EX-10.1 2 tm269432d1_ex10-1.htm EXHIBIT 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 25, 2026, is between NETCLASS TECHNOLOGY INC, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with headquarters located at Unit 11-03, ABI Plaza, 11 Keppel Road, Singapore 089057 (the “Company”), and each of the investors identified on the signature pages hereto (each a “Buyer” and collectively the “Buyers”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyer(s), as provided herein, and the Buyer(s) shall purchase an aggregate of 27,027,015 class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00025 each, of the Company (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) at a purchase price per share of US$0.222 (the “Purchase Price”) in the respective amounts set forth on each Buyer’s signature page hereof (the “Subscription Amount”);

 

WHEREAS, the Class A Ordinary Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and each Buyer are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the provisions of Regulation D/Regulation S under the Securities Act (or a successor rule) (“Regulation D” and “Regulation S”, respectively) promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:

 

1.PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES.

 

(a)            Purchase of Securities. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 7 and 8 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer, severally but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company at the Closing(s) (as defined below) the Securities in amounts corresponding with the Subscription Amount set forth on each Buyer’s signature page hereof.

 

(b)            Closing Dates. The date and time of the closing of the purchase of the Securities by each Buyer and that the Purchase Price for the Securities is paid by such Buyer pursuant to terms of this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall be 10:00 a.m., New York time, within two (2) Business Days of the date hereof at such location as may be agreed to by the parties (including via exchange of electronic signatures) on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 7 and 8 below are satisfied or waived (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) (the “Closing Date”). As used in this Agreement, the term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay-at-home,” “shelter-in-place,” “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in the City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

 

 

(c)            Form of Payment; Deliveries. Subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on or prior to the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall (x) complete and deliver to the Company the Accredited Investor / Non-U.S. Person Certification attached hereto as Exhibit A and the Shareholder Notice and Questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit B and (y) pay the Purchase Price for the Securities to be issued and sold to it at such, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company, in accordance with the Company’s written wiring instructions, against delivery of the Securities, and (ii) the Company shall deliver such Securities to such Buyer, in book entry bearing an appropriate legend referring to the fact that the Securities were sold in reliance upon an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, against delivery of such Purchase Price.

 

2.BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company with respect to only itself that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):

 

(a)            Organization; Authority. Each Buyer, if applicable, is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each Buyer has all requisite authority (and in the case of an individual, the capacity) to purchase the Securities, to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement (including the exhibits attached hereto), the disclosure schedules delivered by the Company to each Buyer (the “Disclosure Schedules”), the Placement Agency Agreement by and between the Company and Revere Securities LLC (the “Placement Agent”) dated March 25, 2026 (the “Placement Agency Agreement”), and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into by the Company or delivered by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(b)            Authorization, Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized and executed on behalf of each Buyer, and when delivered by such Buyer in accordance with the terms hereof, shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies, and (ii) laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law.

 

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(c)            Investment Purpose. As of the Closing Date, each Buyer is purchasing the Securities for its own account and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from registration under the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act. “Subsidiaries” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the outstanding capital stock having voting power or holds a majority of the equity or similar interest of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “Subsidiary”. “Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

(d)            Investor Status. At the time that each Buyer was offered the Securities, such Buyer was not, and as of the date hereof is not, a “U.S. Person” within the meaning of Regulation S, or was and is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act, or a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Each Buyer acknowledges that it has truthfully and accurately completed the Accredited Investor / Non-U.S. Person Certification attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement as of the date thereof and hereby affirms such certification as of the date hereof.

 

(e)            Reliance on Exemptions. Each Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws.

 

(f)            Access to Information; Due Diligence. Each Buyer has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management regarding the Company’s business and affairs; (ii) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors or representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below. Such Buyer acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate of the Placement Agent have provided such Buyer with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate have made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities and the Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired nonpublic information with respect to the Company which such Buyer agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with the issuance of the Securities to such Buyer, neither the Placement Agent nor any of their Affiliates have acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Buyer.

 

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(g)            Review of Public Filings. Each Buyer has had the opportunity to review all of the reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) for the twelve months preceding the date hereof.

 

(h)            Independent Evaluation; No Reliance. It is understood that information and explanations relating to the terms and conditions of the purchase of the Securities and the Transaction Documents shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to purchase the Securities.

