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Exhibit 99.1

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is dated as of February __, 2010 by and among Artistry Publications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (individually, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
 
W I T N E S S E T H:
 
WHEREAS, the Company is conducting a private offering (the “Offering”) for which Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (the “Placement Agent”) is acting as placement agent and any other FINRA Member firms which the Placement Agent may choose to engage (the “Select Dealer”), consisting of a minimum of $4,264,000 (the “Minimum Offering”) up to a maximum of $5,248,000 (the “Maximum Offering”) of Units (the “Units”), each consisting of one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value (the Common Stock”) at a per share purchase price of $3.28 per share (the “Share Purchase Price”) and one Series A Warrant (as defined below) to purchase Common Stock, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Rule 506 promulgated under Regulation D (“Regulation D”) thereunder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); and
 
WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase that number of Units set forth set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual representations and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 
Purchase and Sale of Units
 
Section 1.1 Purchase and Sale of Units.  Upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchasers and each of the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, shall purchase from the Company, Units (the “Units”), each consisting of one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Common Shares”) and one Series A Warrant (as defined below) to purchase Common Stock in the amounts set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto. Any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (and such shares when issued) are herein referred to as the “Warrant Shares”. The Common Shares and the Warrant Shares are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Shares”.
 
 
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Section 1.2 Warrants.  Upon the following terms and conditions and for no additional consideration, for each Unit purchased, each of the Purchasers shall be issued a Series A Warrant, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Warrants”), to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto. The Warrants shall expire four (4) years following the Closing Date. The Warrants shall have an exercise price per share equal to the Warrant Price (as defined in the Warrant).
 
Section 1.3 Purchase Price.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Purchasers and, in consideration of and in express reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants, terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchasers, severally but not jointly, agree to purchase the Units for an aggregate purchase price of up to $5,264,000, or $328,000 per Unit (the “Purchase Price”).
 
Section 1.4 Offering Period and Closing.  The Securities will be offered for sale until the earlier of (i) the closing on the Maximum Offering or (ii) February 28, 2010, (the “Termination Date”).  The Offering is being conducted on a best-efforts basis.  The Company may hold an initial closing (“Initial Closing”) at any time after the receipt of accepted subscriptions for the Minimum Offering prior to the Termination Date.  After the Initial Closing, subsequent closings with respect to additional Units may take place at any time prior to the Termination Date as determined by the Company, with respect to subscriptions accepted prior to the Termination Date (each such closing, together with the Initial Closing, being referred to as a “Closing”).  The last Closing of the Offering, occurring on or prior to the Termination Date, shall be referred to as the “Final Closing”.  Any subscription documents or funds received after the Final Closing will be returned, without interest or deduction.  The Closing of the purchase and sale of the Units to be acquired by the Purchasers from the Company under this Agreement shall take place at the offices of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP (the “Closing”) at 1:00 p.m., New York time on such date as the Purchasers and the Company may agree upon; provided, that all of the conditions set forth in Article IV hereof and applicable to the Closing shall have been fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith (the “Closing Date”).
 
Section 1.5 Deliveries at Closing.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser (x) an irrevocable transfer agent instructions letter, substantially in the Form annexed hereto as Exhibit D, instructing the Company’s transfer agent to issue to such Purchaser the number of Common Shares set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser on the signature page attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”), (y) its Warrants to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock as is set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser on the signature page attached hereto and (z) any other documents required to be delivered pursuant to Article IV hereof. At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver its Purchase Price by wire transfer to the escrow account pursuant to the Escrow Agreement (as hereafter defined).
 
Section 1.6 Share Exchange Transaction.  The parties acknowledge that prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company will issue shares of its Common Stock to Gold Industry Limited, a company organized in the Cayman Islands (“Gold Industry”), pursuant to that certain Share Exchange Agreement by and among the Company, Gold Industry and the shareholders of Gold Industry (the “Share Exchange Agreement”), and upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement, Chongqing Ran Ji Industry Co., Ltd., a wholly foreign owned enterprise established under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“WFOE”), a “wholly foreign owned enterprise” organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”)  and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Gold Industry immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement, will become an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Share Exchange Transaction”).
 
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ARTICLE II
 
Representations and Warranties
 
Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company.  Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Purchasers concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure Schedules”), which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
 
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Power. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The Company does not have any subsidiaries except as set forth in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2009, including the accompanying financial statements (the “Form 10-K”), in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended November 30, 2009 (collectively, the “Form 10-Q”) or as set forth in Schedule 2.1(g). Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(a), the Company and each such subsidiary is duly qualified in the state of its incorporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary except for any jurisdiction(s) (alone or in the aggregate) in which the failure to be so qualified will not have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 2.1(c) hereof) on the Company’s financial condition.
 
(b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), the Escrow Agreement by and among the Company, the Purchasers and the escrow agent named therein, dated as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto (the “Escrow Agreement”), the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions and the Warrants (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue and sell the Units, the Shares and the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of the Company or its Board of Directors or stockholders is required. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. The other Transaction Documents will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company at the Closing. Each of the Transaction Documents constitutes, or shall constitute when executed and delivered, a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
 
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(c) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company and the shares thereof currently issued and outstanding as of the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto. All of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized. Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto, no shares of Common Stock are entitled to preemptive rights or registration rights and there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, call or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company. Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, there are no contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of the capital stock of the Company or options, securities or rights convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company. Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto, the Company is not a party to any agreement granting registration or anti-dilution rights to any person with respect to any of its equity or debt securities. The Company is not a party to, and it has no knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock of the Company. The offer and sale of all capital stock, convertible securities, rights, warrants, or options of the Company issued prior to the Closing complied with all applicable Federal and state securities laws, and no stockholder has a right of rescission or claim for damages with respect thereto which would have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company has furnished or made available to the Purchasers true and correct copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles”), and the Company’s Bylaws as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”). For the purposes of this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with the ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
 
(d) Issuance of Shares. The Units, the Common Shares and the Warrants to be issued at the Closing have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and the Common Shares, when paid for or issued in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable. When the Warrant Shares are issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, such shares will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.
 
