0001144204-11-023497.txt : 20110422 0001144204-11-023497.hdr.sgml : 20110422 20110421191536 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-11-023497 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110415 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110422 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110421 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Global Cornerstone Holdings Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001511648 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 660758906 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-54351 FILM NUMBER: 11774456 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 641 LEXINGTON AVENUE STREET 2: 28TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-822-8165 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 641 LEXINGTON AVENUE STREET 2: 28TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 8-K 1 v219344_8k.htm Unassociated Document
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 21, 2011 (April 15, 2011)

  
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  
British Virgin Islands
 
6770
 
66-0758906
(State or other jurisdiction of
 incorporation or organization)
 
(Primary Standard Industrial
 Classification Code Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification Number)

641 Lexington Avenue
 28 th  Floor
 New York, NY
10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 822-8165

Not Applicable
 (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 to the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
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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.

On April 18, 2011, Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited (the “Company”) announced that, on April 15, 2011, it had priced its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 8,000,000 units (the “IPO Units”), each unit (a “Unit”) consisting of one ordinary share, no par value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), and a warrant (a “Warrant”) to purchase one Ordinary Share, pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-172120) (the “Registration Statement”).  A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.  In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into various written agreements, including the following: (i) underwriting agreement, (ii) investment management trust agreement, (iii) registration rights agreement, (iv) warrant agreement and (v) a letter agreement with Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC, a limited liability company controlled by its officers, directors and advisor (the “Sponsor”) and the Company filed with the British Virgin Islands Registrar of Corporate Affairs its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (“Memorandum and Articles”).  The purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K is to file such agreements as executed in connection with the IPO.

Underwriting Agreement

On April 15, 2011, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) relating to the sale of the IPO Units.  A copy of the Underwriting Agreement entered into by and between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citi”), as representative of the underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”), is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

A portion of the proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement (as defined below) were placed into the Trust Account (as defined below) and shall be released upon the earlier of the consummation of a business combination (the “Business Combination”), the Company’s redemption of the public shares sold in the IPO if the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination by January 20, 2013, or the Company’s liquidation (if no redemption occurs), as described in the Registration Statement and the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Memorandum and Articles”).  The Underwriting Agreement provided for an underwriters’ discount in an amount equal to 5.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO.  The Underwriters agreed that a portion of the underwriters’ discount (3.5% or $2,800,000) would be deposited into the Trust Account and payable to the Underwriters upon the consummation of the Business Combination.  The Company also granted the Underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 Units from the Company on the same terms and at the same price as the 8,000,000 Units to cover over-allotments, if any.

Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the sale of the IPO Units was completed on April 20, 2011 at a purchase price of $9.45 (the offering price to the public of $10.00 per Unit minus the underwriters’ discount of $0.20 per Unit and deferred underwriters’ discount of $0.35 per Unit).

The Underwriting Agreement includes certain customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company.  It also provides that the Company will indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.

Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement

In accordance with the Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement, the Sponsor agreed to purchase from the Company an aggregate of 3,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  Such Private Placement was consummated (pursuant to the sponsor warrant purchase agreement described below) immediately prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement and the proceeds were deposited into the trust account.

 
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The Warrants underlying the Units are exercisable for the period commencing on the later of 30 days after the Company’s completion of the Business Combination or April 20, 2012, and will expire five years from the date of completion of the Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. The Company may redeem the outstanding Warrants, in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per Warrant at any time after the Warrants become exercisable upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice and if and only if the last closing sales price of the Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $17.50 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-day trading period ending three business days before the Company sends notice of redemption.  The Private Placement Warrants are substantially similar to the Warrants, except that if held by the original holders or their permitted assigns, they (i) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis; (ii) are not subject to being called for redemption; and (iii) subject to certain limited exceptions, will be subject to transfer restrictions until 30 days following the consummation of the Business Combination.

Investment Management Trust Agreement

On April 15, 2011, the Company entered into an investment management trust agreement (the “Investment Management Trust Agreement”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“CST”) as trustee.  A copy of the Investment Management Trust Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, a portion of the proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement was deposited into a U.S. trust account (the “Trust Account”) and maintained by CST as trustee.  Of this amount, $2,800,000 represents the deferred underwriters’ discount, which amount shall be payable to the Underwriters upon the consummation of a Business Combination (or $3,200,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full).  The funds in the Trust Account will not be released until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company’s redemption of the public shares sold in the IPO if the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination by January 20, 2013 or the Company’s liquidation (if no redemption occurs) as described in the Registration Statement and the Memorandum and Articles; provided, however, the Company shall be permitted to draw amounts from the interest earned on the amount in the Trust Account to pay taxes and for working capital requirements, and any amounts necessary to purchase up to 15% of the public shares in the event the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules.  The proceeds held in the Trust Account may be invested by the trustee only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

Holders of the Ordinary Shares underlying the Units (the “IPO Shares”) shall be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account (including interest earned on the holder’s pro rata portion of the Trust Account) in the event the Company either redeems the IPO Shares or liquidates.  If the Company conducts the redemption pursuant to the tender offer rules, the redemption price payable per IPO Share shall be equal to the amount held in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the commencement of the tender offer including interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the total number of IPO Shares.  If the Company conducts the redemption in conjunction with a shareholder vote, the Company will offer to redeem the IPO Shares, regardless of whether such shares are voted for or against the Business Combination, at a redemption price payable per share equal to the amount held in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the commencement of the Business Combination including interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the total number of IPO Shares in accordance with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act.  In either case, the Company shall distribute to holders of IPO Shares no less than $10.00 per share (or $9.97 per IPO Share if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full).  In the event a Business Combination is consummated, all sums remaining in the Trust Account shall be released to the Company and there will be no restriction on the Company’s use of such funds.
 
 
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Registration Rights Agreement

On April 15, 2011, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Sponsor.  A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the holders of 25% in interest of the Ordinary Shares owned by the Sponsor prior to the IPO (the “Insider Shares”) or the Private Placement Warrants shall be entitled to require the Company, on three occasions at any time after the date on which the Insider Shares or Private Placement Warrants, respectively, are released from lockup, to register the Insider Shares and Private Placement Warrants.  In addition, the Sponsor has “piggyback” registration rights with respect to the Insider Shares and Private Placement Warrants commencing on the date on which the Insider Shares and Private Placement Warrants, respectively, are released from lockup.  

Warrant Agreement

On April 15, 2011, the Company entered into a warrant agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) with CST pursuant to which CST shall act as warrant agent in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the Warrants underlying the IPO Units (the “Public Warrants”) and the Private Placement Warrants (together with the Public Warrants, the “Company Warrants”).  A copy of the Warrant Agreement is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

The Warrant Agreement provides for, among other things, the form and provisions of the Company Warrants and the manner in which the Company Warrants may be exercised.  The Warrant Agreement also contains certain transfer restrictions and anti-dilution provisions and the manner in which the Company Warrants may be redeemed.

Letter Agreement

On April 15, 2011, the Company entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with the Sponsor, the members of the Sponsor and each of the officers and directors of the Company.  A copy of the Letter Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, and to the extent that the Underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,200,000 Units, the Sponsor has agreed that it shall return to the Company for cancellation, at no cost, the number of Insider Shares determined by multiplying 263,414  by a fraction: (i) the numerator of which is 1,200,000 minus the number of Units purchased by the Underwriters upon the exercise of their over-allotment option, and (ii) the denominator of which is 1,200,000.  The Sponsor has also agreed that in the event the last sales price of the Ordinary Shares does not equal or exceed $13.00 (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period within four years following the closing the Business Combination, 4% of the Insider Shares issued and outstanding following the closing of the IPO shall be forfeited to the Company.

 
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Messrs. James D. Dunning, Alan G. Hassenfeld and Gregory E. Smith have agreed, pursuant to the Letter Agreement, that they will be liable to the Company, pro-rata on a 40%, 40% and 20% basis, respectively, if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amounts in the Trust Account to below $10.00 per share except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, Messrs. Dunning, Hassenfeld and Smith will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims.

Each of the members of the Sponsor, the Sponsor and the Company will not propose any amendment to the Company's Memorandum and Articles that would affect the substance or timing of the Company's obligation, as described in Regulation 23 of the Memorandum and Articles, to redeem the public shares.

Also pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Sponsor agreed not to, except under certain limited circumstances (the “Share Lockup Period”) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, until: (A) one year after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier if, subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the last sales price of the Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for at least one period of 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination or (B) the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property.

Until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s Business Combination (the “Warrant Lockup Period”), the Sponsor will not, except under certain limited circumstances, sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, Private Placement Warrants.

During the Share Lockup Period, holders of the Insider Shares shall retain all other rights as shareholders, including, without limitation, the right to vote their Ordinary Shares. During the Share Lockup Period and Warrant Lockup Period, all dividends payable in cash with respect to such securities shall be paid to the Sponsor, but all dividends payable in Ordinary Shares or other non-cash property become subject to the applicable lockup period and early release as described above.

Item 9.01.            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
 
Exhibits
     
1.1
 
Underwriting Agreement, dated  April 15, 2011, by and between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the underwriters
     
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
     
4.1
 
Warrant Agreement, dated April 15, 2011, by and between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

 
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10.1
 
Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated April 15, 2011, by and between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
     
10.2
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 15, 2011, by and among Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited and the securityholders named therein
     
10.3
 
Letter Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2011, among the Registrant, Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC, each of the members of Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC and each of the directors and officers of the Registrant
     
99.1
 
Press Release, dated April 18, 2011

 
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SIGNATURE

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.

Dated:   April 21, 2011
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
         
   
    
By:  
/s/ James D. Dunning, Jr.
       
Name:  James D. Dunning, Jr.
       
Title:    Chairman and Chief
       
    Executive Officer

 
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EX-1.1 2 v219344_ex1-1.htm Unassociated Document
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited

8,000,000 Units
Ordinary Shares
Warrants
 
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
 
New York, New York
April 15, 2011
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited, a business company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representative”) are acting as sole representative, 8,000,000 units (the “Units”) of the Company (said units to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities”).  The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,200,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”).  To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representative as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriter, and the term Underwriter shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires.  Certain capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are defined in Section 20 hereof.
 
Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s ordinary shares of no par value each (the “Ordinary Shares”), and one warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share (the “Warrant(s)”).  The Ordinary Shares and Warrants included in the Units will not trade separately until the 52nd day following the date of the Prospectus (unless the Representative informs the Company of its decision to allow earlier separate trading), subject to (a) the Company’s preparation of an audited balance sheet reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the offering of the Securities, (b) the filing of such audited balance sheet with the Commission on a Form 8-K or similar form by the Company that includes such audited balance sheet, and (c) the Company having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin.  Each Warrant entitles its holder, upon exercise, to purchase one Ordinary Share for $11.50 during the period commencing on the later of thirty (30) days after the completion of an initial Business Combination or twelve (12) months from the date of the consummation of the Offering (as defined below) and terminating on the five-year anniversary of the date of the completion of such initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption.  As used herein, the term “Business Combination” (as described more fully in the Registration Statement) shall mean a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual control arrangement with, or purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or assets.

 
 

 

The Company has entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement, effective as of April 15, 2011, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), as trustee, in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Trust Agreement”), pursuant to which certain proceeds of the Offering will be deposited and held in a U.S. trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of the Company, the Underwriters and the holders of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, if and when issued.
 
The Company has entered into a Warrant Agreement, effective as of April 15, 2011, with respect to the Warrants and the Sponsor Warrants (each as defined herein) with Continental, as warrant agent, in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Warrant Agreement”), pursuant to which Continental will act as warrant agent in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption, and exercise of the Warrants and Sponsor Warrants.
 
The Company has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, effective as of January 25, 2011 (the “Founder’s Purchase Agreement”), with Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”) pursuant to which the Sponsor has purchased an aggregate of 1,623,529 Ordinary Shares (the “Founder’s Shares”), for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.  Subsequently, the Company declared a forward share split of 1.2439026 shares for each outstanding share on March 9, 2011. The Founder’s Shares are substantially similar to the Ordinary Shares included in the Units except as described in the Prospectus.
 
The Company has entered into a Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2011 (the “Warrant Subscription Agreement”), with the Sponsor, pursuant to which the members of the Sponsor have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 3,000,000 warrants, each entitling the holder to purchase one Ordinary Share (the “Sponsor Warrants”), for $1.00 per Sponsor Warrant.  The Sponsor Warrants are substantially similar to the Warrants included in the Units, except as described in the Prospectus.
 
The Company has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2011, with the Sponsor and the other parties thereto, in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has granted certain registration rights in respect of the Founder’s Shares and the Sponsor Warrants and the Ordinary Shares underlying the Sponsor Warrants.
 
The Company has caused to be duly executed and delivered letters by the Sponsor, each member of the Sponsor and each of the Company’s officers, directors and advisors, each in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Insider Letters”).

 
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The Company has entered into a letter agreement, dated as of February 4, 2011  with Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC, as amended and restated on March 10, 2011 (the “Services Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will pay to Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC, subject to the terms of the Services Agreement, (a) an aggregate monthly fee of $3,000 for general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and secretarial support from the date that the Units are first quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the Liquidation and (b) an aggregate amount of approximately $35,000 upon consummation of the offering and following the consummation of this offering, an aggregate monthly fee of approximately $17,000 for management fees which will in turn be paid to Byron I. Sproule until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) 21 months from the date of this Agreement.
 
1.           Representations and Warranties.  The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
 
(a)            The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission the Registration Statement (file number 333-172120) on Form S-1, including the related Preliminary Prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities.  Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective.  The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including the related Preliminary Prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you.  The Company will file with the Commission the Prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b).  As filed, such Prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and, except to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.  The Company has complied to the Commission’s satisfaction with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information.
 
(b)            On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a “settlement date”), the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

 
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(c)            The Statutory Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Statutory Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
 
(d)            The Company has filed with the Commission a Form 8-A (file number 000-54351) providing for the registration under the Exchange Act of the Securities, which registration is currently effective on the date hereof.  The Securities have been authorized for quotation, subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution, on the OTC Bulletin Board, and the Company knows of no reason or set of facts that is likely to adversely affect such authorization.
 
(e)            The Commission has not issued any order or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to issue any order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any part thereof, and has not instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to institute any proceedings with respect to such an order.
 
(f)             (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was and is an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405).
 
(g)            The Company has not prepared or used a Free Writing Prospectus.
 
(h)            The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a business company in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, being the jurisdiction in which the entity is incorporated with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction that requires such qualification.
 
(i)             There is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required (and the Statutory Prospectus contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing matters contained in the Prospectus); and the statements in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Principal Shareholders,” “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions,” and “Description of Securities” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.  There are no business relationships or related party transactions involving the Company or any other person required by the Act to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus that have not been described as required.

 
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(j)             The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
 
(k)            All issued and outstanding securities of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company.  The offers and sales of the outstanding Ordinary Shares and Warrants were at all relevant times either registered under the Act, the applicable state securities and blue sky laws or, based in part on the representations and warranties of the purchasers of such Ordinary Shares and Warrants, exempt from such registration requirements.  The holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities; and, except as set forth in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.
 
(l)             The Securities have been duly authorized and when executed by the Company and countersigned and issued and delivered against payment by the underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued.
 
(m)           The Ordinary Shares included in the Units have been duly authorized and, when executed by the Company and countersigned, and issued and delivered against payment for the Securities by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
(n)            The Warrants included in the Units, when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner set forth in the Warrant Agreement against payment for the Securities by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(o)            The Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants included in the Units have been duly authorized and, when executed by the Company and countersigned, and issued and delivered against payment therefor pursuant to the Warrants and the Warrant Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.  The holders of such Ordinary Shares are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; such Ordinary Shares are not and will not be subject to any preemptive or other similar contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of such Ordinary Shares (other than such execution, countersignature and delivery at the time of issuance) has been duly and validly taken.

 
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(p)            The certificates for the Ordinary Shares are in valid and proper form.
 
(q)            Except as set forth in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, no holders of any securities of the Company or any rights exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of the Company under the Act or to include any such securities in a registration statement to be filed by the Company.
 
(r)             No securities of the Company have been sold by the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company from its inception through and including the date hereof, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement.
 
(s)            Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of any securities that are required to be “integrated” pursuant to the Act with the offer and sale of the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
 
(t)             The Founder’s Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
(u)            The Sponsor Warrants, when delivered upon the consummation of this offering, will be duly executed, authenticated and issued, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(v)            This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(w)           The Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company, in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(x)            The Warrant Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.

 
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(y)            The Founder’s Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Sponsor, and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Sponsor, enforceable against the Company and the Sponsor, respectively, in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(z)             The Warrant Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Sponsor, and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Sponsor, enforceable against the Company and the Sponsor, respectively, in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(aa)          The Services Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(bb)          The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(cc)          Each of the Insider Letters executed by the Company, the Sponsor and, to the Company’s knowledge, each member of the Sponsor and each executive officer and director of the Company, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, the Sponsor, and, to the Company’s knowledge, each such member, executive officer and director, respectively, and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, the Sponsor and, to the Company’s knowledge, each such member, executive officer, and director, respectively, enforceable against the Company, the Sponsor and, to the Company’s knowledge, each such member, executive officer and director, respectively, in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
(dd)          The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 
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(ee)          No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Founder’s Purchase Agreement, the Warrant Subscription Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, or the Insider Letters, except for the registration under the Act and the Exchange Act of the Securities and such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
 
(ff)            The Company is not in violation or default of (i) any provision of its memorandum and articles of association, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any (x) statute, law, rule, regulation, or (y) judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company; except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above for any such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”).
 
(gg)         Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or of the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Founder’s Purchase Agreement, the Warrant Subscription Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, or the Insider Letters will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to, (i) the certificate of incorporation or memorandum and articles of association of the Company, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company is a party or bound or to which the Company’s property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, or regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its respective properties.
 
(hh)         No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
 
(ii)            The historical financial statements and schedules of the Company included in the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein).  The summary financial data set forth under the caption “Summary Financial Data” in the Statutory Prospectus, Prospectus and Registration Statement fairly present, on the basis stated in the Statutory Prospectus, Prospectus and Registration Statement, the information included therein.  The Company is not party to any off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses.  The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.

 
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(jj)             No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or the Sponsor, or the property of either of them is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
 
(kk)          The Company owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently conducted.
 
(ll)             Rothstein, Kass & Company, P.C. (“Rothstein”), who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and delivered their report with respect to the audited financial statements and schedules included in the Registration Statement, Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, is a registered public accounting firm that is independent with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
 
(mm)        The Company maintains effective “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act to the extent required by such rule).
 
(nn)          There are no transfer, stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes, duties, fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, U.S. or non-U.S., required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale by the Company of the Securities.
 
(oo)          The Company has filed all tax returns (U.S. Federal, state, and non-U.S.) that are required to be filed by it or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

 
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(pp)          No governmental approvals are currently required in order for the Company to pay dividends, interest attributable to shareholders’ equity or other distributions declared by the Company to the holders of the Ordinary Shares, and, under current laws and regulations, any amounts payable with respect to the Ordinary Shares (i) upon liquidation of the Company or upon redemption thereof and (ii) in the form of dividends or interest attributable to shareholders’ equity declared and payable on the Ordinary Shares shall be paid by the Company in U.S. dollars and may be freely transferred out of the British Virgin Islands;  no such payments made to holders thereof or therein who are non-residents of the British Virgin Islands are subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of the British Virgin Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, and such payments will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in the British Virgin Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in the British Virgin Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein;
 
(qq)          The Company possesses all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization or permit that, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
 
(rr)            None of the Company, the Sponsor, or any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, such other persons, of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, the Sponsor and, to the knowledge of the Company, its directors, officers, agents, advisors and affiliates have conducted the businesses of the Company in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and that are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
 
(ss)          The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “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 Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 
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(tt)            None of the Company, the Sponsor or any director, officer, employee, agent or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any sanctions administered by OFAC.
 
(uu)          None of the Company, the Sponsor or any officer, director, or employee of the Company has violated: (a) the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended, (b) the Money Laundering Laws, or (c) the Uniting and Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, and/or the rules and regulations promulgated under any such law, or any successor law.
 
(vv)          Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any of the Underwriters and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any of the Underwriters.
 
(ww)        All information contained in the questionnaires (the “Questionnaires”) completed by the Sponsor and, to the knowledge of the Company, the members of the Sponsor and the Company’s officers, directors and advisors and provided to the Underwriters as an exhibit to his Insider Letter, is true and correct and the Company has not become aware of any information that would cause the information disclosed in the Questionnaires completed by the Sponsor, the members of the Sponsor and the Company’s officers, directors and advisors to become inaccurate and incorrect.
 
(xx)           Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, prior to the date hereof, the Company has not identified any acquisition target and has not, nor, to its knowledge, has anyone on its behalf, initiated any substantive discussions with an entity that the Company will acquire in its initial Business Combination.
 
(yy)          Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, contracts, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of a brokerage commission or finder’s, consulting, origination or similar fee by the Company, or the Sponsor with respect to the sale of the Securities hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company, the Sponsor or any officer or director of the Company or their respective affiliates, that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation, as determined by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).

