-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PuNKlZ1gKf+elT6URhsfTq7Ktb+XCxQAuA1yRTz4Zjlwhf3XFMYvDoQFUQ4DZ81y hKFNWb9HT0mPnJWeSkhB7Q== 0001144204-07-062761.txt : 20071116 0001144204-07-062761.hdr.sgml : 20071116 20071116173001 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-07-062761 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071113 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ASIA TIME CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001361916 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-JEWELRY, WATCHES, PRECIOUS STONES & METALS [5094] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51981 FILM NUMBER: 071254284 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ROOM 1601-1604, 16/F., CRE CENTRE STREET 2: 889 CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD CITY: KOWLOON, HONG KONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 0000000 BUSINESS PHONE: 852-23100101 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ROOM 1601-1604, 16/F., CRE CENTRE STREET 2: 889 CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD CITY: KOWLOON, HONG KONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 0000000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SRKP 9 INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060706 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SKRP 9 INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060706 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SRKP 9 INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060601 8-K 1 v094709_8k.htm


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
__________________
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) of the
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 13, 2007
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 

Delaware
000-51981
N/A
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)


Room 1601-1604, 16/F., CRE Centre
889 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(852)-23100101
   

 

 
(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information under Item 3.02, below, is herein incorporated by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information under Item 3.02, below, is herein incorporated by reference.

Item 3.02  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On November 13, 2007, Asia Time Corporation (the “Company”) closed a financing transaction under Regulation S with ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the “Subscriber”) issuing (i) US $8,000,000 Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 (the “Bonds”) and (ii) warrants to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company expiring 2010 (the “Warrants”). The financing transaction was completed in accordance with a subscription agreement entered into by the Company and the Subscriber dated October 31, 2007, attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

US $8,000,000 Variable Rate Convertible Bonds

The Bonds were issued further to a trust deed between the Company and The Bank of New York, London Branch, dated November 13, 2007 (the “Trust Deed”), attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, and are represented by the global certificate in the form as set forth in the Trust Deed. The bonds are subject to a paying and conversion agency agreement between the Company, The Bank of New York, and The Bank of New York, London Branch, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2.

The Bonds are subscribed at a price equal to 97% of their principal amount, which is the issue price of 100% less a 3% commission to the Subscriber. The Terms and Conditions of the Bonds (the “Terms”) contained in the Trust Deed, set forth, among other things, the following terms:

 
·
The Bonds bear interest from November 13, 2007 at the rate of 6% per annum for the first year after November 13, 2007 and 3% per annum thereafter, of the principal amount of the Bonds.
 
 
·
Each Bond is convertible at the option of the holder at any time on and after 365 days after the date the Company’s shares of common stock commence trading on the American Stock Exchange or any alternative stock exchange (the “Listing Date”) into shares of common stock of the Company at an initial per share conversion price (“Conversion Price”) equal to the price per share at which shares are sold in the Company’s proposed initial public offering on the American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) with minimum gross proceeds of US$2,000,000. If no initial public offering has occurred prior to conversion, the Conversion Price will be US$2.00, subject to adjustment according to the Terms of the Bonds. No Bonds may be converted after the close of business on November 13, 2012, or if such Bond is called for redemption before the maturity date, then up to the close of business on a date no later than seven business days prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof.
 
 
·
The number of shares of the Company’s common stock to be issued on conversion of the Bonds will be determined by dividing the principal amount of each Bond to be converted by the Conversion Price in effect at the conversion date. The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment in certain events, including the Company’s issuance of additional shares of common stock or rights to purchase common stock at a per share or per share exercise or conversion price, respectively, at less than the applicable Conversion Price of the Bonds. If for the period of 20 consecutive trading days immediately prior to November 13, 2009 or September 29, 2012, the Conversion Price for the Bonds is higher than the average closing price for the shares, then the Conversion Price will be reset to such average closing price; provided that, the conversion price will not be reset lower than 70% of the then existing conversion price. In addition, the Trust Deed provides that the Conversion Price of the Bonds cannot be adjusted to lower than $0.25 per share of common stock (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, spin-offs, rights offerings, recapitalizations and similar events).
 
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·
If on or before November 13, 2008, (i) the Company common stock is not listed on AMEX or the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ or (ii) the Bonds, Warrants, and shares underlying the Bonds and Warrants are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the holder of the Bonds can require the Company to redeem the Bonds at 106.09% of their principal amount. Also, at any time after November 13, 2010, the holders of the Bonds can require the Company to redeem the Bonds at 126.51% of their principal amount. The Company is required to redeem any outstanding Bonds at 150.87% of its principal amount on November 13, 2012.
 
Warrants to Purchase 600,000 Shares of Common Stock

The warrant by and between the Company and the Subscriber, dated November 13, 2007 (the “Warrant Instrument”), is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3. The Warrants are subject to the terms of a warrant agency agreement by and among the Company, The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York, London Branch, dated November 13, 2007 (the “Warrant Agency Agreement”), attached hereto as Exhibit 4.4, and are in registered form and represented by a global certificate in a form as set forth in the Warrant Instrument.

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Warrant Instrument and Warrant Agency Agreement, the Warrants vested on November 13, 2007 and will terminate on November 13, 2010. The Company has agreed to list the Warrants on AMEX, or any alternative stock exchange by November 13, 2008. In addition, the Company has agreed to register the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants with the SEC on or prior to November 13, 2008 and will keep the registration effective until 30 days after the Warrants terminate.

The securities were offered and sold to the Subscriber in reliance upon exemption from registration pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). We complied with the conditions of Rule 903 as promulgated under the Securities Act as follows: Subscriber is a non-U.S. resident and has not offered or sold their shares in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, an appropriate legend was affixed to the stock certificate issued in accordance with Regulation S, Subscriber has represented that it was not acquiring the securities for the account or benefit of a U.S. person, agreed to resell the securities only in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration and agreed not to engage in hedging transactions with regard to the securities unless in compliance with the Securities Act. The Company will refuse to register any transfer of the shares not made in accordance with Regulation S, after registration or under an exemption.

Registration Rights

On November 13, 2007 the Company and the Subscriber also entered into a registration rights agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.5, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register the Bonds and Warrants, and the shares of common stock underlying the Bonds and Warrants (the “Registrable Securities”). The Company will prepare and file with the SEC, no later than 90 days after the Listing Date, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) to register the Registrable Securities and, as promptly as possible, and in any event no later than 365 days after the Listing Date, cause that Registration Statement, as amended, to become effective. In addition, the Company agreed to list all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
4.1
 
Trust Deed, dated November 13, 2007 between Asia Time Corporation and The Bank of New York, London Branch.
4.2
 
Paying and Conversion Agreement, dated November 13, 2007 among Asia Time Corporation, The Bank of New York, and The Bank of New York, London Branch.
4.3
 
The Warrant Instrument, dated November 13, 2007 between Asia Time Corporation and ABN Amro Bank N.V.
4.4
 
Warrant Agency Agreement, dated November 13, 2007 among Asia Time Corporation, The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York, London Branch.
4.5
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 13, 2007 between Asia Time Corporation and ABN Amro Bank N.V.
10.1
 
Subscription Agreement dated October 31, 2007 between Asia Time Corporation and ABN Amro Bank N.V.

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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: November 16, 2007
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/ Kwong Kai Shun
 
 
Name:  
Title: 

Kwong Kai Shun
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board
   
 
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Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
4.1
 
Trust Deed, dated November 13, 2007 between Asia Time Corporation and The Bank of New York, London Branch.
4.2
 
Paying and Conversion Agreement, dated November 13, 2007 among Asia Time Corporation, The Bank of New York, and The Bank of New York, London Branch.
4.3
 
The Warrant Instrument, dated November 13, 2007 between Asia Time Corporation and ABN Amro Bank N.V.
4.4
 
Warrant Agency Agreement, dated November 13, 2007 among Asia Time Corporation, The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York, London Branch.
4.5
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 13, 2007 between Asia Time Corporation and ABN Amro Bank N.V.
10.1
 
Subscription Agreement dated October 31, 2007 between Asia Time Corporation and ABN Amro Bank N.V.


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EX-4.1 2 v094709_ex4-1.htm Unassociated Document
 

Execution Copy
 

 
 
TRUST DEED

 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION


US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE COUPON CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012


November 13, 2007
 




 

Clause
 
Page
     
1.
Interpretation
1
2.
Amount of the Bonds and Covenant to Pay
5
3.
Form of the Bonds and Certificates; Issue of the Bonds
6
4.
Stamp Duties and Taxes
7
5.
Covenants relating to the Conversion Rights
8
6.
Notices Relating to the Conversion Rights
10
7.
Adjustments to the Conversion Price
12
8.
Application of Moneys Received by the Trustee
19
9.
General Covenants
20
10.
Remuneration and Indemnification of Trustee
23
11.
Provisions supplemental to the Trustee Acts
24
12.
Liability of the Trustee
30
13.
Waiver and Proof of Default
30
14.
Trustee not Precluded from Entering into Contracts
31
15.
Modification and substitution
31
16.
Appointment, Retirement and Removal of the Trustee
32
17.
Communications
34
18.
Further Issues
35
19.
Currency Indemnity
35
20.
Governing Law, Third Party Rights and Jurisdiction
36
21.
Third Party Rights
36
22.
Counterparts
36
23.
Termination of this Trust Deed
36
Schedule 1 Form of Certificate
37
Schedule 2 Form of Global Certificate
43
Schedule 3 Provisions for Meetings of Bondholders
50
 
Trust Deed

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THIS TRUST DEED (this “Trust Deed”) is dated on November 13, 2007 and between:
 
(1)
ASIA TIME CORPORATION, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware whose registered office is at c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware (the “Issuer”); and
 
(2)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH, in its specified office situated at One Canada Square, London, E14, 5AL, United Kingdom (the “Trustee”, which expression, where the context so admits, includes all persons for the time being the trustee or trustees of this Trust Deed).
 
WHEREAS:
 
(A)
The Issuer has (pursuant to resolutions of its board of directors dated November 9, 2007) authorised the issue of US$8,000,000 Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 convertible into shares of common stock of the Issuer with par value of US$0.0001 each to be constituted by this Trust Deed.
 
(B)
The Trustee has agreed to act as trustee of this Trust Deed on the following terms and conditions.
 
THIS TRUST DEED WITNESSES AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED AS FOLLOWS:
 
1.
INTERPRETATION
 
1.1
Definitions
 
The following expressions have the following meanings:
 
Accounts” means, in relation to the Issuer and a Fiscal Period, its balance sheet and income statements for that Fiscal Period, which shall be consolidated if the Issuer has Subsidiaries the accounts of which should be consolidated under the laws or regulations of the United States of America or under the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America;
 
Agency Agreement” means the paying and conversion agency agreement dated November 13, 2007, as supplemented from time to time, between the Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Agents, whereby the Registrar and the Agents are appointed and includes any other agreements related to it, as supplemented from time to time, approved in writing by the Trustee appointing Successor Agents and/or a Successor Registrar;
 
Agents” means the Principal Agent, the Registrar and the other paying, conversion and transfer agents appointed under the Agency Agreement, at their specified offices, and their Successors;
 
Alternative Stock Exchange” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
AMEX” means the American Stock Exchange;
 
Auditors” means in relation to the Issuer, the firm of auditors appointed by the Board of Directors, from time to time, of the Issuer;
 
Average Closing Price” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
Bondholder” or, in respect of a Bond, “holder” means a person in whose name a Bond is registered in the register of Bondholders;
 
Trust Deed
 
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Bonds” means the bonds, in the denomination of US$1,000 each, in registered form comprising the US$8,000,000 Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 (the “Bonds”) constituted by this Trust Deed and for the time being outstanding or, as the context may require, a specific number or principal amount of them;
 
business day” has the meaning set out in Condition 8(F);
 
Capital Distribution” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
Certificate” means a certificate, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1, issued in the name of the holder of one (1) or more Bonds; and, except in Clause 3, includes the Global Certificate;
 
Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or any successor securities clearing agency;
 
Closing Price” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
Conditions” means the terms and conditions of the Bonds set out in Schedule 1 as from time to time modified in accordance with this Trust Deed, and as modified, in their application to the Bonds in respect of which the Global Certificate is issued, by the provisions of the Global Certificate, and any reference to a particularly numbered Condition shall be construed accordingly;
 
Conversion Date” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(B)(i);
 
Conversion Notice” means the written notice in a form previously approved by the Trustee required to accompany the Certificates deposited for the purposes of conversion of Bonds, the initial form of which is set out in Exhibit A to the Agency Agreement;
 
Conversion Period” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(A)(i);
 
Conversion Price” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(A)(iii);
 
Conversion Right” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(A)(i);
 
Current Market Price” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
definitive Certificate” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Global Certificate;
 
“Dividend” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
Early Redemption Amount” has the meaning set out in Condition 9(B);
 
Employee Share Scheme” means any scheme approved by the shareholders of the Issuer (whether before or after the date hereof) and in compliance with the requirements of the listing rules of the AMEX (or if applicable, the Alternative Stock Exchange) pursuant to which Shares or other securities (including rights or options) are or may be issued, offered or granted to employees (including directors) or former employees of the Issuer, its Subsidiaries and/or associated companies, or persons related to such employees (including directors) or former employees or eligible participants of such scheme, provided that such issues are in compliance with the Listing Rules;
 
Equivalent Amount” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(B)(iii);
 
Trust Deed
 
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Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., or any successor securities clearing agency;
 
Event of Default” means any of the events described in Condition 11;
 
Extraordinary Resolution” has the meaning set out in Schedule 3;
 
Fair Market Value” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
Fiscal Period means, as the context may require, a period commencing on 1 January and ending on the succeeding 31 December, provided that if the Issuer shall change its financial year so as to end on a date other than 31 December, the foregoing shall be amended as necessary;
 
Global Certificate” means the single global certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2 issued in respect of all the Bonds;
 
Liability means any loss, damage, cost, charge, claim, demand, expense, judgment, action, proceeding or other liability whatsoever (including, without limitation, in respect of taxes, duties, levies, imposts and other charges) and including any value added tax or similar tax charged or chargeable in respect thereof and legal fees and expenses on a full indemnity basis;
 
Listing Date” means the date the Issuer’s Shares commence trading on the AMEX or an Alternative Stock Exchange;
 
Listing Rules” means the listing rules of the AMEX;
 
non-assessable”, in relation to securities, including the Shares, means that, when issued, those securities are not subject to any further calls by the Issuer for, or any other provisions which could require, further payments or contributions from their holders;
 
outstanding” means, in relation to the Bonds, all the Bonds issued except (a) those which have been redeemed in accordance with the Conditions, (b) those in respect of which the date for redemption has occurred and the redemption moneys and all accrued default interest (if any) have been duly paid to or to the order of the Trustee as provided in Clause 2 or have been duly paid to the Principal Agent if permitted by Clause 2, (c) those in respect of which claims have become prescribed under Condition 13, (d) those which have been purchased and cancelled by the Issuer or any of their respective Subsidiaries as provided in the Conditions, (e) those in respect of which the Conversion Right has been duly exercised and discharged (and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Bond in respect of which a Conversion Date has occurred shall be deemed to remain outstanding until the Conversion Right has been satisfied and discharged even if the holder is removed from the register of Bondholders during the conversion process); (f) those mutilated or defaced Bonds which have been surrendered and cancelled and in respect of which replacements have been issued pursuant to Condition 16, (g) the Global Certificate to the extent that it shall have been exchanged for another Global Certificate in respect of the Bonds or for the Bonds in definitive form pursuant to its provisions; and provided that for the purposes of (i) ascertaining the right to attend and vote at any meeting of the Bondholders, (ii) determining how many Bonds are outstanding for the purposes of Conditions 11, 12 and 15 and Schedule 3, (iii) the exercise of any discretion, power or authority which the Trustee is required, expressly or impliedly, to exercise in or by reference to the interests of the Bondholders, and (iv) the certification (where relevant) by the Trustee as to whether any event, circumstance, matter or thing is in its opinion materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders, those Bonds which are beneficially held by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of their respective Subsidiaries and not yet cancelled shall (unless no longer so held) be deemed not to remain outstanding;
 
Trust Deed
 
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Principal Agent” means The Bank of New York, London Branch at its specified office at One Canada Square, London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom or any Successor Principal Agent appointed under the Agency Agreement, at its specified office;
 
record date” means a date fixed by or pursuant to the By-laws of the Issuer or otherwise specified for the purpose of determining entitlements to dividends or other distributions to, or rights of, holders of Shares;
 
Registrar” means The Bank of New York at its specified office at 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286, United States of America or any Successor Registrar appointed under the Agency Agreement, at its specified office;
 
Relevant Cash Dividend” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
Scrip Dividend” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
Shares” means the shares of common stock of par value US$0.0001 per share that will be listed on the AMEX;
 
Shareholder” means the person in whose name a Share is registered;
 
specified office” means, in relation to an Agent or the Registrar, the office identified with its name at the end of the Conditions or any other office approved by the Trustee and notified to the Bondholders pursuant to Clause 9.11;
 
Subsidiary” has the meaning set out in Condition 5(B)(iii);
 
Successor” means, in relation to the Agents or the Registrar, such other or further person as may from time to time be appointed by the Issuer as an Agent or the Registrar with the written approval of, and on terms approved in writing by, the Trustee and notice of whose appointment is given to Bondholders pursuant to Clause 9.11;
 
Trading Day” has the meaning set out in Condition 6(C);
 
this Trust Deed” means this Trust Deed (as from time to time altered in accordance with this Trust Deed) and any other document executed in accordance with this Trust Deed (as from time to time so altered) and expressed to be supplemental to this Trust Deed; and
 
trust corporation” means a corporation entitled pursuant to any legislation applicable to a trustee in any jurisdiction to act as trustee and carry on trust business under the laws of the country of its incorporation.
 
1.2
Construction of Certain References
 
References to:
 
 
(a)
costs, charges, remuneration or expenses include any withholding, value added, turnover or similar tax charged in respect thereof;
 
Trust Deed
 
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(b)
United States dollars”, “US$” and “United States cents are to the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America;
 
 
(c)
a Schedule or a Clause or a sub-clause, paragraph or sub-paragraph is, unless otherwise stated, to a schedule hereto or a clause or sub-clause, paragraph or sub-paragraph hereof respectively;
 
 
(d)
an action, remedy or method of judicial proceedings for the enforcement of rights of creditors include references to the action, remedy or method of judicial proceedings in jurisdictions other than England as shall most nearly approximate thereto; and
 
 
(e)
references in this Trust Deed and the Conditions to the consent or approval of the Trustee not being unreasonably withheld or delayed shall be construed giving due regard to the fact that the Trustee in giving any such consent or approval is acting as Trustee for the Bondholders and is obliged to act in their interests.
 
1.3
Headings
 
Headings shall be ignored in construing this Trust Deed.
 
1.4
Schedules
 
The Schedules are part of this Trust Deed and have effect accordingly.
 
1.5
Definitions in Conditions
 
Terms defined in the Conditions shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning when used in the main body of this Trust Deed.
 
2.
AMOUNT OF THE BONDS AND COVENANT TO PAY
 
2.1
Amount of the Bonds
 
The aggregate principal amount of the Bonds is limited to US$8,000,000 subject to the increase by the principal amount of any bonds issued pursuant to Condition 17.
 
2.2
Covenant to pay
 
The Issuer will on one (1) business day (as defined in Condition 8(F)) prior to any date when the Bonds or any of them become due to be redeemed unconditionally pay to or to the order of the Trustee in London in United States dollars in immediately available funds the principal amount of the Bonds becoming due for redemption on that date (to be received by 10:00 a.m. New York time) together with any applicable premium and will (subject to the Conditions) until such payment (both before and after judgment) unconditionally so pay to or to the order of the Trustee interest in United States dollars on the principal amount of the Bonds outstanding as set out in the Conditions provided that:
 
 
(a)
every payment of any sum due in respect of the Bonds made to the Principal Agent as provided in the Agency Agreement shall, to that extent, satisfy such obligation except to the extent that there is failure in its subsequent payment to the relevant Bondholders under the Conditions; and
 
Trust Deed
 
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(b)
a payment made after the due date or pursuant to Condition 11 will be deemed to have been made when the full amount due (including interest or default interest accrued (if any)) has been received by the Principal Agent or the Trustee and notice to that effect has been given to Bondholders (if required under Clause 9.10) except (if payment is made to Principal Agent) to the extent that there is failure in the subsequent payment to the relevant Bondholders under the Conditions.
 
The Trustee will hold the benefit of this covenant on trust for the Bondholders.
 
2.3
Discharge
 
Subject to Clause 2.4, any payment to be made in respect of the Bonds by the Issuer or the Trustee may be made as provided in the Conditions and any payment so made will (subject to Clause 2.4) to such extent be a good discharge to the Issuer or the Trustee, as the case may be.
 
2.4
Payment after a Default
 
At any time after an Event of Default has occurred, the Trustee may:
 
 
(a)
by notice in writing to the Issuer, the Agents and the Registrar, require the Agents and the Registrar, until notified by the Trustee to the contrary, so far as permitted by applicable law:
 
 
(i)
to act as agents of the Trustee under this Trust Deed and the Bonds on the terms of the Agency Agreement (with consequential amendments as necessary and except that the Trustee’s liability for the indemnification, remuneration and all other expenses of the Agents and the Registrar will be limited to the amounts for the time being held by the Trustee in respect of the Bonds on the terms of this Trust Deed) and thereafter to hold all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of Bonds to the order of the Trustee; and/or
 
 
(ii)
to deliver all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Bonds to the Trustee or as the Trustee shall direct in such notice or subsequently, provided that this Clause 2.4(a)(ii) shall not apply to any documents or records which the Principal Agent, the Registrar or the relevant Agent is not obliged to release by any law or regulation to which it is subject; and
 
 
(b)
by notice in writing to the Issuer require them to make all subsequent payments in respect of the Bonds to or to the order of the Trustee and not to the Principal Agent.
 
3.
FORM OF THE BONDS AND CERTIFICATES; ISSUE OF THE BONDS
 
3.1
The Global Certificate
 
On issue of the Bonds, the Global Certificate will be issued in respect of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and the Issuer shall procure the Registrar to make such entries of Bonds in the register of Bondholders as appropriate. The Global Certificate will be issued and registered in the name of a nominee of, and deposited with a common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream or their nominee. The Global Certificate need not be security printed. The Bonds evidenced by the Global Certificate shall be subject to its terms in all respects and entitled to the same benefits under this Trust Deed as Bonds evidenced by individual definitive Certificates.
 
Trust Deed
 
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3.2
The definitive Certificates
 
The definitive Certificates, if issued, will be security printed in accordance with all applicable legal and stock exchange requirements and will be substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 and endorsed with the Conditions.
 
3.3
Signature
 
The Global Certificate (and the definitive Certificates, if issued) will be signed manually or in facsimile by one (1) or more directors or officers duly authorised for the purpose, or manually or in facsimile by any duly authorised attorney of the Issuer, and authenticated manually by or on behalf of the Registrar. The Issuer may use the signature of any person who as at the date of this Trust Deed is an authorised officer or attorney, as the case may be, of the Issuer even if at the time of issue of any definitive Certificate or the Global Certificate he no longer holds such office and the Bonds in respect of which the Global Certificate or a definitive Certificate is so executed and authenticated will be binding and valid obligations of the Issuer.
 
3.4
Issue
 
Issue and delivery of the Bonds shall be completed on the issue and delivery of the Global Certificate to the common depositary referred to in Clause 3.1 (or its representative) by, or by the order of, the Issuer and completion of the register of Bondholders by or on behalf of the Registrar.
 
3.5
Entitlement to treat holder as owner
 
The holder of any Bond will (save as otherwise required by law) be treated as its absolute owner for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any interest in it or any writing on or the theft or loss of the Certificate issued in respect of it) and no person will be liable for so treating the holder.
 
3.6
Authentication
 
No Bond shall be entitled to any benefit under this Trust Deed or be valid for any purpose, unless and until authenticated by the manual signature of the Registrar. The Registrar’s authentication to be borne on the Bonds shall be the certificate of authentication substantially as set out in the form of Schedule 2, and such certificate upon any Bond shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Bond has been duly authenticated and delivered thereunder.
 
4.
STAMP DUTIES AND TAXES
 
4.1
Stamp Duties
 
The Issuer will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary, transfer or other taxes and duties, including interest and penalties, payable in respect of the creation, issue and offering of the Bonds, the execution or delivery of this Trust Deed and the deposit of Certificates for the conversion of Bonds and the issue and delivery of Shares following such deposit, except for the taxes and duties required to be paid by Bondholders under Condition 6(B)(ii). The Issuer will also indemnify the Trustee and the Bondholders from and against all stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other taxes and duties paid by any of them in any jurisdiction in connection with any action taken by or on behalf of the Trustee or, as the case may be, (where entitled under Condition 14 to do so) the Bondholders to enforce the obligations of the Issuer under this Trust Deed or the Bonds.
 
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4.2
Change of Taxing Jurisdiction
 
If the Issuer becomes subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of any territory or any authority of or in that territory having power to tax other than or in addition to New York or the United Kingdom or any such authority of or in such territory which imposes taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature with respect to this Trust Deed or the Bonds then the Issuer will notify the Trustee as soon as practicable and (subject to Condition 6(B)(ii)) give to the Trustee an undertaking satisfactory to the Trustee in terms corresponding to the terms of Condition 9 with the substitution for, or (as the case may require) the addition to, the references in that Condition to New York and the United Kingdom of references to that other or additional territory or authority to whose taxing jurisdiction the Issuer has become so subject. In such event, this Trust Deed and the Bonds will be read in accordance with the above terms.
 
5.
COVENANTS RELATING TO THE CONVERSION RIGHTS
 
So long as any Bond remains outstanding, save with the approval of an Extraordinary Resolution of the Bondholders or with the approval of the Trustee where, in the opinion of the Trustee, it is not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders to give such approval, the Issuer will:
 
5.1
Availability of Shares
 
Keep available, free from pre-emptive or other rights, out of its authorised but unissued share capital such number of Shares as would be required to be issued on conversion of all the Bonds from time to time remaining outstanding and to satisfy in full all other rights of conversion into or exchange or subscription for Shares and shall ensure that all Shares delivered on conversion of Bonds will be duly and validly issued as fully-paid and non-assessable; Ensure that it will keep available a sufficient number of authorized and unissued Shares such that the Conversion Price shall not be affected by any limitation to an adjustment to the Conversion Price set forth in Clause 7.2(b), Clause 7.3(d), Condition 6(C) and Condition 6(D)(iv).
 
5.2
Restricted Actions
 
Not make any issue, grant or distribution or take any other action the effect of which would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value of the Shares; Not take any action or permit any action which would result in any limitation to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Clause 7.2(b), Clause 7.3(d) or Condition 6(D)(iv); Take such actions as are required to avoid any limitation to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Clause 7.2(b), Clause 7.3(d) or Condition 6(D)(iv).
 
5.3
Notice
 
Simultaneously with the announcement of the terms of any event which give rise to the adjustment of Conversion Price pursuant to this Trust Deed and the Conditions, give notice to the Bondholders and the Trustee in accordance with Condition 18 (such notice to be signed by an authorised officer of the Issuer) advising them of the date on which the relevant adjustment of the Conversion Price is likely to become effective and of the effect of exercising their rights of conversion before then;
 
5.4
Directors’ Certificate
 
If an event happens as a result of which the Conversion Price may be adjusted pursuant to this Trust Deed and the Conditions, as soon as practicable send the Trustee a certificate signed by two (2) directors of the Issuer on behalf of the Issuer setting out particulars of the event, whether an adjustment to the Conversion Price falls to be made and, if so, the adjusted Conversion Price and the date on which such adjustment takes effect and in any case setting out such other information as the Trustee may reasonably require;
 
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5.5
Extend Offer
 
If an offer is made to all (or as nearly as may be practicable all) Shareholders, or all (or as nearly as may be practicable all) such Shareholders other than the offeror and/or any associate or associates of the offeror to acquire all or a majority of the issued equity share capital of the Issuer, or if any person proposes a scheme with regard to such acquisition, give notice of such offer or scheme to the Bondholders at the same time as any notice thereof is sent to its Shareholders (or as soon as practicable thereafter) stating that details concerning such offer or scheme may be obtained from the specified offices of the Agents and the Registrar and, where such an offer or scheme has been recommended by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or where such an offer has become or been declared unconditional in all respects, use its best endeavours to procure that a like offer or scheme is extended to the Bondholders and the holders of any Shares issued during the period of the offer or scheme arising out of Conversion Rights;
 
5.6
No Reduction of Issued Share Capital
 
Not make any reduction of its ordinary share capital or any uncalled liability in respect thereof or of any share premium account or capital redemption reserve fund (except, in each case, as permitted by law or by means of a purchase or reduction of the share capital of the Issuer permitted by Clause 5.5 or where the reduction has resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Price under Clause 7);
 
5.7
Closing of Register of Members
 
Unless so required by applicable law or regulation or in order to determine the entitlement of rights to a dividend or other rights attaching to the Shares or entitlements of the Shareholders, not close its register of Shareholders or take any other action which prevents the transfer of its Shares generally and ensure that the Bonds may be converted legally and the Shares issued on conversion may (subject to any limitation imposed by law) be transferred (as between transferor and transferee) at all times while the register is closed or such other action is effective, nor take any action which prevents the conversion of the Bonds or the issue of Shares in respect of them;
 
5.8
Listing of Shares
 
 
(a)
promptly list the Shares into which the Bonds are or may be convertible pursuant to the terms of this Trust Deed and the Conditions on the AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange and in any event no later than three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after the Listing Date,
 
 
(b)
maintain such listing on the AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange, and
 
 
(c)
will forthwith give notice to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 of any such listing or delisting of such Shares (as a class) by the AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange;
 
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5.9
Expenses
 
Pay the expenses of the issue of, and all expenses of obtaining and maintaining a listing for, Shares arising on conversion of the Bonds.
 
For the above purposes, “equity share capital” means the share capital of a company excluding any part of that capital which, neither as respects dividends nor as respects capital, carries any right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution.
 
6.
NOTICES RELATING TO THE CONVERSION RIGHTS
 
6.1
Requirement to give notice
 
If after the date of this Trust Deed:
 
 
(a)
the Issuer declares, or pays or makes a Capital Distribution, or authorises the grant, issue or offer to all or substantially all holders of Shares of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares or securities other than Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or which confer rights to purchase Shares; or
 
 
(b)
there is a re-classification of the Shares (including a sub-division or consolidation of the Issuer’s outstanding Shares) or a consolidation, merger or amalgamation to which the Issuer is not the surviving party or any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Issuer; or
 
 
(c)
the Issuer authorises the issue of any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Shares (other than the warrants issued to ABN AMRO Bank N.V.) or securities (other than those referred to in paragraph 6.1(a) above) which will, or authorises the issue of any Shares which will, (or, if in any such case a relevant consideration or offering price fixed by the Board of Directors of the Issuer to be recommended at a relevant general meeting of shareholders is adopted, will) upon issue give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Clause 7; or
 
 
(d)
there is a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Issuer,
 
the Issuer shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Principal Agent and, in addition, it will at least five (5) business days before the applicable (in the case of paragraph (i) below) record date or (in the case of paragraph (ii) below) record date or date of submission, whichever is earlier, or (in the case of paragraph (iii) below) date of submission, or (in the case of paragraph (iv) below) date of issue or (in the case of paragraph (v) below) record date or effective date, whichever is earlier, give notice to the Bondholders stating, as the case may require:
 
 
(i)
the record date in the United States for such issuance or event described in paragraphs 6.1(a), (b) or (c), above; or
 
 
(ii)
the date in the United States (1) on which such re-classification, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to be submitted to a general meeting of Shareholders of the Issuer for approval, and (2) which is the record date for the same (if applicable), and (3) on which such re-classification, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective, and (4) as of which it is expected that holders of Shares will be entitled, if at all, to exchange their Shares for securities or other property deliverable upon such re-classification, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up; or
 
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(iii)
(in the event of the declaration of a Capital Distribution referred to in paragraph 6.1(a) above, the payment of which must be submitted for approval to a general meeting of Shareholders or to a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Issuer before such Capital Distribution may be paid or made) the date of such submission; or
 
 
(iv)
(in the event of an issue referred to in paragraph 6.1(c) above) the date of such issue; or
 
 
(v)
(in the event of such re-classification, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up described in paragraph 6.1(b) or (c) above not being submitted to a general meeting of shareholders of the Issuer for approval) (1) the record date for the same (if applicable), and (2) the date when the same becomes effective;
 
provided that if the exact date of any such submission referred to in paragraph (ii) or (iii) above is not known at the time of such notice to the Trustee and the Principal Agent, such notice shall indicate the approximate date thereof and the Issuer shall give a second notice to the Trustee and the Principal Agent as soon as practicable, specifying the exact date of submission, and provided further that if the period referred to in paragraph (i) above or the effective date or exchange date referred to in paragraph (ii) above or the date of issue or effective date referred to in paragraph (iv) or (v) above is not known at the time of such first notice to the Trustee and the Principal Agent, the Issuer shall give a second notice (which shall be in writing) to the Trustee and the Principal Agent, at least fourteen (14) days before the commencement of such period or (as the case may be) before such date specifying such period (and the date of its commencement) and/or such date and shall also (in a case within paragraph (i), (ii) or (v) above) cause such second notice to be given to Bondholders at least fourteen (14) days before the commencement of the applicable period or (as the case may be) before the effective date or exchange date except where such period or date has already been specified in the first notice to the Bondholders. However, in the case of any issue referred to in paragraph 6.1(c) above, the Issuer need not give any notice mentioned above before the date on which the relevant consideration per Share for such issue is fixed by the Issuer but in such case the Issuer shall promptly upon the fixing of such consideration give notice in accordance with this Clause; and provided further that the Issuer need not give any notice mentioned above before the date on which it otherwise discloses or gives notice of such event to any other party.
 
6.2
Where Adjustment to Conversion Price Required
 
If the event referred to in the notice required pursuant to Clause 6.1 would result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price, such notice shall also state the Conversion Price in effect at the time such notice is required to be given and the Conversion Price which will result after giving effect to such event or, if such adjusted Conversion Price is not then determinable, the fact that an adjustment in the Conversion Price may result. Without prejudice to Clause 5.2, if, after giving effect to the event covered by any such notice and to any adjustment in the Conversion Price, the Shares could not or might not, under applicable law then in effect, be legally issued on conversion of Bonds as fully-paid and non-assessable, such notice shall also state such fact and the extent to which, by reason of such provisions, effect will not be given to such adjustment.
 
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6.3
Notice of Adjustment or Reset
 
If, while any Conversion Right is or is capable of being or becoming exercisable, there shall be any adjustment to the Conversion Price (which for the purpose of this sub-Clause shall include any reset of the Conversion Price pursuant to Condition 6(D)), the Issuer shall (a) as soon as practicable notify the Trustee and the Agents of particulars of the event giving rise to the adjustment, the Conversion Price prior to such adjustment, the adjusted Conversion Price, the date on which the adjustment takes effect and such other information as the Trustee may require, and (b) promptly after the adjustment takes effect, give notice to the Bondholders stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting out the event giving rise to the adjustment, the Conversion Price in effect before the adjustment, the adjusted Conversion Price and the effective date of the adjustment. However, a notice pursuant to another sub-Clause of this Clause 6 correctly stating any information required to be given pursuant to this sub-Clause shall, as to such information, satisfy the requirements of this sub-Clause.
 
6.4
Notification of Closed Periods
 
The Issuer shall give not less than fifteen (15) days’ nor more than sixty (60) days’ notice to the Trustee and the Agents of (a) any days during the Conversion Period on which the Issuer’s register of shareholders is to be closed by reason of New York law or applicable rules and regulation or for the purpose of determining the entitlements of rights to any dividend or other rights attaching to the Shares, and (b) any other day during the Conversion Period on which it is aware that its register of shareholders is to be closed. The notice shall state the reason for such closure and whether the Issuer intends to give notice to Bondholders of the closure.
 
6.5
Notification of end of Conversion Period
 
The Issuer shall give not less than twenty-eight (28) days’ nor more than forty-two (42) days’ notice to the Bondholders in writing prior to the end of the Conversion Period, which notice shall specify the Conversion Rights of the Bondholders and the Conversion Price then in effect (as adjusted pursuant to Clause 7 of this Trust Deed, if applicable).
 
 
7.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CONVERSION PRICE
 
7.1
The Conversion Price will be subject to adjustment in the following events as follows:
 
 
(a)
Consolidation, Subdivision or Reclassification: If and whenever there shall be an alteration to the nominal value of the Shares as a result of consolidation, subdivision or reclassification, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such alteration by the following fraction:
 

 
A
B
 
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Where:
 
A
is the nominal amount of one (1) Share immediately after such alteration; and
B
is the nominal amount of one (1) Share immediately before such alteration.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date the alteration takes effect.
 
 
(b)
Capitalisation of Profits or Reserves: If and whenever the Issuer shall issue any Shares credited as fully paid to the holders of Shares (the “Shareholders”) by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves (including any share premium account) including, Shares paid up out of distributable profits or reserves and/or share premium account issued (except any Scrip Dividend) and which would not have constituted a Capital Distribution, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such issue by the following fraction:
 
 
A
B
 
Where:
 
A
is the aggregate nominal amount of the issued Shares immediately before such issue; and
 
B
is the aggregate nominal amount of the issued Shares immediately after such issue.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such Shares or if a record date is fixed therefor, immediately after such record date.
 
(c)
Capital Distributions: If and whenever the Issuer shall pay or make any Capital Distribution to the Shareholders (except to the extent that the Conversion Price falls to be adjusted under paragraph (b) above), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such Capital Distribution by the following fraction:
 
 
A - B
A
 
Where:
 
A
is the Current Market Price of one (1) Share on the last Trading Day preceding the date on which the Capital Distribution is publicly announced; and
 
B
is the Fair Market Value on the date of such announcement of the portion of the Capital Distribution attributable to one (1) Share.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date that such Capital Distribution is actually made or if a record date is fixed therefor, immediately after such record date.
 
When the Capital Distribution is by means of distribution of a cash dividend such cash dividend shall be regarded as a Capital Distribution and shall be fully taken into account in the determination of the Fair Market Value of the portion of the Capital Distribution attributable to one (1) Share.
 
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(d)
Rights Issues of Shares or Options over Shares: If and whenever the Issuer shall issue Shares to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights, or issue or grant to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights, of options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or otherwise acquire any Shares, in each case at less than the Current Market Price per Share on the last Trading Day preceding the date of the announcement of the terms of the issue or grant, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such issue or grant by the following fraction:
 
 
 
A + B
+ C
 
Where:
 
A
is the number of Shares in issue immediately before such announcement;
 
B
is the number of Shares which the aggregate amount (if any) payable for the Shares issued by way of rights or for the options or warrants or other rights issued by way of rights and for the total number of Shares comprised therein would subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire at such Current Market Price per Share; and
 
C
is the aggregate number of Shares issued or, as the case may be, comprised in the grant.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such Shares or issue or grant of such options, warrants or other rights (as the case may be).
 
(e)
Rights Issues of Other Securities: If and whenever the Issuer shall issue any securities (other than Shares or options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Shares) to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights or grant to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights, of options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any securities (other than Shares or options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Shares), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such issue or grant by the following fraction:
 
 
- B
A
 
Where:
 
A
is the Current Market Price of one (1) Share on the last Trading Day preceding the date on which such issue or grant is publicly announced; and
 
B
is the Fair Market Value on the date of such announcement of the portion of the rights attributable to one (1) Share.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of the securities or grant of such rights, options or warrants (as the case may be).
 
 
(f)
Issues at less than Conversion Price: If and whenever the Issuer shall issue (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (d) above) any Shares (other than Shares issued on the exercise of Conversion Rights or on the exercise of any other rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, Shares) or shall issue or grant (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (d) above) options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Shares in each case at a price per Share which is less than the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such issue, then, in such event, the Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue or grant, to a price equal to the consideration per share for which such Shares are or will be issued. If such Shares are issued for no consideration, then the consideration per share shall be deemed to be the then current par value of each Share.
 
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Determination of Consideration: For purpose of this Clause 7.1(f), the consideration received by the Issuer for the issue of any such Shares shall be computed as follows:
 
 
(A)
in so far as such consideration consists of cash, it shall be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Issuer;
 
 
(B)
in so far as such consideration consists of property other than cash, it shall be computed at the fair value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the directors of the Issuer (the “Directors”); provided, however, that no value shall be attributed to any services performed by any employee, officer or director of the Issuer; and
 
 
(C)
in the event the Shares are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Issuer for consideration which covers both the proportion of such consideration so received with respect to such Shares, shall be computed as provided in paragraphs (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Directors.
 
References to additional Shares in the above formula shall, in the case of an issue by the Issuer of options, warrants or other rights to subscribe or purchase Shares, mean such Shares to be issued assuming that such options, warrants or other rights are exercised in full at the initial exercise price on the date of issue of such options, warrants or other rights.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such additional Shares or, as the case may be, the issue of such options, warrants or other rights.
 
 
(g)
Other Issues at less than Conversion Price: Save in the case of an issue of securities arising from a conversion or exchange of other securities in accordance with the terms applicable to such securities themselves falling within this Clause 7.1(g), if and whenever the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraphs (d), (e) or (f), or (at the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) any other company, person or entity shall issue any securities (other than the Bonds) which by their terms of issue carry rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, Shares to be issued by the Issuer upon conversion, exchange or subscription at a consideration per Share which is less than the Conversion Price in effect at the time of issue of such securities, then, in such event, the Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price equal to the consideration per share receivable by the Issuer for the Shares to be issued on conversion or exchange or on exercise of the right of subscription determined by reference to the maximum number of Shares to be issued on conversion, exchange or subscription at the minimum conversion, exchange or subscription price. If such Shares are issued for no consideration, then the consideration per share shall be deemed to be the then current par value of each Share.
 
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Determination of Consideration: For purpose of this Clause 7.1(g), the consideration receivable by the Issuer for the issue of any such Shares shall be computed as follows:
 
 
(A)
in so far as such consideration consists of cash, it shall be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Issuer;
 
 
(B)
in so far as such consideration consists of property other than cash, it shall be computed at the fair value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the Directors; provided, however, that no value shall be attributed to any services performed by any employee, officer or director of the Issuer; and
 
 
(C)
in the event the Shares are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Issuer for consideration which covers both the proportion of such consideration so received with respect to such Shares, shall be computed as provided in paragraphs (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Directors.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such securities
 
 
(h)
Modification of Rights of Conversion etc.: If and whenever there shall be any modification of the rights of conversion, exchange or subscription attaching to any such securities as are mentioned in Clause 7.1(g) (other than in accordance with the terms of such securities) so that the consideration per Share (for the number of Shares available on conversion, exchange or subscription following the modification) is reduced and is less than the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such modification, the Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such modification, to a price equal to the modified consideration per share receivable by the Issuer for the Shares to be issued on conversion or exchange or on exercise of the right of subscription determined by reference to the maximum number of Shares to be issued on conversion, exchange or subscription at the minimum conversion, exchange or subscription price. If such Shares are issued for no consideration, then the consideration per share shall be deemed to be the then current par value of each Share.
 
Determination of Consideration: For purpose of this Clause 7.1(h), the consideration receivable by the Issuer for the issue of any such Shares shall be computed as follows:
 
 
(A)
in so far as such consideration consists of cash, it shall be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Issuer;
 
 
(B)
in so far as such consideration consists of property other than cash, it shall be computed at the fair value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the Directors; provided, however, that no value shall be attributed to any services performed by any employee, officer or director of the Issuer; and
 
 
(C)
in the event the Shares are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Issuer for consideration which covers both the proportion of such consideration so received with respect to such Shares, shall be computed as provided in paragraphs (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Directors.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of modification of the rights of conversion, exchange or subscription attaching to such securities.
 
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(i)
Other Offers to Shareholders: If and whenever the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (at the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) any other company, person or entity issues, sells or distributes any securities in connection with which an offer to which the Shareholders generally are entitled to participate in arrangements whereby such securities may be acquired by them (except where the Conversion Price falls to be adjusted under Clause 7.1(d), Clause 7.1(e), Clause 7.1(f) or Clause (g), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such issue by the following fraction:
 
 
- B
A
 
Where:
 
A
is the Current Market Price of one (1) Share on the last Trading Day preceding the date on which such issue is publicly announced; and
 
B
is the Fair Market Value on the date of such announcement of the portion of the rights attributable to one (1) Share.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of the securities.
 
 
(j)
Other Events: If the Issuer determines that a downward adjustment should be made to the Conversion Price as a result of one (1) or more events or circumstances not referred to in this Clause 7.1, the Issuer shall, at its own expense, consult an independent investment bank of international repute (acting as expert), selected by the Issuer and approved in writing by the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to determine as soon as practicable what adjustment (if any) to the Conversion Price is fair and reasonable to take account thereof, if the adjustment would result in a reduction in the Conversion Price, and the date on which such adjustment should take effect and upon such determination by the independent investment bank such adjustment (if any) shall be made and shall take effect in accordance with such determination, provided that where the events or circumstances giving rise to any adjustment pursuant to this Clause 7.1 have already resulted or will result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price or where the events or circumstances giving rise to any adjustment arise by virtue of events or circumstances which have already given rise or will give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price, such modification (if any) shall be made to the operation of the provisions of this Clause 7.1 as may be advised by the independent investment bank to be in their opinion appropriate to give the intended result. Neither the Agents nor the Trustee should have the responsible for determining the Conversion Price or the adjustment to the Conversion Price.
 
7.2
(a)
No adjustment will be made to the Conversion Price (i) when Shares or other securities (including rights or options) are issued, offered or granted to employees (including directors) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Employee Share Scheme (and which Employee Share Scheme (a) is in compliance with the listing rules of the AMEX or, if applicable, the listing rules of an Alternative Stock Exchange; and (b) does not amount to, relate to, or entitle such persons to receive, Shares in excess of ten percent (10%) of the average number of issued and outstanding Shares during any twelve (12) months); or (ii) as a result of the issuance on the date hereof of the Warrants issued to ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. or any exercise of such Warrants.
 
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(b)
Notwithstanding anything herein, the Conversion Price shall only be adjusted pursuant to Clauses 7.1(f), 7.1(g), 7.1(h), 7.1(i) and 7.1(j) to an amount not less than US$0.25 per Share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, spin-offs, rights offerings, recapitalizations and similar events).
 
 
(c)
Where more than one (1) event which gives or may give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price occurs within such a short period of time that in the opinion of an independent investment bank of international repute (acting as expert), selected by the Issuer and approved in writing by the Trustee (such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the foregoing provisions would need to be operated subject to some modification in order to give the intended result, such modification shall be made to the operation of the foregoing provisions as may be advised by such independent investment bank to be in their opinion appropriate in order to give such intended result. No adjustment involving an increase in the Conversion Price will be made, except in the case of a consolidation of the Shares as referred to in Clause 7.1(a) above.
 
 
(d)
The Trustee shall not be under any duty to (i) monitor whether any event or circumstance has happened or exists which may require an adjustment to be made to the Conversion Price or (ii) itself calculate any adjustment to the Conversion Price and will not be responsible to Bondholders for any loss arising from any failure by it to do so. Any adjustments to the Conversion Price shall be calculated or caused to be calculated by the Issuer and the Issuer will promptly send to the Trustee a certificate setting out the Conversion Price prior to adjustment and the particulars relating to adjustment of the Conversion Price. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on such certificate and will have no duty to confirm or investigate the accuracy thereof.
 
 
(e)
If any doubt arises as to an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to Clause 7.1, the Trustee may, at the cost and expense of the Issuer, consult with any reputable investment bank in the United States and may act on the opinion or advice of or any certificate or information obtained from any such investment bank, and such determination, opinion, advice, certification or action (or absence thereof) shall be conclusive and binding upon the Issuer and the Bondholders.
 
7.3
Conversion Price Reset
 
If the Average Closing Price for the period of twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to any of November 13, 2009 and September 29, 2012 (each a “Reset Date”) is lower than the Conversion Price on the relevant Reset Date, the Conversion Price will be adjusted so that such Average Closing Price shall be the Conversion Price in effect from, and including, the relevant Reset Date. The Issuer shall notify the Bondholders, Trustee and the Paying Agent of such adjustment within ten (10) business days after the relevant Reset Date, in accordance with Condition 18. Such adjusted Conversion Price shall be rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) of a United States cent.
 
Provided that:
 
 
(a)
any such adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Clause 7.3 shall be limited so that the Conversion Price adjusted in accordance with this Clause 7.3 shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the initial Conversion Price (taking account of any adjustments required under Clause 7.1 above which may have occurred prior to the relevant Reset Date) or higher than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Reset Date;
 
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(b)
subject to (a) above the provisions of Clause 7.1 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Clause 7.3 to ensure that appropriate adjustments shall be made to any Closing Price to reflect any adjustments made to the Conversion Price in accordance with Clause 7.1;
 
 
(c)
for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustments to the Conversion Price made pursuant to this Clause 7.3 shall only be downward adjustments; and
 
 
(d)
notwithstanding anything herein, the Conversion Price shall only be adjusted pursuant to Clause 7.3 to an amount not less than US$0.25 per Share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, spin-offs, rights offerings, recapitalizations and similar events).
 