 
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(e) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein and therein do not and will not (i) violate any provision of the Company’s Articles or Bylaws, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Company is a party or by which it or its properties or assets are bound, (iii) create or impose a lien, mortgage, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any nature on any property of the Company under any agreement or any commitment to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or by which any of its respective properties or assets are bound, or (iv) result in a violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including Federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are bound or affected, except, in all cases other than violations pursuant to clauses (i) and (iv) above, for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being conducted in violation of any laws, ordinances or regulations of any governmental entity, except for possible violations which singularly or in the aggregate do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is not required under Federal, state or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or issue and sell the Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof (other than (x) any consent, authorization or order that has been obtained as of the date hereof, (y) any filing or registration that has been made as of the date hereof or (z) any filings which may be required to be made by the Company with the Commission or state securities administrators subsequent to the Closing; provided, that, for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Purchasers herein.
 
(f) Commission Documents, Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”, including material filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing including filings incorporated by reference therein being referred to herein as the “Commission Documents”). At the request of such Purchaser, the Company has delivered or made available to each of the Purchasers true and complete copies of the Commission Documents. The Company has not provided to the Purchasers any material non-public information or other information which, according to applicable law, rule or regulation, was required to have been disclosed publicly by the Company but which has not been so disclosed, other than with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. At the times of their respective filings, the Form 10-K and the Form 10-Q and the current report on Form 8-K that is required to be and shall be filed by the Company within four business days after the Closing Date to disclose the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement and the Restructuring Agreements (as defined in Section 2.1(gg) hereof) (the “Form 8-K”), complied and, in the case of the Form 8-K, will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and other federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to such documents, and, as of their respective dates, neither the Form 10-K nor the Form 10-Q contained or, in the case of the Form 8-K, contain any untrue statement of
 
 
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a material fact or omitted to state a 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. The financial statements of the Company included in the Commission Documents comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the Commission or other applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements), and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  The financial statements of Gold Industry to be included in the Form 8-K (“Gold Industry Financial Statements”) comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.  The Gold Industry Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved and fairly present in all material respects, the financial conditions and results of Gold Industry and its subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.
 
(g) Subsidiaries. Schedule 2.1(g) hereto sets forth each subsidiary of the Company, showing the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and showing the percentage of each person’s ownership. For the purposes of this Agreement, “subsidiary” shall mean any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interest having ordinary voting power (absolutely or contingently) for the election of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time owned directly or indirectly by the Company and/or any of its other subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. Other than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, there are no outstanding preemptive, conversion or other rights, options, warrants or agreements granted or issued by or binding upon any subsidiary for the purchase or acquisition of any shares of capital stock of any subsidiary or any other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the rights to subscribe for any shares of such capital stock. Other than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, neither the Company nor any subsidiary is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of the capital stock of any subsidiary or any convertible securities, rights, warrants or options of the type described in the preceding sentence. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is party to, nor has any knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock of any subsidiary, with the exception of the Restructuring Agreements (as defined in Section 2.1(gg)(i) below).
 
(h) No Material Adverse Effect. Other than as disclosed in the Company’s Commission Documents, since August 31, 2009, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has experienced or suffered any Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(i) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as disclosed in the Form 10-K, the Form 10-Q and the Form 8-K, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its subsidiaries respective businesses since August 31, 2009 and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its subsidiaries.
 
(j) No Undisclosed Events or Circumstances. To the Company’s knowledge, no event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed.
 
(k) Indebtedness. As of their respective dates, the Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and the Form 8-K set forth all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary, or for which the Company or any subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $25,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.   Except as set forth in Schedule 2.1(k), neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
 
(l) Title to Assets. Each of the Company and the subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all of its real and personal property reflected in the Form 10-K, the Form 10-Q and the Form 8-K free and clear of any mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, security interests or other encumbrances, all properties and assets (i) purportedly owned or used by them as reflected in the Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and the Form 8-K, as of their respective dates or (ii) necessary for the conduct of their business as currently conducted except for those disclosed in the Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and the Form 8-K. All leases of the Company and each of its subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and in full force and effect.
 
(m) Actions Pending. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or any other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any subsidiary which questions the validity of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or any other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or involving the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets. There are no outstanding orders, judgments, injunctions, awards or decrees of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory body against the Company or any subsidiary or any executive officers or directors of the Company or subsidiary in their capacities as such.
 

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(n) Compliance with Law. The business of the Company and the subsidiaries has been and is presently being conducted in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have all franchises, permits, licenses, consents and other governmental or regulatory authorizations and approvals necessary for the conduct of its business in all material respects as now being conducted by it unless the failure to possess such franchises, permits, licenses, consents and other governmental or regulatory authorizations and approvals, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(o) Taxes. The Company and each of the subsidiaries has accurately prepared and filed all federal, state and other tax returns required by law to be filed by it, has paid or made provisions for the payment of all taxes shown to be due and all additional assessments, and adequate provisions have been and are reflected in the financial statements of the Company and the subsidiaries for all current taxes and other charges to which the Company or any subsidiary is subject and which are not currently due and payable. None of the federal income tax returns of the Company or any subsidiary have been audited by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company has no knowledge of any additional assessments, adjustments or contingent tax liability (whether federal or state) of any nature whatsoever, whether pending or threatened against the Company or any subsidiary for any period, nor of any basis for any such assessment, adjustment or contingency.
 
