Document:

Transfer Agent and Registrar Agreement

    
      
        

        

        Exhibit
          10.1 Transfer Agent & Registrar Agreement

        

        AGREEMENT

         

        This
          agreement made and entered into the 19th day of January 2007, by and between
          Action
          Stock Transfer Corporation hereinafter
          referred to as Action
          and
          Siga
          Resources, Inc.
          hereinafter referred to as the Company. 

         

        WHEREFORE:
          

         

        1.
          Action
          shall be
          and is hereby appointed Transfer Agent and Registrar for the securities
          of the
          Company. 

         

        2.
          An
          authorized officer of the Company shall file the following with Action
          before
Action
          commences to act as Transfer Agent: 

         

        A.
          A copy
          of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and all amendments thereto,
          and
          a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation as issued by the State of
          Incorporation. 

         

        B.
          A copy
          of the by-laws of the Company incorporating all amendments thereto.

         

        C.
          Specimens of all forms of outstanding certificates for securities of the
          Company, in the forms approved by the Board of Directors. 

         

        D.
          A list
          of all outstanding securities together with a statement that future transfers
          may be made without restriction on all securities, except as to securities
          subject to a restriction noted on the face of said securities and in the
          corporate stock records. 

         

        E.
          A list
          of all shareholders deemed to be considered "insiders" or "control persons"
          as
          defined in the Securities Act of 1933 & 1934 and other acts of Congress and
          rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
          when applicable. 

         

        F.
          The
          names and specimen signatures of all officers who are and have been authorized
          to sign certificates for securities on behalf of the Company and the names
          and
          addresses of any other Transfer Agents or Registrars of securities of the
          Company. 

         

        G.
          A copy
          of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing
          the
          execution of this Agreement and approving the terms and conditions herein.
          

         

        H.
          His
          certificate as to the authorized and outstanding securities of the Company,
          its
          address to which notices may be sent, the names and specimen signatures
          of the
          Company's officers who are authorized to sign instructions or requests
          to the
          Transfer Agent on behalf of this Company, and the name and address of legal
          counsel to this Company. 

         

        I.
          In the
          event of any future amendment or change in respect of any of the foregoing,
          prompt written notification of such change, together with copies of all
          relevant
          resolutions, instruments or other documents, specimen signatures, certificates,
          opinions or the like as the Transfer Agent may deem necessary or appropriate.
          

         

         

        
          
             

          

          
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        3.
          Action,
          as
          Transfer Agent, shall make original issues of securities upon the written
          request of the Company and upon being furnished with a copy of a resolution
          of
          the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing such issue certified
          by the
          Corporate Secretary. 

         

        4.
          The
          Company hereby authorizes Action
          to
          purchase from time to time, certificates as may be needed by it to perform
          regular transfer duties; not to exceed 2,000 without prior written approval
          of
          the Company, with such costs being paid in advance by the Company. Such
          certificates shall be signed manually or by facsimile signatures of officers
          of
          the Company authorized by law or the by-laws of the Company to sign certificates
          and if required, shall bear the corporate seal of the Company or a facsimile
          thereof. 

         

        5.
          Transfer of securities shall be made and effected by Action
          and
          shall be registered and new certificates issued upon surrender of the old
          certificates, in form deemed by Action
          properly
          endorsed for transfer, with all necessary endorser's signatures guaranteed
          in
          such manner and form as Action
          requires
          by a guarantor reasonably believed by Action
          to be
          responsible accompanied by such assurances as Action
          shall
          deem necessary or appropriate to evidence the genuineness and effectiveness
          of
          such necessary endorsement, and satisfactory evidence of compliance with
          all
          applicable laws relating to collection of taxes, if any. That all transfer
          of
          securities and issuance and certificates shall be at a fee chargeable by
          Action
          at its
          discretion. Such fee to be paid by such person, persons, firms or corporations
          requesting such transfer. 

         

        6.
          In
          registering transfers, Action
          may rely
          upon the Uniform Commercial Code or any other statute which in the opinion
          of
          Counsel protects Action
          and the
          Company in not requiring complete documentation in registering transfer
          without
          inquiry into adverse claims, in delaying registration for purposes of such
          inquiry, or in refusing registration wherein its judgment and adverse claims
          require such refusal. The Company agrees to hold Action
          harmless
          from any liability resulting from instructions issued by the Company.

         

        7.
          When
          mail is used for delivery of certificates, Action
          shall
          forward certificates in "non- negotiable" form by first class, registered
          or
          certified mail. 