 
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(zz)           Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or any other “item of value” as defined in Rule 5110(c)(3) of FINRA’s Conduct Rules): (i) to any person, as a finder’s fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) to any person that has been accepted by FINRA as a member of FINRA (a “Member”); or (iii) to any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any Member, within the twelve months prior to the Effective Date, other than payments to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement.
 
(aaa)        Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, during the period beginning 180 days prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement and ending on the Effective Date, no Member and/or any person associated or affiliated with a Member has provided any investment banking, financial advisory and/or consulting services to the Company.
 
(bbb)       Except as disclosed in the FINRA Questionnaires provided to the Representative, no officer, director, or beneficial owner of any class of the Company’s securities (whether debt or equity, registered or unregistered, regardless of the time acquired or the source from which derived) (any such individual or entity, a “Company Affiliate”) is a Member or a person associated or affiliated with a Member.
 
(ccc)        Except as disclosed in the FINRA Questionnaires provided to the Representative, no Company Affiliate is an owner of stock or other securities of any Member (other than securities purchased on the open market).
 
(ddd)       No Company Affiliate has made a subordinated loan to any Member.
 
(eee)        Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, no proceeds from the sale of the Underwritten Securities (excluding underwriting compensation as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus) will be paid by the Company to any Member, or any persons associated or affiliated with a Member.
 
(fff)          The Company has not issued any warrants or other securities, or granted any options, directly or indirectly to anyone who is a potential underwriter in the Offering or a related person (as defined by FINRA rules) of such an underwriter within the 180-day period prior to the initial filing date of the Registration Statement.
 
(ggg)       No person to whom securities of the Company have been privately issued within the 180-day period prior to the initial filing date of the Registration Statement has any relationship or affiliation or association with any Member.

 
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(hhh)       No Member intending to participate in the Offering has a conflict of interest with the Company.  For this purpose, a “conflict of interest” means, if at the time of the Member’s participation in the Offering, any of the following applies: (A) the securities are to be issued by the Member; (B) the Company controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Member or the Member’s associated persons; (C) at least 5% of the net offering proceeds, not including underwriting compensation, are intended to be: (i) used to reduce or retire the balance of a loan or credit facility extended by the Member, its affiliates and its associated persons, in the aggregate; or (ii) otherwise directed to the Member, its affiliates and associated persons, in the aggregate; or (D) as a result of the Offering and any transactions contemplated at the time of the Offering: (i) the Member will be an affiliate of the Company; (ii) the Member will become publicly owned; or (iii) the Company will become a Member or form a broker-dealer subsidiary.
 
(iii)           The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
 
(jjj)           The Company does not own an interest in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other entity.
 
(kkk)        No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, shareholder, special advisor, customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by the Act or the Exchange Act to be described in the Registration Statement, Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus that is not described as required. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers, directors, or advisors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus. The Company has not extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or officer of the Company.
 
(lll)           The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, the Underwritten Securities to any person or entity with the intention of unlawfully influencing: (a) a customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or such affiliate or (b) a journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any such affiliate.
 
(mmm)     Upon delivery and payment for the Units on the Closing Date, the Company will not be subject to Rule 419 under the Act and none of the Company’s outstanding securities will be deemed to be a “penny stock” as defined in Rule 3a51-1 under the Exchange Act.
 
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

 
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2.           Purchase and Sale.  (a)         Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $9.80 per Unit, the amount of the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto.
 
(a)             Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 1,200,000 Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities.  Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters.  Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before the 45th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date.  The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be based upon the same percentage of the total number of the Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as the Representative in its absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
 
(b)             In addition to the discount from the public offering price represented by the Purchase Price set forth in the first sentence of Section 2(a) of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to pay to the Underwriters a deferred discount of $0.35 per Unit (including both Underwritten Securities and Option Securities) purchased hereunder (the “Deferred Discount”).  The Deferred Discount will be payable from amounts on deposit in the Trust Account if and when the Company consummates a Business Combination.  The Underwriters hereby agree that if no Business Combination is consummated within the time period provided in the Trust Agreement and the funds held under the Trust Agreement are distributed to the holders of the Ordinary Shares included in the Securities sold pursuant to this Agreement (the “Public Shareholders”), (i) the Underwriters will forfeit any rights or claims to the Deferred Discount and (ii) the trustee under the Trust Agreement is authorized to distribute the Deferred Discount to the Public Shareholders on a pro rata basis.
 
3.           Delivery and Payment.  Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on April 20, 2011, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representative shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representative and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”).  Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company and to the Trust Account as described below in this Section 3.  Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.

 
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(a)             Payment for the Underwritten Securities shall be made as follows: $75,600,000 of the proceeds received by the Company for the Underwritten Securities together with $2,800,000 of Deferred Discount, shall be deposited in the Trust Account pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement and approximately $650,000 shall be paid to the order of the Company upon delivery to the Representative of the Underwritten Securities through the facilities of DTC or, if the Representative has otherwise instructed, upon delivery to the Representative of certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative) representing the Underwritten Securities, in each case for the account of the Underwriters.  The Underwritten Securities shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date.  If delivery is not made through the facilities of DTC, the Company will permit the Representative to examine and package the Underwritten Securities for delivery, at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.  The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Underwritten Securities except upon tender of payment by the Representative for all the Underwritten Securities.
 
(b)             Payment for the Option Securities shall be made as follows: $9.80 per Option Security shall be deposited in the Trust Account pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement upon delivery to the Representative of the Option Securities through the facilities of DTC or, if the Representative has otherwise instructed, upon delivery to the Representative of certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative) representing the Option Securities (or through the facilities of DTC) for the account of the Underwriters. The Option Securities shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date.  If delivery is not made through the facilities of DTC, the Company will permit the Representative to examine and package the Option Securities for delivery, at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.  The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Option Securities except upon tender of payment by the Representative for all the Option Securities.
 
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representative, at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, on the date specified by the Representative (which shall be at least three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof to the Trust Account as described above in Section 3(b).  If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Representative on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
 
4.           Offering by Underwriters.  It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus (the “Offering”).
 

 
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5.           Agreements.  The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
 
(a)            Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment, supplement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you reasonably object.  The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing.  The Company will promptly advise the Representative (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.  The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
 
(b)            If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Statutory Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representative so that any use of the Statutory Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Statutory Prospectus to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
 
(c)            If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representative of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

 
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(d)            As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.
 
(e)            The Company will not make any offer relating to the Units that constitutes or would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act.
 
(f)             The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required  by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representative may reasonably request.  The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
 
(g)            The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
 
(h)            Except as set forth in Section 5(v), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any other Units, Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may (1) issue and sell the Sponsor Warrants, (2) issue and sell the Option Securities on exercise of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof and (3) register with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the resale of the Founder’s Shares and the Sponsor Warrants.

 
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(i)             The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
 
(j)             The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the quotation of the Securities on the OTC Bulletin Board; (vi) the printing and delivery of a blue sky memorandum and the Secondary Market Trading Survey (as defined in Section 5(ii) hereof), any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and fees for counsel for the Underwriters relating to such memorandum, survey, registration and qualification in an aggregate amount previously agreed upon between the Company and the Representative); (vii) any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company (and not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
 
(k)            For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs, the Company will use its best efforts to maintain the registration of the Units, Ordinary Shares and Warrants under the provisions of the Exchange Act, except after giving effect to a going private transaction after the completion of a Business Combination.  The Company will not deregister the Units, Ordinary Shares or Warrants under the Exchange Act (except in connection with a going private transaction after the completion of a Business Combination) without the prior written consent of the Representative.

 
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(l)             The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the financial statements of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Financial Statements”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the Offering on the Closing Date.  As soon as the Audited Financial Statements become available, the Company shall immediately file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which Report shall contain the Company’s Audited Financial Statements. Additionally, upon the Company’s receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of all or any portion of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall immediately file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall disclose the Company’s sale of the Option Securities and its receipt of the proceeds therefrom.
 
(m)           For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination Effective Date or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q quarterly report and the mailing, if any, of quarterly financial information to shareholders.
 
(n)            For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company shall retain a transfer and warrant agent.
 
(o)            In no event will the fees payable under the Services Agreement be more than (a) $3,000 per month in the aggregate for general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and secretarial support from the date that the Units are first quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the liquidation and (b) an aggregate amount of approximately $35,000 upon consummation of the offering and following the consummation of this offering, an aggregate monthly fee of approximately $17,000 for management fees which will in turn be paid to Byron I. Sproule until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) 21 months from the date of this Agreement.
 
(p)            Other than payments made pursuant to the terms of the Services Agreement and except as set forth in this subsection, the Company shall not pay the Sponsor or any of the Company’s executive officers, directors, advisors or any of their respective affiliates any fees or compensation for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummation of a Business Combination (other than to the Sponsor in an amount to be determined by the board of directors, but not to exceed $350,000, to be used by the Sponsor to pay a bonus to Byron I. Sproule, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President); provided however, that such officers, directors, advisors and affiliates (i) may receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf to the extent that such expenses do not exceed the amount of available proceeds not deposited in the Trust Account and the amount of interest income that may be released from the Trust Account as described in the Registration Statement and (ii) may be repaid loans as described in the Registration Statement. Working capital loans made by the Sponsor to the Company may, at the option of the Sponsor, be converted into up to 425,000 additional Sponsor Warrants issued by the Company, at a rate of $1.00 per Sponsor Warrant.

 
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(q)            The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering received by it in a manner consistent with the applications described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
 
(r)             For a period of 90 days following the Effective Date, in the event any person or entity (regardless of any FINRA affiliation or association) is engaged to assist the Company in its search for a merger candidate or to provide any other merger and acquisition services, or has provided or will provide any investment banking, financial, advisory and/or consulting services to the Company, the Company agrees that it shall provide to FINRA, the Representative and its counsel prior to the consummation of the Business Combination: (i) the identity of the person or entity providing any such services; (ii) complete details of all such services and copies of all agreements governing such services; and (iii) justification as to why the value received by any person or entity for such services is not underwriting compensation for the Offering.  The Company also agrees that proper disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in the tender offer materials or proxy statement, as applicable, which the Company may file in connection with the Business Combination for purposes of offering redemption of shares held by its shareholders or for soliciting shareholder approval, as applicable.
 
(s)            The Company shall advise FINRA, the Representative and its counsel if it is aware that any 5% or greater shareholder of the Company becomes an affiliate or associated person of a Member participating in the distribution of the Company’s Securities.
 
(t)             The Company shall cause the proceeds of the Offering to be held in the Trust Account to be invested only in United States government treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, as set forth in the Trust Agreement and disclosed in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.  The Company will otherwise conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.  Furthermore, once the Company consummates a Business Combination, it will not be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
 
(u)            During the period prior to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the Company may instruct the trustee under the Trust Agreement that up to an aggregate of $800,000 of interest income (after appropriate reserve for payment of taxes) be released to the Company solely for the purposes described in the Registration Statement.  After an aggregate of $800,000 is released to the Company, any interest income earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable thereon) will remain in the Trust Account until the earlier of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination or the Liquidation, except as otherwise provided in this Section 5(u) or Section 5(v).  The amount of interest income permitted to be released from the Trust Account to the Company may be increased by up to $920,000, if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full.  If the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full, but is exercised in part, the amount of interest income permitted to be released from the Trust Account shall be increased proportionally in relation to the proportion of the over-allotment option that was exercised by the Underwriters.  Moreover, the amount of interest income that the Company may instruct the trustee under the Trust Agreement to release to the Company may be further increased, to the extent that there is any interest accrued in the Trust Account not required to pay taxes, by up to an additional $100,000 if the proceeds of the Offering held outside of the Trust Account and the funds otherwise released to the Company to cover its operating expenses in accordance with this Section 5(u) are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing the Company’s plan of dissolution.

 
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(v)            If the Company seeks shareholder approval of the initial Business Combination, prior to the consummation thereof, the Company may instruct the trustee under the Trust Agreement that amounts necessary to purchase up to 15% of the Ordinary Shares sold as part of the Units in the Offering (the “Public Shares”) (1,200,000 Ordinary Shares, or  1,380,000 Ordinary Shares if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at any time commencing after the filing of a preliminary proxy statement for the initial Business Combination and ending on the date of the shareholder meeting to approve such initial Business Combination (such purchases being referred to herein as “Open Market Purchases”) be released to the Company from the Trust Account.  Such Open Market Purchases (i) may be made only in open market transactions at times when the Company is not in possession of material non-public information, (ii) may not be made during a restricted period under Regulation M under the Exchange Act and (iii) shall comply with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, at prices (inclusive of commissions) not to exceed an amount equal to (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account divided by (B) the total number of Public Shares then outstanding.  All Public Shares purchased in Open Market Purchases shall be immediately cancelled.
 
(w)           The Company will reserve and keep available that maximum number of its authorized but unissued securities that are issuable upon exercise of any of the Warrants and Sponsor Warrants outstanding from time to time.
 
(x)            Prior to the consummation of a Business Combination or the Liquidation, the Company shall not issue any Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any options or other securities convertible into Ordinary Shares, or any shares of preferred stock that participate in any manner in the Trust Account or that vote as a class with the Ordinary Shares on a Business Combination.
 
(y)            The Company’s independent directors will review on a quarterly basis all payments made to the Sponsor, to the Company’s officers or directors, or to the Company’s or any of such other persons’ respective affiliates.
 
(z)            The Company agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the Company from becoming subject to Rule 419 under the Act prior to the consummation of any Business Combination, including, but not limited to, using its best efforts to prevent any of the Company’s outstanding securities from being deemed to be a “penny stock” as defined in Rule 3a-51-1 under the Exchange Act during such period.
 
(aa)          To the extent required by Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, the Company will maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 
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(bb)         As soon as legally required to do so, the Company and its directors and officers, in their capacities as such, shall take all actions necessary to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
 
(cc)          The Company shall not take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the Company to be in breach or violation of its Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended.
 
(dd)         The Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers (other than independent accountants), prospective target businesses or other entities with which it does business enter into agreements waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account for the benefit of the Public Shareholders.  The Company may forego obtaining such waivers only if the Company shall have received the approval of its Chief Executive Officer.

 
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(ee)          The Company may consummate the initial Business Combination and conduct redemptions of Ordinary Shares for cash upon consummation of such Business Combination without a shareholder vote pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, including the filing of tender offer documents with the Commission.  Such tender offer documents will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial Business Combination and the redemption rights as is required under the Commission’s proxy rules and will provide each shareholder of the Company with the opportunity prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination to redeem the Ordinary Shares held by such shareholder for an amount of cash equal to (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account representing (x) the proceeds held in the Trust Account from the Offering and the sale of the Sponsor Warrants that are not released to the Company for Open Market Purchases and (y) any interest income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable, that are not released to the Company to cover its operating expenses in accordance with Section 5(u), divided by (B) the total number of Public Shares then outstanding.  If, however, the Company elects not to file such tender offer documents, a shareholder vote is required by law in connection with the initial Business Combination, or the Company decides to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will submit such Business Combination to the Company’s shareholders for their approval (“Business Combination Vote”).  With respect to the initial Business Combination Vote, if any, the Sponsor has agreed to vote all of its Founder’s Shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the Public Shareholders and to vote any other Ordinary Shares purchased during or after the Offering in favor of the Company’s initial Business Combination.  If the Company seeks shareholder approval of the initial Business Combination, the Company will offer to each Public Shareholder holding Ordinary Shares the right to have its shares redeemed in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules of the Commission at a per share redemption price (the “Redemption Price”) equal to (I) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account representing (1) the proceeds held in the Trust Account from the Offering and the sale of the Sponsor Warrants that are not released to the Company for Open Market Purchases and (2) any interest income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable, that are not released to the Company to cover its operating expenses in accordance with Section 5(u), divided by (II) the total number of Public Shares then outstanding.  If the Company seeks shareholder approval of the initial Business Combination, the Company may proceed with such Business Combination only if a majority of the shares voted at the meeting are voted to approve such Business Combination.  If, after seeking and receiving such shareholder approval, the Company elects to so proceed, it will redeem shares, at the Redemption Price, from those Public Shareholders who affirmatively requested such redemption.  Only Public Shareholders holding Ordinary Shares who properly exercise their redemption rights, in accordance with the applicable tender offer or proxy materials related to such Business Combination, shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Trust Account in connection with an initial Business Combination, and the Company shall pay no distributions with respect to any other holders or shares of capital stock of the Company in connection therewith.  In the event that the Company does not effect a Business Combination by twenty-one (21) months from the date of the consummation of the Offering, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest but net of taxes payable (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under British Virgin Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.  Only Public Shareholders holding Ordinary Shares included in the Securities shall be entitled to receive such redemption amounts and the Company shall pay no such redemption amounts or any distributions in liquidation with respect to any other shares of capital stock of the Company. The Company will not propose any amendment to its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem the outstanding Public Shares, as described in Regulation 23 of the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
 
(ff)           In the event that the Company desires or is required by an applicable law or regulation to cause an announcement (“Business Combination Announcement”) to be placed in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times or any other news or media publication or outlet or to be made via a public filing with the Commission announcing the consummation of the Business Combination that indicates that the Underwriters were the underwriters in the Offering, the Company shall supply the Representative with a draft of the Business Combination Announcement and provide the Representative with a reasonable advance opportunity to comment thereon, subject to the agreement of the Underwriters to keep confidential such draft announcement in accordance with the Representative’s standard policies regarding confidential information.

 
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(gg)          Upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Company will pay to the Representative, on behalf of the Underwriters, the Deferred Discount.  Payment of the Deferred Discount will be made out of the proceeds of this offering held in the Trust Account.  The Underwriters shall have no claim to payment of any interest earned on the portion of the proceeds held in the Trust Account representing the Deferred Discount.  If the Company fails to consummate its initial Business Combination within twenty-one (21) months from the date of the consummation of the Offering, the Deferred Discount will not be paid to the Representative and will, instead, be included in the Liquidation distribution of the proceeds held in the Trust Account made to the Public Shareholders.  In connection with any such Liquidation, the Underwriters forfeit any rights or claims to the Deferred Discount.
 
(hh)          Intentionally omitted.
 
(ii)            The Company shall engage Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP to deliver to the Representative on or before the Effective Date, a written report detailing those states in which the Securities may be traded in non-issuer transactions under the Blue Sky laws of the fifty (50) States (the “Secondary Market Trading Survey”).
 
(jj)            The Company will endeavor in good faith, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate, provided that no such qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Company would be subject to service of general process or to taxation as a foreign corporation doing business in such jurisdiction.  Until the earliest of (i) the date on which all Underwriters shall have ceased to engage in market-making activities in respect of the Securities, (ii) the date on which the Securities are listed or quoted, as the case may be, on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any successor to such entities), (iii) a going private transaction after the completion of a Business Combination, and (iv) the date of the liquidation of the Company (the period from the Effective Date to such earliest date, the “Blue Sky Compliance Period”), in each jurisdiction where such qualification shall be effected, the Company will, unless the Representative agrees that such action is not at the time necessary or advisable, use all reasonable efforts to file and make such statements or reports at such times as are or may be required to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
 
(kk)          During the Blue Sky Compliance Period, the Company shall promptly take such action as may be reasonably requested by the Representative to maintain secondary market trading in such other states as may be reasonably requested by the Representative.
 
6.           Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters.  The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

 
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(a)            The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
 
(b)            The Company shall have requested and caused Ogier, in its capacity as British Virgin Islands counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representative their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative in the form attached as Exhibit A-1 hereto and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representative their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative in the form attached as Exhibit A-2 hereto.
 
(c)            The Representative shall have received from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
 
(d)            The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this Agreement and that:
 
(i)         the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
 
(ii)        no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and
 
(iii)       since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

 
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(e)            The Company shall have requested and caused Rothstein to have furnished to the Representative, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm that is independent with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and that they have performed a review of the audited financial statements of the Company for the period January 13, 2011 (inception) to January 31, 2011, and stating in effect that:
 
(i)         in their opinion the audited financial statements and financial statement schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission; and
 
(ii)        they have performed certain other specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the general accounting records of the Company) set forth in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, including the information set forth under the captions “Dilution” and “Capitalization” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records of the Company, excluding any questions of legal interpretation.
 
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (e) include any supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
 
(f)             Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the financial condition, earnings, business or properties of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
 
(g)            Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
 
(h)            FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting or other arrangements of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 
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(i)             The Securities shall have been authorized for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Representative.
 
(j)             On the Effective Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative executed copies of the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Founder’s Purchase Agreement, the Warrant Subscription Agreement and each of the Insider Letters.
 
(k)            On or before the Effective Date, the Representative shall have received the Secondary Market Trading Survey from Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.
 
(l)             At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Sponsor shall have caused the purchase price for the Sponsor Warrants to be funded into the Trust Account.
 
(m)           No order preventing or suspending the sale of the Units in any jurisdiction designated by the Representative pursuant to Section 5(jj) hereof shall have been issued as of the Closing Date, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall have been threatened.
 
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representative.  Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
 
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at One Bryant Park, New York, New York, 10036, unless otherwise indicated herein, on the Closing Date.
 