(p) Certain Fees. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(p) hereto, no brokers, finders or financial advisory fees or commissions will be payable by the Company or any subsidiary or any Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
 
(q) Disclosure. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.1(q), neither this Agreement nor the Schedules hereto nor any other documents, certificates or instruments furnished to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, taken as a whole and in the light of the circumstances under which they were made herein or therein, not false or misleading.
 
(r) Operation of Business. The Company and each of the subsidiaries owns or possesses all patents, trademarks, domain names (whether or not registered) and any patentable improvements or copyrightable derivative works thereof, websites and intellectual property rights relating thereto, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and authorizations, and all rights with respect to the foregoing, which are necessary for the conduct of its business as now conducted without any conflict with the rights of others, except where the failure to so own or possess would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(s) Environmental Compliance. Since their  inception,  neither the Company, nor any of its  subsidiaries  have been,  in  violation of any applicable law relating to the  environment or  occupational  health and safety, where such  violation  would have a material  adverse effect on the business or financial  condition of any of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  Each of Company and its Subsidiaries has operated all facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by it in material compliance with the Environmental Laws. “Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable laws relating to the protection of the environment including, without limitation, all requirements pertaining to reporting, licensing, permitting, controlling, investigating or remediating emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, materials or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature, into the air, surface water, groundwater or land, or relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of hazardous substances, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, material or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature. The Company has all necessary governmental approvals required under all Environmental Laws and used in its business or in the business of any of its subsidiaries. The Company and each of its subsidiaries are also in compliance with all other limitations, restrictions, conditions, standards, requirements, schedules and timetables required or imposed under all Environmental Laws. There are no past or present events, conditions, circumstances, incidents, actions or omissions relating to or in any way affecting the Company or its subsidiaries that violate or may violate any Environmental Law after the Closing Date or that may give rise to any environmental liability, or otherwise form the basis of any claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding, hearing, study or investigation (i) under any Environmental Law, or (ii) based on or related to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage (including without limitation underground storage tanks), disposal, transport or handling, or the emission, discharge, release or threatened release of any hazardous substance.
 
(t) Books and Record Internal Accounting Controls. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Form 10-K, the Form 10-Q, or the Form 8-K, the books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries accurately reflect in all material respects the information relating to the business of the Company and the subsidiaries, the location and collection of their assets, and the nature of all transactions giving rise to the obligations or accounts receivable of the Company or any subsidiary. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient, in the judgment of the Company, to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (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 the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate actions are taken with respect to any differences.
 
(u) Material Agreements. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is a party to any written or oral contract, instrument, agreement, commitment, obligation, plan or arrangement, a copy of which would be required to be filed with the Commission as an exhibit to a registration statement on Form S-1 (collectively, the “Material Agreements”) if the Company or any subsidiary were registering securities under the Securities Act.  The Company and each of its subsidiaries has in all material respects performed all the obligations required to be performed by them to date under the foregoing agreements, have received no notice of default and are not in default under any Material Agreement now in effect the result of which would cause a Material Adverse Effect. Except as restricted under applicable laws and regulations, the incorporation documents, certificates of designations or the Transaction Documents, no written or oral contract, instrument, agreement, commitment, obligation, plan or arrangement of the Company or of any subsidiary limits or shall limit the payment of dividends on the Company’s Common Stock.
 
 
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(v) Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, the Transaction Documents or the Restructuring Agreements (as defined in Section 2.1(gg)(i) below) there are no loans, leases, agreements, contracts, royalty agreements, management contracts or arrangements or other continuing transactions between (a) the Company or any subsidiary on the one hand, and (b) on the other hand, any officer, employee, consultant or director of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, or any person owning any capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary or any member of the immediate family of such officer, employee, consultant, director or stockholder or any corporation or other entity controlled by such officer, employee, consultant, director or stockholder, or a member of the immediate family of such officer, employee, consultant, director or stockholder.
 
(w) Securities Act of 1933. Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Purchasers set forth in Section 2.2 (d)-(h) hereof, the Company has complied and will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with the offer, issuance and sale of the Shares and the Warrants hereunder. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf, directly or indirectly, has or will sell, offer to sell or solicit offers to buy any of the Units, the Shares, the Warrants or similar securities to, or solicit offers with respect thereto from, or enter into any preliminary conversations or negotiations relating thereto with, any person, or has taken or will take any action so as to bring the issuance and sale of any of the Units, the Shares and the Warrants in violation of the registration provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Units, the Shares and the Warrants.
 
(x) Governmental Approvals. Except for the filing of any notice prior or subsequent to the Closing Date that may be required under applicable state and/or Federal securities laws (which if required, shall be filed on a timely basis), including the filing of a Form D and a registration statement or statements pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, no authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of, filing or registration with any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, is or will be necessary for, or in connection with, the execution or delivery of the Units, the Common Shares and the Warrants, or for the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
 
(y) Employees. Except as disclosed in the Commission Documents or the Form 8-K, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any collective bargaining arrangements or agreements covering any of its employees. Except as disclosed in the Commission Documents or the Form 8-K, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any employment contract, agreement regarding proprietary information, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, confidentiality agreement, or any other similar contract or restrictive covenant, relating to the right of any officer, employee or consultant to be employed or engaged by the Company or such subsidiary required to be disclosed in the Commission Documents on the Form 8-K that is not so disclosed. Since August 31, 2009, no officer, consultant or key employee of the Company or any subsidiary whose termination, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect, has terminated or, to the knowledge of the Company, has any present intention of terminating his or her employment or engagement with the Company or any subsidiary.
 
