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Exhibit 10.4

	
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Executive Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of February 2, 2011 (“Effective Date”), by and between The Shaw Group Inc., a Louisiana corporation (collectively with the affiliates and subsidiaries hereinafter referred to as “Company”), and Clarence Ray (“Employee”).  The Company and Employee shall hereinafter be referred to collectively as the “Parties”.

WHEREAS, the Company and Employee desire to enter into an agreement concerning Employee’s employment with the Company;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

1.            Employment.  The Company hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby accepts employment with the Company, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

2.            Term of Employment.  Subject to the provisions for earlier termination provided in this Agreement, the term of this agreement (the “Term”) shall be two (2) years commencing on the Effective Date hereof.  Approximately half-way way through the Term, the Company and Employee shall discuss renewal of the Agreement.  At the expiration of the Term, all obligations under this Agreement shall cease except that the obligations of the Employee contained in paragraph 6 and Exhibit A hereto shall survive the expiration of the Term and continue throughout Employee’s employment with the Company, as well as after such employment has ended, consistent with their applicable provisions.

 

  

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3.            Employee’s Duties.  During the Term of this Agreement, Employee shall serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Power Group, or such similar position as may be required, with such duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be, provided that such duties are consistent with the customary duties of such position.  Employee agrees to devote his full attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and to use reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently his duties and responsibilities. Employee shall not, either directly or indirectly, enter into any business or employment with or for any person, firm, association or corporation other than the Company during the Term of this Agreement; provided, however, that Employee shall not be prohibited from making financial investments in any other company or business or from serving on the board of directors of any other company. Employee shall at all times observe and comply with all lawful directions and instructions of the Board.

4.            Compensation.

(a)            Base Compensation.  For services rendered by Employee under this Agreement, the Company shall pay Employee’s base salary in effect as of the Effective Date (“Base Compensation”) in accordance with the Company's customary pay periods and subject to customary withholdings. The amount of Base Compensation may be reviewed on an annual basis as of the close of each fiscal year of the Company, or at other times as may be appropriate, and may be adjusted as the Company may deem warranted. In the event the Company deems it appropriate to increase Employee’s annual base salary, said increased amount shall thereafter be the “Base Compensation”. Employee’s Base Compensation, as increased from time to time, may not thereafter be decreased unless agreed to by Employee. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company from paying additional compensation to Employee in the form of bonuses or otherwise during the Term of this Agreement.

 

  

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(b)            Annual Bonus and Incentive Awards.  During the Term, Employee will be eligible to participate in the Company’s discretionary incentive programs as established by the Board (as the same may be amended from time to time), including annual bonus incentives and long-term incentive awards.  The target range for Employee’s annual bonus is 120% of Employee’s base compensation and employee may be awarded 0-200% of that target.  Employee must be employed on the date of payout in order to be eligible for an annual bonus.  The target range for Employee’s annual long term incentive is $850,000.00.  The Compensation Committee of the Board or its designee retains the sole authority and discretion to set the amount, if any, of such awards. All long term incentive awards are subject to shareholders’ approval of shares to be allocated to the Company’s long term incentive plan(s) and are granted under the strict purview of the Compensation Committee of the Board or its designee.  The actual number of long term incentives will be determined utilizing the valuation methodology used for other similarly situated executive officers of the Company.

5.            Additional Benefits.  In addition to the Base Compensation provided for in Section 4 herein, Employee shall be entitled to the following:

(a)           Expenses. The Company shall, in accordance with any rules and policies that it may establish from time to time for executive officers, reimburse Employee for business expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of his duties.

 

  

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(b)           Vacation.  Employee shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of vacation per year. Employee shall be entitled to carry forward any unused vacation time.

(c)           General Benefits.  Employee shall be entitled to participate in the various employee benefit plans or programs provided to the employees of the company in general, including but not limited to, health, dental, disability, 401(k) and life insurance plans, subject to the eligibility requirements with respect to each of such benefit plans or programs, and such other benefits or perquisites as may be approved by the Board during the Term of this Agreement. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the Company from making any changes in any of the plans, programs or benefits described in this Section 5, provided the change similarly affects all executive officers of the Company similarly situated.

(d)           Flexible Perquisites.  Employee shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s flexible perquisites plan, which provides an amount equal to 4% of Employee’s Base Compensation in each calendar year in lieu of customary perquisite benefits.  Payments under the flexible perquisites plan will be made on a calendar quarter basis and will be calculated based on Employee’s Base Compensation from the previous calendar quarter.  Nothing in this Section 5(e) shall be deemed to prohibit the Company from making any changes in the flexible perquisites plan, provided the change similarly affects all executive officers of the Company that are similarly situated.

(e)            Country Club Membership.  The Company will reimburse Employee for one country club membership initiation fee.  Employee shall be responsible for monthly dues, expenses, assessments, etc., in connection with such membership.

 

  

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6.           Confidentiality; Nonsolicitation and Noncompete.

(a)           Employee hereby acknowledges that the Company possesses certain Confidential Information (defined below) that is peculiar to the businesses in which the Company is or may be engaged.  Employee hereby affirms that such Confidential Information is the exclusive property of the Company and that the Company has proprietary interests in such Confidential Information.  For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall mean any and all information of any nature and in any form that at the time or times concerned is not generally known to Persons (other than the Company) that are engaged in businesses similar to that conducted or contemplated by the Company (other than by the act or acts of an employee not authorized by the Company to disclose such information), which may include, without limitation, the Company’s existing and contemplated products and services; the Company’s purchasing, accounting, marketing and merchandising methods or practices; the Company’s development data, theories of application and/or methodologies; the Company’s customer/client contact and/or supplier information files; the Company’s existing and contemplated policies and/or business strategies; any and all samples and/or materials submitted to Employee by the Company; and any and all directly and indirectly related records, documents, specifications, data and other information with respect thereto.  Employee further acknowledges by signing this Agreement that the Company has expended much time, cost and difficulty in developing and maintaining the Company’s customers.

 

  

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(b)           Employee shall (i) use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of performing Employee’s duties on behalf of the Company and for no other purpose whatsoever, (ii) not, directly or indirectly, at any time during or after Employee’s employment by the Company, disclose Confidential Information to any other Person (except to the Company’s officers in connection with Employee’s duties on behalf of the Company) or use or otherwise exploit Confidential Information to the detriment of the Company, and (iii) not lecture on or publish articles with respect to Confidential Information without prior written approval of the Cheif Operating Officer of the Company.  In the event of a breach or threatened breach of the provisions of this Section 6(b), the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedies available to the Company, to an injunction restraining Employee from disclosing such Confidential Information.

(c)           Upon termination of employment of Employee for whatever reason, Employee shall surrender to the Company any and all documents, manuals, correspondence, reports, records and similar items then or thereafter coming into the possession of Employee that contain any Confidential Information; provided, however, that (i) the Company will provide Employee reasonable access to such Confidential Information to the extent required by Employee in connection with the defense of any cause of action, dispute, proceeding or investigation made or initiated against Employee by any Person other than the Company related to the employment of Employee by the Company or the performance by Employee of its duties in the course of such employment and (ii) Employee may retain a copy of any agreement between Employee and the Company.

  

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(d)           Employee agrees that, as part of the consideration for this Agreement and as an integral part hereof, Employee has executed, delivered and the Parties agree to be bound by the Nonsolicitation and Noncompete Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, as well as any subsequent addenda thereto.

7.           Termination.

(a)           Employee’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated prior to the expiration of the Term for any of the following reasons:

(i)           Resignation for Corporate Change:  For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Corporate Change” means a “change in ownership,” a “change in effective control,” or a “change in the ownership of substantial assets” of the Company.

(A)           A “change in ownership” of the Company occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company.  However, if any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, is considered to own more than 50% percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in ownership of the Company (or to cause a change in the effective control of the Company (within the meaning of Section 7(a)(i)(B)).

 

(B)           Notwithstanding that the Company has not undergone a change in ownership under Section 7(a)(i)(A), a “change in effective control” of the Company occurs on the date that a majority of members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election.  For purposes of this Section 7(a)(i)(B), the term “Company” refers solely to the relevant corporation identified in the opening paragraph of this Agreement, for which no other corporation is a majority shareholder.

