaction Documents.
Section 5.2 COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; TRADING IN SECURITIES. During the period from the Execution Date to the end of the Commitment Period, the Investor’s trading activities with respect to the Purchase Agreement Securities will be in compliance with all applicable state and federal securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market.
Section 5.3 RESALES OF SECURITIES. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.2, the Investor covenants and agrees that it will resell the Purchase Agreement Securities only (i) pursuant to the Registration Statement in which the resale of such Securities is registered under the Securities Act, in a manner described under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in such Registration Statement, and in a manner in compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, any applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, or (ii) in compliance with an available exemption under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE
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COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 6.1 LISTING OF Ordinary Shares. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing or quotation and trading of the Ordinary Shares on the Principal Market (including, without limitation, maintaining sufficient net tangible assets, if required) and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing, and other obligations under the rules of the Principal Market.
Section 6.2 ISSUANCE OF COMMITMENT SECURITIES. In consideration for the Investor’s execution and delivery of, and performance under, this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Investor the Warrant (the “Commitment Securities”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Section 6.3 SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. The Company shall obtain any approval required under the rules of its Principal Market and under applicable law with respect to the issuance of securities under this Agreement (“Shareholder Approval”).
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ARTICLE VII
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Section 7.1 REGISTRATION.
(a) The Company shall file a Prospectus Supplement on effective Form F-1 or Form F-3 (whichever applicable) for the resale of the Purchase Notice Securities, not later than five (5) calendar days after the Execution Date and for the resale of the Warrant Shares, not later than ninety (90) calendar days after the Execution Date (the “Initial Registration Statement”). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause every Registration Statement (as defined below) to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, and (ii) keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the Investor ceases to hold Registrable Securities. The Registration Statement shall provide for any method or combination of methods of resale of Registrable Securities legally available to, and requested by, the Investor, and shall comply with the relevant provisions of the Securities Act and Exchange Act. The Investor acknowledges that it will be identified in the Registration Statement as an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act with respect to the resale of the Purchase Notice Securities, and the Investor shall furnish all information reasonably requested by the Company for inclusion therein. If Form F-3 becomes available for the registration of the resale of all of the Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall use such Form; provided, however, if Form F-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of all of the Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a registration statement on Form F-3 covering all of the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.
(b) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 7.1(a), if the SEC informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform the Investor and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement or a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”) as required by the SEC, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the SEC, on Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1(a).
(c) If the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 7.1(b) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC, as promptly as possible, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form that is available to register for resale all of those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended. The Initial Registration Statement, a New Registration Statement, and any other registration statements pursuant to which the Company seeks to register for resale any Registrable Securities shall each be referred to herein as a “Registration Statement” and collectively as the “Registration Statements.” The term “Registration Statement(s)” shall include any prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference, if any, in such registration statement.
Section 7.2 EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registrations pursuant to this Article VII shall be borne by the Company.
Section 7.3 REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In the case of each registration of Registrable Securities effected by the Company pursuant to this Article VII, the Company will do the following:
(a) Prepare each Registration Statement, including all exhibits and financial statements required under the Securities Act to be filed therewith, and before filing such Registration Statement, any prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, furnish to the Investor copies of all documents prepared to be filed with the SEC, and the Investor and its counsel will have a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon such any such document prior to its filing with the SEC.