 

(i)            Investor Sophistication. Each Buyer, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax and business matters, and in particular investments in securities, so as to enable it to utilize the information made available to it in connection with the offering to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and the Company.

 

(j)            Risk Acknowledgement. Each Buyer is able to afford a complete loss of its investment and to bear the economic risk of holding the Securities.

 

(k)            No General Solicitation. To the knowledge of such Buyer, each Buyer is unaware of, is in no way relying on, and did not become aware of the offering of Securities through or as a result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising regarding the Securities, including any article, notice, advertisement or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television, radio or the internet, or any seminar.

 

(l)            Certain Trading Activities. Each Buyer represents that, other than with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, since the time that such Buyer was first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any of its agents setting forth the material pricing terms of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof, neither such Buyer nor any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer, has directly or indirectly effected or agreed to effect any transactions in the securities of the Company, including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities. “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Securities Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Buyer that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Buyer’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Buyer’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

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(m)            Confidentiality. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Buyer’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Buyer has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

3.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

 

The Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to each Buyer as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

 

(a)            Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is an entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or formed, and has the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, or other organizational or charter documents. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification. “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements or instruments to be entered into by the Company in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the authority or ability of the Company to perform on a timely basis any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents or (iv) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document.

 

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(b)            Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Securities and to carry out its obligations in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities), have been duly authorized by the Company's board of directors and no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its board of directors or its shareholders or other governmental body. This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party will be prior to the Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law.

 

(c)            Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock, share capital or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or share capital of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

(d)            Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Securities is duly authorized and, upon issuance and payment in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Securities shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances (the “Liens”) with respect to the issuance thereof.

 

(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 hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities) will not (i) result in a violation of the articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of incorporation or formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any shares, capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) subject to the Required Filings (as defined below), conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, or decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including, without limitation, U.S. federal and state securities laws and regulations, the securities laws of the jurisdictions of the Company's incorporation or in which it or its subsidiaries operate and the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Principal Market”) and including all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the Cayman Islands) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of (ii) and (iii) for any conflict, default, right or violation that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(f)            Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 5(b) and Section 5(c) of this Agreement; (ii) the filing with the SEC of a report on form 6-K regarding the transaction contemplated hereby, (iii) notification(s) and/or application to the Principal Market for the issuance and listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Filings”).

 

(g)            Equity Capitalization.

 

(i).Authorized and Issued Share Capital. As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of the Company is US$10,000,000 divided into 40,000,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00025 each, comprising (a) 38,000,000,000 class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00025 each and (b) 2,000,000,000 class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00025 each, of which 30,096,197 Class A Ordinary Shares and 2,000,000 Class B ordinary shares are issued and outstanding.

 

(ii).Valid Issuance; Available Shares. All of such issued and outstanding ordinary shares are duly authorized and have been validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such issued and outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. None of the Securities will be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any securities of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue Class A Ordinary Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Buyers). No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the board of directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities other than in connection with the Required Filings. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. There are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any Class A Ordinary Share or the capital stock or share capital of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Class A Ordinary Share or Class A Ordinary Share equivalents or capital stock or share capital of any Subsidiary. there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock or share appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. There are no stockholders' agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s share capital to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

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(h)            SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all SEC Reports since December 16, 2024. The Company is not and has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for 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, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

(i)            Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as set forth in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the SEC, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any of its share capital and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock or share option plans, existing employment agreements or existing director offer letters. The Company does not have pending before the SEC any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in the SEC Reports, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Business Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

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(j)            Litigation. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”). None of the Actions set forth in the SEC Reports, (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or threatened, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

(k)            Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)            Compliance. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any material statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)            Reserved.

 

(n)            Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(o)            Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries, and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

(p)            Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, except where such expiration, termination or abandonment would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(q)            Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

 

(r)            Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, shareholder member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock or share option agreements under any stock or share option plan of the Company.

 

(s)            Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient 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 action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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(t)            Certain Fees. Except for fees payable to the Placement Agent, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions 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 with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Buyers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(u)            Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(v)            Registration Rights. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(v), no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(w)            Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Class A Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Principal Market on which the Class A Ordinary Share is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Principal Market. Except as set forth in the Schedule 3(w), the Company is, and has no other reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Class A Ordinary Shares are currently eligible for electronic transfer through DTC or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to DTC (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

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(x)            Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s memorandum and articles of association (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Buyers as a result of the Buyers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Buyers’ ownership of the Securities.

