Ek belge: EX-10.1
SALES AGREEMENT, DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 BY AND BETWEEN TOP WEALTH GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND CHAINCE SECURITIES, LLC
Top Wealth Group Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the "Company"), confirms its agreement (this "Agreement") with Chaince Securities, LLC ("Chaince," or the "Agent"), as follows.
1. Issuance and Sale of Shares . The Company agrees that, from time to time during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell through or to the Agent, as sales agent or principal, the Company's Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.009 per share (the "Ordinary Shares", such Ordinary Shares issued or sold herein, the "Placement Shares" and such offering and sale transaction, the "ATM Program"); provided however, that in no event shall the Company issue or sell through the Agent such number of Placement Shares that (a) exceeds the number of shares or dollar amount of Ordinary Shares registered on the effective Registration Statement (as defined below) pursuant to which the offering is being made, (b) exceeds the number of shares or dollar amount registered on the Prospectus Supplement (as defined below) or (c) the number or dollar amount of Ordinary Shares that would cause the Company or the offering of the Ordinary Shares to not satisfy the eligibility and transaction requirements for use of Form F-3, including, if applicable, General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3 (the lesser of (a), (b) and (c), the "Maximum Amount"), and provided further, however, that in no event shall the aggregate number of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement exceed the number of authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares (less Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any outstanding securities of the Company or otherwise reserved from the Company's authorized share capital) in the Company's authorized share capital. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitations set forth in this Section 1 on the number of Placement Shares issued and sold under this Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the Company and that the Agent shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance. The issuance and sale of Placement Shares through the Agent will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement, although nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration Statement to issue any Placement Shares.
For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include the most recent copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System, or if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Application system when used by the Commission (collectively, "EDGAR").
2. Placements . Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell Placement Shares hereunder (each, a "Placement"), it will notify the Agent by electronic mail (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the Company and the Agent) of the number or dollar value of Placement Shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of Placement Shares that may be sold in any one Trading Day (as defined below) and any minimum price below which sales may not be made (a "Placement Notice"), the form of which is attached hereto as Schedule 1 . The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on Schedule 3 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from the Agent set forth on Schedule 3, as such Schedule 3 may be amended from time to time in writing (including by e-mail). The Placement Notice shall be effective immediately upon receipt by the Agent unless and until (i) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 14 , the Agent declines to accept the terms contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion, (ii) the entire amount of the Placement Shares thereunder has been sold, (iii) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 14 , the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice, which suspension and termination rights may be exercised by the Company for any reason in its sole discretion, (iv) the Company issues a subsequent Placement Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier dated Placement Notice, or (v) this Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of Section 13 . The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to the Agent in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in Schedule 2 . It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor the Agent will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to the Agent and the Agent does not decline such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified therein and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of Sections 2 or 3 of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement Notice, the terms of the Placement Notice will control.
3. Sale of Placement Shares by the Agent .
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period specified in a Placement Notice, the Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market (the "Exchange"), to sell the Placement Shares up to the amount specified by the Company in, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of, such Placement Notice. The Agent will provide written confirmation to the Company (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the Company set forth on Schedule 3 , if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) no later than the opening of the Trading Day (as defined below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such day, the volume weighted average trading price of the Placement Shares sold, the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent pursuant to Section 2 with respect to such sales, and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company, as reflected on the applicable settlement statement issued by the executing/clearing broker. Subject to the terms of a Placement Notice, the Agent may sell Placement Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an "at the market offering"as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act." Trading Day " means any day on which Ordinary Shares are purchased and sold on the principal market on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted.
(b) During the term of this Agreement, the Agent shall act solely as agent and not as principal in connection with any sale of the Placement Shares, unless and until (i) the Agent has received all required regulatory approvals to act as principal, (ii) has delivered to the Company a written notice electing principal capacity (a "Principal Capacity Notice"), and (iii) the Company and the Agent have mutually agreed in writing to the terms of any such principal transaction. Nothing herein shall require the Agent to purchase any Placement Shares for its own account, maintain inventory in the Ordinary Shares, make a market in the Ordinary Shares, stabilize or support the price of the Ordinary Shares, or act as a financial advisor, fiduciary, underwriter or market participant other than as expressly set forth herein. The Agent shall have no liability for declining to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis or for declining to engage in any activity that the Agent reasonably believes could raise regulatory, market-conduct, capital, settlement, clearing, litigation or reputational concerns. Prior to the effectiveness of any Principal Capacity Notice, neither the Agent nor any of its affiliates or subsidiaries shall engage in (i) any short sale of any security of the Company or (ii) any sale of any security of the Company that the Agent does not own or any sale that is consummated by the delivery of a security of the Company borrowed by, or for the account of, the Agent. From and after the effectiveness of any Principal Capacity Notice, the Agent may act as principal under this Agreement; provided that the Agent will not effect short sales of the Ordinary Shares or sell any Ordinary Shares other than Ordinary Shares it acquires from the Company under this Agreement. During the term of this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Agent agrees that in no event will the Agent or its affiliates engage in any market making, bidding, stabilization or other trading activity with regard to the Ordinary Shares or related derivative securities if such activity would be prohibited under Regulation M or other anti-manipulation rules under the Exchange Act.