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(b) In accordance with Section 7.1, file the Registration Statement with the SEC relating to the Registrable Securities, including all exhibits and financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement(s) to become effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable;
(c) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement as may be reasonably requested by the Investor or as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement;
(d) Notify the Investor, and confirm such notice in writing and provide copies of the relevant documents, as soon as reasonably practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company (i) when the applicable Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed or becomes effective, and when the applicable prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such prospectus has been filed, (ii) of any written comments by the SEC or any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, prospectus or for additional information (whether before or after the effective date of the Registration Statement), (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any order by the SEC or any other regulatory authority preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes, and (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of any Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
(e) Furnish such number of prospectuses, including any preliminary prospectuses, and other documents incident thereto, including any amendment of or supplement to the prospectus, as the Investor (or its counsel) from time to time may reasonably request;
(f) Register and qualify the securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as shall be reasonably requested by the Investor; 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 where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or when it is not then otherwise subject to service of process;
(g) 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and following such notification promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document that would be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement and prospectus, so that such Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that such prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, in the case of a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause it to be declared effective as promptly as is reasonably practicable, and give to the Investor a written notice of such amendment or supplement, and, upon receipt of such notice, the Investor agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement until the Investor’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus or until it receives further written notice from the Company that such sales may re-commence;
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(h) Use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent, or obtain the withdrawal of, any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement (and promptly notify in writing the Investor covered by such Registration Statement of the withdrawal of any such order);
(i) Provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for 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;
(j) If requested, cooperate with the Investor to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates or establishment of book entry notations representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends, including without limitation, procuring and delivering any opinions of counsel, certificates, or agreements as may be necessary to cause such Registrable Securities to be so delivered;
(k) Cause all such Registrable Securities registered hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
(l) Promptly identify to the Investor any underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the Investor, make available for inspection by the Investor all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent, in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such Registration Statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;
(m) Reasonably cooperate, and cause each of its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, and all other officers and members of the management to fully cooperate in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, assisting with the preparation of any Registration Statement or amendment thereto with respect to such offering and all other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential shareholders;
(n) Otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its shareholders an earnings statement (in a form that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto) no later than thirty (30) days after the end of the 12-month period beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full fiscal quarter after the effective date of such Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall cover said 12-month period, and which requirement will be deemed to be satisfied if the Company timely files complete and accurate information on Forms 20-F and 6-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto;
(o) Reasonably cooperate with the Investor and each underwriter or agent, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to make or cause to be made any filings required to be made by an issuer with FINRA in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement;
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(p) If requested by the Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by the Investor;
(q) Take all reasonable action to ensure that any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in the Securities Act) utilized in connection with any registration covered by Article VII complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related prospectus, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(r) Take all such other reasonable actions as are necessary or advisable in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
Section 7.4 REGISTRATION INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, and each shareholder, member, limited or general partner thereof, each shareholder, member, limited or general partner of each such shareholder, member, limited or general partner, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, advisors, and agents and each person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act) such persons and each of their respective representatives, and each underwriter, if any, and each person or entity who controls within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act any underwriter, against all expenses, claims, judgments, suits, costs, penalties, losses, damages, and liabilities (or actions, proceedings, or settlements in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any of the following: (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any prospectus, offering circular or other document (including any related Registration Statement, notification, or the like) incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 the Investor, and each shareholder, member, limited or general partner thereof, each shareholder, member, limited or general partner of each such shareholder, member, limited or general partner, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, advisors, and agents and each person who controls such persons and each of their respective Representatives, and each underwriter, if any, and each person or entity who controls any underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, judgment, suit, penalty, loss, damage, liability or action; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, judgment, suit, penalty loss, damage, liability, or action arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Investor, any of the Investor’s Representatives, any person or entity controlling the Investor, such underwriter or any person or entity who controls any such underwriter, and stated to be specifically for use therein; provided, further, that, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.4(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). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.4(a), the maximum aggregate liability of the Company under this indemnity provision shall be limited to $100,000. This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability the Company may otherwise have. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Investor or any indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of such securities by the Investor.
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(b) To the extent permitted by law, the Investor will, if Registrable Securities held by the Investor are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification, or compliance is being effected, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, officers, employees, partners, legal counsel and accountants and each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a Registration Statement, each person or entity who controls the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all claims, judgments, penalties losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any of the following: (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any prospectus, offering circular or other document (including any related Registration Statement, notification, or the like) incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use in connection with such registration, (ii) any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use in connection with such registration, or (iii) 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 Investor and relating to action or inaction required of the Investor in connection with any offering covered by such registration, qualification, or compliance, and will reimburse the Company and the Investor, directors, officers, partners, legal counsel and accountants, persons, underwriters, or control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission (i) is made in such Registration Statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Investor and stated to be specifically for use therein and (ii) has not been corrected in a subsequent writing prior to or concurrently with the sale of the Registrable Securities to the person asserting the claim; provided, however, that the obligations of the Investor hereunder shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claims, losses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Investor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); and provided that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 7.4 exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by the Investor, except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by the Investor.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 7.4 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall (i) give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought (provided, that any delay or failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder only to the extent, if at all, that it is actually and materially prejudiced by reason of such delay or failure), and (ii) permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom; provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense unless (w) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees or expenses, (x) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim within a reasonable time after receipt of notice of such claim from the Indemnified Party hereunder and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, (y) the Indemnified Party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of its counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, or (z) in the reasonable judgment of any such person (based upon advice of its counsel) a conflict of interest may exist between such person and the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the person notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that such person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such person). No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7.4 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, then 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. No party will be required under this Section 7.4(d) to contribute any amount in excess of the net proceeds from the offering received by such party, except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such party. No person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The obligations of the Company and the Investor under this Section 7.4 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration under this Section 7.4 and otherwise shall survive the termination of this Agreement until the expiration of the applicable period of the statute of limitations.