         

        8.
          Action,
          as
          Transfer Agent, may issue new certificates in place of certificates represented
          to have been lost, destroyed, or stolen, upon receiving indemnity satisfactory
          to Action,
          and may
          issue new certificates in exchange for, and upon surrender of mutilated
          certificates. 

         

        9.
          In
          case of any request of demand for the inspection of the records of the
          Company
          held by Action,
          Action
          shall
          endeavor to notify the Company and to secure instructions as to permitting
          or
          refusing such inspection. However, Action
          may
          exhibit such records to any person in any case where it is advised by its
          counsel that it may be held liable for failure to do so. 

         

        10.
          In
          case any officer of the Company who shall have signed manually or whose
          facsimile signature shall have been affixed to blank certificates shall
          die,
          resign, or be removed prior to the issuance of such certificates, Action
          may
          issue and register such certificates as the certificates of the Company
          notwithstanding such death, resignation, or removal; and the Company shall
          file
          promptly with Action
          such
          approval, adoption, or ratification as may be required by law. 

         

        11.
          Action
          shall
          maintain customary records in connection with its agency, all of which
          shall be
          available for inspection by the Company at all reasonable times. 

         

        12.
          Action
          is
          authorized by the Company to use its own judgment in matters affecting
          its
          duties as Transfer Agent, and in its discretion may apply to and act upon
          instructions of its own counsel or of the counsel of the Company in respect
          to
          any questions arising in connection with such agency, all legal fees to
          be at
          the expense of the Company and Action
          is
          hereby relieved of any responsibility to the Company and is indemnified
          by the
          Company as to any responsibility to third persons, for action taken in
          accordance with advice of such counselor its own judgment, remaining liable
          only
          for its own willful default or misconduct. 

         

         

        
          
             

          

          
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        13.
          Action
          shall be
          indemnified by the Company for any acts of Action
          based
          upon: 

         

        
          	 	
                  A.
                    Any paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine
                    and to have
                    been signed by the proper person or persons; and
                    

                

        

         

        
          	 	
                  B.
                    Its recognition of certificates which it reasonably believes
                    to bear the
                    proper manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of the
                    Company and
                    the proper counter-signature of the Transfer Agent.
                    

                

        

         

        14.
          Action
          shall
          not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any officer, employee
          or agent of the Company until receipt of written notification thereof from
          the
          Company. 

         

        15.
          So
          long as Action
          has
          acted in good faith and with due diligence and without negligence, the
          Company
          shall assume full responsibility and shall indemnify Action
          and save
          it harmless from and against all actions and suits, whether groundless
          or
          otherwise, and from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, charges,
          counsel fees, payments, expenses and liabilities arising directly or indirectly
          out of agency relationship to the Company. Action
          shall
          not be under any obligation to prosecute or to defend any action or suit
          in
          respect of such agency relationship which, in opinion of its counsel, may
          involve it in expense or liability, unless the Company shall, so often
          as
          reasonably requested, furnish Action
          with
          satisfactory indemnity against such expense or liability. Action
          shall be
          without liability to the Company, and is hereby indemnified from any liability
          to third persons, from Action's
          refusal
          to perform any act in connection with this agency, wherein reliance upon
          opinion
          of its counsel, Action
          in good
          faith believes that such act may subject it or its officers or employees
          to
          criminal liability or injunctive sanctions under any law of any state or
          of the
          United States, and in particular, under the Securities Act of 1933.

         

        16.
          The
          Company may remove Action
          as
          Transfer Agent at any time by giving a 30 day written notice in the form
          of a
          resolution from the Board of Directors calling for such removal (a copy
          of such
          resolution shall be furnished to Action)
          and
          upon the payment of any and all reasonable charges owing to Action.
          Action
          may resign as Transfer Agent at any time giving written notice of such
          resignation to the Company at its last known address, and thereupon its
          duties
          as Transfer Agent shall cease. 

         

        17.
          This
          agreement may not be assigned by Action
          without
          express written consent of the Company. 

         

        18.
          Action
          may,
          at
          its sole discretion, pay a finders fee to any person, persons or entity
          for
          referring the company to Action.
          Any
          finders fee agreement entered into by Action,
          which
          is directly related to this agreement between Action
          and
          the
          company, will be made available to the company for inspection upon written
          request. 

         

        19.
          Action
          may
          increase its transfer rates as it deems necessary, without notification
          to
          client. 