 
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(z) Absence of Certain Developments. Since August 31, 2009, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has:
 
(i) issued any stock, bonds or other corporate securities or any rights, options or warrants with respect thereto;
 
(ii) borrowed any amount or incurred or become subject to any liabilities (absolute or contingent) except current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business which are comparable in nature and amount to the current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business during the comparable portion of its prior fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect the current nature and volume of the Company’s or such subsidiary’s business;
 
(iii) discharged or satisfied any lien or encumbrance or paid any obligation or liability (absolute or contingent), other than current liabilities paid in the ordinary course of business;
 
(iv) declared or made any payment or distribution of cash or other property to stockholders with respect to its stock, or purchased or redeemed, or made any agreements so to purchase or redeem, any shares of its capital stock;
 
(v) sold, assigned or transferred any other tangible assets, or canceled any debts or claims, except in the ordinary course of business;
 
(vi) sold, assigned or transferred any patent rights, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets or other intangible assets or intellectual property rights, or disclosed any proprietary confidential information to any person except to customers in the ordinary course of business or to the Purchasers or their representatives;
 
(vii) suffered any substantial losses or waived any rights of material value, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or suffered the loss of any material amount of prospective business;
 
(viii) made any changes in employee compensation except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
 
(ix) made capital expenditures or commitments therefor that aggregate in excess of $50,000;
 
(x) entered into any other transaction other than in the ordinary course of business, or entered into any other material transaction, whether or not in the ordinary course of business;
 
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(xi) made charitable contributions or pledges in excess of $10,000;
 
(xii) suffered any material damage, destruction or casualty loss, whether or not covered by insurance;
 
(xiii) experienced any material problems with labor or management in connection with the terms and conditions of their employment;
 
(xiv) effected any two or more events of the foregoing kind which in the aggregate would be material to the Company or its subsidiaries; or
 
(xv) entered into an agreement, written or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions.
 
(aa) Public Utility Holding Company Act and Investment Company Act Status. The Company is not a “holding company” or a “public utility company” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended. The Company is not, and as a result of and immediately upon the Closing will not be, an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
(bb) ERISA. No liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has been incurred with respect to any Plan (as defined below) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is or would be materially adverse to the Company and its subsidiaries. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance and sale of the Units, the Common Shares and the Warrants will not involve any transaction which is subject to the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provided, that, if any of the Purchasers, or any person or entity that owns a beneficial interest in any of the Purchasers, is an “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) with respect to which the Company is a “party in interest” (within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA), the requirements of Sections 407(d)(5) and 408(e) of ERISA, if applicable, are met. As used in this Section 2.1(ac), the term “Plan” shall mean an “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have been made, by the Company or any subsidiary or by any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, which, together with the Company or any subsidiary, is under common control, as described in Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
 
(cc) Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that it has an obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interest of other stockholders of the Company.
 
(dd) No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would cause the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act which would prevent the Company from selling the Shares pursuant to Rule 506 under the Securities Act, or any applicable exchange-related stockholder approval provisions, nor will the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries take any action or steps that would cause the offering of the Shares to be integrated with other offerings. The Company does not have any registration statement pending before the Commission or currently under the Commission’s review and since January 1, 2009, except as contemplated under the Transaction Documents, the Company has not offered or sold any of its equity securities or debt securities convertible into shares of Common Stock.
 
 
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(ee) Independent Nature of Purchasers. The Company acknowledges that the obligations of each Purchaser under the Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges that the decision of each Purchaser to purchase securities pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other purchase and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or of its Subsidiaries which may have made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser or any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Purchaser (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. The Company acknowledges that nothing contained herein, or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges that each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that for reasons of administrative convenience only, the Transaction Documents have been prepared by counsel for one of the Purchasers and such counsel does not represent all of the Purchasers but only such Purchaser and the other Purchasers have retained their own individual counsel with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.  The Company acknowledges that it has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
 
(ff) Transfer Agent. The name, address, telephone number, fax number, contact person and email address of the Company’s current transfer agent is set forth on Schedule 2.1(ff) hereto.
 
(gg) WFOE.  Subject to the consummation of the Share Exchange Transaction, the Company represents on behalf of WFOE, and, upon consummation of the Share Exchange Transaction, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company:
 
(i) that WFOE has the legal right, power and authority (corporate and other) to enter into and perform its obligations under each of agreements as set forth on Schedule 2.1(gg) (collectively, the “Restructuring Agreements”) to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of, and has authorized, executed and delivered, each of the Restructuring Agreements to which it is a party; and each of the Restructuring Agreements to which WFOE is a party constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of WFOE, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
 
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(ii) that WFOE does not own or lease properties or conduct any business outside of the PRC and that WFOE does not need to be duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified.
 
(iii) that the execution and delivery by WFOE of, and the performance by WFOE of its obligations under, each of the Restructuring Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation by WFOE of the transactions contemplated therein will not: (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which WFOE is a party or by which WFOE is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of WFOE is subject; (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of association or business license of WFOE; and (C) will not result in any violation of any laws, regulations, rules, orders, decrees, guidelines or notices of the PRC, except that, with respect to (A) and (C), such conflict, breach or violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on WFOE.
 
(iv) that each of the Restructuring Agreements is in proper and enforceable legal form under the laws of the PRC and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of each of the Restructuring Agreements in the PRC, it is not necessary that any such document be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in the PRC or that any stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of any of the Restructuring Agreements, except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(gg)(iv).
 
(hh) PFIC.  None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or intends to become a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
(ii) OFAC. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is currently subject to any U.S. 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 sale of the Purchased Shares and Warrants, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary of the Company, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
 
 
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(jj) Foreign Corrupt Practices.  Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any Person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is  in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
 
(kk) Correctness of Representations.  The Company represents that the foregoing representations and warranties are true and correct as of the date hereof in all material respects, and, unless the Company otherwise notifies the Purchasers prior to the Closing Date, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.
 
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers.  Each Purchaser hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Company as of the date hereof and Closing Date, with respect solely to itself and not with respect to any other Purchaser:
 
(a) Organization and Good Standing of the Purchasers. If the Purchaser is an entity, such Purchaser is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.
 