7.           Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses.  If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representative on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

 
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8.           Indemnification and Contribution.  (a)           The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, advisors and agents of each Underwriter, each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each affiliate of each Underwriter against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon 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, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably 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 to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon (i) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described in the last sentence of Section 8(b) hereof, (ii) the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus in violation of any stop order or other notice received by any Underwriter indicating the then current Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus is not to be used in connection with the sale of any Securities, or (iii) an Underwriter otherwise failing in its prospectus delivery obligations.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.
 
(a)             Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have.  The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth (i) in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and (ii) under the heading “Underwriting”, (w) the list of Underwriters and their respective roles and participation in the sale of the Securities, (x) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and sales to discretionary accounts, (y) the paragraphs related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids, and (z) the sections related to state blue sky information, in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.

 
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(b)             Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above.  The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.  An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
 
(c)             In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder.  If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus.  Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

 
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9.           Default by an Underwriter.  If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions that the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the underwritten Securities, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities. If within one Business Day after such default relating to more than 10% of the Underwritten Securities the remaining Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Underwritten Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of one Business Day within which to procure another party or parties reasonably satisfactory to you to purchase said Underwritten Securities.  In the event that neither the remaining Underwriters nor the Company purchase or arrange for the purchase of all of the Underwritten Securities to which a default relates as provided in this Section 9, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company.  In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected.  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

 
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10.         Termination.  This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in the Company’s Units, Ordinary Shares or Warrants shall have been suspended by the Commission, the Company shall not have obtained authorization for quotation of the Ordinary Shares, Warrants, or Units on the OTC Bulletin Board or successor trading market, or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board (or successor trading market) shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange or trading market, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representative, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
 
11.         Representations and Indemnities to Survive.  The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors, advisors, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.  The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
 
12.         Notices.  All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representative, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (212) 816-7912) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, 10013, Attention:  General Counsel; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (646) 998-1356 and confirmed to it at 641 Lexington Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10022, attention of James D. Dunning, Jr. and mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (212) 370-7889 and confirmed to the Company’s counsel at Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, 150 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017, Attention: Douglas S. Ellenoff and mailed, delivered, or telefaxed to +1 (284) 494-0883 and confirmed to the Company’s British Virgin Islands counsel at Ogier, Qwomar Complex, 4th Floor, PO Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110, Attention:  Simon Schilder.
 
13.         Successors.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, advisors, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
 
14.         No Fiduciary Duty.  The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company and (c) the Company’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters).  The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 
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15.         Integration.  This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
16.         Applicable Law.  This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
 
17.         Waiver of Jury Trial.  The Company hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
18.         Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
 
19.         Headings.  The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
 
20.         Definitions.  The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
 
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
 
Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
 
Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective.
 
Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
 
Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
 
Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

 
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Liquidation” shall mean the distributions of the Trust Account to the Public Shareholders in connection with the redemption of Ordinary Shares held by the Public Shareholders pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination.
 
Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above and any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information.
 
Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.
 
Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus and prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
 
Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430A” and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Act.
 
Rule 430A Information” shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
 
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
 
Statutory Prospectus” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus dated April 14, 2011, relating to the Securities and (ii) the Time of Delivery Information, if any, set forth on Schedule II hereto.
 
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
 
 
Very truly yours,
   
 
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited
     
 
By: 
/s/ James D. Dunning, Jr.
   
Name: James D. Dunning, Jr.
   
Title: CEO
 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
   
By:
/s/ Eric Wooley 
 
Name: Eric Wooley
 
Title: Director
 
For itself and the other
several Underwriters named in
Schedule I to the foregoing
Agreement.

 
 

 

SCHEDULE I
 
Underwriters
 
Number of Underwritten Securities to be
Purchased
 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
    5,520,000  
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
    2,360,000  
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.
    120,000  
         
Total
    8,000,000  

 
 

 

SCHEDULE II
 
TIME OF DELIVERY INFORMATION
 
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited priced 8,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit.
 
The units will be issued pursuant to an effective registration statement that has been previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities law of any such state.
 
Copies of the prospectus related to this offering may be obtained from Citi, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, New York  11220; (tel: (800) 831-9146).

 
 

 

 

EX-3.1 3 v219344_ex3-1.htm Unassociated Document
 
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004
 
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
 
OF
 
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited
 
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED ON April 15, 2011
 
 
1
NAME
 
The name of the Company is Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited.
 
 
2
STATUS
 
The Company shall be a company limited by shares.
 
 
3
REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT
 
 
3.1
The first registered office of the Company is at Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, the office of the first registered agent.
 
 
3.2
The first registered agent of the Company is Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited of Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
 
 
3.3
The Company may change its registered office or registered agent by a Resolution of Directors or a Resolution of Members.  The change shall take effect upon the Registrar registering a notice of change filed under section 92 of the Act.
 
 
4
CAPACITY AND POWER
 
 
4.1
The Company has, subject to the Act and any other British Virgin Islands legislation for the time being in force, irrespective of corporate benefit:
 
 
(a)
full capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any transaction; and
 
 
(b)
for the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and privileges.
 
 
4.2
There are subject to clause 4.1 no limitations on the business that the Company may carry on.
 
 
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5
NUMBER AND CLASSES OF SHARES
 
 
5.1
The Company is authorised to issue an unlimited number of shares of no par value divided into six classes of shares as follows:
 
 
(a)
Ordinary shares of no par value (“Ordinary Shares”);
 
 
(b)
Class A preferred shares of no par value (“Class A Preferred Shares”);
 
 
(c)
Class B preferred shares of no par value (“Class B Preferred Shares”);
 
 
(d)
Class C preferred shares of no par value (“Class C Preferred Shares”);
 
 
(e)
Class D preferred shares of no par value (“Class D Preferred Shares”); and
 
 
(f)
Class E preferred shares of no par value (“Class E Preferred Shares” and together with the Class A Preferred Shares, the Class B Preferred Shares, Class C Preferred Shares and the Class D Preferred Shares being referred to as the “Preferred Shares”).
 
 
5.2
The Company may at the discretion of the board of directors issue fractional Shares or round up or down fractional holdings of Shares to its nearest whole number and a fractional Share shall have the corresponding fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole share of the same class or series of shares.
 
 
6
DESIGNATIONS POWERS PREFERENCES OF SHARES
 
 
6.1
Each Ordinary Share in the Company confers upon the Member (unless waived by such Member):
 
 
(a)
Subject to Regulation 23.11, the right to one vote at a meeting of the Members of the Company or on any Resolution of Members;
 
 
(b)
the right to an equal share in any dividend paid by the Company; and
 
 
(c)
the right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company on its liquidation.
 
 
6.2
The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Preferred Shares shall be stated in this Memorandum, which shall be amended accordingly prior to the issue of such Preferred Shares.  Such rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions may include:
 
 
(a)
the number of shares and series constituting that class and the distinctive designation of that class;
 
 
(b)
the dividend rate of the Preferred Shares of that class, if any, whether dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and whether they shall be payable in preference to, or in relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes of Preferred Shares;
 
 
(c)
whether that class shall have voting rights, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;
 
 
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(d)
whether that class shall have conversion or exchange privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;
 
 
(e)
whether or not the Preferred Shares of that class shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the manner of selecting Shares for redemption if less than all Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount maybe less than fair value and which may vary under different conditions and at different dates;
 
 
(f)
whether that class shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of Preferred Shares of that class, and, if so, the terms and amounts of such sinking fund;
 
 
(g)
the right of the Preferred Shares of that class to the benefit of conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional Preferred Shares (including additional Preferred Shares of such class of any other class) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or any subsidiary of any outstanding Preferred Shares of the Company;
 
 
(h)
the right of the Preferred Shares of that class in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and whether such rights be in preference to, or in relation to, the comparable rights or any other class or classes of Preferred Shares; and
 
 
(i)
any other relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of that class.
 
 
6.3
The directors may at their discretion by Resolution of Directors redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire all or any of the Shares in the Company subject to Regulation 3 of the Articles.
 
 
6.4
The directors have the authority and the power by Resolution of Directors:
 
 
(a)
to authorise and create additional classes of shares; and
 
 
(b)
(subject to the provisions of Clause 6.2) to fix the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions, if any, appertaining to any and all classes of shares that may be authorised to be issued under this Memorandum.
 
 
7
VARIATION OF RIGHTS
 
Prior to a Business Combination, the rights attached to Shares as specified in Clause 6 may only, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied with the consent in writing of or by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding Shares of that class unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class. Following the consummation of a Business Combination, the rights attached to Shares as specified in Clause 6 may only, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied with the consent in writing of or by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Shares of that class present at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company holding shares in such class which were present at the meeting and voted unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class.
 
 
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8
RIGHTS NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU
 
The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith.
 
 
9
REGISTERED SHARES
 
 
9.1
The Company shall issue registered shares only.
 
 
9.2
The Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares, convert registered shares to bearer shares or exchange registered shares for bearer shares.
 
 
10
TRANSFER OF SHARES
 
 
10.1
A Share may be transferred in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Articles.
 
 
11
AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES
 
 
11.1
The Company may amend its Memorandum or Articles by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors, save that no amendment may be made by a Resolution of Directors:
 
 
(a)
to restrict the rights or powers of the Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles;
 
 
(b)
to change the percentage of Members required to pass a Resolution of Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles;
 
 
(c)
in circumstances where the Memorandum or Articles cannot be amended by the Members; or
 
 
(d)
to Clauses 7 or 8, this Clause 11 or Regulation 23.
 
For the avoidance of doubt, neither the directors nor officers of the Company will propose any amendment to this Memorandum of Association or the Articles of Association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company's obligation as described in Regulation 23 to offer to pay the Per-Share Redemption Price to the holders of the Public Shares.
 
 
12
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
 
 
12.1
In this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of Association, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:
 
 
(a)
Act” means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 and includes the regulations made under the Act;
 
 
(b)
AGM” means an annual general meeting of the Members;
 
 
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(c)
Articles” means the attached Articles of Association of the Company;
 
 
(d)
Automatic Redemption Event” shall have the meaning given to it in Regulation 23.2;
 
 
(e)
Business Combination” shall mean the initial acquisition by the Company, whether through a merger, share, exchange, asset or share acquisition, exchangeable share transaction, contractual control arrangement or other similar type of transaction, with a  Target Business at Fair Value from the funds held in the Trust Account;
 
 
(f)
Business Combination Articles” means Regulation 23 relating to the Company’s obligations regarding the consummation of a Business Combination;
 
 
(g)
Business Days” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York are required or are authorised to be closed for business;
 
 
(h)
Chairman of the Board”  and “Chairman” has the meaning specified in Regulation 13;
 
 
(i)
Class A Directors” has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 9.1(b);
 
 
(j)
Class A Preferred Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
 
 
(k)
Class B Directors” has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 9.1(b);
 
 
(l)
Class B Preferred Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
 
 
(m)
 Class C Preferred Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
 
 
(n)
Class D Preferred Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
 
 
(o)
Class E Preferred Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
 
 
(p)
Designated Stock Exchange” means the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Global Select System, Global System or the Capital Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange; provided, however, that until the Shares are listed on any such Designated Stock Exchange, the rules of such Designated Stock Exchange shall be inapplicable to the Company and this Memorandum or the Articles;
 
 
(q)
Distribution” in relation to a distribution by the Company means the direct or indirect transfer of an asset, other than Shares, to or for the benefit of a Member in relation to Shares held by a Member, and whether by means of a purchase of an asset, the redemption or other acquisition of Shares, a distribution of indebtedness or otherwise, and includes a dividend;
 
 
(r)
Eligible Person” means individuals, corporations, trusts, the estates of deceased individuals, partnerships and unincorporated associations of persons;
 
 
(s)
Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
 
 
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(t)
Fair Value” for the purposes of Regulation 23 shall be determined by the board of directors of the Company. In the event that the Company seeks to complete a Business Combination with a company that is affiliated, within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act, with an existing Member, officer or director, it will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which may or may not be a member of FINRA that such an initial business combination is fair to the Company’s members from a financial point of view;
 
 
(u)
FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority;
 
 
(v)
Founders” means Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC;
 
 
(w)
Insider” has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.11;
 
 
(x)
IPO” means an initial public offering;
 
 
(y)
Member” means an Eligible Person whose name is entered in the share register of the Company as the holder of one or more Shares or fractional Shares;
 
 
(z)
Memorandum” means this Memorandum of Association of the Company;
 
 
(aa)
Open Market Purchases” has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.12;
 
 
(bb)
Ordinary Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
 
 
(cc)
Per-Share Redemption Price” means:
 
 
(i)
with respect to an Automatic Redemption Event, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account (less up to US$100,000 of the net interest earned thereon to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares;
 
 
(ii)
with respect to a Tender Redemption Offer, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account on the date that is two Business Days prior to the commencement of the tender offer including interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares; and
 
 
(iii)
with respect to a Redemption Offer, the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account on the date that is two Business Days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination including interest but net of taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares;
 
 
(dd)
Public Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.5(a);
 
 
(ee)
Preferred Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;
 
 
(ff)
Redemption Offer” has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.5(b);
 
 
(gg)
Registration Statement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.10;
 
 
(hh)
relevant system” means a relevant system for the holding and transfer of shares in uncertificated form;
 
 
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(ii)
Resolution of Directors” means either:
 
 
(i)
a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of directors of the Company or of a committee of directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at the meeting who voted except that where a director is given more than one vote, he shall be counted by the number of votes he casts for the purpose of establishing a majority; or
 
 
(ii)
a resolution consented to in writing by all directors or by all members of a committee of directors of the Company, as the case may be;
 
 
(jj)
“Resolution of Members” means:
 
 
(i)
prior to the consummation of a Business Combination (but excluding any Resolution of Members in relation to approval of a Business Combination pursuant to Regulation 23.4), either:
 
 
(A)
a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company; or
 
 
(B)
a resolution consented to in writing by the holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company from time to time; or
 
 
(ii)
following the consummation of a Business Combination and in relation to any Resolution of Members that may be proposed for the purpose of approving a Business Combination pursuant to Regulation 23.4, either:
 
 
(A)
a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted; or
 
 
(B)
a resolution consented to in writing by a majority of the votes of Shares entitled to vote thereon;
 
 
(kk)
Seal” means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company;
 
 
(ll)
SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
 
 
(mm)
Securities” means Shares and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and including without limitation options, warrants and rights to acquire shares or debt obligations;
 
 
(nn)
Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
 
 
(oo)
Share” means a share issued or to be issued by the Company;
 
 
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(pp)
Target Business” means an operating businesses with whom the Company wishes to undertake a Business Combination;
 
 
(qq)
Target Business Acquisition Period” shall mean the period commencing from the effectiveness of the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Company’s IPO up to and including the first to occur of (i) a Business Combination; or (ii) the
Termination Date.
 
 
(rr)
Tender Redemption Offer” has the meaning ascribed to it in Regulation 23.5(a);
 
 
(ss)
Termination Date” has the meaning given to it in Regulation 23.2;
 
 
(tt)
Treasury Share” means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled; and
 
 
(uu)
Trust Account” shall mean the trust account established by the Company at the consummation of the IPO and into which a certain amount of the IPO proceeds, sponsor warrants proceeds and the underwriters’ deferred discount are deposited as may be reduced from time to time for Open Market Purchases and amounts reserved for operating expenses;
 
 
(vv)
written” or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy, and “in writing” shall be construed accordingly.
 
 
12.2
In the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to:
 
 
(a)
a “Regulation” is a reference to a regulation of the Articles;
 
 
(b)
a “Clause” is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum;
 
 
(c)
voting by Member is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to the Shares held by the Member voting;
 
 
(d)
the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended; and
 
 
(e)
the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
 
 
12.3
Any words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the same meaning in the Memorandum and Articles unless otherwise defined herein.
 
 
12.4
Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the Memorandum and Articles.
 
 
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We, Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited of Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, for the purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association.
 
Dated:  13 January 2011
 
Incorporator
 
   
/s/ Karen Fahie and Stephen Osmont
   
Karen Fahie and Stephen Osmont
 
Authorised Signatory
 
Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited
 
 
 
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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004
 
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
 
OF
 
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited
 
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED ON APRIL 15, 2011
 
 
1
REGISTERED SHARES
 
 
1.1
Every Member is entitled to a certificate signed by a director of the Company or under the Seal specifying the number of Shares held by him and the signature of the director and the Seal may be facsimiles.
 
 
1.2
Any Member receiving a certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its directors and officers harmless from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of any wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession thereof.  If a certificate for Shares is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production of the worn out certificate or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity as may be required by a Resolution of Directors.
 
 
1.3
If several Eligible Persons are registered as joint holders of any Shares, any one of such Eligible Persons may give an effectual receipt for any Distribution.
 
 
1.4
Nothing in these Articles shall require title to any Shares or other Securities to be evidenced by a certificate if the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange permit otherwise.
 
 
1.5
Subject to the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the board of directors without further consultation with the holders of any Shares or Securities may resolve that any class or series of Shares or other Securities in issue or to be issued from time to time may be issued, registered or converted to uncertificated form and the practices instituted by the operator of the relevant system.  No provision of these Articles will apply to any uncertificated shares or Securities to the extent that they are inconsistent with the holding of such shares or securities in uncertificated form or the transfer of title to any such shares or securities by means of a relevant system.
 
 
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1.6
Conversion of Shares held in certificated form into Shares held in uncertificated form, and vice versa, may be made in such manner as the board of directors, in its absolute discretion, may think fit (subject always to the requirements of the relevant system concerned). The Company or any duly authorised transfer agent shall enter on the register of members how many Shares are held by each member in uncertificated form and certificated form and shall maintain the register of members in each case as is required by the relevant system concerned. Notwithstanding any provision of these Articles, a class or series of Shares shall not be treated as two classes by virtue only of that class or series comprising both certificated shares and uncertificated shares or as a result of any provision of these Articles which applies only in respect of certificated shares or uncertificated shares.
 
 
1.7
Nothing contained in Regulation 1.5 and 1.6 is meant to prohibit the Shares from being able to trade electronically. For the avoidance of doubt, Shares shall only be traded and transferred electronically upon consummation of the Company’s initial public offering.
 
 
2
SHARES
 
 
2.1
Subject to the provisions of these Articles and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the unissued Shares of the Company shall be at the disposal of the directors and Shares and other Securities may be issued and option to acquire Shares or other Securities may be granted at such times, to such Eligible Persons, for such consideration and on such terms as the directors may by Resolution of Directors determine.
 
 
2.2
Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing Preferred Shares or class of Preferred Shares, any class of Preferred Shares may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting or otherwise as the directors may from time to time determine.
 
 
2.3
Section 46 of the Act does not apply to the Company.
 
 
2.4
A Share may be issued for consideration in any form, including money, a promissory note, real property, personal property (including goodwill and know-how) or a contract for future services.
 
 
2.5
No Shares may be issued for a consideration other than money, unless a Resolution of Directors has been passed stating:
 
 
(a)
the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares;
 
 
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(b)
their determination of the reasonable present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue; and
 
 
(c)
that, in their opinion, the present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue is not less than the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares.
 
 
2.6
The Company shall keep a register (the “share register”) containing:
 
 
(a)
the names and addresses of the persons who hold Shares;
 
 
(b)
the number of each class and series of Shares held by each Member;
 
 
(c)
the date on which the name of each Member was entered in the share register; and
 
 
(d)
the date on which any Eligible Person ceased to be a Member.
 
 
2.7
The share register may be in any such form as the directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents.  Until the directors otherwise determine, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage form shall be the original share register.
 
 
2.8
A Share is deemed to be issued when the name of the Member is entered in the share register.
 
 
2.9
Subject to the provisions of the Act and the Business Combination Articles, Shares may be issued on the terms that they are redeemable, or at the option of the Company be liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the directors before or at the time of the issue of such Shares may determine. The directors may issue options, warrants or convertible securities or securities or a similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or Securities on such terms as the directors may from time to time determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the directors may also issue options, warrants or convertible securities in connection with the Company’s IPO.
 
 
3
FORFEITURE
 
 
3.1
Shares that are not fully paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in this Regulation and for this purpose Shares issued for a promissory note or a contract for future services are deemed to be not fully paid.
 
 
3.2
A written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the Member who defaults in making payment in respect of the Shares.
 
 
3.3
The written notice of call referred to in Regulation 3.12 shall name a further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from the date of service of the notice on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement that in the event of non-payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment is not made will be liable to be forfeited.
 
 
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3.4
Where a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Sub-Regulation 3.2 and the requirements of the notice have not been complied with, the directors may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and cancel the Shares to which the notice relates.
 
 
3.5
The Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the Member whose Shares have been cancelled pursuant to Sub-Regulation 3.34 and that Member shall be discharged from any further obligation to the Company.
 
 
4
TRANSFER OF SHARES
 
 
4.1
Subject to the Memorandum, certificated shares may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the transferee, which shall be sent to the Company for registration.  A member shall be entitled to transfer uncertificated shares by means of a relevant system and the operator of the relevant system shall act as agent of the Members for the purposes of the transfer of such uncertificated shares.
 
 
4.2
The transfer of a Share is effective when the name of the transferee is entered on the share register.
 
 
4.3
If the directors of the Company are satisfied that an instrument of transfer relating to Shares has been signed but that the instrument has been lost or destroyed, they may resolve by Resolution of Directors:
 
 
(a)
to accept such evidence of the transfer of Shares as they consider appropriate; and
 
 
(b)
that the transferee’s name should be entered in the share register notwithstanding the absence of the instrument of transfer.
 