 

(y)            Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided each Buyer or any of its agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information which is not otherwise disclosed in the SEC Reports. The Company understands and confirms that each Buyer will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to each Buyer regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do and the SEC Reports, are true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees each Buyer does not make or have made any representations or warranty with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2 hereof.

 

(z)            No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of each Buyer’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 2, 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 in any securities or solicited any offers to buy any securities under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require registration under the Securities Act of the issuance of the Securities to such Buyer, or (ii) any shareholder approval provisions applicable to the Company or its securities.

 

(aa)          Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

 

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(bb)          Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, 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 any Subsidiary (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 FCPA.

 

(cc)          Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is Wei, Wei &Co., LLP. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

 

(dd)          Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement Agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

(ee)          Stock or Share Option Plans. Each stock or share option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock or share option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock or share option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Class A Ordinary Share on the date such stock or share option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock or share option granted under the Company’s stock or share option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock or share options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock or share options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

(ff)          Cybersecurity. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (i) there has been no material security breach of or relating to any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of its respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of it), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”), (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not been notified of, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any material security breach to its IT Systems and Data, (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and Data, and (v) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology.

 

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(gg)          Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

(hh)          U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Buyer’s request.

 

(ii)            Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the issued and outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

(jj)          Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

(kk)          Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Buyers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Buyers as contemplated hereby.

 

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(ll)            No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to each Buyer and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

(mm)          Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of arm’s length Buyer with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that each Buyer is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any statement made by each Buyer or any of its respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is not advice or a recommendation and is merely incidental to each Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the Company and its representatives.

 

(nn)          Solvency. The Company (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) is solvent (i.e., (i) its assets have a fair saleable market value in excess of the amount required to pay its probable liabilities on its existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid) and currently the Company has no information that would lead it to reasonably conclude that the Company would not, after giving effect to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, have the ability to, nor does it intend to take any action that would impair its ability to, pay its debts from time to time incurred in connection therewith as such debts mature. The Company’s financial statements for its most recent fiscal year end and interim financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3(nn) set forth as of the date hereof 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” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $250,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) 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 consolidated 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 (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $250,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

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(oo)            Bad Actor Disqualification.

 

(i) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder, if any, in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Placement Agent and the Buyers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

(ii) Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any Person that (i) has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of Buyers in connection with the sale of the Securities and (ii) who is subject to a Disqualification Event.

 

(iii) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Placement Agent in writing of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person, prior to any Closing of this offering.

 

(pp)          Compliance with Data Privacy Laws. (i) The Company and the Subsidiaries are, and at all times during the last three (3) years were, in material compliance with all applicable state, federal and foreign data privacy and security laws and regulations, (collectively, the “Privacy Laws”); (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries have in place, comply with, and take appropriate steps reasonably designed to ensure compliance with their policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security and the collection, storage, use, disclosure, handling and analysis of Personal Data (as defined below) (the “Policies”); (iii) the Company provides accurate notice of its applicable Policies to its customers, employees, third party vendors and representatives as required by the Privacy Laws; and (iv) applicable Policies provide accurate and sufficient notice of the Company’s then-current privacy practices relating to its subject matter, and do not contain any material omissions of the Company’s then-current privacy practices, as required by Privacy Laws. “Personal Data” means (i) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, email address, photograph, social security number, bank information, or customer or account number; any information which would qualify as “personally identifying information” under the FTC, as amended; (iii) “personal data” as defined by Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021); and (iv)any other piece of information that allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any identifiable data related to an identified person’s health or sexual orientation. (i) None of such disclosures made or contained in any of the Policies have been inaccurate, misleading, or deceptive in violation of any Privacy Laws and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents will not result in a breach of any Privacy Laws or Policies. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries (i) to the knowledge of the Company, has received written notice of any actual or potential liability of the Company or the Subsidiaries under, or actual or potential violation by the Company or the Subsidiaries of, any of the Privacy Laws; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any regulatory request or demand pursuant to any Privacy Law; or (iii) is a party to any order, decree, or agreement by or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority that imposed any obligation or liability under any Privacy Law.