  

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(C)           A “change in the ownership of substantial assets” of the Company occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 75% percent of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions. For this purpose, “gross fair market value” means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

 

Employee shall be entitled to terminate Employee’s employment for a Corporate Change if Employee is not retained in Employee’s current (or a comparable) position, but only if Employee gives notice of Employee’s intent to terminate employment within 90 days following the effective date of such Corporate Change (provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Notice of Termination may not be given later than February 13th of the year following the year in which the Corporate Change occurs).

(ii)           Resignation for Good Reason:  For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following circumstances without Employee’s express written consent:

(A)           any material diminution of Employee’s duties or responsibilities (other than in connection with the termination of Employee for Misconduct or Disability in accordance with the terms of this Agreement);

 

(B)           any material diminution of Employee’s Base Compensation;

 

  

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(C)           any other material breach by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, Employee shall provide written notice (a “Good Reason Notice”) to the Company of the initial existence of the condition causing the change in terms or status no more than 90 days after the change in terms or status occurs, and the Company shall have 30 days from receipt of the Good Reason Notice to resolve the issue causing the change in terms or status.  If the Company resolves such issue, then Employee’s employment shall not be subject to the Good Reason provisions of this Agreement as to such issue.

 

(iii)           Resignation other than for Good Reason:  Any resignation other than for the reasons set forth in 7(a)(i) and (ii).

(iv)           Termination due to Death:  Employee’s employment will terminate upon death.

(v)           Termination due to Disability:  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Disability” shall exist if: Employee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; orEmployee is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company.  If Employee shall have been absent from the full time performance of Employee’s duties with the Company for 120 consecutive calendar days as a result of Employee’s incapacity due to a Disability, Employee’s employment may be terminated by the Company.

(vi)           Termination due to Misconduct.  As used herein, “Misconduct” means:

 

(A)           Any willful breach or habitual neglect of duty by Employee; or Employee’s material and continued failure to substantially perform Employee’s duties with the Company in a professional manner and in a manner that is reasonably expected as appropriate for the position (other than any such failure resulting from Employee’s incapacity due to a Disability or any such actual or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Termination by Employee for Good Reason), which breach, neglect or failure is not cured by Employee within 30 days from receipt by Employee of written notice from the Company that specifies the alleged breach, neglect or failure;

 

  

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(B)           the misappropriation or attempted misappropriation by Employee of a material business opportunity of the Company, including attempting to secure any personal profit in connection with entering into any transaction on behalf of the Company;

 

(C)           the misappropriation or attempted misappropriation by Employee of any of the Company’s funds or property;

 

(D)           an intentional violation by Employee of the Company’s Code of Corporate Conduct or Fraud Policy; or

 

(E)           the commission by Employee of a felony offense or a misdemeanor offense involving violent or dishonest behavior; or Employee engaging in conduct involving fraud or dishonesty in connection with his duties with the Company.

 

(vii)           Termination other than for Good Reason:  Any termination of Employee’s employment other than for the reasons in 7(a)(iv), (v), or (vi).

(b)           Notice of Termination.  Any purported termination of Employee’s employment by the Company under Sections 7(a)(v) and (vi), or by Employee under Section 7(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall be communicated by a written Notice of Termination to the other Party in accordance with Section 10.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice that (i) in the case of termination by the Company, shall set forth in reasonable detail the reason for such termination of Employee’s employment and the Date of Termination, or (ii) in the case of resignation by Employee, shall specify in reasonable detail the basis for such resignation and the Date of Termination.  A Notice of Termination given by Employee pursuant to Section 7(a)(ii) shall be effective even if given after the receipt by Employee of notice that the Board has set a meeting to consider terminating Employee for Misconduct.  A Notice of Termination given by Employee pursuant to Section 7(a)(ii) shall be considered effective only after 30 days have elapsed since Employee delivered the applicable Good Reason Notice and the Company has failed to resolve the issue causing the change in terms or status during such 30 day period.  Employee shall not be expected to provide further services after the Date of Termination.  Any purported termination for which a Notice of Termination is required that does not materially comply with this Section 7(b) shall not be effective.

 

  

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(c)           Date of Termination, Etc.  The “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice of Termination, provided that the Date of Termination shall be at least 15 calendar days, but not more than 45 calendar days, following the date Notice of Termination is given.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if Notice of Termination is given pursuant to Section 7(a)(i), then the Date of Termination may not be later than February 28th of the year following the year in which the Change of Control occurs.  In the event Employee is terminated for Misconduct, the Company may refuse to allow Employee access to the Company’s offices (other than to allow Employee to collect personal belongings under Company supervision) prior to the Date of Termination.  Employee shall not be expected to provide further services after the Date of Termination.

 

  

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(d)           Payments Due Upon Termination.  At the time of termination, Employee shall be paid all wages earned through the Date of Termination plus all accrued but unused vacation.  If Employee resigns without Good Reason or is terminated by the Company for Misconduct, Employee is not entitled to any additional payments other than wages earned and accrued but unused vacation.  If Employee’s employment terminates due to Death 7(iv), Employee’s surviving dependents shall receive a payment equal to the amount it would cost them to obtain, for an 18-month period, health, dental and vision insurance benefits substantially similar to those the covered dependants were receiving immediately prior to Employee’s death.  If Employee’s employment is terminated for reasons other than Death, resignation without Good Reason, or termination for Misconduct, Employee may be entitled to additional severance payments but only if Employee executes a Severance Agreement and Release (“Release”) in which Employee waives the right to sue the Company for claims relating to his or her employment in exchange for the payments and benefits listed below.  If Employee executes the Release, Employee will be entitled to severance payments based upon the reason for termination as follows:

(i)           If Employee resigns due to Corporate Change (7(a)(i)) or for Good Reason (7(a)(ii)), or if Employee is terminated for other than Good Reason (7(a)(vii)), employee will be entitled to the following: (A) a payment equal to two times Employee’s Base Compensation; (B) a payment equal to two times Employee’s highest annual bonus paid to the Employee in the two year period preceding the Date of Termination; (C) a payment equal to the amount it would cost Employee to obtain, for an 18-month period health, dental and vision insurance benefits substantially similar to those the Employee held with the Company; and (D) immediate and total vesting in all Long Term Incentives granted to Employee prior to the Date of Termination with one year from the Date of Termination to exercise, provided that, in no event shall that one year extend the exercise period beyond 10 years from the date of grant.

 

  

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(ii)           If Employee is terminated due to Disability, Employee shall receive salary continuation for twelve months in the amount of the difference between Employee’s Base Compensation and any benefit received under any disability insurance plan covering Employee.

(e)           Mitigation.  Employee shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 7 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by Employee as a result of employment by another employer, except that any severance amounts payable to Employee pursuant to the Company’s severance plan or policy for employees in general shall reduce the amount otherwise payable pursuant to Section 7(d).

