The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Shares, Warrant Shares or the APA Shares, as the case may be, if the holder satisfies the conditions for transfer set forth in Section 4.1(a) of this Agreement. The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge, and/or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in connection with a bona fide margin account and, if required under the terms of such agreement or account, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion may be required in connection with a subsequent transfer following default by the Purchaser transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer thereof including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder. Any Securities subject to a pledge or security interest as contemplated by this Section 4.1(b) shall continue to bear the legend set forth in this Section 4.1(b) and be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4.1(a).
Shares, may reasonably request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Shares, Warrant Shares or APA Shares, without registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon request, the Company will provide to a Purchaser written certification of its compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.2.
4.3Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares, Warrant Shares or APA Shares, in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Shares, Warrant Shares or APA Shares.
4.4Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall issue or file any necessary Current Reports in Israel and the United States, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Counsel, disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall attach all necessary documents thereto. The Company Counsel and Purchaser Counsel shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of Purchaser Counsel, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.
4.5Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder in accordance with the Business Plan for working capital purposes, and not for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt or to redeem any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares Equivalents.
4.6Indemnification. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.6, in consideration of each Party’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and in addition to all of the Parties’ other obligations in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, each Party (being the “Indemnifying Party”) will indemnify, protect and hold the other Party and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents, each Person who controls such Party (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or of such controlling persons (each, a “Indemnified Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, penalties, fees, costs and expenses, (irrespective of whether any such Indemnified Party is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation (collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”) that any such Indemnified Party may suffer or incur as a result of, arising out or, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Indemnifying Party in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, except as specifically provided in any Transaction Document, or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Indemnifying Party contained in the this Agreement or any document related to the Transactions, or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or
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thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnified Party by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any document related to the Transactions, or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, or (ii) the status of any Purchaser or holder of the Shares as an investor in the Company pursuant to the this Agreement or the Transactions (unless, and only to the extent that, such action is based, including in part, upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under this Agreement or any document related to the Transactions or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct). The Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Indemnified Liabilities. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Indemnifying Party may be unenforceable for any reason, the Indemnifying Party shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. If any action shall be brought against any Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Party in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Party. Any Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party except to the extent that (i) the Indemnifying Party has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Party, or (ii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Indemnifying Party and the position of such Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party will not be liable to any Indemnified Party under this Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Indemnified Party effected without the Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Indemnified Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchasers in this Agreement or any document related to the Transactions. The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of the applicable Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to the applicable Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or litigation. The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action. In no event shall an Indemnifying Party be liable to all of the Indemnified Parties for an aggregate amount in excess of the aggregate Subscription Amount plus $150,000 for legal expenses.
4.7OCS Undertaking. Each Purchaser hereby agrees to execute an undertaking to the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist in the form required by the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist if such Purchaser shall hold 5% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.
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4.8No Shop. Following the date hereof and through the earlier of (i) termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, and (ii) the Closing, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (a) issue any Capital Stock (other than pursuant to existing options or other commitments), merge or consolidate the Company or sell, assign, transfer or convey any of the assets of the Company (other than sales of the Company’s products in the ordinary course of business); (b) solicit any offers for, respond to any unsolicited offers for, or enter into or conduct any negotiations in respect of any of the foregoing; or (c) in any way assist or encourage any person in connection with any proposed acquisition of any of the shares or assets of the Company. Each of the Purchasers shall be entitled to request specific performance or injunction to enforce the terms of this Agreement. The foregoing shall not apply to the Company’s discussions with the banks that provided it with financing relating to refinancing the Company’s debt obligations, or with any other entity agreed to by the Purchasers.
4.9Conduct of Business of Company. Following the date hereof and through the earlier of (A) termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, and (B) the Closing, the Company shall maintain its regular course of business and except as contemplated by this Agreement, shall not engage in any activity that is outside the ordinary course of business and not deviate from its ordinary course of business. Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the Company from taking actions that are required to be taken under this Agreement in order to consummate the Closing or that are otherwise permitted herein or required under applicable law. By way of amplification and not limitation, except as contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall, during the period described in the first sentence above, (a) amend or otherwise change the Company’s organizational documents, (b) split, combine, reclassify or redeem any shares of its outstanding capital stock, (c) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution payable in cash, stock or property, (d) authorize for issuance, issue (except upon the exercise of outstanding stock options) or sell, deliver or agree to issue or sell any shares of, or rights to acquire or convertible into any shares of, its capital stock (whether through the issuance or granting of options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise), or amend any of the terms of any such capital stock, (e) merge, acquire or dispose a material asset or invest in a another company, (f) incur, assume or prepay any indebtedness or any other liabilities in excess of $100,000 individually, or in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate (other than trade payables), (g) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person, (h) make any material loans, gifts, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person; (i) make any changes to the compensation or benefits of any senior employee, consultant officer or director, or (j) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing.