(b) Authorization and Power. Each Purchaser has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Purchaser is a party and to purchase the Common Shares and Warrants being sold to it hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Purchaser is a party by such Purchaser and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action, and no further consent or authorization of such Purchaser or its Board of Directors, stockholders, or partners, as the case may be, is required. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Purchaser is a party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Purchaser and constitutes, or shall constitute when executed and delivered, a valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with the terms thereof.
 
(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Purchaser is a party and the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or relating hereto do not and will not (i) result in a violation of such Purchaser’s charter documents, bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of any agreement, indenture or instrument or obligation to which such Purchaser is a party or by which its properties or assets are bound, or result in a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency applicable to such Purchaser or its properties (except for such conflicts, defaults and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on such Purchaser). Such Purchaser is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which such Purchaser is a party or to purchase the Common Shares or acquire the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof, provided, that for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, such Purchaser is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Company herein.
 
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(d) Acquisition for Investment. Each Purchaser is acquiring the Units, and the underlying Common Shares and the Warrants solely for its own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with distribution. Each Purchaser does not have a present intention to sell the Common Shares or the Warrants, nor a present arrangement (whether or not legally binding) or intention to effect any distribution of the Shares or the Warrants to or through any person or entity; provided, however, that by making the representations herein and subject to Section 2.2(h) below, such Purchaser does not agree to hold the Shares or the Warrants for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Shares or the Warrants at any time in accordance with Federal and state securities laws applicable to such disposition. Each Purchaser acknowledges that it is able to bear the financial risks associated with an investment in the Shares and the Warrants and that it has been given full access to such records of the Company and the subsidiaries and to the officers of the Company and the subsidiaries and received such information as it has deemed necessary or appropriate to conduct its due diligence investigation and has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Company in terms of the Company’s stage of development so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the Company.  Each Purchaser further acknowledges that such Purchaser understands the risks of investing in companies domiciled and/or which operate primarily in the People’s Republic of China and that the purchase of the Shares and Warrants involves substantial risks.
 
(e) Status of Purchasers. Each Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act and such Purchaser is not a broker-dealer, nor an affiliate of a broker-dealer.
 
(f) Opportunities for Additional Information. Each Purchaser acknowledges that such Purchaser has had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from, or obtain additional information from, the executive officers of the Company concerning the financial and other affairs of the Company.  In making the decision to invest in the Company and its business, each Purchaser hereby acknowledges that such Purchaser has relied solely upon the [Cayman Company] Financial Statements, the Draft Form 8-K (defined in Section 4.2(v) hereto) and other written information provided to such Purchaser by the Company and [Cayman Company].
 
(g) No General Solicitation. Each Purchaser acknowledges that the Units were not offered to such Purchaser by means of any form of general or public solicitation or general advertising, or publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature, including (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media, or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which such Purchaser was invited by any of the foregoing means of communications.
 
 
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(h) Rule 144. Such Purchaser understands that the Shares must be held indefinitely unless such Shares are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is available. Such Purchaser acknowledges that such Purchaser is familiar with Rule 144 of the rules and regulations of the Commission, as amended, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), and that such person has been advised that Rule 144 permits resales only under certain circumstances. Such Purchaser understands that to the extent that Rule 144 is not available, such Purchaser will be unable to sell any Shares without either registration under the Securities Act or the existence of another exemption from such registration requirement.
 
(i) General. Such Purchaser understands that the Shares are being offered and sold in reliance on a transactional exemption from the registration requirement of Federal and state securities laws and the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the applicability of such exemptions and the suitability of such Purchaser to acquire the Shares.
 
(j) Independent Investment. Except as may be disclosed in any filings with the Commission by the Purchasers under Section 13 and/or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, no Purchaser has agreed to act with any other Purchaser for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of the Shares purchased hereunder for purposes of Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act, and each Purchaser is acting independently with respect to its investment in the Shares.
 
(k) Trading Activities. Each Purchaser agrees that it shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any short sales with respect to the Common Stock for a period of one (1) year following the Closing.
 
(l) Brokers.  Other than to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, each Purchaser has no knowledge of any brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions that are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other person or entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(m) Attorney-in-Fact.  To effectuate the terms and provisions hereof, the Purchaser hereby appoint the Placement Agent as its attorney-in-fact (and the Placement Agent hereby accepts such appointment) for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Escrow Agreement by and between the Company, the Placement Agent and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP (the “Escrow Agreement”) including, without limitation, taking any action on behalf of, or at the instruction of, the Purchasers and executing any release notices required under the Escrow Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Placement Agent may deem necessary or advisable (and lawful) to accomplish the purposes hereof.  All acts done under the foregoing authorization are hereby ratified and approved and neither the Placement Agent nor any designee nor agent thereof shall be liable for any acts of commission or omission, for any error of judgment, for any mistake of fact or law except for acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct.  This power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable while the Escrow Agreement remains in effect.
 
 
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ARTICLE III
 
Covenants
 
The Company covenants with each of the Purchasers as follows, which covenants are for the benefit of the Purchasers and their permitted assignees (as defined herein).
 
Section 3.1 Securities Compliance.  The Company shall notify the Commission in accordance with their rules and regulations, of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents, including filing a Form D with respect to the Units, the Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares as required under Regulation D and applicable “blue sky” laws, and shall take all other necessary action and proceedings as may be required and permitted by applicable law, rule and regulation, for the legal and valid issuance of the Units, the Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares to the Purchasers or subsequent holders.
 