(a) The Company or the Agent may, upon notice to the other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3 , if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply), or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3), suspend any sale of Placement Shares (a "Suspension"); provided, however , that such suspension shall not affect or impair any party's obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. While a Suspension is in effect, any obligation under Sections 7(l) , 7(m) , and 7(n) with respect to the delivery of certificates, opinions, or comfort letters to the Agent, shall be waived. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 shall be effective against any other party unless it is made to one of the individuals named on Schedule 3 hereto, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time. During a Suspension, the Company shall not issue any Placement Notices and the Agent shall not sell any Placement Shares hereunder. The party that issued a suspension notice shall notify the other party in writing of the Trading Day on which the Suspension shall expire not later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to such Trading Day.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, during any period in which the Company is in possession of material non-public information with respect to the Company, the Company and the Agent agree that (i) no sale of Placement Shares will take place, (ii) the Company shall not request the sale of any Placement Shares, and (iii) the Agent shall not be obligated to sell or offer to sell any Placement Shares. The Agent may also suspend sales if the Agent becomes aware of information or circumstances that, in the Agent's reasonable judgment, may require updated diligence, disclosure or deliverables before sales may appropriately resume. If the Agent reasonably determines that there is uncertainty regarding the Company's FINRA Rule 5110 status or any FINRA filing or review obligation, the Agent may suspend or decline sales until such uncertainty is resolved to the Agent's reasonable satisfaction.
(c) The Agent shall provide the Company with prompt written notice, which may be by email, of any suspension of sales, together with a general description of the basis for such suspension to the extent the Agent is not prohibited from doing so by applicable law, regulation, regulatory instruction or supervisory procedure.
(d) Following any suspension of sales, the Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resume sales promptly after the conditions giving rise to such suspension have been resolved, all applicable conditions to sales have been satisfied, and the Agent has reasonably determined that it is appropriate to resume sales, unless otherwise instructed by the Company.
(e) If sales have been suspended for more than five (5) consecutive Trading Days, the Company may request in writing that the Agent provide a written explanation of the continued basis for such suspension. The Agent shall respond to such request within two (2) Business Days, to the extent the Agent is not prohibited from doing so by applicable law, regulation, regulatory instruction, confidentiality obligation or supervisory procedure. If the Company reasonably believes that the conditions giving rise to the suspension have been resolved, the Company may request in writing that the Agent resume sales, and the Agent shall either (i) resume sales within two (2) Business Days after all conditions to resumption have been satisfied, or (ii) provide a written explanation of why continued suspension remains warranted, to the extent the Agent is not prohibited from doing so by applicable law.
5. Sale and Issuance to the Agent; Settlement .
a. Sale of Placement Shares . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, upon the Agent's acceptance of the terms of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Agent, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Exchange to sell such Placement Shares up to the amount specified in, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of, such Placement Notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling Placement Shares, (ii) the Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than a failure by the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Exchange to sell such Placement Shares as required under this Agreement and (iii) the Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by the Agent and the Company.
b. Settlement of Placement Shares . Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the first (1st) Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading) following the date on which such sales are made (each, a "Settlement Date"). The Agent shall provide a written confirmation report (which may be by electronic mail) to the Company following the close of each Trading Day setting forth (among others) (A) the number of Ordinary Shares sold on such day and (B) the average price of the Ordinary Shares sold on such day, no later than the opening of the Trading Day immediately after the Settlement Date. The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the "Net Proceeds") will be equal to the aggregate sales price for the Placement Shares sold, less (i) the Agent's commission, discount or other compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to Schedule 2 hereof, and (ii) any transaction fees imposed by any governmental or self-regulatory organization and any applicable clearing costs incurred by the Agent in respect of such sales, in each case as reflected on the settlement statement issued by the executing/clearing broker. The Agent will not receive, hold, or control any investor or Company funds or securities; all settlement information provided to the Company will be reflected in trade confirmations or a settlement statement from the executing/clearing broker.