8.
APPLICATION OF MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE
 
8.1
Declaration of Trust
 
All moneys received by the Trustee in respect of the Bonds or amounts payable under this Trust Deed will, despite any appropriation of all or part of them by the Issuer, be held by the Trustee upon trust to apply them (subject to Clause 8.2):
 
 
(a)
firstly, in payment of all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities properly incurred by the Trustee (including remuneration payable to the Trustee) in carrying out its functions under this Trust Deed;
 
 
(b)
secondly, in payment of all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities properly incurred by the Agents, except the Registrar, (including remuneration payable to the Agents) in carrying out its functions under the Agency Agreement;
 
 
(c)
thirdly, in payment of all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities properly incurred by the Registrar, (including remuneration payable to the Registrar) in carrying out its functions under the Agency Agreement;
 
 
(d)
fourthly, in payment of any amounts of principal, interest, and premium (if any) owing in respect of the Bonds pari passu and rateably;
 
 
(e)
fifthly, in payment of any other amounts owing in respect of the Bonds; and
 
 
(f)
sixthly, in payment of any balance (if any) to the Issuer for itself.
 
If the Trustee holds any moneys which represent principal, interest, default interest and premium (if any) in respect of Bonds in respect of which claims have become prescribed under Condition 13, the Trustee will hold them on trust and apply them as set out in this Clause 8.1.
 
8.2
Accumulation
 
If the amount of the moneys at any time available for payment in respect of the Bonds under Clause 8.1 is less than ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding, the Trustee may, at its sole discretion, invest such moneys. The Trustee may retain such investments and accumulate the resulting income until the investments and the accumulations, together with any other funds for the time being under its control and available for such payment, amount to at least ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding and then such investments, accumulations and funds (after deduction of, or provision for, any applicable taxes) will be applied as specified in Clause 8.1.
 
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8.3
Investment
 
Moneys held by the Trustee may be invested in its name or under its control in any investments or other assets anywhere whether or not they produce income or deposited in its name or under its control at such bank or other financial institution in such currency as the Trustee may, in its absolute discretion, think fit, acting in accordance with the Trustees Act. If they are deposited at a bank or institution that is the Trustee or a subsidiary, holding or associated company of the Trustee, it needs only account for an amount of interest calculated at the rate per annum equal to the best rate payable by it on a deposit of like amount to an independent customer. The Trustee may at any time vary or transpose any such investments or assets or convert any moneys so deposited into any other currency, and will not be responsible for any resulting loss, whether by depreciation in value, change in exchange rates or otherwise.
 
9.
GENERAL COVENANTS
 
So long as any Bond is outstanding, the Issuer will:
 
9.1
Books of Account
 
Keep, and procure that its Subsidiaries keep, proper books of account and, at any time, so far as permitted by applicable law and to the extent it does not result in any additional disclosure obligations under the listing rules of the AMEX or if applicable, the Alternative Stock Exchange, allow, and procure that each of its Subsidiaries will allow, the Trustee and anyone appointed by it, by prior appointment access to the books of account of the Issuer and/or the relevant Subsidiary respectively at all reasonable times during normal business hours;
 
9.2
Notice of Events of Default
 
Notify the Trustee in writing immediately on becoming aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default;
 
9.3
Information
 
So far as permitted by applicable law, give the Trustee such certificates, information and evidence as it requires for the purpose of the discharge of the duties, powers, trusts, authorities and discretions vested in it by this Trust Deed or by operation of law;
 
9.4
Financial Statements etc.
 
Send to the Trustee, as promptly as practicable (and, in the case of each annual Fiscal Period, in any event within six (6) months after the close of each Fiscal Period), three (3) copies or translations, in each case in English, of the following:
 
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(a)
in the case of the first semi-annual Fiscal Period falling within each of the annual Fiscal Periods, the semi-annual interim report containing unaudited consolidated Accounts of the Issuer in respect of such Fiscal Period which Accounts are prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the most recent audited Accounts, or which indicate the way in which their basis of preparation is different; and
 
 
(b)
in the case of each annual Fiscal Period, the annual report containing audited Accounts of the Issuer as at the end of, and for, such Fiscal Period, reported on by the Auditors and prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America;
 
provided that if and to the extent that the Accounts are not prepared or adjusted on a basis consistent with that used for the preceding corresponding Fiscal Period, that fact shall be stated;
 
9.5
Information Material to Bondholders
 
Send to the Trustee three (3) copies or translations, in each case in English, of all notices, statements and documents which are issued to the holders of its shares or its creditors generally as soon as practicable (but not later than thirty (30) days) after their date of issue and make available to the Agents (without cost to the Agents) as many further copies or translations as they may request in order to satisfy requests from Bondholders for them;
 
9.6
Other Information
 
Send to the Trustee together with the Accounts referred to in Clause 9.4 a list in English of all documents issued, during or in respect of the relevant annual Fiscal Period, by Issuer to its Shareholders, which list shall indicate the principal subject of each of such documents, and (if the Trustee so requires at any time) provide a certified copy or translation, in each case in English, of any document described in such list within thirty (30) days after being requested so to do;
 
 
9.7
Certificate of Directors
 
Send to the Trustee, at the same time that its annual audited Accounts are being provided pursuant to Clause 9.4 above, and also within fourteen (14) days after any written request by the Trustee, a certificate of the Issuer signed by two (2) directors of the Issuer to the effect that, having made all reasonable enquiries, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Issuer as at a date (the “Certification Date”) being not more than five (5) days before the date of the certificate 
 
 
(a)
no Event of Default had occurred since the date of this Trust Deed or the Certification Date of the last such certificate (if any) or, if such an event had occurred, giving details of it; and
 
 
(b)
the Issuer has complied with all its obligations under this Trust Deed.
 
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon certificates of the Issuer;
 
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9.8
Notices to Bondholders
 
Send to the Trustee at least seven (7) days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Trustee) prior to the date of publication, a copy of the form of each notice to be given to Bondholders and once given, two (2) copies of each such notice, such notice to be in a form approved by the Trustee (such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (if applicable) complying with the requirements of the AMEX or an Alternative Stock Exchange except for any announcement, notice or circular to be made by the Issuer pursuant to the requirements of the listing rules or at the request of the AMEX or an Alternative Stock Exchange, of which three (3) copies of each such announcement, notice or circular, shall be sent by the Issuer to the Trustee as promptly as practicable after its date of issue;
 
9.9
Further Acts
 
So far as permitted by applicable law, do such further things as may be necessary in the opinion of the Trustee to give effect to this Trust Deed;
 
9.10
Notice of late payment
 
Forthwith upon request by the Trustee give notice to the Bondholders of any unconditional payment to the Principal Agent or the Trustee of any sum due in respect of the Bonds made after the due date for such payment;
 
9.11
Change in Agents
 
Give at least fourteen (14) days’ prior notice to the Bondholders of any future appointment, resignation or removal of any Agent or of the Registrar or of any change by any Agent or by the Registrar of its specified office and not make any such appointment or removal without the Trustee’s prior written approval;
 
9.12
Early Redemption
 
Give prior notice to the Trustee of any proposed early redemption pursuant to Condition 9(B), 9(C), 9(D) or 9(E);
 
9.13
Change of Control or Delisting
 
Give notice (which shall be in writing) to the Trustee and the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 by not later than the fourteenth day following the first day on which it becomes aware of the occurrence of a Relevant Event (as defined in Condition 9(D));
 
9.14
Compliance
 
Comply with, perform and observe all the provisions of the Agency Agreement, the Trust Deed and the Conditions; and
 
9.15
Bonds held by the Issuer etc.
 
Send to the Trustee as soon as practicable after being so requested by the Trustee a certificate of the Issuer signed by its director stating the number of Bonds held as at the date of such certificate by or on behalf of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries.
 
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10.
REMUNERATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
 
10.1
Payment of Remuneration
 
The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee remuneration for its services as trustee as from the date of this Trust Deed, such remuneration to be at such rate to be agreed between the Issuer and the Trustee and on such date and on such terms as shall be separately agreed between the Issuer and the Trustee.
 
10.2
Additional Remuneration
 
In the event of the occurrence of an Event of Default the Trustee considering it expedient or necessary or being requested by the Issuer to undertake duties which the Trustee and the Issuer agree to be of an exceptional nature or otherwise outside the scope of the normal duties of the Trustee under this Trust Deed or should the Trustee perform any additional or any ancillary functions outside of those previously agreed with the Issuer, the Issuer shall pay to the Trustee such additional remuneration as shall be agreed between them. It is acknowledged and agreed that the Trustee shall not be obliged to undertake any additional duties unless the Trustee is satisfied (at its absolute discretion) that all its additional remuneration will be paid.
 
10.3
Tax
 
The Issuer shall in addition pay to the Trustee an amount equal to the amount of any value-added tax or similar tax chargeable in any jurisdiction in respect of its remuneration under this Trust Deed.
 
10.4
Disputes
 
In the event of the Trustee and the Issuer failing to agree (in a case to which Clause 10.2 above applies) upon whether such duties shall be of an exceptional nature or otherwise outside the scope of the normal duties of the Trustee under this Trust Deed, or upon such additional remuneration, such matters shall be determined by a merchant bank (acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator) selected by the Trustee and approved by the Issuer or, failing such approval, nominated (on the application of the Trustee) by the President for the time being of The Law Society of England and Wales (the expenses involved in such nomination and the fees of such merchant bank being payable by the Issuer) and the determination of any such merchant bank shall be final and binding upon the Trustee, the Bondholders and the Issuer. 
 
10.5
Payment of Liabilities
 
The Issuer shall also pay or discharge all Liabilities properly incurred by the Trustee in relation to the preparation and execution of, the exercise of its powers, authorities and discretions and the performance of its duties under, and in any other manner in relation to, this Trust Deed, including but not limited to all expenses and any stamp, issue, registration, documentary and other taxes or duties paid or payable by the Trustee in connection with any action taken or contemplated by or on behalf of the Trustee for enforcing, or resolving any doubt concerning, or for any other purpose in relation to, this Trust Deed.
 
10.6
Interest
 
All amounts payable pursuant to Clause 10.5 above and/ or Clause 10.9 shall be payable (subject to and in accordance by the Issuer on the date specified in a demand) by the Trustee and in the case of payments actually made by the Trustee prior to such demand shall (if not paid within ten (10) days after such demand and the Trustee so requires) carry interest at a rate of two percent (2%) per annum above the cost of funds from the date that payment is made by the Trustee until the date the Issuer reimburses the Trustee and in all other cases shall (if not paid on the date specified in such demand and the Trustees so requires) carry interest at such rate from the date specified in such demand until payment by the Issuer to the Trustee. All remuneration payable to the Trustee shall carry interest at such rate from the due date therefor.
 
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10.7
No Set-off or Withholding
 
The Issuer hereby further undertakes to the Trustee that all monies payable by the Issuer to the Trustee under this Clause 10 shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding unless compelled by law in which event the Issuer will pay such additional amounts as will result in the receipt by the Trustee of the amounts which would otherwise have been payable by the Issuer to the Trustee under this Clause in the absence of any such set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding.
 
10.8
Survival of Clauses
 
Unless otherwise specifically stated in any discharge of this Trust Deed, the provisions of this Clause 10 shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding such discharge.
 
10.9
Indemnity
 
Without prejudice to the right of indemnity by law given to trustees, the Issuer shall indemnify the Trustee and its directors, officers and employees and every Appointee (as defined in Clause 11(y)) and keep it or him indemnified against all Liabilities to which it or he may be or become subject or which may be paid or incurred by it or him or which may be claimed against it or him as a result of or in connection with the Trustee acting as trustee under this Trust Deed (including, without limitation, in the execution or purported execution of any of its trusts, powers, authorities and discretions under this Trust Deed and Agency Agreement) or its or his functions under any such appointment or in respect of any other matter or thing done or omitted in any way relating to this Trust Deed or any such appointment (including all liabilities incurred in disputing or defending any of the foregoing), except those resulting from its or his gross negligence, wilful default or fraud.
 
10.10
Force Majeure
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Trust Deed or in any other transaction document, the Trustee shall not in any event be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder if it is prevented from so performing its obligations by any existing or future law or regulation, any existing or future act of governmental authority, Act of God, flood, war whether declared or undeclared, terrorism, riot, rebellion, civil commotion, strike, lockout, other industrial action, general failure of electricity or other supply, aircraft collision, technical failure, accidental or mechanical or electrical breakdown, computer failure or failure of any money transmission system or any reason which is beyond the control of the Trustee.
 
11.
PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE TRUSTEE ACTS
 
Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the duties of the Trustee in relation to the trusts constituted by these presents. Where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Acts and the provisions of these presents, the provisions of these presents shall, to the extent allowed by law, prevail and, in the case of any such inconsistency with the Trustee Act 2000, the provisions of these presents shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the purposes of that Act. The Trustee shall have all the powers conferred upon trustees by the Trustee Acts and by way of supplement thereto it is expressly declared as follows:
 
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(a)
Advice: The Trustee, whenever it considers it reasonably necessary and expedient in the interest of the Bondholders, shall engage and consult, at the expense of the Issuer, with any legal or professional adviser and notice of appointment of any legal or professional adviser shall be given to the Issuer as soon as practicable. The Trustee may act on the opinion or advice of, or information obtained from, any lawyer, valuer, accountant (including the Auditors), banker or other expert whether obtained by or addressed to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Principal Agent or otherwise, and notwithstanding any monetary or other limit on liability contained therein, will not be responsible to anyone for any Liability occasioned by so acting. Any such opinion, advice or information may be sent or obtained by letter, telex, fax or electronic mail and the Trustee will not be liable to anyone for acting in good faith on any opinion, advice or information purporting to be conveyed by such means, notwithstanding any limitation on liability (monetary or otherwise) in relation to such person’s opinion or advice and even if it contains some error or is not authentic.
 
 
(b)
Trustee to Assume Performance: The Trustee need not notify anyone of the execution of this Trust Deed or do anything to find out if an Event of Default has occurred. Until it has actual knowledge or express notice to the contrary, the Trustee may assume that no such event has occurred and that each of the Issuer and the Principal Agent is performing all its obligations under this Trust Deed and the Bonds.
 
 
(c)
Resolutions of Bondholders: The Trustee will not be responsible for having acted in good faith on a resolution in writing or any resolution purporting to have been passed at a meeting of Bondholders in respect of which minutes have been made and signed even if it is later found that there was a defect in the constitution of the meeting or the passing of the resolution or that the resolution was not valid or binding on the Bondholders.
 
 
(d)
Illegality/Expenditure of Trustee Funds: No provision of these presents shall require the Trustee to do anything which may: (i) be illegal or contrary to applicable law or regulation; (ii) cause it to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its own rights, powers, authorities or discretions, if it shall have grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or satisfactory indemnity against, or security for, such risk or the liability is not assured to it.
 
 
(e)
Certificate signed by Directors: If the Trustee, in the exercise of its functions, requires to be satisfied or to have information as to any fact or the expediency of any act, it may call for and accept as sufficient evidence of that fact or the expediency of that act a certificate signed by a director of the Issuer as to that fact or to the effect that, in their opinion, that act is expedient and the Trustee need not call for further evidence and will not be responsible for any loss occasioned by acting on such a certificate.
 
 
(f)
Deposit of Documents: The Trustee may appoint as custodian, on any terms, any bank or entity whose business includes the safe custody of documents or any lawyer or firm of lawyers believed by it to be of good repute and may deposit this Trust Deed and any other documents with such custodian and pay all sums due in respect thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible for or required to insure against any Liability incurred in connection with such deposit and may pay all sums required to be paid on account of, or in respect of, any such deposit.
 
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(g)
Discretion: The Trustee will have absolute and uncontrolled discretion as to the exercise of its functions (the exercise of which, as between the Bondholders and the Trustee shall be conclusive and binding on the Bondholders) and will not be responsible for any Liability which may result from their exercise or non-exercise. Whenever in this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement or by law, the Trustee shall have discretion or permissive power it may decline to exercise the same in the absence of approval by the Bondholders and need not exercise the same unless it has been indemnified and/or provided with security to its satisfaction.
 
 
(h)
Agents: Whenever it considers it reasonably necessary and expedient in the interests of the Bondholders, the Trustee may, in the conduct of its trust business, instead of acting personally, employ and pay an agent selected by it, whether or not a lawyer or other professional person, to transact or conduct, or concur in transacting or conducting, any business and to do or concur in doing all acts required to be done by the Trustee (including the receipt and payment of money). Provided that the Trustee shall have exercised reasonable care in the selection of such agent, the Trustee shall not be responsible to the Bondholders for any misconduct on the part of any such person appointed by it hereunder or be bound to supervise the proceedings or acts of any such person.
 
 
(i)
Delegation: Whenever it considers it reasonably necessary and expedient in the interests of the Bondholders, the Trustee may delegate by power of attorney or otherwise to any person or persons or fluctuating body of persons on any terms (including power to sub-delegate) all or any of its trusts, powers, authorities, discretions or functions under this Trust Deed. Provided that the Trustee shall have exercised reasonable care in the selection of such delegate, the Trustee shall not be under any obligation to the Bondholders to supervise the proceedings or be in any way responsible for any loss incurred by reason of any misconduct or default on the part of any such delegate or sub-delegate.
 
 
(j)
Nominees: In relation to any asset held by it under this Trust Deed, the Trustee may appoint any person to act as its nominee on any terms.
 
 
(k)
Confidentiality: Unless required by law or ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Trustee shall not be required to disclose to any Bondholder any confidential financial or other information made available to the Trustee by the Issuer and no Bondholder shall be entitled to take any action to obtain from the Trustee any such information.
 
 
(l)
Determinations Conclusive: As between itself and the Bondholders, the Trustee may determine all questions and doubts arising in relation to any of the provisions of this Trust Deed or any of the Bonds. Such determinations, whether made upon such a question actually raised or implied in the acts or proceedings of the Trustee, will be conclusive and shall bind the Trustee and the Bondholders.
 
 
(m)
Currency Conversion: Where it is necessary or desirable to translate or convert any sum from one (1) currency to another, it will (unless otherwise provided hereby or required by law) be converted or translated at such rate or rates, in accordance with such method and as at such date as may be specified by the Trustee but having regard to current rates of exchange, if available. Any rate, method and date so specified will be binding on the Issuer and the Bondholders.
 
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(n)
Payment for and Delivery of Bonds: The Trustee will not be responsible for the receipt or application by the Issuer of the proceeds of the issue of the Bonds, any exchange of Bonds or the delivery of Bonds to the persons entitled to them.
 
 
(o)
Conversion Price: The Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility to determine whether facts exist which may require an adjustment of the Conversion Price or to determine the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made or the method used or to be used in making it.
 
 
(p)
The Shares: The Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility at any time in respect of the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of the Shares or any other property which may at any time be issued or delivered on the conversion of any Bonds or the sale or other disposal of any Shares. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to make available or deliver any Shares, share certificates or any other securities or property or make any payment on the exercise of any Conversion Right.
 
 
(q)
Responsibility: The Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of Recital (A) to this Trust Deed (which shall be taken as a statement by the Issuer) or other statements, warranties or representations of the Issuer, nor shall the Trustee by the execution of this Trust Deed be deemed to make any representation as to the validity, sufficiency, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Bonds, this Trust Deed or the Agency Agreement.
 
 
(r)
Enforcement: The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take proceedings against the Issuer to enforce payment of the Bonds after the Bonds have become due and payable nor to declare the Bonds due and payable unless it shall have been so requested in writing by holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) in principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding (which request has not been revoked) or shall have been so directed by an Extraordinary Resolution and it shall have been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction.
 
 
(s)
Satisfaction of Trustee in Condition 9(C): For the purposes of Condition 9(C), the Trustee shall be satisfied by the Issuer that the Issuer will be obliged to pay additional amounts as provided in that Condition by the delivery to it of (a) a certificate signed by two (2) directors of the Issuer and (b) an opinion of independent legal or tax advisors of recognised standing to the effect that the amendment or change giving rise to the payment of additional amounts have occurred.
 
 
(t)
Consolidation, amalgamation etc: The Trustee shall not be responsible for any consolidation, amalgamation, merger, reconstruction or scheme of the Issuer or any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or the form or substance of any plan relating thereto or the consequences thereof to any Bondholder.
 
 
(u)
Forged Bonds and Documents: The Trustee shall not be liable to the Issuer or any Bondholder if without gross negligence, wilful default or fraud on its part it has accepted as valid or has not rejected any Bonds purporting to be such and subsequently found to be forged or not authentic nor shall it be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on any document, certificate or communication believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.
 
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(v)
Consent: Any consent or approval to be given by the Trustee for the purposes of this Trust Deed may be given on such terms and subject to such conditions (if any) as the Trustee thinks fit and notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Trust Deed may be given retrospectively. The Issuer shall observe and perform any such terms and conditions and the Trustee may at any time waive or agree to a variation of such terms and conditions.
 
 
(w)
Acceleration: The Trustee shall not be obliged to declare the Bonds immediately due and payable under Condition 11 unless it has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction in respect of all costs, claims and liabilities which it has incurred to that date and to which it may thereby and as a consequence thereof in its opinion render itself, or have rendered itself, liable.
 
 
(x)
Bonds held by the Issuer etc.: In the absence of actual knowledge or express notice to the contrary, the Trustee may assume without enquiry (other than requesting a certificate under Clause 9.15) that no Bonds are for the time being held by or on behalf of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries.
 
 
(y)
Responsibility for agents etc.: If the Trustee exercises reasonable care in selecting any custodian, agent, delegate or nominee appointed under this clause (an “Appointee”) (in each case, after written notice have been given to the Issuer to the extent reasonably practicable), it will not have any obligation to supervise the Appointee or be responsible for any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, demand or expense incurred by reason of the Appointee’s misconduct or default or the misconduct or default of any substitute appointed by the Appointee. 
 
 
(z)
Reliance on Certificates: The Trustee may rely without liability to Bondholders on any certificate prepared by the directors of the Issuer and accompanied by a certificate or report prepared by an internationally recognised firm of accountants (including the Auditors) pursuant to the Conditions and/or this Trust Deed, whether or not addressed to the Trustee and whether or not the internationally recognised firm of accountants’ liability in respect thereof is limited by a monetary cap or otherwise limited or excluded and shall be obliged to do so where the certificate or report is delivered pursuant to the obligation of the Issuer to procure such delivery under the Conditions; any such certificate or report shall be conclusive and binding on the Issuer, the Trustee and the Bondholders.
 
 
(aa)
Compliance: The Conditions shall be binding on the Issuer and the Bondholders. The Trustee shall be entitled to enforce the obligations of the Issuer under the Bonds and the Conditions as if the same were set out and contained in this Trust Deed which shall be read and construed as one (1) document with the Bonds. The provisions contained in Schedule 3 shall have effect in the same manner as if herein set forth.
 
 
(bb)
Error of Judgment: The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by any officer or employee of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
 
 
(cc)
Professional Charges: Any Trustee being a banker, lawyer, broker or other person engaged in any profession or business shall be entitled to charge and be paid all usual professional and other charges for business transacted and acts done by him or his partner or firm on matters arising in connection with the trusts of this Trust Deed and also his properly incurred charges in addition to disbursements for all other work and business done and all time spent by him or his partner or firm on matters arising in connection with this Trust Deed, including matters which might or should have been attended to in person by a trustee not being a banker, lawyer, broker or other professional person.
 
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(dd)
Consequential loss: Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Trust Deed, the Trustee shall not in any event be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of whether the claim for such is made in negligence, breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary obligation or otherwise.
 
 
(ee)
Other Obligations: The Trustee shall not be responsible for the validity or enforceability of any obligations owed to it as Trustee hereof other than by the Issuer the benefit of which obligations have been taken by the Trustee in the interests of the Bondholders.
 
 
(ff)
Reliance: Any certificate or report of the Auditors or any other expert or other person called for by or provided to the Trustee (whether or not addressed to the Trustee) in accordance with or for the purposes of these Conditions or this Trust Deed may be relied upon by the Trustee as sufficient evidence of the facts therein and shall, in absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned by acting on any such certificate or report. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on any report of accountants, financial advisers or investment bank where the Issuer procures the delivery of the same pursuant to its obligations to do so under the Conditions and such report shall be binding on the Issuer and the holders of the Bonds in the absence of manifest or proven error.
 
 
(gg)
Certificates from clearing systems: The Trustee may call for any certificate or other document to be issued by Clearstream or Euroclear (or any alternative clearing system on behalf of whom the Global Certificate may be held) as to the principal amount of Bonds evidenced by the Global Certificate standing to the account of any person. Any such certificate or other document shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding for all purposes. The Trustee shall not be liable to any person by reason of having accepted as valid or not having rejected any certificate or other document to such effect purporting to be issued by Clearstream or Euroclear (or any such alternative clearing system) and subsequently found to be forged or not authentic or not to be correct.
 
 
(hh)
Exercise of power: In connection with the exercise by it of any of its trusts, powers, authorities, duties and discretions under this Trust Deed (including, without limitation, any modification, waiver, authorisation or determination), the Trustee shall have regard to the interests of all of the Bondholders and shall not have regard to any interests arising from circumstances particular to individual Bondholders (whatever their number) (except where expressly provided otherwise), and, in particular but without limitation, shall not have regard to the consequences of such exercise for individual Bondholders resulting from their being for any purpose domiciled or resident in, or otherwise connected with, or subject to the jurisdiction of, any particular territory or any political sub-division thereof and the Trustee shall not be entitled to require, nor shall any Bondholder be entitled to claim, from the Issuer (except to the extent provided for in Condition 10), the Trustee or any other person any indemnification or payment in respect of any tax consequence of any such exercise upon individual Bondholders.
 
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(ii)
Transaction Documents: The Trustee shall not be responsible for the execution, delivery, legality, effectiveness, adequacy, genuineness, validity, performance, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Trust Deed or any other document relating thereto and shall not be liable for any failure to obtain any licence, consent or other authority for the execution, delivery, legality, effectiveness, adequacy, genuineness, validity, performance, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Trust Deed or any other document relating thereto.
 
 
(jj)
Legal Opinion: The Trustee shall not be responsible to any person for failing to request, require or receive any legal opinion relating to the Bonds or for checking or commenting upon the content of any such legal opinion and shall not be responsible for any Liability incurred thereby.
 
 
(kk)
Taking Action by Trustee: The Trustee shall not be bound to take any action in connection with this Trust Deed or any obligations arising pursuant thereto, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, forming any opinion or employing any financial adviser, where it is not reasonably satisfied that the Issuer will be able to indemnify it against all Liabilities which may be incurred in connection with such action and may demand prior to taking any such action that there be paid to it in advance such sums as it reasonably considers (without prejudice to any further demand) shall be sufficient so to indemnify it and on such demand being made the Issuer shall be obliged to make payment of all such sums in full.
 
 
(ll)
Claims: Subject to Clause 12, the Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for any loss, damage, cost, charge, claim, demand, expense, judgment, action, proceeding or other liability whatsoever or inconvenience which may result from anything done or omitted to be done by it in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Deed.
 
12.
LIABILITY OF THE TRUSTEE
 
If the Trustee fails to show the degree of care and diligence required of it as trustee having regard to the provisions hereof, nothing in this Trust Deed shall relieve or indemnify it from or against any liability which would otherwise attach to it in respect of any gross negligence, wilful default or fraud of which it may be guilty.
 
13.
WAIVER AND PROOF OF DEFAULT
 
13.1
Waiver
 
The Trustee may, without the consent of the Bondholders and without prejudice to its rights in respect of any subsequent breach, from time to time and at any time, if in its opinion the interests of the Bondholders will not be materially prejudiced thereby, waive or authorise, on such terms as seem expedient to it, any breach or proposed breach by the Issuer of this Trust Deed or the Conditions or determine that an Event of Default will not be treated as such provided that the Trustee will not do so in contravention of an express direction given by an Extraordinary Resolution or a request made pursuant to Condition 11. No such direction or request will affect a previous waiver, authorisation or determination. Any such waiver, authorisation or determination will be binding on the Bondholders and, if the Trustee so requires, will be notified to the Bondholders as soon as practicable.
 
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13.2
Proof of Default
 
Proof that the Issuer has failed to pay a sum due to the holder of any one (1) Bond will (unless the contrary be proved) be sufficient evidence that it has made the same default as regards all other Bonds which are then payable.
 
14.
TRUSTEE NOT PRECLUDED FROM ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS
 
The Trustee and any other person, whether or not acting for itself, may acquire, hold or dispose of any Bond or other security (or any interest therein) of the Issuer or any other person, may enter into or be interested in any contract or transaction with any such person and may act on, or as depositary or agent for, any committee or body of holders of any securities of any such person in each case with the same rights as it would have had if the Trustee were not acting as Trustee and need not account for any profit.
 
15.
MODIFICATION AND SUBSTITUTION
 
15.1
Modification
 
 
(a)
The Trustee may (but is not obliged to) agree without the consent of the Bondholders to any modification to this Trust Deed (which for the avoidance of doubt includes the Bonds) and the Agency Agreement, which in the Trustee’s opinion, is of a formal, minor or technical nature or to correct a manifest or (to the satisfaction of the Trustee) proven error. The Trustee may (but is not obliged to) agree to any modification to this Trust Deed which is in its opinion proper to make if, in its opinion, such modification will not be materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders. Unless the Trustee agrees otherwise, any such modification shall be notified to the Bondholders as soon as practicable thereafter.
 
 
(b)
Any amendment or supplement to this Trust Deed shall be made by an instrument in writing signed by all the parties to this Trust Deed. A waiver or consent by the Trustee with respect to action required or forbidden by this Trust Deed shall be effective only if sent in writing by the Trustee and only for that occasion.
 
15.2
Substitution
 
The Trustee may (but is not obliged to), without the consent of the Bondholders, agree to the substitution of any other company (the “Substituted Obligor”) in place of the Issuer (or of any previous substitute under this sub-Clause) as the principal debtor under this Trust Deed and the Bonds provided that:
 
 
(a)
no payment in respect of the Bonds is at the relevant time overdue;
 
 
(b)
a deed is executed or undertaking given by the Substituted Obligor to the Trustee, agreeing to be bound by this Trust Deed and the Bonds (with consequential amendments as the Trustee may deem appropriate) as if the Substituted Obligor had been named in this Trust Deed and the Bonds as the principal debtor in place of the Issuer;
 
 
(c)
if the Substituted Obligor is subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of a territory or any authority of or in that territory with power to tax (the “Substituted Territory”) other than the territory to the taxing jurisdiction of which (or to any such authority of or in which) the Issuer is subject generally (the “Issuer’s Territory”), the Substituted Obligor has given (unless the Trustee otherwise agrees) to the Trustee an undertaking satisfactory to the Trustee in terms corresponding to Condition 10 with the substitution for the references in that Condition to the Issuer’s Territory of references to the Substituted Territory whereupon this Trust Deed and the Bonds will be read accordingly;
 
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(d)
any two (2) directors of the Substituted Obligor certifies that it will be solvent immediately after such substitution;
 
 
(e)
(unless the Issuer’s successor in business is the Substituted Obligor as the principal debtor under this Trust Deed and the Bonds) the obligations of the Substituted Obligor as the principal debtor under this Trust Deed and the Bonds are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Issuer;
 
 
(f)
a certificate signed by two (2) duly authorised signatories of the Issuer stating that the circumstances referred to in this Clause prevail and legal opinions addressed to the Trustee from independent legal advisors of recognised standing in each jurisdiction referred to in (c) above, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, as to the fulfilment of the conditions set out in full in this Clause have been delivered to the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be liable to anyone for relying on such certificates and legal opinions; and
 
 
(g)
the Issuer shall have given, unless the Trustee agrees otherwise, at least fourteen (14) days’ prior notice of such substitution to the Bondholders, stating that copies, or pending execution the agreed text, of all documents in relation to the substitution which are referred to above, or which might otherwise reasonably be regarded as material to Bondholders, will be available for inspection at the specified office of the Principal Agent.
 
References in Condition 11 to obligations under the Bonds shall be deemed to include obligations under the supplemental trust deed, and the events listed in Condition 11 shall be deemed to include any guarantee referred to in (e) above not being (or being claimed by the Issuer not to be) in full force and effect and the provisions in Condition 11(A)(iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix) shall be deemed to apply to the Issuer as guarantor.
 
15.3
Release of substituted Issuer
 
An agreement by the Trustee pursuant to Clause 15.2 will, if so expressed, release the Issuer (or a previous substitute) from any or all of its obligations (save for any guarantee obligations) under this Trust Deed and the Bonds. Notice of the substitution will be given by the Issuer to the Trustee (who will give such notice to the Bondholders) within fourteen (14) days of the execution of such documents and compliance with such requirements.
 
15.4
Completion of Substitution
 
On completion of the formalities set out in Clause 15.2, the Substituted Obligor will be deemed to be named in this Trust Deed and the Bonds as the principal debtor in place of the Issuer (or of any previous substitute) and this Trust Deed and the Bonds will be deemed to be amended as necessary to give effect to the substitution.
 
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16.
APPOINTMENT, RETIREMENT AND REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEE
 
16.1
Appointment
 
The Issuer has the power of appointing new trustees but no one may be so appointed unless previously approved by an Extraordinary Resolution. A trustee will at all times be a trust corporation and it may be the sole Trustee. Any appointment of a new Trustee will be notified by the Issuer to the Bondholders as soon as practicable.
 
16.2
Retirement and Removal
 
Any Trustee may retire at any time on giving at least sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Issuer without giving any reason and without being responsible for any costs occasioned by such retirement and the Bondholders may by an Extraordinary Resolution remove any Trustee provided that the retirement or removal of a sole trust corporation will not become effective until a trust corporation is appointed as successor Trustee. If a sole trust corporation gives notice of retirement or an Extraordinary Resolution is passed for its removal, the Issuer, will use all reasonable endeavours to procure that another trust corporation be appointed as Trustee as soon as practicable and if, after thirty (30) days’ of such notice having been given the Issuer, has failed to do so, the Trustee shall be entitled (at the expense of the Issuer) but not obliged to appoint another trust corporation selected by the Trustee as its successor. The protections, indemnities and immunities in this Trust Deed in favour of the Trustee shall continue to benefit the Trustee notwithstanding such Trustee’s removal or retirement.
 
16.3
Co-Trustees
 
The Trustee may, despite Clause 16.1, by written notice to the Issuer appoint anyone to act as an additional Trustee jointly with the Trustee:
 
 
(a)
if the Trustee considers such appointment to be in the interests of the Bondholders;
 
 
(b)
to conform with any legal requirement, restriction or condition in a jurisdiction in which a particular act is to be performed; or
 
 
(c)
to obtain a judgment or to enforce a judgment or any provision of this Trust Deed in any jurisdiction.
 
Subject to the provisions of this Trust Deed, the Trustee may confer on any person so appointed such functions as it thinks fit. The Trustee shall not be responsible for supervision and management of the additional Trustee. The Trustee may by written notice to the Issuer and that person remove that person. At the Trustee’s request, the Issuer will forthwith do all things as may be required to perfect such appointment or removal and it irrevocably appoints the Trustee to be its attorney in its name and on its behalf to do so.
 
16.4
Competence of a Majority of Trustees
 
If there are more than two (2) Trustees the majority of them will be competent to perform the Trustee’s functions provided the majority includes a trust corporation.
 
16.5
Successor
 
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder (provided it is a trust corporation) without the execution or filing of any papers or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
 
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17.
COMMUNICATIONS
 
Any notice or other communication hereunder shall be in writing. It shall be served by letter sent by registered post or courier or by fax:
 
In the case of the Issuer, to it at:
 
Asia Time Corporation
Room 1601-1604, 16/F.,
CRE Centre,
889 Cheung Sha Wan Road,
Kowloon, Hong Kong

Telephone no. : + 852 2310 0101
Fax no.  : + 852 2310 0032
Attention : Kwong Kai Shun/Michael Mak

In the case of the Trustee, to it at:

The Bank of New York, London Branch
One Canada Square
London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom

Fax no.:  +44 20 7964 6369
Attention:  Global Corporate Trust
 
With a copy to:

The Bank of New York
Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
 

Fax no.:  852 2295 3283
Attention:  Corporate Trust
 
Communications will take effect, in the case of a letter sent by registered post, on the seventh business day in New York receipt after posting; in the case of a letter sent by courier, at the time of delivery; in the case of fax, at the time of despatch if the correct error-free transmission report is received; provided that if such communication would take effect outside business hours then it shall be deemed to be received on the next business day in the place of receipt.
 
For the purposes of this Clause 17, “business day” means a day (other than Saturday, Sunday or public holidays) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in the relevant location(s).
 
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18.
FURTHER ISSUES
 
18.1
Supplemental Trust Deed
 
If the Issuer issues further securities as provided in Condition 17, it shall, before their issue, execute and deliver to the Trustee a deed supplemental to this Trust Deed containing such provisions (corresponding to any of the provisions of this Trust Deed) as the Trustee may require.
 
18.2
Meetings of Bondholders
 
If the Trustee so directs, Schedule 3 shall apply equally to Bondholders and to holders of any securities issued pursuant to the Conditions as if references in it to “Bonds” and “Bondholders” were also to such securities and their holders respectively.
 
19.
CURRENCY INDEMNITY
 
19.1
Currency of Account and Payment
 
United States dollars (the “Contractual Currency”) is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer under or in connection with this Trust Deed and the Bonds, including damages.
 
 
19.2
Extent of discharge
 
An amount received or recovered in a currency other than the Contractual Currency (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or otherwise), by the Trustee or any Bondholder in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer will only discharge the Issuer to the extent of the Contractual Currency amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so).
 
19.3
Indemnity
 
If that Contractual Currency amount is less than the Contractual Currency amount expressed to be due to the recipient under this Trust Deed or the Bonds, the Issuer will indemnify it against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Issuer will indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase.
 
19.4
Indemnity separate
 
The indemnities in this Clause 19 and in Clause 10.9 constitute separate and independent obligations from the other obligations in this Trust Deed, will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Trustee and/or any Bondholder and will continue in full force and effect despite any judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under this Trust Deed and/or the Bonds or any other judgment or order.
 
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20.
GOVERNING LAW, THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND JURISDICTION
 
20.1
Governing Law
 
This Trust Deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
 
20.2
The Issuer irrevocably agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the Bondholders that the courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these presents and accordingly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. The Issuer waives any objection to the courts of England on the grounds that they are an inconvenient or inappropriate forum. The Trustee and the Bondholders may take any suit, action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with these presents (together referred to as “Proceedings”) against the Issuer in any other court of competent jurisdiction and concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
 
20.3
The Issuer irrevocably and unconditionally appoints The London Law Agency at its registered office for the time being and in the event of its ceasing so to act will appoint such other person as the Trustee may approve and as the Issuer may nominate in writing to the Trustee for the purpose to accept service of process on its behalf in England in respect of any Proceedings. The Issuer:
 
 
(a)
agrees to procure that, so long as any of the Bonds remain liable to prescription, there shall be in force an appointment of such a person approved by the Trustee with an office in London with authority to accept service as aforesaid;
 
 
(b)
agrees that failure by any such person to give notice of such service of process to the Issuer shall not impair the validity of such service or of any judgment based thereon;
 
 
(c)
consents to the service of process in respect of any Proceedings by the airmailing of copies, postage prepaid, to the Issuer in accordance with clause 17; and
 
 
(d)
agrees that nothing in these presents shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
 
21.
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
 
A person who is not a party to these presents has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these presents, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
 
22.
COUNTERPARTS
 
This Trust Deed (and any supplemental trust deed thereto) may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when so executed shall constitute one (1) and the same instrument.
 
23.
TERMINATION OF THIS TRUST DEED
 
This Trust Deed shall terminate forthwith when none of the Bonds remains outstanding.
 
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SCHEDULE 1
 
FORM OF CERTIFICATE
 
The Bonds covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered and sold or exercised within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S
 
On the front:
 

Amount
ISIN
Common Code
Certificate Number
       

ASIA TIME CORPORATION
(incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware)
US$8,000,000
Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012
 
The Bond or Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued, the identifying numbers of which are noted above, are in registered form and form part of a series designated as specified in the title (the “Bonds”) of Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”) and constituted by the Trust Deed referred to on the reverse hereof. The Bonds are subject to, and have the benefit of, that Trust Deed and the terms and conditions (the “Conditions”) set out on the reverse hereof.
 
The Issuer hereby certifies that [  ] of [ ] is, as at the date hereof, entered in the register of Bondholders as the holder of Bonds in the principal amount of US$8,000,000 (Eight Million United States dollars). For value received, the Issuer promises to pay the person who appears at the relevant time on the register of Bondholders as holder of the Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued such amount or amounts as shall become due in respect of such Bonds and otherwise to comply with the Conditions.
 
The Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued are convertible into fully-paid shares of common stock with a par value of US$0.0001 each of the Issuer subject to and in accordance with the Conditions and the Trust Deed.
 
This Certificate is evidence of entitlement only. Title to the Bonds passes only on due registration on the register of Bondholders and only the duly registered holder is entitled to payments on Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued.
 
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until authenticated by or on behalf of the Principal Agent.
 
The Certificate is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
 
IN WITNESS whereof the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be signed on its behalf.
 
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Dated [  ]
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION

By:
Director/Authorised Signatory
 
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Certificate of Authentication
 
Certified that the above-named holder is as at the date hereof entered in the register of Bondholders as holder of the above-mentioned principal amount of Bonds with identifying numbers:
 
________________________
 
________________________
 
________________________
 
________________________
 
The Bank of New York as Registrar
(without warranty, recourse or liability)

 
 

 
By:
 

 
Authorised Signatory
 
Dated:
 
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Final Form

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS
 
The following is the text of the Conditions of the Bonds which (subject to modification and except for the paragraphs in italics) will be endorsed on the Certificates issued in respect of the Bonds.
 
The issue of the US$8,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 (the “Bonds”, which term shall include, unless the context requires otherwise, any further Bonds issued in accordance with Condition 17 and consolidated and forming a single series therewith) of Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”) and the right of conversion into Shares (as defined in Condition 6(A)(v)) were authorised by resolutions of the board of directors of the Issuer passed on November 9, 2007. The Bonds are constituted by a trust deed dated November 13, 2007 (the “Trust Deed”) made between the Issuer and The Bank of New York, London Branch as trustee for the holders of the Bonds (the “Trustee”, which term shall, where the context so permits, include all other persons or companies for the time being acting as trustee or trustees under the Trust Deed) and are subject to the paying and conversion agency agreement dated November 13, 2007 (the “Agency Agreement”) with the Trustee, The Bank of New York, London Branch as principal paying, conversion and transfer agent (the “Principal Agent”), The Bank of New York as registrar (the “Registrar”) and the other paying, conversion and transfer agents appointed under it (each a “Paying Agent”, “Conversion Agent”, “Transfer Agent”, and together with the Registrar and the Principal Agent, the “Agents”) relating to the Bonds. References to the “Principal Agent”, “Registrar” and “Agents” below are references to the principal agent, registrar and agents for the time being for the Bonds. The statements in these terms and conditions of the Bonds (these “Conditions”) include summaries of, and are subject to, the detailed provisions of the Trust Deed. Unless otherwise defined, terms used in these Conditions have the meaning specified in the Trust Deed. Copies of the Trust Deed and of the Agency Agreement are available for inspection during normal business hours at the registered office of the Trustee being as at the date hereof at One Canada Square, London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom and at the specified offices of each of the Agents. The Bondholders are entitled to the benefit of the Trust Deed and are bound by, and are deemed to have notice of, all the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement applicable to them.
 
1.
Status
 
The Bonds constitute direct, unsubordinated, unconditional and (subject to the provisions of Condition 5) unsecured obligations of the Issuer and shall at all times rank pari passu and without any preference or priority among themselves. The payment obligations of the Issuer under the Bonds shall, save for such exceptions as may be provided by applicable legislation and subject to Condition 5, at all times rank at least equally with all of its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations (other than any obligations preferred by mandatory provisions of applicable law).
 
2.
Form and Denomination
 
The Bonds are issued in registered form in the denomination of US$1,000 each. A Bond certificate (each a “Certificate”) will be issued to each Bondholder in respect of its registered holding of Bonds. Each Bond and each Certificate will be numbered serially with an identifying number which will be recorded on the relevant Certificate and in the Register (as defined in Condition 4(A)) which the Issuer will procure to be kept by the Registrar.
 
Upon issue, the Bonds will be represented by a global certificate (the “Global Certificate”) deposited with a common depositary for, and representing Bonds registered in the name of a common nominee of, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”) and/or any other relevant clearing system (each a “Clearing System”).
 
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3.
Title
 
Title to the Bonds passes only by transfer and registration in the register of Bondholders as described in Condition 4. The holder of any Bond will (except as otherwise required by law) be treated as its absolute owner for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any interest in it or any writing on, or the theft or loss of, the Certificate issued in respect of it) and no person will be liable for so treating the holder. In these Conditions, “Bondholder” and (in relation to a Bond) “holder” mean the person in whose name a Bond is registered.
 
4.
Transfers of Bonds; Issue of Certificates
 
A.
Register
 
The Issuer will cause to be kept at the specified office outside the United Kingdom of the Registrar and in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement a register on which shall be entered the names and addresses of the holders of the Bonds and the particulars of the Bonds held by them and of all transfers of the Bonds (the “Register”). Each Bondholder shall be entitled to receive only one (1) Certificate in respect of its entire holding of Bonds.
 
B.
Transfer
 
Subject to the terms of the Agency Agreement, a Bond may be transferred by delivery of the Certificate issued in respect of that Bond, with the form of transfer on the back duly completed and signed by the holder or his attorney duly authorised in writing, to the specified office of the Registrar or any of the Agents. No transfer of a Bond will be valid unless and until entered on the Register.
 
C.
Delivery of New Certificates
 
Each new Certificate to be issued upon a transfer of Bonds will, within three (3) business days of receipt by the Registrar or, as the case may be, any other relevant Agent of the form of transfer, be made available for collection at the specified office of the Registrar or such other relevant Agent or, if so requested in the form of transfer, be mailed by uninsured mail at the risk of the holder entitled to the Bonds (but free of charge to the holder) to the address specified in the form of transfer.
 
Where only part of a principal amount of the Bonds (being that of one (1) or more Bonds) in respect of which a Certificate is issued is to be transferred or converted, a new Certificate in respect of the Bonds not so transferred or converted will, within three (3) business days of delivery of the original Certificate to the Registrar or other relevant Agent, be made available for collection at the specified office of the Registrar or such other relevant Agent or, if so requested in the form of transfer, be mailed by uninsured mail at the risk of the holder of the Bonds not so transferred or converted (but free of charge to the holder) to the address of such holder appearing on the Register.
 
For the purposes of Condition 4, “business day” shall mean a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which banks are open for business in the city in which the specified office of the Registrar (if a Certificate is deposited with it in connection with a transfer or conversion) or the Agent with whom a Certificate is deposited in connection with a transfer or conversion, is located.
 
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D.
Formalities Free of Charge
 
Registration of transfer of Bonds will be effected without charge by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of the Agents, but upon payment (or the giving of such indemnity as the Issuer or any of the Agents may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charges which may be imposed in relation to such transfer.
 
E.
Closed Periods
 
No Bondholder may require the transfer of a Bond to be registered (i) during the period of seven (7) days ending on (and including) the dates for payment of any principal and/or premium (if any) pursuant to the Conditions; (ii) after a Conversion Notice (as defined in Condition 6(B)) has been delivered with respect to a Bond; or (iii) after a Tax Redemption Notice (as defined in Condition 9(C)) or a Relevant Event Redemption Notice (as defined in Condition 9(D)) has been deposited in respect of such Bond.
 
F.
Regulations
 
All transfers of Bonds and entries on the register of Bondholders will be made subject to the detailed regulations concerning transfer of Bonds scheduled to the Agency Agreement. The regulations may be changed by the Issuer, with the prior written approval of the Trustee and the Registrar. A copy of the current regulations will be mailed (free of charge) by the Registrar to any Bondholder upon request.
 
5.
Negative Pledge
 
A.
Negative Pledge
 
The Issuer undertakes that, so long as any of the Bonds remains outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed) or any amount is due under or in respect of any Bond or otherwise under the Trust Deed, it will not, and will procure that none of its Subsidiaries will, create or permit to subsist or arise any Encumbrance upon the whole or any part of their respective present or future assets or revenues to secure any Relevant Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or to secure any guarantee of or indemnity in respect of any such Relevant Indebtedness unless, at the same time or prior thereto, the Issuer’s obligations under the Bonds are secured by the same Encumbrance or have the benefit from a guarantee or indemnity in substantially identical terms thereto or, at the option of the Issuer, by such other security, guarantee, indemnity or other arrangement as the Bondholders may approve by Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust Deed).
 
B.
Interpretation
 
In these Conditions:
 
 
(i)
any reference to an Encumbrance” is to a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other encumbrance or security interest securing any obligation of any person;
 
 
(ii)
any reference to “Relevant Indebtedness” is to any future or present indebtedness in the form of or represented by debentures, loan stock, bonds, notes, bearer participation certificates, depository receipts, certificates of deposit or other similar securities or instruments or by bills of exchange drawn or accepted for the purpose of raising money which are, or are issued with the intention on the part of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer that they should be, quoted, listed, ordinarily dealt in or traded on any stock exchange or over the counter or on any other securities market (whether or not initially distributed by way of private placement); and
 
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(iii)
any reference to a “Subsidiary” of any person is to any company or other business entity of which that person owns or controls (either directly or through one (1) or more other Subsidiaries) more than fifty percent (50%) of the issued share capital or other ownership interest having ordinary voting power to elect directors, managers or trustees of such company or other business entity or any company or other business entity which at any time has its accounts consolidated with those of that person or which, under United States or other relevant law, regulations or generally accepted accounting principles from time to time, should have its accounts consolidated with those of that person.
 
6.
Conversion
 
A.
Conversion Right
 
(i)
Conversion Period: Subject as hereinafter provided, Bondholders have the right to convert their Bonds into Shares at any time during the Conversion Period referred to below.
 