 

  

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(f)           Excess Parachute Payments.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any portion of the payments and benefits provided under Section 7 of this Agreement, either alone or together with other payments and benefits which the Employee receives or is then entitled to receive from the Company, or any successor (in the aggregate, "Total Payments"), would constitute an “Excess Parachute Payment” (as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code) subject to the excise tax imposed by section 4999 of the Code, or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any interest or penalties thereon, is herein referred to as the "Excise Tax"), then, except as otherwise provided in the next sentence, such Total Payments shall be reduced to the extent the Independent Tax Advisor shall determine is necessary (but not below zero) so that no portion thereof shall be subject to the Excise Tax. If Independent Tax Advisor determines that the Employee would receive in the aggregate greater payments and benefits on an after tax basis if the Total Payments were not reduced pursuant to this Section 7(f), then no such reduction shall be made. For purposes of determining the after tax benefit to the Employee, the Employee’s estimated actual blended marginal rate of federal, state and local income taxation in the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs shall be utilized. Such marginal rate shall be determined by taking into account (A) the estimated actual net effect on the marginal rate attributable to the deduction of state and local income taxes, (B) the phase out, if any, of itemized deductions, (C) the estimated actual net tax rate attributable to employment taxes, and (D) any other tax provision that in the judgment of the Independent Tax Advisor will actually affect the Employee's estimated actual blended marginal tax rate. The determination of which payments or benefits shall be reduced to avoid the Excise Tax shall be made by the Independent Tax Advisor, provided that the Independent Tax Advisor shall reduce or eliminate, as the case may be, payments or benefits in the order that it determines will produce the required deduction in Total Payments with the least reduction in the after-tax economic value to the Employee of such payments. If the after-tax economic value of any payments is equivalent, such payments shall be reduced in the inverse order of when the payments would have been made to the Employee until the reduction specified herein is achieved. The Independent Tax Advisor shall provide its determination, together with detailed supporting calculations and documentation to the Company and the Employee within ten (10) days of the Termination Date. The determination of the Independent Tax Advisor under this Section 7(f) shall be final and binding on all parties hereto. For purposes of this Section 7(f), “Independent Tax Advisor” shall mean a lawyer, a certified public accountant with a nationally recognized accounting firm, or a compensation consultant with a nationally recognized actuarial and benefits consulting firm with expertise in the area of executive compensation tax law, who shall be selected by the Company and shall be acceptable to the Employee (the Employee’s acceptance not to be reasonably withheld), and whose fees and disbursements shall be paid by the Company.

 

  

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8.           Non-exclusivity of Rights.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit Employee’s continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive, or other plan or program provided by the Company and for which Employee may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise adversely affect such rights as Employee may have under any Long Term Incentives granted by the Company.

9.           Assignability.  The obligations of Employee hereunder are personal and may not be assigned or delegated by Employee or transferred in any manner whatsoever, nor are such obligations subject to involuntary alienation, assignment or transfer.  The Company shall have the right to assign this Agreement and to delegate all rights, duties and obligations hereunder, either in whole or in part, to any parent, affiliate, successor or subsidiary of the Company, so long as the obligations of the Company under this Agreement remain the obligations of the Company.

10.           Notice.  For the purpose of this Agreement, all notices and other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by Federal Express or similar courrier addressed (a) to the Company, at its principal office address, directed to the attention of the Board with a copy to the Corporate Secretary of the Company, and (b) to Employee, at Employee’s residence address on the records of the Company or to such other address as either Party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

 

  

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11.           Severability.  In the event that one or more of the provisions set forth in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, overly broad or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, overly broad or unenforceable provisions had never been contained therein; provided, however, that no provision shall be severed if it is clearly apparent under the circumstances that the Parties would not have entered into the Agreement without such provision.

12.           Successors; Binding Agreement.

(a)           The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall constitute Good Reason under Section 7(a)(ii); provided that, for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.  As used herein, the term “Company” shall include any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid that executes and delivers the Agreement provided for in this Section 12 or that otherwise becomes bound by all terms and provisions of this Agreement by operation of law.

 

  

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(b)           This Agreement and all rights of Employee hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Employee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.

13.           Miscellaneous.

(a)   No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by Employee and such officer of the Company as may be specifically authorized by the Board.

(b)   No waiver by either Party at any time of any breach by the other Party of, or in compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other Party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.

(c)   Together with the Nonsolicitation and Noncompete Agreement, this Agreement is an integration of the Parties’ agreement; no agreement or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either Party, except those which are set forth expressly in this Agreement and the Nonsolicitation and Noncompete Agreement.

(d)   THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

(e)   Reimbursements provided for under this Agreement shall be provided in accordance with policies of the Company established from time to time.

 

  

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14.           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

15.           Arbitration.

(a)Employee and the Company agree that any dispute regarding the covenants herein and/or the validity of this Agreement and its addenda, if any, shall be resolved through arbitration.  Employee and the Company hereby expressly acknowledge that Employee’s position in the Company and the Company’s business have a substantial impact on interstate commerce and that Employee’s development and involvement with the Company and the Company’s business have a national and international territorial scope commercially.  Any arbitration-related matter or arbitration proceeding of a dispute regarding the covenants herein and/or the validity of this Agreement and its addenda, shall be governed, heard, and decided under the provisions and the authority of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C.A. §1, et seq., and shall be submitted for arbitration to the office of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in New Orleans, Louisiana, on demand of either Party.

(b)Such arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in New Orleans, Louisiana, and shall be conducted in accordance with the then-current Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the AAA, with the exception that the Employee expressly waives the right to request interim measures or injunctive relief from a judicial authority.  Employee acknowledges that the Company alone retains the right to seek injunctive relief from a judicial authority based on the nature of this Agreement.  Each Party shall have the right to be represented by counsel or other designated representatives.  The Parties shall negotiate in good faith to appoint a mutually acceptable arbitrator; provided, however, that, in the event that the Parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator within 30 days after the commencement of the arbitration proceedings, the AAA shall appoint the arbitrator.  The arbitrator shall have the right to award or include in his or her award any relief that he or she deems proper under the circumstances, including, without limitation, all types of relief that could be awarded by a court of law, such as money damages (with interest on unpaid amounts from date due), specific performance and injunctive relief.  The arbitrator shall issue a written opinion explaining the reasons for his or her decision and award.  The award and decision of the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding upon both Parties, and judgment upon the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.  The Parties acknowledge and agree that any arbitration award may be enforced against either or both of them in a court of competent jurisdiction, and each waives any right to contest the validity or enforceability of such award.  The Parties further agree to be bound by the provisions of any statute of limitations that would be otherwise applicable to the controversy, dispute, or claim that is the subject of any arbitration proceeding initiated hereunder.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties shall be entitled in any such arbitration proceeding to the entry of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to a decision of the arbitrator for specific performance of any of the requirements of this Agreement.  The provisions of this Section 15 shall survive and continue in full force and effect subsequent to and notwithstanding expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason.  Employee agrees to pay arbitration fees in an amount not to exceed the amount required to file a lawsuit in a court of law.  The Company agrees to pay the remaining amount of arbitration fees.  The arbitrator shall have the right to award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to the prevailing Party.  Employee and the Company acknowledge and agree that any and all rights they may have to resolve their claims by a jury trial are hereby expressly waived.  The provisions of this Section 15 do not preclude Employee from filing a complaint with any federal, state, or other governmental administrative agency, if applicable.

 

  

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16.           Code Section 409A.  To the extent a payment hereunder is, or shall become, subject to the application of Code Section 409A, the following shall 

apply:

(a)   The Company may delay payment hereunder only upon such events and conditions as the IRS may permit in generally applicable published regulatory or other guidance under Code Section 409A, including, without limitation, payments that the Company reasonably anticipates will be subject to the application of Code Section 162(m), or will violate Federal securities laws or other applicable law; provided that any such delayed payment will be made at the earliest date at which the Company reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment would not cause such a violation.

(b)   The time or schedule of payment hereunder may be accelerated only upon such events and conditions as the IRS may permit in generally applicable published regulatory or other guidance under Code Section 409A, including, without limitation, payment to a person other than Employee to the extent necessary to fulfill the terms of a domestic relations order (as defined in Code Section 414(p)(1)(B)) or payment of the amount required to be included in income for Employee as a result of failure of this Agreement at any time to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A with respect to Employee.

 

  

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(c)   If, as of the date of Employee’s termination of employment, (i) any stock of the Company is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise; and (ii) a payment is payable under this Agreement due to a termination of employment which is considered to be a “separation from service” for purposes of the rules under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2); and (iii) Employee is determined to be a “specified employee” (as determined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i)), then the payment shall be delayed until a date that is six (6) months after the date of Employee’s termination of employment to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations; provided, however, that the payments to which Employee would have been entitled during such 6-month period, but for this subparagraph, shall be accumulated and paid to Employee without interest in a lump sum within ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months following Employee’s termination date with the Company, and any remaining payments shall continue to be paid to Employee on their original schedule.  If Employee dies during such six (6) month period and prior to the payment of the portion that is required to be delayed on account of Code Section 409A, such amount shall be paid to the personal representative of Employee’s estate within sixty (60) days after Employee’s death.