c. Issue of Placement Shares . On or before each Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting the account of the Agent's executing/clearing broker (provided the Agent shall have given the Company written notice of such designee and such designee's account information at least one Trading Day prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System (the "DWAC") and making a corresponding entry into the Company's register of members or by such other means of issuance as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, the executing/clearing broker will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. The Agent will not receive, hold, or control any customer, investor, or Company funds or securities. The Agent shall be responsible for providing DWAC instructions or other instructions for delivery by other means with regard to the transfer of the Placement Shares being sold. The Company agrees that if the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), defaults in its obligation to issue Placement Shares on a Settlement Date through no fault of the Agent, then in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 11(a) hereto, it will (i) hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or reasonable, documented expense (including reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable) and (ii) pay to the Agent (without duplication) any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent such default.
d. Limitations on Offering Size . Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate number of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the lesser of (A) together with all sales of Placement Shares under this Agreement, the Maximum Amount, (B) the amount available for offer and sale under the currently effective Registration Statement, (C) the amount authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement by the Company's board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to the Agent in writing and (D) the aggregate number of authorized but unissued and unreserved Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Company's amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time (the "Articles"). Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement at a price lower than the higher of (a) the par value of the Placement Shares from time to time; and (b) the minimum price authorized from time to time by the Company's board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to the Agent in writing.
6. Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents), the Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Agent that as of the date of this Agreement and as of each Applicable Time (as defined below), unless such representation, warranty or agreement specifies a different date or time:
b. No Misstatement or Omission . At each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto, on the date thereof and at each Applicable Time (defined below), did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Company by the Agent specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
c. Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act . The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Incorporated Documents, when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable.
d. Financial Information . The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders' equity of the Company and the Subsidiaries for the periods specified (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate) and have been prepared in compliance with the published requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act, as applicable, and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis (except (i) for such adjustments to accounting standards and practices as are noted therein and (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) during the periods involved; the other financial and statistical data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off balance sheet obligations), not described in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus; and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, if any, regarding "non-GAAP financial measures" (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable.
e. Conformity with EDGAR Filing . The Prospectus delivered to the Agent for use in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement will be identical to the versions of the Prospectus created to be transmitted to the Commission for filing via EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
f. Organization . The Company and any subsidiary that is a significant subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission) (each, a " Subsidiary ,"collectively, the" Subsidiaries "), are, and will be, duly organized, validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization. The Company and the Subsidiaries are duly licensed or qualified as a foreign corporation for transaction of business and in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such license or qualification, and have all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the assets, business, operations, earnings, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a "Material Adverse Effect").
g. Subsidiaries . The Company owns directly or indirectly, all of the equity interests of the Subsidiaries free and clear of any lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction, and all the equity interests of the Subsidiaries are validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 8.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the most recently ended fiscal year and other than (i) those subsidiaries not required to be listed on Exhibit 8.1 by instructions as to exhibits to Form 20-F and (ii) those subsidiaries formed since the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year.
h. No Violation or Default . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other similar agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company's knowledge, no other party under any material contract or other agreement to which it or any Subsidiary is a party is in default in any respect thereunder where such default would have a Material Adverse Effect.
i. No Material Adverse Effect . Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect, or any development that would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iii) any obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or the Subsidiaries, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iv) any material change in the share capital (other than (A) the grant of additional options under the Company's existing stock option plans, (B) changes in the number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the date hereof, (C) as a result of the issuance of Placement Shares, (D) any repurchases of shares of the Company, (E) as described in a proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A or a Registration Statement on Form F-4, or (F) otherwise publicly announced) or outstanding long-term indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiaries or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the shares of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than in each case above in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including any document incorporated by reference therein).
j. Capitalization . The issued and outstanding shares of the Company have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights. The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of the dates referred to therein (other than (i) the grant of additional options under the Company's existing stock option plans, (ii) changes in the number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the date hereof, (iii) as a result of the issuance of Placement Shares, or (iv) any repurchases of shares of the Company) and such authorized share capital conforms to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The description of the Ordinary Shares in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is complete and accurate in all material respects. Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company did not have outstanding any options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to subscribe for, or any securities or obligations convertible into, or exchangeable for, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any shares or other securities.
k. F-3 Eligibility . (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act, the Company met the then applicable requirements for use of Form F-3 under the Securities Act and, if and to the extent the Company is relying on General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3, the Company met the requirements of General Instruction I.B.5 (including the applicable transactional limitations thereunder). The Company is not a shell company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and has not been a shell company for at least 12 calendar months previously.
l. Authorization; Enforceability . The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (i) enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles and (ii) the indemnification and contribution provisions of Section 11 hereof may be limited by federal or state securities laws and public policy considerations in respect thereof.