The right of a Bondholder to convert any Bond into Shares is called the “Conversion Right”. Subject to and upon compliance with, the provisions of this Condition, the Conversion Right attaching to any Bond may be exercised, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time on and after 365 days after the date the Issuer’s Shares commence trading on the American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) or an Alternative Major Stock Exchange (as defined in Condition 6(C) below) (the “Listing Date”) up to the close of business (at the place where the Certificate evidencing such Bond is deposited for conversion) on November 6, 2012 (but, except as provided in Condition 6(A)(iv), in no event thereafter) or if such Bond shall have been called for redemption before the Maturity Date (as defined in Condition 9(A)), then up to the close of business (at the place aforesaid) on a date no later than seven (7) business days (in the place aforesaid) prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof (the “Conversion Period”).
 
The number of Shares to be issued on conversion of a Bond will be determined by dividing the principal amount of the Bond to be converted by the Conversion Price in effect at the Conversion Date (both as hereinafter defined). A Conversion Right may only be exercised in respect of one (1) or more Bonds. If more than one (1) Bond held by the same holder is converted at any one (1) time by the same holder, the number of Shares to be issued upon such conversion will be calculated on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds to be converted.
 
(ii)
Fractions of Shares: Fractions of Shares will not be issued on conversion and no cash adjustments will be made in respect thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a consolidation or re-classification of Shares by operation of law or otherwise occurring after November 13, 2007 which reduces the number of Shares outstanding, the Issuer will upon conversion of Bonds pay in cash (in US dollars by means of a US dollar cheque drawn on a bank in New York) a sum equal to such portion of the principal amount of the Bond or Bonds evidenced by the Certificate deposited in connection with the exercise of Conversion Rights, aggregated as provided in Condition 6(A)(i), as corresponds to any fraction of a Share not issued as a result of such consolidation or re-classification aforesaid if such sum exceeds US$10.00.
 
(iii)
Conversion Price: The price at which Shares will be issued upon conversion (the “Conversion Price”) will initially be the price per Share at which Shares are sold in the IPO (the “IPO Price”) but will be subject to adjustment in the manner provided in Conditions 6(C) and 6(D). IPO means a public offering of the Shares of the Issuer on AMEX with minimum gross proceeds of US$2,000,000. If no IPO has occurred prior to conversion, the Conversion Price will be deemed to be US$2.00 as of November 13, 2007 (the “Closing Date”), subject to adjustment in the manner provided in Conditions 6(C) and 6(D).
 
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(iv)
Revival and/or survival after Default: Notwithstanding the provisions of Condition 6(A)(i), if (a) the Issuer shall default in making payment in full in respect of any Bond which shall have been called for redemption on the date fixed for redemption thereof, (b) any Bond has become due and payable prior to the Maturity Date by reason of the occurrence of any of the events under Condition 11 or (c) any Bond is not redeemed on the Maturity Date in accordance with Condition 9(A), the Conversion Right attaching to such Bond will revive and/or will continue to be exercisable up to, and including, the close of business (at the place where the Certificate evidencing such Bond is deposited for conversion) on the date upon which the full amount of the moneys payable in respect of such Bond has been duly received by the Principal Agent or the Trustee and notice of such receipt has been duly given to the Bondholders and, notwithstanding the provisions of Condition 6(A)(i), any Bond in respect of which the Certificate and Conversion Notice (as defined below) are deposited for conversion prior to such date shall be converted on the relevant Conversion Date (as defined below) notwithstanding that the full amount of the moneys payable in respect of such Bond shall have been received by the Principal Agent or the Trustee before such Conversion Date or that the Conversion Period may have expired before such Conversion Date.
 
(v)
Meaning of Shares: As used in these Conditions, the expression “Shares” means shares of common stock of the Issuer or shares of any class or classes resulting from any subdivision, consolidation or re-classification of those shares, which as between themselves have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer.
 
B.
Conversion Procedure
 
(i)
Conversion Notice: To exercise the Conversion Right attaching to any Bond, the holder thereof must complete, execute and deliver at his own expense during normal business hours at the specified office of any Conversion Agent a notice of conversion (a “Conversion Notice”) in duplicate in the form (for the time being current) obtainable from the specified office of each Agent, together with the relevant Certificate and any amounts required to be paid by the Bondholder under Condition 6(B)(ii).
 
The conversion date in respect of a Bond (the “Conversion Date”) must fall at a time when the Conversion Right attaching to that Bond is expressed in these Conditions to be exercisable (subject to the provisions of Condition 6(A)(iv) above) and will be deemed to be the Stock Exchange Business Day (as defined below) immediately following the date of the surrender of the Certificate in respect of such Bond and delivery of such Conversion Notice and, if applicable, any payment or indemnity required to be made or given under these Conditions in connection with the exercise of such Conversion Right. A Conversion Notice once delivered shall be irrevocable and may not be withdrawn unless the Issuer consents in writing to such withdrawal. “Stock Exchange Business Day” means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which AMEX or the Alternative Stock Exchange (as defined in Condition 6(C) below), as the case may be, is open for business of dealing in securities.
 
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(ii)
Stamp Duty etc.: As conditions precedent to conversion, a Bondholder delivering a Certificate in respect of a Bond for conversion must pay any taxes and capital, stamp, issue and registration duties arising on conversion (other than any taxes or capital or stamp duties payable in the United States, the People’s Republic of China or England and, if relevant, in the place of the Alternative Stock Exchange, by the Issuer in respect of the allotment and issue of Shares and listing of the Shares on AMEX or the Alternative Stock Exchange on conversion) (the “Taxes”) and such Bondholder must also pay all, if any, taxes arising by reference to any disposal or deemed disposal of a Bond in connection with such conversion. The Issuer will pay all other expenses arising on the issue of Shares on conversion of Bonds. The Bondholder (and, if applicable, the person other than the Bondholder to whom the Shares are to be issued) must provide the Conversion Agent with details of the relevant tax authorities to which the Conversion Agent must pay monies received in settlement of Taxes payable pursuant to this Condition 6(B)(ii). The Conversion Agent is under no obligation to determine whether a Bondholder is liable to pay any Taxes including capital, stamp, issue, registration or similar taxes and duties or the amounts payable (if any) in connection with this Condition 6(B)(ii).
 
(iii)
Registration: As soon as practicable, and in any event not later than seven (7) Trading Days (as defined below) after the Conversion Date, the Issuer will, procure that the relevant number of Shares are allotted to and registered in the name of the nominee of a depositary common to Euroclear and Clearstream for credit to the securities account designated for the purpose in the Conversion Notice for so long as the Shares are listed on AMEX.
 
 If the Conversion Date in relation to any Bond shall be on or after a date with effect from which an adjustment to the Conversion Price takes retroactive effect pursuant to any of the provisions referred to in Condition 6(C) and the Trust Deed, and the relevant Registration Date (as defined below) falls on a date when the relevant adjustment has not yet been reflected in the then current Conversion Price, the provisions of this sub-paragraph (iii) shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to such number of Shares as is equal to the excess of the number of Shares which would have been required to be issued on conversion of such Bond if the relevant retroactive adjustment had been given effect as at the said Registration Date over the number of Shares previously issued (or which the Issuer was previously bound to issue) pursuant to such conversion.
 
The person or persons specified for that purpose will become the holder on record of the number of Shares issuable upon conversion with effect from the date he is or they are registered as such in the Issuer’s register of members (the “Registration Date”). The Shares issued upon conversion of the Bonds will in all respects rank pari passu with the Shares in issue on the relevant Registration Date. Save as set out in these Conditions, a holder of Shares issued on conversion of Bonds shall not be entitled to any rights the record date for which precedes the relevant Registration Date. Upon delivery of the Shares in satisfaction of the Conversion Right of any Converting Bondholder and the completion of such registration in accordance with this Condition 6(B), the right of such Converting Bondholder to repayment of the principal amount of the Bonds so converted shall extinguish.
 
If the record date for the payment of any dividend or other distribution in respect of the Shares is on or after the Conversion Date in respect of any Bond, but before the Registration Date (disregarding any retroactive adjustment of the Conversion Price referred to in this sub-paragraph (iii) prior to the time such retroactive adjustment shall have become effective), the Issuer will pay to the converting Bondholder or his designee an amount (the “Equivalent Amount”) equal to any such dividend or other distribution to which he would have been entitled had he on that record date been such a shareholder of record and will make the payment at the same time as it makes payment of the dividend or other distribution, or as soon as practicable thereafter, but, in any event, not later than seven (7) days thereafter. The Equivalent Amount shall be paid by means of a U.S. dollar cheque drawn on a bank in New York and sent to the address specified in the relevant Conversion Notice.
 
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C.
Adjustments to Conversion Price
 
The Conversion Price will be subject to adjustment in the following events as set out in the Trust Deed:
 
(1)
Consolidation, Subdivision or Reclassification: If and whenever there shall be an alteration to the nominal value of the Shares as a result of consolidation, subdivision or reclassification, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such alteration by the following fraction:

 
A
B

Where:

A
is the nominal amount of one (1) Share immediately after such alteration; and
     
B
is the nominal amount of one (1) Share immediately before such alteration.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date the alteration takes effect.
 
(2)
Capitalisation of Profits or Reserves: If and whenever the Issuer shall issue any Shares credited as fully paid to the holders of Shares (the “Shareholders”) by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves (including any share premium account) including, Shares paid up out of distributable profits or reserves and/or share premium account issued (except any Scrip Dividend (as defined below)) and which would not have constituted a Capital Distribution (as defined below), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such issue by the following fraction:
 
A
B
Where:
 
A
is the aggregate nominal amount of the issued Shares immediately before such issue; and
 
B
is the aggregate nominal amount of the issued Shares immediately after such issue.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such Shares or if a record date is fixed therefor, immediately after such record date.
 
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(3)
Capital Distributions: If and whenever the Issuer shall pay or make any Capital Distribution to the Shareholders (except to the extent that the Conversion Price falls to be adjusted under Condition 6(C)(2) above), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such Capital Distribution by the following fraction:

A - B
A

Where:
 
A
is the Current Market Price of one (1) Share on the last Trading Day preceding the date on which the Capital Distribution is publicly announced; and
 
B
is the Fair Market Value (as defined below) on the date of such announcement of the portion of the Capital Distribution attributable to one (1) Share.

Such adjustment shall become effective on the date that such Capital Distribution is actually made or if a record date is fixed therefor, immediately after such record date.

When the Capital Distribution is by means of distribution of a cash dividend such cash dividend shall be regarded as a Capital Distribution and shall be fully taken into account in the determination of the Fair Market Value of the portion of the Capital Distribution attributable to one (1) Share.
 
(4)
Rights Issues of Shares or Options over Shares: If and whenever the Issuer shall issue Shares to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights, or issue or grant to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights, options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or otherwise acquire any Shares, in each case at less than the Current Market Price per Share on the last Trading Day preceding the date of the announcement of the terms of the issue or grant, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such issue or grant by the following fraction:

 
A + B
A + C
 
Where:
 
A
is the number of Shares in issue immediately before such announcement;
 
B
is the number of Shares which the aggregate amount (if any) payable for the Shares issued by way of rights or for the options or warrants or other rights issued by way of rights and for the total number of Shares comprised therein would subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire at such Current Market Price per Share; and
 
C
is the aggregate number of Shares issued or, as the case may be, comprised in the grant.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such Shares or issue or grant of such options, warrants or other rights (as the case may be).
 
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(5)
Rights Issues of Other Securities: If and whenever the Issuer shall issue any securities (other than Shares or options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Shares) to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights or grant to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights, of options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any securities (other than Shares or options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Shares), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such issue or grant by the following fraction:

 
A - B
A
 
Where:
 
A
is the Current Market Price of one (1) Share on the last Trading Day preceding the date on which such issue or grant is publicly announced; and
 
B
is the Fair Market Value on the date of such announcement of the portion of the rights attributable to one (1) Share.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of the securities or grant of such rights, options or warrants (as the case may be).
 
(6)
Issues at less than Conversion Price: If and whenever the Issuer shall issue (otherwise than as mentioned in Condition 6(C)(4) above) any Shares (other than Shares issued on the exercise of Conversion Rights or on the exercise of any other rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, Shares) or shall issue or grant (otherwise than as mentioned in Condition 6(C)(4) above) options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Shares in each case at a price per Share which is less than the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such issue, then, in such event, the Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue or grant, to a price equal to the consideration per share for which such Shares are or will be issued. If such Shares are issued for no consideration, then the consideration per share shall be deemed to be the then current par value of each Share.
 
Determination of Consideration: For purpose of this Condition 6(C)(6), the consideration received by the Issuer for the issue of any such Shares shall be computed as follows:
 
 
(A)
in so far as such consideration consists of cash, it shall be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Issuer;
 
 
 
(B)
in so far as such consideration consists of property other than cash, it shall be computed at the fair value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the directors of the Issuer (the “Directors”); provided, however, that no value shall be attributed to any services performed by any employee, officer or director of the Company; and
 
 
 
(C)
in the event the Shares are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Issuer for consideration which covers both the proportion of such consideration so received with respect to such Shares, shall be computed as provided in Clauses (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Directors.
 
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References to additional Shares in the above formula shall, in the case of an issue by the Issuer of options, warrants or other rights to subscribe or purchase Shares, mean such Shares to be issued assuming that such options, warrants or other rights are exercised in full at the initial exercise price on the date of issue of such options, warrants or other rights.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such additional Shares or, as the case may be, the issue of such options, warrants or other rights.
 
(7)
Other Issues at less than Conversion Price: Save in the case of an issue of securities arising from a conversion or exchange of other securities in accordance with the terms applicable to such securities themselves falling within this Condition 6(C)(7), if and whenever the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (otherwise than as mentioned in Conditions 6(C)(4), 6(C)(5) or 6(C)(6)), or (at the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) any other company, person or entity shall issue any securities (other than the Bonds) which by their terms of issue carry rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, Shares to be issued by the Issuer upon conversion, exchange or subscription at a consideration per Share which is less than the Conversion Price in effect at the time of issue of such securities, then, in such event, the Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price equal to the consideration per share receivable by the Issuer for the Shares to be issued on conversion or exchange or on exercise of the right of subscription determined by reference to the maximum number of Shares to be issued on conversion, exchange or subscription at the minimum conversion, exchange or subscription price. If such Shares are issued for no consideration, then the consideration per share shall be deemed to be the then current par value of each Share.
 
Determination of Consideration: For purpose of this Condition 6(C)(7), the consideration receivable by the Issuer for the issue of any such Shares shall be computed as follows:
 
 
(A)
in so far as such consideration consists of cash, it shall be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Issuer;
 
 
(B)
in so far as such consideration consists of property other than cash, it shall be computed at the fair value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the Directors; provided, however, that no value shall be attributed to any services performed by any employee, officer or director of the Company; and
 
 
(C)
in the event the Shares are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Issuer for consideration which covers both the proportion of such consideration so received with respect to such Shares, shall be computed as provided in Clauses (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Directors.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such securities
 
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(8)
Modification of Rights of Conversion etc.: If and whenever there shall be any modification of the rights of conversion, exchange or subscription attaching to any such securities as are mentioned in Condition 6(C)(7) (other than in accordance with the terms of such securities) so that the consideration per Share (for the number of Shares available on conversion, exchange or subscription following the modification) is reduced and is less than the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such modification, the Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such modification, to a price equal to the modified consideration per share receivable by the Issuer for the Shares to be issued on conversion or exchange or on exercise of the right of subscription determined by reference to the maximum number of Shares to be issued on conversion, exchange or subscription at the minimum conversion, exchange or subscription price. If such Shares are issued for no consideration, then the consideration per share shall be deemed to be the then current par value of each Share.
 
Determination of Consideration: For purpose of this Condition 6(C)(8), the consideration receivable by the Issuer for the issue of any such Shares shall be computed as follows:
 
 
(A)
in so far as such consideration consists of cash, it shall be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Issuer;
 
 
 
(B)
in so far as such consideration consists of property other than cash, it shall be computed at the fair value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the Directors; provided, however, that no value shall be attributed to any services performed by any employee, officer or director of the Company; and
 
 
 
(C)
in the event the Shares are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Issuer for consideration which covers both the proportion of such consideration so received with respect to such Shares, shall be computed as provided in Clauses (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Directors.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of modification of the rights of conversion, exchange or subscription attaching to such securities.
 
(9)
Other Offers to Shareholders: If and whenever the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (at the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) any other company, person or entity issues, sells or distributes any securities in connection with which an offer to which the Shareholders generally are entitled to participate in arrangements whereby such securities may be acquired by them (except where the Conversion Price falls to be adjusted under Condition 6(C)(4), Condition 6(C)(5), Condition 6(C)(6) or Condition 6(C)(7)), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before such issue by the following fraction:
 
A - B
A
 
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Where:
 
A
is the Current Market Price of one (1) Share on the last Trading Day preceding the date on which such issue is publicly announced; and
 
B
is the Fair Market Value on the date of such announcement of the portion of the rights attributable to one (1) Share.
 
Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of the securities.
 
(10)
Other Events: If the Issuer determines that a downward adjustment should be made to the Conversion Price as a result of one (1) or more events or circumstances not referred to in this Condition 6, the Issuer shall, at its own expense, consult an independent investment bank of international repute (acting as expert), selected by the Issuer and approved in writing by the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to determine as soon as practicable what adjustment (if any) to the Conversion Price is fair and reasonable to take account thereof, if the adjustment would result in a reduction in the Conversion Price, and the date on which such adjustment should take effect and upon such determination by the independent investment bank such adjustment (if any) shall be made and shall take effect in accordance with such determination, provided that where the events or circumstances giving rise to any adjustment pursuant to this Condition 6 have already resulted or will result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price or where the events or circumstances giving rise to any adjustment arise by virtue of events or circumstances which have already given rise or will give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price, such modification (if any) shall be made to the operation of the provisions of this Condition 6 as may be advised by the independent investment bank to be in their opinion appropriate to give the intended result.
 
For the purposes of these Conditions:
 
Alternative Stock Exchange means at any time, in the case of the Shares, if they are not at that time listed and traded on AMEX, the principal stock exchange or securities market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted or dealt in.
 
Alternative Major Stock Exchange means The New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ.
 
Average Closing Price is the arithmetic average of the Closing Price per Share for each Trading Day during the Relevant Period.
 
Capital Distribution means any dividend or distribution of cash or assets in specie or other property, and whenever paid or made and however described (and for these purposes a distribution of assets in specie includes without limitation an issue of shares or other securities credited as fully or partly paid (other than Shares credited as fully paid to the extent any adjustment to the Conversion Price is made in respect thereof under Condition 6(C)(2)) by way of capitalisation of reserves).
 
Closing Price for the Shares for any Trading Day shall be the price quoted by AMEX or, as the case may be, the equivalent quotation sheet of an Alternative Stock Exchange for such day.
 
Current Market Price means, in respect of a Share on a particular date, the average of the Closing Prices for one (1) Share (being a Share carrying full entitlement to dividend) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date, provided that if at any time during the said five (5) Trading Day period the Shares shall have been quoted ex-dividend and during some other part of that period the Shares shall have been quoted cum-dividend then:
 
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(i)
if the Shares to be issued in such circumstances do not rank for the dividend in question, the quotations on the dates on which the Shares shall have been quoted cum-dividend shall for the purpose of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to the amount of that dividend per Share; or
 
(ii)
if the Shares to be issued in such circumstances rank for the dividend in question, the quotations on the dates on which the Shares shall have been quoted ex-dividend shall for the purpose of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof increased by such similar amount;
 
and provided further that if the Shares on each of the said five (5) Trading Days have been quoted cum-dividend in respect of a dividend which has been declared or announced but the Shares to be issued do not rank for that dividend, the quotations on each of such dates shall for the purpose of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to the amount of that dividend per Share.
 
Dividend means any dividend or distribution, whether of cash, assets or other property, and whenever paid or made and however described (and for these purposes a distribution of assets includes, without limitation, an issue of Shares or other securities credited as fully or partly paid up) provided that:
 
(i)
where a cash Dividend is announced which is to be, or may at the election of a holder or holders of Shares be, satisfied by the issue or delivery of Shares or other property or assets, then, the Dividend in question shall be treated as a Dividend of (a) the cash Dividend so announced, or (b) the Current Market Price on the date of announcement of such Dividend, of such Shares or the Fair Market Value of other property or assets to be issued or delivered in satisfaction of such Dividend (or which would be issued if all holders of Shares elected therefor, regardless of whether any such election is made) if the Current Market Price of such Shares or the Fair Market Value of other property or assets is greater than the cash Dividend so announced; and
 
(ii)
any issue of Shares falling within Condition 6(C)(2) shall be disregarded.
 
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any assets, security, option, warrants or other right on any date, the fair market value of that asset, security, option, warrant or other right as determined by an independent investment bank of international repute (acting as expert) selected by the Issuer and approved in writing by the Trustee, provided that (i) the fair market value of a cash dividend paid or to be paid per Share shall be the amount of such cash dividend per Share determined as at the date of announcement of such dividend; (ii) where options, warrants or other rights are publicly traded in a market of adequate liquidity (as determined by such investment banks) the fair market value of such options, warrants or other rights shall equal the arithmetic mean of the daily closing prices of such options, warrants or other rights during the period of five (5) Trading Days on the relevant market commencing on the first such Trading Day such options, warrants or other rights are publicly traded.
 
Relevant Cash Dividend means any cash dividend specifically declared by the Issuer.
 
Scrip Dividend means any Shares issued in lieu of the whole or any part of any Relevant Cash Dividend, being a dividend which the Shareholders concerned would or could otherwise have received and which would not have constituted a Capital Distribution (and for the avoidance of doubt to the extent that no adjustment is to be made under Condition 6(C)(3) in respect of the amount by which the Current Market Price of the Shares exceeds the Relevant Cash Dividend or part thereof).
 
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Total Current Dividend means any and all cash dividends or other distributions charged or provided for in the accounts of the Issuer, prior to the deduction of any withholding tax and any corporate tax attributable to that dividend, in the period starting from the beginning of the fiscal year in which the record date set for the dividend that may result in an adjustment falls and ending on and including that record date (including the dividend that may result in an adjustment), other than any dividend or portion thereof which previously resulted in an adjustment under this Condition 6(C).
 
Trading Day means a day when AMEX or, as the case may be an Alternative Stock Exchange, is open for business of dealing in securities, provided that if no Closing Price is reported for one (1) or more consecutive dealing days such day or days will be disregarded in any relevant calculation and shall be deemed not have existed when ascertaining any period of dealing days.
 
No adjustment will be made to the Conversion Price (i) when Shares or other securities (including rights or options) are issued, offered or granted to employees (including directors) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Employee Share Scheme (as defined in the Trust Deed) (and which Employee Share Scheme (a) is in compliance with the listing rules of AMEX or, if applicable, the listing rules of an Alternative Stock Exchange; and (b) does not amount to, relate to, or entitle such persons to receive, Shares in excess of ten percent (10%) of the average number of issued and outstanding Shares during any twelve (12) months); or (ii) as a result of the issuance on the date hereof of the warrants to purchase 600,000 Shares (the “Warrants”) issued to ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. (“ABN AMRO”) or any exercise of such Warrants.
 
On any adjustment, the relevant Conversion Price, if not an integral multiple of one (1) United States cent, shall be rounded down to the nearest United State cent. No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price where such adjustment (rounded down if applicable) would be less than one percent (1%) of the Conversion Price then in effect. Any adjustment not required to be made, and any amount by which the Conversion Price has not been rounded down, shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. Notice of any adjustment shall be given to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 as soon as practicable after the determination thereof.
 
Notwithstanding anything herein, the Conversion Price shall only be adjusted pursuant to Conditions 6(C)(6), 6(C)(7), 6(C)(8), 6(C)(9) and 6(C)(10) to an amount not less than US$0.25 per Share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, spin-offs, rights offerings, recapitalizations and similar events).
 
Where more than one (1) event which gives or may give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price occurs within such a short period of time that in the opinion of an independent investment bank of international repute (acting as expert), selected by the Issuer and approved in writing by the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the foregoing provisions would need to be operated subject to some modification in order to give the intended result, such modification shall be made to the operation of the foregoing provisions as may be advised by such independent investment bank to be in their opinion appropriate in order to give such intended result. No adjustment involving an increase in the Conversion Price will be made, except in the case of a consolidation of the Shares as referred to in Condition 6(C)(1) above or a Conversion Price reset as referred to in Condition 6(D) below.
 
The Trustee shall not be under any duty to (i) monitor whether any event or circumstance has happened or exists which may require an adjustment to be made to the Conversion Price or (ii) itself calculate any adjustment to the Conversion Price and will not be responsible to Bondholders for any loss arising from any failure by it to do so. Any adjustments to the Conversion Price shall be calculated or caused to be calculated by the Issuer and the Issuer will promptly send to the Trustee a certificate setting out the Conversion Price prior to adjustment and the particulars relating to adjustment of the Conversion Price. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on such certificate and will have no duty to confirm or investigate the accuracy thereof.
 
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If any doubt arises as to an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to Condition 6(C), the Trustee may, at the cost and expense of the Issuer, consult with any reputable investment bank in the United States and may act on the opinion or advice of or any certificate or information obtained from any such investment bank, and such determination, opinion, advice, certification or action (or absence thereof) shall be conclusive and binding upon the Issuer and the Bondholders.
 
D.
Conversion Price Reset
 
If the average of the Closing Prices (the “Average Closing Price”) for the period of twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to any of November 13, 2009 and September 29, 2012 (each a “Reset Date”) is lower than the Conversion Price on the relevant Reset Date, the Conversion Price will be adjusted so that such Average Closing Price shall be the Conversion Price in effect from, and including, the relevant Reset Date. The Issuer shall notify the Bondholders, Trustee and the Paying Agent of such adjustment within ten (10) business days after the relevant Reset Date, in accordance with Condition 18. Such adjusted Conversion Price shall be rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) of a United States cent.
 
Provided that:
 
(i)
any such adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Condition 6(D) shall be limited so that the Conversion Price adjusted in accordance with this Condition 6(D) shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the initial Conversion Price (taking account of any adjustments required under Condition 6(C) above which may have occurred prior to the relevant Reset Date) or higher than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Reset Date;
 
(ii)
subject to (i) above the provisions of Condition 6(C) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Condition 6(D) to ensure that appropriate adjustments shall be made to any Closing Price to reflect any adjustments made to the Conversion Price in accordance with Condition 6(C);
 
(iii)
for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustments to the Conversion Price made pursuant to this Condition 6(D) shall only be downward adjustments; and
 
(iv)
notwithstanding anything herein, the Conversion Price shall only be adjusted pursuant to this Condition 6(D) to an amount not less than US$0.25 per Share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, spin-offs, rights offerings, recapitalizations and similar events).
 
E.
Undertakings
 
The Issuer has undertaken in the Trust Deed, inter alia, that so long as any Bond remains outstanding, save with the approval of an Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust Deed):
 
(i)
it will obtain on or before the first anniversary of the Listing Date, and thereafter maintain, a listing on AMEX or an Alternative Major Stock Exchange for all the issued Shares and for all the Shares issued on the exercise of the Conversion Rights attaching to the Bonds; and
 
(ii)
it will pay the expenses of the issue of, and all expenses of obtaining and maintaining such listing for, the Shares arising on conversion of the Bonds.
 
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The Issuer has also given certain other undertakings in the Trust Deed for the protection of the Conversion Rights.
 
F.
Notice of Change in Conversion Price
 
The Issuer shall give notice to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 of any change in the Conversion Price. Any such notice relating to a change in the Conversion Price shall set forth the event giving rise to the adjustment, the Conversion Price prior to such adjustment, the adjusted Conversion Price and the effective date of such adjustment.
 
7.
Interest
 
The Bonds bear interest from November 13, 2007 at the rate of (i) six percent (6%) per annum for the first year after the Closing Date and (ii) three percent (3%) per annum thereafter, of the principal amount of the Bonds. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 13 and November 13 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”) commencing May 13, 2008. Each Bond will cease to bear interest (a) (subject to Condition 6(A)(v)) from and including the Interest Payment Date last preceding its Conversion Date (as defined below) (or if such Conversion Date falls on or before the first Interest Payment Date, the Issue Date) subject to conversion of the relevant Bond in accordance with the provisions of Condition 6(B), or (b) from the due date for redemption thereof unless, upon surrender in accordance with Condition 9, payment of the full amount due is improperly withheld or refused or default is otherwise made in respect of any such payment. In such event, interest will continue to accrue at the rate aforesaid (after as well as before any judgment) up to but excluding the date on which all sums due in respect of any Bond are received by or on behalf of the relevant holder. If interest is required to be calculated for a period of less than one (1) year, it will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Interest payable under this Condition 7 will be paid in accordance with the Condition 8(A).
 
8.
Payments
 
A.
Principal, premium and interest
 
Payment of principal and premium will be made by transfer to the registered account of the Bondholder or by United States dollar cheque drawn on a bank in New York mailed to the registered address of the Bondholder in accordance with Condition 18 if it does not have a registered account. Payment of principal will only be made after surrender of the relevant Certificate at the specified office of any of the Agents.
 
Interest on Bonds due on an Interest Payment Date will be paid on the due date for the payment of interest to the holder shown on the Register at the close of business on the fifteenth day before the due date for the payment of interest (the “Interest Record Date”). Payments of interest on each Bond will be made by transfer to the registered account of the Bondholder or by United States dollar cheque drawn on a bank in New York mailed to the registered address of the Bondholder if it does not have a registered account.
 
References in these Conditions, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement to principal in respect of any Bond shall, where the context so permits, be deemed to include a reference to any premium payable thereon.
 
B.
Registered Accounts
 
For the purposes of this Condition, a Bondholder’s registered account means the U.S. dollar account maintained by or on behalf of it with a bank in New York, details of which appear on the Register at the close of business on the second business day (as defined below) before the due date for payment, and a Bondholder’s registered address means its address appearing on the Register at that time.
 
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C.
Fiscal Laws
 
All payments are subject in all cases to any applicable laws and regulations in the place of payment, but without prejudice to the provisions of Condition 10. No commissions or expenses shall be charged to the Bondholders in respect of such payments.
 
D.
Payment Initiation
 
Where payment is to be made by transfer to a registered account, payment instructions (for value on the due date or, if that it not a business day (as defined below), for value on the first following day which is a business day) will be initiated and, where payment is to be made by cheque, the cheque will be mailed (at the risk and, if mailed at the request of the holder otherwise than by ordinary mail, expense of the holder) on the due date for payment (or, if it is not a business day, the immediately following business day) or, in the case of a payment of principal or premium (if any), if later, on the business day on which the relevant Certificate is surrendered at the specified office of an Agent.
 
E.
Default Interest and Delay In Payment
 
If the Issuer fails to pay any sum in respect of the Bonds when the same becomes due and payable under these Conditions, interest shall accrue on the Bonds and any overdue sum at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum from the due date. Such default interest shall accrue on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year.
 
Bondholders will not be entitled to any interest or other payment for any delay after the due date in receiving the amount due if the due date is not a business day, if the Bondholder is late in surrendering its Certificate (if required to do so) or if a cheque mailed in accordance with this Condition arrives after the due date for payment.
 
F.
Business Day
 
In this Condition, “business day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which commercial banks are open for business in New York, London and, in the case of the surrender of a Certificate, in the place where the Certificate is surrendered.
 
G.
Annotation of Register
 
If an amount which is due on the Bonds is not paid in full, the Registrar will annotate the Register with a record of the amount (if any) in fact paid.
 
H.
Rounding
 
When making payments to Bondholders, fractions of one (1) United States cent will be rounded down to nearest United States cent.
 
9.
Redemption, Purchase and Cancellation
 
A.
Maturity
 
Unless previously redeemed, converted or purchased and cancelled as provided herein, the Issuer will redeem each Bond at 150.87% of its principal amount on November 13, 2012 (the “Maturity Date”). The Issuer may not redeem the Bonds at its option prior to that date except as provided in Condition 9(B) or Condition 9(C) below (but without prejudice to Condition 10).
 
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B.
Redemption at the Option of the Issuer
 
At any time prior to the Maturity Date, the Issuer may, having given not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ notice to the Bondholders, the Trustee and the Principal Agent (which notice will be irrevocable), redeem all and not some only of the Bonds at a redemption price equal to the Early Redemption Amount on the redemption date if more than ninety percent (90%) in principal amount of the Bonds has already been converted, redeemed or purchased and cancelled.
 
The Early Redemption Amount of a Bond, for each US$1,000 principal amount of the Bonds, is determined so that it represents for the Bondholder a gross yield of twelve percent (12%) per annum, calculated on a semi-annual basis. The applicable Early Redemption Amount for each US$1,000 principal amount of Bonds is calculated in accordance with the following formula, rounded (if necessary) to two (2) decimal places with 0.005 being rounded upwards (provided that if the date fixed for redemption is the Semi-Annual Date (as set out below), such Early Redemption Amount shall be as set out in the table below in respect of such Semi-Annual Date):
 
Early Redemption Amount = Previous Redemption Amount x (1 + r/2)d/p 
 
Previous Redemption Amount = the Early Redemption Amount for each US$1,000 principal amount of the Bonds on the Semi-Annual Date immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption as set out below:
 
Semi-Annual Date
Early Redemption
Amount (US$)
May 13, 2008
1,030.00
November 13, 2008
1,060.90
May 13, 2009
1,108.64
November 13, 2009
1,158.53
May 13, 2010
1,210.66
November 13, 2010
1,265.14
May 13, 2011
1,322.07
November 13, 2011
1,381.57
May 13, 2012
1,443.74
November 13, 2012
1,508.71
 
r = 
12% expressed as a fraction.
 
d = 
number of days from and including the immediately preceding Semi-Annual Date (or if the Bonds are to be redeemed on or before May 13, 2008 from and including November 13, 2007) to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the number of days elapsed.
 
p =
180
 
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C.
Redemption for Taxation Reasons
 
(i)
At any time the Issuer may, having given not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ notice (a “Tax Redemption Notice”) to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 (which notice shall be irrevocable) redeem all, but not some only, of the Bonds at a redemption price equal to the Early Redemption Amount on the redemption date (the “Tax Redemption Date”) if (i) the Issuer satisfies the Trustee immediately prior to the giving of such Tax Redemption Notice that the Issuer has or will become obliged to pay additional amounts as referred to in Condition 10 as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of the United States or, as the case may be, the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), England or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the general application or official interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after November 13, 2007 and (ii) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Issuer taking reasonable measures available to it, provided that no Tax Redemption Notice shall be given earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obliged to pay such additional amounts were a payment in respect of the Bonds then due. Prior to the publication of any Tax Redemption Notice pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (a) a certificate signed by two (2) directors of the Issuer stating that the obligation referred to in (i) above cannot be avoided by the Issuer taking reasonable measures available to it and (b) an opinion of independent legal or tax advisors of recognised standing to the effect that such change or amendment has occurred (irrespective of whether such amendment or change is then effective) and the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such certificate and opinion as sufficient evidence thereof in which event it shall be conclusive and binding on the Bondholders.
 
(ii)
If the Issuer gives a Tax Redemption Notice pursuant to Condition 9(C)(i), each Bondholder will have the right to elect that his Bond(s) shall not be redeemed and that the provisions of Condition 10 shall not apply in respect of any payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest to be made in respect of such Bond(s) which falls due after the relevant Tax Redemption Date whereupon no additional amounts shall be payable in respect thereof pursuant to Condition 10 and payment of all amounts shall be made subject to the deduction or withholding of any tax required to be deducted or withheld (provided that such election shall only be in respect of the deduction or withholding then required to be made and the Issuer shall comply with the provisions of Condition 10 in respect of any further deductions or withholding). To exercise a right pursuant to this Condition 9(C), the holder of the relevant Bond must complete, sign and deposit at the specified office of any Paying Agent a duly completed and signed notice of exercise, in the form for the time being current, obtainable from the specified office of any Paying Agent together with the Certificate evidencing the Bonds on or before the day falling ten (10) days prior to the Tax Redemption Date.
 
D.
Redemption for Delisting or Change of Control
 
Following the occurrence of a Relevant Event (as defined below), the holder of each Bond will have the right at such holder’s option, to require the Issuer to redeem all or some only of that holder’s Bonds on the Relevant Event Redemption Date (as defined below) at their Early Redemption Amount. To exercise such right, the holder of the relevant Bond must complete, sign and deposit, at his own expense, at the specified office of any Paying Agent a duly completed and signed notice of redemption, in the form for the time being current, obtainable from the specified office of any Paying Agent (the “Relevant Event Redemption Notice”) together with the Certificate evidencing the Bonds to be redeemed by not later than sixty (60) days following a Relevant Event, or, if later, sixty (60) days following the date upon which notice thereof is given to Bondholders by the Issuer in accordance with Condition 18. The “Relevant Event Redemption Date” shall be the fourteenth day after the expiry of such period of sixty (60) days as referred to above.
 
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A Relevant Event Redemption Notice, once delivered, shall be irrevocable (and may not be withdrawn unless the Issuer consents to such withdrawal) and the Issuer shall redeem the Bonds the subject of Relevant Event Redemption Notices delivered as aforesaid on the Relevant Event Redemption Date.
 
The Trustee shall not be required to take any steps to ascertain whether a Relevant Event or any event which could lead to the occurrence of a Relevant Event has occurred.
 
The Issuer shall give notice to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 by not later than fourteen (14) days following the first day on which it becomes aware of the occurrence of a Relevant Event, which notice shall specify the procedure for exercise by holders of their rights to require redemption of the Bonds pursuant to this Condition 9(D) and shall give brief details of the Relevant Event.
 
A Relevant Event occurs:
 
(i)
when the Shares cease to be listed or admitted to trading, or for twenty (20) or more Trading Days occurring consecutively, trading in respect of the Shares is suspended, temporarily or otherwise, on AMEX (and if applicable, the Alternative Major Stock Exchange); or
 
(ii)
when there is a Change of Control.
 
For the purposes of this Condition 9(D):
 
Control means the acquisition or control of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights of the issued share capital of the Issuer or the right to appoint and/or remove all or the majority of the members of the Issuer’s board of directors or other governing body, whether obtained directly or indirectly, and whether obtained by ownership of share capital, the possession of voting rights, contract or otherwise.
 
A Change of Control occurs when:
 
(i)
any Person or Persons acting together acquires Control of the Issuer if such Person or Persons does not or do not have, and would not be deemed to have, Control of the Issuer on the Closing Date;
 
(ii)
the Issuer consolidates with or merges into or sells or transfers all or substantially all of the Issuer’s assets to any other Person, unless the consolidation, merger, sale or transfer will not result in the other Person or Persons acquiring Control over the Issuer or the successor entity; or
 
(iii)
one (1) or more Persons (other than any Person referred to in sub-paragraph (i) above) acquires the legal or beneficial ownership of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s issued share capital.
 
Person includes any individual, company, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, undertaking, association, organisation, trust, state or agency of a state (in each case whether or not being a separate legal entity) but does not include the Issuer’s board of directors or any other governing board and does not include the Issuer’s wholly-owned direct or indirect Subsidiaries.
 
E.
Redemption at the Option of the Bondholder
 
In the event that (i) the Issuer’s Shares are not listed on AMEX or an Alternative Major Stock Exchange within nine (9) months after the Closing Date or (ii) the Issuer breaches any of its obligations under Section 2(a) of that certain registration rights agreement dated November 13, 2007 by and between the Issuer and ABN AMRO , the holder of each Bond shall have the right, at such holder’s option, to require the Issuer to redeem all or some of the Bonds held by that holder, at any time on or after the first anniversary of the Closing Date, at 104.53% of its principal amount of the Bonds.
 
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At any time on or after the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the holder of each Bond shall have the right, at such holder’s option, to require the Issuer to redeem all or some of the Bonds held by that holder at 126.51% of its principal amount of the Bonds.
 
To exercise either such optional redemption right, the holder of the relevant Bond must complete, sign and deliver at the specified office or any Paying Agent a duly completed and signed notice of redemption, in the then current form obtainable from the specified office of any Paying Agent together with the Certificate evidencing the Bonds to be redeemed not earlier than sixty (60) days and not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date chosen by the Bondholder for redemption (which shall be a business day).
 
F.
Purchases
 
The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase Bonds at any price in the open market or otherwise.
 
G.
Cancellation
 
All Bonds which are redeemed, converted or purchased by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, will forthwith be cancelled. Certificates in respect of all Bonds cancelled will be forwarded to or to the order of the Registrar and such Bonds may not be reissued or resold.
 
H.
Redemption Notices
 
All notices to Bondholders given by or on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to this Condition 9 will be given in accordance with Condition 18 and will specify the Conversion Price as at the date of the relevant notice, the Conversion Period, the Closing Price of the Shares as at the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the notice, the price of redemption or Early Redemption Amount of the Bonds, the date for redemption, the manner in which redemption will be effected and the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding as at the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the notice.
 
10.
Taxation
 
All payments made by the Issuer under or in respect of the Trust Deed or the Bonds will be made free from any restriction or condition and be made without deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the United States, the PRC or England or any political subdivisions thereof or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, unless deduction or withholding of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges is compelled by law. In such event, the Issuer will pay such additional amounts as will result in the receipt by the Bondholders of the net amounts after such deduction or withholding equal to the amounts which would otherwise have been receivable by them had no such deduction or withholding been required except that no such additional amount shall be payable in respect of any Bond:
 
(i)
to a holder (or to a third party on behalf of a holder) who is subject to such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such Bond by reason of his having some connection with the United States or the PRC or any political subdivisions thereof otherwise than merely by holding such Bond or by the receipt of principal, interest or premium (if any) in respect of the Bond;
 
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(ii)
(in the case of a payment of principal) if the Certificate in respect of such Bond is surrendered more than thirty (30) days after the relevant date except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to such additional amount on surrendering the relevant Certificate for payment on the last day of such period of thirty (30) days;
 
(iii)
where such withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to an individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive; or
 
(iv)
presented for payment by or on behalf of a Bondholder who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Bond to another Paying Agent in a Member State of the European Union.
 
For the purposes hereof, relevant date” means whichever is the later of (a) the date on which such payment first becomes due and (b) if the full amount payable has not been received by the Trustee or the Principal Agent on or prior to such due date, the date on which, the full amount having been so received, notice to that effect shall have been given to the Bondholders and cheques despatched or payment made.
 
References in these Conditions to principal, interest and premium (if any) shall be deemed also to refer to any additional amounts which may be payable under this Condition or any undertaking or covenant given in addition thereto or in substitution therefor pursuant to the Trust Deed.
 
If the Issuer becomes obliged to pay additional amounts in accordance with this Condition 10, the Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Bonds in accordance with the provisions of Condition 9(C)(i), subject to the right of each Bondholder under the provisions of Condition 9(C)(ii) to elect that his Bond(s) shall not be so redeemed and that the provisions of Condition 10 shall not apply in respect of any payment to be made in respect of such Bond(s) which falls due after the relevant Tax Redemption Date.
 
11.
Events of Default
 
A.
Events of Default
 
The Trustee at its sole discretion may, and if so requested in writing by the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) in principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding or if so directed by an Extraordinary Resolution shall (subject to being indemnified and/or secured by the holders to its satisfaction), give notice to the Issuer, that the Bonds are, and they shall accordingly thereby become, immediately due and repayable at the Early Redemption Amount (subject as provided below and without prejudice to the right of Bondholders to exercise the Conversion Right in respect of their Bonds in accordance with Condition 6) if:
 
 
(i)
a default is made in the payment of any principal or Early Redemption Amount due in respect of the Bonds;
 
 
(ii)
any failure by the Issuer to deliver the Shares as and when the Shares are required to be delivered following conversion of Bonds and such failure continues for seven (7) days;
 
 
(iii)
the Issuer does not perform or comply with one (1) or more of its other obligations in the Bonds or the Trust Deed which default is incapable of remedy or, if in the opinion of the Trustee capable of remedy, is not in the opinion of the Trustee remedied within twenty-one (21) days after written notice by the Trustee of such default shall have been delivered to the Issuer;
 
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(iv)
the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined below) is (or is, or could be, deemed by law or a court to be) insolvent or bankrupt or unable to pay its debts, stops, suspends or threatens to stop or suspend payment of all or a material part of (or of a particular type of) its debts, proposes or makes any agreement for the deferral, rescheduling or other readjustment of all of (or all of a particular type of) its debts (or of any part which it will or might otherwise be unable to pay when due), proposes or makes a general assignment or an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of the relevant creditors in respect of any of such debts or a moratorium is agreed or declared in respect of or affecting all or any part of (or of a particular type of) the debts of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries; an administrator or liquidator of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or the whole or any material part of the assets and turnover of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is appointed (or application for any such appointment is made);
 
 
(v)
(a) any other present or future indebtedness (whether actual or contingent) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries for or in respect of moneys borrowed or raised becomes, or becomes capable of being declared, due and payable prior to its stated maturity by reason of any actual or potential default, event of default or the like (howsoever described), or (b) any such indebtedness is not paid when due or, as the case may be, within any applicable grace period, or (c) the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries fails to pay when due any amount payable by it under any present or future guarantee for, or indemnity in respect of, any moneys borrowed or raised, provided that the aggregate amount of the relevant indebtedness, guarantees and indemnities in respect of which one (1) or more of the events mentioned above in this paragraph (v) have occurred equals or exceeds US$5,000,000 or its equivalent in any other currency on the day on which such indebtedness becomes due and payable or is not paid or any such amount becomes due and payable or is not paid under any such guarantees or indemnity;
 
 
(vi)
a distress, attachment, execution, seizure before judgment or other legal process is levied, enforced or sued out on or against any of the property, assets or turnover of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
 
(vii)
an order is made or an effective resolution passed for the winding-up or dissolution, judicial management or administration of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (except for a members’ voluntary solvent winding-up), or the Issuer or any Subsidiaries ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or substantially all of its business or operations and except for the purpose of and followed by a reconstruction, amalgamation, reorganisation, merger or consolidation (a) on terms approved by an Extraordinary Resolution, or (b) in the case of any Subsidiary, whereby the undertaking and assets of such Subsidiary are transferred to or otherwise vested in the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
 
(viii)
an encumbrancer takes possession or an administrative or other receiver, manager, administrator or other similar officer is appointed of the whole or any material part of the property, assets or turnover of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be) and is not discharged within thirty (30) days;
 
 
(ix)
(a) any step is taken by any person with a view to the seizure, compulsory acquisition, expropriation or nationalisation of all or a material part of the assets of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries; or (b) the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is prevented from exercising normal control over all or any substantial part of its property, assets and turnover;
 
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(x)
any action, condition or thing (including the obtaining or effecting of any necessary consent, approval, authorisation, exemption, filing, licence, order, recording or registration) at any time required to be taken, fulfilled or done in order (a) to enable the Issuer lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and perform and comply with its obligations under the Bonds and the Trust Deed, (b) to ensure that those obligations are legally binding and enforceable and (c) to make the Bonds and the Trust Deed admissible in evidence in the courts of the United States or the PRC is not taken, fulfilled or done;
 
 
(xi)
it is or will become unlawful for the Issuer to perform or comply with any one (1) or more of its obligations under any of the Bonds or the Trust Deed;
 
 
(xii)
the Conversion Price is affected by any limitation to an adjustment to the Conversion Price set forth in Condition 6(C) or Condition 6(D)(iv) of these Conditions or Clause 7.2(b) or Clause 7.3(d) of the Trust Deed; or
 
 
(xiii)
any event occurs which under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction has an analogous effect to any of the events referred to in any of the foregoing paragraphs;
 
provided that, in the case of any such event other than those described in paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), (x), (xi) or (xii), the Trustee shall have certified in writing to the Issuer that such event is in its opinion materially prejudicial to the interests of Bondholders.
 
B.
Default Cure Amount
 
Notwithstanding receipt of any payment after the acceleration of the Bonds, a Bondholder may exercise its Conversion Right by depositing a Conversion Notice with a Conversion Agent or Paying Agent during the period from and including the date of a default notice with respect to an event specified in Condition 11(A)(ii) (at which time the Issuer will notify the Bondholders of the number of Shares per Bond to be delivered upon conversion, assuming all the then outstanding Bonds are converted) to and including the 30th business day after such payment.
 
If any converting Bondholder deposits a Conversion Notice pursuant to this Condition 11(B) on the business day prior to, or during, a Closed Period, the Bondholder’s Conversion Right shall continue until the business day following the last day of the Closed Period, which shall be deemed the Conversion Date, for the purposes of such Bondholder’s exercise of its Conversion Right pursuant to this Condition 11(B).
 
If the Conversion Right attached to any Bond is exercised pursuant to this Condition 11(B), the Issuer will deliver Shares (which number will be disclosed to such Bondholder as soon as practicable after the Conversion Notice is given) in accordance with the Conditions, except that the Issuer shall have twelve (12) business days before it is required to register the converting Bondholder (or its designee) in its register of members as the owner of the number of Shares to be delivered pursuant to this Condition and an additional five (5) business days from such registration date to make payment in accordance with the following paragraph.
 
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If the Conversion Right attached to any Bond is exercised pursuant to this Condition 11(B), or if the Bonds have become due and payable pursuant to Condition 11(A)(ii), the Issuer shall, at the request of the converting Bondholder, pay to such Bondholder an amount in United States dollars (the “Default Cure Amount”), equal to the product of (x) (i) the number of Shares that are required to be delivered by the Issuer to satisfy the Conversion Right in relation to such converting Bondholder minus (ii) the number of Shares that are actually delivered by the Issuer pursuant to such Bondholders’ Conversion Notice and (y) the Share Price (as defined below) on the Conversion Date; provided that if such Bondholder has received any payment under the Bonds pursuant to this Condition 11(B), the amount of such payment shall be deducted from the Default Cure Amount.
 