 

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(qq)          Foreign Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

(rr)          PFIC Status. Based on the past and projected composition of its income and assets, and the valuation of its assets, including goodwill, the Company does not expect to be a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) as defined in Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for its current taxable year or in the foreseeable future.

 

(ss)          Payments in Foreign Currency. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, under the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands and such jurisdictions where the Subsidiaries were incorporated in, (i) subject to solvency, none of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from (A) paying any dividends or making any other distributions on its share capital, (B) making or repaying any loan or advance to the Company or any other Subsidiary or (C) transferring any of its properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary; and (ii) all dividends and other distributions declared and payable upon the share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) may be converted into United States dollars, that may be freely transferred out of such entity’s jurisdiction of incorporation, without the consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any court or governmental agency or body in such entity’s jurisdiction of incorporation or tax residence; and (B) are not and will not be subject to withholding, value added or other taxes under the currently effective laws and regulations of such entity’s jurisdiction of incorporation, without the necessity of obtaining any consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, clearances or qualifications of or with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such entity, except as, in each case, disclosed in SEC Reports.

 

(tt)          Foreign Tax Compliance. Except as otherwise disclosed in the SEC Reports, no transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction, transfer or withholding taxes or duties are payable in the PRC, Hong Kong or the Cayman Islands to any PRC, Hong Kong or Cayman Islands taxing authority in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities, and the delivery of the Securities to or for the account of the Investors; provided that, in respect of the Cayman Islands, the documents in connection therewith are not executed in, brought to, or produced before a court of the Cayman Islands.

 

(uu)          Reserved.

 

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(vv)          Reserved.

 

(ww)          Reserved.

 

(xx)            Compliance with Rules of Trading Market. On or prior to the date hereof, the Company has taken all actions required pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5615(a)(3) to duly and validly rely on the exemption for foreign private issuers from applicable rules and regulations of the Nasdaq by adopting the home country practice (the “Home Country Practice”) in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder (including an exemption from any Nasdaq rules that would otherwise require seeking shareholder approval in respect of such transactions). The Company’s practices in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder are not prohibited by its home country’s laws Company has elected to be governed by home country rules, such that Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) will not apply to Company.

 

(yy)          Outbound Investment Representations and Warranties. The Company is not a “covered foreign person” under 31 C.F.R. § 850.209. Furthermore, Company does not currently engage, and has no intention to engage, in any “covered activity” or “covered transaction” (as defined in 31 C.F.R. §§ 850.208 and 850.210) that would result in a “notifiable transaction” or a “prohibited transaction” (as defined in 31 C.F.R. § 850.217 and 850.224), or that would otherwise violate, or cause Buyer to violate, any “Outbound Investment Law.” For purposes of this Agreement, “Outbound Investment Law” refers to any legal requirement related to the “Outbound Investment Regulations” (31 C.F.R. §§ 850.101–850.904) and Executive Order 14105.

 

4.LEGEND.

 

(a)            The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with the state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Buyer or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have obligations of a Buyer under this Agreement.

 

(b)            Each Buyer understands that until such time as the Securities have been registered under the Securities Act or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A under the Securities Act, Regulation S, or other applicable exemption without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the Securities may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such Securities):

 

“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.”

 

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The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Buyer may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Buyer may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Buyer’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder.

 

(c)            The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate or book entry statement for the applicable Class A Ordinary Shares without such legend to the holder of any Securities upon which it is stamped or (as requested by such holder) issue the applicable Class A Ordinary Shares to such holder by electronic delivery by crediting the account of such holder’s broker with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a) such Securities are registered for sale under an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A, Regulation S, or other applicable exemption without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, and (b) upon receipt of a customary representation letter or other documentation from the Buyers that the Company may reasonably request, the Company shall cause its counsel to provide an opinion of counsel to the transfer agent or the Buyer promptly after the Effective Date (as defined below) if required by the transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder, or if requested by a Buyer, respectively. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with any such issuance. The Company agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4(b), the Company will, no later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Business Days, and (ii) the number of Business Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) following the delivery by a Buyer to the Company or the transfer agent of evidence of book-entry delivery of the Securities or a certificate or book entry statement representing Securities, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend and a customary representation letter from the Buyer that the Company may reasonably request (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Buyer a book entry statement representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the transfer agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent to the Buyer by crediting the account of the Buyer’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Buyer. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Business Days, on the Company’s primary Principal Market with respect to the Class A Ordinary Share as in effect on the date of book entry on the records of the Company as owner of the Securities, as applicable, or delivery of a certificate or book entry statement representing Securities issued with a restrictive legend.