 
4.4
Subject to the Memorandum, the personal representative of a deceased Member may transfer a Share even though the personal representative is not a Member at the time of the transfer.
 
 
5
DISTRIBUTIONS
 
 
5.1
Subject to the Business Combination Articles, the directors of the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, authorise a distribution at a time and of an amount they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
 
 
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5.2
Dividends may be paid in money, shares, or other property.
 
 
5.3
The Company may, by Resolution of Directors, from time to time pay to the Members such interim dividends as appear to the directors to be justified by the profits of the Company, provided always that they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
 
 
5.4
Notice in writing of any dividend that may have been declared shall be given to each Member in accordance with Regulation 21 and all dividends unclaimed for three years after such notice has been given to a Member may be forfeited by Resolution of Directors for the benefit of the Company.
 
 
5.5
No dividend shall bear interest as against the Company.
 
 
6
REDEMPTION OF SHARES AND TREASURY SHARES
 
 
6.1
The Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire and hold its own Shares save that the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its own Shares without the consent of the Member whose Shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired unless the Company is permitted by the Act or any other provision in the Memorandum or Articles to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire the Shares without such consent.
 
 
6.2
The purchase redemption or other acquisition by the Company of its own Shares is deemed not to be a distribution where:
 
 
(a)
the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares pursuant to a right of a Member to have his Shares redeemed or to have his shares exchanged for money or other property of the Company, or
 
 
(b)
the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares by virtue of the provisions of section 179 of the Act.
 
 
6.3
Sections 60, 61 and 62 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.
 
 
6.4
Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires pursuant to this Regulation may be cancelled or held as Treasury Shares except to the extent that such Shares are in excess of 50 percent of the issued Shares in which case they shall be cancelled but they shall be available for reissue.
 
 
6.5
All rights and obligations attaching to a Treasury Share are suspended and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds the Share as a Treasury Share.
 
 
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6.6
Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions (not otherwise inconsistent with the Memorandum and Articles) as the Company may by Resolution of Directors determine.
 
 
6.7
Where Shares are held by another body corporate of which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, shares having more than 50 per cent of the votes in the election of directors of the other body corporate, all rights and obligations attaching to the Shares held by the other body corporate are suspended and shall not be exercised by the other body corporate.
 
 
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MORTGAGES AND CHARGES OF SHARES
 
 
7.1
A Member may by an instrument in writing mortgage or charge his Shares.
 
 
7.2
There shall be entered in the share register at the written request of the Member:
 
 
(a)
a statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or charged;
 
 
(b)
the name of the mortgagee or chargee; and
 
 
(c)
the date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the share register.
 
 
7.3
Where particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the share register, such particulars may be cancelled:
 
 
(a)
with the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his behalf; or
 
 
(b)
upon evidence satisfactory to the directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the directors shall consider necessary or desirable.
 
 
7.4
Whilst particulars of a mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the share register pursuant to this Regulation:
 
 
(a)
no transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be effected;
 
 
(b)
the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such Share; and
 
 
(c)
no replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such Shares,
 
without the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.
 
 
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8
MEETINGS AND CONSENTS OF MEMBERS
 
 
8.1
Any director of the Company may convene meetings of the Members at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the director considers necessary or desirable. Following consummation of the Business Combination, an AGM shall be held annually at such date and time as may be determined by the directors.
 
 
8.2
Upon the written request of the Members entitled to exercise 30 percent or more of the voting rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested the directors shall convene a meeting of Members.
 
 
8.3
The director convening a meeting shall give not less than seven days’ written notice of a meeting of Members to:
 
 
(a)
those Members whose names on the date the notice is given appear as Members in the share register of the Company and are entitled to vote at the meeting; and
 
 
(b)
the other directors.
 
 
8.4
The director convening a meeting of Members may fix as the record date for determining those Members that are entitled to vote at the meeting the date notice is given of the meeting, or such other date as may be specified in the notice, being a date not earlier than the date of the notice.
 
 
8.5
A meeting of Members held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if Members holding at least 90 per cent of the total voting rights on all the matters to be considered at the meeting have waived notice of the meeting and, for this purpose, the presence of a Member at the meeting shall constitute waiver in relation to all the Shares which that Member holds.
 
 
8.6
The inadvertent failure of a director who convenes a meeting to give notice of a meeting to a Member or another director, or the fact that a Member or another director has not received notice, does not invalidate the meeting.
 
 
8.7
A Member may be represented at a meeting of Members by a proxy who may speak and vote on behalf of the Member.
 
 
8.8
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place designated for the meeting before the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote.
 
 
8.9
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other form as the chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the Member appointing the proxy.

 
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Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited
 
I/We being a Member of the above Company HEREBY APPOINT ……………………………………………………………………………..…… of ……………………………………...……….…………..………… or failing him …..………………………………………………….…………………….. of ………………………………………………………..…..…… to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of Members to be held on the …… day of …………..…………, 20…… and at any adjournment thereof.
 
(Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here.)
 
Signed this …… day of …………..…………, 20……
 
……………………………
Member
 
 
8.10
The following applies where Shares are jointly owned:
 
 
(a)
if two or more persons hold Shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy at a meeting of Members and may speak as a Member;
 
 
(b)
if only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all joint owners; and
 
 
(c)
if two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one and in the event of disagreement between any of the joint owners of Shares then the vote of the joint owner whose name appears first (or earliest) in the share register in respect of the relevant Shares shall be recorded as the vote attributable to the Shares.
 
 
8.11
A Member shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of Members if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Members participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.
 
 
8.12
A meeting of Members is duly constituted if, at the commencement of the meeting, there are present in person or by proxy not less than 50 per cent of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote on Resolutions of Members to be considered at the meeting.  If the Company has two or more classes of shares, a meeting may be quorate for some purposes and not for others.  A quorum may comprise a single Member or proxy and then such person may pass a Resolution of Members and a certificate signed by such person accompanied where such person holds a proxy by a copy of the proxy instrument shall constitute a valid Resolution of Members.
 
 
8.13
If within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall either be dissolved or stand adjourned to a business day or days in the jurisdiction in which the meeting was to have been held at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting there are present within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than one third of the votes of the Shares or each class or series of Shares entitled to vote on the matters to be considered by the meeting, those present shall constitute a quorum but otherwise the meeting shall either be dissolved or stand further adjourned at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
 
 
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8.14
At every meeting of Members, the Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman of the meeting.  If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the meeting, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman.  If the Members are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the person representing the greatest number of voting Shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall preside as chairman failing which the oldest individual Member or representative of a Member present shall take the chair.
 
 
8.15
The chairman may adjourn any meeting from time to time, and from place to place. For the avoidance of doubt, a meeting can be adjourned for as many times as may be determined to be necessary by the chairman and a meeting may remain open indefinitely for as long a period as may be determined by the chairman.
 
 
8.16
At any meeting of the Members the chairman is responsible for deciding in such manner as he considers appropriate whether any resolution proposed has been carried or not and the result of his decision shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.  If the chairman has any doubt as to the outcome of the vote on a proposed resolution, he shall cause a poll to be taken of all votes cast upon such resolution.  If the chairman fails to take a poll then any Member present in person or by proxy who disputes the announcement by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand that a poll be taken and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken.  If a poll is taken at any meeting, the result shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
 
 
8.17
Subject to the specific provisions contained in this Regulation for the appointment of representatives of Members other than individuals the right of any individual to speak for or represent a Member shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by which, the Member is constituted or derives its existence.  In case of doubt, the directors may in good faith seek legal advice and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise rule, the directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any liability to any Member or the Company.
 
 
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8.18
Any Member other than an individual may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such individual as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of Members or of any class of Members, and the individual so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same rights on behalf of the Member which he represents as that Member could exercise if it were an individual.
 
 
8.19
The chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on behalf of any Member other than an individual may at the meeting but not thereafter call for a notarially certified copy of such proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being so requested or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such Member shall be disregarded.
 
 
8.20
Directors of the Company may attend and speak at any meeting of Members and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class or series of Shares.
 
 
8.21
Until the consummation of the Company’s IPO, any action that may be taken by the Members at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Members consented to in writing, without the need for any prior notice.  If any Resolution of Members is adopted otherwise than by the unanimous written consent of all Members, a copy of such resolution shall forthwith be sent to all Members not consenting to such resolution.  The consent may be in the form of counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more Members.  If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the earliest date upon which Eligible Persons holding a sufficient number of votes of Shares to constitute a Resolution of Members have consented to the resolution by signed counterparts. Following the Company’s IPO, any action required or permitted to be taken by the members of the Company must be effected by a meeting of the Company, such meeting to be duly convened and held in accordance with these Articles.
 
 
9
DIRECTORS
 
 
9.1
The first directors of the Company shall be appointed by the first registered agent within 30 days of the incorporation of the Company; and thereafter, the directors shall be elected:
 
 
(a)
subject to Regulation 9.1 (b),  by Resolution of Members or by Resolution of Directors for such term as the Members or directors determine;
 
 
(b)
immediately prior to the consummation of an IPO, the directors shall pass a resolution of directors dividing themselves into two classes, being the class A directors (the “Class A Directors”) and the class B directors (the “Class B Directors”). The number of directors in each class shall be as nearly equal as possible. The Class A Directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company’s first AGM and the Class B Directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company’s second AGM. Commencing at the First AGM, and at each following AGM, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the second AGM following their election. Except as the Act or any applicable law may otherwise require, in the interim between an AGM or general meeting called for the election of directors and/or the removal of one or more directors any vacancy on the board of directors, may be filled by the majority vote of the remaining directors.
 
 
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9.2
No person shall be appointed as a director of the Company unless he has consented in writing to act as a director.
 
 
9.3
The minimum number of directors shall be one and there shall be no maximum number of directors.
 
 
9.4
Each director holds office for the term, if any, fixed by the Resolution of Members or Resolution of Directors appointing him, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.  If no term is fixed on the appointment of a director, the director serves indefinitely until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
 
 
9.5
A director may be removed from office with or without cause by,
 
 
(a)
a Resolution of Members passed at a meeting of Members called for the purposes of removing the director or for purposes including the removal of the director or by a written resolution passed by a least seventy five per cent of the Members of the Company entitled to vote; or
 
 
(b)
subject to Regulation 9.1 (b), a Resolution of Directors passed at a meeting of directors.
 
 
9.6
A director may resign his office by giving written notice of his resignation to the Company and the resignation has effect from the date the notice is received by the Company at the office of its registered agent or from such later date as may be specified in the notice.  A director shall resign forthwith as a director if he is, or becomes, disqualified from acting as a director under the Act.
 
 
9.7
Subject to Regulation 9.1 (b), the directors may at any time appoint any person to be a director either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors.  Where the directors appoint a person as director to fill a vacancy, the term shall not exceed the term that remained when the person who has ceased to be a director ceased to hold office.
 
 
9.8
A vacancy in relation to directors occurs if a director dies or otherwise ceases to hold office prior to the expiration of his term of office.
 
 
9.9
The Company shall keep a register of directors containing:
 
 
(a)
the names and addresses of the persons who are directors of the Company;
 
 
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(b)
the date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was appointed as a director of the Company;
 
 
(c)
the date on which each person named as a director ceased to be a director of the Company; and
 
 
(d)
such other information as may be prescribed by the Act.
 
 
9.10
The register of directors may be kept in any such form as the directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents.  Until a Resolution of Directors determining otherwise is passed, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage shall be the original register of directors.
 
 
9.11
The directors, or if the Shares (or depository receipts therefore) are listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the Designated Stock Exchange, any committee thereof, may, by a Resolution of Directors, fix the emoluments of directors with respect to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company.
 
 
9.12
A director is not required to hold a Share as a qualification to office.
 
 
9.13
A director of the Company shall, immediately after becoming aware that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company, disclose such interest to the board of directors.
 
 
9.14
A director of the Company is not required to comply with Regulation 9.13 if:
 
 
(a)
the transaction or proposed transaction is between the director and the Company; and
 
 
(b)
the transaction or proposed transaction is or is to be entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and on usual terms and conditions.
 
 
9.15
For the purpose of Regulation 9.13, a disclosure to the board to the effect that a director is a member, director, officer or trustee of another named company or other person and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction which may, after the date of the entry or disclosure, be entered into with that company or person, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that transaction.
 
 
9.16
Subject to section 125(1) of the Act, the failure by a director to comply with Regulation 9.13 does not affect the validity of a transaction entered into by the director or the Company.
 
 
10
POWERS OF DIRECTORS
 
 
10.1
The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, or under the direction or supervision of, the directors of the Company.  The directors of the Company have all the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, the business and affairs of the Company.  The directors may pay all expenses incurred preliminary to and in connection with the incorporation of the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Act or by the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Members.
 
 
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10.2
If the Company is the wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company, a director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing duties as a director, act in a manner which he believes is in the best interests of the holding company even though it may not be in the best interests of the Company.
 
 
10.3
If the Company is a subsidiary, but not a wholly owned subsidiary, of a holding company, and the shareholders other than the holding company agree in advance, a director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing duties as a director in connection with the carrying out of the joint venture, act in a manner which he believes is in the best interests of a Member or some Members even though it may not be in the best interests of the Company.
 
 
10.4
If the Company is carrying out a joint venture between shareholders, a director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing duties as a director, act in a manner which he believes is in the best interests of the holding company even though it may not be in the best interests of the Company.
 
 
10.5
Each director shall exercise his powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the Company acting in a manner that contravenes the Memorandum, the Articles or the Act.  Each director, in exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly and in good faith in what the director believes to be the best interests of the Company.
 
 
10.6
Any director which is a body corporate may appoint any individual as its duly authorised representative for the purpose of representing it at meetings of the directors, with respect to the signing of consents or otherwise.
 
 
10.7
The continuing directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body.
 
 
10.8
The directors may by Resolution of Directors exercise all the powers of the Company to incur indebtedness, liabilities or obligations and to secure indebtedness, liabilities or obligations whether of the Company or of any third party.
 
 
10.9
All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by Resolution of Directors.
 
 
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10.10
Section 175 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.
 
 
11
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
 
 
11.1
Any one director of the Company may call a meeting of the directors by sending a written notice to each other directors.
 
 
11.2
The directors of the Company or any committee thereof may meet at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the notice calling the meeting provides.
 
 
11.3
A director is deemed to be present at a meeting of directors if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all directors participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.
 
 
11.4
Until the consummation of a Business Combination, a director may not appoint an alternate. Following the consummation of a Business Combination, a director may by a written instrument appoint an alternate who need not be a director.
 
 
11.5
A director shall be given not less than three days’ notice of meetings of directors, but a meeting of directors held without three days’ notice having been given to all directors shall be valid if all the directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do not attend waive notice of the meeting, and for this purpose the presence of a director at a meeting shall constitute waiver by that director.  The inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a director, or the fact that a director has not received the notice, does not invalidate the meeting.
 
 
11.6
A meeting of directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting there are present in person or, following the consummation of a Business Combination, by alternate not less than one-half of the total number of directors, unless there are only two directors in which case the quorum is two.
 
 
11.7
A director may by a written instrument appoint an alternate who need not be a director and the alternate shall be entitled to attend meetings in the absence of the director who appointed him and to vote or consent in place of the director until the appointment lapses or is terminated.
 
 
11.8
If the Company has only one director the provisions herein contained for meetings of directors do not apply and such sole director has full power to represent and act for the Company in all matters as are not by the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Members.  In lieu of minutes of a meeting the sole director shall record in writing and sign a note or memorandum of all matters requiring a Resolution of Directors.  Such a note or memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution for all purposes.
 
 
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11.9
At meetings of directors at which the Chairman of the Board is present, he shall preside as chairman of the meeting.  If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.  If the directors are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the oldest individual Director present (and for this purpose an alternate director shall be deemed to be the same age as the director that he represents) shall take the chair.
 
 
11.10
An action that may be taken by the directors or a committee of directors at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Directors or a resolution of a committee of directors consented to in writing by all directors or by all members of the committee, as the case may be, without the need for any notice.  The consent may be in the form of counterparts each counterpart being signed by one or more directors.  If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the date upon which the last director has consented to the resolution by signed counterparts.
 
 
12
COMMITTEES
 
 
12.1
The directors may, by Resolution of Directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of one or more directors, and delegate one or more of their powers, including the power to affix the Seal, to the committee.
 
 
12.2
The directors have no power to delegate to a committee of directors any of the following powers:
 
 
(a)
to amend the Memorandum or the Articles;
 
 
(b)
to designate committees of directors;
 
 
(c)
to delegate powers to a committee of directors;
 
 
(d)
to appoint directors;
 
 
(e)
to appoint an agent;
 
 
(f)
to approve a plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement; or
 
 
(g)
to make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation plan.
 
 
12.3
Regulations 12.2(b) and (c) do not prevent a committee of directors, where authorised by the Resolution of Directors appointing such committee or by a subsequent Resolution of Directors, from appointing a sub-committee and delegating powers exercisable by the committee to the sub-committee.
 
 
12.4
The meetings and proceedings of each committee of directors consisting of 2 or more directors shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings of directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the Resolution of Directors establishing the committee.
 
 
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13
OFFICERS AND AGENTS
 
 
13.1
The Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as may be considered necessary or expedient.  Such officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, one or more vice-presidents, secretaries and treasurers and such other officers as may from time to time be considered necessary or expedient.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
 
 
13.2
The officers shall perform such duties as are prescribed at the time of their appointment subject to any modification in such duties as may be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors.  In the absence of any specific prescription of duties it shall be the responsibility of the Chairman of the Board to preside at meetings of directors and Members, the Chief Executive Officer to manage the day to day affairs of the Company, the vice-presidents to act in order of seniority in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer but otherwise to perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the Chief Executive Officer, the secretaries to maintain the share register, minute books and records (other than financial records) of the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural requirements imposed on the Company by applicable law, and the treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Company.
 
 
13.3
The emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors.
 
 
13.4
The officers of the Company shall hold office until their death, resignation or removal.  Any officer elected or appointed by the directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by Resolution of Directors.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by Resolution of Directors.
 
 
13.5
The directors may, by a Resolution of Directors, appoint any person, including a person who is a director, to be an agent of the Company.  An agent of the Company shall have such powers and authority of the directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in the Articles or in the Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except that no agent has any power or authority with respect to the matters specified in Regulation 12.1.  The Resolution of Directors appointing an agent may authorise the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the agent by the Company.  The directors may remove an agent appointed by the Company and may revoke or vary a power conferred on him.
 
 
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14
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
 
 
14.1
A director of the Company shall, forthwith after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company, disclose the interest to all other directors of the Company.
 
 
14.2
For the purposes of Regulation 14.1, a disclosure to all other directors to the effect that a director is a member, director or officer of another named entity or has a fiduciary relationship with respect to the entity or a named individual and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction which may, after the date of the entry or disclosure, be entered into with that entity or individual, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that transaction.
 
 
14.3
A director of the Company who is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company may:
 
 
(a)
vote on a matter relating to the transaction;
 
 
(b)
attend a meeting of directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and
 
 
(c)
sign a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction,
 
and, subject to compliance with the Act shall not, by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from such transaction and no such transaction shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any such interest or benefit.
 
 
15
INDEMNIFICATION
 
 
15.1
Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company may indemnify against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings any person who:
 
 
(a)
is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, key employee, adviser of the Company or who at the request of the Company; or
 
 
(b)
is or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a director of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
 
 
15.2
The indemnity in Regulation 15.1 only applies if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was unlawful.
 
 
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15.3
The decision of the directors as to whether the person acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company and as to whether the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of the Articles, unless a question of law is involved.
 
 
15.4
The termination of any proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
 
 
15.5
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance in relation to any person who is or was a director, officer, key employee, adviser of the Company or was acting in any other significant capacity in relation to the Company, or who at the request of the Company is or was serving as a director, officer or liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to indemnify the person against the liability as provided in the Articles.
 
 
16
RECORDS
 
 
16.1
The Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent:
 
 
(a)
the Memorandum and the Articles;
 
 
(b)
the share register, or a copy of the share register;
 
 
(c)
the register of directors, or a copy of the register of directors; and
 
 
(d)
copies of all notices and other documents filed by the Company with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the previous 10 years.
 
 
16.2
If the Company maintains only a copy of the share register or a copy of the register of directors at the office of its registered agent, it shall:
 
 
(a)
within 15 days of any change in either register, notify the registered agent in writing of the change; and
 
 
(b)
provide the registered agent with a written record of the physical address of the place or places at which the original share register or the original register of directors is kept.
 
 
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16.3
The Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the directors may determine:
 
 
(a)
minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Members and classes of Members;
 
 
(b)
minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees of directors; and
 
 
(c)
an impression of the Seal, if any.
 
 
16.4
Where any original records referred to in this Regulation are maintained other than at the office of the registered agent of the Company, and the place at which the original records is changed, the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the new location of the records of the Company within 14 days of the change of location.
 
 
16.5
The records kept by the Company under this Regulation shall be in written form or either wholly or partly as electronic records complying with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions Act.
 