(d)   Any reimbursements or in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided at the times specified in this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during the period of time specified in this Agreement, (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other calendar year, (iii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made no later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (iv) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

  

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(e) This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, as in effect from time to time.  To the extent a provision of this Agreement is contrary to or fails to address the requirements of Code Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations, this Agreement shall be construed and administered as necessary to comply with such requirements to the extent allowed under applicable Treasury Regulations until this Agreement is appropriately amended to comply with such requirements.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on ___________, 2011, effective for all purposes as provided above.

 

	 	

THE SHAW GROUP INC.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	 	 	 
	 	 By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 

 

	 	

EMPLOYEE:

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	 	 	 
	 	 Name	Clarence Ray	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

 

  

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EXHIBIT A

NONSOLICITATION AND NONCOMPETE AGREEMENT

 

This Nonsolicitation and Noncompete Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of February __, 2011 (the “Effective Date”), between The Shaw Group Inc. (together with its affiliated companies (as contained in its most recent SEC filings), the “Company”) and Clarence Ray (“Executive”).  The Company and Executive shall hereinafter be referred to collectively as the “Parties”.

 

RECITALS

 

1.           The Company and Employee are parties to that certain Employment Agreement dated effective of even date herewith (the “Employment Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company and Employee have agreed to employment of Executive with the Company, during which employment Executive shall perform those duties set forth in the Employment Agreement;

 

2.           As part of Executive’s duties and responsibilities, Executive will have access to confidential information of the Company and, by virtue of his employment with the Company, will have direct contact with and will establish personal relationships with various customers of the Company; and

 

3.           The Company and Executive recognize the Company’s need to protect the Company’s confidential and proprietary interest in the Company’s  business, business relationships, and the work product produced by Executive on behalf of the Company in the course of Executive’s employment; and

 

4.           As consideration, in part, for the Employment Agreement, Executive and the Company enter into this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, Executive and the Company agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

Section 1.                      Company Property.  All personal property and equipment furnished to or prepared by Executive in the course of or incident to Executive’s employment belong to the Company and shall be promptly returned to the Company upon termination of Executive’s employment or at such other time as the Company may request.  Personal property includes, without limitation, all books, manuals, records, reports, notes, contracts, lists, and other documents, electronic files, and all other proprietary information relating to the business of the Company and/or its affiliates.  Following termination of employment, Executive will not retain any written or other tangible material containing any proprietary information of the Company.

 

  

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Section 2.                      Non-Solicitation.  At all times during Executive’s employment and for two (2) years after the termination of Executive’s employment, Executive will not, directly or indirectly, either on Executive’s own account or jointly with or as a manager, agent, officer, employee, consultant, independent contractor, partner, joint venturer, owner, financier, shareholder, or otherwise on behalf of any other person, firm, or corporation, offer employment to, solicit, or attempt to solicit away from the Company or its affiliates any of their officers or employees or offer employment to any person who, during the six (6) months immediately preceding the date of such solicitation or offer, is or was an officer or employee of the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

Section 3.                      Covenant Not to Compete.  As a condition of employment and in consideration of the terms of the Employment Agreement pursuant to which this is being executed, Executive acknowledges and agrees to the following:

 

(a)           Executive acknowledges that he is intimately involved in the management of the Company, its expansion, and its acquisition or creation of affiliated companies.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the business of the Company is providing engineering, construction, procurement, maintenance, environmental and infrastructure services,1 and pipe fabrication services, as more fully set forth on the Company’s Form 10-K dated October 30, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”).

 

(b)           Based on Executive’s high level in management of the Company and based on the knowledge, information, and experience that the Executive has gained and will gain through his management position in the Company and Executive’s ability to build a competing company engaging in some or all of the services provided by the Company, Executive acknowledges that the scope of this Agreement should be broad, both geographically and in the scope of conduct prohibited.

 

(c)           Executive acknowledges that the Company now conducts business and provides services throughout the United States to federal agencies, federally-owned facilities or federally-controlled political subdivisions, state and local governments and political subdivisions, and domestic and non-domestic commercial customers.  Executive acknowledges that as of the date of this Agreement, the Company delivers services through a network of over 180 locations, including approximately 22 international locations and approximately 22 fabrication and manufacturing facilities.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that at the time of signing this agreement, the Company conducts business in the geographic territory (the “Restricted Area”) set forth in Exhibit 1.  Executive agrees that the Company may periodically revise the Restricted Area to reflect any changes in the geographic territory in which the Company is conducting business.  Executive agrees that, as consideration for the Employment Agreement, Executive agrees to sign addenda to this agreement which update the Restricted Area to reflect geographic territories in which the Company conducts its business.  Executive agrees that the Company may periodically revise the description of the business of the Company to reflect changes in the Company’s business.  Executive also agrees that, as consideration for the Employment Agreement, Executive agrees to sign addenda to this Agreement which update the description of the business of the Company to coincide with the description of the business of the Company as set forth in the Company’s current Form 10-K.

1   Environmental and infrastructure services include the delivery of environmental restoration, regulatory compliance, facilities management, emergency response, and design and construction services, environmental consulting, engineering and construction services to private-sector and state and local government customers. These environmental services include complete life cycle management, construction management, Operation and Maintenance (O&M) services, and environmental services including emergency response and high hazard and toxic waste cleanups and on-site remedial activities site selection, permitting, design, build, operation, decontamination, demolition, remediation and redevelopment, identification of contaminants in soil, air and water and the subsequent design and execution of remedial solutions, project and facilities management and other related services for non-environmental construction, watershed restoration, emergency response services and outsourcing of privatization markets. These Infrastructure services include program management, operations and maintenance solutions to support and enhance domestic and global land, water and air transportation systems, and commercial port and marine facilities.  

 

 

 

 

  

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1.  Executive agrees that the Company may periodically revise the Restricted Area to reflect any changes in the geographic territory in which the Company is conducting business.  Executive agrees that, as consideration for the Employment Agreement, Executive agrees to sign addenda to this agreement which update the Restricted Area to reflect geographic territories in which the Company conducts its business.  Executive agrees that the Company may periodically revise the description of the business of the Company to reflect changes in the Company’s business.  Executive also agrees that, as consideration for the Employment Agreement, Executive agrees to sign addenda to this Agreement which update the description of the business of the Company to coincide with the description of the business of the Company as set forth in the Company’s current Form 10-K

(d)           Executive agrees that at all times during Executive’s employment with the Company and for a the duration of the Post-Termination Non-Compete Term (defined in Section 3(e) below), Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether personally or through agents, associates, or co-workers, whether individually or in connection with any corporation, partnership, or other business entity, and whether as an employee, owner, partner, financier, joint venturer, shareholder, officer, manager, agent, independent contractor, consultant, or otherwise, establish, carry on, or engage in a business similar to that of the Company or any of its affiliates, in the Restricted Area, as defined in Exhibit 1, attached.  This prohibition includes, without limitation, that Executive will not perform the following in the Restricted Area:

 

(i)           Solicit or provide, directly or indirectly, engineering, construction, procurement, maintenance, Environmental, and pipe fabrication services, or any of these, to any persons or entities who are or were customers of the Company or any of its affiliates at any time prior to Executive’s separation from employment;

 

(ii)           Establish, own, become employed with, consult on business matters with, or participate in any way in a business engaged in engineering, construction, procurement maintenance, Environmental, and pipe fabrication services, or any of these, except to the extent that the Company or any of its affiliates do not provide the same type of services as such business provides; and

 

(iii)           Provide consulting services for, invest in, become employed by, or otherwise become associated from a business perspective with competitors of the Company or any of its affiliates, including but not limited to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Fluor Corporation; URS Corporation; Halliburton; Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.; Bechtel Group, Inc.; KBR, Inc.; Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.; CH2M Hill; Black & Veatch Corporation; Foster Wheeler Ltd.; and Washington Group International, Inc., or any of their respective subsidiaries, parent companies, affiliates, or successors.

 

  

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This prohibition does not prohibit Executive from engaging in a business solely within an area or areas not contained in the Restricted Area, so long as that business does not provide in the Restricted Area the same or similar services or conduct the same or similar business as the Company or its affiliates.