 

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(d)            Each Buyer, severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, agrees that such Buyer will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates or book entry statement representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.

 

(e)               In addition to such Buyer’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Buyer, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Securities (based on the VWAP of the Class A Ordinary Share on the date such Securities are submitted to the transfer agent) requested for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4(c), $10 per Business Day (increasing to $20 per Business Day five (5) Business Days after the Legend Removal Date) for each Business Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate or book entry statement is delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Buyer by the Legend Removal Date a certificate or book entry statement representing the Securities so delivered to the Company by such Buyer that is free from all restrictive and other legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Buyer purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Class A Ordinary Share to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Buyer of all or any portion of the Share equal to all or any portion of the number of Securities that such Buyer anticipated receiving number of Class A Ordinary Shares, or a sale of a number of Class A Ordinary shares from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Buyer’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Class A Ordinary Shares so purchased (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the Purchase Price per share. “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded), during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). The Buyer shall provide screenshots of the VWAP from Bloomberg within one (1) Business Day following the Legend Removal Date. If the Buyer fails to provide such screenshot or if the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the closing price published by the Principal Market.

 

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5.COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

 

(a)            Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use (i) $246,142.24 of the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities for payment pursuant to certain Standstill Agreement by and between the Company and Streeterville Capital, LLC, dated March 18, 2026 (the “Streeterville Standstill Agreement”), and (ii) the remaining net proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general working capital and other general corporate purposes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the transactions contemplated herein, except as set forth in this Section 5(a), (i) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (ii) for the redemption of any Class A Ordinary Shares or Class A Ordinary Shares equivalents, (iii) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation, (iv) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations, or (v) to repay any loans to any executives or employees of the Company.

 

(b)            Form D; Blue Sky Laws. If applicable, the Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities if required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Buyer. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for sale to such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “blue sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to such Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)            Registration Right.

 

(i).Within 30 calendar days from the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 or F-3 registering for the resale by the Buyers of the Securities sold pursuant to this Agreement (the “Resale Registration Statement”) for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, within 60 calendar days following the date of filing with the SEC (or 150 calendar days following the date of filing with the SEC in the event of a “full review” by the SEC) (the “Effective Date”) and to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until (a) the Securities purchased in this private placement have been disposed of by the Buyers in accordance with such effective Resale Registration Statement, or (b) such Securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without a current public information requirement pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter issued by the counsel to the Company to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the transfer agent and the affected Buyers. The Company shall immediately notify the Buyers via e-mail of the effectiveness of a Resale Registration Statement on the same Business Day that the Company receives confirmation of effectiveness from the SEC. If required, the Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day after the Effective Date of such Resale Registration Statement, file a final prospectus with the SEC as required by Rule 424.

 

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(ii).If: (i) the Resale Registration Statement, or if applicable, an additional registration statement, is not filed on or prior to the Filing Deadline (if the Company files the Resale Registration Statement or an additional registration statement without affording the Buyers the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required herein, or the Company subsequently withdraws the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i) as of the Filing Deadline (notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if the Company provides the Resale Registration Statement or an additional registration statement to the Buyers and the Buyers do not complete their review or provide confirmation within two Business Days, the Company may proceed with the filing, which may be deemed as filing prior to the Filing Deadline and (b) if the Buyers provide comments within such two-business-day period, the Company shall be entitled to a one-business-day extension to the Filing Deadline), (ii) the Company fails to file with the SEC a request for acceleration of a Resale Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, within five (5) Business Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Resale Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review or (iii) prior to the effective date of a Resale Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the SEC in respect of such Resale Registration Statement within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the SEC that such amendment is required in order for such Resale Registration Statement to be declared effective (provided, that the foregoing clause shall not apply with respect to any amendment required to be filed in response to any oral or written comments by the SEC related to insufficient authorized shares and/or requisite stockholder approval), (iv) the SEC has indicated they will not review a Resale Registration Statement registering for resale all of the Securities, and such Resale Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC by the Effective Date of the Resale Registration Statement or an additional registration statement; or (v) after the effective date of a Resale Registration Statement, such Resale Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Securities included in such Resale Registration Statement, other than up to three instances, for not more than sixty (60) consecutive calendar days and not more than an aggregate of one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i) and (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five (5) Business Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iii) the date which such ten (10) Business Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iv) the date on which such ninety (90) or one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Buyers may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the earliest of (x) the applicable Event is cured, (y) the Securities purchased in this private placement have been disposed of by the Buyers in accordance with such effective Resale Registration Statement, or (z) such Securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without a current public information requirement pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter issued by the counsel to the Company to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the transfer agent and the affected Buyers, the Company shall pay to each Buyer an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of 12.0% multiplied by the aggregate amount paid by such Buyer pursuant to this Agreement. The parties agree that the maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to a Buyer under this Agreement shall be 20.0% of the aggregate amount paid by such Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, irrespective of the number of Events occurring. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