Section 7.5 INFORMATION BY THE INVESTOR. The Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding the Investor and the distribution proposed by the Investor as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with any registration, qualification, or compliance referred to in this Article VII.
Section 7.6 RULE 144 REPORTING. With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC that may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees to do the following:
(a) Make and keep adequate current public information with respect to the Company available in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
(b) File with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and
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(c) So long as the Investor owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to the Investor forthwith upon written request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Exchange Act, or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form F-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies), and such other reports and documents so filed as the Investor may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing the Investor to sell any such securities without registration. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as the Investor may reasonably request to enable the Investor to sell from time to time Purchase Agreement Securities held by the Investor without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144, including providing any legal opinions.
Section 7.7 NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company has not entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Investor or otherwise conflict with the provisions hereof. Unless the Company receives the consent of the Investor, the Company shall not file any other registration statements (other than registration statements on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto) until all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the SEC.
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CONDITIONS TO DELIVERY OF
PURCHASE NOTICE AND CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Section 8.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY TO ISSUE AND SELL PURCHASE NOTICE SECURITIES. The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Purchase Notice Securities to the Investor is subject to the satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth below:
(a) ACCURACY OF INVESTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and warranties of the Investor shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Execution Date and as of the date of each Closing as though made at each such time.
(b) PERFORMANCE BY INVESTOR. Investor shall have performed, satisfied, and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements, and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied, or complied with by the Investor at or prior to each Closing.
(c) PRINCIPAL MARKET REGULATION. The trading of the Purchase Agreement Securities shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market, or otherwise halted for any reason, and the Purchase Agreement Securities shall have been approved for listing or quotation on, and shall not have been delisted from or no longer quoted on, the Principal Market. The Company shall have no obligation to issue any Purchase Agreement Securities, and the Investor shall have no right to receive any Purchase Agreement Securities, if the issuance of such Purchase Agreement Securities would exceed the Exchange Cap (as defined below).
(d) NO INJUNCTION. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, or adopted by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly and materially adversely affects any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and no proceeding shall have been commenced that may have the effect of prohibiting or materially adversely affecting any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(e) EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, shall have been declared, and shall remain, effective for the resale of the Registrable Securities at all times until the Closing with respect to the subject Purchase Notice, the Company shall not have received notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop order with respect to such Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so, and no other suspension of the use of, or withdrawal of the effectiveness of, such Registration Statement shall exist.
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(f) OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE. At the Closing, the Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate of an officer of the Company certifying that the Company has satisfied the conditions set forth in Section 8.1(c) and (d).
Section 8.2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF INVESTOR TO PURCHASE THE PURCHASE NOTICE SECURITIES. The obligation of the Investor hereunder to purchase the Purchase Notice Securities is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, shall have been declared, and shall remain, effective for the resale of the Registrable Securities at all times with respect to any subject Purchase Notice, the Company shall not have received notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop order with respect to such Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so, and no other suspension of the use of, or withdrawal of the effectiveness of, such Registration Statement shall exist. The Investor shall not have received any notice from the Company that the prospectus, and/or any prospectus supplement or amendment thereto fails to meet the requirements of Section 5(b) or Section 10 of the Securities Act.
(b) ACCURACY OF THE COMPANY’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the Execution Date and as of the date of each Closing (except for representations and warranties specifically made as of a particular date).
(c) PERFORMANCE BY THE COMPANY. The Company shall have performed, satisfied, and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements, and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied, or complied with by the Company at or prior to such Closing.