 
17
REGISTERS OF CHARGES
 
 
17.1
The Company shall maintain at the office of its registered agent a register of charges in which there shall be entered the following particulars regarding each mortgage, charge and other encumbrance created by the Company:
 
 
(a)
the date of creation of the charge;
 
 
(b)
a short description of the liability secured by the charge;
 
 
(c)
a short description of the property charged;
 
 
(d)
the name and address of the trustee for the security or, if there is no such trustee, the name and address of the chargee;
 
 
(e)
unless the charge is a security to bearer, the name and address of the holder of the charge; and
 
 
(f)
details of any prohibition or restriction contained in the instrument creating the charge on the power of the Company to create any future charge ranking in priority to or equally with the charge.
 
 
18
CONTINUATION
 
The Company may by Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner provided under those laws.
 
 
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19
SEAL
 
The Company may have more than one Seal and references herein to the Seal shall be references to every Seal which shall have been duly adopted by Resolution of Directors.  The directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal and for an imprint thereof to be kept at the registered office.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein the Seal when affixed to any written instrument shall be witnessed and attested to by the signature of any one director or other person so authorised from time to time by Resolution of Directors.  Such authorisation may be before or after the Seal is affixed, may be general or specific and may refer to any number of sealings.  The directors may provide for a facsimile of the Seal and of the signature of any director or authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the Seal had been affixed to such instrument and the same had been attested to as hereinbefore described.
 
 
20
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
 
 
20.1
The Company shall keep records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s transactions and that will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy.
 
 
20.2
The Company may by Resolution of Members call for the directors to prepare periodically and make available a profit and loss account and a balance sheet.  The profit and loss account and balance sheet shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit and loss of the Company for a financial period and a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities of the Company as at the end of a financial period.
 
 
20.3
The Company may by Resolution of Members call for the accounts to be examined by auditors.
 
 
20.4
The first auditors shall be appointed by Resolution of Directors; subsequent auditors shall be appointed by a Resolution of Members or a Resolution of Directors.
 
 
20.5
The auditors may be Members, but no director or other officer shall be eligible to be an auditor of the Company during their continuance in office.
 
 
20.6
The remuneration of the auditors of the Company:
 
 
(a)
in the case of auditors appointed by the directors, may be fixed by Resolution of Directors; and
 
 
(b)
subject to the foregoing, shall be fixed by Resolution of Members or in such manner as the Company may by Resolution of Members determine.
 
 
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20.7
The auditors shall examine each profit and loss account and balance sheet required to be laid before a meeting of the Members or otherwise given to Members and shall state in a written report whether or not:
 
 
(a)
in their opinion the profit and loss account and balance sheet give a true and fair view respectively of the profit and loss for the period covered by the accounts, and of the assets and liabilities of the Company at the end of that period; and
 
 
(b)
all the information and explanations required by the auditors have been obtained.
 
 
20.8
The report of the auditors shall be annexed to the accounts and shall be read at the meeting of Members at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be otherwise given to the Members.
 
 
20.9
Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books of account and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.
 
 
20.10
The auditors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend any meetings of Members at which the Company’s profit and loss account and balance sheet are to be presented.
 
 
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NOTICES
 
 
21.1
Any notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company to Members may be given by personal service by mail, facsimile or other similar means of electronic communication, addressed to each Member at the address shown in the share register.
 
 
21.2
Any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company, at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered mail to, the registered agent of the Company.
 
 
21.3
Service of any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be proved by showing that the summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement was delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company or that it was mailed in such time as to admit to its being delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course of delivery within the period prescribed for service and was correctly addressed and the postage was prepaid.
 
 
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22
VOLUNTARY WINDING UP
 
 
22.1
The Company may by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors appoint a voluntary liquidator.
 
 
23
BUSINESS COMBINATION
 
 
23.1
Regulations 23.1 to 23.12 and Regulation 9.1(b) shall terminate upon consummation of any Business Combination, and may not be amended during the Target Business Acquisition Period except as otherwise provided in these Articles.
 
 
23.2
In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within 21 Months after the closing of the IPO (such date being referred to as the “Termination Date”), this shall trigger an automatic redemption of the Public Shares (an “Automatic Redemption Event”) and the directors of the Company shall take all such action necessary to (i) redeem the Public Shares or distribute the Trust Account to the holders of Public Shares, on a pro rata basis, cash equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price; and (ii) cease all operations except for the purpose of any winding up of the Company’s affairs. In the event of an Automatic Redemption Event, only the holders of Public Shares shall entitled to receive pro rata redeeming distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any other shares or outstanding securities of the Company.
 
 
23.3
Unless a shareholder vote is required by law, or, at the sole discretion of the directors, the directors determine to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company may enter into a Business Combination without submitting such Business Combination to its Members for approval.
 
 
23.4
Although not required, in the event that a shareholder vote is held, and a majority of the votes cast at the meeting to approve the Business Combination are voted for the approval of such Business Combination, the Company shall be authorised to consummate the Business Combination.
 
 
23.5
(a)
In the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company, the Company will offer to redeem the Shares of any Member issued in the IPO (the “Public Shares”), for cash in accordance to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Securities Act and subject to any limitations (including but not limited to cash requirements) agreed in connection with the negotiation of terms of an initial Business Combination (the “Tender Redemption Offer”). The Company will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to consummating the Business Combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the Business Combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act. In accordance with the Exchange Act, the Tender Redemption Offer will remain open for a minimum of 20 Business Days. If in the event a Member holding Public Shares accepts the Tender Redemption Offer and the Company has not otherwise withdrawn the tender offer, the Company shall, promptly after the consummation of the Business Combination, pay such redeeming Member, on a pro rata basis, cash equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price.
 
 
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(b) 
In the event that a Business Combination is consummated by the Company in connection with a shareholder vote held pursuant to Regulation 23.4, the Company will offer to redeem the Public Shares, regardless of whether they voted for or against the Business Combination, for cash, on a pro rata basis, equal to the applicable Per-Share Redemption Price in accordance with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act (the “Redemption Offer”); provided, that any such redeeming Member who either individually or together with any affiliate of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a “group” (as such term is defined under the Securities Act) will be restricted from seeking redemption with respect to an aggregate of more than ten percent (10%) of the total Public Shares in the event that the Company seeks public shareholder approval of the Business Combination.

 
(c)
In no event will the Company consummate the Tender Redemption Offer or the Redemption Offer under Regulation 23.5(a) or (b) if such redemptions would cause the Company to have net tangible assets to be less than US$5,000,001.
 
 
23.6
A holder of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Trust Account only in the event of an Automatic Redemption Event or in the event he accepts a Redemption Offer where the Business Combination is consummated. In no other circumstances shall a holder of Public Shares have any right or interest of any kind in or to the Trust Account.
 
 
23.7
Prior to a Business Combination, the Company will not issue additional Shares or Shares that would entitle the holder thereof to (i) receive funds from the Trust Account; or (ii) vote on any Business Combination.
 
 
23.8
Although the directors do not intend to enter into a Business Combination with a Target Business that is affiliated with the Company’s sponsor, its directors or officers, it is not prohibited from doing so. In the event the Company enters into such a Business Combination, the Company or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA that such a Business Combination is fair to the members of the Company from a financial point of view.
 
 
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23.9
The Company will not effectuate a Business Combination with another “blank cheque” company or a similar company with nominal operations.
 
 
23.10
Immediately after the Company’s IPO, the amount of net offering proceeds received by the Company in the IPO (including proceeds of any exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option and sponsor warrant proceeds) described in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC (the “Registration Statement”) at the time it goes effective shall be deposited and thereafter held in the Trust Account.  Neither the Company nor any officer, director or employee of the Company will disburse any of the proceeds held in the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) a Business Combination, (ii) an Automatic Redemption Event, or (iii) in payment of the redemption price to a redeeming Member as herein provided or in payment of the acquisition price for any shares which the Company elects to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire in accordance with these Articles, in each case in accordance with the trust agreement governing the Trust Account; provided that (a) all interest that may be released (as described in the Registration Statement) from time to time to the Company to cover operating expenses, and (b) the Company is entitled to withdraw such amounts from the Trust Account from time to time as would be required to pay any taxes on the interest earned on the Trust Account.
 
 
23.11
If a Member (other than an Insider) who, individually or together with any affiliate of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a ‘group” (as such term is defined under the Securities Act (other than an Insider), owns or controls more than ten percent (10%) of the total Public Shares which would ordinarily be entitled to vote, then the Member(s) or parties acting in concert or as a group (as the case may be) shall only be entitled to vote a maximum of ten percent (10%) of the Public Shares in the Company (pro rata to their respective holdings, as applicable).  For the purposes of any resolutions, consents or other votes that may be required, the Public Shares in excess of this ten percent (10%) threshold shall not be entitled to vote and all additional Shares (the “Excess Shares”) shall be voted by the Founders.  This Regulation 23.11 shall be interpreted to be consistent with Clause 6 of the Memorandum.  For the purposes of this Regulation, an “Insider” means any officer, director or pre-IPO shareholder (and their respective affiliates).
 
 
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23.12
If the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination and does not conduct redemptions in connection with the Business Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company is permitted to release from the Trust Account amounts necessary to purchase up to fifteen percent (15%) of the Public Shares (“Open Market Purchases”) at any time commencing after the filing of a preliminary proxy statement for the Business Combination and ending on the date of the shareholder meeting to approve the Business Combination.  Purchases will be made only in open market transactions at times when the Company is not in possession of any material non-public information and may not be made during a restricted period under Regulation M of the Exchange Act.  It is intended that purchases will comply with Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, which provides a safe harbour for purchases made under certain conditions, including with respect to timing, pricing and volume of purchases. Any purchases the Company makes will be made in cash (inclusive of commissions) on a pro-rata basis not to exceed the per share amount then held in the Trust Account.
 
We, Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited of Nemours Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, for the purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign these Articles of Association.
 
Dated:  13 January 2011
 
   
Incorporator
 
   
/s/ Karen Fahie and Stephen Osmont
   
Karen Fahie and Stephen Osmont
 
Authorised Signatory
 
Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited
 
 
 
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EX-4.1 4 v219344_ex4-1.htm Unassociated Document
WARRANT AGREEMENT

            THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 15, 2011, is by and between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”).
     
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated February 4, 2011 (“Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement”) with Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”) pursuant to which the Sponsor will purchase an aggregate of 3,000,000 warrants (the “Warrants”) of the Company, bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto (the “Sponsor Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Warrant, to be sold to the Sponsor simultaneously with the closing of the Offering (as defined below); and
     
WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of units of the Company’s equity securities, each such unit comprised of one Ordinary Share (as defined below) and one Public Warrant (as defined below) (the “Units”) and, in connection therewith, has determined to issue and deliver up to 9,200,000 warrants (including up to 1,200,000 warrants subject to the Over-allotment Option (as defined below)) to public investors in the Offering (the “Public Warrants” and, together with the Sponsor Warrants, the “Warrants”), each such Warrant evidencing the right of the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share of the Company, no par value per share (Ordinary Shares), for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein; and
    
WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1, No. 333-172120 (the “Registration Statement”) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”), for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Units, the Public Warrants and Ordinary Shares included in the Units; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the Warrants; and
     
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Warrants; and
     
WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

                NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.           Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company for the Warrants, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 
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2.           Warrants.

2.1         Form of Warrant. Each Warrant shall be issued in registered form only and shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated herein and shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or other principal officer of the Company. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

2.2         Effect of Countersignature. Unless and until countersigned by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Warrant shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the holder thereof.
     
2.3         Registration.
          
2.3.1           Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrants in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company.
          
2.3.2           Registered Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on the Warrant Certificate (as defined below) made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
     
2.4         Detachability of Warrants. The Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants comprising the Units shall begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of the Prospectus or, if such 52nd day is not on a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, on which banks in New York City are generally open for normal business (a “Business Day”), then on the immediately succeeding Business Day following such date, or earlier (the “Detachment Date”) with the consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citi”), as representative of the several underwriters, but in no event shall the Ordinary Shares and the Public Warrants comprising the Units be separately traded until (A) the Company has filed a current report on Form 8-K with the Commission containing an audited balance sheet reflecting the receipt by the Company of the gross proceeds of the Offering, including the proceeds received by the Company from the exercise by the underwriters of their right to purchase additional Ordinary Shares in the Offering (the “Over-allotment Option”), if the Over-allotment Option is exercised prior to the filing of the Form 8-K, and (B) the Company issues a press release and files with the Commission a current report on Form 8-K announcing when such separate trading shall begin.
    
 
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2.5
Warrant Attributes.

2.5.1           Sponsor Warrants. The Sponsor Warrants shall be identical to the Public Warrants, except that so long as they are held by the Sponsor, members of the Sponsor or any of their Permitted Transferees (as defined below) the Sponsor Warrants: (i) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c) hereof, (ii) may not be transferred, assigned or sold until thirty (30) days after the completion by the Company of an initial Business Combination (as defined below), and (iii) shall not be redeemable by the Company; provided, however, that in the case of (ii), the Sponsor Warrants and any Ordinary Shares held by the members of the Sponsor and issued upon exercise of the Sponsor Warrants may be transferred by the members of the Sponsor:
     
(a) as gift to such person’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of such person’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization,

(b) to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliate or family member of any of the Company’s officers or directors or any affiliate of the Sponsor or to any member(s) of the Sponsor,
     
(c) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death of such person,
     
(d) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order,
     
(e) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or
   
(f) in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, the Company consummates a merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the holders of the Company’s equity securities issued in the Offering having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property;  provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (a) through (d), these transferees (the “Permitted Transferees”) enter into a written agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions in this Agreement.

3.           Terms and Exercise of Warrants.

                3.1           Warrant Price. Each Warrant shall, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, entitle the Registered Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of such Warrant and of this Warrant Agreement, to purchase from the Company the number of Ordinary Shares stated therein, at the price of $11.50 per share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 4 hereof and in the last sentence of this Section 3.1. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Warrant Agreement shall mean the price per share at which Ordinary Shares may be purchased at the time a Warrant is exercised. The Company in its sole discretion may lower the Warrant Price at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) for a period of not less than twenty (20) Business Days, provided, that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of such reduction to Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such reduction shall be identical among all of the Warrants.
     
 
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3.2         Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the later of: (i) the date that is thirty (30) days after the first date on which the Company completes an acquisition, engages in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual control arrangement with, purchases all or substantially all of the assets or, or engages in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or assets (a “Business Combination”), or (ii) the date that is twelve (12) months from the date of the closing of the Offering, and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the earlier to occur of: (x) the date that is five (5) years after the date on which the Company completes its initial Business Combination, (y) the liquidation of the Company, or if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination 21 months from the closing of the Offering, or (z) other than with respect to the Sponsor Warrants, the Redemption Date (as defined below) as provided in Section 6.2 hereof (the “Expiration Date”); provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions, as set forth in subsection 3.3.2 below with respect to an effective registration statement. Except with respect to the right to receive the Redemption Price (other than with respect to a Sponsor Warrant) in the event of a redemption (as set forth in Section 6 hereof), each Warrant (other than a Sponsor Warrant in the event of a redemption) not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date. The Company in its sole discretion may extend the duration of the Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided, that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of any such extension to Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such extension shall be identical in duration among all the Warrants.

                3.3         Exercise of Warrants.
                     
3.3.1           Payment. Subject to the provisions of the Warrant and this Warrant Agreement, a Warrant, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof by surrendering it, at the office of the Warrant Agent, or at the office of its successor as Warrant Agent, in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, with the subscription form, as set forth in the Warrant, duly executed, and by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full Ordinary Share as to which the Warrant is exercised and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Warrant, the exchange of the Warrant for the Ordinary Share and the issuance of such Ordinary Share, as follows:
               
(a) in lawful money of the United States, in good certified check or good bank draft payable to the order of the Company;

(b) in the event of a redemption pursuant to Section 6 hereof in which the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) has elected to require all holders of the Warrants to exercise such Warrants on a “cashless basis,” by surrendering the Warrants for that number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the Warrant Price and the “Fair Market Value”, as defined in this subsection 3.3.1(b) by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this subsection 3.3.1(b) and Section 6.3, the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average last sale price of the Ordinary Shares for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of the Warrants, pursuant to Section 6 hereof;
               
(c) with respect to any Sponsor Warrant, so long as such Sponsor Warrant is held by the Sponsor, a member of the Sponsor or their Permitted Transferees, by surrendering the Warrants for that number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the Warrant Price and the “Fair Market Value”, as defined in this subsection 3.3.1(c), by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this subsection 3.3.1(c), the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average last sale price of the Ordinary Shares for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which notice of exercise of the Warrant is sent to the Warrant Agent; or
          
 
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(d) as provided in Section 7.4 hereof.
          
3.3.2           Issuance of Ordinary Shares on Exercise. As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(a)), the Company shall issue to the Registered Holder of such Warrant a certificate or certificates for the number of full Ordinary Shares to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if such Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new countersigned Warrant for the number of shares as to which such Warrant shall not have been exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant and shall have no obligation to settle such Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Ordinary Shares underlying the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company’s satisfying its obligations under Section 7.4. No Warrant shall be exercisable and the Company shall not be obligated to issue Ordinary Shares upon exercise of a Warrant unless the Ordinary Shares issuable upon such Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the Registered Holder of the Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant and such Warrant may have no value and expire worthless, in which case the purchaser of a Unit containing such Public Warrants shall have paid the full purchase price for the Unit solely for the Ordinary Shares underlying such Unit.  In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant exercise.
          
3.3.3 Valid Issuance. All Ordinary Shares issued upon the proper exercise of a Warrant in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
          
3.3.4 Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any certificate for Ordinary Shares is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Ordinary Shares on the date on which the Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the share transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the share transfer books are open.
          
 
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3.3.5 Maximum Percentage. A holder of a Warrant may notify the Company in writing in the event it elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this subsection 3.3.5; however, no holder of a Warrant shall be subject to this subsection 3.3.5 unless he, she or it makes such election. If the election is made by a holder, the Warrant Agent shall not effect the exercise of the holder’s Warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise such Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 9.8% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Ordinary Shares that would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the Warrant beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For purposes of the Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly report on Form 10-Q, current report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Commission as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder of the Warrant, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days, confirm orally and in writing to such holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of equity securities of the Company by the holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. By written notice to the Company, the holder of a Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided, however, that any such increase shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

4. Adjustments.
     
4.1 Share Dividends.
          
4.1.1           Split-Ups. If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.6 below, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares is increased by a share dividend payable in Ordinary Shares, or by a split-up of Ordinary Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding Ordinary Shares. A rights offering to holders of the Ordinary Shares entitling holders to purchase Ordinary Shares at a price less than the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) shall be deemed a share dividend of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Ordinary Shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Ordinary Shares) multiplied by (ii) the quotient of (x) the price per Ordinary Share paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.1, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Ordinary Shares, in determining the price payable for Ordinary Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Ordinary Shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.
          
 
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4.1.2           Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the Ordinary Shares on account of such Ordinary Shares (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which the Warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 4.1.1 above, (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below), (c) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders of the Ordinary Shares in connection with a proposed initial Business Combination, (d) as a result of the repurchase of Ordinary Shares by the Company if a proposed initial Business Combination is presented to the shareholders of the Company for approval or (e) in connection with the Company’s liquidation and the distribution of its assets upon its failure to consummate a Business Combination (any such non- excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the Board, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each Ordinary Shares in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.2, “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per Ordinary Share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Ordinary Shares during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 4 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant) does not exceed $0.50 (being 5% of the offering price of the Units in the Offering).
     
4.2         Aggregation of Shares. If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.6 hereof, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse share split or reclassification of Ordinary Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse share split, reclassification or similar event, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding Ordinary Shares.
     
4.3         Adjustments in Exercise Price. Whenever the number of Ordinary Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in subsection 4.1.1 or 4.2 above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Ordinary Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of Ordinary Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.
     
