3.2 The representations and warranties contained in this section will survive the Closing for a period of one year.
3.3 Upon acceptance of this subscription, the Corporation agrees and undertakes that it shall make it best efforts to file a registration statement, within six months, with the Commission for the registration for sale of the Shares comprising the Units and the Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of the Warrants, and shall use its best efforts to keep such registration statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all securities covered by such registration statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the SEC. The Corporation agrees to provide to subscribers the same registration rights provided to Fortissimo mutatis mutandis, as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September 12, 2005, a copy of which is on file at the SEC and available upon request from the Corporation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to July 1, 2007, (ii) a Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder is not declared effective by the Commission within 120 days of its date of filing, (iii) after its date of effectiveness, a Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all securities for which it is required to be effective, or the subscribers are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Shares for more than 20 consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of 30 calendar days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive calendar days) (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clause (i) or (ii) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of (iii) the date on which such 20 or 30 calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then in addition to any other rights the subscribers may have, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the subscribers may require the Corporation to pay to each subscriber an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.0% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such subscriber pursuant to this Subscription Agreement for any Shares then held by such subscriber, subject to an overall limit of up to 24 months of partial liquidated damages. If the Corporation fails to pay any such partial liquidated damages in full within seven days after the date of notice thereof, the Corporation will pay interest thereon at a rate of 8% per annum to the subscriber, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
4. | WITHDRAWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION |
4.1 The Subscriber waives the right to withdraw this subscription and to terminate its obligations hereunder at any time before the Closing.
5.1 The Closing will take place on such date or dates to be determined by the Issuer, and if a Closing does not occur on or before January 31, 2007, the subscription proceeds will be returned to the Subscriber without interest or deduction.
5.2 Upon execution of this Agreement, the Subscriber will deliver to the Corporation:
| (a) | this subscription form, duly executed; |
| (b) | at Closing Subscriber will deliver to the Corporation a certified check, wire transfer or bank draft for the total price of the Subscriber’s Units made payable to the Corporation; and |
| (c) | the completed applicable Appendices. |
5.3 At Closing, the Corporation will deliver (a) a copy of the Corporation’s board of directors resolution certified by an authorized officer of the Corporation, approving the issuance of the securities in accordance with the sale of the Units hereunder; (b) irrevocable instructions to the its transfer agent to issue as soon as is reasonably practicable to the subscribers share certificates for the Subscriber’s Shares and (c) to the Subscriber the certificate(s) representing the Warrants registered in the name of the Subscriber or its nominee.
The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the Units will be subject to resale restrictions under United States securities laws, the terms of which may be endorsed on the certificates representing the Units, and the Subscriber agrees to comply with such resale restrictions. The Subscriber also acknowledges that it has been advised to consult with its own independent legal advisor with respect to the applicable resale restrictions and the Subscriber is solely responsible for complying with such restrictions and the Corporation is not responsible for ensuring compliance by the Subscriber with the applicable resale restrictions.
7. | USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION |
7.1 The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and consents to: (i) the disclosure by the Subscriber and the Corporation of Personal Information concerning the Subscriber to a securities commission or other regulatory authority (a “Securities Commission”), or to a stock exchange and any of its affiliates, authorized agents, subsidiaries and divisions, (collectively referred to as “an Exchange”); and (ii) the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information by an Exchange for the following purposes (or as otherwise identified by such Exchange, from time to time):
(a) | to conduct background checks; |
(b) | to verify the Personal Information that has been provided about the Subscriber; |
(c) | to consider the suitability of the Subscriber as a holder of securities of the Corporation; |
(d) | to consider the eligibility of the Corporation to list on the Exchange; |
(e) | to provide disclosure to market participants as the security holdings of the Corporation's shareholders, and their involvement with any other reporting issuers, issuers subject to a cease trade order or bankruptcy, and information respecting penalties, sanctions or personal bankruptcies, and possible conflicts of interest with the Issuer; |
(f) | to detect and prevent fraud; |
(g) | to conduct enforcement proceedings; and |
(h) | to perform other investigations as required by and to ensure compliance with all applicable rules, policies, rulings and regulations of an Exchange, securities legislation and other legal and regulatory requirements governing the conduct and protection of the public markets. |
7.2 Herein, “Personal Information” includes any information about the Subscriber required to be disclosed to a Securities Commission or an Exchange, whether pursuant to a Securities Commission or Exchange form or a request made by a Securities Commission or an Exchange.