Section 3.2 Registration and Listing.  The Company shall (a) comply in all respects with its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act, (b) comply with all requirements related to any registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, and (c) not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by the Securities Act or the rules promulgated thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act or Securities Act except as permitted under the Transaction Documents. The Company will take all action necessary to continue the quotation or listing of its Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board or other exchange or market on which the Common Stock is trading or may be traded in the future. Subject to the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Company further covenants that it will take such further action as the Purchasers may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Purchasers to sell the Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended. Upon the request of the Purchasers, the Company shall deliver to the Purchasers a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
 
 
 
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Section 3.3 Integration.  The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares to the Purchasers in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Shares to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares for purposes of the rules and regulations of any national securities exchange or quotation system.
 
Section 3.4 Compliance with Laws.  The Company shall comply, and cause each subsidiary to comply in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders.
 
Section 3.5 Keeping of Records and Books of Account.  The Company shall keep and cause each subsidiary to keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, reflecting all financial transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries, and in which, for each fiscal year, all proper reserves for depreciation, depletion, obsolescence, amortization, taxes, bad debts and other purposes in connection with its business shall be made.
 
Section 3.6 Reporting Requirements.  If the Commission ceases making periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act available via the Internet, then at a Purchaser’s request the Company shall furnish the following to such Purchaser so long as such Purchaser shall beneficially own any Shares:
 
(a) Quarterly Reports filed with the Commission on Form 10-Q as soon as practical after the document is filed with the Commission, and in any event within five (5) days after the document is filed with the Commission;
 
(b) Annual Reports filed with the Commission on Form 10-K as soon as practical after the document is filed with the Commission, and in any event within five (5) days after the document is filed with the Commission; and
 
(c) Copies of all notices and information, including without limitation notices and proxy statements in connection with any meetings, that are provided to holders of shares of Common Stock, contemporaneously with the delivery of such notices or information to such holders of Common Stock.
 
Section 3.7 Amendments.  The Company shall not amend or waive any provision of the Articles or Bylaws of the Company in any way that would adversely the rights of the holder of the Shares.
 
Section 3.8 Other Agreements.  The Company shall not enter into any agreement in which the terms of such agreement would restrict or impair the right or ability to perform of the Company or any subsidiary under any Transaction Document.
 
Section 3.9 Use of Proceeds.  As set forth in Schedule 3.9, the net proceeds from the sale of the Units hereunder shall be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes and not to redeem any Common Stock or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock or to settle any outstanding litigation.
 
Section 3.10 Reservation of Shares.  So long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock needed to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares.
 
Section 3.11 Disposition of Assets.  So long as any Warrants remain outstanding, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties, assets and rights including, without limitation, its software and intellectual property, to any person except for (i) sales to customers in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sales or transfers between the Company and its Subsidiaries or between Subsidiaries of the Company, or (iii) otherwise with the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Warrants then outstanding.
 
 
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Section 3.12 Reporting Status.  So long as a Purchaser beneficially owns any of the Shares, the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.
 
Section 3.13 Disclosure of Transaction.  The Company shall issue a press release describing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Press Release”) as soon as practicable after the Closing but in no event later than 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time on the first Trading Day following the Closing. The Company shall also file with the Commission, the Form 8-K describing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Share Exchange Agreement (and attaching as exhibits thereto this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, form of Warrant, the Press Release, the Share Exchange Agreement and each of the Restructuring Agreements) as soon as practicable following the Closing Date but in no event more than four (4) Trading Days following the Closing Date, which Press Release and Form 8-K shall be subject to prior review and comment by counsel for the Purchasers. “Trading Day” means any day during which the OTC Bulletin Board (or other quotation venue or principal exchange on which the Common Stock is traded) shall be open for trading.
 
Section 3.14 Disclosure of Material Information.  The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other person acting on its behalf has provided or will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information (other than with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.  The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
 
Section 3.15 Pledge of Securities.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Shares may be pledged by a Purchaser in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Common Stock. The pledge of Common Stock shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Common Stock hereunder, and no Purchaser effecting a pledge of Common Stock shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; provided, that a Purchaser and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Article V hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Common Stock to such pledgee. At the Purchasers’ expense, the Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Common Stock may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Common Stock to such pledgee by a Purchaser.
 
 
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Section 3.16 Variable Rate Transactions.  From the date hereof until no Warrants are outstanding, the Company shall be not effect or enter into an agreement to effect any subsequent financing involving a “Variable Rate Transaction”.  The term “Variable Rate Transaction” shall mean a transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock.
 
Section 3.17 Subsequent Equity Sales.
 
(a) Until the one year anniversary of the date of the Final Closing,  if the Company sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined herein) entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Share Purchase Price (such lower price, the “Base Share Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Share Purchase Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Share Purchase Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Company shall issue to each Purchaser such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the difference between (i) the quotient of such Purchaser’s Purchase Price divided by the Base Share Price, and (ii) such Purchaser’s Common Shares.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 3.17 in respect of an Exempt Issuance (as defined below).  If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition set forth in Section 3.18, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised.  As used herein, “Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive Common Stock. As used herein, “Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers, consultant or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of any securities issued in connection with the Offering and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or the controlling shareholder of an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and from which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.
 
 
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(b)  The Company shall notify the Purchaser in writing, no later than one (1) business day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 3.17, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”).  For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 3.17, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Share Purchase Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Share Price, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price in the Dilutive Issuance Notice.
 
Section 3.18 Exchange Listing.  The Company use its best efforts to list and trade its shares of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Nasdaq Global Market or any successor market thereto (collectively, “Nasdaq”), or NYSE Amex or any successor market thereto (together with Nasdaq, each a “National Stock Exchange”) at the earliest possible time it meets the listing requirements for listing on such National Stock Exchange and shall take all commercially reasonable actions to fulfill the said requirement by no later than the date which is [six months] after the Closing Date.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
CONDITIONS
 
Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Sell the Units.  The obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and sell the Units, and the underlying Common Shares and the Warrants to the Purchasers is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Closing, of each of the conditions set forth below. These conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion.
 