m. Authorization of Placement Shares . The Placement Shares, when issued pursuant to the terms approved by the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly authorized executive committee, and the Articles, against payment therefor as provided herein, and upon registration in the register of members of the Company, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and, subject to liens imposed by the Company's articles of association (as may be amended from time to time), free and clear of any pledge, encumbrance, security interest or other claim (other than any pledge, encumbrance, security interest or other claim arising from an act or omission of the Agent or a purchaser), including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights, and will be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act. The Placement Shares, when issued, will conform in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in or incorporated into the Prospectus.
n. No Consents Required . No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or any governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, and the issuance and sale by the Company of the Placement Shares as contemplated hereby, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (i) as may be required under applicable state securities laws or by the by-laws and rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") or the Exchange, including any notices that may be required by the Exchange, in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares by the Agent, (ii) as may be required under the Securities Act, (iii) as have been previously obtained by the Company, (iv) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (v) the filing of a current report on Form 6-K with respect to the execution of this Agreement, and (vi) the filings required by this Agreement.
o. No Preferential Rights . (i) No person, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act (each, a "Person"), has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or sell to such Person any Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company (other than upon the exercise of options or warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares or upon the exercise of options that may be granted from time to time under the Company's stock option plan), (ii) no Person has any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or any other rights (whether pursuant to a "poison pill" provision or otherwise) to purchase any Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company from the Company which have not been duly waived with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, except for Chaince's right of first refusal and other rights expressly provided under this Agreement, (iii) no Person has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Ordinary Shares, except that Chaince has been appointed as the exclusive sales agent under this Agreement, and (iv) no Person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to require the Company to register under the Securities Act any Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company, or to include any such shares or other securities in the Registration Statement or the offering contemplated thereby, whether as a result of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the Placement Shares as contemplated thereby or otherwise, except in each case for such rights as have been waived on or prior to the date hereof.
p. Independent Public Accountant . CHI-LLTC and Audit Alliance LLP (each, an "Accountant" and collectively, the "Accountants"), whose reports on the consolidated financial statements of the Company are filed with the Commission as part of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission and incorporated into the Registration Statement, are and, during the periods covered by their reports, were independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). To the Company's knowledge, no Accountant is in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act") with respect to the Company.
q. Enforceability of Agreements . All agreements between the Company and third parties expressly referenced in the Prospectus, other than such agreements that have expired by their terms or whose termination is disclosed in documents filed by the Company on EDGAR, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and, to the Company's knowledge, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that (i) enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles and (ii) the indemnification provisions of certain agreements may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy considerations in respect thereof, and except for any unenforceability that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
r. No Litigation . There are no legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings pending, nor, to the Company's knowledge, any legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party or to which any property of the Company or any Subsidiary is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, would have a Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement; to the Company's knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated in writing by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened in writing by others that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, would have a Material Adverse Effect; and there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits, proceedings or, to the Company's knowledge, investigations that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Prospectus that are not described in the Prospectus (including any Incorporated Document).
s. Licenses and Permits . The Company and the Subsidiaries possess or have obtained, all licenses, certificates, consents, orders, approvals, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (the "Permits"), except where the failure to possess, obtain or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such Permit or has any reason to believe that such Permit will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where the failure to obtain any such renewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
u. Certain Market Activities . Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or that has constituted or would cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Placement Shares. The Company has not (i) provided the Agent with any targeted investor list, (ii) directed sales to specific persons, accounts or groups, (iii) coordinated investor participation in the ATM Program, (iv) encouraged or arranged purchases by affiliates, related parties, officers, directors, employees, consultants, promoters, vendors, customers or strategic partners, or (v) used any nominee, omnibus, pass-through or coordinated account structure to facilitate purchases of Placement Shares or trading in the Ordinary Shares. The Company is not aware of any nominee accounts, omnibus structures, coordinated investor groups, undisclosed investor arrangements, market manipulation arrangements, paid touting arrangements or promotional campaigns relating to the Ordinary Shares or the ATM Program. The Company has not engaged in coordinated social media promotion campaigns, group-based trading inducement, issuer-sponsored investor groups, undisclosed third-party marketing efforts, paid touting, promotional newsletters, online chatroom campaigns, or other communications through social media or messaging platforms for the purpose of encouraging trading in the Ordinary Shares or facilitating sale under the ATM Program.
v. Broker/Dealer Relationships . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or any related entities (i) is required to register as a "broker"or"dealer" in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act or (ii) directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is a "person associated with a member"or"associated person of a member" (within the meaning set forth in the FINRA Manual).
w. No Reliance . The Company has not relied upon any Agent or legal counsel for the Agent for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares.
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