(d) NO INJUNCTION. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or adopted by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly and materially adversely affects any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and no proceeding shall have been commenced that may have the effect of prohibiting or materially adversely affecting any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(e) NO SUSPENSION OF TRADING IN OR DELISTING OF ORDINARY SHARES. The trading of the Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market, or otherwise halted for any reason, and the Ordinary Shares shall have been approved for listing or quotation on, and shall not have been delisted from or no longer quoted on, the Principal Market. In the event of a suspension, delisting, or halting for any reason, of the trading of the Ordinary Shares, as contemplated by this Section 8.2(e), the Investor shall have the right to return to the Company any amount of Purchase Notice Securities associated with such Purchase Notice, and the Commitment Amount with respect to such Purchase Notice shall be refunded accordingly.
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(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP LIMITATION. The number of Purchase Notice Securities then to be acquired by the Investor shall not exceed the number of such Ordinary Shares that, when aggregated with all other Ordinary Shares then beneficially owned (as such term is defined under the Exchange Act) by the Investor, would result in the Investor beneficially owning more than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below), as determined in accordance with Section 13 of the Exchange Act. For purposes of this Section 8.2(f), if the amount of Ordinary Shares outstanding is greater or lesser on a Closing Date than on the date on which the Purchase Notice associated with such Closing Date is given, the amount of Ordinary Shares outstanding on such date of the issuance of a Purchase Notice shall govern for purposes of determining whether the Investor, when aggregating all purchases of Purchase Agreement Securities made pursuant to this Agreement, would beneficially own more than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation following a purchase on any such Closing Date. If the Investor claims that compliance with a Purchase Notice would result in the Investor owning more than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, upon request of the Company, the Investor will provide the Company with evidence of the Investor’s then existing Ordinary Shares beneficially owned. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of Purchase Notice Securities issuable pursuant to a Purchase Notice. To the extent that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation would be exceeded in connection with a Closing, the number of Purchase Notice Securities issuable to the Investor shall be reduced so it does not exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
(g) PRINCIPAL MARKET REGULATION. The Company shall have no right to issue and the Investor shall have no obligation to purchase any Purchase Notice Securities if the issuance of such Purchase Notice Securities would exceed 19.99% of the Company’s outstanding Ordinary Shares (the “Exchange Cap”), as of the Execution Date, unless shareholder approval is obtained to issue more than such 19.99%.
(h) NO KNOWLEDGE. The Company shall have no knowledge of any event more likely than not to have the effect of causing the effectiveness of the Registration Statement to be suspended or the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement thereto failing to meet the requirement of Sections 5(b) or 10 of the Securities Act (which event is more likely than not to occur within the fifteen (15) Business Days following the Business Day on which such Purchase Notice is deemed delivered).
(i) SEC DOCUMENTS. All reports, schedules, registrations, forms, statements, information and other documents required to have been filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act after the Execution Date (the “Future SEC Documents”) (1) shall have been filed with the SEC within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings under the Exchange Act, and (2) as of their respective dates, such Future SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and other federal laws, rules and regulations applicable to such Future SEC Documents, and none of such Future SEC Documents 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(j) Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing, the Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate of an officer of the Company certifying that the Company has satisfied the conditions set forth in Section 8.2(b) and (c).
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ARTICLE IX
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ARTICLE
X
indemnification
Section 10.1 Each Party (a “General Indemnifying Party”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the other Party along with its officers, directors, employees, and authorized agents (a “General Indemnified Party”) from and against any claim or suit by third parties for Damages resulting from or arising out of (i) any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or nonfulfillment of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of the General Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement, or (ii) any violation by the General Indemnifying Party of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, as such Damages are incurred by the Indemnified Party, except to the extent that such Damages result primarily from the General Indemnified Party’s failure to perform any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or the Indemnified Party’s negligent, recklessness or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this indemnity provision, the maximum aggregate liability of any General Indemnifying Party under this indemnity shall be limited to $100,000.
ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 FORCE MAJEURE. No Party shall be liable for any failure to fulfill its obligations hereunder due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, epidemic or pandemic, natural disaster, labor disturbances, terrorist attack, riots or wars, and any action taken, or restrictions or limitations imposed, by government or public authorities.
Section 11.2 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.