 

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(iii).Registration Expenses. In connection with any registration of Securities pursuant to Section 5(c), the Company shall, whether or not any such registration shall become effective, from time to time, pay all expenses incident to its performance of or compliance, including, without limitation, all registration, and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, word processing, printing and copying expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent public accountants and other Persons retained by the Company.

 

(d)             Furnishing of Information; Public Information.

 

(i).Until the earliest of the time that no Buyer owns Securities, the Company covenants to use its commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

(ii).At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i) shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Buyer’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Buyer, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the applicable Securities, an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of the Applicable Amount on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required  for the Buyers to transfer the Securities pursuant to Rule 144. “Applicable Amount” means the pro rata amount of such Buyer’s aggregate Subscription Amount in relation to the Securities held by such Buyer on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day thereafter until the earlier of the cure of such Public Information Failure or such time that public information is no longer required under Rule 144 for transfer. The payments to which a Buyer shall be entitled pursuant to this Section are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.”  Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured.  Nothing herein shall limit such Buyer’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Buyer shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

(e)            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 Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Principal Market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

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(f)            Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall file a report on Form 6-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the SEC by the Disclosure Time. From and after the filing of such Form 6-K, the Company represents to the Buyers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, nonpublic information delivered to any of the Buyers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the filing of such Form 6-K, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, on the one hand, and any of the Buyers or any of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate and be of no further force or effect. The Company understands and confirms that each Buyer shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. The Company and each Buyer shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Buyer shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Buyer, or without the prior consent of each Buyer, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Buyer, or include the name of any Buyer in any filing with the SEC or any regulatory agency or Principal Market, without the prior written consent of such Buyer, except (a) as required (i) by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the SEC and (ii) in any registration statement contemplated by this Agreement and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Principal Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Buyers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b) and reasonably cooperate with such Buyer regarding such disclosure. “Disclosure Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Business Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on any Business Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately following the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Buyers, and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Buyers.

 

(g)            Stockholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Buyer is an “acquiring person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Buyer could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Buyers.

 

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(h)            Nonpublic Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 5(f), the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Buyer or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material nonpublic information, unless prior thereto such Buyer shall have consented in writing to the receipt of such information and agreed in writing with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Buyer shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates delivers any material, nonpublic information to a Buyer without such Buyer’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Buyer shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, not to trade on the basis of, such material, nonpublic information, provided that the Buyer shall remain subject to applicable law. The Buyer hereby waives all notice provisions under any Transaction Document that would reasonably be considered material non-public information if provided. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously with the delivery of such notice file such notice with the SEC pursuant to a report on Form 6-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Buyer shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

(i)            Indemnification of the Buyers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5(i), the Company will indemnify and hold the Buyer and its directors, officers, stockholders, 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 Buyer (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, stockholders, 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 persons (each, a “Buyer 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, documented and actually incurred attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation (including local counsel, if retained) that any such Buyer Party may suffer or incur to the extent arising out of (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 (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or agreed in a final settlement) or (b) any action instituted against the Buyer Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Buyer Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Buyer Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Buyer Party may have with any such stockholder, any violations by such Buyer Party of state and federal securities laws, or any conduct by such Buyer Party which constitutes fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence). If any action shall be brought against any Buyer Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Buyer Party shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Buyer Party. Any Buyer Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Buyer Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Buyer Party, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Buyer Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel for such Buyer (in addition to local counsel, if retained). The Company will not be liable to any Buyer Party under this Agreement (x) for any settlement by a Buyer Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (y) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Buyer Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Buyer Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Buyer Party. The Buyer Parties shall have the right to settle any action against any of them by the payment of money provided that they cannot agree to any equitable relief and the Company, its officers, directors and Affiliates receive unconditional releases in customary form and such settlement does not impose any liability or obligation on the Company without its prior written consent. The indemnification required by this Section 5(i) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Buyer Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to.