 
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4.4           Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (other than a change under subsections 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 or Section 4.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Ordinary Shares), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Ordinary Shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the holders of the Warrants shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the Warrants and in lieu of the Ordinary Shares of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the Warrants would have received if such holder had exercised his, her or its Warrant(s) immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance”); provided, however, that (i) if the holders of the Ordinary Shares were entitled to exercise a right of election as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other assets receivable upon such consolidation or merger, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets constituting the Alternative Issuance for which each Warrant shall become exercisable shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the kind and amount received per share by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in such consolidation or merger that affirmatively make such election, and (ii) if a tender, exchange or redemption offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the Ordinary Shares (other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made by the Company in connection with redemption rights held by shareholders of the Company as provided for in the Company’s memorandum and articles of association, as amended, or as a result of the repurchase of Ordinary Shares by the Company if a proposed initial Business Combination is presented to the shareholders of the Company for approval) under circumstances in which, upon completion of such tender or exchange offer, the maker thereof, together with members of any group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) of which such maker is a part, and together with any affiliate or associate of such maker (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) and any members of any such group of which any such affiliate or associate is a part, own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holder of a Warrant shall be entitled to receive as the Alternative Issuance, the highest amount of cash, securities or other property to which such holder would actually have been entitled as a shareholder if such Warrant holder had exercised the Warrant prior to the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, accepted such offer and all of the Ordinary Shares held by such holder had been purchased pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, subject to adjustments (from and after the consummation of such tender or exchange offer) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in this Section 4; provided further, however, that if more than 30% of the consideration receivable by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in the applicable event is payable in the form of ordinary shares in the successor entity that is not listed for trading on a national securities exchange or on the OTC Bulletin Board, or is not to be so listed for trading immediately following such event, then the Warrant Price shall be reduced by an amount (in dollars) equal to the quotient of (x) $17.50 (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 6.1 hereof) minus the Per Share Consideration (as defined below) (but in no event, less than zero), and (y) if the applicable event is announced on or prior to the third anniversary of the closing date of the initial Business Combination, 2; if the applicable event is announced after the third anniversary of the closing date of the initial Business Combination and on or prior to the fourth anniversary of the closing date of the initial Business Combination, 2.5; if the applicable event is announced after the fourth anniversary of the closing date of the initial Business Combination and on or prior to the Expiration Date, 3. “Per Share Consideration” means (i) if the consideration paid to holders of the Ordinary Shares consists exclusively of cash, the amount of such cash per Ordinary Shares, and (ii) in all other cases, the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event. If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in Ordinary Shares covered by subsection 4.1.1, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 4.1.1 or Sections 4.2, 4.3 and this Section 4.4. The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers.
     
4.5           Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Warrant Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4, the Company shall give written notice of the occurrence of such event to each holder of a Warrant, at the last address set forth for such holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.
     
 
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4.6           No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares upon exercise of Warrants. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round up to the nearest whole number, the number of the Ordinary Shares to be issued to such holder.
     
4.7           Form of Warrant. The form of Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, and Warrants issued after such adjustment may state the same Warrant Price and the same number of shares as is stated in the Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the form of Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.
     
4.8           Other Events. In case any event shall occur affecting the Company as to which none of the provisions of preceding subsections of this Section 4 are strictly applicable, but which would require an adjustment to the terms of the Warrants in order to (i) avoid an adverse impact on the Warrants and (ii) effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4, then, in each such case, the Company shall appoint a firm of independent public accountants, investment banking or other appraisal firm of recognized national standing, which shall give its opinion as to whether or not any adjustment to the rights represented by the Warrants is necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4 and, if they determine that an adjustment is necessary, the terms of such adjustment. The Company shall adjust the terms of the Warrants in a manner that is consistent with any adjustment recommended in such opinion.

5. Transfer and Exchange of Warrants.
     
5.1           Registration of Transfer. The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of such Warrant for transfer, properly endorsed with signatures properly guaranteed and accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. The Warrants so cancelled shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company from time to time upon request.
     
5.2           Procedure for Surrender of Warrants. Warrants may be surrendered to the Warrant Agent, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants as requested by the Registered Holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants; provided, however, that in the event that a Warrant surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend (as in the case of the Sponsor Warrants), the Warrant Agent shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange thereof until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.
     
 
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5.3           Fractional Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which shall result in the issuance of a warrant certificate for a fraction of a warrant.
     
5.4           Service Charges. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrants.
     
5.5           Warrant Execution and Countersignature. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Warrants required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, shall supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
     
5.6           Transfer of Warrants. Prior to the Detachment Date, the Public Warrants may be transferred or exchanged only together with the Unit in which such Warrant is included, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, a transfer or exchange of such Unit. Furthermore, each transfer of a Unit on the register relating to such Units shall operate also to transfer the Warrant included in such Unit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5.6 shall have no effect on any transfer of Warrants on and after the Detachment Date.

6. Redemption.

                6.1           Redemption. Subject to Section 6.4 hereof, not less than all of the outstanding Warrants may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, at any time while they are exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon notice to the Registered Holders of the Warrants, as described in Section 6.2 below, at the price of $0.01 per Warrant (the “Redemption Price”), provided that the last sales price of the Ordinary Shares reported has been at least $17.50 per share (subject to adjustment in compliance with Section 4 hereof), on each of twenty (20) trading days within the thirty (30) trading-day period ending on the third Business Day prior to the date on which notice of the redemption is given and provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day Redemption Period (as defined in Section 6.2 below).
     
6.2           Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Redemption. In the event that the Company elects to redeem all of the Warrants, the Company shall fix a date for the redemption (the “Redemption Date”). Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Redemption Date to the Registered Holders of the Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Registered Holder received such notice.
     
6.3           Exercise After Notice of Redemption. The Warrants may be exercised, for cash (or on a “cashless basis” in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(b) hereof) at any time after notice of redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof and prior to the Redemption Date. In the event that the Company determines to require all holders of Warrants to exercise their Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to subsection 3.3.1, the notice of redemption shall contain the information necessary to calculate the number of Ordinary Shares to be received upon exercise of the Warrants, including the “Fair Market Value” (as such term is defined in subsection 3.3.1(b) hereof) in such case. On and after the Redemption Date, the record holder of the Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrants, the Redemption Price.
     
 
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6.4           Exclusion of Sponsor Warrants. The Company agrees that the redemption rights provided in this Section 6 shall not apply to the Sponsor Warrants if at the time of the redemption such Sponsor Warrants continue to be held by the Sponsor, members of the Sponsor or their Permitted Transferees. However, once such Sponsor Warrants are transferred (other than to Permitted Transferees under subsection 2.5), the Company may redeem the Sponsor Warrants, provided that the criteria for redemption are met, including the opportunity of the holder of such Sponsor Warrants to exercise the Sponsor Warrants prior to redemption pursuant to Section 6.3. Sponsor Warrants that are transferred to persons other than Permitted Transferees shall upon such transfer cease to be Sponsor Warrants and shall become Public Warrants under this Agreement.

7. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.
     
7.1           No Rights as Shareholder. A Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder thereof to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.
     
7.2           Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Warrants. If any Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as they may in their discretion impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination, tenor, and date as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.
     
7.3           Reservation of Ordinary Shares. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement.
     
7.4           Registration of Ordinary Shares. The Company agrees that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the closing of its initial Business Combination, it shall use its best efforts to file with the Commission a new registration statement, for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and it shall use its best efforts to take such action as is necessary to register or qualify for sale, in those states in which the Warrants were initially offered by the Company, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, to the extent an exemption is not available. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. If any such registration statement has not been declared effective by the 60th Business Day following the closing of the Business Combination, holders of the Warrants shall have the right, during the period beginning on the 61st Business Day after the closing of the Business Combination and ending upon such registration statement being declared effective by the Commission, and during any other period when the Company shall fail to have maintained an effective registration statement covering the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, to exercise such Warrants on a “cashless basis,” by exchanging the Warrants (in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Act or another exemption) for that number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the Warrant Price and the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this Section 7.4, “Fair Market Value” shall mean the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the date that notice of exercise is received by the Warrant Agent from the holder of such Warrants or its securities broker or intermediary. The date that notice of cashless exercise is received by the Warrant Agent shall be conclusively determined by the Warrant Agent. The Company shall provide the Warrant Agent with an opinion of counsel for the Company (which shall be an outside law firm with securities law experience) stating that (i) the exercise of the Warrants on a cashless basis in accordance with this Section 7.4 is not required to be registered under the Securities Act and (ii) the Ordinary Shares issued upon such exercise shall be freely tradable under United States federal securities laws by anyone who is not an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company and, accordingly, shall not be required to bear a restrictive legend. For the avoidance of any doubt, unless and until all of the Warrants have been exercised on a cashless basis, the Company shall continue to be obligated to comply with its registration obligations under the first three sentences of this Section 7.4. In addition, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to register the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant under the blue sky laws of the states of residence of the exercising Warrant holder to the extent an exemption is not available.

 
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8. Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters.
     
8.1         Payment of Taxes. The Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Warrants or such shares.

                8.2         Resignation, Consolidation, or Merger of Warrant Agent.
          
8.2.1           Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving sixty (60) days’ notice in writing to the Company. If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of a Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any Warrant may apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York for the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such court, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, in good standing and having its principal office in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such predecessor Warrant Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Warrant Agent the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Warrant Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.
 
 
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8.2.2           Notice of Successor Warrant Agent. In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the Transfer Agent for the Ordinary Shares not later than the effective date of any such appointment.
          
8.2.3           Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent. Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act.
     
8.3         Fees and Expenses of Warrant Agent.

                                8.3.1 Remuneration. The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable remuneration for its services as such Warrant Agent hereunder and shall, pursuant to its obligations under this Agreement, reimburse the Warrant Agent upon demand for all expenditures that the Warrant Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of its duties hereunder.
          
8.3.2           Further Assurances. The Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged, and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.
     
8.4         Liability of Warrant Agent.
          
8.4.1           Reliance on Company Statement. Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement signed by the President or Chairman of the Board of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may rely upon such statement for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
          
8.4.2           Indemnity. The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Agreement, except as a result of the Warrant Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
          
8.4.3           Exclusions. The Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution of any Warrant (except its countersignature thereof). The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible to make any adjustments required under the provisions of Section 4 hereof or responsible for the manner, method, or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant or as to whether any Ordinary Shares shall, when issued, be valid and fully paid and nonassessable.
     
 
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8.5           Acceptance of Agency. The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth and among other things, shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account for, and pay to the Company, all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of Ordinary Shares through the exercise of the Warrants.

8.6           Waiver. The Warrant Agent has no right of set-off or any other right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in, or to any distribution of, the Trust Account (as defined in that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Warrant Agent as trustee thereunder) and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. The Warrant Agent hereby waives any and all Claims against the Trust Account and any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account.

9.           Miscellaneous Provisions.
     
9.1           Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
     
9.2           Notices. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Warrant Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited.
641 Lexington Avenue
28th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by the Company to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company), as follows:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Compliance Department
 
 
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with a copy in each case (which shall not constitute service) to:

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
150 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
Attn:  Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.

9.3           Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
     
9.4           Persons Having Rights under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Registered Holders of the Warrants any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Warrant Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of the Registered Holders of the Warrants.
     
9.5           Examination of the Warrant Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, for inspection by the Registered Holder of any Warrant. The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit his Warrant for inspection by it.

                9.6           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
     
9.7           Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.
     
9.8           Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of any Registered Holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Registered Holders. All other modifications or amendments, including any amendment to increase the Warrant Price or shorten the Exercise Period and any amendment to the terms of only the Sponsor Warrants, shall require the written consent of the Registered Holders of 65% of the then outstanding Public Warrants. Further, the Sponsor or the members of the Sponsor shall not vote any Sponsor Warrants owned or controlled by them in favor of such amendment unless the Registered Holders of 65% of the Public Warrants vote in favor of such amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may lower the Warrant Price or extend the duration of the Exercise Period pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, without the consent of the Registered Holders.

 
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                9.9           Severability. This Warrant Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Warrant Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Warrant Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

Exhibit A Form of Warrant Certificate
Exhibit B Legend — Sponsor’s Warrants
 
 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
     
 
By:  
/s/  James D. Dunning, Jr.  
 
   
 Name: James D. Dunning, Jr.  
 
   
 Title: CEO
 

 
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
 
     
 
By:  
/s/ John W. Comer
 
   
Name:  
John W. Comer      
 
   
Title:  
Vice President
 
 
Signature page to Warrant Agreement
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT A
 
[Form of Warrant Certificate]
 
[FACE]
 
Number
 
                    
 
Warrants
 
                    
 
THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO
 THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR
 IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 A British Virgin Islands business company
 
CUSIP
 
G3925L128
 
Warrant Certificate
 
     This Warrant Certificate certifies that                                        , or registered assigns, is the registered holder of                      warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase ordinary shares, no par value (the “Ordinary Shares”), of Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Island business company (the “Company” ). Each Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and nonassessable Ordinary Shares as set forth below, at the exercise price (the  “Exercise Price” ) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in lawful money (or through “cashless exercise” if permitted by the Warrant Agreement) of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.
 
     Each Warrant is initially exercisable for one fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Share. The number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
 
     The initial Exercise Price per Ordinary Share for any Warrant is equal to $11.50 per share. The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
 
     Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such Warrants shall become void.
 
     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
 
 
 

 
 
     This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement.
 
     This Warrant Certificate shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
     
 
By:  
/s/    
 
   
 Name: 
 
   
 Title:
 

 
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
 
     
 
By:  
/s/    
 
   
Name:  
  
 
   
Title:  
  
 
 
 
 

 

[Form of Warrant Certificate]
 
[Reverse]
 
     The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive Ordinary Shares and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of ______________, 2011 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders”  or  “holder”  meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Company. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.
 
     Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” if permitted by the Warrant Agreement) at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised. No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
 
     Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the Ordinary Shares to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to the Ordinary Shares is current, except through “cashless exercise” if permitted by the Warrant Agreement.
 
     The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. If, upon exercise of a Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in an Ordinary Share, the Company shall, upon exercise, round up to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares to be issued to the holder of the Warrant.
 
     Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.
 
     Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
 
     The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) thereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a shareholder of the Company.
 
 
 

 

Election to Purchase
 
(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant)
 
     The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive                      Ordinary Shares and herewith tenders payment for such shares to the order of Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited (the “Company”) in the amount of $                       in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares be registered in the name of                     , whose address is                      and that such shares be delivered to                      whose address is                     . If said number of shares is less than all of the Ordinary Shares purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of                     , whose address is                     , and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to                     , whose address is                     .
 
     In the event that the Warrant has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6 of the Warrant Agreement and the Company has required cashless exercise pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(b) and Section 6.3 of the Warrant Agreement.
 
     In the event that the Warrant is a Sponsor Warrant that is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to subsections 3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement.
 
     In the event that the Warrant is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement.
 
     In the event that the Warrant (as such term is defined in the Warrant Agreement) may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i) the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive Ordinary Shares. If said number of shares is less than all of the Ordinary Shares purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of ___________, whose address is ____________, and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to ___________, whose address is ____________.
 
Date:                    , 20
         
   
  (Signature)
   
         
         
   
  (Address)
   
         
   
  (Tax Identification Number)
   
 
 
 

 
 
Signature Guaranteed:                                        
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15).
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT B
 
LEGEND
 
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE UPON WHICH GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED (THE “COMPANY”) COMPLETES ITS INITIAL BUSINESS COMBINATION (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3 OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN) EXCEPT TO A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2 OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT) WHO AGREES IN WRITING WITH THE COMPANY TO BE SUBJECT TO SUCH TRANSFER PROVISIONS.
 
SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND ORDINARY SHARES OF THE COMPANY ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY.
     
     
No.                   
 
                     Warrants
 
 
 

 
 
EX-10.1 5 v219344_ex10-1.htm Unassociated Document
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

This agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of April 15, 2011 by and between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited (the “Company”), a British Virgin Islands business company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”) located at 17 Battery Place, New York, New York 10004.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement.

WHEREAS, the Company’s initial registration statement, as amended, on Form S-1, No. 333-172120 (the “Registration Statement”), for its initial public offering of securities (“IPO”) have been declared effective as of the date hereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”); and

WHEREAS, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citi”) is acting as the representative of the several underwriters in the IPO pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the IPO, Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC (“GCH”), the sponsor of the Company, will be purchasing an aggregate of 3,000,000 warrants (“Sponsor Warrants”) from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $3,000,000; and

WHEREAS, as described in the Registration Statement, and in accordance with the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, (as amended, the “Memorandum and Articles of Association”), $80,000,000 of the gross proceeds of the IPO and sale of the Sponsor Warrants ($92,650,000, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of the Company and the holders of the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), issued in the IPO as hereinafter provided and in the event the Units are registered in Colorado, pursuant to Section 11-51-302(6) of the Colorado Revised Statutes. A copy of the Colorado Statute is attached hereto and made a part hereof (the aggregate amount to be delivered to the Trustee, will be referred to herein as the “Property”; the ordinary shareholders for whose benefit the Trustee shall hold the Property will be referred to as the “Public Shareholders,” and the Public Shareholders and the Company will be referred to together as the “Beneficiaries”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to certain provisions in the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Public Shareholders may, regardless of how such shareholder votes in connection with the Company’s initial acquisition, share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual control arrangement with, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of, or any other similar business combination with operating businesses or assets (a “Business Combination”), demand the Company redeem such Public Shareholder’s Ordinary Shares into cash or redeem such Ordinary Shares pursuant to a tender offer pursuant to the Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Commission, as applicable and based upon the Company’s choice of proceeding under the proxy rules or tender offer rules, each as promulgated by the Commission (“Redemption Rights”); and

 
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, a portion of the Property equal to a deferred fee of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO (“Deferred Fee”) payable to Citi; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Deferred Fee is payable solely upon the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination and pursuant to the terms thereof; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are entering into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Trustee shall hold the Property.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1.           Agreements and Covenants of Trustee.  The Trustee hereby agrees and covenants to:
 
(a)           Hold the Property in trust for the Beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including the terms of Section 11-51-302(6) of the Colorado Statute, in Trust Accounts which shall be established by the Trustee at JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA and at a brokerage institution selected by the Trustee that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company;
 
(b)           Manage, supervise and administer the Trust Account subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

(c)           In a timely manner, upon the instruction of the Company, to invest and reinvest the Property in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 having a maturity of 180 days or less, and/or in any open ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund, which invests solely in U.S. Treasuries, selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3) and (c)(4) of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as determined by the Company.

(d)           Collect and receive, when due, all principal and income arising from the Property, which shall become part of the “Property,” as such term is used herein;

(e)           Notify the Company of all communications received by it with respect to any Property requiring action by the Company;

(f)            Supply any necessary information or documents as may be requested by the Company in connection with the Company’s preparation of its tax returns;

(g)           Participate in any plan or proceeding for protecting or enforcing any right or interest arising from the Property if, as and when instructed by the Company to do so, so long as the Company shall have advanced funds sufficient to pay the Trustee’s expenses incident thereto.

(h)           Render to the Company, and to such other person as the Company may instruct, monthly written statements of the activities of, and amounts in, the Trust Account, reflecting all receipts and disbursements of the Trust Account; and

 
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(i)           Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter (“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or  Exhibit B hereto, signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account only as directed by the Company; provided, however, that in the event that a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee by 11:59 P.M. New York City time on the 21-month anniversary of the closing of the IPO (“Closing Date”) (“Termination Date”), the Trust Account shall be liquidated as soon as practicable thereafter in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the Public Shareholders of record at the close of trading (4:00 P.M. New York City time) on the applicable Termination Date.  For the purposes of clarity, any transmission of such Termination Letter electronically, whether by facsimile, electronic mail (e-mail), PDF or otherwise, shall constitute an original of such termination Letter hereunder.

2.           Limited Distributions of Income from Trust Account.

(a)           Upon written request from the Company, which may be given from time to time in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit C, the Trustee shall distribute to the Company by wire transfer from the Trust Account the amount necessary to cover any tax obligation owed by the Company and, to the extent there is not sufficient cash in the Trust Account to pay such tax obligation, liquidate such assets held in the Trust Account as shall be designated by the Company in writing to make such distribution.

(b)           The Company may withdraw funds from the Trust Account for working capital purposes by delivery of Exhibit C to the Trustee.  The distributions referred to herein shall be made only from income collected on the Property.

(c)           Also by delivery of Exhibit C and only if the Company proceeds under the proxy rules and not the tender offer rules, the Company may request funds necessary to repurchase up to fifteen percent (15%) of its Ordinary Shares.  In connection therewith, the Company shall deliver, in addition to Exhibit C, a “trade ticket” or similar confirmation evidencing such purchase by the Company.  Upon receipt of such evidence, the Trustee shall, as soon as practicable, release the necessary funds to the Company in order to complete such trade within “T+2.”  The Trustee shall pay to the Company such amount equal to: (x) Ordinary Shares purchased (evidenced by the trade ticket) multiplied by (y) an amount not to exceed the lesser of $10.00 (per Ordinary Share) or the pro rata per share amount held in the Trust Account; provided, however, in no event shall the Trustee release funds to repurchase in excess of 1,200,000 Ordinary Shares (1,380,000 if the over-allotment option of the IPO is exercised in full or such other amount provided to the Trustee if the over-allotment option is partially exercised but not to exceed 1,380,000 Ordinary Shares).

(d)           In no event shall the payments authorized by Sections 2(a) and 2(b) cause the amount in the Trust Account to fall below the amount initially deposited into the Trust Account.  Except as provided in Sections 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c) above, no other distributions from the Trust Account shall be permitted except in accordance with Section 1(i) hereof.

(e)           The written request of the Company referenced above shall constitute presumptive evidence that the Company is entitled to such funds, and the Trustee has no responsibility to look beyond said request.