Section 11.3 ASSIGNMENT. The Transaction Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Investor and their respective successors. Neither any of the Transaction Documents nor any rights of the Investor or the Company hereunder may be assigned by either Party to any other Person.
Section 11.4 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the Company and the Investor and their respective successors, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as contemplated by Section 7.4 and Article XI.
Section 11.5 TERMINATION. This Agreement shall automatically terminate on the earlier of (i) the end of the Commitment Period; or (ii) the date that, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, the Company commences a voluntary case or any Person commences a proceeding against the Company, a Custodian is appointed for the Company or for all or substantially all of its property or the Company makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
Section 11.6 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits thereto, contain the entire understanding of the Company and the Investor with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters.
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Section 11.7 FEES AND EXPENSES. Each Party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such Party incidental to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents.
Section 11.8 CLEARING COST. The Company shall pay the Clearing Cost associated with each Closing, and any Transfer Agent fees (including any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied on the Company in connection with the delivery of any Purchase Agreement Securities to the Investor.
Section 11.9 COUNTERPARTS AND EXECUTION. The Transaction Documents may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which may be executed by less than all of the Parties, all of which together will constitute one instrument, will be deemed to be an original, and will be enforceable against the Parties. The Transaction Documents may be delivered to the other Party hereto by email of a copy of the Transaction Documents bearing the signature of the Party so delivering the Transaction Documents. The Parties agree that this Agreement shall be considered signed when the signature of a Party is delivered by .PDF, DocuSign or other generally accepted electronic signature. Such .PDF, DocuSign, or other generally accepted electronic signature shall be treated in all respects as having the same effect as an original signature.
Section 11.10 SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this Agreement becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without said provision; provided that such severability shall be ineffective if it materially changes the economic benefit of this Agreement to any Party.
Section 11.11 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each Party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other Party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 11.12 NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AGAINST DRAFTER. The Parties acknowledge that they have had an adequate opportunity to review this Agreement and to submit the same to legal counsel for review and comment. The Parties agree that the rule of construction that a contract be construed against the drafter, if any, shall not be applied in the interpretation and construction of this Agreement.
Section 11.13 TITLE AND SUBTITLES. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for the convenience of reference and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
Section 11.14 AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by a written instrument signed by both Parties hereto and no provision of this Agreement may be waived other than in a written instrument signed by the Party against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. No failure or delay in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.
Section 11.15 PUBLICITY. The Company and the Investor shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no Party shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement, without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that no prior consent shall be required if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing Party shall provide the other Party with prior notice of such public statement. The Investor acknowledges that the Transaction Documents may be deemed to be “material contracts,” as that term is defined by Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K, and that the Company may therefore be required to file such documents as exhibits to reports or registration statements filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. The Investor further agrees that the status of such documents and materials as material contracts shall be determined solely by the Company, in consultation with its counsel.
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Section 11.16 NOTICES
The addresses for communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Address: B03-C-8, Menara 3A, KL Eco City, No. 3, Jalan Bangsar, 59200 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Telephone: (603) 7717 3089
E-mail: datovictor@v-capital.co
If to the Investor:
Address: 80 S.W. 8th Street, Suite 2000, Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: (917) 793-1173
E-mail: operations@alumnicapital.com
Either Party hereto may from time to time change its address or email for notices under this clause by giving prior written notice of such changed address to the other Party hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the Execution Date.
| VCI GLOBAL LIMITED | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | Dato’ Victor Hoo | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| ALUMNI CAPITAL LP | ||
| By: ALUMNI CAPITAL GP LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | Ashkan Mapar | |
| Title: | Manager | |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE
TO: ALUMNI CAPITAL LP
We refer to the Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of [●], 2024, entered into by and between VCI GLOBAL LIMITED, and you. Capitalized terms defined in the Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning when used herein.
We hereby certify that, as of the date hereof, the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 of the Agreement are satisfied and we hereby elect to exercise our right pursuant to the Agreement to require you to purchase [______] Purchase Notice Securities.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the amount of Purchase Notice Securities shall not exceed the Purchase Notice Limitation applicable to such Purchase Notice or the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
The Company’s wire instructions are as follows:
[Insert Wire Instructions]
| VCI GLOBAL LIMITED | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | Dato’ Victor Hoo | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF WARRANT