 

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(j)            Listing of Class A Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Class A Ordinary Shares on the Principal Market on which they are currently listed. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Class A Ordinary Shares on a Principal Market and will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Principal Market. For so long as the Company maintains a listing or quotation of the Class A Ordinary Shares, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the eligibility of the Class A Ordinary Shares for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the DTC or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

(k)            Equal Treatment of Buyers. No consideration (including any modification of this Agreement) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to this Agreement. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Buyer by the Company and negotiated separately by each Buyer, and is intended for the Company to treat the Buyers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Buyers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

 

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(l)            Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Buyer, severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the Form 6-K as described in Section 5(d). Each Buyer, severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the Form 6-K as described in Section 5(d), such Buyer will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules (other than as disclosed to its legal and other representatives). Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Buyer makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the Form 6-K as described in Section 5(d), (ii) no Buyer shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the Form 6-K as described in Section 5(d) and (iii) no Buyer shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, or agent, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, after the issuance of the Form 6-K as described in Section 5(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Buyer that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Buyer’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Buyer’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.

 

(m)            Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents shall be performed in accordance with their terms; provided that nothing herein shall (i) limit the Company’s rights to assert defenses available under the Transaction Documents or applicable law or (ii) limit the Company’s rights to bring claims or counterclaims in the event of a breach by any Buyer or the Placement Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s obligations shall not be affected solely by the dilutive effect of the issuance of the Securities or any claims by the Company’s other shareholders relating to such dilution.

 

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(n)            The Company has entered into that certain standstill agreement with Streeterville Capital, LLC, which agreement provides for a standstill period of at least four (4) months from the date thereof. The Company shall keep the Streeterville Standstill Agreement in full force and effect through the expiration of the standstill period thereunder, shall comply in all material respects with its obligations thereunder, and shall not amend, modify, waive, terminate or otherwise impair the effectiveness of such agreement without the prior written consent of the Buyers.

 

6.Reserved.

 

7.CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.

 

The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Securities to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:

 

(a)            Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents (including the exhibits attached hereto and thereto) to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

 

(b)            Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Securities being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

(c)            The representations and warranties of such Buyer and each other Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date), and such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer and each other Buyer at or prior to such Closing Date.

 

8.CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

 

The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Securities at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

 

(a)            The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer and the Placement Agent each of the Transaction Documents (including the exhibits attached hereto and thereto) to which it is a party;

 

(b)            Trading in the Class A Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended, from the date hereof to the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Principal Market, 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 of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Buyer, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing;

 

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(c)            The Company shall deliver to each Buyer and the Placement Agent the Company’s wire instructions, on Company letterhead and executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer;

 

(d)            The Company shall deliver to each Buyer and the Placement Agent a copy of the Irrevocable Instructions to the Company’s transfer agent instructing the transfer agent to deliver via a certificate, or book entry statement evidencing the number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to such Buyer’s Subscription Amount divided by the Purchase Price per share (the “Irrevocable Instructions”);

 

(e)            The Company shall deliver to each Buyer and the Placement Agent a legal opinion of Company’s U.S. legal counsel, and Company’s Cayman Islands legal counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to and the Placement Agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent and its counsel, covering such matters as are customary in transactions of this nature; 

 

(f)            The Company shall deliver to each Buyer and the Placement Agent a duly executed and delivered Certificate of the Secretary of the Company, in customary form reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers, the Placement Agent and any of their counsel;

 

(g)            The Company shall deliver to each Buyer and the Placement Agent a duly executed and delivered Certificate of an officer of the Company in customary form reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers, the Placement Agent and any of their counsel;

 

(h)            The Company shall deliver to each Buyer and the Placement Agent a duly executed and delivered Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in customary form reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers, the Placement Agent and any of their counsel;

 

(i)            The Company shall deliver to each Buyer and the Placement Agent a copy of the certificate of good standing of the Company issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands, dated as of a recent date prior to the Closing Date;

 

(j)            there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;

 

(k)            all necessary corporate approvals have been obtained; and

 

(l)            The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date), and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to such Closing Date.