 
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3.           Agreements and Covenants of the Company.  The Company hereby agrees and covenants to:

(a)           Give all instructions to the Trustee hereunder in writing or the electronic equivalent, as specified in Section 1(i).  In addition, except with respect to its duties under Sections 1(i), 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c) above, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, any verbal, electronic or telephonic advice or instruction which it in good faith believes to be given by any one of the persons authorized above to give written instructions, provided that the Company shall promptly confirm such instructions in writing;

(b)           Subject to the provisions of Section 5, hold the Trustee harmless and indemnify the Trustee from and against, any and all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements, or loss suffered by the Trustee in connection with any action taken by the trustee hereunder or any claim, potential claim, action, suit or other proceeding brought against the Trustee involving any claim, or in connection with any claim or demand which in any way arises out of or relates to this Agreement, the services of the Trustee hereunder, or the Property or any income earned from investment of the Property, except for expenses and losses resulting from the Trustee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Promptly after the receipt by the Trustee of notice of demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, pursuant to which the Trustee intends to seek indemnification under this section, it shall notify the Company in writing of such claim (hereinafter referred to as the “Indemnified Claim”).  The Trustee shall have the right to conduct and manage the defense against such Indemnified Claim, provided, that the Trustee shall obtain the consent of the Company with respect to the selection of counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  The Trustee may not agree to settle any Indemnified Claim without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  The Company may participate in such action with its own counsel;

(c)           Pay the Trustee the fees set forth on Schedule A hereto;

(d)           In connection with the vote, if any, of the Company’s shareholders regarding a Business Combination, provide to the Trustee an affidavit or certificate of a firm regularly engaged in the business of soliciting proxies and/or tabulating shareholder votes verifying the vote of the Company’s shareholders regarding such Business Combination; and

(e)           In the event that the Company directs the Trustee to commence liquidation of the Trust Account pursuant to Section 1(i), the Company agrees that it will not direct the Trustee to make any payments that are not specifically authorized by this Agreement.

(f)           Promptly after the Deferred Fee shall become determinable on a final basis, to provide the Trustee notice in writing (with a copy to Citi) of the total amount of the Deferred Fee.

4.           Limitations of Liability.  The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability to:

(a)           Imply obligations, perform duties, inquire or otherwise be subject to the provisions of any agreement or document other than this agreement and that which is expressly set forth herein;

(b)           Take any action with respect to the Property, other than as directed in Sections 1 and 2 hereof and the Trustee shall have no liability to any party except for liability arising out of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct;

 
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(c)           Institute any proceeding for the collection of any principal and income arising from, or institute, appear in or defend any proceeding of any kind with respect to, any of the Property unless and until it shall have received written instructions from the Company given as provided herein to do so and the Company shall have advanced to it funds sufficient to pay any expenses incident thereto;

(d)           Change the investment of any Property, other than in compliance with Section 1(c);

(e)           Refund any depreciation in principal of any Property;

(f)           Assume that the authority of any person designated by the Company to give instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless provided otherwise in such designation, or unless the Company shall have delivered a written revocation of such authority to the Trustee;

(g)           The other parties hereto or to anyone else for any action taken or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any order, judgment, instruction, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Trustee, (which counsel may be company counsel) statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information therein contained) which is believed by the Trustee, in good faith, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons.  The Trustee shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee signed by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Trustee are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto;

(h)           Verify the correctness of the information set forth in the Registration Statement or to confirm or assure that any acquisition made by the Company or any other action taken by it is as contemplated by the Registration Statement; and

(i)            Prepare, execute and file tax reports, income or other tax returns and pay any taxes with respect to income and activities relating to the Trust Account, regardless of whether such tax is payable by the Trust Account or the Company (including but not limited to income tax obligations), it being expressly understood that as set forth in Section 2(a), if there is any income or other tax obligation relating to the Trust Account or the Property in the Trust Account, as determined from time to time by the Company and regardless of  whether such tax is payable by the Company or the Trust, at the written instruction of the Company, the Trustee shall make funds available in cash from the Property in the Trust Account an amount specified by the Company as owing to the applicable taxing authority, which amount shall be paid directly to the Company by electronic funds transfer, account debit or other method of payment, and the Company shall forward such payment to the taxing authority;
 
(j)            Pay or report any taxes on behalf of the Trust Account other than pursuant to Section 2(a).

(k)           Verify calculations, qualify or otherwise approve Company requests for distributions pursuant to Sections 1(i), 2(a), 2(b) or 2(c).

 
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5.           No Right of Set-Off.  The Trustee waives any right of set-off or any right, title, interest or claim of any kind that the Trustee may have against the Property held in the Trust Account.  In the event the Trustee has a claim against the Company under this Agreement, including, without limitation, under Section 3(b), the Trustee will pursue such claim solely against the Company and not against the Property held in the Trust Account.

6.           Termination.  This Agreement shall terminate as follows:

(a)           If the Trustee gives written notice to the Company that it desires to resign under this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to locate a successor trustee during which time the Trustee shall act in accordance with this Agreement.  At such time that the Company notifies the Trustee that a successor trustee has been appointed by the Company and has agreed to become subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall transfer the management of the Trust Account to the successor trustee, including but not limited to the transfer of copies of the reports and statements relating to the Trust Account, whereupon this Agreement shall terminate; provided, however, that, in the event that the Company does not locate a successor trustee within ninety days of receipt of the resignation notice from the Trustee, the Trustee may submit an application to have the Property deposited with any court in the State of New York or with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and upon such deposit, the Trustee shall be immune from any liability whatsoever; or

(b)           At such time that the Trustee has completed the liquidation of the Trust Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(i) hereof, and distributed the Property in accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this Agreement shall terminate except with respect to Section 3(b).

7.           Miscellaneous.

(a)           The Company and the Trustee each acknowledge that the Trustee will follow the security procedures set forth below with respect to funds transferred from the Trust Account.  The Company and the Trustee will each restrict access to confidential information relating to such security procedures to authorized persons.  Each party must notify the other party immediately if it has reason to believe unauthorized persons may have obtained access to such information, or of any change in its authorized personnel.  In executing funds transfers, the Trustee will rely upon all information supplied to it by the Company, including, account names, account numbers, and all other identifying information relating to a beneficiary, beneficiary’s bank or intermediary bank. The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any error in the information or transmission of the wire.
 
(b)          This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.  It may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts, each one of which shall constitute an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument.
 
 
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(c)         This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  Except for Sections 1(i), 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) and 2(d) (which may not be modified, amended or deleted without the affirmative vote of 65% of the then outstanding Ordinary Shares except that no such amendment will affect any public shareholder who has otherwise either (i) indicated his election to redeem his Ordinary Shares or (ii) has not consented to any extension to the time he would be entitled to a return of his pro rata amount in the Trust Account), this Agreement or any provision hereof may only be changed, amended or modified (other than to correct a typographical error) by a writing signed by each of the parties hereto.  As to any claim, cross-claim or counterclaim in any way relating to this Agreement, each party waives the right to trial by jury and the right to set-off as a defense.  The Trustee may request an opinion from Company counsel as to the legality of any proposed amendment as a condition to its executing such amendment.
 
(d)         The parties hereto consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for purposes of resolving any disputes hereunder.

(e)         Unless otherwise specified herein, any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by express mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt or delivery confirmation requested), by hand delivery or by electronic  or facsimile transmission:

if to the Trustee, to:

Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn:  Steven G. Nelson, Chairman, and
Frank A. DiPaolo, CFO
Fax No.:  (212) 509-5150

if to the Company, to:

James D. Dunning, Jr.
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited
641 Lexington Avenue
28th Floor, New York, NY 10022
Attn:  James D. Dunning, Jr.
Fax No.:  ( )  -

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
150 East 42nd Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attn: Douglas S. Ellenoff
Fax No: (212)-370-7889

(e)         This Agreement may not be assigned by the Trustee without the prior consent of the Company.

(f)          Each of the Trustee and the Company hereby represents that it has the full right and power and has been duly authorized to enter into this Agreement and to perform its respective obligations as contemplated hereunder.  The Trustee acknowledges and agrees that it shall not make any claims or proceed against the Trust Account, including by way of set-off, and shall not be entitled to any funds in the Trust Account under any circumstance.  In the event that the Trustee has a claim against the Company under this Agreement, the Trustee will pursue such claim solely against the Company and not against the Property held in the Trust Account.

 
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(g)           This Agreement is the joint product of the Trustee and the Company and each provision hereof has been subject to the mutual consultation, negotiation and agreement of such parties and shall not be construed for or against any party hereto

(h)         This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.

(i)           The Company has also retained the Trustee to serve as its share transfer agent and warrant agent and shall pay the fees set forth in Schedule A for such services.  Additionally, the Trustee has agreed to provide all services, including, but not limited to: the mailing of proxy or tender documents to registered holders, all wires in connection with Business Combination (including the exercise of Redemption Rights) and maintaining the official record of the exercise of Redemption Rights and shareholder voting (if applicable).

[Signature page follows]

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Investment Management Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER
 & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
 
By:
/s/ Frank Di Paolo     
Name:  
Frank Di Paolo      
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
By:  
/s/ James D. Dunning, Jr.      
Name: James D. Dunning, Jr.
Title:  Chief Executive Officer
 
Signature page to Trust Agreement
 
 
 

 

SCHEDULE A

Fee Item
 
Time and method of payment 
 
Amount (1)
 
Closing fee
 
Consummation of IPO by wire transfer of funds
  $ 3,500  
             
Share transfer agent fee
 
Monthly until consummation of Business Combination
  $ 200 (2)
             
Warrant agent fee
 
Monthly until consummation of Business Combination
  $ 200 (3)
             
All services in connection with a Business Combination and/or all services in connection with liquidation of Trust Account if no Business Combination
 
Upon final liquidation of the Trust Account but, upon liquidation if no Business Combination, only from interest earned or from the Company or GCH by wire transfer of funds
  $ 3,000 (4)
(1) Any amounts owed by the Company are subject in their entirety to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement.
(2) The Company will be billed $200 per month with $300 per month deferred and contingent on the Company consummating its initial Business Combination and payable following the Business Combination.
(3) The Company will be billed $100 per month with $100 per month deferred and contingent on the Company consummating its initial Business Combination and payable following the Business Combination.
(4) The Company will be billed $3,000 per year with $2,000 per year deferred and contingent on the consummation of a Business Combination by the Company and payable following the Business Combination.

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

[Letterhead of Company]
[Insert date]

Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn:  Steven Nelson and Frank Di Paolo

Re:           Trust Account No. [     ]   - Termination Letter

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Section 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of [        ], 2011 (“Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company has entered into an agreement with [       ] (the “Target Businesses”) to consummate a Business Combination with the Target Businesses on or before [         ] (the “Consummation Date”). This letter shall serve as the 48 hour notice required with respect to the Business Combination. Capitalized words used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement.
 
In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate the Trust Account investments on [       ] and to transfer the entire proceeds to the above referenced Trust checking account at [          ] to the effect that, on the Consummation Date, all of the funds held in the Trust Account will be immediately available for transfer to the account or accounts that the Company shall direct on the Consummation Date.  It is acknowledged and agreed that while the funds are on deposit in the Trust checking account awaiting distribution, the Company will not earn any interest or dividends.
 
On or before the Consummation Date: (i) counsel for the Company shall deliver to you (a) an affidavit which verifies the vote of the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Business Combination1, (b) written notification that the Business Combination has been consummated or will, concurrently with your transfer of funds to the accounts as directed by the Company, be consummated and (c) notice the provisions of Section 11-51-302(6) and Rule 51-3.4 of the Colorado Statute have been met, and (ii) the Company shall deliver to you written instructions with respect to the transfer of the funds held in the Trust Account (“Instruction Letter”). You are hereby directed and authorized to transfer the funds held in the Trust Account immediately upon your receipt of the counsel’s letter and the Instruction Letter in accordance with the terms of the Instruction Letter. In the event that certain deposits held in the Trust Account may not be liquidated by the Consummation Date without penalty, you will notify the Company of the same and the Company shall direct you as to whether such funds should remain in the Trust Account and be distributed after the Consummation Date to the Company or be distributed immediately and the penalty incurred. Upon the distribution of all the funds in the Trust Account pursuant to the terms hereof, the Trust Agreement shall be terminated.


1 Only if shareholder vote held

 
 

 

In the event the Business Combination is not consummated by 11:59 p.m. on the Consummation Date and we have not notified you of a new Consummation Date, then, the funds held in the Trust checking account shall be reinvested as provided for by the Trust Agreement as soon as practicable thereafter.

Very truly yours,
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
By:
         
Name:  
James D. Dunning, Jr.    
Title:
CEO 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

[Letterhead of Company]

[Insert date]
Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
17 Battery Place
New York, New York 10004
Attn:  Steven Nelson and Frank Di Paolo

Re:           Trust Account No. [    ]   -       Termination Letter

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Section 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of ________, 2011 (“Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company has been unable to effect a Business Combination with a Target Company within the time frame specified in the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, as described in the Company’s prospectus relating to its IPO.

In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate the Trust Account on [      ] and to transfer the total proceeds to the Trust checking account at [         ] for distribution to the shareholders. The Company has selected [       ] as the record date for the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to receive their pro rata share of the liquidation proceeds.  You agree to be the paying agent of record and in your separate capacity as paying agent, to distribute said funds directly to the Company’s shareholders (other than with respect to the initial, or insider shares) in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and the fee set forth on Schedule A.   Upon the distribution of all of the funds in the Trust Account, your obligations under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated.

Very truly yours,
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
By:
      
Name:  
 
Title:
 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT C
[Letterhead of Company]
[Insert date]

Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
17 Battery Place, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn:  Steven Nelson and Frank DiPaolo

Re:           Trust Account No. [    ]

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Section [2(a), 2(b) or 2(c)] of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of ___________, 2011 (“Trust Agreement”), the Company hereby requests that you deliver to the Company $_______ of the interest income earned on the Property as of the date hereof. The Company needs such funds [to pay for the tax obligations as set forth on the attached tax return or tax statement] or [for working capital purposes] or [for repurchase of ______ Ordinary Shares].  [We have attached the “trade ticket” or similar confirmation as an exhibit to this letter1].  In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, you are hereby directed and authorized to transfer (via wire transfer) such funds promptly upon your receipt of this letter to the Company’s operating account at:

 
[WIRE INSTRUCTION INFORMATION]

GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
By:
      
Name:  
 
Title:
 


1 Only include if this letter is being delivered in connection with a repurchase of Ordinary Shares

 
 

 

EXHIBIT D

AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL(S)
 
AUTHORIZED
FOR TELEPHONE CALL BACK
 
TELEPHONE NUMBER(S)
     
Company:
   
     
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited
   
641 Lexington Avenue
   
28th Floor
   
New York, NY  10022
   
Attn:  James D. Dunning Jr., Chief Executive Officer
 
(212)-822-8165
   Byron Sproule, Chief Financial Officer and
   
   Executive Vice-President
   
     
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
   
150 East 42nd Street, 11th Floor
   
New York, New York, 10017
   
Attn: Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.
 
(212)-370-1300
  Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
   
  Svetlana Lebedev, Esq.
   
 
   
Trustee:
   
     
Continental Stock Transfer
   
& Trust Company
   
17 Battery Place
   
New York, New York 10004
   
Attn:    Frank Di Paolo, CFO
 
(212) 845-3270

 
 

 
EX-10.2 6 v219344_ex10-2.htm Unassociated Document
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 15, 2011, is made and entered into by and among Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company organized with limited liability (the “Company”), Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor” and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement, a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Sponsor have entered into that certain Securities Subscription Agreement (the “Securities Subscription Agreement”), dated as of January 25, 2011, pursuant to which the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 1,623,529 shares which after a 1.2439026-for-one forward split increased to 2,019,512 shares (the “Founder Shares”) of the Company’s Ordinary Shares, no par value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”); and
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Sponsor have entered into that certain Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement (the “Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February 4, 2011, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase warrants entitling the Sponsor to purchase an aggregate of 3,000,000 Ordinary Shares (the “Sponsor Warrants”) in a private placement transaction occurring simultaneously with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering; and
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Holders desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 DEFINITIONS
 
 
1.1
Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:
 
Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or principal financial officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

 
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Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
 
Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
Business Combination” means any acquisition, share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual control arrangement with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, or engagement in any other similar business combination involving the Company.
 
Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
 
Demand Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
 
Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
 
Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.
 
Form S-1” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
 
Form S-3” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.4.
 
Founder Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
 
Founder Lock-up Period” shall mean, with respect to the Founder Shares, the period ending on the earlier to occur of (A) one year after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier if, subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the last sales price of the Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination or (B) the consummation by the Company of any subsequent liquidation, acquisition, share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual control arrangement or other similar transaction, which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property.
 
Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
 
Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.
 
Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus not misleading.
 
Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
 
Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.

 
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Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
 
Prospectus Date” shall mean the date of the final prospectus filed with the Commission and relating to the Company’s initial public offering.
 
Registrable Security” shall mean (a) the Founder Shares, (b) the Sponsor Warrants (including any Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Sponsor Warrants) and (c) any outstanding Ordinary Shares or any other equity security (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other equity security) held by a Holder as of the date of this Agreement and (d) any equity securities (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such equity security) of the Company issuable upon conversion of any working capital loans in an amount up to $500,000 made to the Company by a Holder, and (e) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such Ordinary Shares by way of a share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, acquisition, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual control arrangement with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, or engagement in any other similar transaction; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (b) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; or (d) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.
 
Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.
 
Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:
 
(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) and any securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed;
 
(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);
 
(C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;
 
(D) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

 
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(E) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration; and
 
(F) reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating a Demand Registration to be registered for offer and sale in the applicable Registration.
 
Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
 
Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
 
Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
 
“Securities Subscription Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
 
Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
 
Sponsor Warrants” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
 
Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
 
Sponsor Lock-up Period” shall mean, with respect to the Sponsor Warrants and any of the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise or conversion of such Sponsor Warrants, the period ending 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination.
 
Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.
 
Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

 
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ARTICLE II
 REGISTRATIONS
 
2.1 Demand Registration.
 
2.1.1 Request for Registration. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 and Section 2.4 hereof, at any time and from time to time on or after the Prospectus Date, the Holders of at least twenty-five per cent (25%) of the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities (the “Demanding Holders”) may make a written demand for Registration of at least fifteen percent (15%) of the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof (such written demand a “Demand Registration”). The Company shall, within ten (10) days of the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of any such written notification from a Requesting Holder(s) to the Company, such Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration and the Company shall effect, as soon thereafter as practicable, but not more than forty five (45) days immediately after the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, the Registration of all Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders pursuant such the Demand Registration. Under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection 2.1.1  with respect to any or all Registrable Securities; provided, however, that a Registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form S-1”) has become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Requesting Holders to be registered on behalf of the Requesting Holders in such Form S-1 Registration have been sold, in accordance with Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
 
2.1.2 Effective Registration. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2.1.1 above or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count as a Registration unless and until (i) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission and (ii) the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, further, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration shall be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Demand Registration thereafter affirmatively elect to continue with such Registration and accordingly notify the Company in writing, but in no event later than five (5) days, of such election; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated or required to file another Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration becomes effective or is subsequently terminated.

 
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2.1.3 Underwritten Offering. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 and Section 2.4 hereof, if a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders so advise the Company as part of their Demand Registration that the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of such Demanding Holder or Requesting Holder (if any) to include its Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such Underwritten Offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.1.3 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating the Demand Registration.
 
2.1.4 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other shareholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1  hereof, without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
 
2.1.5 Demand Registration Withdrawal. A majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating a Demand Registration or a majority-in-interest of the Requesting Holders (if any), pursuant to a Registration under subsection 2.1.1 shall have the right to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.5.

 
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 2.2 Piggyback Registration.
        
2.2.1 Piggyback Rights. If, at any time on or after the date the Company consummates a Business Combination, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the shareholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1  hereof), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee share option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.
 
2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of the Ordinary Shares that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant Section 2.2  hereof, and (iii) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 
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(a) If the Registration is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1  hereof, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;
 
(b) If the Registration is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
 
2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.

 
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2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section 2.1 hereof.
 
2.3 Registrations on Form S-3. The Holders of Registrable Securities may at any time, and from time to time, request in writing that the Company, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), register the resale of any or all of their Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form S-3”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect such request through an Underwritten Offering. Within five (5) days of the Company’s receipt of a written request from a Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities for a Registration on Form S-3, the Company shall promptly give written notice of the proposed Registration on Form S-3 to all other Holders of Registrable Securities, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration on Form S-3 shall so notify the Company, in writing, within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. As soon as practicable thereafter, but not more than twelve (12) days after the Company’s initial receipt of such written request for a Registration on Form S-3, the Company shall register all or such portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities as are specified in such written request, together with all or such portion of Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in the written notification given by such Holder or Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such Registration pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof if (i) a Form S-3 is not available for such offering; or (ii) the Holders of Registrable Securities, together with the Holders of any other equity securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such Registration, propose to sell the Registrable Securities and such other equity securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the public of less than $10,000,000.
 
2.4 Restrictions on Registration Rights. If (A) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company initiated Registration and provided that the Company has delivered written notice to the Holders prior to receipt of a Demand Registration pursuant to subsection 2.1.1  and it continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective; (B) the Holders have requested an Underwritten Registration and the Company and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; or (C) in the good faith judgment of the Board such Registration would be seriously detrimental to the Company and the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement at such time, then in each case the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be seriously detrimental to the Company for such Registration Statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement. In such event, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; provided, however, that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any 12-month period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Registration shall be effected or permitted and no Registration Statement shall become effective, with respect to any Registrable Securities held by any Holder, until after the expiration of the Founder Lock-Up Period or the Sponsor Lock-Up Period, as the case may be.

