WAIVER OF PENALTIES RELATED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS
This WAIVER OF PENALTIES RELATED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS (“WAIVER”) is entered into as of this 3RD day of July, 2007 by and between a CHINA ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING, INC., Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons listed on the signature pages hereof (the “Holders”). Undefined terms herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, as defined below.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, on October 17, 2006, the Company and each of the Holders entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company granted each of the Holders certain registration rights pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a Registration Statement for the resale of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders;
WHEREAS, the Registration Rights Agreement states that Company shall be required to issue, as liquidated damages, to each of the Holders shares (the “Penalty Shares”) equal to a total of 0.0333% of their respective Shares for each calendar day that the Registration Statement has not been filed or declared effective by the SEC (and until the Registration Statement is filed with or declared effective by the SEC), as applicable;
WHEREAS, Section 2.2 of the Registration Rights Agreement states that the provisions thereof may be amended through a written instrument signed by the parties; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Holders desire to waive any and all Penalty Shares, and any rights to any Penalty Shares, under the Registration Rights Agreement.
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Waiver of Penalty Shares. The Company and Holders hereby agree to remove all references to the Penalty Shares from the Registration Rights Agreement, and each of the Holders hereby fully and irrevocably waive the Penalty Shares, and any and all rights thereto.
2. Conflicts. To the extent there is any conflict between the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of this Waiver take precedence.
3. Confirmation of Subscription Agreement. The parties hereto hereby confirm that the Registration Rights Agreement, as amended by this Waiver, remains in full force and effect.
4. Miscellaneous. All the provisions of Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement are herein incorporated by this reference, including, but not limited to, the sections regarding governing law and counterparts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Waiver as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
CHINA ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING, INC. | |||
By: /s/ Ken Luo Yi | |||
Name: Ken Luo Yi | |||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Company Signature Page
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Waiver as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
HOLDERS:
Name: FirstAlliance Financial Group, Inc. | |||
Signature: /s/ Weiming Zhang | |||
By: Weiming Zhang | |||
Title: Director | |||
Number of Shares: 2,000,000 |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Waiver as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
HOLDERS:
Name: Richard Rappaport | |||
Signature: /s/ Richard Rappaport | |||
Number of Shares: 461,825 |
Name: The Amanda Rappaport Trust | |||
Signature: /s/ Richard Rappaport | |||
By: Richard Rappaport, Trustee | |||
Number of Shares: 250,250 |
Name: The Kailey Rappaport Trust | |||
Signature: /s/ Richard Rappaport | |||
By: Richard Rappaport, Trustee | |||
Number of Shares: 250,250 |
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