The Share Price” means the closing price of the Shares as quoted by AMEX or, as the case may be, the Alternative Stock Exchange on the Conversion Date or, if no reported sales take place on such date, the average of the reported closing bid and offered prices, in either case as reported by AMEX or other applicable securities exchange on which the Shares are listed for such day as furnished by a reputable and independent broker-dealer selected from time to time by the Trustee at the expense of the Issuer for such purpose.
 
12.
Consolidation, Amalgamation or Merger
 
The Issuer will not consolidate with, amalgamate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to any entity unless:
 
(i)
the entity formed by such amalgamation or consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or which acquired or leased such property and assets of the Issuer shall be a corporation organised and validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation, and shall, by a trust deed supplemental to the Trust Deed and an agency agreement supplemental to the Agency Agreement and such other undertakings or documents as the Trustee may require, executed and delivered in form and content acceptable to the Trustee, expressly assume all of the obligations of the Issuer in respect of all of the Bonds and under the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement and indemnify each Bondholder against any tax, assessment or governmental charge payable by withholding or deduction thereafter imposed on such holder solely as a consequence of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer lease or other disposal with respect to the payment of principal, premium and interest on the Bonds;
 
(ii)
the supplemental Trust Deed referred to in paragraph (i) above will ensure that (a) the holder of each Bond then outstanding will have the right (during the period in which such Bond shall be convertible) to convert such Bond into the class and amount of shares and other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer lease or other disposal by a holder of the number of Shares which would have become liable to be issued upon conversion of such Bond immediately prior to such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposal (such supplemental Trust Deed will provide for adjustments which will be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in the provisions of Condition 6(C), (b) the rights of Bondholders shall not be adversely affected as a result of such transaction and (c) that there shall be no right to exercise a redemption of the Bonds under Condition 9(C) as a result of (A) any change in the domicile or place of incorporation of the Issuer or (B) the successor entity not being incorporated in the State of Delaware and the provisions of Condition 10 shall also be supplemented or modified as the Trustee deems appropriate; and
 
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(iii)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or event of default (including an Event of Default) shall have occurred and be continuing.
 
The above provisions of this Condition 12 will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any subsequent consolidations, amalgamations, mergers, sales or transfers.
 
13.
Prescription
 
Claims in respect of amounts due in respect of the Bonds will become prescribed unless made within ten (10) years (in the case of principal) and five (5) years (in the case of default interest or premium (if any)) from the relevant date (as defined in Condition 9) in respect thereof.
 
14.
Enforcement
 
At any time after the Bonds have become due and repayable, the Trustee may, at its sole discretion and without further notice, take such proceedings against the Issuer as it may think fit to enforce repayment of the Bonds and to enforce the provisions of the Trust Deed, but it will not be bound to take any such proceedings unless (a) it shall have been so requested in writing by the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) in principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding or shall have been so directed by an Extraordinary Resolution and (b) it shall have been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction. No Bondholder will be entitled to proceed directly against the Issuer unless the Trustee, having become bound to do so, fails to do so within a reasonable period and such failure shall be continuing.
 
15.
Meetings of Bondholders, Modification and Waiver
 
A.
Meetings
 
The Trust Deed contains provisions for convening meetings of Bondholders to consider any matter affecting their interests, including the sanctioning by Extraordinary Resolution of a modification of the Bonds or the provisions of the Trust Deed. The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution will be two (2) or more persons holding or representing over fifty percent (50%) in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding or, at any adjourned such meeting, two (2) or more persons being or representing Bondholders whatever the principal amount of the Bonds so held or represented unless the business of such meeting includes consideration of proposals, inter alia, (i) to modify the due date for any payment in respect of the Bonds, (ii) to reduce or cancel the amount of principal, interest, premium, or default interest (including any Early Redemption Amount) or Equivalent Amount payable in respect of the Bonds or changing the method of calculation of the Early Redemption Amount, (iii) to change the currency of payment of the Bonds, (iv) to modify (except by a unilateral and unconditional reduction in the Conversion Price) or cancel the Conversion Rights, or (v) to modify the provisions concerning the quorum required at any meeting of the Bondholders or the majority required to pass an Extraordinary Resolution, in which case the necessary quorum for passing an Extraordinary Resolution will be two (2) or more persons holding or representing not less than two-thirds (2/3), or at any adjourned such meeting not less than one-third (1/3), in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding. An Extraordinary Resolution passed at any meeting of Bondholders will be binding on all Bondholders, whether or not they are present at the meeting. The Trust Deed provides that a written resolution signed by or on behalf of the holders of not less than ninety percent (90%) of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding shall be as valid and effective as a duly passed Extraordinary Resolution.
 
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B.
Modification and Waiver
 
The Trustee may agree, without the consent of the Bondholders, to (i) any modification (except as mentioned in Condition 15(A) above) to, or the waiver or authorisation of any breach or proposed breach of, the Bonds, the Agency Agreement or the Trust Deed which is in its opinion proper to make if, in the opinion of the Trustee, it is not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders or (ii) any modification to the Bonds or the Trust Deed which, in the Trustee’s opinion, is of a formal, minor or technical nature or to correct a manifest error or (to the satisfaction of the Trustee) proven error to comply with mandatory provisions of law. Any such modification, waiver or authorisation will be binding on the Bondholders and, unless the Trustee agrees otherwise, any such modifications will be notified by the Issuer to the Bondholders as soon as practicable thereafter.
 
C.
Substitution
 
The Trustee may (but is not obliged to), without the consent of the Bondholders, agree to the substitution of any other company in place of the Issuer (or of any previous substitute under this Condition 15(C)) as the principal debtor under the Bonds and the Trust Deed, subject to the Bonds being unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Issuer to the Trustee’s satisfaction and certain other conditions set out in the Trust Deed being complied with.
 
D.
Interests of Bondholders
 
In connection with the exercise of its functions (including but not limited to those in relation to any proposed modification, authorisation, waiver, determination or substitution) the Trustee shall have regard to the general interests of the Bondholders as a class but shall not have regard to any interests arising from circumstances particular to individual Bondholders (whatever their number) and, in particular but without limitation, shall not have regard to the consequences of such exercise for individual Bondholders (whatever their number) resulting from their being for any purpose domiciled or resident in, or otherwise connected with, or subject to the jurisdiction of, any particular territory or any political sub-division thereof and the Trustee shall not be entitled to require, nor shall any Bondholder be entitled to claim, from the Issuer or the Trustee or any other person, any indemnification or payment in respect of any tax consequences of any such exercise upon individual Bondholders except to the extent provided for in Condition 10 and/or any undertakings given in addition thereto or in substitution therefor pursuant to the Trust Deed.
 
In the event of the passing of an Extraordinary Resolution in accordance with Condition 15(A), a modification, waiver or authorisation in accordance with Condition 15(B) or a substitution in accordance with Condition 15(C), the Issuer will procure that the Bondholders be notified in accordance with Condition 18.
 
16.
Replacement of Certificates
 
If any Certificate is mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost, it may be replaced at the specified office of the Registrar or any Agent upon payment by the claimant of such costs as may be incurred in connection therewith and on such terms as to evidence and indemnity as the Issuer and such Agent may require. Mutilated or defaced Certificates must be surrendered before replacements will be issued.
 
17.
Further Issues
 
The Issuer may from time to time, without the consent of the Bondholders, create and issue further bonds having the same terms and conditions as the Bonds in all respects and so that such further issue shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Bonds. Such further bonds may, with the consent of the Trustee, be constituted by a deed supplemental to the Trust Deed.
 
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18.
Notices
 
All notices to Bondholders shall be validly given if mailed to them at their respective addresses in the Register of Bondholders maintained by the Registrar or published in a leading newspaper having general circulation in the United States or, if such publication shall not be practicable, in an English language newspaper of general circulation in Asia. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the later of the date of such publication and the seventh day after being so mailed, as the case may be.
 
Notices to be given by (i) any Bondholder shall be in writing and given by lodging the same, together with the relative Certificate, with the Registrar, or (ii) if the Certificates are held in a clearing system, may be given through the clearing system in accordance with its standard rules and procedures.
 
19.
Agents
 
The Issuer reserves the right, subject to the prior written approval of the Trustee, at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of any Agent or the Registrar and to appoint additional or other Agents or a replacement Registrar. The Issuer will at all times maintain (a) a Principal Agent, (b) a Paying Agent with a specified office in a European Union member state that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform, to such Directive, and (c) a Registrar which will maintain the register of Bondholders outside the United Kingdom. Notice of any such termination or appointment, of any changes in the specified offices of any Agent or the Registrar and of any change in the identity of the Registrar or the Principal Agent will be given promptly by the Issuer to the Bondholders and in any event not less than forty-five (45) days’ notice will be given.
 
20.
Indemnification
 
The Trust Deed contains provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee and for its relief from responsibility, including provisions relieving it from taking any action unless indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction. The Trustee is entitled to enter into business transactions with the Issuer and any entity related to the Issuer without accounting for any profit.
 
20.
Rights of Third Parties
 
No person shall have any right to enforce any term or condition of the Bonds under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, but this does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available apart from that Act.
 
21.
GoverningLaw and Submission to Jurisdiction
 
The Trust Deed and the Bonds and all matters arising from or connected with the Trust Deed and the Bonds are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
 
The Issuer has irrevocably agreed that the courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the Bonds and accordingly has submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
 
The Issuer has waived any objection to the courts of England on the grounds that they are an inconvenient or inappropriate forum. The Bondholder may take any suit, action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Bonds (“Proceedings”) against the Issuer in any other court of competent jurisdiction and concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
 
The Issuer as irrevocably and unconditionally appointed The London Law Agency at the latter's registered office for the time being as its agent for service of process in England in respect of any Proceedings and have undertaken that in the event of such agent ceasing so to act it will appoint such other person as the Trustee may approve as its agent for that purpose.
 
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PRINCIPAL PAYING, CONVERSION AND TRANSFER AGENT
 

One Canada Square
London, E14, 5AL, United Kingdom
Fax no.: +44 20 7964 6369
Attention: Global Corporate Trust

 
with a copy to:
 
The Bank of New York
Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
Fax no.: 852 2295 3283
Attention: Corporate Trust
 


REGISTRAR
 
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, New York
NY 10286, United States of America
Fax no: +1 212 815 5802/5803
Attention: Global Corporate Trust

with a copy to:
 
The Bank of New York
Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
Fax no.: 852 2295 3283
Attention: Corporate Trust
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Form of Transfer
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby transfers to
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address of Transferee)
 
US$_______ principal amount of the Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued, and all rights in respect thereof.
 
All payments in respect of the Bonds hereby transferred are to be made (unless otherwise instructed by the transferee) to the following account:
 
Name of bank:
_______________________________
   
US$ account number:
_______________________________ 
   
For the account of:
_______________________________
  

 
Dated:
___________________________
   
 
___________________________ 
   
 
Certifying Signature
   
Name:
___________________________
   
 
 
Notes:
 
(i)
A representative of the Bondholder should state the capacity in which he signs, e.g. executor.
 
(ii)
The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered holder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the Agent or the Registrar may require.
 
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SCHEDULE 2
 
FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
 

The Bonds covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered and sold or exercised within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S
 
ISIN: [·]
Common Code: [·]

ASIA TIME CORPORATION
(incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware)
US$8,000,000
Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012
 
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
 
The Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued are in registered form and form part of the series designated as specified in the title (the “Bonds”) of Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”).
 
The Issuer hereby certifies that [·] is, as at the date hereof, entered in the register of Bondholders as the holder of Bonds in the principal amount of US$8,000,000 (Eight million United States dollars) or such other amount as is shown on the register of Bondholders as being represented by this Global Certificate and is duly endorsed (for information purposes only) in the third column of Schedule A to this Global Certificate. For value received, the Issuer promises to pay the person who appears at the relevant time on the register of Bondholders as holder of the Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued such amount or amounts as shall become due in respect of such Bonds and otherwise to comply with the Conditions, as referred to below.
 
The Bonds are constituted by a trust deed (the “Trust Deed”) dated [] 2007 and made between the Issuer and The Bank of New York, London Branch as trustee (the “Trustee”) and are subject to, and have the benefit of, the Trust Deed and the terms and conditions (the “Conditions” or the “Terms and Conditions”) set out in Schedule 1 to the Trust Deed, as modified by the provisions of this Global Certificate. Terms defined in the Trust Deed have the same meanings when used herein.
 
The Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued are convertible into fully-paid shares of common stock of par value US$0.0001 each of the Issuer subject to and in accordance with the Conditions and the Trust Deed.
 
Owners of interests in the Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued will be entitled to have title to the Bonds registered in their names and to receive individual definitive Certificates if either Euroclear or Clearstream (or any other clearing system (an “Alternative Clearing System”) as shall have been designated by the Issuer and approved by the Trustee on behalf of which the Bonds evidenced by this Global Certificate may be held) is closed for business for a continuous period of fourteen (14) days (other than by reason of holidays, statutory or otherwise) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so.
 
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In such circumstances, the Issuer will at its own expense cause sufficient individual definitive Certificates to be executed and delivered to the Registrar for completion, authentication and dispatch to all Bondholders. A person with an interest in the Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued must provide the Registrar with a written order containing instructions and such other information as the Issuer and the Registrar may require to complete, execute and deliver such individual definitive Certificates.
 
This Global Certificate is evidence of entitlement only. Title to the Bonds passes only on due registration in the register of Bondholders and only the duly registered holder is entitled to payments on Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued.
 
The Conditions are modified as follows in so far as they apply to the Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued.
 
The Registrar will not register the exchange of interests in this Global Certificate for individual definitive Certificates for a period of fifteen (15) calendar days preceding the due date for any payment of principal, interest and premium (if any) in respect of the Bonds.
 
Meetings
 
The registered holder of this Global Certificate will be treated as being two (2) persons for the purposes of any quorum requirements of a meeting of Bondholders and, at any such meeting, as having one (1) vote in respect of each US$1,000 in principal amount of Bonds for which this Global Certificate is issued. The Trustee may allow a person with an interest in Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate has been issued to attend and speak at a meeting of Bondholders on appropriate proof of his identity and interest.
 
Cancellation
 
Cancellation of any Bond by the Issuer following its redemption, conversion or purchase by the Issuer will be effected by a reduction in the principal amount of the Bonds in the register of Bondholders.
 
Trustee’s Powers
 
In considering the interests of Bondholders while this Global Certificate is registered in the name of a nominee for a clearing system, the Trustee may, to the extent it considers it appropriate to do so in the circumstances but without being obliged to do so, (a) have regard to any information as may have been made available to it by or on behalf of the relevant clearing system or its operator as to the identity of its accountholders (either individually or by way of category) with entitlements in respect of the Bonds and (b) may consider such interests on the basis that such accountholders were the holders of the Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued.
 
Conversion
 
Subject to the requirements of Euroclear and Clearstream (or any Alternative Clearing System), the Conversion Right attaching to a Bond in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued, may be exercised by the presentation (which may be by facsimile transmission) thereof to or to the order of the Principal Agent of one (1) of more Conversion Notices duly completed by or on behalf of a holder of a book-entry interest in such Bond. Deposit of this Global Certificate with the Principal Agent together with the relevant Conversion Notice(s) shall not be required. The exercise of the Conversion Right shall be notified by the Principal Agent to the Registrar and the holder of this Global Certificate.
 
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Payment
 
Payments of principal, interest and premium (if any) in respect of Bonds represented by this Global Certificate will be made without presentation or if no further payment falls to be made in respect of the Bonds, against presentation and surrender of this Global Certificate to or to the order of the Principal Agent or such other Paying Agent as shall have been notified to the Bondholders for such purpose.
 
Notices
 
So long as the Bonds are represented by this Global Certificate and this Global Certificate is held on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream or the Alternative Clearing System, notices to Bondholders may be given by delivery of the relevant notice to Euroclear or Clearstream or the Alternative Clearing System, for communication by it to entitled accountholders in substitution for notification as required by the Conditions.
 
Bondholders’ Redemption
 
The Bondholders’ redemption options in Conditions 9(D) and 9(E) may be exercised by the holder of this Global Certificate giving notice (which may be made by facsimile transmission) to the Principal Agent of the principal amount of Bonds in respect of which the option is exercised and presenting this Global Certificate for endorsement or exercise within the time limits specified in those Conditions.
 
Registration of Title
 
Certificates in definitive form for individual holdings of Bonds will not be issued in exchange for interests in Bonds in respect of which the Global Certificate is issued, except if either Euroclear or Clearstream (or any alternative clearing system on behalf of which the Bonds evidenced by the Global Certificate may be held) is closed for business for a continuous period of fourteen (14) days (other than by reason of holidays, statutory or otherwise) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so.
 
Transfers
 
Transfers of interests in the Bonds will be effected through the records of Euroclear and Clearstream and their respective participants in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream and their respective direct and indirect participants.
 
Enforcement
 
For the purposes of enforcement of the provisions of the Trust Deed against the Trustee, the persons named in a certificate of the holder of the Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued shall be recognised as the beneficiaries of the trust set out in the Trust Deed, to the extent of the principal amounts of their interest in the Bonds set out in the certificate of the holder, as if they were themselves the holders of Bonds in such principal amounts.
 
For all purposes the Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued, each person who is for the time being shown in the records of Euroclear or of Clearstream as the holder of a particular principal amount of such Bonds (in which regard any certificate or other document issued by Euroclear or Clearstream as to the principal amount of Bonds represented by a Global Certificate standing to the account of any person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes) shall be recognised as the holder of such principal amount of Bonds.
 
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Third Party Rights
 
No rights are conferred on any person under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Global Certificate but this does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available apart from that Act.
 
This Global Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until authenticated by or on behalf of the Principal Agent.
 
This Global Certificate is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
 
In witness whereof the Issuer has caused this Global Certificate to be signed on its behalf.
 
Dated [·] 2007
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
 

 
By: ______________________
Director/Authorised Signatory

 
Certificate of Authentication
 
Certified that the above-named holder is as at the date hereof entered in the register of Bondholders as holder of the above-mentioned principal amount of Bonds.
 
The Bank of New York as Registrar
(without warranty, recourse or liability)

 
By: ______________________
 
Authorised Signatory
 
Dated:
 
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Schedule A
 
Schedule of Reductions in Principal Amount of Bonds in respect of which this
Global Certificate is Issued
The following reductions in the principal amount of Bonds in respect of which this Global Certificate is issued have been made as a result of: (i) exercise of the Conversion Rights attaching to Bonds or (ii) redemption of Bonds or (iii) issue of definitive Certificates in respect of the Bonds or (iv) purchase and cancellation of the Bonds:
 

Date of Conversion /
Redemption / Issue of
definitive Certificates /
Purchase and cancellation of
the Bonds    
 
Amount of decrease in
principal amount of
this Global Certificate
 
Principal Amount of
this Global
Certificate following
such decrease
 
Notation made by or
on behalf of the
Registrar
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
 
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PRINCIPAL PAYING, CONVERSION AND TRANSFER AGENT
 

 
The Bank of New York, London Branch
One Canada Square
London, E14, 5AL, United Kingdom
Fax no.: +44 20 7964 6369
Attention: Global Corporate Trust

 
with a copy to:
 
The Bank of New York
Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
Fax no.: 852 2295 3283
Attention: Corporate Trust
 

 
REGISTRAR
 

The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, New York
NY 10286, United States of America
Fax no: +1 212 815 5802/5803
Attention: Global Corporate Trust

with a copy to:
 
The Bank of New York
Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
Fax no.: 852 2295 3283
Attention: Corporate Trust
 
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Form of Transfer
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby transfers the following principal amounts of Bonds in respect of which the Global Certificate is issued, and all rights in respect thereof, to the transferee(s) listed below:
 
Principal Amount transferred
 
Name, address and account for    
payments of transferee
   
   
   
   
Dated : _______________________
Certifying Signature : _______________________
   
Name :  _______________________
 
 
Notes:
 
(i)
A representative of the Bondholder should state the capacity in which he signs e.g. executor.
 
(ii)
The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered holder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the Principal Agent or the Registrar may require.
 
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SCHEDULE 3
 
PROVISIONS FOR MEETINGS OF BONDHOLDERS
 
1.
A holder of a Bond may by an instrument in writing (a “form of proxy”) in the form available from the specified office of any Agent in English signed by the holder or, in the case of a corporation, executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an attorney or a duly authorised officer of the corporation and delivered to the Agent not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the time fixed for any meeting, appoint any person (a “proxy”) to act on his or its behalf in connection with any meeting or proposed meeting of Bondholders.
 
2.
A holder of a Bond which is a corporation may by delivering to any Agent not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the time fixed for any meeting a resolution of its directors or other governing body in English authorise any person to act as its representative (a “representative”) in connection with any meeting or proposed meeting of Bondholders.
 
3.
A proxy or representative so appointed shall so long as such appointment remains in force be deemed, for all purposes in connection with any meeting or proposed meeting of Bondholders specified in such appointment, to be the holder of the Bonds to which such appointment relates and the holder of the Bond shall be deemed for such purposes not to be the holder.
 
4.
Each of the Issuer and the Trustee may at any time convene a meeting of Bondholders. If the Trustee receives a written request by Bondholders holding at least ten percent (10%) in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding and is indemnified to its satisfaction against all costs and expenses, the Trustee shall convene a meeting of Bondholders. Every meeting shall be held at a time and place approved by the Trustee.
 
5.
At least twenty-one (21) days’ notice (exclusive of the day on which the notice is given and of the day of the meeting) shall be given to the Bondholders to convene a meeting of Bondholders. A copy of the notice shall be given by the party convening the meeting to the other parties. The notice shall specify the day, time and place of meeting, be given in the manner provided in the Conditions and shall specify, unless the Trustee otherwise agrees, the nature of the resolutions to be proposed and shall include a statement to the effect that the holders of Bonds may appoint proxies by executing and delivering a form of proxy in English to the specified office of an Agent not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the time fixed for the meeting or, in the case of corporations, may appoint representatives by resolution in English of their directors or other governing body and by delivering an executed copy of such resolution to the Agent not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the time fixed for the meeting.
 
6.
A person (who may, but need not, be a Bondholder) nominated in writing by the Trustee may act as chairman of a meeting but if no such nomination is made or if the person nominated is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time fixed for the meeting the Bondholders present shall choose one (1) of their number to be chairman, failing which, the Issuer may appoint the chairman. The chairman of an adjourned meeting need not be the same person as was chairman of the original meeting.
 
7.
At a meeting two (2) or more persons present in person holding Bonds or being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding shall (except for the purpose of passing an Extraordinary Resolution) form a quorum for the transaction of business and no business (other than the choosing of a chairman) shall be transacted unless the requisite quorum be present at the commencement of business. The quorum at a meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution shall (subject as provided below) be two (2) or more persons present in person holding Bonds or being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate over fifty percent (50%) in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding provided that the quorum at any meeting the business of which includes any of the matters specified in the proviso to paragraph 16 shall be two (2) or more persons so present holding Bonds or being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than two-thirds (2/3) in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding.
 
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8.
If within fifteen (15) minutes from the time fixed for a meeting a quorum is not present the meeting shall, if convened upon the requisition of Bondholders or if the Issuer and the Trustee agree, be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to such date, not less than fourteen (14) nor more than forty-two (42) days later, and to such place as the chairman may decide. At such adjourned meeting two (2) or more persons present in person holding Bonds or being proxies or representatives (whatever the principal amount of the Bonds so held or represented) shall form a quorum and may pass any resolution and decide upon all matters which could properly have been dealt with at the meeting from which the adjournment took place had a quorum been present at such meeting provided that at any adjourned meeting at which is to be proposed an Extraordinary Resolution for the purpose of effecting any of the modifications specified in the proviso to paragraph 16 the quorum shall be two (2) or more persons so present holding Bonds or being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than one-third (1/3) in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding.
 
9.
The chairman may with the consent of (and shall if directed by) a meeting adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place but no business shall be transacted at an adjourned meeting which might not lawfully have been transacted at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
 
10.
At least ten (10) days’ notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum shall be given in the same manner as for an original meeting and such notice shall state the quorum required at the adjourned meeting. No notice need, however, otherwise be given of an adjourned meeting.
 
11.
Each question submitted to a meeting shall be decided in the first instance by a show of hands and in case of equality of votes the chairman shall both on a show of hands and on a poll have a casting vote in addition to the vote or votes (if any) which he may have as a Bondholder or as a holder of a voting certificate or as a proxy or representative.
 
12.
Unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded at a meeting by the chairman, the Issuer, the Trustee or by one (1) or more persons holding one (1) or more Bonds or being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than two percent (2%) in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.
 
13.
If a poll is demanded, it shall be taken in such manner and (subject as provided below) either at once or after such an adjournment as the chairman directs and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded as at the date of the taking of the poll. The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuation of the meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll has been demanded.
 
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14.
A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on any question of adjournment shall be taken at the meeting without adjournment.
 
15.
The Issuer and the Trustee (through their respective representatives) and their respective financial and legal advisers may attend and speak at any meeting of Bondholders. No one else may attend or speak at a meeting of Bondholders unless he is the holder of a Bond or is a proxy or a representative.
 
16.
On a show of hands every holder who is present in person or any person who is present and is a proxy or a representative shall have one (1) vote and on a poll every person who is so present shall have one (1) vote in respect of each Bond produced or in respect of which he is a proxy or a representative. Without prejudice to the obligations of proxies, a person entitled to more than one (1) vote need not use them all or cast them all in the same way.
 
17.
A proxy need not be a Bondholder.
 
18.
A meeting of Bondholders shall, subject to the Conditions, in addition to the powers given above, but without prejudice to any powers conferred on other persons by this Trust Deed, have power exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution:
 
 
18.1
to sanction any proposal by the Issuer for any modification, abrogation, variation or compromise of, or arrangement in respect of, the rights of the Bondholders against the Issuer whether or not such rights arise under this Trust Deed;
 
 
18.2
to sanction the exchange or substitution for the Bonds of, or the conversion of the Bonds into, shares, bonds, or other obligations or securities of the Issuer or any other entity;
 
 
18.3
to assent to any modification of this Trust Deed or the Bonds which shall be proposed by the Issuer or the Trustee;
 
 
18.4
to authorise anyone to concur in and do anything necessary to carry out and give effect to an Extraordinary Resolution;
 
 
18.5
to give any authority, direction or sanction required to be given by Extraordinary Resolution;
 
 
18.6
to appoint any persons (whether Bondholders or not) as a committee or committees to represent the interests of the Bondholders and to confer on them any powers or discretions which the Bondholders could themselves exercise by Extraordinary Resolution;
 
 
18.7
to approve the substitution of any entity for the Issuer (or any previous substitute) as principal debtor under this Trust Deed;
 
 
18.8
to approve a proposed new Trustee and to remove a Trustee; and
 
 
18.9
to discharge or exonerate the Trustee from any liability in respect of any act or omission for which it may become responsible under this Trust Deed or the Bonds,
 
provided that the special quorum provisions contained in the proviso to paragraph 5 and, in the case of an adjourned meeting, in the proviso to paragraph 6 shall apply for the purpose of making any modification to the provisions contained in this Trust Deed or the Bonds which would have the effect of:
 
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18.9.1
modifying the due date for any payment in respect of the Bonds; or
 
 
18.9.2
reducing or cancelling the amount of principal, interest, premium, or default interest (including any Early Redemption Amount) or Equivalent Amount payable in respect of the Bonds or changing the method of calculation of the Early Redemption Amount; or
 
 
18.9.3
changing the currency of payment of the Bonds; or
 
 
18.9.4
modifying (except by a unilateral and unconditional reduction in the Conversion Price) or cancelling the Conversion Rights or the options specified in Conditions 9(D) or 9(E); or
 
 
18.9.5
modifying the provisions contained in this Schedule concerning the quorum required at a meeting of Bondholders or the majority required to pass an Extraordinary Resolution or sign a resolution in writing; or
 
 
18.9.6
amending this proviso.
 
19.
An Extraordinary Resolution passed at a meeting of Bondholders duly convened and held in accordance with this Trust Deed shall be binding on all the Bondholders, whether or not present at the meeting, and each of them shall be bound to give effect to it accordingly. The passing of such a resolution shall be conclusive evidence that the circumstances of such resolution justify the passing of it.
 
20.
The expression “Extraordinary Resolution” means a resolution passed at a meeting of Bondholders duly convened and held in accordance with these provisions by a majority consisting of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the votes cast at such meeting.
 
21.
A resolution in writing signed by or on behalf of the holders of not less than ninety percent (90%) in principal amount of the Bonds who for the time being are entitled to receive notice of a meeting in accordance with these provisions shall for all purposes be as valid as an Extraordinary Resolution passed at a meeting of Bondholders convened and held in accordance with these provisions. Such resolution in writing may be in one (1) document or several documents in like form each signed by or on behalf of one (1) or more of the Bondholders.
 
22.
Minutes shall be made of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting and, if purporting to be signed by the chairman of that meeting or of the next succeeding meeting of Bondholders, shall be conclusive evidence of the matters in them. Until the contrary is proved every meeting for which minutes have been so made and signed shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held and all resolutions passed or proceedings transacted at it to have been duly passed and transacted.
 
23.
Subject to all other provisions contained in this Trust Deed, the Trustee may without the consent of the Bondholders prescribe such further regulations regarding the holding of meetings and attendance and voting at them or regarding the making of resolutions in writing as the Trustee may in its sole discretion determine including (without limitation) such regulations and requirements as the Trustee thinks reasonable to satisfy itself that persons who purport to make any requisition in accordance with this Trust Deed are entitled to do so and that those who purport to attend or vote at a meeting or to sign a written resolution are entitled to do so.
 
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This deed is delivered on the day and year first before written.
 
The Issuer
 

Executed as a deed by
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
 

 
 
 
 
 By:  /s/ Kwong Kai Shun
   Name: Kwong Kai Shun
   Title: CEO
 
 




Name of Witness: Ku Iok Lin /s/ Ku Iok Lin
Address:
Rm 1604 Him Yat House
Yat Tung Estate
Tung Chung, N.T.
Hong Kong





The Trustee


Executed as a deed by
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH
 

 
 

By: /s/ Terence Yeung
Name: Terence Yeung
Title: Vice President




Name of Witness: Ophelia Lo /s/ Ophelia Lo
Address: Level 12, Pacific Place 3, HK
 

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EX-4.2 3 v094709_ex4-2.htm
Execution Copy

 
 


PAYING AND CONVERSION AGENCY AGREEMENT


ASIA TIME CORPORATION

US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012




November 13, 2007
 

 


CONTENTS

Clause
 
Page
1.
DEFINITIONS
1
2.
APPOINTMENTS
2
3.
AUTHENTICATION; TRANSFER OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
2
4.
PAYMENT BY THE ISSUER
3
5.
PAYMENT BY THE AGENTS
4
6.
CONVERSION
6
7.
EARLY REDEMPTION
10
8.
CANCELLATION OF BONDS
12
9.
ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES
13
10.
DUTIES OF THE TRANSFER AGENTS IN RESPECT OF TRANSFERS
14
11.
DUTIES OF THE REGISTRAR
15
12.
DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES FOR THE REGISTRAR
15
13.
INFORMATION AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE BONDS
16
14.
REMUNERATION
16
15.
FUNDS HELD BY PRINCIPAL AGENT
17
16.
MISCELLANEOUS
18
17.
CHANGES IN AGENTS
21
18.
NOTICES
23
19.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
25
20.
COUNTERPARTS
26
21.
TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
26
22.
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
26
23.
INVALIDITY
26
EXHIBIT A CONVERSION NOTICE
28
EXHIBIT B CONVERSION AGENT NOTIFICATION
31
EXHIBIT C NOTIFICATION FROM ISSUER
33
EXHIBIT D REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TRANSFER AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS
35
EXHIBIT E FORM OF BONDHOLDER REDEMPTION NOTICE
37
EXHIBIT F FORM OF BONDHOLDER’S TAX ELECTION NOTICE
39

 
 
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THIS PAYING AND CONVERSION AGENCY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made on November 13, 2007
 
AMONG:
 
(1)
ASIA TIME CORPORATION, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware whose registered office is at c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware (the “Issuer”);
 
(2)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH at its specified office at One Canada Square, London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom as principal paying, conversion and transfer agent (the “Paying Agent”, “Conversion Agent”, “Transfer Agent”, as applicable, and collectively, the “Principal Agent” which expression shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors as such principal paying, conversion and transfer agent, which expression shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include any future agent appointed in accordance with this Agreement);
 
(3)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK at its specified office at 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286, United States of America as registrar (the “Registrar”, which expression shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors as such registrar); and
 
(4)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH at its specified office at One Canada Square, London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom, as trustee for the persons for the time being holding the Bonds referred to below (the “Trustee”, which expression shall include its successors as such trustee or any joint trustee).
 
WHEREAS:
 
(A)
The Issuer has agreed to issue US$8,000,000 Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 of the Issuer (the “Bonds”) which will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into fully paid shares of common stock of par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Shares”) that will be listed on the American Stock Exchange (the “AMEX”).
 
(B)
The Bonds are to be constituted by a trust deed (the “Trust Deed”) dated November 13, 2007 and made between the Issuer and the Trustee.
 
(C)
The Bonds will be issued in registered form in the denomination of US$1,000 each.
 
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
 
1.
DEFINITIONS
 
Terms defined or construed in the terms and conditions of the Bonds (the “Conditions”) or the Trust Deed shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings when used herein. In the event of inconsistencies between any term in the Conditions or the Trust Deed and that stated herein, the term in the Conditions or the Trust Deed shall prevail. In addition:
 
Agents” means the Principal Agent, the Registrar and the other paying, conversion and transfer agents referred to above;
 
Alternative Clearing System” means a clearing system as shall have been designated by the Issuer and approved by the Trustee;
 
 
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Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in New York, England and the city in which the specified office of the Principal Agent is located;
 
Register” has the meaning set out in Clause 11.1; and
 
any “successor” to an Agent means a successor to that Agent appointed at its specified office in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
 
2.
APPOINTMENTS
 
The Issuer appoints the Agents as its agents in respect of the Bonds in accordance with the provisions of the Conditions and this Agreement at their respective offices referred to in this Agreement and the Agents accept such appointments. Subject as provided in Clause 17, references to the Agents are to them acting solely through their respective specified offices. The obligations and duties of the Agents under this Agreement are several and not joint.
 
3.
AUTHENTICATION; TRANSFER OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
 
3.1
The Global Certificate
 
Immediately before issuance, the Issuer shall deliver to the Registrar a duly executed Global Certificate representing the Bonds. The Registrar (or its agent on its behalf) shall authenticate the Global Certificate upon the written order of the Issuer and arrange for its delivery to a common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream.
 
Title to the Bonds evidenced by the Global Certificate may be registered in the name of, and the Global Certificate may be deposited with, such Alternative Clearing System other than Euroclear or Clearstream (or a nominee thereof) as the Issuer may from time to time designate with the prior written approval of the Trustee, and shall bear such legend as may be appropriate.
 
3.2
Transfers of Interests in the Global Certificate
 
Any transfer or exchange of an interest in the Bonds evidenced by the Global Certificate shall be effected in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, or any relevant Alternative Clearing System, as applicable.
 
3.3
Exchange of Interests in the Global Certificate for Definitive Certificates
 
 
(a)
Definitive Certificates in respect of interests in any Bonds will not be issued in exchange for interests in the Bonds evidenced by the Global Certificate except in the circumstances provided in Clause 3.3(b), provided that, in the event that the Issuer designates an Alternative Clearing System and such designation is approved in writing by the Trustee, title to all or some of the Bonds may be transferred to an Alternative Clearing System or its nominee and definitive Certificates may be issued to evidence such transfer.
 
 
(b)
In the event that either Euroclear or Clearstream (or any Alternative Clearing System on behalf of which the Bonds evidenced by the Global Certificate may be held) is closed for business for a continuous period of fourteen (14) days (other than by reason of holidays, statutory or otherwise) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so, the Issuer will cause sufficient definitive Certificates to be executed and delivered to the Registrar in sufficient quantities as advised by the Registrar and the Registrar will authenticate the same for despatch to individual Bondholders in accordance with the Conditions, Clause 3.3(c) and Exhibit D hereto.
 
 
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(c)
Upon one (1) of the events set forth in Clause 3.3(b) occurring, a holder of Bonds represented by the Global Certificate will provide the Registrar with a written order containing instructions and such other information as the Issuer and the Registrar may require to complete, execute and deliver such definitive Certificates.
 
 
(d)
Upon receipt of the Certificates referred to in Clause 3.3(b) and the written order referred to in Clause 3.3(c), the Registrar shall arrange for the execution and delivery to or upon the order of the person or persons named in such order of an individual definitive Certificate representing Bonds registered in the name or names requested by such person or persons and the Registrar shall alter the entries in the Register in respect of the Bonds accordingly. Payment will only be made to the person whose name appears on the Register.
 
3.4
Transfer or Exchange of Definitive Certificates
 
Subject to the provisions of this Clause 3 and Exhibit D, the holder of Bonds represented by definitive Certificates may transfer or exchange such Bonds. Subject to compliance with such provisions, the relevant Transfer Agent and the Registrar shall register the transfer of Bonds represented by definitive Certificates in accordance with Clauses 10 and 11 below.
 
3.5
Proxies and Authorisations
 
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the registered holder of Bonds represented by the Global Certificate may grant proxies and otherwise authorise any person, including participants in Euroclear and Clearstream and persons that may hold interests through such participants, to take any action that a holder is entitled to take under this Agreement or the Bonds.
 
3.6
No Transfer Periods
 
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Bondholder may require the transfer of a Bond during the periods set forth in Condition 4(E).
 
4.
PAYMENT BY THE ISSUER
 
4.1
Payment to the Principal Agent
 
In order to provide for the payment of the principal, premium, interest and/or default interest (if any) in respect of the Bonds as the same shall become due, the Issuer shall, by 12:00 noon (New York time), unconditionally pay or procure to be paid, to the Principal Agent:
 
 
(a)
on maturity or early redemption of any Bonds in an account specified by the Principal Agent for value at least one (1) Business Day prior to the redemption date thereof (or, in the case of the Bonds becoming due and payable pursuant to Condition 11, forthwith upon being required by the Trustee so to make such payment), an amount sufficient (together with any funds then held by the Principal Agent which are available for such purpose) to pay the amount due on redemption of all Bonds so to be redeemed (or the amount due pursuant to Condition 11); and
 
 
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(b)
for value at least one (1) Business Day before each due date for the payment of interest or any other sums payable in respect of the Bonds in accordance with the Conditions, other than sums referred to in sub-Clause 4.1(a) above, an amount sufficient (together with any funds then held by the Principal Agent which are available for such purpose) to pay the interest or any other sums payable then becoming due on the outstanding Bonds.
 
All amounts deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of Bonds to the Bondholders but which have not been so paid due to the subsequent conversion of such Bonds or otherwise shall be immediately returned to the Issuer upon the Issuer’s written request, provided that no interest shall accrue on such amounts and be payable to the Issuer by the Trustee or any Paying Agent.
 
4.2
Notification of Payment
 
The Issuer shall procure that on or before 12:00 noon (New York time) on the second Business Day prior to each due date for payment of principal, premium, interest and/or default interest in respect of the Bonds, the bank through which such payment is to be made will send to the Principal Agent confirmation that it has received from the Issuer an irrevocable instruction to make the relevant payment (by SWIFT).
 
In this Clause 4, the date on which a payment in respect of the Bonds becomes due means the first date on which the holder of a Bond could claim the relevant payment by transfer to an account under the Conditions, but disregarding the necessity for it to be a Business Day in any particular place of presentation.
 
4.3
Notification in the Event of Non-Payment
 
The Principal Agent shall forthwith notify (in writing and by facsimile transmission) the Trustee, the other Agents and the Issuer if it has not, by 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the due date for payment of principal, premium, interest and/or default interest (if any) on the Bonds or any of them, received unconditionally in the manner provided in this Clause 4 the full amount of the moneys payable on such due date on or in respect of all such Bonds, as the case may be.
 
5.
PAYMENT BY THE AGENTS
 
5.1
Payment
 
Unless the Paying Agents receive a notification from the Principal Agent under Clause 4.3, they will, subject to and in accordance with the Conditions, pay or cause to be paid on behalf of the Issuer on and after each due date therefor the amounts due in respect of the Bonds and will be entitled to claim any amounts so paid from the Principal Agent. If any payment provided for in Clause 4.1 is made late but otherwise in accordance with this Agreement, the Paying Agents will nevertheless make such payments in respect of the Bonds. However, unless and until the full amount of any such payment has been made to the Principal Agent, none of the Paying Agents will be bound to make such payments until either the Principal Agent has received the full amount of moneys then due and payable in respect of the Bonds or other arrangements satisfactory to the Principal Agent have been made. If payment of any amount is made to the Principal Agent later than the due date for payment of such amount to the Bondholders, the Principal Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt thereof give notice to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 that such payment has been made. All payments to be made by the Paying Agents hereunder shall be made without charging any commission or fee to the Bondholders. Nothing contained herein shall require a Paying Agent to make a payment unless and until the Paying Agent has received immediately available funds sufficient to make said payment.
 
 
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5.2
Reimbursements of Agents
 
The Principal Agent will on demand promptly reimburse each Paying Agent for payments in respect of the Bonds made by it in accordance with the Conditions and this Agreement. The Issuer shall on demand by the Principal Agent reimburse the Principal Agent for the relevant amount and pay interest to the Principal Agent on such amount that is outstanding from the date on which it is paid out by that Paying Agent to the date of reimbursement by the Issuer at the rate per annum then prevailing at the date of such funding equal to the cost to the relevant Paying Agent of funding the amount paid out plus two percent (2%) per annum as certified by the Principal Agent.
 
5.3
Method of Payment to Principal Agent
 
All sums payable to the Principal Agent hereunder will be paid in United States dollars and in immediately available or same day funds to such account, with such bank in New York City as the Principal Agent may from time to time notify in advance to the Issuer in writing.
 
5.4
Surrender of Certificates to Paying Agents
 
The Paying Agents shall accept surrender of Certificates from Bondholders as a condition precedent to payment of principal and premium (if any) in accordance with the Conditions. At close of business on the second business day (as defined in Condition 8(F)) before the due date for payment in respect of Bonds, and, if Certificates are surrendered later than that, on any business day (as defined in Condition 8(F)) thereafter on which Certificates are surrendered, each Paying Agent to whom Certificates have been surrendered will notify the Registrar and the Principal Agent of the identifying numbers of Certificates surrendered to it at that time. Each Paying Agent will cancel Certificates surrendered to it and forward the cancelled Certificates to the Principal Agent for destruction.
 
5.5
Fees and Expenses of the Agents
 
The Principal Agent will account to each of the other Agents for their fees and expenses in respect of the services performed by them under this Agreement promptly after receipt thereof from the Issuer and the Issuer shall have no responsibility for the apportionment of any such payments.
 
5.6
Agents of the Trustee
 
The Principal Agent, the Registrar or the other Agents shall, on demand by the Trustee by notice in writing given to them at any time after any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred, until notified by the Trustee to the contrary, so far as permitted by applicable law:
 
 
(a)
act thereafter as agents of the Trustee under the Trust Deed and the Bonds on the terms of this Agreement (with consequential amendments as necessary and except that the Trustee’s liability for the indemnification, remuneration and all other expenses of the Agents and the Registrar will be limited to the amounts for the time being held by the Trustee in respect of the Bonds on the terms of the Trust Deed) and thereafter hold all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Bonds to the order of the Trustee; and/or
 
 
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(b)
deliver up all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Bonds to the Trustee or as the Trustee shall direct in such notice or subsequently, provided that this Clause 5.6(b) shall not apply to any documents or records which the Principal Agent, the Registrar or the relevant Agent is obliged not to release by any law or regulation to which it is subject.
 
5.7
Notices of Change of the Trustee
 
The Issuer shall forthwith give notice to the Principal Agent of any change in the person or persons who act as the Trustee under the Trust Deed.
 
6.
CONVERSION
 
6.1
Conversion Duties of Conversion Agents
 
The Conversion Agent shall during normal business hours (local time in the place where the specified office of the relevant Conversion Agent is located) (a) accept deposit on behalf of the Issuer of (i) any Certificates in respect of Bonds which the holder(s) thereof desires to convert (and in respect of which Bond a Conversion Notice is deposited with that Conversion Agent prior to the Conversion Date) together with a Conversion Notice (in duplicate) duly completed and signed (where necessary) or (ii) in the case of Bonds represented by the Global Certificate, a Conversion Notice duly completed and signed only (which may, in such case, be delivered by facsimile transmission), together, in each case of (i) and (ii), with any amount payable by the relevant holder under Condition 6(B)(ii); and (b) the Issuer shall pay all stamp, issue, documentary, transfer, registration, excise or other taxes or duties (if any) specified in the Trust Deed or the Bonds to be payable by the Issuer. The Conversion Agent shall be entitled to assume, without duty to enquire, each converting Bondholder has, as a condition precedent to exercising its Conversion Right, paid all stamp, issue, registration, and similar taxes or duties or transfer costs (if any) (other than any amounts payable by the Issuer in accordance with the Conditions) which it is required to pay in accordance with the Conditions (including without limitation, Condition 6(B)(ii)). Once deposited, a Conversion Notice may not be withdrawn without the written consent of the Issuer (with a copy of such consent together with the relevant Conversion Notice sent to the relevant Conversion Agent at the same time).
 
6.2
Global Certificate
 
Conversion Rights attaching to the Bonds represented by the Global Certificate shall be exercised in the manner set out herein and in the Conditions, provided that:
 
 
(a)
the Global Certificate need not be deposited with the Conversion Agent together with the relevant Conversion Notice;
 
 
(b)
the Conversion Notice for Bonds represented by the Global Certificate may be completed and deposited by or on behalf of an account holder of Clearstream or Euroclear or an Alternative Clearing System in which the Bond to be converted is held at such time, which has an interest in such Bonds;
 
 
(c)
Bonds which have been converted will be rendered void forthwith and the Global Certificate shall be annotated accordingly without cancellation of the Global Certificate; and
 
 
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(d)
the holding of an interest in Bonds by an account holder of Clearstream or Euroclear or an Alternative Clearing System in which the Bonds are held at such time in respect of which the Conversion Rights are exercised will be confirmed by the relevant clearing system with the Conversion Agent.
 
6.3
Certificates Held by Conversion Agents
 
On deposit of a Certificate and a Conversion Notice (in duplicate) in accordance with Clause 6.1, the Certificate and the Conversion Notice so deposited shall be deemed to be held by the Conversion Agent as the agent of the Issuer. The Conversion Agent shall cancel forthwith upon the Conversion Date the Certificates representing the Bonds and (unless the Conversion Agent is also the Principal Agent) despatch such cancelled Certificates promptly to or to the order of the Principal Agent or its designated agent, together with a certificate stating the identifying numbers of the Bonds in respect of which the relevant Certificates have been delivered and the identifying numbers of the relevant Certificates.
 
6.4
Notification by Conversion Agents
 
 
(a)
Immediately following deposit of a Certificate (if applicable) and Conversion Notice in accordance with Clause 6.1 and payment of any required amount by Bondholders in accordance with Condition 6(B)(ii), the Conversion Agent with which they were deposited shall verify that the Conversion Right is exercisable and that the Conversion Notice (in duplicate) has been duly completed in relation to the Bonds, which are the subject of the purported conversion, in accordance with its terms and purports to have been signed by or on behalf of the Bondholder named therein and that the Conversion Notice is accompanied by all Certificates (if applicable) to which it relates. Following receipt of original Conversion Notices in accordance with this Clause 6.4, and notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 6.4(c)(iii) below, the Principal Agent will send by post to the Issuer the original Conversion Notice (if applicable) as soon as reasonably practicable following any such request by the Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, the Conversion Agent should have no responsibility in respect of a Conversion Notice which is not duly completed and signed in accordance with Clause 6.1.
 
 
(b)
As soon as reasonably practicable following receipt of the Conversion Notice by a Conversion Agent other than the Principal Agent and the fulfilment of the conditions in Clause 6.4(a), such Conversion Agent shall:
 
 
(i)
send by facsimile transmission a copy of such Conversion Notice to the Principal Agent and the Issuer;
 
 
(ii)
cancel forthwith upon the Conversion Date all Certificates delivered with such Conversion Notice and despatch such cancelled Certificates promptly (together with a certificate stating the certificate numbers of the Bonds so delivered), to or to the order of the Principal Agent or its designated agent, who shall destroy such cancelled Certificates; and
 
 
(iii)
despatch as soon as practicable and in any event within five (5) business days after the Conversion Date by post, the original Conversion Notice (if applicable) to the Principal Agent.
 
 
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(c)
Upon receipt of the Conversion Notice and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days following such receipt by the Principal Agent (either as a result of deposit of the original by a converting Bondholder with the Principal Agent in its capacity as Conversion Agent or as a result of receipt of the facsimile of such Conversion Notice pursuant to Clause 6.4(b)(i) above) and fulfilment of the conditions in Clause 6.4(a), the Principal Agent in its capacity as Conversion Agent shall:
 
 
(i)
notify the Issuer in the manner specified in Exhibit B hereto (a “Conversion Agent Notification”) by facsimile transmission, of the following (together with a copy of the Conversion Notice(s)):
 
 
(A)
the total number, the aggregate principal amount and identifying number of all Bonds deposited on the same occasion by the same Bondholder which are to be converted, the number of Shares issuable upon conversion and the name and address of such Bondholder;
 
 
(B)
the name and address of the person in whose name the Shares issuable upon conversion are to be registered; and
 
 
(C)
the Conversion Date and the Conversion Price in respect of such conversion;
 
 
(ii)
(where the Conversion Agent with which the Certificate is deposited is itself the Principal Agent) cancel forthwith upon the Conversion Date all Certificates delivered with such Conversion Notice and procure the destruction of such cancelled Certificates, unless notified otherwise by the Issuer at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Conversion Date;
 
 
(iii)
despatch as soon as practicable and in any event within five (5) days after the Conversion Date the original Conversion Notice (if applicable) to the Issuer; and
 
 
(iv)
without any further notice or confirmation from the Issuer, and in any event no later than the Conversion Date, instruct the Registrar to remove the name of the relevant Bondholder from the Register or reduce the corresponding principal amount of Bonds registered as being represented by the Global Certificate, where appropriate.
 