7.3 The Subscriber acknowledges and consents to: (i) the fact that the Corporation is collecting his Personal Information for the purpose of completing this Agreement; (ii) the Issuer retaining such Personal Information for as long as permitted or required by law or business practices; (iii) the fact that the Corporation may be required by securities laws, the rules and policies of any stock exchange to provide regulatory authorities with any Personal Information provided by the Subscriber in this Agreement.
8.1 The Subscriber hereby authorizes the Corporation to correct any formal errors in, or complete any minor information missing from this Agreement and any Appendix that has been executed by the Subscriber and delivered to the Corporation, but the Corporation may not correct any errors in substance without the consent of the subscriber. The Subscriber consents to the filing of such documents and any other documents as may be required to be filed with any securities regulatory authority in connection with the Private Placement.
8.2 This Agreement, which includes any interest granted or right arising under this Agreement, may not be assigned or transferred.
8.3 Except as expressly provided in this Agreement and in the agreements, instruments and other documents contemplated or provided for herein, this Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the Units and there are no other terms, conditions, representations or warranties whether expressed, implied, oral or written, by statute, by common law, by the Corporation, or by anyone else.
8.4 The Parties may amend this Agreement only in writing.
8.5 This Agreement enures to the benefit of and is binding upon the Parties and, as the case may be, their respective heirs, executors, administrators and, successors.
8.6 A Party will give all notices or other written communications to the other Party concerning this Agreement by hand or by registered mail addressed to such other Party’s respective address which is noted on the cover page of this Agreement.
8.7 This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when delivered will be deemed to be an original and all of which together will constitute one and the same document and the Corporation will be entitled to rely on delivery by facsimile machine of an executed copy of this subscription, and acceptance by the Corporation of such facsimile copy will be equally effective to create a valid and binding agreement between the Subscriber and the Issuer as if the Corporation had accepted the subscription originally executed by the Subscriber.
8.8. Without limiting the generality of the parties’ confidentiality obligations and subject to any duty imposed by any applicable law, it is agreed immediately subsequent to the Closing the Corporation will announce the transaction hereof by issuing a press releases and making such other filings as required by applicable law.
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APPENDIX I
U.S. ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
The Subscriber understands and agrees that the Units (which for the purposes of this Questionnaire include the Shares, the Warrants, and the Shares issuable upon the proper exercise of the Warrants) have not been and will not be registered under the United StatesSecurities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), or applicable state securities laws, and the Units are being offered and sold by the Issuer to the Subscriber in reliance upon Rule 506 of Regulation D under the 1933 Act. Terms used but not defined in this Appendix have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Subscription Agreement of which this Appendix forms a part.
The Subscriber represents, warrants and covenants (which representations, warranties and covenants shall survive the Closing) to the Issuer, (and acknowledges that the Issuer is relying thereon)that:
| (a) | it has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits, and risks of the investment and it is able to bear the economic risk of loss of the investment; |
| (b) | it is purchasing the Units for its own account or for the account of one or more persons (a “Beneficial Purchaser”) for investment purposes only and not with a view to resale or distribution and, in particular, neither it nor any Beneficial Purchaser for whose account it is purchasing the Shares has any intention to distribute either directly or indirectly any of the Units in the United States; provided, however, that the Units may be offered, sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to registration thereof pursuant to the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or under an exemption from such registration requirements; |
| (c) | it, and if applicable, each Beneficial Purchaser for whose account it is purchasing the Units is a U.S. Accredited Investor that satisfies one or more of the categories of U.S. Accredited Investor indicated below (the Subscriber must initial “SUB” for theSubscriber, and “BP” for each Beneficial Purchaser, if any, on the appropriateline(s)): |
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| _______ | Category 1. | A bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the 1933 Act, whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; |
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| _______ | Category 2. | A savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the 1933 Act, whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; |
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| _______ | Category 3. | A broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934; |
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| _______ | Category 4. | An insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the 1933 Act; |
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| _______ | Category 5. | An investment company registered under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940; |
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| _______ | Category 6. | A business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940; |
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| _______ | Category 7. | A small business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301 (c) or (d) of the United States Small Business Investment Act of 1958; |
| _______ | Category 8. | A plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, with total assets in excess of U.S. $5,000,000; |
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| _______ | Category 9. | An employee benefit plan within the meaning of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 in which the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment adviser, or an employee benefit plan with total assets in excess of U.S. $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons who are accredited investors; |
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| _______ | Category 10. | A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940; |
