Exhibit 5.1

 

Harney Westwood & Riegels LP

Craigmuir Chambers

PO Box 71

Road Town

Tortola VG1110

British Virgin Islands

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24 May 2024

 

george.weston@harneys.com

+1 284 852 4333

043011.0048-GYW-MTT

 

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited

Suite 7540, The Empire State Building,

350 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10118

 

Dear Sir or Madam

 

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited, Company No 1542549 (the Company)

 

We are lawyers qualified to practise in the British Virgin Islands and have acted as British Virgin Islands legal advisers to the Company in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 (the Registration Statement) and accompanying prospectus and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on or around the date of this opinion under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The Registration Statement relates to the offer and resale of up to 31,300,000 Class A ordinary shares of no par value (the Shares) by the selling shareholders named in the Registration Statement. The prospectus within the Registration Statement relates to (i) the registration of the public resale by the selling shareholders named therein (collectively, the Selling Shareholders) of up to 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of no par value, offered by the Selling Shareholders pursuant to three standby equity subscription agreements, dated as of 25 March 2024, entered into by and between the Selling Shareholders and the Company (the Subscription Agreement) respectively, and (ii) 1,300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of certain outstanding warrants at an exercise price of $1.10 per share (the Warrants, the holders of such Warrants, (the Warrant Holders)). Each of the Warrants is, in accordance with its terms exercisable by the respective Warrant Holder at an exercise price of $1.10 per share (the Exercise Price) for the issue by the Company to that Warrant Holder of one ordinary share (the Warrant Shares).

 

We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined the Corporate Documents (as defined in Schedule 1), which we regard as necessary in order to issue this opinion. We have not undertaken or been instructed to undertake any further enquiry or due diligence in relation to the transaction which is the subject of this opinion or in relation to any British Virgin Islands companies other than the Company (including those British Virgin Islands companies, other than the Company, referenced in the Registration Statement).

 

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set out in Schedule 2 which we have not verified.

 

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Based solely upon the foregoing examinations and assumptions and having regard to the legal considerations and documents which we regard as necessary in order to issue this opinion, and subject to the qualifications set out in Schedule 3, we are of the opinion that under the laws of the British Virgin Islands:

 

1Existence and Good Standing. The Company is a company duly incorporated with limited liability, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. The Company is a separate legal entity and is subject to suit in its own name.

 

2Valid Issuance of Shares.

 

(a)Upon (i) the valid exercise of a Warrant by the respective Warrant Holder, and (ii) the payment of the Exercise Price by that Warrant Holder to the Company, the Warrant Share issued by the Company under the respective Warrant to that Warrant Holder will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (meaning that no further sums will be payable with respect them). Shares in the Company are issued when the name of the shareholder is entered on the register of members of the Company.

 

(b)The Shares being offered and sold by the Selling Shareholders from time to time as contemplated by the Registration Statement, and the allotment and issue of the Shares by the Company as contemplated by the Registration Statement have been duly authorized and, when allotted, issued and fully paid for in accordance with Registration Statement, and when the names of the Selling Shareholders are entered in the register of members of the Company will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3No actions/proceedings. The Public Searches do not show any pending action or court proceedings against the Company at the time of our search referred to at paragraph 4 of Schedule 1.

 

This opinion is confined to the matters expressly opined on herein and given on the basis of the laws of the British Virgin Islands as they are in force and applied by the British Virgin Islands courts at the date of this opinion. We have made no investigation of, and express no opinion on, the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion as to matters of fact. We express no opinion with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions the subject of this opinion.

 

In connection with the above opinion, we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference made to this firm in the Registration Statement under the headings “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” and “Legal Matters” and elsewhere in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

 

This opinion may be used only in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares while the Registration Statement is effective.

 

Yours faithfully  
   
 
Harney Westwood & Riegels LP  

 

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Schedule 1

 

List of Documents and Records Examined

 

1a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company obtained from the Registry of Corporate Affairs on 26 March 2024, which our searches dated 23 May 2024 indicated were not subsequently amended;

 

2the records and information certified by Harneys Corporate Services Limited, the registered agent of the Company, on 24 May 2024 of the statutory documents and records maintained by the Company at its registered office (the Registered Agent’s Certificate);

 

3a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs with respect to the Company dated 21 May 2024;

 

4the public records of the Company on file and available for inspection at the Registry of Corporate Affairs, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands on 23 May 2024;

 

5the records of proceedings on file with, and available for inspection on 23 May 2024 at the High Court of Justice, British Virgin Islands;

 

(4 to 5 above are the Public Searches)

 

6a copy of the unanimous written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 23 May 2024 approving the Subscription Agreement, the filing of the Registration Statement and authorising issue of the Shares (the Resolutions); and

 

7the Registration Statement,

 

(1 to 5 above are the Corporate Documents).