4.10China Operations. Based upon legal, accounting, business and tax considerations, the Parties shall explore the option of jointly establishing a seamless operation in China, whether by founding a new business venture or by acquiring existing operations. Any such operation would be governed by a separate agreement, which may be executed after the Closing, but in any event the Parties shall diligently pursue finalizing the exact framework of such operation before the end of 2010.
The Company hereby agrees to grant to Mike Gao, an indirect purchaser hereunder, a right of first offer in good faith effective through December 31, 2010,
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with regard to the following types of projects that it might be a party to (1) any purchase orders for products to be manufactured in China, (2) the establishment of any factory in China, or (3) any joint venture relating to the establishment of Chinese operations or sales.
4.11Form D; Blue Sky filings. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the sale of the Securities as required under Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for, or obtain exemption for the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities laws of Canada or any provinces thereof, and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Purchasers.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company or by any combination of the Purchasers subscribing for at least fifty percent (50%) of the Shares (the “Majority Purchasers”):
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5.2Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, anti-trust filing fees, listing fees, registration frees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any of the Securities under the transaction documents.
5.3Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
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deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto (b) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent overnight via a U.S. or Israeli nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (c) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.5Amendments; Waivers. Except as expressly set forth herein, no provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Majority Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
5.6Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
5.7Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Shares, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound (a copy of which shall be provided to the Company), with respect to the transferred Shares, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers”, including, for the sake of clarity, any restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws.
5.8No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.6.
5.9Governing Law. The laws of the State of Israel, without regard to its choice of law rules, shall govern the validity, the construction of its terms and the interpretation of the rights and duties of the parties hereunder. The appropriate courts in Tel-Aviv shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute or claim in connection with this Agreement, and each of the Parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any suit, action or proceeding described in the preceding paragraph may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any court identified in this paragraph. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party agrees that service of process on such party as provided on the Signature Page of this Agreement, shall be deemed effective service of process on such Party.
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5.10Survival. The agreements, representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.
5.11Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file (or any other similar format), such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.12Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.
5.14Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.15Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
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including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
5.16Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid damages and other amounts have been paid or such payments have been waived or otherwise satisfied, notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
5.17Interpretation. The Parties agree that in interpreting this Agreement and the Transaction Documents there shall be no inferences against the drafting party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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| | | Address for Notice: |
TEFRON LTD. | | P.O.B. 1365Misgav 20179 |
| | | Fax. 972-4-9900053 |
By: | /s/ Eran Rotem | | Attention: Chief Executive Officer |
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| | With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) to: |
| Name: Eran Rotem | | GKH Law Offices |
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | | 1 Azrieli Center, Round Building |
| | | Tel Aviv, Israel, 67021 |
| | | Fax: 972-3-607-4411 |
| | | Attn: Amir Halevy, Adv. and Daniel K. Gamulka, Adv. |
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7341148 CANADA INC. | | c/o LAPOINTE ROSENSTEIN MARCHAND |
| | | MELANÇON, L.L.P. |
By: | /s/ Martin Lieberman | | 1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Suite 1400 |
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| | Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3B 5E9 |
| Name: Martin Lieberman | | Facsimile: 514 925-5013Attention: Brahm M. Gelfand |
| Title: President | | |
| | | With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) to: |
| | | Gornitzky & Co. |
| | | 45 Rothschild Blvd. |
| | | Tel Aviv, 65784 Israel |
| | | Fax: +972 3 560-6555 |
| | | Attention: Adv. Daniel Paserman (CPA) and Adv. Benjamin Waltuch |
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Schedule I
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| INVESTOR | | SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT | | SHARES | |
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| 7341148 Canada Inc. | | $2,700,000 | | 1,285,714 | |
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