 

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9.TERMINATION.

 

In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred within five (5) Business Days following the date hereof, then such Buyer shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement with respect to itself, upon written notice to the Company, only at any time on or after the close of business on such date without liability of such Buyer to any other party and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Buyers; provided, however, the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Securities shall be applicable only to such Buyer providing such written notice, provided further that no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Company under this Agreement to reimburse such Buyer for the expenses described herein and the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties). The Company shall have a corresponding right, upon written notice to any Buyer that has failed to perform its obligations required to consummate the Closing within such five (5) Business Day period, to terminate this Agreement with respect to such non-performing Buyer only, without liability to any other Buyer and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Buyers; provided that such termination shall not affect the Company’s right to seek remedies for any breach by such Buyer. Nothing contained in this Section 9 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

10.MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)            Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or under any of the other Transaction Documents or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Buyer from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company's obligations to such Buyer or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of such Buyer. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

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(b)            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature page shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an original thereof.

 

(c)            Headings; Gender. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms "including," "includes," "include" and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words "without limitation." The terms "herein," "hereunder," "hereof" and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.

 

(d)            Entire Agreement, Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between any Buyer, the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and Buyers which purchased at least 67% in interest of the Securities based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder (or, prior to the Closing, the Company and each Buyer), provided, however, that the foregoing does not limit the ability of an individual Buyer to waive compliance of a provision by the Company solely with respect to such Buyer. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, no amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement effected without the consent of a Buyer shall be effective against such Buyer unless such amendment, termination, or waiver applies to all Buyers in the same fashion. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Buyer relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Buyers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Buyer. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section shall be binding upon each Buyer and holder of Securities and the Company.

 

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(e)            Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing by letter and email and will be deemed to have been delivered: upon the later of (A) either (i) receipt, when delivered personally or (ii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next-day international delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same and (B) receipt, when sent by electronic mail. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC pursuant to a report on Form 6-K. The addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company, to: NETCLASS TECHNOLOGY INC
 

Unit 11-03, ABI Plaza,

11 Keppel Road, Singapore 089057

Attn: Jianbiao Dai

Telephone: + 65 91821823

Email: [      ]

 

With Copy to:

Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP

366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10017

Telephone: 212-588-0022

Attn: Mengyi “Jason” Ye, Esq.
E-Mail: jye@orllp.legal

   
If to a Buyer, to its address and e-mail address as set forth on the signature page hereof.
   

 

or to such other address, email address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) electronically generated by the sender's e-mail service provider containing the time, date, recipient e-mail address or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

(f)            Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Buyer. In connection with any transfer of any or all of its Securities, a Buyer may assign all, or a portion, of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with such Securities without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such transferred Securities.

 

(g)            No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

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(h)            Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Placement Agent shall be the third party beneficiary of the representations, warranties, and covenants of the Company in this Agreement and the representations, warranties, and covenants of the Buyers in this Agreement. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in this Section.

 

(i)            Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the issue and allotment of the Securities.

 

(j)            Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers 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 Buyer 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 Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Buyer has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Buyers 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 any of the Buyers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Buyer, solely, and not between the Company and the Buyers collectively and not between and among the Buyers.

 

(k)            Adjustment. each and every reference to share prices and Class A Ordinary Share in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, share consolidations and other similar transactions relating to the Class A Ordinary Share that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

COMPANY: 

   
  NETCLASS TECHNOLOGY INC
   
  By:  
  Name: Jianbiao Dai
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

         
     
(Amount of Subscription in USD)   (Name of Buyer – Please type or print)
     
         
Number of Class A Ordinary Shares   (Signature of Authorized Signatory of Buyer)
     
         
    (Name of Authorized Signatory)
     
         
    (Title of Authorized Signatory)
     
         
    (Address of Buyer)
     
         
        (City, State/Province, Zip code/Postal Code of Buyer)
     
         
    (Country of Buyer)
     
         
    (Email Address of Buyer)
     
         
    (Tax ID of Buyer)

 

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Exhibit A

 

Accredited Investor / Non-U.S. Person Certification

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Shareholder Notice and Questionnaire