 
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ARTICLE III
 COMPANY PROCEDURES
 
3.1 General Procedures. If at any time on or after the date the Company consummates a Business Combination the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible,:
 
3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold;
 
3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be requested by the Holders or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
 
3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;

 
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3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;
 
3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
 
3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
 
3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;
 
3.1.8 at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel;
 
3.1.9 notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;
 
3.1.10 permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriters enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

 
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3.1.11 obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;
 
3.1.12 on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the participating Holders;
 
3.1.13 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;
 
3.1.14 make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
 
3.1.15 if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $50,000,000, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any Underwritten Offering; and
 
3.1.16 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.

3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.
 
3.3 Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 
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3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time, but in no event more than thirty (30) days, determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 3.4.
 
3.5 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be reporting under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Ordinary Shares held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

ARTICLE IV 
 INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
 
4.1 Indemnification.
 
4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

 
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4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.
 
4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement 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 to such claim or litigation.

 
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4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.
 
4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5  shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2  and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
ARTICLE V
 MISCELLANEOUS
 
5.1 Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, telecopy, telegram or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, telecopy, telegram or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed to the addressee at: 641 Lexington Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by facsimile at: (646) 998-1356. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 5.1.

 
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5.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.
 
5.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. Prior to the expiration of the Founder Lock-Up Period or the Sponsor Lock-Up Period, as the case may be, no Holder may assign or delegate their rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part.  Notwithstanding the above, as it applies to the Sponsor Warrants and the Founder Shares, the Holder may transfer such securities, during the respective lock-up period, to their Permitted Transferees (as such term is defined in that certain Warrant Agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company).
 
5.2.2 Except as set forth in subsection 5.2.1 hereof, this Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such Holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by any such Holder.
 
5.2.3 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders.
 
5.2.4 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 5.2  hereof.
 
5.2.5 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 5.1  hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 5.2 shall be null and void.
 
5.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

 
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5.4 Governing Law; Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG DELAWARE RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
 
5.5 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital share of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.
 
5.6 Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. Further, the Company represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
 
5.7 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and the registration rights granted hereunder shall expire on the date that is five (5) years after the Prospectus Date; provided, that such termination and expiration shall not affect registration rights exercised prior to such date.
 
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 
COMPANY:
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
a British Virgin Islands business company
   
 
By:  
/s/ Byron Sproule      
    CFO and EVP
 
HOLDER:
   
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC,
 
a Delaware limited liability company
   
 
By:  
/s/ Byron Sproule 
   
  
   
Member 

Signature page to Registration Rights Agreement

 
 

 
EX-10.3 7 v219344_ex10-3.htm Unassociated Document
April 15, 2011            
Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited
641 Lexington Avenue
28th Floor
New York, NY  10022

Re: Initial Public Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:
     
This letter (“Letter Agreement”) is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) to be entered into by and between Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Company”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “Offering”), of 8,000,000 of the Company’s units (the “Units”), each comprised of one ordinary share no par value of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), and one warrant exercisable for one Ordinary Share (each, a “Warrant”). The Units sold in the Offering shall be quoted and traded on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 and prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 11 hereof.
     
In order to induce the Company and the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the Offering and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC (the “Sponsor”), each of the members of Global Cornerstone Holdings LLC (each, a “Member” and collectively, the “Members”), hereby agree with the Company as follows:
     
1. The Sponsor and Members hereby agree that if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a proposed Business Combination, then in connection with such proposed Business Combination, the Sponsor and each Member shall vote all Founder Shares and any Ordinary Shares acquired by it in the Offering or the secondary public market in favor of such proposed Business Combination. The Sponsor and Members hereby further agree that if the Company seeks to amend its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Sponsor and Members will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose.
     
2. The Sponsor and Members hereby agree that in the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) within the Applicable Period, the Sponsor and each Member shall take all reasonable steps to cause the Company to (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, redeem the Ordinary Shares sold as part of the Units in the Offering, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the Trust Account net of taxes payable (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses and any interest income released to the Company to fund its working capital requirements), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) cease all operations except for the purposes of any winding up of our affairs as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under the laws of the British Virgin Islands to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.

 
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Each of the Members, the Sponsor and the Company will not propose any amendment to the Company's amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company's obligation, as described in Regulation 23 of the  amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, to redeem the
Ordinary Shares held by Public Shareholders.

Each of the Members and the Sponsor acknowledges that he, she, or it has no right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or any other asset of the Company as a result of any liquidation of the Company with respect to the Founder Shares. The Sponsor and the Members hereby further waive, with respect to any Ordinary Shares held by it or them, as the case may be, any redemption rights any of them may have in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, including, without limitation, any such rights available in the context of a shareholder vote to approve such Business Combination or in the context of a tender offer made by the Company to purchase Ordinary Shares (although the Sponsor and the Members shall be entitled to redemption and liquidation rights with respect to any Ordinary Shares (other than the Founder Shares) they hold if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the Applicable Period).
     
3. During the period commencing on the effective date of the Underwriting Agreement and ending 180 days after such date, none of the Sponsor or the Members shall (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to any Units, Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares owned by him, her or it, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Units, Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares owned by him, her or it, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii).
     
4. In the event of the liquidation of the Trust Account, each of Messrs. James Dunning, Alan Hassenfeld and Gregory Smith (“Indemnitors”), pro-rata on a 40%, 40% and 20% basis, respectively, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, whether pending or threatened, or any claim whatsoever) to which the Company may become subject as a result of any claim by (i) any third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company or (ii) a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into an acquisition agreement with (a “Target”); provided, however, that such indemnification of the Company by the Indemnitors shall apply only to the extent necessary to ensure that such claims by a third party for services rendered (other than the Company’s independent public accountants) or products sold to the Company or a Target do not reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below $10.00 per Ordinary Share sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (or approximately $9.97 per Offering Share if the underwriters’ over-allotment option, as described in the Prospectus, is exercised in full, or such pro rata amount in between $9.97 and $10.00 per Offering Share that corresponds to the portion of the over-allotment option that is exercised), and provided, further, that only if such third party or Target has not executed an agreement waiving claims against and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account whether or not such agreement is enforceable. In the event that any such executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against such third party, the Indemnitors shall not be responsible for any liability as a result of any such third party claims. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, such indemnification of the Company by the Indemnitors shall not apply as to any claims under the Company’s obligation to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Indemnitors shall have the right to defend against any such claim with counsel of their choice reasonably satisfactory to the Company if, within 15 days following written receipt of notice of the claim to the Indemnitors, the Indemnitors notify the Company in writing that they shall undertake such defense.

 
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5. To the extent that the Underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,200,000 Ordinary Shares (as described in the Prospectus), the Sponsor agrees that it shall return to the Company for cancellation, at no cost, the number of Founder Shares held by the Sponsor determined by multiplying 263,414 by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is 1,200,000 minus the number of Ordinary Shares purchased by the Underwriters upon the exercise of their over-allotment option, and (ii) the denominator of which is 1,200,000. The Sponsor further agrees that to the extent that (a) the size of the Offering is increased or decreased and (b) the Sponsor has either purchased or sold Ordinary Shares or an adjustment to the number of Founder Shares has been effected by way of a share split, share dividend, reverse share split, contribution back to capital or otherwise, in each case in connection with such increase or decrease in the size of the Offering, then (i) the references to 1,200,000 in the numerator and denominator of the formula in the immediately preceding sentence shall be changed to a number equal to 15% of the number of shares included in the Units issued in the Offering and (ii) the reference to 263,414 in the formula set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be adjusted to such number of Ordinary Shares that the Sponsor would have to return to the Company in order to hold 18% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares after the Offering (assuming the Underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option). In addition, a portion of the Founder Shares in an amount equal to 4.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares immediately after the Offering (the “Earnout Shares”), shall be returned to the Company for cancellation, at no cost, on the four-year anniversary of the closing of the Company's initial Business Combination unless prior to such time (y) the last sales price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $13.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period; or (z) the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property for an amount which equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like).
     
6. (a) In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest that may arise from multiple corporate affiliations, each Member agrees that until the earliest of the Company’s Business Combination, liquidation or, if such member is an officer of the Company, such time as such Member ceases to be an officer or director of the Company, he, she or it shall present to the Company for its consideration, prior to presentation to any other entity, any business opportunity with an enterprise value of $100 million or more, subject to any pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations he, she or it might have.

 
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(b) Each Member understands that the Company may effect a Business Combination with a single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously and agrees that he, she or it shall not participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any blank check company until the Company has entered into a definitive agreement regarding its initial Business Combination or the Company has failed to complete an initial Business Combination within the Applicable Period of the Offering; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall override any Member’s fiduciary obligations to any entity with which he, she or it is currently directly or indirectly associated or affiliated or by whom he, she or it is currently employed.
          
(c) Each Member hereby agrees and acknowledges that (i) each of the Underwriters and the Company would be irreparably injured in the event of a breach by such Member of his, her or its obligations under paragraphs 7(a) and/or 7(b) herein, (ii) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (iii) the non-breaching party shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have in law or in equity, in the event of such breach.
     
7. (a) Each of the Members and the Sponsor acknowledges and agrees that until: (i) with respect to (A) the Non-Earnout Shares, one year after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier if, subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the last sales price of the Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination (the “Non-Earnout Lock-Up Period”), and (B) the Earnout Shares, such date within four years subsequent to the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, if ever, that the last sales price of the Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $13.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination (the “Earnout Lock-Up Period”); or (ii) the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property, that equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like); the undersigned shall not, except as described in the Prospectus, (A) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to the Founder Shares, (B) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Founder Shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (C) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (A) or (B).
          
(b) Until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination (the “Sponsor Lock-Up Period”), each of the undersigned shall not, except as described in the Prospectus, (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, with respect to the Sponsor Warrants and the respective Ordinary Shares underlying the Sponsor Warrants, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Sponsor Warrants and the respective Ordinary Shares underlying the Sponsor Warrants, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii).

 
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(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 7(a) and 7(b) herein, each of the Members and the Sponsor may transfer the Founder Shares and/or Sponsor Warrants and the respective Ordinary Shares underlying the Sponsor Warrants (i) to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliate or family member of any of the Company’s officers or directors or any affiliate of the Sponsor or to any Member(s) of the Sponsor; (ii) in the case of any Member, by gift to a member of such Member’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of such Member’s immediate family, an affiliate of such Member or to a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of any Member, by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death of such Member; (iv) in the case of any Member, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) by virtue of the laws of the state of Delaware or the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor; (vi) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to the completion of the Company’s Business Combination; or (vii) in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination, the Company consummates a merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (i) through (iv), these permitted transferees enter into a written agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the forfeiture restrictions and transfer restrictions in paragraphs 7(a) and 7(b) herein, as the case may be; and provided further that the Sponsor and the Members agree that the Sponsor shall not transfer, assign or sell the Earnout Shares during the Earnout Lock-Up Period prior to the Earnout Shares being earned.
          
(d) Further, each Member and the Sponsor agrees that after the Non-Earnout Lock-Up Period, the Earnout Lock-Up Period or the Sponsor Lock-Up Period, as applicable, has elapsed, the Founder Shares and the Sponsor Warrants and the respective Ordinary Shares underlying such Warrants, shall only be transferable or saleable pursuant to a sale registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Company, each Member and the Sponsor each acknowledge that pursuant to that certain registration rights agreement to be entered into among the Company, the Members and the Sponsor, each of the Members and the Sponsor may request that a registration statement relating to the Founder Shares, and the Sponsor Warrants and/or the Ordinary Shares underlying the Sponsor Warrants be filed with the Commission prior to the end of the Non-Earnout Lock-Up Period, the Earnout Lock-Up Period, or the Sponsor Lock-Up Period, as the case may be; provided, however, that such registration statement does not become effective prior to the end of the Non-Earnout Lock-Up Period, the Earnout Lock-Up Period or the Sponsor Lock-Up Period, as applicable.
          
(e) Each Member, the Sponsor and the Company understands and agrees that the transfer restrictions set forth in this paragraph 7 shall supersede any and all transfer restrictions relating to (i) the Founder Shares set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, effective as of January 25, 2011, by and between the Company and the Sponsor, and (ii) the Sponsor Warrants set forth in that certain Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement, effective as of February 4, 2011, by and between the Company and the Members. The Company will direct each of the certificates evidencing the Founder Shares to be legended with the applicable transfer restrictions.

 
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8. Each Member’s biographical information furnished to the Company is true and accurate in all respects and does not omit any material information with respect to such Member’s background. The Member’s questionnaire furnished to the Company is true and accurate in all respects. Each Member represents and warrants that: such Member is not subject to or a respondent in any legal action for, any injunction, cease-and-desist order or order or stipulation to desist or refrain from any act or practice relating to the offering of securities in any jurisdiction; such Member has never been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, any crime (i) involving fraud, (ii) relating to any financial transaction or handling of funds of another person, or (iii) pertaining to any dealings in any securities and such Member is not currently a defendant in any such criminal proceeding; and neither such Member nor the Sponsor has ever been suspended or expelled from membership in any securities or commodities exchange or association or had a securities or commodities license or registration denied, suspended or revoked.
   
9. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Sponsor, any Member, nor any affiliate of the Sponsor or any Member, nor any director or officer of the Company, shall receive any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee, monies in respect of any repayment of a loan or other compensation prior to, or in connection with, any services rendered in order to effectuate the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is), other than the following: repayment of an aggregate of $150,000 in loans made to the Company by the Sponsor; payment of an aggregate of $3,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement, payment of $35,000 by the Company to the Sponsor upon consummation of the Offering and an aggregate of approximately $17,000 per month until the consummation of a Business Combination or the Applicable Period for a management fee pursuant to an Amended and Restated Letter Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2011, between the Company and the Sponsor; up to $350,000 to be paid to Byron I. Sproule as a bonus upon consummation of an initial Business Combination; and reimbursement for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and consummating an initial Business Combination, so long as no proceeds of the Offering held in the Trust Account may be applied to the payment of such expenses prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, except that the Company may, for purposes of funding its working capital requirements (including paying such expenses), receive from the Trust Account up to $800,000 in interest income (net of taxes payable), in the event the Underwriters’ over-allotment option in the Offering is not exercised in full, or $920,000 in interest income (net of taxes payable), if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option in the Offering is exercised in full (or, if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full, but is exercised in part, the amount in interest income (net of taxes payable) to be released shall be increased proportionally in relation to the proportion of the over-allotment option which was exercised); and repayment of loans, if any, and on such terms as to be determined by the Company from time to time, made by the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, provided, that, if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination, a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account may be used by the Company to repay such loaned amounts so long as no proceeds from the Trust Account are used for such repayment; provided, however, that the Company may, for purposes of funding its working capital requirements (including repaying such loans), receive from the Trust Account up to $800,000 in interest income (net of taxes payable on such interest), in the event the Underwriters’ over-allotment option in the Offering is not exercised in full, or $920,000 in interest income (net of taxes payable on such interest), if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option in the Offering is exercised in full (or, if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full, but is exercised in part, the amount in interest income (net of taxes payable on such interest) to be released shall be increased proportionally in relation to the proportion of the over-allotment option which was exercised).

 
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10. The Sponsor, and each Member has full right and power, without violating any agreement to which he, she or it is bound (including, without limitation, any non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or former employer), to enter into this Letter Agreement and each Member, if an officer and/or director of the Company, hereby consents to being named in the Prospectus as an officer and/or director of the Company.
     
11. As used herein, (i) “Applicable Period” shall mean 21 months from the closing of the Offering (ii) “Business Combination” shall mean the acquisition, share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual control arrangement with, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of, or engagement in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or assets; (iii) “Founder Shares” shall mean the 2,019,512 Ordinary Shares of the Company acquired by the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.012 per share, prior to the consummation of the Offering; (iv) “Non-Earnout Shares” shall mean the Founder Shares exclusive of the Earnout Shares; (v) “Public Shareholders” shall mean the holders of securities issued in the Offering; (vi) “Sponsor Warrants” shall mean the Warrants to purchase up to 3,000,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company that are acquired by the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $3.0 million, or $1.00 per Warrant in a private placement that shall occur simultaneously with the consummation of the Offering; and (vii) “Trust Account” shall mean the trust fund into which a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering shall be deposited and that will be held by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee.
     
12. This Letter Agreement, and the exhibits thereto, constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Letter Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.
     
13. No party hereto may assign either this Letter Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Letter Agreement shall be binding on the Sponsor, each of the Members, and each of their respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns.
     
14. This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The parities hereto (i) all agree that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Letter Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of New York City, in the State of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive and (ii) waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and venue or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
     
15. Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by express mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand delivery or facsimile transmission.

 
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16.  If the Company seeks shareholder approval of its Business Combination and does not conduct redemptions of its Ordinary Shares in connection with its Business Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Commission, each of the Company, the Sponsor, the Members, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates are permitted to purchase Ordinary Shares in privately negotiated transactions either prior to or following the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination. With respect to such purchases, each of the Company, the Sponsor, the Members, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates will not make any such purchases when either the Company or they are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or during a restricted period under Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such a purchase would include a contractual acknowledgement that the seller, although still the record holder of the Company's Ordinary Shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that the Company, the Sponsor, the Members, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase Ordinary Shares in privately negotiated transactions from Public Shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. To the extent that the Sponsor, the Members, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates enter into a private purchase, they would identify and contact only potential selling shareholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the trust account or vote against the Business Combination. Pursuant to the terms of such arrangements, any Ordinary Shares so purchased by the Sponsor, the Members, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates would then revoke such selling shareholder’s election to redeem such Ordinary Shares. Except for the limitations described in the Prospectus on the use of trust proceeds released to the Company prior to consummating the initial Business Combination, there is no limit on the amount of Ordinary Shares that could be acquired by the Company or its affiliates, or the price the Company or its affiliates may pay, if the Company holds a shareholder vote.
     
17. This Letter Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Non-Earnout Lock-up Period, the Earnout Lock-Up Period or the Sponsor Lock-Up Period, whichever is longest, or (ii) the liquidation of the Company; provided, however, that this Letter Agreement shall earlier terminate in the event that the Offering is not consummated and closed by _____________, 2011, provided further that paragraph 4 of this Letter Agreement shall survive such liquidation.
[Signature page follows]

 
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Sincerely,  
 
     
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC
 
     
 
By:  
/s/ James D. Dunning Jr.
 
    James D. Dunning Jr.  
    Executive Manager  

MEMBERS
 
   
By:
/s/ James D. Dunning Jr.
 
 
James D. Dunning Jr.
 
     
By:
/s/ Alan G. Hassenfeld
 
 
Alan G. Hassenfeld
 
     
By:
/s/ Gregory E. Smith
 
 
Gregory E. Smith
 
     
By:
/s/ Elliot Stein, Jr.
 
 
Elliot Stein, Jr.
 
     
By:
/s/ Byron Sproule
 
 
Byron Sproule
 
     
By:
/s/ Hubert Holmes
 
 
Hubert Holmes
 
     
By:
/s/ Shannon Self
 
 
Shannon Self
 
     
By:
/s/ Vaidyanathan Shankar
 
 
Vaidyanathan Shankar
 
     
By:
/s/ Richard Leung
 
 
Richard Leung
 
     
By:  
/s/ Donald Totter
 
 
Donald Totter
 

Letter Agreement Signature Pages

 
 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
By:  
/s/ James D. Dunning Jr.
  James D. Dunning Jr.
  Chief Executive Officer

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Sincerely,
   
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC
   
 
By:  
/s/ James D. Dunning Jr.
 
Name:  
James D. Dunning Jr.
 
Title:
Executive Manager

By:  
/s/ James D. Dunning Jr.
 
Name:  James D. Dunning Jr.
 
Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Office
   
By:
/s/ Alan G. Hassenfeld
 
Name:  Alan G. Hassenfeld
 
Title:  Director
   
By:
/s/ Gregory E. Smith
 
Name:  Gregory E. Smith
 
Title:  President and Director
   
By:
/s/ Elliot Stein, Jr.
 
Name:  Elliot Stein, Jr.
 
Title:  Director
   
By:
/s/ Byron Sproule
 
Name:  Byron Sproule
 
Title:  Chief Financial Officer and
 
Executive Vice-President

Acknowledged and Agreed:
 
GLOBAL CORNERSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
By:  
/s/ James D. Dunning Jr.
Name:  
James D. Dunning Jr.
Title:
Chief Executive Officer

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Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited Announces Pricing of
 
$80,000,000 Initial Public Offering

NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited (the "Company") (OTCBB:GCRSF), a newly-organized blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with an operating business, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $80,000,000 on April 15, 2011.  Each unit issued in the initial public offering consists of one ordinary share and one warrant to purchase one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.

The Company’s units are expected to be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board today under the ticker symbol “GCRSF”.  The Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any.

Citi acted as sole book-running manager of the offering.  Deutsche Bank Securities and Ladenburg Thalman & Co. Inc. acted as co-managers of the offering. 

The offering of these securities will be made only by means of a prospectus. A registration statement relating to the units and the underlying securities has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2011.  This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering, when available, may be obtained for free by visiting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the prospectus related to this offering may be obtained from Citi, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220 (Tel: 800 831-9146 or e-mail: batprospectusdept@citi.com).

      
Company Contacts:

James D. Dunning, Jr., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Byron Sproule, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
(212) 822-8165