 
(d)
Where a Conversion Notice is received which requires the Shares (or other securities, property or cash) issuable on conversion of the Bonds to which it relates to be dealt with in different ways for specified principal amounts (which must be US$1,000) of Bonds, the Principal Agent receiving the Conversion Notice may, and if requested by the Bondholder depositing the Conversion Notice, shall, treat each specified principal amount of Bonds as if it were subject to its own Conversion Notice and prepare and send the details referred to in Clause 6.4(c) separately for each such specified principal amount (and, for the avoidance of doubt so they are not aggregated for the purpose of calculating the number of Shares, or amount of other property, issuable on conversion).
 
 
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6.5
Delivery by the Issuer
 
 
(a)
Within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of the relevant Conversion Agent Notification, the Issuer will forthwith send notification (in the manner specified in Exhibit C hereto) by facsimile to the Conversion Agent which has initially received the relevant Conversion Notice (and will send a copy to the Principal Agent (if it is not the Agent which received the relevant Conversion Notice) and the Registrar), in the case of a Bond in respect of which the Conversion Right has been exercised and in respect of which a Conversion Notice was deposited, confirming that delivery, despatch or payment in accordance with such Conversion Notice (or otherwise in accordance with the converting Bondholder’s instructions) of the certificate or certificates for the relevant Shares and/or securities, property or cash required to be delivered and/or paid upon conversion has been or will be made.
 
 
(b)
In addition, upon delivery and despatch of the certificate(s) for the relevant Shares issued on conversion or delivery of the relevant Shares to the converting Bondholder, the Issuer shall send confirmation by facsimile to the Conversion Agent which has sent the relevant Conversion Notice (and will send a copy to the Principal Agent and the Registrar) that the converting Bondholder or other person nominated in the Conversion Notice has been registered as the owner of the relevant Shares issued on conversion.
 
 
(c)
Promptly upon receipt of the confirmation referred to in Clause 6.5(b) of registration in the register of shareholders or notification that cash has been paid upon conversion (but not before), the Registrar shall remove the name of the relevant Bondholder from the Register, or reduce the number of Bonds of which it is registered as owner, as appropriate.
 
6.6
Issuer to Provide Conversion Notice and Particulars of Adjustment to Conversion Price
 
As soon as is practicable following a request from time to time, the Issuer will provide the Conversion Agents with copies of the form of Conversion Notice and shall, whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to the Trust Deed and the Conditions, as soon as practicable, notify each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agents of particulars of the event giving rise to the adjustment, the Conversion Price after such adjustment, the date on which such adjustment takes effect and such other particulars and information as the Trustee may reasonably require. If required by any Bondholder, the Conversion Agents shall make Conversion Notices in the current form available to Bondholders. For the avoidance of doubt, no Agent has any duty to determine whether any event requiring any adjustment to the Conversion Price has occurred or is existing, or whether any such adjustment has been correctly made and no Agent has an obligation to calculate any Conversion Price or any adjustment to the Conversion Price and will not be responsible to the Bondholders for any loss arising from any failure by it to do so.
 
6.7
Notification of Closure of Register of Shareholders
 
The Issuer shall as soon as is practicable after becoming aware that the Issuer’s register of shareholders is to be closed, give notice to the Trustee and the Agents of any dates upon which such register of shareholders is to be closed. Such notice shall give particulars of the reason for such closure and the expected date when the register will be re-opened.
 
 
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6.8
Identification Codes
 
Each Conversion Notice deposited with a Conversion Agent and each facsimile transmission sent and letter delivered in respect of a Conversion Notice pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Clause by any Conversion Agent shall indicate the identification code designated below for that Conversion Agent, followed by the words “Asia Time Corporation Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 (US$)”, and shall bear the lowest number previously unused by that Conversion Agent in the sequence of whole numerals starting from one and continuing in uninterrupted sequence upwards, for identification. All confirmatory or subsequent communications (regardless of the identity of the sender or the recipient thereof) with regard to the conversion, receipt, delivery and/or payment of Shares and/or any other securities, property and cash relating to such Conversion Notice shall bear the same identifying number as well as the identification code of the relevant Conversion Agent.
 
The identification codes of the Conversion Agent shall be as follows:
 
BNYLDN1      
 
Thus, by way of example, the reference to be used for the fifth Conversion Notice deposited with the Principal Agent and for each facsimile transmission and letter relating thereto would be “BNYLDN1/Asia Time Corporation Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012/0005”.
 
6.9
Fees and Expenses of Conversion
 
The Issuer shall pay all stamp, issue, registration, excise, and similar taxes and duties and transfer costs (if any) payable with respect to the deposit of Bonds for conversion and the issue and delivery of Shares following such deposit (other than those taxes and duties payable by the converting Bondholder as expressly provided in Clause 6.1 or the Conditions), all expenses arising in the United States or England on the issue of Shares on conversion of Bonds and all charges of the Conversion Agents in connection thereon.
 
6.10
Taxes and Duties
 
Neither the Conversion Agent nor the Issuer is under any obligation to determine whether a Bondholder is liable to pay any taxes or duties, including stamp, issue, registration or similar taxes and duties upon exercise by such Bondholder of the Conversion Right. The Agents shall be entitled to rely without further enquiry and without liability on any information provided by such Bondholder in the Conversion Notice as to any such amounts payable and as to the details of the relevant tax authorities to which the Conversion Agent must pay monies received in settlement of the taxes and duties payable pursuant to Condition 6(B)(ii).
 
7.
EARLY REDEMPTION
 
7.1
Notice of Redemption
 
If the Issuer intends to redeem all or any of the Bonds under Condition 9(B) or Condition 9(C) it shall, at least five (5) Business Days before the latest date for the publication of the notice of redemption required to be given to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18, give prompt notice in writing of its intention to the Principal Agent and the Trustee stating the date on which such Bonds are to be redeemed and the Early Redemption Amount.
 
7.2
Redemption Notice
 
On behalf of and at the request and expense of the Issuer, the Principal Agent shall publish the notice in accordance with Condition 18, in the form approved by the Issuer, required in connection with such redemption. Such notice shall specify the details in accordance with Condition 9(H). The Principal Agent shall forthwith notify the other Paying Agents of the contents of such notice.
 
 
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7.3
Bondholders’ Tax Option
 
Each Paying Agent will keep a stock of notices (the “Bondholder’s Tax Election Notices”) each in a form similar to that set out in the Exhibit F and will make them available on demand to Bondholders. The Paying Agent with which a Bond is deposited pursuant to Condition 9(C) shall hold such Bond on behalf of the depositing Bondholder (but shall not, save as provided below, release it) until the proposed Tax Redemption Date of the Bonds pursuant to Condition 9(C)(i). On that date, subject as provided below, the relevant Paying Agent shall return such Bond to the depositing Bondholder and (in the case of the Global Certificate) endorse the relevant Schedule to such Certificate appropriately. If the deposited Bond (or Bonds) becomes (or become) immediately due and payable before that date, the Paying Agent concerned shall mail such Certificate by uninsured post to, and at the risk of, the relevant holder.
 
7.4
Redemption at the Option of the Bondholders and Redemption for Delisting or Change of Control
 
Each Paying Agent will keep a stock of notices (“Bondholder Redemption Notices”) in a form similar to that set out in Exhibit E and will make them available on demand to Bondholders. The Paying Agent with which a Certificate is deposited pursuant to Condition 9(D) or Condition 9(E) shall hold such Certificate on behalf of the depositing Bondholder (but shall not, save as provided below, release it) until the due date for redemption of the Bonds in respect of which it is issued pursuant to Condition 9(D) or Condition 9(E), as the case may be. On that date, subject as provided below, the relevant Paying Agent shall surrender such Certificate to itself and treat it as if surrendered by the holder in accordance with the Conditions and (in the case of the Global Certificate) endorse the Schedule to such Certificate with the principal amount of Bonds to be redeemed and the principal amount of Bonds remaining after such redemption. If the Bond (or Bonds) represented by the deposited Certificate becomes (or become) immediately due and payable before that date, the Paying Agent concerned shall mail such Certificate by uninsured post to, and at the risk of, the relevant Bondholder at the address shown for the Bondholder on the register of Bondholders as supplied by the Registrar. At the end of the period for exercising the option in Condition 9(D) or Condition 9(E), as the case may be, each Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Principal Agent of the principal amount of Bonds in respect of which Bondholder Redemption Notices have been deposited with it and will forward such Bondholder Redemption Notices to the Principal Agent. The Principal Agent shall promptly notify such information and details of the principal amount of Bonds represented by the Global Certificate in respect of which the option in Condition 9(D) or Condition 9(E), as the case may be, has been exercised to the Issuer and the Trustee. A Bondholder Redemption Notice, once delivered, shall be irrevocable.
 
7.5
Effect of Notice of Redemption
 
Once a notice of redemption is provided in accordance with Condition 18 and/or a Bondholder Redemption Notice is duly completed, signed and deposited with any Paying Agents in accordance with Condition 9(D) or Condition 9(E), Bonds called/put for redemption become due and payable on the date fixed for redemption of the Bonds, the Relevant Event Redemption Date at the Early Redemption Amount or 126.51% of the principal amount of the Bonds, as the case may be, stated in the relevant notice. Upon surrender of any Certificate in respect of such Bond for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Bond shall be paid by the Issuer at the Early Redemption Amount or 126.51% of the principal amount of the Bonds, as the case may be, in accordance with the Conditions.
 
 
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7.6
Deposit of Redemption Price
 
For value on the Business Day prior to the relevant redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Principal Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all Bonds to be redeemed on that date other than any Bonds called for redemption on that date which have been converted prior to the date of such deposit. The Principal Agent shall as soon as practicable return to the Issuer upon its written request any money (without interest thereon) not required for that purpose because of conversion of any Bonds called for redemption.
 
8.
CANCELLATION OF BONDS
 
8.1
Cancellation by Agents
 
All Bonds which are redeemed, converted or purchased by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall be cancelled by the removal of the relevant Bondholder’s name from the Register by the Registrar and cancellation of the corresponding Certificates (or appropriate amendment of the Global Certificate if the Bonds are represented thereby) by the Agent to which they were surrendered or with which they were deposited.
 
8.2
Cancelled Certificates
 
Each Agent shall (unless it is itself the Principal Agent) give all relevant details for the purposes of Clause 8.3 to, and shall forward Certificates cancelled by it promptly to, the Principal Agent or, as the case may be, its designated agent.
 
8.3
Certification of Payment Details
 
Subject to receipt of the information described in Clause 8.2, the Principal Agent shall as soon as reasonably practicable, upon a request in writing from any of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Registrar, furnish the Issuer and the Trustee and the Registrar with a certificate signed by its duly authorised officer (whose name and specimen signature have previously been provided to the Issuer) stating (as applicable) (a) the aggregate amounts paid in respect of Bonds redeemed or paid and cancelled, (b) the aggregate principal amount of Bonds converted and cancelled and (c) the identifying numbers of such Bonds and (d) that such Bonds have been cancelled. Such certification may be accepted by the Trustee as conclusive evidence of repayment or discharge pro tanto of the Bonds, of payment of interest thereon (if any) or (as the case may be) of the issue of replacement Certificates.
 
8.4
Cancelled Certificates
 
Unless otherwise instructed by the Issuer, the Principal Agent or its designated agent shall destroy the cancelled Certificates in its possession or held to its order and furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee upon request, a certificate of such destruction duly signed by its authorised officer.
 
8.5
Records
 
Subject to receipt of the relevant information, the Principal Agent shall keep a full and complete record of all Bonds and of their redemption, conversion, payment, cancellation, despatch to the Issuer and replacement (as appropriate) and shall make such record available at all reasonable times during office hours to the Issuer, the Trustee and the other Agents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Principal Agent shall not be required to keep a record of the Register.
 
 
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8.6
Identifying Numbers
 
The Registrar shall notify the Principal Agent of the identifying numbers of the Bonds and the definitive Certificates which are issued and the same shall form the basis of the records to be kept by the Principal Agent.
 
9.
ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES
 
9.1
Stocks of Certificates
 
From time to time after such time (if ever) as Bonds may be transferred into a name other than that of the holder of the Global Certificate, the Issuer will cause a sufficient quantity of additional blank Certificates (other than the Global Certificate) to be available, upon request, to the Registrar at its specified office for the purpose of delivering replacement Certificates as provided below. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee and the Registrar (and the Paying Agent, if applicable) if the authorised officer of the Issuer whose facsimile signature appears on such stocks of replacement Certificates ceases to be so authorised. In such circumstances the Issuer will promptly, properly and validly appoint a replacement authorised officer and upon the request of the Registrar or the Trustee promptly deliver to the Registrar such number of replacement Certificates as it may reasonably request, duly signed manually or in facsimile by such replacement authorised officer. Upon receipt of such replacement Certificates, the Registrar or its agent will be deemed to have been authorised by the Issuer to destroy any previous replacement Certificates and will notify the Issuer of such destruction.
 
9.2
Replacement
 
The Registrar will, subject to and in accordance with Condition 16 and the following provisions of this Clause, authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered (directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) any replacement Certificates which the Issuer may determine to issue or deliver in place of Certificates which have been mutilated, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed. The Registrar will inform the Issuer upon receiving any request from a Bondholder (directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) for the issue of a replacement Certificate.
 
9.3
Conditions of Replacement
 
The Registrar will verify with the relevant Agent, in the case of an allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate in respect of which the identifying number is known or believed to be known, that the Bond in respect of which such Certificate is issued has not been redeemed or converted or purchased by the Issuer and cancelled and the Registrar shall not deliver or cause to be delivered any replacement Certificate unless and until the applicant therefor shall have:
 
 
(a)
paid such costs, taxes and duties as may be incurred in connection therewith;
 
 
(b)
furnished the Registrar (directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) with such evidence (including evidence as to the identifying number of the Certificate in question if known) and indemnity as the Issuer and the Registrar may reasonably require; and
 
 
(c)
surrendered to the Registrar (directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) any mutilated or defaced Certificate to be replaced.
 
 
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9.4
Cancellation of Replaced Certificates
 
The Registrar shall cancel or procure the cancellation of any mutilated or defaced Certificates surrendered to it for replacement. Unless otherwise instructed by the Issuer, the Registrar shall destroy or procure the destruction of such cancelled Certificates and upon request by the Issuer or the Trustee, furnish the Issuer, the Trustee and the Principal Agent with a certificate confirming such destruction and containing the information specified in Clause 8.3.
 
9.5
Notification
 
The Registrar shall, on delivering (either directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) any replacement Certificate, forthwith inform the Issuer and each of the other Agents, of the identifying number of such replacement Certificate and (if known) of the identifying number of the definitive Certificate and the relevant Bonds in place of which such replacement Certificate has been delivered.
 
9.6
Records
 
The Registrar shall keep a full and complete record of all replacement Certificates delivered (either directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) and shall make such record available during office hours at all reasonable times to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Principal Agent.
 
9.7
Notice of Presentation of Replaced Certificates
 
Whenever any Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed in replacement for which a new Certificate has been issued shall be surrendered or delivered to an Agent prior to payment or for conversion, the Agent shall immediately send notice thereof to the Issuer, the Registrar and the Principal Agent.
 
10.
DUTIES OF THE TRANSFER AGENTS IN RESPECT OF TRANSFERS
 
If and to the extent specified by the Conditions and in accordance therewith and the terms of this Agreement or if otherwise requested by the Issuer, each Transfer Agent will:
 
 
(a)
receive requests for the transfer of Bonds, inform the Registrar, forward the deposited Certificate(s) to the Registrar and assist in the issue of a new Certificate in accordance with the Regulations referred to in Clause 13 and in particular forthwith notify the Registrar of (i) the name and address of the holder of the Bond, (ii) the identifying number of the relevant Certificate and the relevant Bonds, (iii) (where not all Bonds in respect of which a Certificate was issued are to be transferred) the number of Bonds transferred and their identifying numbers, and (iv) the name, address and account for payments (if any) of the transferee to be entered on the Register;
 
 
(b)
keep the Registrar informed of all transfers; and
 
 
(c)
carry out such other acts as may be necessary to give effect to the Conditions and the other provisions of this Agreement.
 
 
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11.
DUTIES OF THE REGISTRAR
 
11.1
The Register
 
The Registrar shall maintain a register (the “Register”) outside the United Kingdom in accordance with the Conditions and the Regulations referred to in Clause 13. The Register shall:
 
 
(a)
show the amount of Bonds and the date of issue and all subsequent transfers and changes of ownership in respect thereof and the names and addresses of the holders of Bonds;
 
 
(b)
at all reasonable times during office hours be made available to the Issuer, the Trustee, the other Agents or any person authorised by any of them for inspection and for the taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom and the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all such lists of holders of Bonds, their addresses, registered accounts, holdings and other details as they may request; and
 
 
(c)
include a record of the identifying number allocated to each Bond and the identifying number allocated to each definitive Certificate which is issued. Each Certificate will carry the identifying number of the Bond or Bonds in respect of which it is issued, as well as its own identifying number.
 
The Registrar will maintain proper records in relation to the title to any of the Bonds including all forms of transfer, probates, letters of administration and powers of attorney. The provisions set forth in Exhibit D hereto shall apply in relation to the maintenance of the Register and the transfer of Bonds. The Registrar will enter in the Register the details of all redemptions or conversions or purchases and cancellation of Bonds notified to it as aforesaid and the Registrar will comply with the proper and reasonable requests of the Issuer with respect to the maintenance of the Register and will provide to the Issuer, the Trustee and other Agents such information with respect thereto as may be requested by the Issuer or may be reasonably required by the Trustee or the other Agents for the proper performance of their respective duties.
 
11.2
Transfers
 
The Registrar will receive requests for the transfer of Bonds and will also receive Certificates deposited with a Transfer Agent for transfer, effect the necessary entries, authenticate and issue new Certificates in accordance with the Regulations referred to in Clause 13 and deliver the new Certificate(s) to the relevant Agent.
 
11.3
Replacement
 
The Registrar will also have certain duties in connection with the replacement of Certificates, which duties are set out in Clause 9.
 
12.
DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES FOR THE REGISTRAR
 
12.1
Supply of Certificates
 
From time to time after such time (if ever) as Bonds may be transferred to a name other than that of the holder of the Global Certificate, the Issuer will deliver to the Registrar and each Transfer Agent in reasonably sufficient time for the performance of its duties hereunder:
 
 
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(a)
a supply of blank definitive Certificates sufficient to meet the Registrar and each Transfer Agent’s anticipated requirements as specified by the Registrar for Certificates upon effecting the transfers required by the holder of the Global Certificate; and
 
 
(b)
from time to time, so long as any Bond is outstanding, sufficient additional blank definitive Certificates as may be required by the Registrar for the performance of the Registrar’s and each Transfer Agent’s duties.
 
12.2
Safekeeping of Certificates
 
Each Transfer Agent and the Registrar shall maintain in safekeeping all Certificates and blank Certificates delivered to and held by it and shall ensure that Certificates are issued only in accordance with the Conditions (including the provisions of the Global Certificate) and the provisions of this Agreement.
 
12.3
Information
 
Within seven (7) days of any request therefor by the Issuer or any Agent, so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, each Transfer Agent and the Registrar shall certify to the Issuer and the relevant Agent the number of blank Certificates held by it hereunder.
 
13.
INFORMATION AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE BONDS
 
13.1
Provision of Information
 
Each Agent will give to the other Agents such further information with regard to their activities hereunder as may reasonably be required by them for the proper carrying out of their respective duties.
 
13.2
Regulations
 
The Issuer may, subject to the Conditions, from time to time with the approval of the Registrar and the Trustee promulgate regulations (the “Regulations”) concerning the carrying out of transfers of Bonds and the forms and evidence to be provided. All such transfers will be made subject to the Regulations. The initial Regulations are set out in Exhibit D. The Registrar shall, at the expense of the Issuer, provide copies of the current Regulations to Bondholders (free of charge) upon request in accordance with Condition 4(F).
 
14.
REMUNERATION
 
14.1
Fees
 
The Issuer will, in respect of the services to be performed by the Principal Agent and the Registrar and the other Agents under this Agreement, the Conditions and the Trust Deed, pay to the Principal Agent the commissions, fees and expenses as separately agreed in writing with the Principal Agent. The Principal Agent’s receipt of such money shall be a complete discharge of the Issuer’s obligation to pay the same and the Issuer need not concern itself with the apportionment of such moneys as between the Principal Agent, the Registrar and the other Agents.
 
 
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14.2
Costs
 
The Issuer will pay to the Principal Agent all out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, advertising and insurance expenses and the fees and expenses of legal advisers) properly incurred by any Agent and the Registrar in connection with its services performed under this Agreement, the Conditions and the Trust Deed promptly upon receipt from the Principal Agent of notification of the amount of such expenses together with the relevant invoices and/or receipts.
 
14.3
Distribution to Agents
 
The Principal Agent will be responsible for distributing the remuneration of the Agents and the Registrar and their relevant costs and expenses promptly upon receipt of the moneys therefor from the Issuer. The Issuer need not be concerned with the appointment of such moneys as between the Agents.
 
14.4
Stamp Duties
 
The Issuer will pay or reimburse all stamp, registration and other similar taxes, fees or duties, if any, to which this Agreement may be subject on execution, issue, payment or enforcement.
 
14.5
Obligations to Survive
 
Any outstanding obligations of the Issuer to the Agents and the Registrar under this Clause 14 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the Conditions and the Trust Deed and the resignation or removal of any of the Agents or the Registrar.
 
15.
FUNDS HELD BY PRINCIPAL AGENT
 
15.1
Repayment
 
Any sums paid by, or by arrangement with, the Issuer to the Principal Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not be required to be repaid to the Issuer unless and until the Bonds in respect of which such sums were paid shall have been converted or redeemed or purchased and cancelled or claims in respect of such sums shall have become prescribed under Condition 13, but in any of these events the Principal Agent shall (provided that all other amounts due under this Agreement shall have been duly paid), save as mentioned below, forthwith repay to the Issuer upon its written request sums (without interest) equivalent to the amounts which would otherwise have been payable on the relevant Bonds together with any fees previously paid (except for any commissions, fees and expenses paid by the Issuer pursuant to Clause 14) to the Principal Agent in respect of such Bonds.
 
15.2
Use of Moneys
 
The Principal Agent shall be entitled to deal with moneys paid to it by the Issuer for the purposes of this Agreement in the same manner as other moneys paid to a banker by its customers and shall not be liable to account to the Issuer for any interest thereon, save as otherwise agreed between the Issuer and the Principal Agent. No Agent shall exercise any right of set-off or lien or similar claim over moneys paid to it or by it under this Agreement. Unless required by law, moneys held by the Principal Agent need not be segregated.
 
 
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16.
MISCELLANEOUS
 
16.1
Publication of Notices
 
On behalf and at the written request and expense of the Issuer, the Principal Agent will as soon as practicable cause to be published any notices required to be given by the Issuer or the Trustee in accordance with the Trust Deed or any of the Conditions, save as set out herein. The Issuer shall provide the Principal Agent with signed copies of any notices to be published at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of publication save and except any announcements, notices or circulars to be published pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, AMEX or an Alternative Stock Exchange whereupon such announcements, notices or circulars shall be given by the Issuer to the Principal Agent as soon as reasonably practicable after its publication.
 
16.2
Notices to the Trustee
 
Upon each occasion that the Issuer gives to the Trustee any notice in connection with the Bonds, the Issuer shall at the same time give a similar notice to the Principal Agent.
 
16.3
Voting
 
Each of the Agents shall perform the functions described as being performed by it in Schedule 3 to the Trust Deed and shall keep a full and complete record of forms of proxy issued by it.
 
16.4
No Implicit Duties
 
The Agents shall be obliged to perform such duties, and only such duties, as are herein and in the Conditions specifically set forth, and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Conditions against any of them.
 
16.5
No Agency or Trust
 
In acting hereunder and in connection with the Bonds, the Agents shall act solely as agents of the Issuer (or, where a notice given by the Trustee pursuant to Clause 5.6 shall not have been withdrawn, the Trustee) and will not thereby assume any obligations towards, or relationship of agency or trust for, any of the Bondholders.
 
16.6
Taking of Advice
 
Any of the Agents may consult with legal or other professional advisers satisfactory to it, and the opinion of such advisers shall be full and complete protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such advisers.
 
16.7
Liability
 
Save for any action taken, suffered or omitted as a result of the Agents’ wilful default, gross negligence or fraud, the Agents shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered in reliance upon any instruction, request or order from the Issuer or the Trustee, or any Bond, Certificate, form of transfer, Conversion Notice, resolution, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement, facsimile transmission, electronic message or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been delivered, signed or sent by the proper party or parties. The Agents shall be under no duty to inquire into or investigate the validity, accuracy or content of any document. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its opinion, assured to it, or would be contrary to applicable law or regulation.
 
 
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16.8
Indemnity by the Issuer
 
The Issuer will indemnify each of the Agents against any losses, liabilities, costs, claims, actions, demands, damages or expenses which it may incur or which may be made against it as a result of or in connection with its appointment or the exercise or non-exercise by it of its powers, discretions and duties, except those may result from its own fraud, wilful misconduct or gross negligence or that of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Agent shall, to the extent permitted by laws, notify the Issuer promptly of any third party claim for which it may seek an indemnity from the Issuer and such Agent shall use its reasonable endeavours to co-operate with the Issuer in its defence of such claim. The relevant Agent will use its reasonable endeavours to consult with the Issuer and with respect to any settlement offer. The consultation period will expire on the thirtieth day after the notice of such settlement offer is given by the relevant Agent to the Issuer. Except in the case of fraud, wilful misconduct or gross negligence on its part, no Agent shall be liable either for any act or omission under this Agreement, or if any Bond, Certificate, form of transfer or Conversion Notice shall be lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances will the Agents be liable to the Issuer or any other party to this Agreement for any consequential loss (being loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit) or any special or punitive damages of any kind whatsoever; in each case however caused or arising and whether or not foreseeable, even if advised of the possibility of such loss or damage. The provisions of this Clause 16.8 shall survive the resignation or removal of any Agent or the Registrar and the termination of this Agreement.
 
16.9
Entitlement to Treat Holder as Owner
 
Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or may be required by law, each of the Agents shall (whether or not the relevant Bond is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any interest, or writing on, or the loss or theft of, the Certificate issued in respect of it) be entitled to treat the registered holder of any Bond as the absolute owner for all purposes.
 
16.10
Copies of Documents
 
So long as any of the Bonds remains outstanding, the Issuer shall provide the Agents with a sufficient number of copies of the Trust Deed and of each of the documents which are sent to the Trustee or which are required to be made available by stock exchange regulations relating to the Bonds, to be available and, subject to being provided with such copies, each of the Agents will procure that such copies shall be available at its specified office during normal office hours for examination by Bondholders and that copies thereof will be furnished to Bondholders upon request at their own expenses.
 
16.11
Acquisition of Bonds
 
Any Agent, their affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any Bonds or Shares with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not appointed hereunder, and may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Issuer and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Bonds or other obligations of the Issuer as freely as if it were not appointed hereunder.
 
 
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16.12
Merger
 
Any corporation into which any Agent may be merged or converted or any corporation with which any Agent may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Agent shall be a party or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of any Agent shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. Notice of any such merger, conversion or consolidation shall forthwith be given to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Bondholders.
 
16.13
Illegality
 
In the event that the Agents shall be uncertain as to its duties or rights hereunder or shall receive instructions, claims or demands from the Issuer, in its opinion, conflict with any of the provisions of this Agreement, it shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action until it is directed in writing by a final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdictions.
 
16.14
Instruction in Writing
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the Agents shall be obliged to act or omit to act in accordance with any instruction, direction or request delivered to them by the Issuer unless such instruction, direction or request is delivered to such Agents in writing.
 
16.15
No Liability for Interest
 
The Agents shall not be under any liability for interest on any moneys at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Bonds and applied by it in accordance with the provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided hereunder or agreed in writing.
 
16.16
Delegations
 
The Agents may execute any of its powers and perform any of its duties hereunder directly or through delegates or attorneys and may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected and retained by it. The Agents shall not be liable for the acts of such delegates or attorneys, or for anything done, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with the advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or other skilled persons.
 
16.17
Expert Advice
 
The Agent shall engage and consult, at the expense of the Issuer with any legal adviser and professional adviser selected by it and rely upon any advice so obtained and each of the Agents and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and duly appointed agents shall be protected and shall not be liable in respect of any action taken, or omitted to be done or suffered to be taken, in accordance with such advice.
 
 
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16.18
Force Majeure
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Agent shall in any event be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder if it is prevented from so performing its obligations by any circumstances beyond the control of such Agent, including without limitation, existing or future law or regulation, any existing or future act of governmental authority, Act of God, flood, war whether declared or undeclared, terrorism, riot, rebellion, civil commotion, strike, lockout, other industrial action, general failure of electricity or other supply, aircraft collision, technical failure, accidental or mechanical or electrical breakdown, computer failure or failure of any money transmission system.
 
16.19
Amendments and/or Modifications
 
This Agreement may be amended by all of the parties, without the consent of any Bondholder, either (a) for the purpose of curing any ambiguity or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained in this Agreement or (b) in any manner which the parties may mutually deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent with the Conditions and shall not be materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders.
 
16.20
Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism
 
The Agent may take and instruct any delegate to take any action which is in its sole discretion considers appropriate so as to comply with any applicable law, regulation, request of a public or regulatory authority or any Group policy which relates to the prevention of fraud, money laundering, terrorism or other criminal activities or the provision of financial and other services to sanctioned persons or entities. Such action may include, but is not limited to, the interception and investigation of transactions on the Issuer’s accounts (particularly those involving the international transfer of funds) including the source of the intended recipient of fund paid into or out of the Issuer’s accounts. In certain circumstances, such action may delay or prevent the processing of the Issuer’s instructions, the settlement of transactions over the Issuer’s accounts or the Agent’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement. Where possible, the Agent will endeavour to notify the Issuer of the existence of such circumstances. Neither the Agent nor any delegate will be liable for any loss (whether direct or consequential and including, without limitation, loss of profit or interest) caused in whole or in part by any actions which are taken by the Agent or any delegate pursuant to this Clause 16. For the purposes of this Clause 16.20, the Group means the Issuer, its Subsidiaries and associated companies.
 
17.
CHANGES IN AGENTS
 
17.1
Appointment and Termination of Appointment
 
The Issuer may appoint further or other Agents. The Issuer may also terminate the appointment of any Agent at any time subject to the prior written approval of the Trustee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Such termination shall be effective by giving:
 
 
(a)
to the Trustee;
 
 
(b)
in the case of any Agent other than the Principal Agent, to the Principal Agent; and
 
 
(c)
to the Agent whose appointment is to be terminated,
 
 
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at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to that effect. However, no such notice relating to the termination of the appointment of the Principal Agent or the Registrar shall take effect until a new Principal Agent or, as the case may be, Registrar approved in writing by the Trustee has been appointed on terms approved (such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in writing by the Trustee. The Issuer shall procure that there are at all times (a) a Principal Agent, (b) (if requested by the Trustee) a Paying Agent with a specified office in an European Union member state that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive and (c) a Registrar which will maintain a register of Bondholders outside the United Kingdom. The termination of the appointment of any Agent shall not take effect (i) until notice thereof has given to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 and (ii) within the period commencing forty-five (45) days immediately preceding any due date for a payment in respect of the Bonds and ending fifteen (15) days after such date.
 
17.2
Resignation
 
Any Agent may resign from its appointment hereunder at any time by giving to the person(s) referred to in Clauses 17.1(a) and 17.1(b) and the Issuer at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to that effect, provided that (a) in the case of the resignation of the Principal Agent or the Registrar, no such resignation shall take effect until a new Principal Agent or, as the case may be, Registrar approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in writing by the Trustee has been appointed by the Issuer on terms approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in writing by the Trustee, (b) no such resignation shall take effect unless upon the expiry of the notice period there are Agents as required by Clause 17.1 and the Conditions, (c) no such resignation shall take effect until notice thereof shall have been given to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 18 and (d) no such notice shall be given so as to expire within a period commencing thirty (30) days immediately preceding any due date for a payment in respect of the Bonds and ending fifteen (15) days after such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer agrees with each Agent that if, by the day falling seven (7) Business Days before the expiry of any notice referred to above, the Issuer has not appointed a replacement Agent, then the relevant Agent shall be entitled, on behalf and at the expense of the Issuer, to appoint in its place any reputable financial institution of good standing on terms approved by the Trustee (such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Clause 17, the appointment of any Agent shall forthwith terminate if such Agent becomes incapable of acting, is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, consents to the appointment of a receiver, administrator or other similar official of all or a substantial part of its property or assets or admits in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature or suspends payment thereof, or if a resolution is passed or an order made for the winding up or dissolution of such Agent or any analogous event occurs under any applicable law.
 
17.3
Delivery of Records by Principal Agent on Termination
 
If the appointment of the Principal Agent hereunder is terminated or the Principal Agent resigns from its appointment hereunder, the Principal Agent shall (subject to payment of all outstanding fees and expenses), on the date on which such termination or resignation takes effect, pay to the successor Principal Agent the amounts held by it in respect of Bonds, the Certificates relating thereto which have not been presented for payment and any other amounts held by it in respect of the Bonds and shall deliver to the successor Principal Agent the Bonds surrendered to it but not yet destroyed, Conversion Notices held by it, all records concerning the Bonds and the Certificates maintained by the Principal Agent pursuant to this Agreement, but shall have no other duties or responsibilities to provide services as Principal Agent hereunder. The Principal Agent shall be entitled to the payment by the Issuer of its remuneration for the services previously tendered hereunder in accordance with the terms of Clause 14 and to the reimbursement of all reasonable expenses (including legal fees) incurred in connection therewith.
 
 
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17.4
Delivery of Records by Registrar on Termination
 
If the appointment of the Registrar is terminated or the Registrar resigns its appointment hereunder, the Registrar shall (subject to payment of all outstanding fees and expenses), on the date on which such termination or resignation takes effect, deliver to the successor Registrar, the Register, all Certificates and blank Certificates held by it and all other records concerning the Bonds maintained by it pursuant to this Agreement, but shall have no other duties or responsibilities to provide services as Registrar hereunder.
 
17.5
Delivery of Records by Agents on Termination
 
If the appointment of any Agent is terminated or any Agent or the Registrar resigns its appointment hereunder, such Agent or the Registrar shall subject to payment of all outstanding fees and expenses, on the date on which such termination or resignation takes effect, deliver to any successor Agent or the Registrar or, if none, the Principal Agent any records or other documents concerning the Bonds maintained by it pursuant to this Agreement, but shall have no other duties or responsibilities hereunder.
 
17.6
Change of Office
 
If any Agent shall change its specified office, it shall give to the Issuer, the Principal Agent and the Trustee not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to that effect specifying the address of the new specified office. As soon as practicable thereafter, the Principal Agent shall give to the Bondholders, on behalf of and at the expense of the Issuer, written notice of such change and the address of the new specified office in accordance with Condition 18.
 
18.
NOTICES
 
Any communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be by letter sent by pre-paid registered post or courier or facsimile transmission:
 
to the Issuer:
Asia Time Corporation
Room 1601-1604, 16/F.,
CRE Centre,
889 Cheung Sha Wan Road,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
 
Telephone no.
Fax no.
Attention 
 
 
 
 
 
: + 852 2310 0101
: + 852 2310 0032
: Kwong Kai Shun/Michael Mak
 
 
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to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York, London Branch
One Canada Square
London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom
 
Fax no.: +44 20 7964 6369
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
 
With a copy to:
 
The Bank of New York
Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
 
Fax no.: 852 2295 3283
Attention: Corporate Trust
 
to the Registrar:
 
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, New York
NY 10286, United States of America
 
Fax no.: +1 212 815 5802/5803
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
 
With a copy to:
 
The Bank of New York
Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
 
Fax no.: 852 2295 3283
Attention: Corporate Trust
 
and, in the case of any of the Paying Agents, to the Principal Paying Agent care of:
The Bank of New York, London Branch
One Canada Square
London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom
 
Fax no.: +44 20 7964 6369
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
 
With a copy to:
 
The Bank of New York
Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
 
Fax no.: 852 2295 3283
Attention: Corporate Trust
 
 
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Any notice or demand sent by post as provided in this Clause shall be deemed (unless any relevant part of the postal service is affected by industrial action) to have been given, made or served three (3) business days (in the case of inland post) or seven (7) business days (in the case of overseas post) after despatch and any notice sent by fax as provided in this Clause shall be deemed to have been given, made or served twenty-four (24) hours after despatch and receipt of confirmation of error-free transmission (if received during business hours and, if not, on the next Business Day in the place of receipt). Subject thereto, neither the non-receipt of, nor the time of receiving, any such confirmation of a notice given by fax as is referred to above shall invalidate or affect such notice or the time at which it is deemed as provided above to have been given.
 
Any of the parties named above may change its address for the purpose of this Clause by giving written notice of such change to each of the other parties to this Agreement.
 
19.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
 
19.1
The provisions of this Agreement are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
 
19.2
Subject to sub-clause 19.4 below, the Issuer irrevocably agrees for the benefit of the Agents and the Trustee that the courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and accordingly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
 
19.3
The Issuer waives any objection to the courts of England on the grounds that they are an inconvenient or inappropriate forum.
 
19.4
The Agents may take any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (together referred to as “Proceedings”) against the Issuer in any other court of competent jurisdiction and concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
 
19.5
The Issuer irrevocably and unconditionally appoints The London Law Agency at its registered office for the time being as its agent for service of process in England in respect of any Proceedings and undertakes that in the event of it ceasing so to act it will appoint such other person as the Trustee may approve as its agent for that purpose.
 
19.6
The Issuer:
 
 
(a)
agrees to procure that, so long as any of the Bonds remain liable to prescription, there shall be in force an appointment of such a person approved by the Trustee with an office in London with authority to accept service as aforesaid;
 
 
(b)
agrees that failure by any such person to give notice of such service of process to the Issuer shall not impair the validity of such service or of any judgement based thereon; and
 
 
(c)
agrees that nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
 
 
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20.
COUNTERPARTS
 
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one (1) instrument.
 
21.
TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
 
This Agreement shall terminate forthwith when none of the Bonds remain outstanding.
 
22.
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
 
A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these presents, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
 
23.
INVALIDITY
 
If any provision in this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, under any enactment or rule of law, such provision or part shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of this Agreement but the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Paying and Conversion Agency Agreement on the date first above written.

The Issuer
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
   
By:
/s/ Kwong Kai Shun
Name:
Kwong Kai Shun
Title:
CEO
   
The Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and the Transfer Agent
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH
   
By:
/s/ Terence Yeung
Name:
Terence Yeung
Title:
Vice President
   
The Registrar
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
   
By:
/s/ Terence Yeung
Name:
Terence Yeung
Title:
Vice President
   
The Trustee
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH
   
By:
/s/ Terence Yeung
Name:
Terence Yeung
Title:
Vice President
 
 
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EXHIBIT A
CONVERSION NOTICE

ASIA TIME CORPORATION
US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012
 
(Please read the notes overleaf before completing this Notice.)
 
Name: ________________________________________ 
Date: _________________________________________
   
Address: ______________________________________
Tel No: ________________________________________
   
*Euroclear/Clearstream Account No.: _______________________
Fax No: ________________________________________
 
(*delete as appropriate)
 
Signature1  :
 

To:
The Bank of New York, London Branch as Principal Agent
 
Cc:
Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”)
 
I/We, being the holders of the Bonds specified below, hereby irrevocably elect to convert such Bonds into fully-paid shares of common stock (the “Shares”) with a par value of US$0.0001 each of the Issuer in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bonds.
 
1
Total principal amount, number and identifying numbers of Bonds to be converted:
 
Total principal amount: _________________________________________________________
 
Total number of Bonds: _________________________________________________________
 
Identifying numbers of Bonds (if relevant)*: __________________________________________
 
Identifying numbers of Certificates deposited in respect of Bonds to be converted (if relevant)*: _______________________________________________________________________________________
 
N.B. If necessary, the identifying numbers of Bonds and Certificates can be attached separately.
 
* Not required for Bonds represented by a Global Certificate
 
2
Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) in whose name(s) the Shares required to be delivered on conversion are to be registered:
 
Name: ________________________________________________________________________
 

1
Where the Bonds to be converted are evidenced by the Global Certificate, the Conversion Notice need not be signed. In such a case, delivery of the Conversion Notice will constitute confirmation by the beneficial owner of the Bonds to be converted that the information in the Conversion Notice is true and accurate on delivery. If applicable, a corporation should sign under hand by an authorised official who must state his/her capacity and print the name of the relevant corporation.
 
 
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Address: ______________________________________________________________________
 
_____________________________________________________________________________
 
Telephone Number: ______________________________________________________________
 
Fax Number: ____________________________________________________________________
 
 
3
I/We hereby request that the certificates for the Shares together with any other securities, property or cash, including any United States dollar cheque in respect of payment of an Equivalent Amount pursuant to Condition 6(B)(iii) required to be delivered upon conversion, be despatched (at my/our risk and expense) to the person whose name, contact person, telephone numbers, fax number and address is given below and in the manner specified below:
 
 
Name:
 
     
 
Contact Person:
 
     
 
Address:
 
     
     
     
     
     
 
Account No.:
 
     
 
Account Name:
 
     
 
Telephone Number/Fax Number:
 
     
 
Manner of despatch:
 
 
The Certificate in respect of the Bonds converted hereby accompanies this Conversion Notice.*
 
   
     
 
Address:
 
     
     
     
     
 
* Not required for Bonds represented by the Global Certificate.
 
4
The Issuer has notified the Conversion Agents that the Issuer’s register of shareholders will be closed on the following dates:
 
____________________________________
 
____________________________________
 
 
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N.B.
 
(i)
This Conversion Notice will be void unless the introductory details and Sections 1 to 4 are completed.
 
(ii)
Your attention is drawn to Condition 6(B)(ii) of the Bonds with respect to the conditions precedent which must be fulfilled before the Bonds specified above will be treated as effectively eligible for conversion.
 
(iii)
Despatch of share certificates or other securities or property will be made at the risk and expense of the converting Bondholder and the converting Bondholder will be required to submit any necessary documents required in order to effect despatch in the manner specified.
 
(iv)
If a retroactive adjustment contemplated by the terms and conditions of the Bonds is required in respect of a conversion of Bonds, certificates for the additional Shares deliverable pursuant to such retroactive adjustment (together with any other securities, property or cash) will be delivered or despatched in the same manner as the Shares, other securities, property and cash or, as the case may be, Equivalent Amount previously issued pursuant to the relevant Conversion Notice.
 
For Agent’s use only:
 
1 (A) 
Bond conversion identification reference:
 
(B) Deposit Date: ____________________
 
(C) Conversion Date: _________________
 
2
(A)
Aggregate principal amount of Bonds in respect of which Certificates have been deposited for conversion:
 
(B) Conversion Price on Conversion Date:
 
(C) Number of Shares issuable:
 
3
(if applicable) amount of cash payment due to converting Bondholder under Condition 6(A)(ii) in respect of fractions of Shares: _______________
 
_________________________
The Conversion Agent must complete items 1, 2 and (if applicable) 3.
 
 
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EXHIBIT B
CONVERSION AGENT NOTIFICATION
 
Form of notification to be sent by facsimile transmission by an Agent to the Issuer, and, if different, the Principal Agent - see Clause 6.4(c)(i).
 

ASIA TIME CORPORATION
US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012
 
To:
Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”) (Attention: [•])
 
To:
Principal Agent (Attention: Global Corporate Trust)
 
Bonds conversion identification reference: ______/ Asia Time Corporation Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 (US$)/______
(A)
 
(B)
 
(C)
 
(D)
 
(E)
 
(F)
 
(G)
 
(H)
 
Regards
 
[name of agent]
 
[Identifying symbol and number]
 
Explanation
 
Against the letters (A) to (H) inclusive will be inserted the following information with respect to the relevant Conversion Notice:

(A)
=
name and address of converting holder of the Bonds or accountholder of Euroclear or Clearstream or other clearing system in which the Bond is held at such time;
     
(B)
=
total number of Bonds in respect of which a Certificate has been deposited by the same holder of the Bonds;
     
(C)
=
identifying numbers of the Bonds;

   
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(D)
=
number of Shares (excluding fractions) issuable to such holder of the Bonds;
     
(E)
=
name(s) and address(es) of person(s) in whose name(s) the Shares issuable upon conversion are to be registered;
     
(F)
=
(if applicable) amount of cash payment due to converting holder of the Bonds in respect of fractions of Shares;
     
=
the Deposit Date, the Conversion Date and the Conversion Price in respect of the conversion; and
     
(H)
=
name and address of person to whom, and the manner in which, share certificates, in which case a duly completed Delivery Instruction is attached hereto, etc. and, if applicable, a cheque in respect of an Equivalent Amount pursuant to Condition 6(B)(iii) are to be despatched.

   
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EXHIBIT C
NOTIFICATION FROM ISSUER
 
Form of notification to be sent by facsimile transmission by the Issuer to the Agent which has sent the relevant Conversion Notice - see Clause 6.5.

ASIA TIME CORPORATION
US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012
 
To:  []
as Agent
 
Cc:   [                                                 ]
Fax: [    ]
 
To:  [                                                 ] (attention: [                                         ])
 
[                                                 ] (attention: [    ])
 
Bond conversion identification reference
 
(A)
 
(B)   (i)
 
        (ii)
 
(iii)
 
(C)
 
(D)
 
Regards
 
Asia Time Corporation
 
Explanation
 
Against the letters (A) to (D) inclusive will be inserted the following information with respect to the delivery of Shares upon conversion:

(A)
=
the identification code and number of the Agent who forwarded the copy of the Conversion Notice in respect of the Bonds that have been converted;
     
(B)
=
(i)
the number of Shares delivered upon conversion;

   
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(ii)
the amount of cash paid under Condition 6(A)(ii) in respect of fractions of Shares; and;
       
   
(iii)
the amount of any other cash (including any Equivalent Amount) received upon conversion.
       
=
the date on which the certificate or certificates for Shares and any securities, property or cash were made available for collection;
     
(D)
=
if applicable, the name and address of the person to whom or to whose order the certificate or certificates for Shares and/or cash. if any, were despatched and the address to which and the manner in which they were despatched.

   
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EXHIBIT D
REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TRANSFER AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS

ASIA TIME CORPORATION
US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012
 
1.
Each Bond shall be in the denomination of US$1,000. Certificates, each evidencing entitlement to one (1) or more Bonds, shall be issued in accordance with the Conditions.
 
2.
The Bonds are transferable by execution of the form of transfer on each Certificate endorsed under the hand of the transferor or, where the transferor is a corporation, under its common seal or under the hand of two (2) of its officers duly authorised in writing. In this Exhibit, “transferor” shall, where the context permits or requires, include joint transferors and be construed accordingly.
 
3.
The Certificate issued in respect of the Bond to be transferred must be delivered for registration to the office of a Transfer Agent or the Registrar accompanied by such other evidence (including certificates and/or legal opinions) as the Transfer Agent or the Registrar may reasonably require to prove the title of the transferor or his right to transfer the Bond and his identity and, if the form of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf or in the case of the execution of a form of transfer on behalf of a corporation by its officers, the authority of that person or those persons to do so. The signature of the person effecting a transfer of a Bond shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered holder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the Agent or Registrar may require.
 
4.
The executors or administrators of a deceased holder of Bonds (not being one (1) of several joint holders) and, in the case of the death of one (1) or more of joint holders, the survivor or survivors of such joint holders, shall be the only persons recognised by the Issuer as having any title to such Bonds.
 
5.
Any person becoming entitled to Bonds in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder of such Bonds may, upon producing such evidence that he holds the position in respect of which he proposes to act under this paragraph or of his title as the Transfer Agent or the Registrar shall require (including certificates and/or legal opinions), be registered himself as the holder of such Bonds or, subject to the preceding paragraphs as to transfer, may transfer such Bonds. The Issuer and the Agents or Registrar may retain any amount payable upon the Bonds to which any person is so entitled until such person shall be so registered or shall duly transfer the Bonds.
 
6.
Unless otherwise requested by him and agreed by the Issuer, a holder of Bonds shall be entitled to receive only one (1) Certificate in respect of his holding.
 
7.
The joint holders of a Bond shall be entitled to one (1) Certificate only in respect of their joint holding which shall, except where they otherwise direct, be delivered to the joint holder whose name appears first in the Register in respect of the joint holding.
 
8.
The Issuer, the Registrar and the Transfer Agents shall make no charge to the holders for the registration of any holding of Bonds or any transfer of Bonds or for the issue of any Certificates or for the delivery of Certificates at the specified office of the Agent to whom the request for registration, transfer or delivery was delivered or by uninsured post to the address specified by the holder. If any holder entitled to receive a Certificate wishes to have it delivered to him otherwise than at the specified office of such Agent or the Registrar, such delivery shall be made upon his written request to such Agent or the Registrar, at his risk and (except where sent by uninsured post to the address specified by the holder) at his expense.