(a) Accuracy of Each Purchaser’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Purchaser in this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Purchaser is a party shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time, except for representations and warranties that are expressly made as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date.
 
(b) Performance by the Purchasers. Each Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Purchaser at or prior to the Closing.
 
 
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(c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(d) Delivery of Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for the Units, the Common Shares and Warrants has been delivered to the escrow agent pursuant to the Escrow General Agreement.
 
(e) Delivery of Transaction Documents. The Transaction Documents to which the Purchasers are parties have been duly executed and delivered by the Purchasers to the Company.
 
(f) Share Exchange Transaction. Prior to the Closing, the Share Exchange Transaction shall have been consummated.
 
Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchasers to Purchase the Units.  The obligation hereunder of each Purchaser to acquire and pay for the Units is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Closing, of each of the conditions set forth below. These conditions are for each Purchaser’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Purchaser at any time in its sole discretion.
 
(a) Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that are expressly made as of a particular date), which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date.
 
(b) Performance by the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing.
 
(c) No Suspension, Etc. Quotation of the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the OTC Bulletin Board (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”) shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by Bloomberg, or on the New York Stock Exchange, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities, nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in any financial market which, in each case, in the judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Common Shares.
 
 
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(d) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(e) No Proceedings or Litigation. No action, suit or proceeding before any arbitrator or any governmental authority shall have been commenced, and no investigation by any governmental authority shall have been threatened, against the Company or any subsidiary, or any of the officers, directors or affiliates of the Company or any subsidiary seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking damages in connection with such transactions.
 
(f) Registration Rights Agreement. At the Closing, the Company shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement to each Purchaser.
 
(g) Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions and Warrants. The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Purchasers an irrevocable instructions letter in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto instructing the Company’s transfer agent to issue to the Purchasers the certificates (in such denominations as such Purchaser shall request) for the Common Shares being acquired by such Purchaser at the Closing (in such denominations as such Purchaser shall request) to such address as requested by such Purchaser, and shall have executed and delivered to the Purchasers the certificates (in such denominations as such Purchaser shall request) for the Warrants.
 
(h) Resolutions. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have adopted resolutions consistent with Section 2.1(b) hereof in a form reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser (the “Resolutions”).
 
(i) Reservation of Shares. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the Warrants, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the number of Warrants issued or to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.
 
(j) Secretary’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a secretary’s certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the Resolutions, (ii) the Articles, (iii) the Bylaws, and (iv) the authority and incumbency of the officers of the Company executing the Transaction Documents and any other documents required to be executed or delivered in connection therewith.
 
(k) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate of an executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, confirming the accuracy of the Company’s representations, warranties and covenants as of the Closing Date and confirming the compliance by the Company with the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.2 as of the Closing Date.
 
 
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(l) Escrow Agreement. At the Closing, the Company, the Placement Agent and the escrow agent shall have executed the Escrow Agreement in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
 
(m) Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred at or before the Closing Date.
 
(n) Share Exchange Transaction. Prior to the Closing, the Share Exchange Transaction shall have been consummated.
 
(o) Draft Press Release. No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to each of the Purchasers, a draft of the press release announcing the transaction contemplated hereby (the “Draft Press Release”), in substantially final form, that it proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of Draft Form 8-K and distribute to the public, which Draft Press Release shall be reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers.
 
ARTICLE V
 
Stock Certificate Legend
 
Section 5.1 Legend.  Each certificate representing the Common Shares and the Warrants, and, if appropriate, securities issued upon conversion thereof, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to any legend required by applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws):
 
THESE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE (THE “SECURITIES”) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.
 
The Company agrees to reissue certificates representing any of the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares, without the legend set forth above if at such time, prior to making any transfer of any such securities, such holder thereof shall give written notice to the Company describing the manner and terms of such transfer and removal as the Company may reasonably request. Such proposed transfer and removal will not be effected until: (a) either (i) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the registration of the Common Shares or the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act is not required in connection with such proposed transfer, (ii) a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition has been filed by the Company with the Commission and has become effective under the Securities Act, (iii) the Company has received other evidence
 
 
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 reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such registration and qualification under the Securities Act and state securities laws are not required, or (iv) the holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such security can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act; and (b) either (i) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that registration or qualification under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state is not required in connection with such proposed disposition, or (ii) compliance with applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws has been effected or a valid exemption exists with respect thereto. The Company will respond to any such notice from a holder within five (5) business days. In the case of any proposed transfer under this Section 5.1, the Company will use reasonable efforts to comply with any such applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws, but shall in no event be required, (x) to qualify to do business in any state where it is not then qualified, (y) to take any action that would subject it to tax or to the general service of process in any state where it is not then subject, or (z) to comply with state securities or “blue sky” laws of any state for which registration by coordination is unavailable to the Company. The restrictions on transfer contained in this Section 5.1 shall be in addition to, and not by way of limitation of, any other restrictions on transfer contained in any other section of this Agreement. Whenever a certificate representing the Common Shares or Warrant Shares is required to be issued to a Purchaser without a legend, in lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the Common Shares or Warrant Shares (provided that a registration statement under the Securities Act providing for the resale of the Warrant Shares and Common Shares is then in effect), the Company may cause its transfer agent to electronically transmit the Common Shares or Warrant Shares to a Purchaser by crediting the account of such Purchaser or such Purchaser’s Prime Broker with the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”) system (to the extent not inconsistent with any provisions of this Agreement).
 
ARTICLE VI
 
Indemnification
 
Section 6.1 General Indemnity.  Subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling person (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their respective affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s
 
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representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance, in which case such Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers, affiliates, agents, successors and assigns from and against any and all resulting losses, liabilities, deficiencies, costs, damages and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, charges and disbursements) incurred by the Company, provided that  the maximum aggregate liability of each Purchaser pursuant to its indemnification obligations under this Article VI shall not exceed the portion of the Purchase Price paid by such Purchaser hereunder.
 
