LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into on December 24, 2007 between Mr. Yinshing David To (the "Holder"), Mr. Tao Li (the “Successor”) and Discovery Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement will have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
RECITALS
A. The Company has determined that it is advisable and in its best interest to enter into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 24, 2007 (the "Purchase Agreement") with the Investors named therein (the "Investors") and certain other parties named therein, pursuant to which the Company will issue and sell in a private offering securities of the Company (the "Offering").
B. In connection with the Offering, the Company has agreed to provide the Investors certain registration rights, and in furtherance thereof has agreed to file a registration statement to enable the Investors to resell certain of the securities subject of the Offering.
C. It is a condition to the Investors' respective obligations to close under the Purchase Agreement and provide the financing contemplating by the Offering that the Holder and the Successor execute and deliver to the Company this Agreement.
D. Upon the Closing, the Holder will beneficially own 6,535,676 shares of common stock of the Company and simultaneously with the entry into this Agreement, the Holder is to enter into a Call Option Agreement with the Successor, pursuant to which the Holder is to sell all of his shares he is to receive from the Company on the same date of the closing of the Offering in installments upon certain conditions are satisfied and the Successor hereby acknowledges and agrees that any and all of his shares of the Company he is to receive from the Holder are subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
E. In contemplation of, and as a material inducement for the Investors to enter into, the Purchase Agreement, the Holder, the Successor and the Company have each agreed to execute and deliver this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become null and void if the Purchase Agreement is terminated prior to its Closing as to all Investors.
Each of the Holder and the Successor has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to enter into and deliver this Agreement, and such Holder and the Successor confirm that it has not relied on the advice of the Company or any other person.
2. Representations and Warranties. Each of the parties hereto, by their respective execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby represents and warrants to the others and to all third party beneficiaries of this Agreement that (a) such party has the full right, capacity and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its respective obligations under this Agreement, (b) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such party and is the binding and enforceable obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (c) the execution, delivery and performance of such party’s obligations under this Agreement will not conflict with or breach the terms of any other agreement, contract, commitment or understanding to which such party is a party or to which the assets or securities of such party are bound.
3. Beneficial Ownership. Holder hereby represents and warrants that as of the Closing it will not beneficially own (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) any shares of Common Stock, or any economic interest therein or derivative therefrom, other than those shares of Common Stock specified on its signature page to this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement the shares of Common Stock to be beneficially owned by such Holder and the Successor and specified on their signature page to this Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Shares.”
4. Lockup. From and after the date of this Agreement and through and including the one year anniversary of the earlier of (i) the Effective Date of the Registration Statement resulting in not less than seventy-five (75%) percent of all the Registrable Securities being registered for resale in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement (plus one additional day for each Trading Day following the Effective Date of any Registration Statement during which either (1) the Registration Statement is not effective or (2) the prospectus forming a portion of the Registration Statement is not available for the resale of all Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) required to be covered thereby) or (ii) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities can be sold without volume restrictions under Rule 144 (the "Lockup Period"), the Holder irrevocably agrees it will not offer, pledge, encumber, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering of, any of its Shares (including any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, or representing the rights to receive, Shares), except for the sale of the Holder’s Shares to the Successor pursuant to the Call Option Agreement dated the date hereof, which is subject to the provisions set forth below on transfers. In furtherance thereof, the Company will (x) place a stop order with the Transfer Agent on all Shares, including those which are covered by a registration statement, (y) notify the Transfer Agent in writing of the stop order and the restrictions on such Shares under this Agreement and direct the Transfer Agent not to process any attempts by the Holder to resell or transfer any Shares under any registration statements, rule 144, or otherwise in violation of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything to the contrary contained herein, subject to the provisions set forth in the following sentence, the Successor may transfer Shares to his wife or children (a “Permitted Holder”). Any transfer of Shares permitted hereunder shall be subject to the following: (a) the transferor shall give prior notice of such intended transfer to each of the Transfer Agent and the Company, (b) such transfer is subject to the prior undertaking by each of Successor and each Permitted Holder (as applicable) with the Company, Transfer Agent and Investors that such transferred Shares are subject in all respects to the obligations and restrictions on Shares under this Agreement in place of the relevant transferor (including the placing on such Shares of a restrictive legend) and (c) such transferor shall remain liable for any breach by such Permitted Holder or, in the case of a transfer pursuant to the Call Option, the Successor, of any provision hereunder.
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5. Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Holder, the Successor and the Company acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is entered into for the benefit of and is enforceable by the Investors and their successors and assigns. The Holder, Successor and the Company understand and agree that this Agreement is a material inducement to the willingness of the Investors to enter into the Purchase agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder, and that each of the Company, Successor and the Holder receive benefits as a result of the investment into the Company by the Investors.
6. No Additional Fees/Payment. Other than the consideration specifically referenced herein, the parties hereto agree that no fee, payment or additional consideration in any form has been or will be paid to the Holder or the Successor in connection with this Agreement.
7. Enumeration and Headings. The enumeration and headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in facsimile and in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
9. Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions hereof shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the respective heirs, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, provided that the Investors shall be intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
10. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be conformed to prevailing law rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the parties and, in any event, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the parties hereto.
11. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any manner except by a written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto if and only if such modification or amendment is consented to in writing by the Investors holding a majority in interest of the Common Stock issued or issuable under the Purchase Agreement.
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12. Further Assurances. The Company, Successor and Holder shall each 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 any Investor or the Transfer Agent or, in the case of the Holder or Successor, the Company, 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.
13. No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
14. Remedies. The Company and the Investors shall have the right to specifically enforce all of the obligations of the Holder under this Agreement (without posting a bond or other security), in addition to recovering damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, each of the Company, Holder and Successor recognize that if it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Company or the Investors. Therefore, the Holder agrees that each of the Company and the Investors shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.
15. Governing Law. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America applicable therein. Each party agrees for its benefit and the benefit of the Investors (who are third party beneficiaries to the obligations of the Company, Holder and Successor contained in this Agreement and this Section) as follows: (a) All Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. (b) Each of the Company and the Holder hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this 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. (c) Each of the Company and the Holder hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. (d) If any party or any Investor shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party (and in the case of an Investor bringing such a Proceeding, the Company, Holder and Successor shall jointly and severally reimburse the Investor) for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Lockup Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
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| /s/ Yinshing David To | ||
Yinshing David To | ||
| Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially | ||
| Owned at Closing: 6,535,676 | ||
| /s/ Tao Li | ||
Tao Li | ||
DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
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| By: | /s/ Tao Li | |
Name: Tao Li | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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