   
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9.
Each Transfer Agent will within five (5) Business Days of a request to effect a transfer of a Bond (or within twenty-one (21) days if the transfer is of a Bond represented by the Global Certificate) deliver at its specified office to the transferee or despatch by mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, a new Certificate in respect of the Bond or Bonds transferred. In the case of a transfer, conversion or redemption of fewer than all the Bonds in respect of which a Certificate is issued, a new Certificate in respect of the Bonds not transferred, converted or redeemed will be so delivered to the holder to its address appearing on the register of holders of Bonds.
 
10.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Bond only upon presentation of an executed and duly completed form of transfer substantially in the form set forth in the Form of Certificate for Definitive Bonds in Schedule 1 to the Trust Deed or the Form of Global Certificate in Schedule 2 to the Trust Deed together with any other documents thereby required.
 
11.
The Registrar and Transfer Agents may promulgate any other regulations that they may deem necessary for the registration and transfer of the Bonds.
 
   
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF BONDHOLDER REDEMPTION NOTICE
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012
 
[In the case of facsimile transmission
 
To:       [l]
 
Cc:        [                        ]
              Fax: [                                        ]
 
By depositing this duly completed Bondholder Redemption Notice with a Paying Agent for the Bonds the undersigned holder of such of the Bonds as are represented by the Certificate surrendered with this Bondholder Redemption Notice and referred to below irrevocably exercises its option to have such Bonds redeemed on [  ] under Condition [9(D) / 9(E)] *  of the Bonds.
 
This Bondholder Redemption Notice relates to Certificates representing Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of US$____________ The identifying numbers of such Certificates are as follows:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
If any Certificate issued in respect of the Bonds referred to above is to be returned (Note 1) to the undersigned under Clause 7.4 of the Paying and Conversion Agency Agreement entered into by the Issuer in respect of the Bonds, it will be returned by post to the address of the Bondholder appearing on the register of Bondholders.
 
Payment in respect of the above-mentioned Bonds will be made in accordance with the Conditions of the Bonds.
 
Dated:   
 
Signature:
 
Name:
 
[To be completed by recipient Agent]
 
__________________________
* Delete as applicable.

   
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Received by: _________________________________
 
[Signature and stamp of Agent]
 
At its office at: ________________________________
 
On: _________________________________________
 
Notes:
 
(1)
Certificates so returned will be sent by post, uninsured and at the risk of the Bondholder.
 
(2)
This Bondholder Redemption Notice is not valid unless all of the paragraphs requiring completion are duly completed.
 
(3)
The Agent with whom Certificates are deposited will not in any circumstances be liable to the depositing Bondholder or any other person for any loss or damage arising from any act, default or omission of such Agent in relation to such Certificates or any of them unless the loss or damage was caused by the fraud or gross negligence of such Agent or its directors, officers or employees or agents.

   
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF BONDHOLDER’S TAX ELECTION NOTICE
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012 (THE BONDS)
 
By depositing this duly completed Bondholder’s Tax Election Notice with a Paying Agent for the Bonds the undersigned holder of such of the Bonds as are surrendered with this Notice and referred to below irrevocably exercises its option under Condition 9(C) of the Bonds not to have such Bonds redeemed on the Tax Redemption Date under Condition 9(C)(i) of the Bonds.
 
This Notice relates to Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of US$____________ The identifying numbers of such Certificates are as follows:
 

 

 

 

 

 


If any Certificate issued in respect of the Bonds referred to above is to be returned(1) to the undersigned under Clause 7.3 in Exhibit F of the Paying and Conversion Agency Agreement entered into by the Issuer in respect of the Bonds, it will be returned by post to the address of the Bondholder appearing on the register of Bondholders.
 
Payment in respect of the above-mentioned Bonds will be made in accordance with the Conditions of the Bonds.
 
Dated:   Signature:
 
Name:
 
[To be completed by recipient Agent]
 
Received by: _________________________________
 
[Signature and stamp of Agent]
 
At its office at: _______________________________
 
On:  _______________________________________
 
Notes:
 
(1)
Certificates so returned will be sent by post, uninsured and at the risk of the Bondholder.
 
(2)
This Bondholder’s Tax Election Notice is not valid unless all of the paragraphs requiring completion are duly completed.

   
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(3)
The Agent with whom Certificates are deposited will not in any circumstances be liable to the depositing Bondholder or any other person for any loss or damage arising from any act, default or omission of such Agent in relation to such Certificates or any of them unless the loss or damage was caused by the fraud or negligence of such Agent or its directors, officers or employees or agents.

   
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Execution Copy
 


WARRANT INSTRUMENT
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION

600,000 WARRANTS EXPIRING 2010
 
November 13, 2007
 




TABLE OF CONTENTS

Clause
 
Page
     
1.
INTERPRETATION
1
2.
CONSTITUTION AND FORM OF WARRANTS AND CERTIFICATES
4
3.
SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
5
4.
LISTING AND REGISTRATION
5
5.
EXERCISE OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
5
6.
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
6
7.
COVENANTS
6
8.
WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
7
9.
ADJUSTMENTS
8
10.
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
10
11.
WINDING UP OF THE COMPANY
10
12.
TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF WARRANTS
10
13.
MEETINGS OF WARRANTHOLDERS
11
14.
INFORMATION RIGHTS OF WARRANTHOLDERS
11
15.
REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES
11
16.
NOTICES
12
17.
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
12
18.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
12
SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
15
SCHEDULE 2
FORM OF INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE
23
SCHEDULE 3
PROVISIONS AS TO MEETINGS AND RESOLUTIONS OF WARRANTHOLDERS
30

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THIS WARRANT INSTRUMENT (this “Instrument”) is agreed on November 13, 2007
 
BETWEEN
 
(1)
ASIA TIME CORPORATION, a company incorporated in the State of Delaware whose registered office is at c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware (the “Company”); and
 
(2)
ABN AMRO BANK, N.V. (the “Subscriber”).
 
WHEREAS
 
(A)
The Company, by resolution of the Directors (the “Directors’ Resolution”), has been authorised to create and issue warrants to subscribe for the Warrant Shares (as defined below) on the terms set out in this Instrument.
 
(B)
All the registered holders of shares in the Company have irrevocably waived all pre-emption rights conferred on them (whether by the Articles or otherwise) in relation to the issue of Warrants and shares in the Company pursuant to this Instrument.
 
(C)
The Warrants are the subject of an agency agreement dated November 13, 2007 (as amended from time to time, the “Warrant Agency Agreement”) between the Company and The Bank of New York, London Branch as agent (the “Agent” which expression includes any successor appointed from time to time in connection with the Warrants) and The Bank of New York in its capacity as registrar (the “Registrar”, which expression shall include any successor registrar appointed from time to time in connection with the Warrants).
 
(D)
Certain provisions of these Conditions are summaries of the Warrant Agency Agreement and subject to its detailed provisions. The Warrantholders are bound by, and are deemed to have notice of all the provisions of the Warrant Agency Agreement applicable to them. Copies of the Warrant Agency Agreement are available for inspection during normal business hours at the Specified Office of the Agent.
 
1.
INTERPRETATION
 
1.1
In this Instrument:
 
Adjustment Event” means the occurrence of any of the events or corporate actions in Condition 9 that are prohibited without the Majority Warrantholders’ consent.
 
Affiliate” means, in relation to a person, a Subsidiary or a Holding Company of that person and any other Subsidiary of a Holding Company of that person.
 
Aggregate Subscription Rights” means the Subscription Rights attaching to all Warrants created and issued pursuant to this Instrument.
 
Alternative Stock Exchange” means at any time, in the case of the Common Shares, if they are not at that time listed and traded on AMEX, the principal stock exchange or securities market on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted or dealt in.
 
AMEX” means The American Stock Exchange.
 
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Articles” means articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Company.
 
Business Day” means a day (which for these purposes ends at 5.30 pm local time) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in New York City and the city or cities in which the specified offices of the Agent and Registrar are located other than a Saturday or Sunday.
 
Certificate” in relation to a Warrant means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 evidencing the Subscription Rights and other rights from time to time vested in the Warrantholder.
 
Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonym.
 
Commencement Date” means the date which is one year after the Listing.
 
Common Shares” means the shares of common stock of the Company as defined in and having attached to them the rights and privileges set out in the Articles.
 
Conditional Notice of Exercise” means any Notice of Exercise the effectiveness of which is subject to a condition precedent which (as at the date of determination) has not been satisfied.
 
Directors” means the members of the board of directors of the Company and “Director” means any one of them.
 
Distribution” means any distribution or payment or benefit given by the Company of its assets, profits, reserves or capital to any of its shareholders in their capacity as shareholders after the date of this Instrument.
 
Effective Date” means November 13, 2007.
 
Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.A.
 
Exercise Date” any date on which a Notice of Exercise is effective.
 
Exercise Period” means the period from (and including) the Commencement Date to (and excluding) the Termination Date.
 
Extraordinary Resolution” has the meaning given in paragraph 17 of Schedule 3.
 
Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to time.
 
Holding Company” means a company or corporation of which another company or corporation is a Subsidiary.
 
Liquidation” means a dissolution and subsequent liquidation of the Company.
 
Listing” means in relation to the Common Shares, a listing of the Common Shares on AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange.
 
Majority Warrantholders” means the percentage required for the passing of binding resolutions pursuant to Paragraph 17 or 19 (as the case may be) of Schedule 3.
 
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Notice of Exercise” in relation to a Warrant, means a notice in the form set out as the schedule to the Certificate for that Warrant.
 
PRC” means the People’s Republic of China, excluding for purposes of this Instrument, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region and islands of Taiwan.
 
Register” means the register of Warrantholders maintained pursuant to Condition 12.
 
Specified Office” means, with respect to the Agent, One Canada Square, London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom; and with respect the Registrar, 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286, United States of America, or such other office as may be designated under the terms of the Warrant Agency Agreement.
 
Subscription Price” means US$0.0001 per Warrant Share subject to adjustment in accordance with Condition 9.
 
Subscription Rights” means the rights for the time being conferred by a Warrant to subscribe for Warrant Shares.
 
Subsidiary” of a company, corporation, partnership or similar entity means any company, corporation, partnership or similar entity:
 
 
(a)
which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first-mentioned company, corporation, partnership or similar entity;
 
 
(b)
more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the first-mentioned company, corporation, partnership or similar entity; or
 
 
(c)
which is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first-mentioned company, corporation, partnership or similar entity.
 
Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of: (1) November 6, 2010; (2) the date on which all Subscription Rights have been exercised in full; and (3) the date on which all Subscription Rights have lapsed in accordance with Condition 11.3 hereof.
 
Warrant” means each warrant of the Company created and issued under this Instrument including all Subscription Rights and other rights conferred by this Instrument and so that references to particular Warrants or to a specified number of Warrants (whether one or more) at any time are to be construed as a reference to a proportion of the Aggregate Subscription Rights represented by the Warrants in question.
 
Warrantholder” in relation to a Warrant, means the person or persons in whose name the Warrant is registered in the Register.
 
Warrantholder’s Share” in relation to a Warrantholder, means his portion of the Warrant Shares as shown in the Register.
 
Warrant Shares” means the number of Common Shares for which 600,000 Warrants are exerciseable initially at a ratio of one Warrant for one Warrant Share subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Instrument.
 
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1.2
The Schedules form part of this Instrument and shall be construed and have the same full force and effect as if expressly set out in the body of this Instrument.
 
1.3
In this Instrument:
 
 
(a)
headings are inserted for convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Instrument;
 
 
(b)
a reference to a recital, Condition or Schedule, unless stated otherwise, is a reference to a recital or Condition of, or a Schedule to, this Instrument;
 
 
(c)
reference to this Instrument or any other document shall be construed as a reference to this Instrument or that document as in force for the time being and as amended, varied, supplemented or novated in accordance with its terms and (where such consent is required by the terms of this Instrument as a condition to such amendment, variation, supplement or novation being made) the prior consent of an Extraordinary Resolution;
 
 
(d)
a reference to a “person” shall be construed as a reference to any person, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality) of two or more of the foregoing;
 
 
(e)
a reference to “control” with respect to a company, corporation, partnership or similar entity means that a person, company, corporation, partnership or other entity is able (directly or indirectly) to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body or to the extent relevant owns (directly or indirectly) a majority of any voting shares in such company, corporation, partnership or entity;
 
 
(f)
a reference to an enactment includes a reference to that enactment as re-enacted, amended or extended before the date of this Instrument and any subordinate legislation made before the date of this Instrument under it; and
 
 
(g)
wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or the plural shall include the singular and the plural.
 
2.
CONSTITUTION AND FORM OF WARRANTS AND CERTIFICATES
 
2.1
On the Effective Date, in exchange for US$0.0001 per Warrant, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company agrees to issue 600,000 Warrants to the Subscriber and provide to the Subscriber on that day the Certificate evidencing such Warrants required under Condition 2.6 below.
 
2.2
Pursuant to the Directors Resolution, the Company grants the right, exercisable on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Instrument, the Articles and applicable law, for each Warrantholder to subscribe in cash at the Subscription Price per Warrant Share for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the Warrantholders Share.
 
2.3
The Company agrees to comply with the provisions of this Instrument and specifically, but without limitation, give effect to all Subscription Rights.
 
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2.4
This Instrument shall inure to the benefit of the Warrantholders and their subsequent successors or assignees.
 
2.5
The Warrants are to be in registered form and are to be transferable in accordance with Condition 12. The Warrants are issued subject to the Articles and otherwise on the terms of this Instrument which are binding upon the Company and each Warrantholder and all persons claiming through them.
 
2.6
Entitlement to the Subscription Rights and other rights attaching to the Warrants held by a Warrantholder are to be evidenced by the issue to the Warrantholder of a Certificate.
 
Warrants are being issued to Warrantholders outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and will be represented by a Global Certificate. The Global Certificate will be deposited with, and registered in the name of a nominee for, a common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream.
 
Ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Certificate will be limited to persons that have accounts with Euroclear or Clearstream or persons that may hold interests through such participants. Beneficial interests in the Global Certificate will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected through, records maintained in book-entry form by Euroclear, Clearstream and their participants as applicable. The Global Certificate will be exchangeable for Warrant Certificates in definitive form only in certain limited circumstances.
 
3.
SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
 
3.1
The Warrants shall vest on the Effective Date.
 
3.2
The Warrants shall lapse on the Termination Date.
 
4.
LISTING AND REGISTRATION
 
4.1
The Company hereby covenants to:
 
 
(a)
list the Warrant Shares on AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange on or prior to the Commencement Date;
 
 
(b)
register the Warrant Shares on an effective 1933 Act registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission within one year of the Effective Date; and
 
 
(c)
keep such registration statement effective and maintain such AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange listing until thirty (30) days after the Termination Date.
 
5.
EXERCISE OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
 
5.1
The Subscription Rights may be exercised in whole or in part on any one or more Business Days during the Exercise Period.
 
5.2
The Subscription Rights conferred by a Warrant may be exercised by the Warrantholder completing and duly executing a Notice of Exercise and lodging the relevant Certificate (with the relevant Notice of Exercise attached) at the Specified Office of the Agent together with a remittance for the total Subscription Price of the Warrant Shares in respect of which Subscription Rights are to be exercised.
 
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5.3
Once lodged in accordance with Condition 5.2, a Notice of Exercise is (except to the extent specified in this Condition) irrevocable.
 
5.4
Subject to the Articles and compliance with any applicable law, regulatory requirement, judgment, order or decree, the Warrant Shares shall be allotted, issued to and registered in the name of the Warrantholder or any Affiliate of the Warrantholder nominated by the Warrantholder in the relevant Notice of Exercise no later than ten days after the Exercise Date.
 
5.5
The Warrant Shares shall:
 
 
(a)
be allotted and issued fully paid;
 
 
(b)
rank pari passu in all respects from the effective date of issue with the shares of common stock of the Company then in issue;
 
 
(c)
be entitled to all dividends and Distributions paid on any date or by reference to any date on or after the Exercise Date or in the event of a Conditional Notice of Exercise on or after the date on which the condition is fully satisfied;
 
 
(d)
be issued in the form in force as at the date of this Instrument; and
 
 
(e)
otherwise have the rights and privileges prescribed in the Articles.
 
5.6
If Warrants are exercised or transferred (in accordance with Condition 12) in respect of part only of a Warrantholders Share while any Subscription Rights remain, the Company shall issue a new Certificate for the balance of the Warrantholders Share.
 
5.7
No fraction of a Warrant Share shall be issued on the exercise of a Warrant but, if more than one (1) Warrant is exercised at the same time by the same Warrantholder, then, for the purpose of determining the number of Warrant Shares to be issued and whether any (and if so, what) fraction of a Warrant Share arises, the number of Warrant Shares arising on the exercise of each Warrant (including, for this purpose, fractions) shall be first aggregated.
 
6.
[Intentionally Omitted]
 
7.
COVENANTS
 
7.1
The Company agrees to pay (a) any and all stamp or other similar documentary taxes or duties (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) payable in connection with the authorisation, issuance or delivery of the Warrants or any Warrant Shares, and the execution, delivery and performance of the Warrant Agency Agreement and this Instrument; and (b) any value-added tax payable in connection with the commissions or other amounts payable or allowed under the Warrant Agency Agreement, this Instrument and the Company shall indemnify promptly upon demand the Subscriber and any other Warrantholders against any liabilities, losses, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and value added tax thereon) and claims, actions or demands which it may incur as a result of or arising out of or in relation to any failure to pay or delay in paying any of the same.
 
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7.2
While the Warrants are outstanding, the Company will:
 
 
(a)
keep available for issue and free from pre-emptive rights, out of its authorised but unissued share capital such number of Common Shares as will enable the Warrant Shares to be satisfied in full as and when the Subscription Rights may be exercised; and
 
 
(b)
ensure that the directors of the Company have all necessary authorisations to allot such Common Shares at any time.
 
8.
WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
 
On the date of this Instrument, the Effective Date, the date of any transfer or transmission of Warrants in accordance with Condition 12 and any Exercise Date, the Company represents and warrants to the Warrantholders and undertakes to procure that:
 
 
(a)
it is a corporation duly organised under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation with power to enter into this Instrument and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations hereunder and all corporate and other action (other than the passing of any applicable shareholders resolution on exercise of the Warrants) required to authorise its execution of this Instrument and its performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly taken;
 
 
(b)
all the registered holders of Common Shares in the Company have irrevocably waived all pre-emption rights conferred on them (whether by the Articles or otherwise) in relation to the issue of Warrants and Common Shares in the Company pursuant to this Instrument;
 
 
(c)
in any proceedings (whether arbitration or otherwise) taken in the United States or the PRC in relation to this Instrument, the choice of English law as the governing law of this Instrument and any arbitral award with respect to this Instrument obtained in the United Kingdom will be recognised and enforced in the United States or the PRC, after compliance with the applicable procedural rules in the United States or the PRC, as the case may be;
 
 
(d)
the Company’s use of the proceeds from the exercise of any Warrants will not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of Rules and Regulations enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC Regulations”) by any of the parties to this Instrument and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent or employee of any of them, has been designated a sanctioned person under the OFAC Regulations;
 
 
(e)
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is or will be an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the US Investment Company Act of 1940;
 
 
(f)
the Warrants, upon issue, will be issued to the Warrantholder in accordance with the constitution documents of the Company and any Warrant Shares to be allotted and issued upon exercise of the Warrants will rank pari passu in all respects inter se and with all other Common Shares then in issue;
 
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(g)
each of the Warrants has been duly authorised by the Company and, when duly executed, issued and delivered in accordance with this Instrument will constitute valid, legally binding and enforceable obligations of the Company;
 
 
(h)
each of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares into which the Warrants are exercisable will, when issued, be free of all options, rights of pre-emption, rights to acquire, mortgages, charges, pledges, liens or other forms of security or encumbrances on, over or effecting any of them and no person is or shall be entitled to any of the foregoing;
 
 
(i)
it has the requisite power to and is and will at all relevant times be entitled to issue and sell each of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares into which the Warrants are exercisable under the terms set out herein; and
 
 
(j)
this Instrument has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes binding obligations on the Company in accordance with its terms.
 
9.
ADJUSTMENTS
 
9.1
The number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant (or any shares or other securities or property receivable or issuable upon exercise of a Warrant) and the Subscription Price are subject to adjustment upon occurrence of the following events:
 
 
(a)
The Subscription Price of a Warrant shall be proportionally decreased and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant (or any shares or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of a Warrant) shall be proportionally increased to reflect any share split or subdivision of the Common Shares. The Subscription Price of a Warrant shall be proportionally increased and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant (or any shares or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of a Warrant) shall be proportionally decreased to reflect any combination of the Common Shares.
 
 
(b)
In case the Company shall make or issue, or shall fix a record date for the determination of eligible holders entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution with respect to the Common Shares (or any shares or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) payable in (a) shares or other securities of the Company or (b) assets, then, in each such case, a Warrantholder on exercise of a Warrant at any time after the consummation, effective date or record date of such dividend or other distribution, shall receive, in addition to the Common Shares (or such other shares or securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such date, and without the payment of additional consideration therefor, the shares or such other assets of the Company to which such Warrantholder would have been entitled upon such date if such Warrantholder had exercised such Warrant on the date hereof and had thereafter, during the period from the date hereof to and including the date of such exercise, retained such shares and/or all other additional shares available to it as aforesaid during such period giving effect to all adjustments called for by this Condition 9.
 
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(c)
If the Company, by reclassification of shares or otherwise, shall change any of the shares as to which purchase rights under a Warrant exist into the same or a different number of shares of any other class or classes, a Warrant shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of shares as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the shares that were subject to the purchase rights under a Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or other change and the Subscription Price therefore shall be equitably adjusted, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Condition 9.
 
 
(d)
In case of any reorganization of the capital shares of the Company (other than a combination, reclassification or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for herein), or any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company then, and in each such case, as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, lawful provision shall be made so that a Warrantholder shall thereafter be entitled to receive, upon exercise of a Warrant, during the period specified herein and upon payment of the Subscription Price then in effect, the number of shares or other securities or property of the successor corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer that a holder of the Common Shares deliverable upon exercise of a Warrant would have been entitled to receive in such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer if such Warrant had been exercised immediately before such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Condition 9. The foregoing provisions of this Condition 9.1(d) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, consolidations, mergers, sales and transfers and to the shares or securities of any other corporation that are at the time receivable upon the exercise of a Warrant. If the per-share consideration payable to a Warrantholder for shares in connection with any such transaction is in a form other than cash or marketable securities, then the value of such consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. In all events, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions of the Warrants with respect to the rights and interests of the Warrantholder after the transaction, to the end that the provisions of the Warrants shall be applicable after that event, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of a Warrant.
 
9.2
In each case of any adjustment in the Subscription Price, or number or type of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the chief financial officer (or any person of an equivalent position) of the Company shall compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrants and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, including a statement of the adjusted Subscription Price. The Company shall promptly send (by facsimile or electronic mail, and by either first class mail, postage prepaid or overnight delivery) a copy of each such certificate to each Warrantholder.
 
9.3
The Agent shall not be under duty to (i) monitor whether any event or circumstance has happened or exists which may require an adjustment to be made to the Subscription Price or (ii) itself calculate any adjustment to the Subscription Price, and will not be responsible to the holders of the Warrants for any loss resulting from any failure by it to do so.
 
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10.
[Intentionally Omitted]
 
11.
WINDING UP OF THE COMPANY
 
11.1
The Warrantholders shall be (i) notified by the Company of and invited to attend any general shareholders meeting of the Company having on its agenda the possible voluntary winding up or dissolution of the Company by operation of law, and (ii) notified by the Company as soon as reasonably practicable of any order of involuntary winding up or dissolution of the Company.
 
11.2
In the event of a winding up or dissolution of the Company, each Warrantholder shall be deemed to have exercised all Warrants held by it and it shall be treated as if it had been a holder of Warrant Shares equal to the entitlement under its Subscription Rights prior to any order or resolution for the winding up or dissolution of the Company and to receive out of the proceeds of the reimbursement of the Companys share capital and the distribution of any liquidation surplus any sum to which it is entitled to as the holder of those Warrant Shares (or would be entitled if the Warrantholders Subscription Rights had been so exercised).
 
11.3
Subject to compliance with this Condition 11, the Warrants and the Subscription Rights shall lapse on liquidation of the Company.
 
12.
TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF WARRANTS
 
12.1
The Company shall cause a register (the Register) to be kept at the specified office of the Registrar in which will be entered the names and addresses of the Warrantholders and the particulars of the Warrants held by them and all transfers and any exercise of the Warrants.
 
12.2
Warrants may, subject to the terms of the Warrant Agency Agreement and to the Conditions below be transferred in whole or in part in an authorised denomination by lodging the relevant Warrant Certificate (with the form of application for transfer in respect thereof duly executed and duly stamped where applicable) at the specified office of the Registrar or Agent.
 
12.3
No transfer of a Warrant will be valid unless and until entered on the Register. A Warrant may be registered only in the name of, and transferred only to, a named person (or persons, not exceeding four in number).
 
12.4
The Registrar will within five Business Days (as defined below) of any duly made application for the transfer of a Warrant, deliver a new Warrant Certificate to the transferee (and, in the case of a transfer of part only of a Warrant, deliver a Warrant Certificate for the untransferred balance to the transferor), at the specified office of the Registrar, or (at the risk and, if mailed at the request of the transferee or, as the case may be, the transferor otherwise than by ordinary mail, at the expense of the transferee or, as the case may be, the transferor) mail the Warrant by insured mail to such address as the transferee or, as the case may be, the transferor may request.
 
12.5
Any transfer will be effected without charge subject to (i) the person making such application for transfer paying or procuring the payment of any taxes, duties and other governmental charges in connection therewith, (ii) the Registrar being satisfied with the documents of title and/or identity of the person making the application and (iii) such reasonable regulations as the Company may from time to time agree with the Registrar and the Agent.
 
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12.6
Neither the Company nor the Registrar will be required to register the transfer of any Warrant (or part thereof) following the Exercise Date with respect to such Warrant, except to the extent any unexercised Subscription Rights may be transferred (and in that case the transfer may be registered instead of or after issuance of a new Certificate showing the balance of such Warrantholders Share).
 
12.7
All transfers of Warrants and entries on the Register will be made subject to the detailed regulations concerning transfer of Warrants in the Warrant Agency Agreement. The regulations may be changed by the Company to reflect changes in legal requirements or in any other manner which is not prejudicial to the interests of Warrantholders with the prior approval of the Registrar and the Agent.
 
13.
MEETINGS OF WARRANTHOLDERS
 
13.1
The provisions of Schedule 3 apply in relation to meetings of Warrantholders.
 
13.2
Any right for the time being attached to the Warrants (including the Subscription Rights) may from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be altered or abrogated at the instigation or with the approval of the Company with the prior sanction of the Majority Warrantholders.
 
14.
INFORMATION RIGHTS OF WARRANTHOLDERS
 
14.1
The Company shall send to each Warrantholder a copy of its annual report, annual audited accounts and all documents required by law to be annexed to it and copies of each statement, notice or circular issued to the holders of Common Shares concurrently with the issue of such documents to such holders.
 
14.2
The Warrantholders shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the Company's shareholders, but shall not be entitled to vote in their capacity as Warrantholders.
 
14.3
Each Warrantholder shall keep confidential any information received by it in its capacity as a Warrantholder which is of a confidential nature, provided however that a Warrantholder may disclose any such information:
 
 
(a)
to an actual or potential assignee or transferee, or their advisers subject to such person undertaking a duty of confidentiality to the Company on similar terms; or
 
 
(b)
to the extent the information is already in the public domain; or
 
 
(c)
if required by law, any court or other proceedings, or any regulatory or other governmental authority; or
 
 
(d)
to its advisers in connection with any action or proposed or contemplated action under or pursuant to this Instrument.
 
15.
REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES
 
If a Certificate is mutilated, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed, it will be replaced at the specified office of the Registrar or the Agent upon payment by the claimant of such reasonable costs as may be incurred in connection with that replacement and on such terms as to evidence and indemnity as the Company may reasonably require. A mutilated or defaced Certificate shall be surrendered before a replacement is issued. Any issue of a new Certificate pursuant to this Condition shall be noted by the Registrar with full particulars on the Register, including details of any indemnity required in relation thereto.
 
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16.
NOTICES
 
Each notice to Warrantholders required for the purposes of any provision of this Instrument shall be given in accordance with the Articles as if the Warrantholder was a shareholder of the Company.
 
So long as any of the Warrants are represented by the Global Certificate, notices required to be given to Warrantholders holding Warrants represented by such Global Certificate in accordance with this Condition may be given by delivery of the relevant notice to the Euroclear operator and Clearstream (as if the Warrantholders) for communication by them to the relevant accountholders.
 
17.
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
 
A person other than a Warrantholder who is not a party to this Instrument shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Instrument. This Condition does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or is available otherwise than pursuant to that Act.
 
18.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
 
18.1
This Instrument and the Warrants are governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
 
18.2
The Company and each Shareholder irrevocably agrees for the benefit of each of the Warrantholders that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceedings, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this Instrument (respectively Proceedings and Disputes) and, for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts.
 
18.3
The Company and each Shareholder irrevocably waives any objection which it might now or hereafter have to Proceedings being brought or Disputes settled in the courts of England and agrees not to claim that any such court is an inconvenient or inappropriate forum.
 
18.4
The submissions to the jurisdiction of the courts of England shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the right of the Warrantholders or any of them to take Proceedings against any of the Company or the Shareholders in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not) if and to the extent permitted by applicable law.
 
18.5
The Company and each Shareholder hereby consents generally in respect of any Proceedings to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in connection with such Proceedings including the making, enforcement or execution against any property whatsoever (irrespective of its use or intended use) of any order or judgment which may be made or given in such Proceedings.
 
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18.6
The Company and each Shareholder agrees that the Warrantholders or any of them may elect by written notice that any Dispute shall be finally settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (the LCIA) as at present in force and as modified by this Condition 18.6 (the Rules), which Rules shall be deemed incorporated in this Instrument. The number of arbitrators shall be three. The parties may nominate and the LCIA Court may appoint arbitrators from among the nationals of any country, whether or not a party is a national of that country. Each arbitrator appointed shall be an attorney experienced in international securities transactions. The seat of arbitration shall be London, England and the language of arbitration shall be English. Sections 45 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 shall not apply.
 
18.7
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Company and each Shareholder:
 
 
(a)
irrevocably appoints The London Law Agency of 69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, as its agent for service of process in relation to any Proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Instrument; and
 
 
(b)
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Company or that Shareholder of any Proceedings will not invalidate the Proceedings concerned.
 
18.8
To the extent that the Company may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets or revenues immunity from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself or its assets or revenues such immunity (whether or not claimed), such person hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity to the full extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.
 
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IN WITNESS whereof this Instrument has been executed as an agreement on the date first above written.
 
 
The Company
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION

By:
/s/ Kwong Kai Shun
 
Name:
Kwong Kai Shun
 
Title:
CEO
 
 
 
The Subscriber
 
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
 

By:
/s/ Graeme Booth
 
/s/ A. Gardner
Name:
Graeme Booth
 
A. Gardner
Title:
Managing Director
 
Regional Counsel
 
Signature Page To
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SCHEDULE 1
 
FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
 
The Warrants covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered and sold or exercised within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S
 
ISIN:
Common Code:
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware)
 
Warrants to Subscribe for Warrant Shares
 
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
 
1.
Introduction: This Global Certificate is issued in respect of 600,000 Warrants (the “Warrants”) of Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”).
 
The Warrants are constituted under a Warrant Instrument dated [·] 2007 (the “Instrument”), and are the subject of an agency agreement dated [·], 2007 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Agency Agreement”) and made between the Issuer, The Bank of New York, as registrar (the “Registrar”, which expression includes any successor registrar appointed from time to time in connection with the Warrants), and The Bank of New York, London Branch as agent (the “Agent”, which expression includes any successor agents appointed from time to time in connection with the Warrants). Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning specified in the Instrument.
 
2.
References to Conditions: Any reference herein to the “Conditions” is to the terms and conditions of the Warrants and any reference to a numbered “Condition” is to the correspondingly numbered provision thereof.
 
3.     Registered holder: This is to certify that:
 
[The Bank of New York Depositary (Nominees) Limited] is the person registered in the register maintained by the Registrar in relation to the Warrants (the “Register”) as the duly registered holder (the “Holder”) of:
 
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600,000
 
WARRANTS
 
granting the right to subscribe in cash for fully paid Warrant Shares at the Subscription Price per Warrant set out below subject to the Issuer’s Articles and otherwise on the terms and conditions set out in the Instrument.
 
Subscription Price
 
payable on exercise:
US$0.0001 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment as set out in the Instrument.
 
4.
Promise of the Issuer: The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to give effect to all Subscription Rights all subject to and in accordance with the Conditions.
 
5.
Transfers in Whole: Transfers of this Global Certificate shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to nominees of a common depositary for Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”) or to a successor of such common depositary or to such successor’s nominee.
 
6.
Exchange for Individual Warrant Certificates: This Global Certificate will be exchanged in whole (but not in part) for duly authenticated and completed individual Warrant certificates (“Individual Warrant Certificates”) in substantially the form (subject to completion) set out in Schedule 2 to the Instrument if Euroclear and/or Clearstream is closed for business for a continuous period of fourteen (14) days (other than by reason of legal holidays) or announces an intention permanently to cease business.
 
Such exchange shall be effected in accordance with paragraph 7 (Delivery of Individual Warrant Certificates). The Issuer shall notify the Holder of the occurrence of any of the events specified above as soon as practicable thereafter.
 
7.
Delivery of Individual Warrant Certificates: Whenever this Global Certificate is to be exchanged for Individual Certificates, such Individual Certificates shall be issued in an aggregate number of Warrants equal to the number of Warrants represented by this Global Certificate within five (5) business days of the delivery, by or on behalf of the Holder, Euroclear and/or Clearstream to the Registrar of such information as is required to complete and deliver such Individual Certificates (including, without limitation, the names and addresses of the persons in whose names the Individual Certificates are to be registered and the number of Warrants held by such person) against the surrender of this Global Certificate at the Specified Office (as defined in the Conditions) of the Registrar. Such exchange shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of the Agency Agreement and the regulations concerning the transfer and registration of Warrants scheduled thereto and, in particular, shall be effected without charge to any Holder, but against such indemnity as the Registrar may require in respect of any tax or other duty of whatsoever nature which may be levied or imposed in connection with such exchange. In this paragraph, “business day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign currencies) in the city in which the Registrar has its Specified Office.
 
8.
Conditions apply: Save as otherwise provided herein, the Holder of this Global Certificate shall have the benefit of, and be subject to, the Conditions and, for the purposes of this Individual Certificate, any reference in the Conditions to “Certificate” or “Certificates” shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed so as to include this Individual Certificate.
 
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9.
Notices: Notwithstanding Condition 16 (Notices), so long as this Global Certificate is held on behalf of Euroclear and/or Clearstream or any other clearing system (an “Alternative Clearing System”), notices to Holders of Warrants represented by this Global Certificate (“Warrantholders”) may be given by delivery of the relevant notice to Euroclear and/or Clearstream or (as the case may be) such Alternative Clearing System.
 
10.
Meetings: The Holder of this Global Certificate shall be treated at any meeting of Warrantholders as having one (1) vote in respect of each Warrant for which this Global Certificate may be exchanged.
 
11.
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999: No rights are conferred on any person under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Global Certificate but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available from that Act.
 
12.
Payment: Delivery of Warrant Shares in respect of Warrants represented by this Global Certificate will be made against presentation for endorsement and if no further delivery of Warrant Shares falls to be made in respect of any Warrants, surrender of this Global Certificate at the Specified Office of any Agent.
 
13.
Determination of entitlement: This Global Certificate is evidence of entitlement only and is not a document of title. Entitlements are determined by the Register and only the Holder is entitled to deliver the Warrant Shares in respect of this Global Certificate.
 
14.
Authentication: This Global Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until it has been authenticated for and on behalf of The Bank of New York, as registrar.
 
15.
Governing law: This Global Certificate is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
 
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AS WITNESS the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorised person on behalf of the Issuer.
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
 

By:
 
 
[manual or facsimile signature]
 
(duly authorised)
 
 
ISSUED on [·], 2007
 
AUTHENTICATED for and on behalf of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as registrar without recourse, warranty
or liability
 

By:
 
 
[manual signature]
 
(duly authorised)
 
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FORM OF TRANSFER
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ___________________, being the registered holder of this Global Certificate, hereby transfers to______________________________________________________of__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________, [●] Warrants (the “Warrants”) of Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”) and irrevocably requests and authorises The Bank of New York in its capacity as Registrar, in relation to the Warrants (or any successor to The Bank of New York in its capacity as such) to effect the relevant transfer by means of appropriate entries in the register kept by it.
 

Dated:
   


By:
   
(duly authorised)
 
Notes
 
The name of the person by or on whose behalf this form of transfer is signed must correspond with the name of the registered holder as it appears on the face of this Global Certificate.
 
(a)
A representative of such registered holder should state the capacity in which he signs, e.g., executor.
 
(b)
The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered holder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the Registrar or the Agent may require.
 
(c)
Any transfer of Warrants shall be in an amount equal to 10,000 Warrants or integral multiples of 10,000 Warrants in excess thereof.
 
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[Attached to the Global Certificate:]
 
[Terms and Conditions as set out in the Warrant Instrument]
 
[At the foot of the Terms and Conditions:]
 
AGENT
REGISTRAR
The Bank of New York, London Branch
One Canada Square
London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, New York
NY 10286, United States of America
 
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SCHEDULE TO THE GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
 
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
To:   The Directors
       ASIA TIME CORPORATION

We exercise our Subscription Rights representing [·] Warrant Shares and attached to this Notice of Exercise a bankers draft for [●], being the total Subscription Price payable in respect thereof.
 
Signed by         ______________________
 
Print Name    ______________________
 
for and on behalf of _____________________(Warrantholder)
 
Full Name         ______________________
 
Address            ______________________
 
                   ______________________
 
            ___________________
    
              ____________________
 
We direct you to allot the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to this Notice in the following numbers to the following proposed allottees:
 
 
No. of Shares
 
Name of Proposed Allottee
 
Address of Proposed Allottee
 
1.
           
             
2.
           
             
3.
           
             
4.
           
             
5.
           
             
6.
           
 
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We request that share certificates for the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to this Notice of Exercise be sent by [courier/registered post/other] at our risk to us at the first address shown above or to the Agent. We agree that these Warrant Shares are allotted and issued subject to the Issuer’s Articles.
 
Signed        _________________________
 
Full Name      _________________________
 
Address                    _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
Lodged by: (the Agent to whom share certificate(s) should be sent).
 
Name of Agent_________________________
 
Address                    _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
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SCHEDULE 2
 
FORM OF INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE
 
The Warrants covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered and sold or exercised within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S
 
Certificate No:  [l]
 
Date of issue:   [l]
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delware)
 
Warrants to Subscribe for Warrant Shares
 
INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE
 
1.
Introduction: This Individual Certificate is issued in respect of [·] Warrants (the “Warrants”) of Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”).
 
The Warrants are constituted under a Warrant Instrument dated [·], 2007 (the “Instrument”), and are the subject of an agency agreement dated [·], 2007 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Agency Agreement”) and made between the Issuer, The Bank of New York, as registrar (the “Registrar”, which expression includes any successor registrar appointed from time to time in connection with the Warrants), and The Bank of New York, London Branch as principal paying and transfer agent (the “Agent”, which expression includes any successor agents appointed from time to time in connection with the Warrants). Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning specified in the Instrument.
 
2.
References to Conditions: Any reference herein to the “Conditions” is to the terms and conditions of the Warrants and any reference to a numbered “Condition” is to the correspondingly numbered provision thereof.
 
3.     Registered holder: This is to certify that:
 
________________________
 
of ______________________
 
________________________
 
is the person registered in the register maintained by the Registrar in relation to the Warrants (the “Register”) as the duly registered holder (the “Holder”) of:
 
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[l]
 
WARRANTS
 
Warrant granting the right to subscribe in cash for fully paid Warrant Shares at the Subscription Price per share set out below subject to the Issuer’s Articles and otherwise on the terms and conditions set out in the Instrument.
 
Subscription Price payable on exercise: US$0.0001 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Instrument.
 
4.
Promise of the Issuer: The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to give effect to all Subscription Rights all subject to and in accordance with the Conditions.
 
5.
Conditions apply: Save as otherwise provided herein, the Holder of this Individual Certificate shall have the benefit of, and be subject to, the Conditions and, for the purposes of this Individual Certificate, any reference in the Conditions to “Certificate” or “Certificates” shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed so as to include this Individual Certificate.
 
6.
Meetings: The Holder of this Individual Certificate shall be treated at any meeting of Warrantholders as having one (1) vote in respect of each Warrant for which this Individual Certificate may be exchanged.
 
7.
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999: No rights are conferred on any person under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Individual Certificate but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available from that Act.
 
8.
Payment: Delivery of Warrant Shares in respect of Warrants represented by this Individual Certificate will be made against presentation for endorsement and if no further delivery of Warrant Shares falls to be made in respect of any Warrants, surrender of this Individual Certificate at the Specified Office of any Agent.
 
9.
Determination of entitlement: This Individual Certificate is evidence of entitlement only and is not a document of title. Entitlements are determined by the Register and only the Holder is entitled to deliver Warrant Shares in respect of this Individual Certificate.
 
10.
Authentication: This Individual Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until it has been authenticated for and on behalf of The Bank of New York, as registrar.
 
11.
Governing law: This Individual Certificate is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
 
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AS WITNESS the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorised person on behalf of the Issuer.
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION

 
By:
 
 
[manual or facsimile signature]
 
(duly authorised)
 

ISSUED on [·], 2007
 
AUTHENTICATED for and on behalf of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as registrar without recourse, warranty
or liability
 
 
By:
 
 
[manual signature]
 
(duly authorised)
 
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FORM OF TRANSFER
 
FORM OF TRANSFER
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ________________, being the registered holder of this Individual Certificate, hereby transfers to__________________________________________of_______________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________, [●] Warrants (the “Warrants”) of Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”) and irrevocably requests and authorises The Bank of New York in its capacity as Registrar, in relation to the Warrants (or any successor to The Bank of New York in its capacity as such) to effect the relevant transfer by means of appropriate entries in the register kept by it.
 
 
Dated:
   


By:
   
 
(duly authorised)
 
 
Notes
 
The name of the person by or on whose behalf this form of transfer is signed must correspond with the name of the registered holder as it appears on the face of this Individual Certificate.
 
(a)
A representative of such registered holder should state the capacity in which he signs, e.g., executor.
 
(b)
The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered holder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the Registrar or the Agent may require.
 
(c)
Any transfer of Warrants shall be in an amount equal to [●] Warrants or integral multiples of [●] Warrants in excess thereof.
 
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[Attached to the Individual Certificate:]
 
[Terms and Conditions as set out in the Warrant Instrument]
 
[At the foot of the Terms and Conditions:]
 
AGENT
REGISTRAR
The Bank of New York, London Branch
One Canada Square
London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, New York
NY 10286, United States of America
 
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SCHEDULE TO THE CERTIFICATE
 
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
To:   The Directors
         ASIA TIME CORPORATION

We exercise our Subscription Rights representing [·] Warrant Shares and attached to this Notice of Exercise a bankers draft for [●], being the total Subscription Price payable in respect thereof. 
 
Signed by                 ______________________
 
Print Name    ______________________
 
for and on behalf of _____________________(Warrantholder)
 
Full Name          ______________________
 
Address            ______________________
 
                   ______________________
 
                           ___________________
    
            ___________________
 
We direct you to allot the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to this Notice of Exercise in the following numbers to the following proposed allottees:
 
No. of Shares
 
Name of Proposed Allottee
 
Address of Proposed Allottee
 
1.
           
             
2.
           
             
3.
           
             
4.
           
             
5.
           
             
6.
 
 
We request that share certificates for the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to this Notice of Exercise be sent by [courier/registered post/other] at our risk to us at the first address shown above or to the agent lodging the Individual Certificate as mentioned below. We agree that these shares are allotted and issued subject to the Issuer’s Articles.
 
Signed                        _________________________
 
Full Name      _________________________
 
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Address                    _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
Lodged by: (agent to whom share certificate(s) should be sent).
 
Name of Agent_________________________
 
Address                    _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
            _________________________
 
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SCHEDULE 3
 
PROVISIONS AS TO MEETINGS AND
RESOLUTIONS OF WARRANTHOLDERS
 
1.    CALLING OF MEETINGS
 
The Issuer may at any time, and shall upon a written request signed by Warrantholders holding Warrants conferring not less than ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Subscription Rights then outstanding, convene a meeting of Warrantholders in default of which those Warrantholders may convene the meeting themselves provided that the costs of any meeting convened on the written request of a Warrantholder shall be borne by the Warrantholders. Each meeting shall be held at such reasonably convenient and appropriate place as the Directors may approve.
 
2.    NOTICE OF MEETINGS
 
At least twenty-one (21) days' notice of a meeting of Warrantholders shall be given to Warrantholders. Any meeting of Warrantholders may be called by shorter notice if it is so agreed by Warrantholders holding Warrants conferring not less than sixty-six point sixty-seven (66.67%) of the Aggregate Subscription Rights then outstanding. The notice shall specify the date, time and place of the meeting and the terms of the resolutions to be proposed. The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of any a notice by, any of the Warrantholders does not invalidate the proceedings at the meeting.
 
3.    CHAIRMAN
 
A person (who is a Warrantholder or its duly authorized representative) nominated in writing by the Issuer may take the chair at any meeting but if no nomination is made, or if at any meeting the person nominated is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting, the Warrantholders present may choose one (1) of their number to be chairman.
 
4.    QUORUM AT MEETINGS
 
At any meeting, two (2) or more persons holding Warrants and/or being proxies and being or representing in total registered Warrantholders holding not less than ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Subscription Rights then outstanding is a quorum for the transaction of business. No business other than the choosing of a chairman may be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the beginning of business. If Warrants have only been issued to one (1) person at any time, whilst that person remains the sole Warrantholder, a quorum at any meeting of Warrantholders is, for all purposes, that Warrantholder or any proxy for that Warrantholder.
 
5.    ABSENCE OF QUORUM
 
If, within half an hour after the time appointed for any meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall, if convened upon the requisition of Warrantholders, be dissolved. In any other case it stands adjourned for such period, being not less than fourteen (14) days nor more than twenty-eight (28) days, and to such time and place, as may be appointed by the chairman.
 
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6.    ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS
 
The chairman may with the consent of (and shall if directed by) any meeting adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place but no business may be transacted at an adjourned meeting except business which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
 
7.    NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS
 
At least five (5) days' notice of any meeting adjourned (for whatever reason) shall be given to Warrantholders in the same manner as of an original meeting, and that notice shall state the quorum required at the adjourned meeting.
 
8.    RESOLUTION ON SHOW OF HANDS
 
Every question submitted to a meeting shall be decided in the first instance by a show of hands. In case of equality of votes the chairman shall both on a show of hands and on a poll have a casting vote in addition to the vote or votes (if any) to which the chairman may be entitled as a Warrantholder or as a proxy.
 
9.    DEMAND FOR POLL
 
At any meeting, unless a poll is demanded by the chairman or by one (1) or more Warrantholders (or by their proxies) being or representing Warrantholders having not less then ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Subscription Rights then outstanding (before or on the declaration of the result of a show of hands), a declaration by the chairman of the result of the show of hands is conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against that resolution.
 
10.          MANNER OF TAKING POLL
 
If at any meeting a poll is demanded, it shall be taken in such manner and, at such time as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll is deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. Except where the relevant poll is demanded for the election of a chairman or on any question of adjournment (where such poll shall be taken at once) the poll may be taken at any adjourned meeting. If the poll is to be taken at an adjourned meeting, the demand for a poll does not prevent the continuance of the meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll has been demanded.
 
11.          PERSONS ENTITLED TO ATTEND, SPEAK AND VOTE
 
The Issuer (through its representatives) and its legal and financial advisers are entitled to attend and speak at any meeting of Warrantholders. No other person may attend or vote at any meeting of Warrantholders or to join with others in requesting the convening of such a meeting unless he is a Warrantholder or the duly appointed corporate representative of a corporate Warrantholder. None of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or Shareholders may vote in respect of Warrants held by it or on its behalf nor shall holding any such Warrants count towards a quorum.
 
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12.          AGREEMENT APPOINTING A PROXY
 
Each instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing signed by a duly authorised officer of the Warrantholder. The instrument of proxy shall, unless the contrary is stated in it, be valid for the meeting to which it relates and need not be witnessed. A person appointed to act as a proxy need not be a Warrantholder.
 
13.          DEPOSIT OF INSTRUMENT APPOINTING A PROXY
 
The instrument appointing a proxy and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which is it signed or a notarially certified or office copy of the power or authority shall be deposited at such place or places as the Issuer (or the Warrantholders in default of the Issuer convening the meeting) may in the notice of meeting direct (or if no such place is specified then at the Issuer's registered office) not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting or the taking of a poll at which the person named in that instrument proposes to vote. The instrument of proxy is invalid if not deposited in accordance with this paragraph. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument appointing a proxy is valid notwithstanding the previous revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which the instrument of proxy is given or transfer of the Warrants in respect of which it is given unless previous notice in writing of that revocation or transfer has been received at the Issuer's registered office no later than the Business Day prior to the relevant meeting. No instrument appointing a proxy is valid after the expiration of twelve (12) months from the date stated in it as the date of its execution.
 