 

(e)           For purposes of Section 3(d), the Post-Termination Non-Compete Term is as follows:

 

(i)           In the event of resignation for other than Good Reason (7(a)(iii)) or termination by the Company for Misconduct(7(a)(vi)), the non-compete term shall be two-years from the date of the Executive’s separation from employment with the Company.

 

(ii)           In the event of resignation due to Corporate Change (7(a)(i)) or for Good Reason (7(a)(ii)), or if Employee is terminated for other than Good Reason (7(a)(vii)), or due to Disability (7(a)(v)), the non-compete term shall be equal to the period of severance pay provided pursuant to the Employment Agreement, the period of any other applicable severance program of the Company, provided the payments pursuant to such program are made at a rate not less than the Executive’s base Compensation as of the Effective Date; or the pendency of any post-termination consulting agreement between the Executive and the Company, but in no event longer than two (2) years after Executive’s separation from employment with the Company.

 

(f)           Executive acknowledges that the business of the Company is extremely competitive in nature, that the remedy at law for any breach of this covenant will be inadequate, and that in the event of a breach the Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief and specific performance, as well as any and all other remedies at law or in equity to which the Company is entitled.  Executive acknowledges that the provisions contained in this Section are reasonable and valid in all respects and are a reasonable and necessary protection of the legitimate interests of the Company and that any violation of these provisions would cause substantial injury to the Company.

 

Section 4.                      Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a)           Employment Rights.   This Agreement shall not be deemed to confer upon Executive any right to continue in the employ of the Company for any period or any right to continue employment at Executive’s present or any other rate of compensation.

 

(b)           Amendment.  This Agreement may only be amended or modified in a writing executed by both the Company and Executive.  No oral waivers or extensions shall be binding on the parties.

 

(c)           Waiver.  No term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived, nor shall there be any estoppel against the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement, except by written instrument signed by the Party charged with such waiver or estoppel.  No such written waiver shall be deemed a continuing waiver unless specifically stated therein, and each such waiver shall operate only as to the specific term or condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of such term or condition for the future or as to any other act other than that specifically waived.

 

  

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(d)           Injunctive Relief and Arbitration.  Executive and the Company each acknowledge that the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 are reasonable and necessary, that the damages that would be suffered as a result of a breach or threatened breach by Executive of Sections 2 and 3 may not be calculable, and that the award of a money judgment to the Company for such a breach or threatened breach thereof by Executive would be an inadequate remedy. Executive expressly consents and agrees that the Company may, in addition to any other available remedies that the Company may be entitled in law or in equity, enforce the provisions of Sections 2 and/or 3 by injunctive or other equitable relief, including a temporary and/or permanent injunction (without proving a breach thereof), to prevent unfair competition, the use and/or unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets or confidential information, and/or the unauthorized solicitation of the Company’s officers, employees, and customers.  The Company shall not be obligated to post bond or other security in seeking such relief.

 

(e)           Arbitration.  Executive and the Company agree that any dispute regarding the covenants herein and/or the validity of this Agreement and its addenda, if any, shall be resolved through arbitration as provided in Paragraph 15 of the Employment Agreement, above.

(f)           Governing Law.  This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana.

(g)           Assignment.   This Agreement may not be assigned by Executive, but may be assigned by the Company to any successor to its business and will inure to the benefit and be binding upon any such successor.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties, together with their respective executors, administrators, personal representatives, and heirs, and, in the case of the Company, permitted successors and assigns.

 

(h)           Severability.  Each provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable.  If any term or provision of this Agreement is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the validity or legality of the remainder of this Agreement.

 

(i)           Reformation.                        It is the intention of the Parties that if any court or arbitrator(s) shall determine that any provision of this Agreement, including the scope, duration, or geographical limit of any provision, is unenforceable, the provision in question and this Agreement shall not be invalidated but shall be deemed reformed or amended only to the extent necessary to render the provision and Agreement valid and enforceable.

 

(j)           Headings.  The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

  

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(k)           Consent.  Executive acknowledges that Executive has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement carefully and has been given an opportunity to ask questions of the Company.  Executive acknowledges that Executive has had ample opportunity to consult with an attorney of his choice (at his expense) prior to signing this Agreement and that Executive knowingly consents to the terms herein.

 

(l)           Integration.  Together with the Employment Agreement, this Agreement is an integration of the Parties’ agreement; no agreement or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either Party, except those which are set forth expressly in this Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of this __ day of _________, 20__.

 

                                                                                               

 

        

 

	 COMPANY: 	 	 EXECUTIVE:
	 	 	 
	  	 	 
	 The Shaw Group Inc.	 	 
	 	 	 Clarence Ray
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

 

 

 

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 7, 2011, between Red Metal Resources Ltd., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Purchasers are purchasing from the Company, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, in the aggregate, a minimum of $2 million units (each, a “Unit”), each consisting of (i) one share of common stock par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and (ii) a warrant to purchase (“Warrants”) one share of the Company’s Common Stock, at a purchase price per Unit of $.30.

 

WHEREAS, it is intended that the purchase of the securities be consummated pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the provisions of Rule 506 promulgated thereunder or Rule 903 of Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Definitions.  The following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

“Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

“Company Counsel” means Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, with offices located at 61 Broadway, 32rd Floor, New York, NY 10006.

 

“Escrow Agent” means Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP.

 

  

 

  

 

“Escrow Agreement” means the escrow agreement entered into prior to the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Escrow Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto pursuant to which the Purchasers, shall deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow Agent to be applied to the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Liens” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.

 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Shares by each Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(g).

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(f).

 

“Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock). 

 

  

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“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Units purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

 

“Subsidiary” means Minera Polymet Limitada and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE Alternext, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

“Transfer Agent” means Empire Stock Transfer Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 1859 Whitney Mesa Drive, Henderson, NV 89014, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

“Warrants” means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable at $0.50 per share and have a term of exercise equal to two years from the initial date of exercise, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

ARTICLE II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1           Closing.  On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of a minimum of $2,000,000 Units.  Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Agent via wire transfer equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree and the Subscription Amount shall be released from Escrow to the account of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

 

  

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2.2           Deliveries.

 

(a)           On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:

 

	
  

	
(i)

	
this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii)           a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing a number of Shares, as set forth on the signature page hereto, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

 

(iii)          a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of such Purchaser’s Shares, with an exercise price equal to $0.50, subject to adjustment therein (such Warrant certificate may be delivered within five Trading Days of the Closing Date); and

 

	
  

	
(vi)

	
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

	
  

	
(vii)

	
the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

 

(b)           On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

 

(i)           this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(ii)          such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the Company;

 

(iv)         the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;

(v)          the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser; and

(vi)         the Purchaser Questionnaire in the form on Annex A (and Annex B for Canadian investors) attached hereto.

  

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ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

3.1           Representations and Warranties of the Company.  In order to induce the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:

 

(a)           Incorporation.  The Company  and its Subsidiary are corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdictions in which they are incorporated and are qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of their properties or the nature of their business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and to carry on its business as now conducted.

(b)           Title to Assets. The Company and its Subsidiary, to the best of their knowledge, have good and marketable title to all real and personal property owned by them that is material to their business, in each case free and clear of all Liens, either actual, pending or threatened, except for Liens that do not materially affect the value of the property and do not materially interfere with their use and proposed use of the property and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease, option or other agreement by the Company and its Subsidiary including, without limitation, the mineral properties described in the SEC Report for the Company for the quarterly period ended October 31, 2010 as the Farellon and Mateo claims, are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, options or other agreements with which the Company and its Subsidiary are in compliance.

 

(c)           Authorization; Enforcement.  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Company’s Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals.  Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

  

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(d)           No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to which it is a party do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (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, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)           Issuance of the Securities.  The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.  The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.  The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the Warrants.