 

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Schedule 2

 

Assumptions

 

1Authenticity of Documents. All original Corporate Documents are authentic, all signatures, initials and seals are genuine, all copies of the Registration Statement are true and correct copies and the Registration Statement conform in every material respect to the latest drafts of the same produced to us and, where the Registration Statement has been provided to us in successive drafts marked-up to indicate changes to such documents, all such changes have been so indicated.

 

2Corporate Documents. All matters required by law to be recorded in the Corporate Documents are so recorded, and all corporate minutes, resolutions, certificates, documents and records which we have reviewed are accurate and complete, and all facts expressed in or implied thereby are accurate and complete, and the information recorded in the Registered Agent’s Certificate was accurate as at the date of the passing of the Resolutions.

 

3No Steps to Wind-up. Save for as recorded on the Public Searches reviewed by us, the directors and shareholders of the Company have not taken any steps to appoint a liquidator of the Company and no receiver has been appointed over any of the property or assets of the Company.

 

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Schedule 3

 

Qualifications

 

1Public Records. Records reviewed by us may not be complete for various reasons. In particular you should note that:

 

(a)in special circumstances the court may order the sealing of the court record, which would mean that a record of the court action would not appear on the High Court register;

 

(b)failure to file notice of appointment of a receiver with the Registry of Corporate Affairs does not invalidate the receivership but merely gives rise to penalties on the part of the receiver;

 

(c)a liquidator of a British Virgin Islands company has 14 days after their appointment within which they must file notice of their appointment at the Registry of Corporate Affairs; and

 

(d)although amendments to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of a company are normally effective from the date of registration with the Registry of Corporate Affairs, it is possible for a British Virgin Islands court to order that they be treated as being effective from an earlier date, and searches would not reveal the amendments until the court order was subsequently filed,

 

and accordingly our searches would not indicate such issues.

 

2Foreign Statutes. We express no opinion in relation to provisions making reference to foreign statutes in the Registration Statement.

 

3Amendment. A British Virgin Islands court would not treat as definitive a statement in a contract that it could only be amended or waived in writing but would be able to consider all the facts of the case particularly where consideration had passed to determine whether a verbal amendment or waiver had been effected and if it found that it had such verbal amendment or waiver would be deemed to have also amended the stated requirement for a written agreement.

 

4Good Standing. To maintain the Company in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, annual licence fees must be paid to the Registrar of Corporate Affairs.

 

5Conflict of Laws. An expression of an opinion on a matter of British Virgin Islands law in relation to a particular issue in this opinion should not necessarily be construed to imply that the British Virgin Islands courts would treat British Virgin Islands law as the proper law to determine that issue under its conflict of laws rules.

 

6Sanctions. The obligations of the Company may be subject to restrictions pursuant to United Nations and European Union sanctions as implemented under the laws of the British Virgin Islands.

 

7Economic Substance.  We have undertaken no enquiry and express no view as to the compliance of the Company with the Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act 2018.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 23, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), is by and between Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with its principal office at Room 1802, Block D, Zhonghai International Center, Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PRC (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”). Each of the Purchasers and the Company is referred to herein each as a “Party”, and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers desire to purchase from the Company certain securities, consisting of: (i) Class A ordinary shares, no par value each (the “Ordinary Shares”), and (ii) a warrant to purchase Ordinary Shares (the “Warrants”), in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the terms of the Warrants are set forth in the form of Warrant, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Ordinary Shares issuable at Closing are referred to herein as the “Purchase Shares” and Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares.” The Purchase Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”; and

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement (as defined below) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) as to the Purchase Shares and (ii) an exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act contained in Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Regulation S thereunder as to the Warrants (and the Warrant Shares), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Company and the Purchaser agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally open for use by customers on such day.

 

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

 

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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, but in no event later than the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date hereof, which date may be extended by mutual consent of the parties.

 

Closing Statement” means the Closing Statement in the form on Annex A attached hereto.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Ordinary Shares” means the Class A ordinary shares of the Company, no par value each, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Ordinary Shares Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, the Ordinary Shares.

 

Per Share Purchase Price” equals $1.00, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Ordinary Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

Prospectus” means the final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.

 

Prospectus Supplement” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and delivered by the Company to each Purchaser at the Closing in connection with the Shares.

 

Purchase Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issued to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Registration Statement” means the effective registration statement with Commission file No. 333-260958 which registers the sale of the which registers the sale of the Purchase Shares to the Purchasers.

 

Resale Registration Statement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4.