14.          VOTES
 
Subject as provided in paragraph 11 of this Schedule, at any meeting:
 
 
(a)
on a show of hands each Warrantholder who is present in person (or in the case of a corporation by a duly authorised representative) and each person who is a proxy has one (1) vote; and
 
 
(b)
on a poll each Warrantholder who is present in person or by proxy as aforesaid has a number of votes equal to the proportion (expressed as a percentage figure rounded up or, as appropriate, down to the nearest one tenth (1/10) of one percent (1%)) of the outstanding Aggregate Subscription Rights represented by Warrants held by him. Any person entitled to more than one (1) vote need not use all his votes or cast all the votes to which he is entitled in the same way.
 
15.          POWERS OF MEETINGS OF WARRANTHOLDERS
 
A meeting of Warrantholders in addition to all other powers conferred by law (but without prejudice to any powers conferred on other persons by this Instrument) has the following powers exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution, namely, power to:
 
 
(a)
sanction any compromise or arrangement proposed to be made between the Issuer and the Warrantholders or any of them;
 
 
(b)
sanction any proposal by the Issuer for the modification, abrogation, variation or compromise of, or arrangement in respect of, the rights of the Warrantholders against the Issuer whether those rights arise under this Instrument or otherwise;
 
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(c)
sanction any proposal by the Issuer for the exchange, substitution or the conversion of the Warrants into, shares, stock, bonds, debentures, debenture stock or other obligations or securities of the Issuer, or any other body corporate formed or to be formed;
 
 
(d)
assent to any modification of the provisions contained in this Instrument which shall be proposed by the Issuer;
 
 
(e)
authorise any person to concur in and execute and do all such document, acts and things as may be necessary to carry out and give effect to any Extraordinary Resolution;
 
 
(f)
discharge or exonerate any person from any liability in respect of any act or omission for which the person may have become responsible under this Instrument;
 
 
(g)
give any authority, direction or sanction which under the provisions of this Instrument is required to be given by Extraordinary Resolution; and
 
 
(h)
appoint any person (whether Warrantholders or not) as a committee or committees to represent the interest of the Warrantholders and to confer upon the committee any powers or discretions which the Warrantholders could themselves exercise by Extraordinary Resolution.
 
16.
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION BINDING ON ALL WARRANTHOLDERS
 
An Extraordinary Resolution is binding on all the Warrantholders, whether or not present at the meeting, and each of the Warrantholders is bound to give effect to the Extraordinary Resolution. The passing of an Extraordinary Resolution is conclusive evidence that the circumstances of that resolution justified the passing thereof.
 
17.          DEFINITION OF EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
 
Extraordinary Resolution” means a resolution passed at a meeting of the Warrantholders duly convened and held and carried by a majority consisting of not less then sixty-six point sixty-seven percent (66.67%) of the votes cast on a show of hands or, if a poll is duly demanded, by a majority consisting of not less than sixty-six point sixty-seven percent (66.67%) of the votes cast on a poll or an instrument approved as set out in paragraph 19 of this Schedule.
 
18.          MINUTES OF MEETINGS
 
Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting shall be made and duly entered in books to be provided for that purpose by the Issuer. Minutes signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the resolutions were passed or proceedings transacted or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting of the Warrantholders, constitutes conclusive evidence of the matters contained in those minutes. Until the contrary is proved, every meeting in respect of the proceedings of which minutes have been made and signed in this way is deemed to have been duly convened and held and all resolutions passed or proceedings transacted after that is deemed to have been duly passed and transacted.
 
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19.          WRITTEN RESOLUTION
 
Anything which, under the terms of this Instrument, may be done by resolution passed at a meeting of the Warrantholders (including specifically, but without limitation, the passing of an Extraordinary Resolution) may be done, without a meeting and without any previous notice being required, by resolution in writing signed by or on behalf of Warrantholders holding not less then sixty-six point sixty-seven percent (66.67%) of the Aggregate Subscription Rights then outstanding. The signatures to such a resolution need not be on a single document if each is on a document which accurately states the terms of the resolution.
 
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Execution Copy
 
 
 

 
 
 
WARRANT AGENCY AGREEMENT
 
 

 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION

600,000 WARRANTS EXPIRING 2010





November 13, 2007
 

 

 

 
CONTENTS

Clause
 
Page
     
1.
INTERPRETATION
1
2.
APPOINTMENT OF THE AGENT
3
3.
THE WARRANTS; AUTHENTICATION
4
4.
EXCHANGES OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE FOR INDIVIDUAL WARRANT CERTIFICATES
4
5.
TRANSFERS OF WARRANTS
5
6.
REPLACEMENT WARRANT CERTIFICATES
5
7.
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT SHARES
6
8.
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8
9.
MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES OF THE AGENT
8
10.
TERMS OF APPOINTMENT
8
11.
CHANGES IN AGENT
10
12.
INDEMNITY
12
13.
COMMISSIONS, FEES AND EXPENSES
12
14.
CURRENCY INDEMNITY
13
15.
NOTICES
14
16.
LAW AND JURISDICTION
15
17.
MODIFICATION
16
18.
RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES
16
19.
COUNTERPARTS
16
SCHEDULE 1
REGULATIONS CONCERNING TRANSFERS AND REGISTRATION OF WARRANTS
18
SCHEDULE 2
SPECIFIED OFFICES OF THE AGENT
20

 
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THIS WARRANT AGENCY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made on November 13, 2007.
 
BY AND AMONG:
 
(1)
ASIA TIME CORPORATION (the “Company”);
 
(2)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as registrar (the “Registrar”); and
 
(3)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH, as agent (the “Agent”).
 
WHEREAS:
 
(A)
The Company proposes to issue certain warrants (the “Warrants”) as set out in the Warrant Instrument (defined below).
 
(B)
The Company, incorporated in the State of Delaware, has authorised the issue of the Warrants and the right of conversion into Shares upon exercise of the Warrants by a resolution of the board of directors of the Company dated November 9, 2007.
 
(C)
The Warrants will be in registered form. The Warrants will be represented by a global certificate (the “Global Warrant Certificate”), which will be exchangeable for individual note certificates (“Individual Warrant Certificates” and, together with the Global Warrant Certificate, “Warrant Certificates”) in the circumstances specified therein.
 
(D)
The Company, the Registrar, and the Agent wish to record certain arrangements which they have made in relation to the Warrants.
 
IT IS AGREED as follows:
 
1.
INTERPRETATION
 
1.1
Definitions
 
In this Agreement, the following expressions have the following meanings:
 
Agent” means the Agent at its Specified Office appointed pursuant to this Agreement and/or, if applicable, any successor agent at its respective Specified Office appointed from time to time in accordance with Clause 11 (Changes in Agent) and any of its respective Successors;
 
Business Day” means any day on which banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign currencies) in New York and in the city where the Specified Office of the Agent is located;
 
Clearing Systems” means Euroclear and Clearstream;
 
Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme;
 
Common Depositary” means The Bank of New York, in its capacity as common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream;
 
 
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Conditions” means the terms and conditions of the Warrants (as set out in the Warrant Instrument and as modified from time to time in accordance with their terms), and any reference to a numbered “Condition” is to the correspondingly numbered provision thereof;
 
Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System;
 
Exercise Date” has the meaning given in the Warrant Instrument;
 
Holder” of a Warrant means the person in whose name such Warrant is for the time being registered in the Register (or, in the case of a joint holding, the first named thereof) and “Warrantholder” shall be construed accordingly;
 
Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;
 
Majority Warrantholders” has the meaning given in the Warrant Instrument;
 
Registrar” means the Registrar at its Specified Office appointed pursuant to this Agreement and/or, if applicable, any successor registrar at its respective Specified Office appointed from time to time in accordance with Clause 11 (Changes in Agent) and any of its respective Successors;
 
Register” means the register maintained by the Registrar at its Specified Office;
 
Regulations” means the regulations concerning the transfer of Warrants as the same may from time to time be agreed by the Company and the Registrar (the initial such regulations being set out in the Schedule 1);
 
Specified Office” means, in relation to the Agent or the Registrar:
 
 
(a)
the office specified against its name in the Schedule 2; or
 
 
(b)
such other office as such Agent or Registrar may specify in accordance with Clause 11.8 (Changes in Specified Offices);
 
Subscription Price” has the meaning given in the Warrant Instrument;
 
Subscription Rights” has the meaning given in the Warrant Instrument;
 
Successor” means, in relation to any person, an assignee or successor in title of such person who, under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation or domicile, has assumed the rights and obligations of such person under this Agreement or to which under such laws the same have been transferred;
 
Warrant Share” has the meaning given in the Warrant Instrument; and
 
Warrant Instrument” means the Instrument between the Company and ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. as subscriber, of even date herewith.
 
 
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1.2
Clauses and Schedules
 
Any reference in this Agreement to a Clause or a sub-clause or a Schedule is, unless otherwise stated, to a clause or a sub-clause hereof or a schedule hereto.
 
1.3
Principal and Interest
 
In this Agreement, any reference to principal or interest includes any additional amounts payable in relation thereto under the Conditions.
 
1.4
Terms defined in the Conditions and the Trust Deed
 
Terms and expressions used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Warrant Instrument, the Conditions and the Trust Deed.
 
1.5
Statutes
 
Any reference in this Agreement to a statute, any provision thereof or to any statutory instrument, order or regulation made thereunder shall be construed as a reference to such statute, provision, statutory instrument, order or regulation as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or re-enacted.
 
1.6
Headings
 
Headings and sub-headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.
 
1.7
Singular and Plural
 
Words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
 
1.8
Amended Documents
 
Save where the contrary is indicated, any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or other document shall be construed as a reference to such agreement or other document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, varied, novated or supplemented.
 
2.
APPOINTMENT OF THE AGENT
 
2.1
Appointment
 
The Company appoints the Agent and the Registrar as its agent and registrar in relation to the Warrants for the purposes specified in this Agreement acting through their respective Specified Offices. The Agent and the Registrar shall act solely as agent and registrar of the Company and need have no concern for the interest of the Warrantholders.
 
2.2
Acceptance of Appointment
 
The Agent and the Registrar accept their appointments as agent and registrar, respectively, of the Company in relation to the Warrants and agree to comply with, and shall only be obliged to perform the duties expressed to be required by, this Agreement. The obligations of the Agent and the Registrar are several and not joint.
 
 
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3.
THE WARRANTS; AUTHENTICATION
 
3.1
The Global Warrant Certificate
 
On the Closing Date: (a) the Company shall deliver the Global Warrant Certificate to the Registrar for authentication; and (b) the Registrar shall deliver the authenticated Global Warrant Certificate to a common depositary for the Clearing Systems.
 
3.2
Availability of Individual Warrant Certificates
 
If the Company is required to deliver Individual Warrant Certificates pursuant to the terms of the Global Warrant Certificate, the Company shall promptly arrange for a stock of Individual Warrant Certificates (unauthenticated and with the names of the registered Holders left blank but executed on behalf of the Company and otherwise complete) to be made available to the Registrar. The Company shall also arrange for such Global Warrant Certificates and Individual Warrant Certificates as are required to enable the Registrar and the Agent to perform their respective obligations under Clause 4 (Exchanges of Global Warrant Certificate for Individual Warrant Certificates), Clause 5 (Transfers of Warrants) and Clause 6 (Replacement Warrant Certificates) to be made available to or to the order of the Registrar and the Agent from time to time.
 
3.3
Authority to Authenticate
 
The Registrar is authorised by the Company to authenticate the Global Warrant Certificate and the Individual Warrant Certificates (if any) by the signature of any of its officers or any other person duly authorised for the purpose by the Registrar.
 
3.4
Duties of the Registrar and the Agent
 
Each of the Registrar and the Agent shall hold in safe custody all unauthenticated Global Warrant Certificates and Individual Warrant Certificates delivered to it in accordance with Clause 3.2 (Availability of Individual Warrant Certificates) and shall ensure that they are authenticated and delivered only in accordance with the terms hereof, of the Global Warrant Certificate (if applicable) and of the Conditions. Without limitation of the foregoing, each of the Registrar and Agent hereby accept their responsibilities under the Warrant Instrument.
 
4.
EXCHANGES OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE FOR INDIVIDUAL WARRANT CERTIFICATES
 
If the Global Warrant Certificate becomes exchangeable for Individual Warrant Certificates in accordance with its terms, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver to each person designated by a Clearing System, an Individual Warrant Certificate in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Global Warrant Certificate.
 
 
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5.
TRANSFERS OF WARRANTS
 
5.1
Maintenance of the Register
 
The Registrar shall maintain outside the United Kingdom a register (the “Register”) in respect of the Warrants, which shall be kept at its Specified Office in accordance with the Conditions and be made available by the Registrar to the Company and the Agent for inspection. The Register shall show the aggregate principal amount, serial numbers and dates of issue of Warrant Certificates, the names and addresses of the initial Holders thereof and the dates of all transfers to, and the names and addresses of, all subsequent Holders thereof, each Warrantholder’s portion of the Warrant Shares, all cancellations of Warrant Certificates and all replacements of Warrant Certificates.
 
5.2
Registration of Transfers in the Register
 
The Registrar shall receive requests for the transfer of Warrants in accordance with the Conditions and the Regulations and shall make the necessary entries in the Register.
 
5.3
Agent to Receive Requests for Transfers of Warrants
 
The Agent shall receive requests for the transfer of Warrants in accordance with the Conditions and the Regulations and assist, if required, in the issue of new Warrant Certificates to give effect to such transfers and, in particular, upon any such request being duly made, shall promptly notify the Registrar of:
 
 
(a)
the aggregate amount of the Warrants to be transferred;
 
 
(b)
the name(s) and address(es) to be entered on the Register of the Holder(s) of the new Warrant Certificate(s) to be issued, in order to give effect to such transfer; and
 
 
(c)
the place and manner of delivery of the new Warrant Certificate(s) to be delivered in respect of such transfer,
 
and shall forward the Warrant Certificate(s) relating to the Warrants to be transferred (with the relevant form(s) of transfer duly completed) to the Registrar with such notification.
 
5.4
Miscellaneous
 
Upon notification by the Company of receipt of service of demands, requests, instructions, orders, judgements or awards, the Registrar shall (to the extent required by law) forthwith make such entries in the Register to give effect to such demands, requests, instructions, orders, judgments or awards.
 
6.
REPLACEMENT WARRANT CERTIFICATES
 
6.1
Delivery of Replacements
 
Subject to receipt of replacement Global Warrant Certificates and/or Individual Warrant Certificates (as the case may be), the Registrar shall, upon and in accordance with the written instructions of the Company (which instructions may, without limitation, include terms as to the payment of expenses and as to evidence, security and indemnity), complete, authenticate and deliver a Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate which the Company has determined to issue as a replacement for any Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate which has been mutilated or defaced or which has been or is alleged to have been destroyed, stolen or lost, provided that the Agent shall not deliver any Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate as a replacement for any Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate which has been mutilated or defaced otherwise than against surrender of the same and shall not issue any replacement Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate until the applicant has furnished the Agent with such evidence and indemnity as the Company and/or the Agent may reasonably require and has paid such costs and expenses as may be incurred in connection with such replacement.
 
 
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6.2
Replacements to be Numbered
 
Each replacement Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate delivered hereunder shall bear a unique certificate number.
 
6.3
Cancellation and destruction
 
The Agent shall cancel and destroy each mutilated or defaced Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate surrendered to it in respect of which a replacement has been delivered.
 
6.4
Notification
 
Upon written request therefor, the Agent shall notify the Company and the Registrar of the delivery by it of any replacement Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate, specifying the certificate number thereof and the certificate number (if any and if known) of the Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate which it replaces, and confirming (if such is the case) that the Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate which it replaces has been cancelled and destroyed.
 
7.
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT SHARES
 
7.1
Notice of Exercise
 
The Subscription Rights conferred by a Warrant may be exercised by the Warrantholder completing and duly executing a Notice of Exercise and lodging the relevant Warrant Certificate (with the Notice of Exercise attached) at the Specified Office of the Agent together with a remittance for the total Subscription Price of the Warrant Shares in respect of which Subscription Rights are to be exercised. The Agent may refuse to accept any Notice of Exercise which has not been correctly completed or executed or which is incomplete (as determined by the Agent in its discretion) but shall incur no liability for doing so.
 
No Notice of Exercise will be effective until the Notice of Exercise and the relevant Warrant Certificate have been received by the Agent and the applicable Subscription Price has been remitted to the Agent. Any Notice of Exercise, Warrant Certificate or payment received by the Agent on a day which is not a Business Day or after 3.30 pm in London on a Business Day, will be deemed effective on the next succeeding Business Day.
 
 
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7.2
Replacement Warrant Certificates
 
If any Global Warrant Certificate or Individual Warrant Certificate is presented or surrendered for exercise to the Agent and the Agent or the Registrar has delivered a replacement therefor or has been notified that the same has been replaced, the Agent shall forthwith notify the Company and the Registrar of such presentation or surrender and shall not request the Company to make delivery of any Warrant Shares against the same until it is so instructed by the Company.
 
7.3
Application by Agent
 
On the Business Day on which the Agent receives (or is deemed to receive) the documents and payment required under Clause 7.1 above, or, if the Notice of Exercise is conditional, on the Business Day on which the final condition thereunder is satisfied, or, in either case, on the immediately following Business Day, the Agent shall remit the Subscription Price to the Company, send a copy of the Notice of Exercise to the Company and request the Company to allot, issue to and register Warrant Shares in accordance with Condition 5 of the Warrant Instrument in the name of the Warrantholder or, as the case may be, any Affiliate of the Warrantholder, as nominated by the Warrantholder in the relevant Notice of Exercise.
 
7.4
Allotment of Warrant Shares
 
On receiving a request from the Agent, the Company shall cause the Warrant Shares to be allotted, issued and registered in the name of the Warrantholder (or its Affiliate) in accordance with Condition 5 of the Warrant Instrument and as notified by the Agent and shall notify the Agent of such allotment, issuance and registration promptly thereafter.
 
7.5
Cancellation of Warrant Certificates
 
The Agent shall cancel each Warrant Certificate against presentation and surrender of which the Company notifies the Agent that it has made delivery of Warrant Shares in full and the Agent shall deliver each Warrant Certificate so cancelled by it to, or to the order of, the Registrar.
 
7.6
Partial Exercise
 
If at any time and for any reason the Company makes a partial delivery of Warrant Shares in respect of the Global Warrant Certificate or any Individual Warrant Certificate presented for exercise to it, the Agent shall endorse thereon a statement indicating the amount and the date of such delivery. In addition, if, in respect of any Exercise Date, less than the full amount of any Warrant Shares due are delivered in respect of the Warrants, the Registrar will note on the Register a memorandum of the amount and date of any delivery of Warrant Shares then made and, if the Global Warrant Certificate or any Individual Warrant Certificate is presented for exercise in accordance with the Conditions and no delivery of Warrant Shares is then made, the date of such exercise.
 
 
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9.
MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES OF THE AGENT
 
9.1
Warrants in issue
 
As soon as practicable after receiving a written request therefor, the Registrar shall notify the Company of the certificate numbers and amount of any Warrant Certificates against exercise of which delivery of Warrant Shares has been made and of the certificate numbers and amount of any Warrant Certificates (and the names and addresses of the Holders thereof) which have not yet been exercised.
 
9.2
Forwarding of Communications
 
Each Agent shall promptly forward to the Company a copy of any notice or communication addressed to the Company which is received by such Agent.
 
9.3
Maintenance of records
 
Each of the Agent and the Registrar shall maintain records of all documents received by it in connection with its duties hereunder and shall make such records available for inspection during their respective office hours by the Company and the Registrar or Agent (as the case may be) and, in particular the Registrar shall: (a) maintain a record of all Warrant Certificates delivered hereunder and of their redemption, payment, cancellation, mutilation, defacement, alleged destruction, theft, loss and replacement; and (b) make such records available for inspection at all reasonable times by the Company and the Agent.
 
9.4
Publication and Delivery of Notices
 
The Registrar shall, upon and in accordance with the written instructions of the Company, received at least ten (10) days before the proposed publication date, arrange for the publication and delivery of any notice which is to be given to the Warrantholders and shall supply a copy thereof to the Agent, and each Clearing System. Such publication will be at the expense of the Company.
 
9.5
Documents available for inspection
 
The Company shall provide to the Agent and the Registrar conformed copies of this Agreement and the Warrant Instrument (including the Conditions and the form of the Global Warrant Certificates and Individual Warrant Certificates).
 
Each of the Agent and the Registrar shall make available for inspection during normal business hours at its Specified Office the documents referred to above.
 
10.
TERMS OF APPOINTMENT
 
10.1
Rights and powers
 
Each of the Agent and the Registrar may, in connection with its services hereunder:
 
 
(a)
except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required by law and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any other interest therein, any writing on the Warrant Certificate relating to any Warrant by any person (other than a duly executed form of transfer) or any notice of any previous loss or theft thereof, treat the registered Holder of any Warrant as its absolute owner for all purposes and make payments thereon accordingly;
 
 
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(b)
assume that the terms of the Global Warrant Certificate and each Individual Warrant Certificate as issued are correct;
 
 
(c)
rely upon the terms of any notice, communication or other document believed by it to be genuine; and
 
 
(d)
engage the advice or services of any lawyers or other experts whose advice or services it considers necessary and rely upon any advice so obtained (whether or not limited by a monetary cap or otherwise) and such Agent and/or Registrar shall be protected and shall incur no liability as against the Company in respect of any action taken or not taken, or permitted to be taken or not taken, in accordance with such advice and in good faith.
 
10.2
Extent of Duties
 
Each of the Agent and the Registrar shall only be obliged to perform the duties set out in this Agreement and the Conditions and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Conditions in respect of the Agent or the Registrar. Neither the Agent nor the Registrar shall:
 
 
(a)
be under any fiduciary duty or other obligation towards or have any relationship of agency for or with any person other than the Company or any relationship of trust for or with any person;
 
 
(b)
be responsible for or liable in respect of the legality, validity or enforceability of the Warrants, Warrant Certificate or this Agreement (other than in respect of authentication of Warrant Certificates by it in accordance with this Agreement) or any act or omission of any other person (including, without limitation, with respect to the Agent, the Registrar, and with respect to the Registrar, the Agent); or
 
 
(c)
be liable to the Company or any other party to this Agreement for any consequential loss (being loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit) arising out of any breach by the Agent or the Registrar of any of its obligations under this Agreement even if advised of the possibility of such loss or damage.
 
10.3
Freedom to Transact
 
Each of the Agent and the Registrar may purchase, hold and dispose of Warrants and may enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, any depositary, trust or agency transaction) with any Holders of Warrants or with any other party hereto in the same manner as if it had not been appointed as the agent of the Company in relation to the Warrants and need not account for any profit.
 
 
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11.
CHANGES IN AGENT
 
11.1
Resignation
 
The Agent or the Registrar may resign its appointment upon not less than thirty (30) days’ notice to the Company (with a copy, in the case of the Agent, to the Registrar, and in the case of the Registrar, to the Agent), provided that:
 
 
(a)
if such resignation would otherwise take effect less than thirty (30) days before or after the exercise date of any Warrant, it shall not take effect until the thirtieth day following such date; and
 
 
(b)
such resignation shall not take effect until a successor has been duly appointed in accordance with Clause 11.4 (Additional and Successor Agent) or Clause 11.5 (Agent may Appoint Successors) and notice of such appointment has been given to the Warrantholders.
 
11.2
Revocation
 
The Company may revoke their appointment of the Agent or the Registrar by not less than thirty (30) days’ notice to the Agent or the Registrar (as applicable) (with a copy, in the case of the Agent to the Registrar, and in the case of the Registrar to the Agent), provided that such revocation shall not take effect until a successor has been duly appointed in accordance with Clause 11.4 (Additional and Successor Agent) or Clause 11.5 (Agent may Appoint Successors) and notice of such appointment has been given to the Warrantholders.
 
11.3
Automatic Termination
 
The appointment of the Agent and/or the Registrar shall terminate forthwith if: (a) such person becomes incapable of acting; (b) a secured party takes possession, or a receiver, manager or other similar officer is appointed, of the whole or any part of the undertaking, assets and revenues of such person; (c) such person admits in writing its insolvency or inability to pay its debts as they fall due; (d) an administrator or liquidator of such person or the whole or any part of the undertaking, assets and revenues of such person is appointed (or application for any such appointment is made); (e) such person takes any action for a readjustment or deferment of any of its obligations or makes a general assignment or an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors or declares a moratorium in respect of any of its indebtedness; (f) an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up of such person; or (g) any event occurs in any jurisdiction which has an analogous effect to any of the foregoing. If the appointment of the Registrar or Agent is terminated in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Company shall forthwith appoint a successor in accordance with Clause 11.4 (Additional and Successor Agent).
 
11.4
Additional and Successor Agent
 
The Company may (with the approval of the Majority Warrantholders) appoint a successor registrar or agent and shall forthwith give notice of any such appointment to the continuing Agent or Registrar (as applicable), whereupon the Company, the continuing Agent or Registrar and the successor agent or registrar shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement.
 
 
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11.5
Agent may Appoint Successors
 
If the Registrar or the Agent gives notice of its resignation in accordance with Clause 11.1 (Resignation) and by the tenth day before the expiry of such notice a successor has not been duly appointed in accordance with Clause 11.4 (Additional and Successor Agent), the Registrar or (as the case may be) the Agent may itself, following such consultation with the Company as is practicable in the circumstances appoint as its successor any reputable and experienced financial institution and give notice of such appointment to the Company, the remaining Agent or Registrar and the Warrantholders, whereupon the Company, the remaining Agent or Registrar and such successor shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement.
 
11.6
Release
 
Upon any resignation or revocation taking effect under Clause 11.1 (Resignation) or 11.2 (Revocation) or any termination taking effect under Clause 11.3 (Automatic Termination), the relevant Agent or Registrar shall:
 
 
(a)
be released and discharged from (i) its obligations under this Agreement (save that it shall remain entitled to the benefit of and be subject to Clause 10 (Terms of Appointment) and Clause 11 (Changes in Agent)); and (ii) all liabilities relating to any successor;
 
 
(b)
in the case of the Registrar, deliver to the Company and to its successor a copy, certified as true and up-to-date by an officer or authorised signatory of the Registrar, of the records maintained by it in accordance with Clause 5.1 (Maintenance of the Register); and
 
 
(c)
forthwith transfer all Warrant Shares and papers (including any unissued Warrant Certificates held by it hereunder and any documents held by it pursuant to Clause 9.5 (Documents available for inspection)) to its successor and, upon appropriate notice, provide reasonable assistance to its successor for the discharge of its duties and responsibilities hereunder.
 
11.7
Merger
 
Any legal entity into which the Agent or the Registrar is merged or converted or any legal entity resulting from any merger or conversion to which such Agent or Registrar is a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor to such Agent or, as the case may be, the Registrar without any further formality, whereupon the Company, the continuing Agent or Registrar and such successor shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement. Notice of any such merger or conversion shall forthwith be given by such successor to the Company, the continuing Agent or the Registrar and the Warrantholders.
 
11.8
Changes in Specified Offices
 
If the Agent or the Registrar decides to change its Specified Office (which may only be effected within the same city unless the prior written approval of the Company and the Majority Warrantholders has been obtained), it shall give notice to the Company (with a copy to the Agent or the Registrar, as the case may be) of the address of the new Specified Office stating the date on which such change is to take effect, which date shall be not less than thirty (30) days after the date of such notice. The Company shall at its own expense not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date on which such change is to take effect (unless the appointment of the relevant Agent or Registrar is to terminate pursuant to any of the foregoing provisions of this Clause 11 (Changes in Agent) on or prior to the date of such change) give notice thereof to the Warrantholders.
 
 
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12.
INDEMNITY
 
12.1
By the Company
 
The Company indemnifies each of the Agent and the Registrar against any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, demand or expense (including, but not limited to, the costs of any lawyers or other experts and all properly incurred costs, charges and expenses paid or incurred in disputing or defending any of the foregoing) which it may incur or which anyone appointed by the Agent or the Registrar, or to whom any of its functions may be delegated by it in the carrying out of its functions hereunder, may incur, or which may be made against it arising out of or in relation to or in connection with its appointment or the exercise of its functions, except such as may result from its wilful default, gross negligence or fraud or that of its officers, employees, appointees or delegates. The indemnity set out in this Clause 12.1 shall survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of any Agent or Registrar.
 
12.2
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, neither the Agent nor the Registrar shall in any event be liable for any special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind (including but not limited to lost profits), whether or not foreseeable, and whether or not the Agent or the Registrar is aware of, or the Agent or the Registrar has been advised of, the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of whether the claim for loss or damage is made in negligence, for breach of contract or otherwise.
 
13.
COMMISSIONS, FEES AND EXPENSES
 
13.1
Fees
 
The Company will pay to the Agent and the Registrar the commissions, fees and expenses in respect of the Agent’ and Registrar’s services (as applicable) as separately agreed with the Agent and the Registrar.
 
13.2
Costs
 
The Company will also on demand by the Agent or the Registrar pay or discharge all costs, charges, liabilities and expenses properly incurred by the Agent or the Registrar in the preparation and execution of this Agreement, and in the performance of their functions under this Agreement, including but not limited to legal and travelling expenses incurred by the Agent or the Registrar in the negotiation or execution of this Agreement.
 
The Company will also pay on demand all out-of-pocket expenses (including, but not limited to, legal, advertising and postage expenses) properly incurred by the Agent or the Registrar in connection with their services together with any applicable value added tax and stamp, issue, documentary or other taxes and duties.
 
 
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Neither the Agent nor the Registrar shall have any obligation to act if it reasonably believes it will incur costs for which it will not be reimbursed.
 
13.3
Payments and Interest
 
The Company will ensure that all the commissions, fees, costs, charges, liabilities and expenses incurred under this Clause 13 (Commission, Fees and Expenses), or otherwise, by the Agent or the Registrar are paid within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written demand. After such period any amounts owing by the Company to either the Agent or the Registrar will carry interest from the date of demand at the rate of two percent (2%) per annum over the base rate of a UK clearing bank (as selected by the Agent or the Registrar (as applicable) and notified to the Company).
 
13.4
No Withholding
 
All payments to be made by the Company under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without any deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed under any applicable law by or within any relevant jurisdiction or any authority therein or thereof having the power to tax, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In such an event, the amount payable shall be increased to an amount which will result in the receipt by the Registrar and the Agent of such amount as would have been received by them had no such withholding or deduction been required.
 
14.
CURRENCY INDEMNITY
 
An amount received or recovered in a currency other than dollars (the “Contractual Currency”) (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction or in the winding-up or dissolution of the Company, or otherwise), by any of the Agent of the Registrar in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Company, will only discharge the Company, to the extent of the Contractual Currency amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so).
 
If that Contractual Currency amount is less than the Contractual Currency amount expressed to be due to the recipient under this Agreement, the Company will indemnify it against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Company will indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase.
 
 
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15.
NOTICES
 
15.1
Addresses for Notices
 
All notices and communications hereunder shall be made in writing (by letter or fax) and shall be sent as follows:
 
 
(a)
If to the Company, to it at:
 
 
Asia Time Corporation
 
Room 1601-1604, 16/F.,
CRE Centre,
889 Cheung Sha Wan Road,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
 
Fax no. 
+ 852 2310 0032
 
Attention:
Kwong Kai Shun/Michael Mak
  
 
(b)
If to the Agent or the Registrar, to it at the address or fax number specified against its name in Schedule 2 (or, in the case of an Agent not originally a party hereto, specified by notice to the parties hereto at the time of its appointment) for the attention of the person or department therein specified; and
 
or, in any case, to such other address or fax number or for the attention of such other person or department as the addressee has by prior notice to the sender specified for the purpose.
 
15.2
Delivery
 
Each communication and document to be made or delivered by one (1) party to another pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered when despatched (in the case of any communication by facsimile) or (in the case of any communication made by letter) when left at the address or (as the case may be) ten days after being deposited in the post (postage pre-paid) in an envelope addressed to it at that address.
 
15.3
Notices to Warrantholders
 
Any notice required to be given to Warrantholders under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with the Conditions; provided, however, that, so long as the Warrants are represented by the Global Warrant Certificate, notices to Warrantholders shall be given in accordance with the terms of the Global Warrant Certificate.
 
15.4
Notices in English
 
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be made in the English language or shall be accompanied by a certified English translation thereof. Any certified English translation delivered hereunder shall be certified a true and accurate translation by a professionally qualified translator or by some other person competent to do so.
 
 
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16.
LAW AND JURISDICTION
 
16.1
Governing Law
 
This Agreement and all matters arising from or connected with it are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
 
16.2
English Courts
 
The Company irrevocably agrees that the courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (a “Dispute”), arising from or connected with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or the consequences of its nullity) and accordingly submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
 
16.3
Appropriate forum
 
The parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any Dispute and, accordingly, that they will not argue to the contrary.
 
16.4
Rights of the Agent to take proceedings outside England
 
Clause 16.2 (English Courts) is for the benefit of the Agent and the Registrar only. As a result, nothing in this Clause prevents the Agent or the Registrar from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute (“Proceedings”) in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Agent and the Registrar may take concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
 
16.5
Service of process
 
The Company agrees that the documents which start any Proceedings and any other documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings may be served on it by being delivered to The London Law Agency of 69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET. If such person is not or ceases to be effectively appointed to accept service of process on behalf of the Company, the Company shall (i) promptly notify the Agent; and (ii) appoint a further person in England to accept service of process on its behalf and, failing such appointment within fifteen (15) days, the Agent shall be entitled to appoint such a person by written notice to the Company. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. This Clause 16.5 (Service of process) applies to Proceedings in England and to Proceedings elsewhere.
 
16.6
Arbitration
 
The Company agrees that the Agent and/or the Registrar may elect by written notice to the Company that any Dispute shall be finally settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (the “LCIA”) as at present in force and as modified by this Clause 16.6 (Arbitration) (the “Rules”), which Rules shall be deemed incorporated in this Agreement. The number of arbitrators shall be three (3). The parties may nominate and the LCIA Court may appoint arbitrators from among the nationals of any country, whether or not a party is a national of that country. Each arbitrator appointed shall be an attorney experienced in international securities transactions. The seat of arbitration shall be London, England and the language of arbitration shall be English. Sections 45 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 shall not apply.
 
 
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17.
MODIFICATION
 
This Agreement may be amended by further agreement among the parties hereto and without the consent of the Warrantholders.
 
18.
RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES
 
A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any terms of this Agreement.
 
19.
COUNTERPARTS
 
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when so executed shall constitute one (1) and the same binding agreement between the parties.
 
 
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AS WITNESS the parties have caused their respective duly authorised representatives to execute this Agreement on the day and year first before written.
 
The Company
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
   
By:
/s/ Kwong Kai Shun
Name:
Kwong Kai Shun
Title:
CEO
   
The Registrar
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
   
By:
/s/ Terence Yeung
Name:
Terence Yeung
Title:
Vice President
   
The Agent
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH
   
By:
/s/ Terence Yeung
Name:
Terence Yeung
Title:
Vice President

   
Signature Page To
Warrant Agency Agreement
 


SCHEDULE 1

REGULATIONS CONCERNING TRANSFERS AND REGISTRATION OF WARRANTS
 
1.
Subject to paragraph 4 and paragraph 11 below, Warrants may be transferred by execution of the relevant form of transfer under the hand of the transferor or, where the transferor is a corporation, under its common seal or under the hand of two (2) of its officers duly authorised in writing. Where the form of transfer is executed by an attorney or, in the case of a corporation, under seal or under the hand of two (2) of its officers duly authorised in writing, a copy of the relevant power of attorney certified by a financial institution in good standing or a notary public or in such other manner as the Registrar may require or, as the case may be, copies certified in the manner aforesaid of the documents authorising such officers to sign and witness the affixing of the seal must be delivered with the form of transfer. In this Schedule, “transferor” shall, where the context permits or requires, include joint transferors and shall be construed accordingly.
 
2.
The Warrant Certificate issued in respect of the Warrants to be transferred must be surrendered for registration, together with the form of transfer (including any certification as to compliance with restrictions on transfer included in such form of transfer) endorsed thereon, duly completed and executed, at the Specified Office of the Registrar or the Agent, and together with such evidence as the Registrar or (as the case may be) the Agent may reasonably require to prove the title of the transferor and the authority of the persons who have executed the form of transfer. The signature of the person effecting a transfer of a Warrant shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the Holder of such Warrant or be certified by a financial institution in good standing, notary public or in such other manner as the Registrar or the Agent may require.
 
4.
No Warrantholder may require the transfer of a Warrant to be registered following an Exercise Date in respect of such Warrant, except to the extent any unexercised Subscription Rights may be transferred (and in that case the transfer may be registered instead of or after issuance of a new Certificate showing the balance of such Warrantholder’s Share).
 
5.
No Warrantholder which has executed a form of Proxy in relation to a Meeting may require the transfer of a Warrant covered by such form of Proxy to be registered until the earlier of the conclusion of the Meeting and its adjournment for want of a quorum.
 
6.
The executors or administrators of a deceased Holder of a Warrant (not being one of several joint Holders) and, in the case of the death of one (1) or more of several joint Holders, the survivor or survivors of such joint Holders, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to such Warrant.
 
7.
Any person becoming entitled to any Warrants in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the Holder of such Warrants may, upon producing such evidence that he holds the position in respect of which he proposes to act under this paragraph or of his title as the Registrar or the Agent may require (including legal opinions), become registered himself as the Holder of such Warrants or, subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the Warrants and the Conditions as to transfer, may transfer such Warrants. The Company, the Registrar and the Agent shall be at liberty to retain any amount payable upon the Warrants to which any person is so entitled until such person is so registered or duly transfers such Warrants.
 
 
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8.
Unless otherwise required by him and agreed by the Company and the Registrar, the Holder of any Warrants shall be entitled to receive only one Warrant Certificate in respect of his holding.
 
9.
The joint Holders of any Warrant shall be entitled to one (1) Warrant Certificate only in respect of their joint holding which shall, except where they otherwise direct, be delivered to the joint Holder whose name appears first in the Register in respect of the joint holding.
 
10.
Where there is more than one (1) transferee (to hold other than as joint Holders), separate forms of transfer (obtainable from the Specified Office of the Registrar or the Agent) must be completed in respect of each new holding.
 
11.
A Holder of Warrants may transfer all or part only of his holding of Warrants, provided that both the amount of Warrants transferred and the amount of the balance not transferred are in integral multiples of 10,000. Where a Holder of Warrants has transferred part only of his holding of Warrants, a new Warrant Certificate in respect of the balance of such holding will be delivered to him.
 
12.
The Company, the Agent and the Registrar shall, save in the case of the issue of replacement Warrants pursuant to Condition 17 (Replacement Certificates), make no charge to the Holders for the registration of any holding of Warrants or any transfer thereof or for the issue of any Warrants or for the delivery thereof at the Specified Office of the Agent or the Registrar or by uninsured post to the address specified by the Holder, but such registration, transfer, issue or delivery shall be effected against such indemnity from the Holder or the transferee thereof as the Registrar or the Agent may require in respect of any tax or other duty of whatever nature which may be levied or imposed in connection with such registration, transfer, issue or delivery.
 
13.
Provided a transfer of a Warrant is duly made in accordance with all applicable requirements and restrictions upon transfer and the Warrant(s) transferred are presented to the Agent and/or the Registrar in accordance with the Warrant Agency Agreement and these Regulations, and subject to unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the Agent or the Registrar arising, the Agent or the Registrar will, within five (5) business days of the request for transfer being duly made, deliver at its Specified Office to the transferee or despatch by registered post (at the request and risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee entitled to the Warrants in relation to which such Warrant Certificate is issued may have specified, a Warrant Certificate in respect of which entries have been made in the Register, all formalities complied with and the name of the transferee completed on the Warrant Certificate by or on behalf of the Registrar. For the purposes of this paragraph, “business day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign currencies) in the cities in which the Registrar and (if applicable) the Agent have their respective Specified Offices.
 
 
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SCHEDULE 2

SPECIFIED OFFICES OF THE AGENT AND THE REGISTRAR
 
The Registrar
 
The Bank of New York
 
101 Barclay Street, New York
NY 10286, United States of America
 
Fax:
+1 212 815 5802/5803
Attention:
Global Corporate Trust

With a copy to:

The Bank of New York

Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong

Fax:
852 2295 3283
Attention:
Corporate Trust


The Agent

The Bank of New York, London Branch

One Canada Square
London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom

Fax:
+44 20 7964 6369
Attention:
Global Corporate Trust

With a copy to:

The Bank of New York

Level 12, 3 Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong

852 2295 3283
Attention:
Corporate Trust

 
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EX-4.5 6 v094709_ex4-5.htm
Execution Copy
 
 

 
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
 
ASIA TIME CORPORATION

US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012

600,000 WARRANTS EXPIRING 2010
 
 
November 13, 2007
 
 

 


CONTENTS

Clause
 
Page
     
1.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1
     
2.
REGISTRATION
3
     
3.
COMPANY OBLIGATIONS
5
     
4.
DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW; INFORMATION
7
     
5.
OBLIGATIONS OF THE HOLDERS
8
     
6.
INDEMNIFICATION
8
     
7.
MISCELLANEOUS
11

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Registration Rights Agreement
 
This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 13th day of November, 2007.
 
BY AND AMONG
 
1.
ASIA TIME CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
 
2.
ABN AMRO BANK N.V. (the “Investor”).
 
The parties hereby agree as follows:
 
1.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
 
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such 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 the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
 
AMEX” means The American Stock Exchange.
 
Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.
 
Closing Date” means the closing date for the Company’s issuance and sale of the Convertible Bonds (as defined below) pursuant to the Subscription Agreement (as defined below), and for the Company’s issuance and sale of the Warrants (as defined below) pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.
 
Common Stock” means (a) the Company’s common stock, par value US$0.0001 per share, and (b) any securities into which or for which the securities described in (a) above may be converted, exchanged or reclassified pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
 
Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any Convertible Bonds.
 
Convertible Bonds” means (a) the Company’s Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012, and (b) any securities into which or for which the securities described in (a) above may be converted, exchanged or reclassified pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise, other than Conversion Shares.
 
Holders” means (a) the Investor, and (b) any Permitted Transferee of the Investor, and (c) any subsequent Permitted Transferee of a Holder referred to in (b) above.

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Listing” means in relation to the Common Stock, the initial listing of any shares of the Common Stock on AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange.
 
Permitted Transferee” means a transferee of Registrable Securities who acquires the Registrable Securities in a transaction that meets the requirements set forth in the proviso of the second sentence of Section 7(c) hereof.
 
Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
 
Register,” “registered” and “registration” means a registration made by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the 1933 Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document.
 
Registrable Securities” means (i) the Convertible Bonds, (ii) the Warrants, (iii) the Conversion Shares, and (iv) the Warrant Shares (as defined below); provided, however, that, a security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon (A) the sale of such security pursuant to a Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or (B) such security becoming eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act.
 
Registration Statement” means any registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC for a public offering and sale of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement on Form S-8, Form S-4 or successor forms, or any registration statement relating solely to transactions under Rule 145 of the 1933 Act).
 
Required Holders” means Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities in respect of the Convertible Bonds and the Conversion Shares.
 
SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the 1933 Act.
 
Subscription Agreement” means that certain Subscription Agreement dated October 31, 2007 by and between the Company and the Investor with respect to the issuance and sale of the Convertible Bonds and the Warrants.
 
Warrant Instrument” means that certain Warrant Instrument dated November 13, 2007 by and between the Company and the Investor with respect to the terms of the Warrants.
 
Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
 
Warrants” means the warrants to purchase 600,000 shares (subject to adjustment) of Common Stock of the Company issued to the Investor pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.
 
WestPark Affiliates” means Rick Rappaport (holding 1,332,795 shares of Common Stock), Tony Pintsopoulos (holding 555,331 shares of Common Stock), Kevin DePrimio (holding 74,044 shares of Common Stock) and Jay Stern (holding 37,022 shares of Common Stock).
 
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1933 Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
1934 Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
2.
REGISTRATION
 
 
(a)
Shelf Registration
 
 
(i)
Initial Registrable Securities. Within 30 days after the date the Company’s shares of Common Stock commence trading on the AMEX (the “Listing Date”), the Company will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 to register the sale of 1,999,192 shares of Common Stock held by the WestPark Affiliates (the “WestPark Registration Statement”). The Company shall use its best endeavours to cause the WestPark Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as possible after filing. Promptly after the effectiveness of the WestPark Registration Statement and in any event no later than 90 days after the Listing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 to register the Registrable Securities (the “ABN Registration Statement”). The ABN Registration Statement shall include a plan of distribution with respect to the Registrable Securities in a form approved by the Investor. The ABN Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable Securities. The Company shall use its best endeavours to cause the ABN Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as possible after filing and in any event no later than 365 days after the Listing Date. Each prospectus contained in each of the WestPark Registration Statement and the ABN Registration Statement will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and each such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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.
 
 
(ii)
Remaining Registrable Securities. In the event that despite using its best endeavours to cause the ABN Registration Statement to become effective with respect to all Registrable Securities within the time period prescribed in Section 2(a)(i) above, all or any part of the Registrable Securities are not eligible for sale pursuant to such ABN Registration Statement (such securities being referred to herein as the “Remaining Registrable Securities”), then the Company shall, during the period from the first anniversary date of the Listing Date to the date on which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement or are fully eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act (the “Effective Period”), upon receipt of a written request from the Investor, promptly file a subsequent Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Subsequent Registration Statement”) covering the Remaining Registrable Securities. The Company shall thereafter use its best endeavours to cause such Subsequent Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as possible after filing. The Company shall have no obligation to effect more than two (2) subsequent registrations pursuant to this Section 2(a)(ii). Provided that at any time the Company is eligible to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3, during the Effective Period, there shall be no limit on the number of times the Investor may require registration of the Remaining Registrable Securities on Form S-3 by the Company.
 
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(iii)
Additional Registrable Securities. Upon any change in (a) the Conversion Price (as defined in the Trust Deed and Terms and Conditions executed with respect to the Convertible Bonds (the “Trust Deed”)) with respect to the Convertible Bonds, or (b) the Subscription Price (as defined in the Warrant Instrument executed in respect of the Warrants) of the Warrants or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the outstanding Warrants (such additional shares of Common Stock referenced in (a) and (b) above shall be referred to herein as “Additional Shares”), prior to the issuance of any Additional Shares, the Company shall prepare and file, as soon as practicable but in any event within thirty (30) days of such change, with the SEC one or more Registration Statements on Form S-1, or, if available, Form S-3, or amend the Registration Statement filed pursuant to clause (i) above, if such Registration Statement has not previously been declared effective, covering the resale of the Additional Shares, but only to the extent the Additional Shares are not at the time covered by an effective Registration Statement. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Additional Shares. The Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Holders prior to its filing or other submission.
 
 
(b)
Expenses
 
The Company will pay all expenses associated with each registration, including filing and printing fees, the Company’s counsel and accounting fees and expenses, costs associated with clearing the Registrable Securities for sale under applicable state securities laws, listing fees, and the fees and expenses of one counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities, but excluding discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold.
 
 
(c)
Effectiveness
 
 
(i)
The Company shall cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable, and in any event, (A) within ten (10) business days of being advised by the SEC that the Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is not subject to further review and (B) at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the effective date. The Company shall notify the Holders by facsimile or e-mail as promptly as practicable, and in any event, by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date immediately following the effective date, after any Registration Statement is declared effective and shall by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date immediately following the effective date provide the Holders with an electronic copy of any related Prospectus to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the securities covered thereby. If (A) the ABN Registration Statement is not filed by the Filing Deadline or any Subsequent Registration Statement is not filed in accordance with Section 2(a)(ii) above, (B) the Company does not use its best endeavours to cause any such Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as possible after filing or (C) after a Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, sales cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement for any reason other than an Allowed Delay (as defined below) (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement), but excluding the inability of any Holder to sell the Registrable Securities covered thereby due to market conditions and except as excused pursuant to subparagraph (ii) below, then the Company will be in breach of its obligations hereunder.
 
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(ii)
For not more than twenty (20) consecutive trading days, or for a total of not more than forty-five (45) trading days, in any twelve (12) month period, the Company may suspend the use of any Prospectus included in any registration contemplated by this Section 2 (an “Allowed Delay”); provided, however, that the Company shall (a) promptly notify the Holders in writing of the existence of the Allowed Delay (but in no event, without the prior written consent of a Holder, shall the Company disclose to such Holder any of the facts or circumstances regarding any material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay), (b) promptly advise the Holders in writing to cease all sales under the Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay, (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable and (d) keep the Registration Statement effective for an additional period of time equal to the period of time of the Allowed Delay.
 
3.
COMPANY OBLIGATIONS
 
The Company will effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:
 
 
(a)
cause each Registration Statement to become effective and to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement as amended from time to time, have been sold thereunder, pursuant to any other Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the 1933 Act as determined by counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (assuming for this purpose each Warrant will be exercised for cash) (the “Effectiveness Period”);
 
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(b)
promptly following the date any Registration Statement hereunder is declared effective by the SEC, prepare and file with the SEC a prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act;
 
 
(c)
prepare and file with the SEC as soon as practicable such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the period specified in Section 3(a) and to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any applicable state securities or blue sky laws and the rules and regulations of any securities exchange on which the Registrable Securities may be traded or included for quotation, with respect to the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby;
 
 
(d)
provide (via email or facsimile) copies to and permit the Holders to review each Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto no fewer than two (2) business days prior to their filing with the SEC and not file any document to which a Holder’s counsel reasonably objects;
 
 
(e)
furnish to the Holders (via email or facsimile) (i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC, or received by the Company one (1) copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment), and (ii) such number of copies of a Prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents as each Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder that are covered by the related Registration Statement;
 
 
(f)
use (i) its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness and (ii) its best efforts to, if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment;
 
 
(g)
prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions requested by the Holders and do any and all other commercially reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the distribution in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (i) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(g), (ii) subject itself to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be so subject but for this Section 3(g), or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;
 
 
(h)
cause all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
 
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(i)
notify the Holders (via email or facsimile), at any time when a Prospectus relating to Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly prepare and furnish to such holders a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;
 
 
(j)
cooperate with the Holders who hold Registrable Securities being offered to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Holders may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Holders may request;
 
 
(k)
comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and
 
 
(l)
with a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Holders to sell shares of Common Stock to the public without registration: (i) make and keep current public information available, as that term is understood and defined in Rule 144, until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period; (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1934 Act; and (iii) furnish to each Holder upon request, as long as such Holder owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act, (B) copies of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail such Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.
 