 

(f)           Capitalization.  The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of which 10,216,301 shares are outstanding as of the date hereof.  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.  Except for 790,000 warrants outstanding as of the date hereof and except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, 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 shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of common stock.  The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.  There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock 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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(g)           SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of all reports or registration statements the Company has filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, for all periods subsequent to January 31, 2010, all in the form so filed (collectively the “SEC Reports”).  To the Company’s knowledge, the Company has filed in a timely manner all documents that the Company was required to file under the Exchange Act during the 12 months preceding the date of this Agreement.  To the Company’s knowledge, as of their respective filing dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports filed under the Exchange Act contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent corrected by a subsequently filed document with the SEC.  To the Company’s knowledge, none of the SEC Reports filed under the Securities Act contained an untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading at the time such SEC Reports became effective under the Securities Act.

(h)           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 filing with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Shares, and the listing of the Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (iii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

  

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(i)           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 any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information.  The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers 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 the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(j)           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 the Purchasers and certain other “accredited Purchasers” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

(k)           Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.  The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities.  The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(l)           Shell Company Status. The Company is not currently an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1).

 

3.2           Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers.    Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein):

 

(a)           Organization; Authority.  Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser.  Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

  

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(b)           Own Account.  Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws).  Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c)           Purchaser Status.  At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited Purchaser” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.  Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Purchaser is a Non-U.S. Person (a “Reg S Person”), such Purchaser hereby represents that the representations contained in paragraphs (1) through (7) of this Section 3.2(c) are true and correct with respect to such Purchaser:

 

(1)           (i) the issuance and sale to such Reg S Person of the Units is intended to be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to the provisions of Regulation S; (ii) it is not a “U.S. Person,” as such term is defined in Regulation S, and is not acquiring the Units for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person; and (iii) the offer and sale of the Units has not taken place, and is not taking place, within the United States of America or its territories or possessions.  Such Reg S Person acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Units has taken place, and is taking place in an “offshore transaction,” as such term is defined in Regulation S.

 

(2)           Such Reg S Person acknowledges and agrees that, pursuant to the provisions of Regulation S, the Units cannot be sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, pledged or otherwise disposed of to any U.S. Person or within the United States of America or its territories or possessions for a period of one year from and after the Closing Date, unless such Units are registered for sale in the United States pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or another exemption from such registration is available.  Such Reg S Person acknowledges that it has not engaged in any hedging transactions with regard to the Units.

 

  

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(3)           Such Reg S Person consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate, note or other document evidencing the Securities and understands that the Company shall be required to refuse to register any transfer of securities not made in accordance with applicable U.S. securities laws.

 

(4)           Such Reg S Person is not a “distributor” of securities, as that term is defined in Regulation S, nor a dealer in securities.

 

(5)           Such Reg S Person understands that the Units have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state and are subject to substantial restrictions on resale or transfer.  The Units are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Regulation S and Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(6)           Such Reg S Person acknowledges that the Securities may only be sold offshore in compliance with Regulation S or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or another exemption from such registration, if available.  In connection with any resale of the Securities pursuant to Regulation S, the Company will not register a transfer not made in accordance with Regulation S, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or in accordance with another exemption from the Securities Act.

 

(7)           Such Reg S Person makes the representations, declarations and warranties as contained in this Section 3(s) (1)-(7) with the intent that the same shall be relied upon by the Company in determining its suitability as a purchaser of such Units

(d)           Experience of Such Purchaser.  Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.  Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(e)           General Solicitation.  Such Purchaser is not, to its knowledge, purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to such Purchaser's knowledge, any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

  

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(f)           Certain Transactions and Confidentiality.  Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’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.  Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1           Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a)           The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws.  In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by 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 the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(b)           The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in substantially the following form:

 

For U.S. Persons:

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE, IF APPLICABLE, HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY UNLESS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED TO A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.  THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

  

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For Non-U.S. Persons

THESE SECURITIES WERE ISSUED IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”) PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT.  ACCORDINGLY, NONE OF THE SECURITIES TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE RELATES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, NONE MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OR, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT AND IN EACH CASE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  IN ADDITION, HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1933 ACT.

 

(c)           Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants and agrees that such Purchaser will sell any Securities only pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and 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 representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.

 

4.2           Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder as described in the following table.

 

	  	
Offering amount

	
Proposed use of proceeds

	
Minimum

	
Maximum

	
Farellon: phase 1 drilling to expand known mineralization along strike, and at depth to investigate sulphide mineralization (estimated)

	
$700,000

	
$750,000

	
Mateo: phase 1 mapping and geophysics to identify Candelaria-type targets, and drilling to test the targets (estimated)

	
300,000

	
350,000

	
Accounts payable and other debt

	
100,000

	
200,000

	
Estimated G&A and property taxes for 12 months

	
700,000

	
700,000

	
Estimated offering costs

	
200,000

	
400,000

	
Phase 2 exploration to complete a resource estimate of either Farellon or Mateo after analyzing the results of the phase 1 programs

	  	
1,300,000

	
Generative

	  	
300,000

	  	
$2,000,000

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

 

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1           Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before April 30, 2011.

 

5.2           Fees and Expenses.  Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.  The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.

 

5.3           Entire Agreement.  The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

 

  

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5.4           Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

 

5.5           Amendments; Waivers.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least 75% in interest of the Securities purchased hereunder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.  No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

5.6           Headings.  The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

5.7           Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.  The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger).  Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”

 

5.8           No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  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 Section 4.10.

 

  

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5.9           Governing Law.  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York.  Each party 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 with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), 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 improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding.  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 via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.   If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

5.10         Survival.  The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

 

5.11         Execution.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together 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, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature 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 facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

5.12         Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

5.13         Replacement of Securities.  If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction.  The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

  

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5.14           Remedies.  In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents.  The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

5.15           Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents.

 

5.16           Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

5.17           WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

	
RED METAL RESOURCES, LTD.

 

 

	 	
Address for Notice:

195 Park Avenue

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Canada P7B 1B9

	By:	
      /s/ Joao da Costa

	 	Fax:
	     Name: Joao da Costa 

     Title: Chief Financial Officer

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

	 	 
	
 

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LP

61 Broadway, 32nd Floor

New York, New York 10022

 

	 	  

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PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: __________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________________

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

 

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

 

Subscription Amount: _____________

Units: _________________________

 

EIN Number:

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Annex A

CONFIDENTIAL PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRE

RED METAL RESOURCES, LTD.

THIS QUESTIONNAIRE MUST BE ANSWERED FULLY AND RETURNED ALONG WITH YOUR COMPLETED SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PROSPECTIVE PURCHASE OF SECURITIES FROM RED METAL RESOURCES, LTD.  (THE “COMPANY”).

THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.  NO INFORMATION WILL BE DISCLOSED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLOSURE IS REQUIRED BY LAW OR REGULATION, OTHERWISE DEMANDED BY PROPER LEGAL PROCESS OR IN LITIGATION INVOLVING THE COMPANY AND ITS CONTROLLING PERSONS.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings given such terms as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and the Purchaser signatory thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of April__, 2011.

(1)           The undersigned represents and warrants that he, she or it comes within at least one category marked below, and that for any category marked, he, she or it has truthfully set forth, where applicable, the factual basis or reason the undersigned comes within that category.  The undersigned agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary in order to verify the answers set forth below.

	
Category A __

	
The undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with his or her spouse, presently exceeds $1,000,000, exclusive of the value of his or her primary residence.

	
Category B __

	
The undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with his or her spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years (in each case including foreign income, tax exempt income and full amount of capital gains and losses but excluding any income of other family members and any unrealized capital appreciation) and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.

	
Category C __

	
The undersigned is a director or executive officer of the Company which is issuing and selling the Securities.

	
Category D __

	
The undersigned is a bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”); a savings and loan associa­tion or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act, whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Act; any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment advisor, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited Purchasers (describe entity).

 

 

	 	 

 

  

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Category E __

	
The undersigned is a private business development company as defined in section 202(a) (22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 (describe entity)

 

 

	 	 

 

	
Category F __

	
The undersigned is either a corporation, partnership, Massachusetts business trust, or non-profit organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case not formed 

for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000. (describe entity)

 

	 	 

 

	
Category G __

	
The undersigned is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, where the purchase is directed by a “sophisticated Purchaser” as defined in Regulation  506(b)(2)(ii) under the Act.