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| _______ | Category 11. | An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust, or a partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of U.S. $5,000,000; |
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| _______ | Category 12. | Any director or executive officer of the Issuer; |
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| _______ | Category 13. | A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse, at the date hereof exceeds U.S. $1,000,000; |
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| | Category 14. | A natural person who had an individual income in excess of U.S. $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse in excess of U.S. $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year; |
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| _______ | Category 15. | A trust, with total assets in excess of U.S. $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) under the 1933 Act; or |
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| _______ | Category 16. | Any entity in which all of the equity owners meet the requirements of at least one of the above categories; |
| (d) | it has not purchased the Units as a result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over radio, or television, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising; |
| (e) | it agrees that if it decides to offer, sell or otherwise transfer the Units, it will not offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of such Units directly or indirectly, unless: |
| (i) | the transfer is to the Issuer; |
| (ii) | the transfer is made outside the United States in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S under the 1933 Act and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations; |
| (iii) | the transfer is made in compliance with the exemption from the registration requirements under the 1933 Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder, if available, and in accordance with applicable state securities laws; or |
| (iv) | the Units are transferred in a transaction that does not require registration under the 1933 Act or any applicable state laws and regulations governing the offer and sale of securities; and |
| it has prior to such sale furnished to the Issuer an opinion of counsel or other evidence of exemption, in either case reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer; |
| (f) | it understands that upon the issuance thereof, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or applicable U.S. state laws and regulations, the certificates representing the Units will bear a legend in substantially the following form: |
| “THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”). THESE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT, (C) IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 1933 ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, AND THE HOLDER HAS, PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF EXEMPTION, IN EITHER CASE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE “GOOD DELIVERY” IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA. IF THE SECURITIES ARE BEING SOLD AT ANY TIME THE COMPANY IS A “FOREIGN ISSUER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 UNDER THE 1933 ACT, A NEW CERTIFICATE, BEARING NO LEGEND, THE DELIVERY OF WHICH WILL CONSTITUTE “GOOD DELIVERY” MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY’S TRANSFER AGENT UPON DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND A DULY EXECUTED DECLARATION, IN FORM SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND THE COMPANY’S TRANSFER AGENT TO THE EFFECT THAT THE SALE OF THE SECURITIES IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT.” |
| provided, that if Units are being sold under clause (B) above, at a time when the Issuer is a “foreign issuer” as defined in Rule 902 under the 1933 Act, the legend set forth above may be removed by providing a declaration in such form as the Issuer may from time to time prescribe to the Issuer’s transfer agent, to the effect that the sale of the securities is being made in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the 1933 Act; |
| (g) | if any of the Units are being sold pursuant to Rule 144 of the 1933 Act, the legend may be removed by delivery to the Issuer’s transfer agent of an opinion satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that the legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or state securities laws; |
| (h) | it has had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Issuer regarding the investment, and has received all the information regarding the Issuer that it has requested; |
| (i) | it understands that the Issuer or its registrar and transfer agent may not record any transfer of Units without first being notified that such transfer is exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws; |
| (j) | it consents to the Issuer making a notation on its records or giving instruction to the registrar and transfer agent of the Issuer in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth and described herein; |
| (k) | it understands and acknowledges that the Issuer may not successfully file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or with any state securities administrator a registration statement in respect of the resale of the Shares in the United States; |
| (l) | it understands and agrees that there may be material tax consequences to the Subscriber of an acquisition, disposition or exercise of any of the Units; the Issuer gives no opinion and makes no representation with respect to the tax consequences to the Subscriber under United States, state, local or foreign tax law of the Subscriber’s acquisition or disposition of such Shares; in particular, no determination has been made whether the Issuer will be a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) within the meaning of Section 1291 of the United States Internal Revenue Code; |
| (m) | it acknowledges that the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Appendix are made by it with the intent that they may be relied upon by the Issuer in determining its eligibility or the eligibility of others on whose behalf it is contracting thereunder to purchase Units. It agrees that by accepting Units it shall be representing and warranting that the representations and warranties above are true as at the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made by it at the Closing and that they shall survive the purchase by it of Units s and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any subsequent disposition by it of such securities. |
The Subscriber undertakes to notify the Issuer immediately of any change in any representation, warranty or other information relating to the Subscriber or any Beneficial Purchaser set forth herein which takes place prior to the Closing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Questionnaire as of the ____ day of , 20__.
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