         

        20.
          The
          Company was chartered under the laws of the State of Nevada by Certificate
          of
          Incorporation filed in the office of the Secretary of State on the 13th
          day of
          February, 2007. 

         

        21.
          The
          total number of shares of each class of the securities which the Company
          is now
          authorized to issue and the number thereof now issued and outstanding is:
                  

         

        
          
             

          

          
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        A.
          Class:
          Common shares 

         

        B.
          Par
          Value: $0.001 

         

        C.
          Authorized: 300,000,000

         

        D.
          Issued
          and Outstanding: Nil

        

        22.
          The
          duly elected and qualified officers and directors of this Corporation,
          all
          owners of more than 10% of the Company’s outstanding stock (“principal
          shareholders") and all affiliates, as defined in SEC Rule 144(a)(1), are
          as
          follows: 

         

        

        
          	
                   

                  Title

                	
                   

                  Name
                    and Address

                	
                   

                  Signature

                
	 	 	
                   

                  (Required
                    only for

                  officers
                    and directors)

                
	
                  Chief
                    Executive Officer 

                  and
                    President

                	
                  8
                    Nairal Road

                  Ralwai,Suva,
                    Fiji

                	
                   

                  ARUN
                    KUMAR

                
	 	 	 
	
                  Chief
                    Financial Officer and Secretary Treasurer

                	
                  Narata,
                    Nausori, Fiji

                	
                  ROHIT
                    SINGH

                

        

         

         

        23.
          That
          the name, address, and phone number of Counsel to the Company is: 

         

        As
          of the
          date of this agreement the Company has not engaged the services of
          counsel. 

         

        24.
          That
          the address and phone number of the Company to which all communication
          are to be
          sent:

         

        8
          Nairal
          Road

        Ralwai,

        Suva,
          Fiji

         

        25.
          That
          the names and addresses of all past and present Transfer Agents (other
          than
Action)
          are:

         

        No
          previous transfer agent. 

         

        Agreed
          and entered into the day and year first written above. 

         

        

        
          	
                  Company: Siga
                    Resources, Inc.

                	
                  Action
                    Stock Transfer Corporation

                
	 	 
	
                  By: ARUN
                    KUMAR

                	
                  By: JUSTEENE
                    BLANKENSHIP

                
	
                  Arun
                    Kumar - President

                	
                  President

                

        

         

        

        

        

        
          
             

          

          
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    AMENDMENT
      NO. 1

     

    TO

     

    RIGHTS
      AGREEMENT

     

    THIS
      AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of September 5, 2007 (this "Amendment") to the
      Rights Agreement dated as of March 13, 2000 (the "Agreement") by and
      between CPI Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
      Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor rights agent to Harris Trust
      and
      Savings Bank (the "Rights Agent"), is entered into with reference to the
      following:

     

    WHEREAS,
      in accordance with Section 27 of the Agreement, the Board of Directors of
      the Company has authorized the amendment and restatement of certain provisions
      of the Agreement as described below; and

     

    WHEREAS,
      in accordance with Section 19 of the Agreement, the Rights Agent is a federally
      chartered trust company that has succeeded to the corporate trust business
      of
      Harris Trust and Savings Bank,

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. agree that the Rights Agent
      shall act as the successor rights agent under the Agreement and that notice
      shall be provided by the Company if required pursuant to the Agreement;
      and

     

    WHEREAS,
      capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings
      assigned to them in the Agreement.

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
      which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties
      hereto agree as follows:

     

    1.    Amendment
      of Definition of Acquiring Person.  Section 1(a) of the Agreement
      is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     

    (a).    "ACQUIRING
      PERSON" shall mean any Person (as hereinafter defined) who or which, together
      with all Affiliates and Associates (as such terms are hereinafter defined)
      of
      such Person, shall hereafter become the Beneficial Owner (as such term is
      hereinafter defined) of 20% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding,
      but
      shall not include the Company, any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) of the
      Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
      Company, any Person or entity organized, appointed, or established by the
      Company pursuant to any such plan, or any Exempt Person (as hereinafter
      defined).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person or group shall
      become an "Acquiring Person" as the result of an acquisition of Common Shares
      by
      the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases
      the
      proportionate number of shares beneficially owned by such Person or group to
      20%
      or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding; provided, however,
      that if a Person or group shall become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more
      of
      the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding by reason of such an
      acquisition by the Company and shall, after such acquisition, become the
      Beneficial Owner of any additional Common Shares, then such Person or group
      shall be deemed to be an "Acquiring Person."  Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, if the Board determines that a person who would otherwise be an
      "Acquiring Person," as defined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
      paragraph (a), has become such inadvertently,  and such Person divests
      as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of Common Shares so that such
      Person would no longer be an "Acquiring Person," as defined pursuant to the
      foregoing provisions of this paragraph (a), then such Person shall not be deemed
      to be an "Acquiring Person" for any purposes of this Agreement.