 

 

	 	 

 

	
Category H __

	
The undersigned is an entity (other than a trust) in which all of the equity owners are “accredited Purchasers” within one or more of the above categories.  If relying upon this Category alone, each equity owner must complete a separate copy of this Purchaser Questionnaire.  (describe entity)

 

 

	 	 

 

	
Category I  __

	
The undersigned is a non-U.S. Person (a “Reg S Person”), and as such Reg S Person, and hereby represents that the representations contained in paragraphs (1) through (7) below are true and correct:

 

(1)           (i) the issuance and sale to such Reg S Person of the Units is intended to be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to the provisions of Regulation S; (ii) the undersigned is not a “U.S. Person,” as such term is defined in Regulation S, and is not acquiring the Units for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person; and (iii) the offer and sale of the Units has not taken place, and is not taking place, within the United States of America or its territories or possessions.  Such Reg S Person acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Units has taken place, and is taking place in an “offshore transaction,” as such term is defined in Regulation S.

 

(2)           Such Reg S Person acknowledges and agrees that, pursuant to the provisions of Regulation S, the Units cannot be sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, pledged or otherwise disposed of to any U.S. Person or within the United States of America or its territories or possessions for a period of one year from and after the Closing Date, unless such Units are registered for sale in the United States pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or another exemption from such registration is available.  Such Reg S Person acknowledges that it has not engaged in any hedging transactions with regard to the Units.

 

  

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(3)           Such Reg S Person consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate, note or other document evidencing the Securities and understands that the Company shall be required to refuse to register any transfer of securities not made in accordance with applicable U.S. securities laws.

 

(4)           Such Reg S Person is not a “distributor” of securities, as that term is defined in Regulation S, nor a dealer in securities.

 

(5)           Such Reg S Person understands that the Units have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state and are subject to substantial restrictions on resale or transfer.  The Units are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Regulation S and Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(6)           Such Reg S Person acknowledges that the shares of Common Stock may only be sold offshore in compliance with Regulation S or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or another exemption from such registration, if available.  In connection with any resale of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to Regulation S, the Company will not register a transfer not made in accordance with Regulation S, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or in accordance with another exemption from the Securities Act.

 

(7)           Such Reg S Person makes the representations, declarations and warranties as contained in the Purchase Agreement with the intent that the same shall be relied upon by the Company in determining its suitability as a purchaser of such Units.

 

The undersigned agrees that the undersigned will notify the Company at any time on or prior to the applicable Closing in the event that the representations and warranties in this Purchaser Questionnaire shall cease to be true, accurate and complete.

(2)           Suitability (please answer each question)

	
  

	
(a)

	
For an individual, please describe your current employment, including the company by which you are employed and its principal business:

 

 

	 	 

	 	 

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
For individuals, do you expect your current level of income to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?

	
YES

	  	  	
NO

	  

	
  

	
(c)

	
For trust, corporate, partnership and other institutional subscribers, do you expect your total assets to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?

	
YES

	  	  	
NO

	  

  

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(d)

	
For all subscribers, are you familiar with the risk aspects and the non-liquidity of investments such as the Securities for which you seek to purchase?

 

	
YES

	  	  	
NO

	  

 

	
  

	
(e)

	
For all subscribers, do you understand that there is no guarantee of financial return on this investment and that you run the risk of losing your entire investment?

 

	
YES

	  	  	
NO

	  

 

(3)           Manner in which title is to be held: (circle one)

(a)           Individual Ownership

(b)           Community Property

(c)           Joint Tenant with Right of Survivorship (both parties must sign)

(d)           Partnership

(e)           Tenants in Common

(f)           Company

(g)           Trust

(h)           Other

(4)           FINRA Affiliation.

Are you affiliated or associated with an FINRA member firm (please check one):

	
YES

	  	  	
NO

	  

 

If Yes, please describe how you are affiliated/associated:

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

*If subscriber is a Registered Representative with an FINRA member firm, have the following acknowledgment signed by the appropriate party:

The undersigned FINRA member firm acknowledges receipt of the notice required by the FINRA Conduct Rules.

 

 

_________________________________

Name of FINRA Member Firm

By: ______________________________

Authorized Officer

Date: ____________________________

 

  

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(5) For Trust Subscribers

A. Certain trusts generally may not qualify as accredited Purchasers except under special circumstances.  Therefore, if you intend to purchase the shares of the Company’s stock in whole or in part through a trust, please answer each of the following questions.

Is the trustee of the trust a national or state bank that is acting in its fiduciary capacity in making the investment on behalf of the trust?

Yes o                                         No o

Does this investment in the Company exceed 10% of the trust assets?

Yes o                                         No o

B. If the trust is a revocable trust, please complete Question 1 below.  If the trust is an irrevocable trust, please complete Question 2 below.

 

1.           REVOCABLE TRUSTS

Can the trust be amended or revoked at any time by its grantors:

Yes o                                         No o

 

If yes, please answer the following questions relating to each grantor (please add sheets if necessary):

Grantor Name: _________________________

Net worth of grantor (including spouse, if applicable), including home, home furnishings and automobiles exceeds $1,000,000?

Yes o                                         No o

OR

Income (exclusive of any income attributable to spouse) was in excess of $200,000 for 2006 and 2007 and is reasonably expected to be in excess of $200,000 for 2008?

Yes o                                         No o

OR

Income (including income attributable to spouse) was in excess of $300,000 for 2006 and 2007 and is reasonably expected to be in excess of $300,000 for 2008?

Yes o                                         No o

  

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2.           IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS

If the trust is an irrevocable trust, please answer the following questions:

Please provide the name of each trustee:

Trustee Name: ________________________________________

Trustee Name: ________________________________________

Does the trust have assets greater than $5 million?

Yes o                                         No o

Do you have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Company?

Yes o                                         No o

Indicate how often you invest in:

Marketable Securities

Often o                      Occasionally o                                Seldom o                      Never o

Restricted Securities

Often o                      Occasionally o                                Seldom o                      Never o

Venture Capital Companies

Often o                      Occasionally o                                Seldom o                      Never o

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The undersigned has been informed of the significance to the Company of the foregoing representations and answers contained in this Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire and such representations and answers have been provided with the understanding that the Company and the Selling Agent will rely on them.

                                                                           Individual

Date:           ________________________                                   _______________________________

Name of Individual

(Please type or print)

_______________________________

Signature of Individual

_______________________________

Name of Joint Owner

(Please type or print)

_______________________________

Signature (Joint Owner)

Partnership, Corporation or

Other Entity

Date:           ________________________                                   _______________________________

Print or Type Entity Name

      By: Name:_______________________

      Print or Type Name

       Title: ___________________________                                                                           

       _________________________________

      Signature

       Title: ____________________________                                                                           

       _________________________________

       Signature (other authorized signatory)

  

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Annex B

 

Certificate of Subscriber

In addition to the covenants, representations and warranties contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement, to which this Annex B – Certificate of Subscriber is attached, the undersigned Purchaser (or the Purchaser on behalf of one or more beneficial purchasers for whom the Purchaser is purchasing as principal) covenants, represents and warrants to the Company that the Purchaser (or one or more beneficial purchasers for whom the Purchaser is purchasing as principal) is resident in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, or Ontario and either (i) qualifies under Category 1 – Accredited Investor as an “accredited investor” as defined in NI 45-106 and has checked the appropriate box below, or (ii) qualifies under Category 2 – Minimum $150,000 Investment, and has checked the appropriate box below, or (iii) for all jurisdictions listed above, except Ontario, qualifies under Category 3 as “Family, friends and business associates” as required by section 2.5 of NI 45-106 and has checked the appropriate box below; or (iv) for Ontario residents only, qualifies under Category 4 as “Founder, control person and family as required by section 2.7 of NI 45-106 and has checked the appropriate box below.