Section 6.2 Indemnification Procedure.  Any party entitled to indemnification under this Article VI (an “indemnified party”) will give written notice to the indemnifying party of any matters giving rise to a claim for indemnification; provided, that the failure of any party entitled to indemnification hereunder to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Article VI except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any action, proceeding or claim is brought against an indemnified party in respect of which indemnification is sought hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and, unless in the reasonable judgment of the indemnified party a conflict of interest between it and the indemnifying party may exist with respect of such action, proceeding or claim, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. In the event that the indemnifying party advises an indemnified party that it will contest such a claim for indemnification hereunder, or fails, within thirty (30) days of receipt of any indemnification notice to notify, in writing, such person of its election to defend, settle or compromise, at its sole cost and expense, any action, proceeding or claim (or discontinues its defense at any time after it commences such defense), then the indemnified party may, at its option, defend, settle or otherwise compromise or pay such action or claim. In any event, unless and until the indemnifying party elects in writing to assume and does so assume the defense of any such claim, proceeding or action, the indemnified party’s costs and expenses arising out of the defense, settlement or compromise of any such action, claim or proceeding shall be losses subject to indemnification hereunder. The indemnified party shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the indemnified party which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the indemnified party fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. If the indemnifying party elects to defend any such action or claim, then the indemnified party shall be entitled to participate in such defense with counsel of its choice at its sole cost and expense. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent. Notwithstanding anything in this Article VI to the contrary, the indemnifying party shall not, without the indemnified party’s prior written consent, settle or compromise any claim or consent to entry of any judgment in respect thereof which imposes any future obligation on the indemnified party or which does not include, as an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant or the plaintiff to the indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim. The indemnification required by this Article VI shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred, so long as the indemnified party irrevocably agrees to refund such moneys if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such party was not entitled to indemnification. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (a) any cause of action or similar rights of the indemnified party against the indemnifying party or others, and (b) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.
 
 
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ARTICLE VII
 
Miscellaneous
 
Section 7.1 Fees and Expenses.  Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisors, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses, incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, provided that the Company shall pay all actual and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses (including disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses) up to a maximum of $25,000 incurred by the Purchasers in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  The Company shall also pay all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Purchasers in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses but only if the Purchasers are successful in any litigation or arbitration relating to such enforcement.
 
Section 7.2 Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction.
 
(a) The Company and the Purchasers acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof or thereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity.
 
(b) Each of the Company and the Purchasers (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court sitting in the Southern District of New York and the courts of the State of New York located in New York county for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Purchasers consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 7.2 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
 
 
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Section 7.3 Entire Agreement; Amendment.  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents contains the entire understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the matters covered hereby and, except as specifically set forth herein or in the Transaction Documents, neither the Company nor any of the Purchasers makes any representations, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters and they supersede all prior understandings and agreements with respect to said subject matter, all of which are merged herein. No provision of this Agreement nor any of the Transaction Documents may be waived or amended other than by a written instrument signed by the Company and at least fifty percent (50%) of Purchasers, and no provision hereof may be waived other than by an a written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such amendment or waiver is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Common Shares then outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents or holders of Common Shares, as the case may be.
 
Section 7.4 Notices.  Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telex (with correct answer back received), telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be:
 
If to the Company:
Artistry Publication, Inc.
2500 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 304
Houston, Texas 77042
Attention: Michael Wang
Tel. No.:
Fax No.:
 
with copies to:
Richardson & Patel, LLP
Attn:   Kevin K. Leung, Esq.
10900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90024-6525
Tel. No.: (310) 208-1182
Fax No.: (310) 208-1154
 
 
 
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If to any Purchaser:
At the address of such Purchaser set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement, with copies to:

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
61 Broadway, 32nd Floor
New York, NY 10006
Attention:  Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
Tel. No.:  (212) 930-9700
Fax No.:  (212) 930-9725
 
Any party hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving at least ten (10) days written notice of such changed address to the other party hereto.
 
Section 7.5 Waivers.  No waiver by either party of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any other provisions, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right accruing to it thereafter.
 
Section 7.6 Headings.  The article, section and subsection headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
Section 7.7 Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns.  The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger).  Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
 
Section 7.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.
 
Section 7.9 Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any of the conflicts of law principles which would result in the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction. This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Agreement to be drafted.
 
Section 7.10 Survival.  The representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchasers shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the Closings hereunder for a period of two years following the Closing Date.
 
Section 7.11 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.
 
 
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Section 7.12 Publicity.  The Company agrees that it will not disclose, and will not include in any public announcement, the name of the Purchasers without the consent of the Purchasers unless and until such disclosure is required by law or applicable regulation, and then only to the extent of such requirement.
 
Section 7.13 Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents are severable and, in the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any one or more of the provisions or part of the provisions contained in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or part of a provision of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents and such provision shall be reformed and construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision, or part of such provision, had never been contained herein, so that such provisions would be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent possible.
 
Section 7.14 Further Assurances.  From and after the date of this Agreement, upon the request of any Purchaser or the Company, each of the Company and the Purchasers shall execute and deliver such instrument, documents and other writings as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to confirm and carry out and to effectuate fully the intent and purposes of this Agreement, the Common Shares, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, the Registration Rights Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
 
Section 7.15 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
 
Section 7.16 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officer as of the date first above written.
 
ARTISTRY PUBLICATIONS, INC.
 
By:                                                                   
Name:
Title:
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
 
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: __________________________________
 
Name of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________
 
Title of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________________
 
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________
 
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice of Purchaser:




Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):





Subscription Amount: _____________

Number of Shares: _____________

Number of Warrant Shares: _____________




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