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
        

      

      
         
    2.    Addition
        of Definition of Exempt Person.  The Agreement is amended to add
        the following as new Sections 1(o), (p), (q) and (r) to be read in their
        entirety as follows:

    

     

    (o)     “EXEMPT
      PERSON” shall mean the Knightspoint Group (as hereinafter defined), provided,
      however, that (i) the members of the Knightspoint Group do not directly or
      indirectly, in the aggregate, acquire Common Shares if, as a result, the
      Knightspoint Group would become the Beneficial Owners of 30% or more of the
      Common Shares then outstanding (excluding any shares or any options granted
      pursuant to the Company's stock option plans or any shares acquired upon the
      exercise of such stock options by members of the Knightspoint Group and/or
      their
      Affiliates or Associates), (ii) each Person who ceases to be a member of the
      Core Knightspoint Group does not acquire Common Shares if, as a result, such
      Person would become, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of more than
      the greater of (x) the percentage of the Common Shares outstanding that such
      Person Beneficially Owned immediately after it ceased to be a member of the
      Core
      Knightspoint Group and (y) 20% of the Common Shares  outstanding;
      (iii) each Person who is or ever becomes a member of the Knightspoint Group
      delivers to the Secretary of the Company, on the date that is the latest of
      (a)
      September 5, 2007, (b) the date upon which such Person becomes a member of
      the
      Knightspoint Group and (c) the date upon which such Person first becomes the
      direct Beneficial Owner of any Common Shares, an Irrevocable Proxy and Agreement
      substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit D hereto which shall (1) grant
      an
      irrevocable proxy to the Secretary of the Company to vote from time to time
      the
      Pro Rata Shares owned by such Person, (2) contain an affirmative covenant by
      such Person that it will never acquire Common Shares if, as a result, the number
      of Common Shares directly or indirectly Beneficially Owned by all members of
      the
      Knightspoint Group in the aggregate would be equal to 30% or more of the Common
      Shares outstanding and (3) contain an affirmative covenant by such Person (if
      such Person was previously a member of the Core Knightspoint Group) that it
      will
      comply with clause (ii) of this sentence; (iv) no member of the Knightspoint
      Group votes (whether at a meeting of shareholders or by written consent) any
      of
      its Pro Rata Shares in opposition to any recommendation of the Board of
      Directors of the Company; and (v) no member of the Knightspoint Group takes
      any
      legal action in a court of law to contest the validity of the Irrevocable Proxy
      and Agreement described in clause (iii) of this sentence. Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, in the event that the Knightspoint Group shall fail (for any reason
      and without regard to the fault or lack of fault of any particular member of
      the
      Knightspoint Group) to comply with clause (i) of this paragraph after having
      become an Exempt Person, the Knightspoint Group shall not be disqualified from
      Exempt Person status as a result of such breach of clause (i); provided, that
      the Knightspoint Group cures such breach within five (5) days after written
      notice identifying such breach from the Company to the members of the
      Knightspoint Group of which the Company is aware. In the event that the
      Knightspoint Group shall fail (for any reason and without regard to the fault
      or
      lack of fault of any particular member of the Knightspoint Group) to comply
      with
      clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this paragraph, then during the period
      in
      which the breach is outstanding, the Knightspoint Group shall not vote any
      Common Shares Beneficially Owned by any of them in opposition to the
      recommendations of the Board of Directors of the Company without the approval
      of
      the Company.  The Irrevocable Proxy and Agreement described in clause
      (iii) of this paragraph shall remain in full force and effect until termination
      of the Rights Agreement.

     

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    (p)
“EXCESS
      SHARES” shall mean the
      amount of Common Shares directly or indirectly Beneficially Owned by the
      Knightspoint Group in excess of 20% of the voting power of the outstanding
      Common Shares.