4.
DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW; INFORMATION
 
The Company shall make available, during normal business hours, for inspection and review by the Holders, advisors to and representatives of the Holders (who may or may not be affiliated with the Holders and who are reasonably acceptable to the Company), all financial and other records, all SEC filings, and all other corporate documents and properties of the Company as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of such review, and subject to the Company’s obligations pursuant to SEC Regulation FD, cause the Company’s officers and employees, within a reasonable time period, to supply all such information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such representative, advisor or underwriter in connection with such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, in response to all questions and other inquiries reasonably made or submitted by any of them), prior to and from time to time after the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement, each for the sole purpose of enabling the Holders and such representatives, advisors and underwriters and their respective accountants and attorneys to conduct initial and ongoing due diligence with respect to the Company with respect to the accuracy of such Registration Statement.
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to the Holders, or to advisors to or representatives of the Holders, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides the Holders, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material nonpublic information for review and any Holder wishing to obtain such information enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement with the Company with respect thereto.
 
5.
OBLIGATIONS OF THE HOLDERS
 
 
(a)
Each Holder shall furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least ten (10) days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from such Holder if such Holder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities held by such Holder included in the Registration Statement. A Holder shall provide such information to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if such Holder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement.
 
 
(b)
Each Holder, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Holder has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.
 
 
(c)
Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either (i) the commencement of an Allowed Delay pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii) or (ii) the happening of an event pursuant to Section 3(h) hereof, such Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities, until the Holder’s receipt of the supplemented or amended prospectus filed with the SEC and until any related post-effective amendment is declared effective and, if so directed by the Company, the Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction) all copies in the Holder’s possession of the Prospectus covering the Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
 
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6.
INDEMNIFICATION
 
 
(a)
Indemnification by the Company
 
The Company will indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder and its officers, directors, members, employees and agents, successors and assigns, and each other person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the 1933 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, any amendment or supplement thereof or any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act; (ii) any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company specifically for that purpose or based upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all of the Registrable Securities under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information herein called a “Blue Sky Application”); (iii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or its agents of any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or any other law, including any state, provincial or foreign securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, applicable to the Company or its agents and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with such registration; (v) any material violation of this Agreement by the Company; or (vi) any failure to register or qualify the Registrable Securities included in any such Registration in any state where the Company or its agents has affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing that the Company will undertake such registration or qualification on an Holder’s behalf and will reimburse such Holder, and each such officer, director or member and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon a material untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Holder or any such controlling person in writing specifically for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus.
 
 
(b)
Indemnification by the Holders
 
Each Holder agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, employees, stockholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorney fees) resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of an Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expense paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
 
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(c)
Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings
 
Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided, however, that any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, or (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such person, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists 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); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall have materially adversely affected the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the 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 of such claim or litigation.
 
 
(d)
Contribution
 
If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act shall be entitled to contribution from any person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.
 
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7.
MISCELLANEOUS
 
 
(a)
Amendments and Waivers
 
This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Company and the Required Holders. The Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Holders.
 
 
(b)
Notices
 
All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made as set forth in the Trust Deed and the Warrant Instrument.
 
 
(c)
Assignments and Transfers by Holders
 
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Holders and their respective successors and assigns. A Holder may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more persons its rights hereunder in connection with the transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to such person; provided, however, that such Holder complies with all laws applicable thereto and provides written notice of assignment to the Company promptly after such assignment is effected.
 
 
(d)
Assignments and Transfers by the Company
 
This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, provided, however, that the Company may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder to any surviving or successor corporation in connection with a reorganization of the Company, a merger or consolidation of the Company with another corporation, or a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation, without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, after notice duly given by the Company to each Holder.
 
 
(e)
Benefits of the Agreement
 
The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
 
 
(f)
Counterparts; Faxes
 
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered via facsimile, or Adobe PDF, either of which shall be deemed an original.
 
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(g)
Titles and Subtitles
 
The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
 
 
(h)
Severability
 
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
 
 
(i)
Further Assurances
 
The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.
 
 
(j)
Entire Agreement
 
This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
 
 
(k)
Governing Law
 
This Agreement, as to which time shall be of the essence, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
 
 
(l)
Jurisdiction
 
Subject to the following paragraph, the Company agrees for the benefit of the Holders that the courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and accordingly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
 
The Holders may take any suit, action or proceedings (together referred to as “Proceedings”) against the Company in any other court of competent jurisdiction and concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. The Company hereby appoints The London Law Agency at its registered office for the time being in England, to accept service of any Proceedings on its behalf.
 
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(m)
Invalidity
 
If any provision in this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, under any enactment or rule of law, such provision or part shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of this Agreement but the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected.
 
 
(n)
Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights
 
The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened, for such purpose.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.
 
   
     
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
   
     
By:
/s/ Kwong Kai Shun
   
Name:
Kwong Kai Shun
   
Title:
CEO
   
       
The Investor
   
     
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
   
     
By:
/s/ Graeme Booth
 
/s/ A. Gardner
Name:
 
A. Gardner
Title:
Managing Director
 
Regional Counsel

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SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

ASIA TIME CORPORATION

US$8,000,000 VARIABLE RATE CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2012

600,000 WARRANTS EXPIRING 2010

October 31, 2007




Clause
 
Page
     
1.
INTERPRETATION
1
2.
ISSUE OF THE BONDS AND WARRANTS
1
3.
AGREEMENTS BY THE SUBSCRIBER AND THE ISSUER
2
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
2
5.
UNDERTAKINGS BY THE ISSUER
14
6.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
17
7.
CLOSING
18
8.
COMMISSION
19
9.
FEES AND EXPENSES
19
10.
INDEMNIFICATION
20
11.
TERMINATION
21
12.
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS
21
13.
COMMUNICATIONS
21
14.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
22
15.
COUNTERPARTS
22
16.
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
23
17.
INVALIDITY
23
18.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
23
SCHEDULE 1    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS
24
SCHEDULE 2    FORM OF WARRANT INSTRUMENT
25
SCHEDULE 3    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE
26

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THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made on October 31, 2007
 
BETWEEN:
 
(1)
ASIA TIME CORPORATION (the “Issuer”); and
 
(2)
ABN AMRO BANK N.V. (the “Subscriber”).
 
The Issuer and the Subscriber wish to record the arrangements agreed among them in relation to an issue of (a) US$8,000,0000 Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 of the Issuer (the “Bonds”, which expression where the context so admits shall include the global certificate (the “Global Certificate”) to be delivered in respect of them) and (b) 600,000 warrants to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock of the Issuer (the “Warrants”, which expression where the context so admits shall include the Warrant Instrument and certificate or certificates for the Warrants (the “Warrant Instrument” and the “Warrant Certificate(s)”) to be delivered in respect of them). The definitive Bonds, if required to be issued, will be in registered form in denominations of US$1,000 each. Each Bond will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into fully paid shares of common stock of par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Shares”) of the Issuer at an initial conversion price equal to the IPO Price per share (as defined herein) in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Bonds (the “Terms and Conditions”). Each Warrant will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into the Shares of the Issuer at an initial exercise price of US$0.0001 per Warrant in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Instrument.
 
1.
INTERPRETATION
 
1.1
Definitions
 
Terms defined in the Terms and Conditions and the Warrant Instrument have, unless the context requires otherwise, the same meaning in this Agreement.
 
1.2
Headings
 
The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall be ignored in construing this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa. References to Clauses and Schedules are to be construed as references to clauses of, and schedules to, this Agreement.
 
2.
ISSUE OF THE BONDS AND WARRANTS
 
2.1
Agreement to Issue
 
The Issuer agrees to issue the Bonds on November 13, 2007, or such later date as the Issuer and the Subscriber may agree, (the “Closing Date”) to the Subscriber. The Bonds will be subscribed at a price equal to ninety-seven percent (97%) of their principal amount (the “Subscription Price”, being the issue price of one hundred percent (100%) less the commission referred to in Clause 8). The Warrants will be subscribed at US$0.0001 per Warrant (the “Warrant Issue Price”).

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2.2
The Bonds and the Warrants
 
The Bonds will be issued in accordance with the terms of a trust deed expected to be dated the Closing Date (the “Trust Deed”), in a form to be agreed by the parties hereto, to be entered into between the Issuer and a trustee to be appointed as trustee (the “Trustee”) and will be issued subject to and with the benefit of a Paying and Conversion Agency Agreement expected to be dated the Closing Date (the “Agency Agreement”), in a form to be agreed by the parties hereto, to be entered into between the Issuer, the Trustee, a principal paying and conversion agent to be appointed (the “Principal Paying and Conversion Agent”) and the other agents named therein. The Warrants will be issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Instrument and will be issued subject to and with the benefit of a Warrant Agency Agreement expected to be dated the Closing Date (the “Warrant Agency Agreement”). The Issuer and the Subscriber shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement on the Closing Date (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), in a form to be agreed by the parties hereto. This Agreement, the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, the Warrant Instrument, the Warrant Agency Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are together referred to herein as the “Contracts”.
 
2.3
Terms and Conditions
 
The Terms and Conditions shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 to this Agreement, with such changes as may be agreed in writing between the Issuer and the Subscriber.
 
2.4
Warrant Instrument
 
The Warrant Instrument shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2 to this Agreement with such changes as may be agreed in writing between the Issuer and the Subscriber.
 
3.
AGREEMENTS BY THE SUBSCRIBER AND THE ISSUER
 
3.1
Subscription
 
The Subscriber agrees to subscribe and pay for, or to procure subscriptions and payment for, (a) the Bonds in full, on the Closing Date at the Subscription Price and (b) the Warrants in full, on the Closing Date at the aggregate Warrant Issue Price and, in each case, on the terms of this Agreement.
 
3.2
Filings
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Issuer shall timely make (i) all filings required by the securities laws and regulations of the United States of America, including all filings required for a company subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (ii) after the Shares are listed, all filings required by AMEX.
 
3.3
No Fiduciary or Agency Relationship
 
Nothing in this Agreement or the nature of the services provided by the Subscriber shall be deemed to create a fiduciary or agency relationship between the Subscriber and the Issuer or any of their respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party.

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4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
4.1
Warranties by the Issuer
 
The Issuer represents and warrants to the Subscriber that as at the date of this Agreement and as at the Closing Date (and at any time from the date hereof up to and including the Closing Date):
 
 
(a)
Incorporation
 
Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (in the case of the Issuer) and the relevant jurisdiction (in the case of each Subsidiary) with full power and authority to conduct its business presently carried on by it and is lawfully qualified to do business, and has all permits, licences and other authorisations required, in each jurisdiction in which business is conducted by it (except where the failure to be so qualified or have obtained such permits licenses or authorizations would not have a material adverse effect) and has been operating its business pursuant to and in material compliance with the terms of all such permits, licences and other authorisations; the Issuer has full power and authority, and is able lawfully, to enter into and perform its obligations under the Bonds, the Warrants and the Contracts;
 
 
(b)
Receivership
 
No encumbrancer has taken possession of, and no receiver has been appointed over, the whole or any substantial part of the assets or undertaking of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
 
(c)
Insolvency
 
Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries is not (and is not, and could not be, deemed by law or a court to be) insolvent or bankrupt or unable to pay its debts, has not stopped, suspended or threatened (through an official action of its board of directors) to stop or suspend payment of all or a material part of (or of a particular type of) its debts, has not proposed or made any agreement for the deferral, rescheduling or other readjustment of all of (or all of a particular type of) its debts (or of any part which it will or might otherwise be unable to pay when due), has not proposed or made a general assignment or an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of the relevant creditors in respect of any such debts and a moratorium has not been agreed or declared in respect of or affecting all or any part of (or of a particular type of) the debts of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
 
(d)
Winding-up
 
No order has been made and no effective resolution has been passed for the winding-up or dissolution or administration or receivership of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has threatened (through an official action of its board of directors) to cease to carry on all or a material part of its business or operations except to the extent that it has made disposals of assets or shares in the normal course of its business for fair value;
 
 
(e)
Validity of Contracts
 
The Contracts have been duly authorised by the Issuer, this Agreement has been and the other Contracts will on the Closing Date have been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer and this Agreement constitutes and the other Contracts will on the Closing Date, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms subject to the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally;

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(f)
Validity of Bonds and Warrants
 
The Bonds and the Warrants have been duly authorised by the Issuer and, when the Bonds have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement and the Warrants have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the Warrant Instrument and the Warrant Agency Agreement, each will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with their respective terms subject to the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally;
 
 
(g)
Status of the Bonds and the Warrants
 
The Bonds and the Warrants will constitute direct, general, unsubordinated, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the Issuer which (i) rank pari passu and without preference among themselves and (ii) will at all times rank pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer, save for such obligations as may be provided by mandatory provisions of applicable law;
 
 
(h)
Taxation
 
With reference to the laws and regulations of the United States (and all applicable subdivisions thereof) subsisting on the date of this Agreement, all payments of principal, premium and interest in respect of the Bonds, and all payments by the Issuer under the Contracts, will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or making any deduction for or on account of, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United States (and all applicable subdivisions thereof) or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having power to tax;
 
 
(i)
Stamp Duty
 
No stamp or other duty is assessable or payable in, and no withholding or deduction for any taxes, duties, assessment or governmental charges of whatever nature is imposed or made for or on account of any income, registration, transfer or turnover taxes, customs or other duties or taxes of any kind, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within, the United States, the State of Delaware or any other relevant jurisdiction in connection with the creation, issue, offering or sale of the Bonds or the Warrants or the execution or delivery of the Contracts;
 
 
(j)
Consents
 
No action or thing is required to be taken, fulfilled or done (including without limitation the obtaining of any consent or licence or the making of any filing or registration) in the United States, the State of Delaware or elsewhere for the issue of the Bonds, the Warrants and the Shares to be issued on conversion of the Bonds or exercise of the Warrants, the carrying out of the other transactions contemplated by the Contracts or the compliance by the Issuer with the terms of the Bonds, the Warrants and the Contracts, as the case may be, other than consents which have already been obtained and remain effective;

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(k)
Compliance
 
The execution and delivery of the Contracts, the issue of the Bonds, the Warrants and the Shares to be issued on conversion of the Bonds and exercise of the Warrants, the use of the proceeds from the issue of the Bonds and the Warrants as described in Clause 5.11, the carrying out of the other transactions contemplated by the Contracts and compliance with their terms do not and will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the documents constituting the Issuer, or any indenture, trust deed, mortgage or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates is a party or by which either of them or any of their respective properties is bound, or (b) infringe any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any government, governmental body or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective properties or infringe the rules of any stock exchange on which securities of the Issuer are listed;
 
 
(l)
Financial Statements
 
(a) The audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole (the “Consolidated Group”) in respect of the financial year ended 31 December, 2006 and the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Consolidated Group in respect of the six month period ended 30 June, 2007 have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) consistently applied (other than, in the case of the unaudited financials, the absence of notes thereto) and give a true and fair view in all material respects of the financial position of the Issuer and of the Consolidated Group as at the dates, and the results of operations and changes in financial position of the Issuer and of the Consolidated Group for the periods, in respect of which they will have been prepared, and (b) since 31 December, 2006, being the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Consolidated Group, there has been no change (nor any development or event involving a prospective change of which the Issuer is, or might reasonably be expected to be, aware) which is materially adverse to the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, results of operations or general affairs of the Consolidated Group;
 
 
Contingent Liabilities
 
There are no outstanding guarantees or contingent payment obligations of the Issuer in respect of indebtedness of third parties;
 
 
(n)
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
 
Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries are engaged in, party to, or have any material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, and obligations other than hedging transactions in the ordinary course of business; and neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material relationships with unconsolidated entities that are contractually limited to narrow activities that facilitate the transfer of or access to assets by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, such as structured finance entities and special purpose entities that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the liquidity of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or the availability thereof or the requirements of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries for capital resources;

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(o)
Internal Accounting Controls
 
Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries maintains systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorisations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorisation; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries has made and kept books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of such entity and provide a sufficient basis for the preparation of the Issuer’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP; and the Issuer’s current management information and accounting control system has been in operation for at least twelve (12) months during which neither the Issuer nor any Subsidiary has experienced any material difficulties with regard to (i) through (v) above;
 
 
(p)
Auditors
 
The auditors who certified the audited financial statements of the Consolidated Group and the notes for the financial year of the Consolidated Group ended 31 December 2006 are independent public accountants with respect to the Consolidated Group, as required by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the applicable rules and regulations thereof;
 
 
(q)
Title
 
(i) Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to all real property and personal property material for the operation of its business and other assets owned by it and any rights or interests thereto and the Issuer or the relevant Subsidiary, as the case may be, has received all necessary approvals in order to have good and valid title to the foregoing property and assets, including without limitation, approvals relating to the evaluation, acquisition and perfection of title, (ii) there are no adverse rights that will interfere with use made or to be made by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of all properties currently owned or occupied by them, the existence of which would have a material adverse effect, and (iii) where any such property and assets are held under lease by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, each such lease is a legal, valid and binding lease enforceable in accordance with its terms subject to the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally;
 
 
(r)
Insurance
 
Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries has adequate insurance cover over all assets which are material to it and the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in an amount and against all risks and losses of the businesses carried on by it, which are prudent and customary for companies carrying on similar business; nothing has been done or has been omitted to be done whereby any of the said policies has or may become void or voidable and no notice of cancellation or termination has been received with respect to any such policies and the Issuer or the relevant Subsidiary, as the case may be, is entitled to the full benefits of such insurance;

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(s)
Litigation
 
There are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its properties which, if determined adversely to the Issuer or any such Subsidiary or property, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, property, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or general affairs of the Issuer or the Consolidated Group taken as a whole, or on the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Contracts, the Bonds or the Warrants, or which are otherwise material in the context of the issue of the Bonds and the Warrants and, to the Issuer’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated;
 
 
(t)
Labour Disputes
 
No labour dispute with the employees of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the Issuer’s knowledge, is imminent that might have a material adverse effect on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
 
 
(u)
Intellectual Property Rights
 
 
(i)
All Intellectual Property Rights are:
 
 
(A)
legally and beneficially owned by, and validly granted to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries alone and free from all material encumbrances, restrictions on use or obligations of disclosure, or licensed to, or used under the authority of the owner by, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
 
(B)
valid and enforceable and nothing has been done or omitted to be done by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries by which they may cease to be valid and enforceable; and
 
 
(C)
not, to the Issuer’s knowledge, the subject of a claim from any person as to title, validity, enforceability, entitlement or otherwise;
 
 
(ii)
To the Issuer’s knowledge, there is, and has been, no infringement of any of the Intellectual Property Rights;
 
 
(iii)
Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any communications alleging, nor has there been threatened any allegation, that any of the Intellectual Property Rights and/or the use thereof by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has violated or infringed the intellectual property right, proprietary or other rights of any third party; and
 
 
(iv)
In respect of the Intellectual Property Rights, the activities, processes, methods, products or services now or at any time used or supplied by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries:
 
 
(A)
are not now nor were they at the time used or supplied, subject to the license, consent or permission of, or payment to, any third party; and

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(B)
do not now nor did they at the time used or supplied, infringe any intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party.
 
“Intellectual Property” means (i) copyright, patents, know-how, confidential information, database rights, rights in domain names and rights in trade marks and designs (whether registered or unregistered), (ii) applications for registration, and the right to apply for registration, for any of the same and (iii) all other intellectual property rights and equivalent or similar forms of protection existing anywhere in the world, owned by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
 
(v)
Information Technology
 
For the purposes of this sub-clause, “Information Technology” means all computer systems, communications systems, software and hardware owned, used or licensed by or to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries:
 
 
(i)
there are no bugs or viruses, logic bombs or other contaminants (including without limitation, “worms” or “trojan horses”) in or failures or breakdowns of any computer hardware or software or any other Information Technology equipment used in connection with the business of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries which (a) have caused any substantial disruption or interruption in or to the operations of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) have had a material adverse impact on the business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
 
 
(ii)
in the event that the persons providing maintenance or support services for the Information Technology cease or are unable to do so, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries have all the necessary rights and information to continue to maintain and support or have a third party maintain or support the Information Technology; and
 
 
(iii)
each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries has in place procedures to prevent unauthorised access and the introduction of viruses and to enable the taking and storing on-site and off-site of back-up copies of the software and data;
 
 
(w)
Environmental Compliance
 
Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “environmental laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

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(x)
Business Contracts
 
All contracts, agreements, leases and instruments (the “Business Contracts”) to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or otherwise bound and which are material to the assets, liabilities, condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or general affairs of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries are valid and are in full force and effect and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. The Issuer has no knowledge of any notice or threat to terminate any such Business Contracts which are material to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries. Neither the Issuer nor any other party is in material default in complying with any provisions of any such Business Contract, and no condition or event or fact exists which, with notice, lapse of time or both, could constitute a material default thereunder on the part of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
 
(y)
Due Diligence
 
The information, answers and documents supplied or disclosed in response to the Subscriber’s due diligence questionnaire to be delivered to the Issuer and during the due diligence telephone call with the Subscriber to take place before the Closing Date (and any new or additional information serving to update or amend such information supplied or disclosed by the Issuer to the Subscriber or the legal and other professional advisers to the Subscriber prior to the Closing Date) and the information in the Periodic Reports of the Issuer do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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. All forecasts and estimates relating to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries so supplied or disclosed have been made after due, careful and proper consideration, are based on reasonable assumptions and represent reasonable and fair expectations honestly held based on facts known to such persons (or any of them);
 
 
(z)
Events of Default
 
No event has occurred or circumstance arisen which, had the Bonds and the Warrants already been issued, might (whether or not with the giving of notice and/or the passage of time and/or the fulfilment of any other requirement) constitute an event described under “Events of Default” in the Terms and Conditions or a Relevant Event (as defined in the Terms and Conditions) resulting in the entitlement of the Bondholders to exercise the put option under Condition 9(D) of the Terms and Conditions, or require an adjustment of the initial Conversion Price of the Bonds, or require an adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant;
 
 
(aa)
Directed Selling Efforts
 
Neither the Issuer nor its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act) with respect to the Bonds and the Warrants and it and they have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions of such Regulation;
 
 
(bb)
Investment Company
 
The Issuer is not, and as a result of the offer and sale of the Bonds and the Warrants contemplated herein will not be, required to register as an “investment company” under, and as such term is defined in, the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) in connection with or as a result of the offer and sale of the Bonds and the Warrants;

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(cc)
Regulation D
 
Neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act), nor any person acting on behalf of any of them has taken or will take any action that would require the registration of the Bonds or the Shares under the Securities Act.
 
 
(dd)
Regulation S
 
The Issuer reasonably believes that there is no substantial U.S. market interest (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in the debt securities of the Issuer, and that the Issuer and its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S under the Securities Act;
 
 
(ee)
OFAC
 
Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”). No part of the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds or the Warrants will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to: (i) any individual or entity listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List administered by the OFAC and/or any other similar lists administered by OFAC pursuant to any authorising statute, executive order or regulation; (ii) the government of any country subject to an OFAC Sanctions Program; (iii) any individual or entity included on any list of terrorists or terrorist organizations maintained by the United Nations, the European Union and or the countries in which the Issuer and its affiliates operate; or (iv) any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, anyone else acting in an official capacity, or any agent of any such individual or entity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”);
 
 
(ff)
FCPA
 
Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the FCPA, as amended; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment prohibited under any applicable law or regulation equivalent to the FCPA. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds or the Warrants hereunder shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any payment to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political part, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA;

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(gg)
Anti-Money Laundering
 
The operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements and money laundering statutes in the United States (and all applicable subdivisions thereof), in the case of the Issuer, and the jurisdiction of its incorporation, in the case of each of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries, and of all jurisdictions in which the Issuer and its Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to Money Laundering Laws is pending and no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated;
 
 
(hh)
Pre-emptive or Other Third Party Rights
 
The Issuer has available free from pre-emptive or other third party rights out of its authorised but unissued share capital such number of Shares as would or may be required to be issued upon conversion at the initial Conversion Price of all of the Bonds and exercise of the Warrants now being issued, and the Shares when issued and delivered in accordance with the Trust Deed and the Bonds or the Warrants, as the case may be, will be freely transferable (subject to compliance with applicable securities laws), duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear from all liens, charges, encumbrances, security interests and other third party rights, other than any created by the Bondholder or the Warrantholder, as the case may be;
 
 
(ii)
Ranking of the Shares
 
The Shares to be issued upon conversion of the Bonds or exercise of the Warrants will rank pari passu in all respects with all other common shares in issue of the Issuer and be entitled when issued to all dividends and other distributions declared, paid or made by the Issuer;
 
 
(jj)
No Restrictions applicable to the Shares
 
There are no restrictions which will be applicable to the Shares generally upon the voting or transfer of any Share pursuant to the Issuer’s constitutional documents or pursuant to any agreement or other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer may be bound;
 
 
(kk)
Authorised Share Capital
 
The Issuer has an authorised share capital as disclosed to the Subscriber and all of the issued shares (or shares committed under any option or other rights) of the Issuer have been duly and validly authorised and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable;

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(ll)
No Outstanding Securities
 
Except as disclosed in the most recent annual report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”) filed by the Issuer with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) prior to the date of this Agreement and the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by the Issuer with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Annual Report and prior to the date hereof (the “Quarterly Report”, and together with the Annual Report, the “Periodic Reports”), there are no outstanding securities issued by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for Shares, or warrants, rights or options to purchase Shares from the Issuer, nor are there other or similar arrangements approved by the board of directors of the Issuer or the general meeting of shareholders of the Issuer providing for the issue or purchase of Shares or the subscription for the Shares and no unissued share capital of the Issuer is under option or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be put under option;
 
 
(mm)
Conduct of Business
 
Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (i) possesses or has obtained all material licences, permits, concessions, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorisations from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all national, state, local and other governmental authorities (including foreign regulatory agencies), all self-regulatory organisations and all courts and other tribunals, domestic or foreign, necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and to carry on its business as conducted as at the date hereof and (ii) has not received and does not expect to receive any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, permit, certificate, consent, order, approval or other authorisation; and (iii) is in compliance in all material respects with all laws and regulations relating to the conduct of its business as conducted as at the date hereof;
 
 
(nn)
Tax Returns
 
Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries has duly and timely filed all tax returns that are required to be filed in all relevant jurisdictions or has duly requested extensions thereof and has paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them in all relevant jurisdictions and any related assessments, fines or penalties, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to file or make payment would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect. There is no dispute or disagreement outstanding nor is any dispute or disagreement contemplated with any revenue authority in any jurisdiction regarding liability to any tax or duty (including in each case, penalties or interest) recoverable from the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or regarding the availability of any relief from tax or duty to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and there are no circumstances which make it likely that any such dispute or disagreement will commence or that any claims are being or likely to be asserted against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect;
 
 
(oo)
Related Party
 
No material relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or any affiliate of the Issuer or its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any current director, officer, stockholder, customer or supplier of any of them (including any member of their immediate family), on the other hand, which has not been disclosed in the Periodic Reports of the Issuer;
 
 
(pp)
No Distribution of Other Offering Material
 
Neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates has distributed, nor will it distribute, any offering material in connection with the offer and sale of the Bonds, the Warrants and the Shares upon the conversion of the Bonds and the Warrants; and

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(qq)
Registration Statement Conformity to Requirements of the Act; No Untrue Statements or Omissions
 
The Issuer meets the requirements for use of Form S-1 under the Securities Act and has prepared and filed a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-140692) (as amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) with the Commission, in the form heretofore delivered to the Subscriber. Each prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and each such prospectus did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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.
 
4.2
Warranties by the Subscriber
 
 
(a)
The Subscriber acknowledges that none of the Bonds, the Shares or the Warrants have been registered under the Securities Act and that the Bonds and the Warrants are being sold to the Subscriber in a non-public offering;
 
 
(b)
The Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial, business and international investment matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing the Bonds and the Warrants, has had the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers and request information from the Issuer;
 
 
(c)
The Subscriber represents that it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act;
 
 
(d)
The Subscriber is purchasing the Bonds and the Warrants for its own account and not with a view to any distribution thereof; and
 
 
(e)
The Subscriber acknowledges, represents and agrees that:
 
 
(i)
the Bonds and the Warrants offered outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S”) of the Securities Act will be represented by Global Certificates;
 
 
(ii)
it is, or at the time the Bonds and the Warrants are purchased will be, the beneficial owner of the Bonds and the Warrants and (a) it is outside the United States and is not a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S); and (b) it is not an affiliate of the Issuer or a person acting on behalf of such an affiliate; and
 
 
(iii)
it understands that neither of the Bonds nor the Shares of the Issuer issuable upon conversion of the Bonds nor the Warrants have yet been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities laws and, until 40 days after the settlement date of the sale of the Bonds, it agrees not to offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Bonds or the Shares or the Warrants except (a) inside the United States to a person whom the Subscriber reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer (a “QIB”) (as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act; (b) outside the United States to a non-U.S. person in compliance with Regulation S; (c) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act (if available); or (d) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

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4.3
Interpretation
 
For the purpose of this Clause 4:
 
“Person” includes any individual, company, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, undertaking, association, organisation, trust, state or agency of a state (in each case, whether or not having separate legal personality); and
 
“Subsidiary” means in relation to any Person and at any particular time, any entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the issued share capital having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions is then beneficially owned by such Person and/or one (1) or more of its Subsidiaries and “Subsidiaries” means two (2) or more of such companies.
 
5.
UNDERTAKINGS BY THE ISSUER
 
The Issuer undertakes with the Subscriber as follows:
 
5.1
Taxes
 
The Issuer will pay (a) any stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other taxes and duties, including interest and penalties, payable in the United States on or in connection with the creation, issue and offering of the Bonds or the Warrants or the execution or delivery of the Contracts; and (b) in addition to any amount payable by it under this Agreement, any value added, turnover or similar tax (other than a tax levied on the overall tax income of the Subscriber) payable in respect of that amount. The Issuer shall indemnify the Subscriber against any claim, demand, action, liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees) which it may incur as a result or arising out of or in relation to any failure to pay or delay in paying any of the same.
 
5.2
Financial and Business Condition
 
The Issuer will forthwith notify the Subscriber promptly of any material development in the financial or business condition, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Issuer or the Consolidated Group, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business at any time prior to payment being made to the Issuer on the Closing Date.
 
5.3
Delivery of Bonds and Warrants
 
The Issuer will make such reasonable arrangements satisfactory to the Subscriber as it can to ensure that the Global Certificate for the Bonds and the Global Certificate for the Warrants and any definitive Bonds and Warrants are delivered to, in the case of the Bonds, the Principal Paying and Conversion Agent for authentication in the form required by, and otherwise in accordance with, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement and, in the case of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent for authentication in the form required by the Warrant Instrument and the Warrant Agency Agreement.

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5.4
Due Diligence
 
The Issuer will co-operate with the Subscriber in respect of, and participate in, the due-diligence procedures required by the Subscriber in connection with the issue of the Bonds and the Warrants.
 
5.5
Registration
 
 
Within 30 days after the date the Issuer’s Shares commence trading on the AMEX (the “Listing Date”), the Issuer will file with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 to register the sale of 1,999,192 Shares of the Issuer held by Rick Rappaport (holding 1,332,795 Shares), Tony Pintsopoulos (holding 555,331 Shares), Kevin DePrimio (holding 74,044 Shares) and Jay Stern (holding 37,022 Shares) (the “WestPark Registration Statement”). The Issuer shall use its best endeavours to cause the WestPark Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as possible after filing. Promptly after the effectiveness of the WestPark Registration Statement and in any event no later than 90 days after the Listing Date, the Issuer will file with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 to register the Bonds, the Warrants and the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Bonds and exercise of the Warrants (the “ABN Registration Statement”). The ABN Registration Statement shall include a plan of distribution with respect to the Bonds, the Warrants and the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Bonds and exercise of the Warrants in a form approved by the Subscriber. The ABN Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional Shares resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Bonds, the Warrants and the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Bonds and exercise of the Warrants. The Issuer shall use its best endeavours to cause the ABN Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as possible and in any event no later than 365 days after the Listing Date. Each prospectus contained in each of the WestPark Registration Statement and the ABN Registration Statement will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and each such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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.
 
5.6
Restrictions on Other Issues
 
The Issuer will not, for a period of ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, other than as contemplated by the form of the prospectuses included in the Registration Statement on the date hereof, without the prior written consent of the Subscriber, issue, offer, lend, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant or otherwise dispose of or encumber (or publicly announce any (or any intention to make) such issue, offer, lease, sale, contract to sell, pledge, grant, disposal or encumbrance), any Shares or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for Shares or warrants or other rights to purchase Shares; save, in the case of (a) above, for the issue, offer, exercise, allotment, appropriation or grant of Shares to or for the benefit of employees of the Issuer (including directors holding office) or any subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to any employees’ share scheme or plan which (i) is in compliance with the regulations and stock exchange rules governing the Issuer and its Shares and (ii) does not amount to, relate to, or entitle such persons to receive, Shares in excess of ten percent (10%) of the average number of issued and outstanding Shares during any twelve (12) months.
 
5.7
No Actions Causing Adjustments to the Conversion Price or the Subscription Price
 
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date (both dates inclusive), neither the Issuer nor any person acting on behalf of either of them will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in an adjustment of the initial Conversion Price of the Bonds or the Subscription Price of the Warrants.

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5.8
No Encumbrances
 
The Issuer shall deliver the Shares free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security, encumbrances or like interests upon conversion of the Bonds in accordance with the Trust Deed and the Terms and Conditions, and upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the Warrant Instrument.
 
5.9
Listing
 
The Issuer confirms that it shall use its best endeavours to promptly list the Shares into which the Bonds are or may be convertible pursuant to the Terms and Conditions and the Warrants are or may be exercisable pursuant to the Warrant Instrument, as the case may be, on the AMEX and in any event no later than three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after the Listing Date. The Issuer will use its best endeavours to maintain such listing, provided that, if the Issuer is unable to maintain such listing having used such endeavours, the Issuer shall use its best endeavours to obtain and maintain a listing of the Shares on such other stock exchange(s) as the Issuer may agree with the Subscriber or, after the Closing Date, the Trustee.
 
5.10
No Announcements
 
The Issuer shall not, without the prior written consent of the Subscriber, make any public announcement with respect to the Bonds and the Warrants. This provision will not apply to any such public announcement required by any applicable law, regulation or listing rules governing the Issuer and its Shares provided that, subject to compliance with applicable laws, prior to the making or despatch thereof the Issuer shall (i) inform the Subscriber and (ii) consult (to the maximum extent practicable) with the Subscriber as to the content, timing and manner of making such public announcement or despatch thereof and the Issuer shall consider all reasonable requests of the Subscriber in relation thereto.
 
5.11
Use of Proceeds
 
The Issuer will use the net proceeds received by it from the issue of the Bonds and the Warrants for general corporate financing purposes of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries. The Issuer will ensure that proceeds raised in connection with the issue of the Bonds and the Warrants will not directly or indirectly be lent, contributed or otherwise made available to any person or entity (whether or not related to the Issuer) for the purpose of financing the activities of any person or for the benefit of any country currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC.
 
5.12
Agreements
 
The Issuer will execute the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrant Agency Agreement and the Warrant Instrument on or before the Closing Date.
 
5.13
Documents
 
Up to the Closing Date, the Issuer will furnish to the Subscriber, copies of each document filed by it with the Commission as well as copies of any financial statements and other periodic reports that the Issuer furnishes to holders of its debt securities or to its shareholders.

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5.14
Liquidity
 
The Issuer will not, and will procure that none of its Subsidiaries will, create any material relationships with any off-balance sheet entities that are contractually limited to narrow activities that facilitate the transfer of or access to assets or liabilities by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, such as structured finance entities and special purpose entities, that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the liquidity of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or the availability thereof or the requirements of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries for capital resources.
 
5.15
No U.S. Directed Selling Efforts

Neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), nor any person acting on behalf of any of them will engage in any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) with respect to the Bonds or the Shares to be issued upon the conversion of the Bonds.

6.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
 
6.1
Conditions Precedent
 
The obligations of the Subscriber to subscribe and pay for the Bonds and the Warrants are conditional upon:
 
 
(a)
Contracts
 
The execution and delivery of the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrant Instrument and the Warrant Agency Agreement by the respective parties.
 
 
(b)
Compliance and Material Adverse Change
 
On the Closing Date (i) the representations and warranties of the Issuer in this Agreement being true, accurate and correct at, and as if made on, the Closing Date, (ii) the Issuer having performed all of its obligations under this Agreement to be performed on or before the Closing Date, (iii) there having been, as at the Closing Date, no change which is materially adverse to the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or general affairs of the Issuer or of the Consolidated Group taken as a whole since 31 December, 2006 and (iv) there having been delivered to the Subscriber a certificate dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorised officer of the Issuer (substantially in the form of Schedule 3 to this Agreement) to the effect stated in (i), (ii) and (iii).
 
 
(c)
Legal Opinion
 
On or before the Closing Date, there having been delivered to the Subscriber opinions in form and substance satisfactory to the Subscriber, dated the Closing Date of:
 
 
(i)
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, legal advisers to the Issuer as to the laws of England;
 
 
(ii)
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, legal advisers to the Issuer as to the federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Delaware; and

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(iii)
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, legal advisers to the Subscriber as to the laws of England.
 
 
(d)
Ratings
 
No rating agency having downgraded, nor given notice or made any public announcement of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review or surveillance with negative implications of, the rating accorded to any debt securities of the Issuer.
 
 
(e)
Due Diligence
 
The Subscriber having been reasonably satisfied with the results of its due diligence investigations on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries.
 
 
(f)
Registration Rights Agreement
 
The Issuer executing the Registration Rights Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Subscriber.
 
 
(g)
Others
 
On or before the Closing Date, there having been delivered to the Subscriber any other documents (including, but not limited to, any resolutions, consents and authorities) relating to the issue of the Bonds or the Warrants which the Subscriber may reasonably require.
 
6.2
Waiver
 
The Subscriber may, at its discretion and upon such terms as they think fit, waive compliance with the whole or any part of Clause 6.1.
 
7.
CLOSING
 
7.1
Delivery of Global Certificate and Registration of Holdings
 
Not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Closing Date, the Issuer will issue the Bonds and the Warrants and procure the entry in the register of Bondholders (as defined in the Terms and Conditions) and the register of Warrantholders (as defined in the Warrant Instrument) of the name of the Subscriber to be the holder of the Bonds and the Warrants and the Registrar will deliver a Global Certificate duly executed and authenticated representing the aggregate principal amount of each of the Bonds and a Global Certificate duly executed and authenticated representing the Warrants to the nominee of a depositary (the “Common Depositary”) common to Euroclear and Clearstream in accordance with the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement. Delivery of the Global Certificates for each of the Bonds and the Warrants and completion of the register of Bondholders and the register of Warrantholders shall constitute the issue and delivery of the Bonds and the Warrants, as the case may be.
 
7.2
Payment
 
Immediately against such delivery and registration, the Subscriber shall, subject to the conditions mentioned in Clause 6, pay or procure to be paid to the Issuer, (a) the net subscription moneys (being the Subscription Price less any amount deductible under, or under any arrangement referred to in, Clause 9) for the Bonds and (b) the aggregate Warrant Issue Price for the Warrants to be subscribed by it to such bank account as shall be notified by the Issuer to the Subscriber. Such payment by or on behalf of the Subscriber for the Bonds and the Warrants to the Issuer pursuant to this Clause 7.2 shall be a complete discharge of the Subscriber’s obligation to make such payments.

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Payment under this Clause 7.2 shall be made in United States dollars by the Subscriber in United States dollars in same day settlement funds to such United States dollar account in New York City as shall have been notified by the Issuer to the Subscriber not later than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date, evidence of such payment taking the form of a confirmation from the Issuer that it has received such payment.
 
8.
COMMISSION
 
The Issuer agrees to pay to the Subscriber a commission of three percent (3%) of the principal amount of the Bonds. Such commission shall be deducted from the subscription moneys for the Bonds subscribed by the Subscriber.
 
9.
FEES AND EXPENSES
 
9.1
General Expenses
 
The Issuer agrees to pay, or in the case of expenses incurred by the Subscriber, reimburse promptly upon presentation of invoices, to the extent reasonably and properly incurred:
 
 
(a)
all costs and expenses in connection with (a) the preparation, production and (where appropriate) printing of the Bonds, the Warrants, the Contracts and all other documents relating to the issue of the Bonds or the Warrants, as the case may be, (b) the initial delivery and distribution (including transportation and packaging but not insurance (other than to the place of distribution)) of the Bonds or the Warrants and (c) the listing of the Shares on the AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange; and
 
 
(b)
the fees and expenses of the Subscriber’s legal counsel and any other professional advisers engaged by the Subscriber in connection with the issue of the Bonds or the Warrants and all travelling, telecommunications, postage, accommodation, marketing and other out-of-pocket and roadshow and investor presentation expenses, disbursements of the Subscriber, any charges levied by regulators or the AMEX or any Alternative Stock Exchange, any expenses relating to any stock lending incurred by the Subscriber in connection with the issue of the Bonds or the Warrants and any value added and goods and services tax thereon.
 
9.2
Issuer’s Other Expenses
 
The Issuer shall bear and pay:
 
 
(a)
the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the agents appointed under the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement in relation to the preparation and execution of the Contracts, the issue and authentication of the Bonds or the Warrants and the performance of their duties under the Contracts, including the legal fees and expenses of Trustee's counsel; and
 
 
(b)
the fees and expenses of the legal, accountancy and any other professional advisers instructed by the Issuer in connection with the creation and issue of the Bonds or the Warrants and in each such case any value added tax thereon.

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9.3
Withholding Tax
 
All payments by the Issuer under this Agreement shall be paid without set-off or counterclaim, and free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, levies, imports, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, imposed by the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction or by any department, agency or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (“Taxes”). If any Taxes are required by law to be deducted or withheld in connection with any such payment, the Issuer will increase the amount paid so that the full amount of such payment is received by the payee as if no such deduction or withholding had been made. In addition, the Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold the Subscriber harmless against any Taxes which they are required to pay in respect of any amount paid by the Issuer under this Agreement.
 
9.4
Stamp Duties
 
The Issuer shall pay all stamp, registration and other taxes and duties (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) which may be payable upon or in connection with the creation and issue of the Bonds or the Warrants and the execution of the Contracts, and the Issuer shall indemnify the Subscribers against any claim, demand, action, liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees) which it may incur as a result or arising out of or in relation to any failure to pay or delay in paying any of the same.
 
10.
INDEMNIFICATION
 
10.1
Without prejudice to the other rights or remedies of the Subscriber, the Issuer undertakes to the Subscriber that if the Subscriber or any of its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents or controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (together with the Subscriber, each a “Relevant Party”) incurs any liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, legal fees, costs and expenses) (a “Loss”) arising out of, in connection with, or based on, any actual or alleged breach of the representations, warranties and undertakings contained in, or made or deemed to be made by the Issuer under, this Agreement, the Issuer shall pay to the Subscriber on demand an amount equal to such Loss. The Subscriber shall not have any duty or obligation, whether as fiduciary or trustee for any Relevant Party or otherwise, to recover any such payment or to account to any other person for any amounts paid to it under this Clause 10.1.
 
10.2
In case any action shall be brought against any Relevant Party in respect of which recovery may be sought from the Issuer under this Clause 10, the Subscriber shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing but failure to do so will not relieve the Issuer from any liability under this Agreement.
 
10.3
The Issuer shall not, without the prior written consent of the Relevant Party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim or action in respect of which recovery may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Relevant Party is an actual or potential party to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each Relevant Party from all liability arising out of such claim or action and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of a Relevant Party.
 
10.4
Indemnification for any Losses incurred in connection with an alleged breach (that is not also an actual breach) will only apply if the Subscriber or any other Relevant Party is not the party alleging the breach.

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11.
TERMINATION
 
11.1
The Subscriber’s Ability to Terminate
 
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, the Subscriber may, by giving notice to the Issuer at any time prior to payment of the net subscription moneys for the Bonds and the aggregate Warrant Issue Price for the Warrants to the Issuer on the Closing Date, terminate this Agreement in any of the following circumstances:
 
 
(a)
if there shall have come to the notice of the Subscriber any breach by the Issuer of any of the warranties and representations contained in Clause 4 or any failure to perform any of the Issuer’s undertakings or agreements in this Agreement;
 
 
(b)
if any of the conditions specified in Clause 6 has not been satisfied or waived by the Subscriber by the Closing Date; or
 
 
(c)
(i) if, in the opinion of the Subscriber, since the date of this Agreement, there shall have been such a change (whether or not foreseeable at the date of this Agreement) in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would in its view be likely to prejudice materially dealings in the Bonds or the Warrants in the secondary market or (ii) if there occurs any disruption to trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, the AMEX, the London Stock Exchange plc’s market for listed securities, the Main Board or Growth Enterprises Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
 
11.2
Consequences of Termination
 
Upon such notice being given this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further effect and no party shall be under any liability to any other in respect of this Agreement, except that the Issuer shall remain liable for the payment of all costs and expenses referred to in Clause 9 and any liabilities arising before or in relation to such termination, the Subscriber shall remain liable under Clause 4.2 and the obligations of the Issuer pursuant to Clause 12, which would have continued had the arrangements for the subscription and issue of the Bonds been completed, shall continue.
 
12.
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS
 
The representations, warranties, agreements, undertakings and indemnities of the Issuer in this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding completion of the arrangements for the subscription and issue of the Bonds or the Warrants, the Subscriber’s actual or constructive knowledge with respect to any of the matters referred to in the representations and warranties, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Subscriber or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Clause 11.
 
13.
COMMUNICATIONS
 
13.1
Addresses
 
Any communication shall be given by letter, fax or telephone:
 
in the case of notices to the Issuer, to it care of:

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Asia Time Corporation
Room 1601-1604, 16/F., CRE Centre, 889 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Telephone no.:
+ 852 2310 0101
Fax no. 
+ 852 2310 0032
Attention:
Kwong Kai Shun/Michael Mak
 
and in the case of notices from the Issuer to the Subscriber, to the Subscriber at:
 
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
250 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4AA
United Kingdom
Telephone no.:
+44 207 678 3145
Fax no. 
+44 207 678 6484
Attention:
Global Financial Markets
 
13.2
Effectiveness
 
Any communication shall take effect, in the case of a letter, at the time of delivery, in the case of fax, at the time of despatch or, in the case of telephone, when made.
 
13.3
Confirmations
 
Any communication not by letter shall be confirmed by letter but failure to send or receive the letter of confirmation shall not invalidate the original communication.
 
14.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
 
14.1
Governing Law
 
This Agreement, as to which time shall be of the essence, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
 
14.2
Jurisdiction
 
Subject to sub-clause 14.3, the Issuer agrees for the benefit of the Subscriber that the courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and accordingly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
 
14.3
The Subscriber may take any suit, action or proceedings (together referred to as Proceedings) against the Issuer in any other court of competent jurisdiction and concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. The Issuer hereby appoints The London Law Agency of 69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET for the time being in England, to accept service of any Proceedings on its behalf.
 
15.
COUNTERPARTS
 
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one (1) instrument.

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16.
CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
 
A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these presents, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
 
17.
INVALIDITY
 
If any provision in this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, under any enactment or rule of law, such provision or part shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of this Agreement but the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected.
 
18.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
 
This Agreement constitutes the whole and only agreement between the parties relating to the offering, issue and sale of the Bonds and the Warrants.
 
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SCHEDULE 1
 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS

Subscription Agreement
 
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SCHEDULE 2
 
FORM OF WARRANT INSTRUMENT

Subscription Agreement
 
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SCHEDULE 3
 
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE
 
[l] 2007

To:         ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
250 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4AA
United Kingdom

Attention: Global Financial Markets

Dear Sirs

Asia Time Corporation (the “Issuer”)
US$8,000,000 Variable Rate Convertible Bonds due 2012 (the “Bonds”)
600,000 Warrants Expiring 2010 (the “Warrants”)

I, being a duly authorised officer of the Issuer, refer to the Subscription Agreement dated [l] 2007 (the “Subscription Agreement”) between the Issuer and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. relating to the issue of the Bonds and the Warrants.

As required by the Subscription Agreement, I certify that at today’s date (a) the representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in the Subscription Agreement are true, accurate and correct at, and as if made, today, (b) the Issuer has performed all of its obligations under the Subscription Agreement to be performed on or before today and (c) there has been no change which is materially adverse to the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, shareholders' equity, results of operations or general affairs of the Issuer or of the Consolidated Group (as defined in the Subscription Agreement) taken as a whole since 31 December, 2006.

Yours faithfully

Asia Time Corporation
 
By:
  
[name]
 
Director
 

Subscription Agreement

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This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning.
 
   
     
ASIA TIME CORPORATION
   
     
By:
/s/ Kwong Kai Shun
   
Name:
Kwong Kai Shun
   
Title:
Chairman
   
       
The Subscriber
   
     
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
   
     
By:
/s/ A. Gardner
 
/s/ G. Booth
Name:
 
G. Booth
Title:
Regional Counsel
 
Managing Director

Signature Page to
Subscription Agreement



 
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