Category 1 - Accredited Investor

 

	o	a.	a Canadian financial institution, or a Schedule III bank;
	 	 	 
	o	b.	the Business Development Bank incorporated under the Business Development Bank of Canada Act (Canada);
	 	 	 
	o	c.	
a subsidiary of any person referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), if the person owns all of

the voting securities of the subsidiary, except the voting securities required by law to

be owned by directors of that subsidiary;

	 	 	 
	o	d.	 
a person registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as an

adviser or dealer, other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer under

one or both of the Securities Act (Ontario) or the Securities Act (Newfoundland and

Labrador);

	 	 	 
	o	e.	 
an individual registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as a representative of a person referred to in paragraph (d);

	 	 	 
	o	f.	the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown corporation, 
agency or wholly owned entity of the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of

Canada;

	 	 	 
	o	g.	 
a municipality, public board or commission in Canada or a metropolitan community,

school board, the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal or an

intermunicipal management board in Québec;

	 	 	 
	o	h.	any national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal government of or in any 
foreign jurisdiction, or any agency of that government;

	 	 	 
	o	i.	a pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent of Financial 
Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar regulatory authority of a

jurisdiction of Canada;

	 	 	 
	o	j.	an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly or 
indirectly, financial assets having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but

net of any related liabilities, exceeds $1,000,000;

 

  

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	o	k.	an individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the two 
\most recent years or whose net income before taxes combined with that of a spouse

exceeded $300,000 in each of the two most recent calendar years and who, in either

case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current calendar year;

	 	 	 
	o	l.	 
an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of at least $5,000,000;

	 	 	 
	o	m.	a person, other than an individual or investment fund, that has net assets of at least 
$5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial statements and that was

not created or used solely to purchase or hold securities as an accredited investor under

this paragraph (m);

	 	 	 
	o	n.	an investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities only to;
	 	 	i.  a person that is or was an accredited investor at the time of the distribution; 
 

ii. a person that acquires or acquired securities in the circumstances referred to in

    sections 2.10 of NI 45-106 [Minimum amount investment], or 2.19 of NI 45-

    106 [Additional investment in investment funds], or

iii. a person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires or acquired securities

     under section 2.18 of NI 45-106 [Investment fund reinvestment];

	 	 	 
	o	o.	an investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities under a prospectus in a 
jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator, or, in Québec, the securities regulatory

authority, has issued a receipt;

	 	 	
 

	o	p.	a trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to carry on business under 
the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada) or under comparable legislation in a

jurisdiction of Canada or foreign jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed

account managed by the trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be;

	 	 	 
	o	q.	a person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that person, if that person
	 	 	
i. is registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the equivalent

   under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign

   jurisdiction, and

 

ii. in Ontario, is purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment fund;

	 	 	 
	o	 r.	a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has 
obtained advice from an eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities

legislation of the jurisdiction of the registered charity to give advice on the securities

being traded;

	 	 	 
	o	 s.	an entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to any of the entities 
referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i) in form and function;

	 	 	 
	o	 t.	a person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or beneficial, 
except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors, are persons that

are accredited investors;

	 	 	 
	o	 u.	an investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser or a person that 
is exempt from registration as an adviser;

	 	 	 
	o	 v.	a person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory authority or, 
except in Ontario and Québec, the regulator as

 

  

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i.an accredited investor, or

	
  

	
ii.an exempt purchaser in British Columbia;

 

 

Category 2 - Minimum $150,000 Investment

           Purchasing securities having an acquisition cost of not less than $150,000 paid in cash and was

           not created or used solely to purchase securities in reliance on the exemption from the dealer

           registration requirement or prospectus requirement available under section 2.10 of NI 45-106;

 

Category 3 - Family, friends and business associates

(ALL PURCHASERS, EXCEPT PURCHASERS RESIDENT IN ONTARIO)

           a. a director, executive officer or control person of the Company, or of an affiliate of the

                     Company;

           b. a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of a director, executive officer or

                     control person of the Company, or of an affiliate of the Company, namely

________________________________________________________________

(name of director, executive officer or control person)

           c. a parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a director, executive

                    officer or control person of the Company, or of an affiliate of the Company, namely

________________________________________________________________

(name of director, executive officer or control person)

           d. a close personal friend* of a director, executive officer or control person of the

Company, or of an affiliate of the Company, namely

________________________________________________________________

(name of director, executive officer or control person)

           e. a close business associate** of a director, executive officer or control person of the

                    Company, or of an affiliate of the Company, namely

________________________________________________________________

(name of director, executive officer or control person)

           f. a founder of the Company or a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child, close

                    personal friend* or close business associate** of a founder of the Company, namely

________________________________________________________________

(name of founder)

            g.   a parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of a spouse of a founder of the Company,

                    namely

________________________________________________________________

(name of founder)

 

  

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             h.   a person of which a majority of the voting securities are beneficially owned by, or a

                    majority of the directors are, persons described in paragraphs (a) to (g);

             i.     a trust or estate of which all of the beneficiaries or a majority of the trustees or

                    executors are persons or companies described in paragraphs (a) to (g);

*where used in this Certificate, “close personal friend” means an individual who has known the named director, executive officer, control person or founder well enough and for a sufficient period of time to be in a position to assess the capabilities and trustworthiness of that person. The term “close personal friend” can include a family member who is not already specifically identified in paragraphs (b), (c), (f) or (g) if the family member otherwise meets the criteria described above. An individual’s relationship with the named director, executive officer, control person or founder must be direct. An individual is not a “close personal friend” solely because that individual is a relative, a client, customer, former client or former customer of, or is a member of the same organization, association or religious group as, the named director, executive officer, control person or founder.

**where used in this Certificate, “close business associate” means an individual who has had sufficient prior business dealings with the named director, executive officer, control person or founder to be in a position to assess the capabilities and trustworthiness of that person. An individual’s relationship with the named director, executive officer, control person or founder must be direct. An individual is not a “close business associate” solely because that individual is a client, customer, former client or former customer of, or is a casual business associate of, or is a person introduced or solicited for the purpose of purchasing securities by, the named director, executive officer, control person or founder.

Category 4 - Founder, control person, and family

(ONTARIO RESIDENTS ONLY)

 

o         a. a founder of the Company;

o         b. an affiliate of a founder of the Company, namely

________________________________________________________________

(name of founder)

 

o          c. a spouse, parent, brother, sister, grandparent or child of an executive officer, director

                        or founder of the Company, namely

________________________________________________________________

(name of executive officer, director or founder)

 

o          d. a person that is a control person of the Company.

 

“financial assets” means

(a) cash,

(b) securities, or

(c) a contract of insurance, a deposit or an evidence of a deposit that is not a security for the purposes of

securities legislation

“fully managed account” means an account of a client for which a person makes the investment decisions if that person has full discretion to trade in securities for the account without requiring the client’s express consent to a transaction;

“person” includes

	
  

	(a) an individual,

 

  

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	(b) a corporation,

	
  

	
(c)a partnership, trust, fund and an association, syndicate, organization or other organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, and

	
  

	
(d)an individual or other person in that person’s capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator or personal or other legal representative;

 “related liabilities” means

	
  

	
(a) liabilities incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing the acquisition or ownership of financial assets, or

	
  

	
(b) liabilities that are secured by financial assets;

 

“spouse” means, an individual who,

	
  

	
(a) is married to another individual and is not living separate and apart within the meaning of the Divorce Act (Canada), from the other individual, or

	
  

	
(b) is living with another individual in a marriage-like relationship, including a marriage-like relationship between individuals of the same gender.

 

The representations, warranties, statements and certification made in this Certificate are true and accurate as of the date of this Certificate and will be true and accurate as of the Closing. If any such representation, warranty, statement or certification becomes untrue or inaccurate prior to the Closing, the Subscriber will give the Company immediate written notice thereof.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the Company will be relying on this Certificate in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement.

The statements made in this Certificate are true.

DATED at _____________________________this ____ day of _________________ , 2011.

If a corporation, partnership or other entity:

______________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory

______________________________________________

Name and Position of Signatory

______________________________________________

Name of Purchasing Entity

______________________________________________

Jurisdiction of Residence

If an individual:

______________________________________

Signature

______________________________________________

Print Name

______________________________________________

Jurisdiction of Residence

 

 

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