     

    (q)
“KNIGHTSPOINT
      GROUP” shall mean all
      of the following combined: (i) David M. Meyer and the Persons with which he
      is a
      Beneficial Owner and any Person who is an Affiliate of Mr. Meyer, including
      those Persons with which Mr. Meyer files a Schedule 13D under the Exchange
      Act
      (the “Core Knightspoint Group”); (ii) any Person who was (for any length of
      time) a member of the Core Knightspoint Group on or after September 5, 2007;
      and
      (iii) any Person who is a Beneficial Owner with or Affiliate of (including
      by
      virtue of jointly filing a Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act) any member
      of
      the Core Knightspoint Group or any Person described in clause (ii) of this
      sentence.

     

    (r)
“PRO
      RATA SHARES” means, with
      respect to any Person that is a member of the Knightspoint Group, the number
      of
      Common Shares at any given time equal to the following: (i) the number of Common
      Shares directly Beneficially Owned by such Person divided by (ii) the aggregate
      number of Common Shares directly or indirectly Beneficially Owned by all members
      of the Knightspoint Group multiplied by (iii) the number of Excess Shares;
      provided, however, that the aggregate sum of all Pro Rata Shares at any given
      time for all members of the Knightspoint Group shall always be equal to the
      number of Excess Shares, and the foregoing calculation shall be adjusted on
      a
      pro rata basis to account for any member of the Knightspoint Group that fails
      to
      comply with the requirement described in Section 1(o)(iii) or to correct for
      any
      other anomaly that may result in the foregoing calculation causing the aggregate
      sum of all Pro Rata Shares at any given time for all members of the Knightspoint
      Group not to be equal to the number of Excess Shares.

     

    3.    Amendment
      of Section 2.  Section 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended to add
      the following to the end of the last sentence:

     

    “,
      upon
      ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Rights Agent.  The Rights
      Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and in no event be liable for, the acts
      or omissions of any such co-rights agents.”

    

     

    4.    Amendment
      of Section 18.  Section 18 of the Agreement is hereby amended to
      delete the word “negligence” and replace it in its entirety with “gross
      negligence”.

     

           
      5.    Amendment of
      Section 20.  Section 20(c) of the Agreement is hereby a mended to
      delete the word “negligence” and replace it in its entirety with “gross
      negligence”

     

    6.      Amendment
      of Section
      21.  Section 21 of the Agreement is hereby amended to insert the
      following sentence after the second sentence:

     

    “In
      the
      event the transfer agency relationship in effect between the Company and the
      Rights Agent terminates, the Rights Agent will be deemed to resign automatically
      on the effective date of such termination; any required notice will be sent
      by
      the Company.”

     

           
      7.    Amendment of
      Section 26.  Section 26 of the Agreement is hereby amended to
      delete the Rights Agent notice address in its entirety and replace it with
      the
      following:

     

    Computershare
      Trust Company, N.A.

    2
      North
      LaSalle Street

    Chicago
      IL 60602

    Attn:
      Dennis Sneyers, Client Services

     

       
 8.    New
      Section 35.  The Agreement is hereby amended to insert the
      following new Section 35:

     

    “Section
      35.  Force Majeure.  Notwithstanding anything to the
      contrary contained herein, the Rights Agent shall not be liable for any delays
      or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control
      including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply,
      breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities,
      or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with
      information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil
      unrest.”

     

           
      9.    No
      Further Amendments.  Except as expressly amended pursuant to
      Section 1 hereof, the remaining provisions of the Agreement shall remain in
      full
      force and effect in accordance with their terms.

     

        
10.    Counterparts;
      Facsimile Signatures.  This Amendment may be executed in any
      number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes
      be
      deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute
      but one and the same instrument.  This Amendment may be executed by
      electronic or facsimile signature, and an electronic or facsimile signature
      shall constitute an original for all purposes.

     

    [Signature
      page follows.]

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
        

      

      
         

      

    

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Rights Agent have caused this Amendment
      to
      be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers
      thereunto duly authorized.

     

     

    The
      "Company":

     

     

    
      	 	CPI
              CORP.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
               

            	
              By:
                

            	/s/ Gary
              W.
              Douglass	 
	 	 	Gary
              W.
              Douglass	 
	 	 	Executive
              Vice
              President, Finance,	 
	 	 	Chief
              Financial
              Officer and Treasurer	 

    

     

     

                                      
      The
      "Rights Agent":

     

    
      	 	COMPUTERSHARE
              TRUST COMPANY, N.A.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
               

            	
              By:
                

            	/s/ Dennis
              V. Moccia	 
	 	 	Dennis
              V. Moccia	 
	 	 	Managing
              Director	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/
              Tyler Hayne 	 
	 	 	Tyler
              Hayne	 
	 	 	Managing
              Director

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