 

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

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants 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 any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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 Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or the OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

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

 

Transfer Agent” means Transhare Corporation, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of Bayside Center 1, 17755 US Highway 19 N, Suite 140 Clearwater FL 33764, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Warrants” means, collectively, the Ordinary Shares purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.3(c)(ii) hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to five (5) years, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Warrant Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

ARTICLE II

 

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

Section 2.1 Issuance, Sale and Purchase of Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein, the Company agrees to issue, sell and deliver to the Purchaser, free and clear of any pledge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge, assessment, claim or restriction of any kind or nature other than those imposed by federal and/or state securities laws, memorandum and articles of association of the Company, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, on the Closing Date (as defined below), such amount of Securities as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser.

 

Section 2.2 Purchase Price. Each Purchaser shall pay the purchase price as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser (the “Purchase Price”) for the Securities. The aggregate Purchase Price for the Securities by all the Purchasers shall not exceed $1,340,000.

 

Section 2.3 Closing.

 

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the closing (the “Closing”) of the purchase and sale of the Securities shall take place within two Business Days of the Effective Date unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Purchaser (the “Closing Date”).

 

(b) At or before the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver the Purchase Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the Company’s bank account designated by the Company.

 

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At the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver a certificate of a duly authorized officer of the Purchaser certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 1.4(b).

 

(c) At the Closing the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser the following items:

 

(i) a copy of the executed irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to promptly deliver the Purchase Shares set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, registered in the name of such Purchaser either via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) or book entry without any restrictive legend;

 

(ii) a copy of the Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of Ordinary Shares equal to 100% of the Purchase Shares issued and sold to each Purchaser, with an exercise price equal to 110% of the Purchase Price per share, subject to adjustment therein;

 

(iii) the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 

(iv) this Agreement duly executed by the Company; and

 

(v) Within ten Business Days of the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the PurchaserS the wet-ink WarrantS.

 

Section 2.4 Closing Conditions.

 

(a) The obligations of the Company to issue and sell the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and the obligation of the Purchasers to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

(i) All corporate and other actions required to be taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchase Shares shall have been completed and all corporate and other actions required to be taken by the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Purchase Shares shall have been completed.

 

(ii) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other 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 or the Board of Directors. This Agreement and each other 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.

 

(iii) The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Section 2.2 of this Agreement shall have been true and correct on the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing; and the Purchaser shall have performed and complied with in all material respects all, and not be in breach or default in any material respect under any, agreements, covenants, conditions and obligations contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with on or before the Closing.

 

(iv) No governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins, prevents, prohibits or otherwise makes illegal the consummation of, or materially and adversely alter, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or imposes any damages or penalties that are substantial in relation to the company; and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall have been instituted by or before any governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or threatened that seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent, prohibit or otherwise makes illegal the consummation of, or materially and adversely alter, the transactions contemplated by this agreement or impose any damages or penalties that are substantial in relation to the company.

 

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(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(b) the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(c) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

(d) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.3(c) of this Agreement;

 

(e) there shall have been no material adverse effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and

 

(f) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports (as defined below) or set forth on the disclosure schedules attached hereto, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as follows:

 

(a) Organization and Authority. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business in all material respects as is currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in material violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary and no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not adversely affect the ability of the Company to carry out its obligations under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement or adversely affect the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to conduct the business as is currently conducted.

 

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(b) Due Issuance of the Securities; Registration. The Purchase Shares and the Warrants have been duly and validly authorized and, when the Purchase Shares are issued and paid for pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchase Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the Purchase Shares shall be free and clear of all encumbrances, except as required by applicable laws, and issued in compliance with all applicable federal, securities laws and the memorandum and articles of association of the Company of the Company. Upon the issuance of the Warrant Shares, the Warrant Shares will have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and paid for upon exercise of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and shall be free and clear of all encumbrances, except as required by applicable laws, and issued in compliance with all applicable federal, securities laws and the memorandum and articles of association of the Company of the Company. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, which became effective on July 15, 2022, including the Prospectus, and such amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, shall file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company was at the time of the filing of the Registration Statement eligible to use Form F-3. The Company is eligible to use Form F-3 under the Securities Act and it meets the transaction requirements with respect to the aggregate market value of securities being sold pursuant to this offering and during the twelve (12) months prior to this offering, as set forth in General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3.

 

(c) Authority. The Company has full power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and each agreement, certificate, document and instrument to be executed and delivered by it pursuant to this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the performance by it of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite actions on its part.

 

(d) Noncontravention. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will violate any constitution, statute, regulation, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, or other restriction of any government, governmental entity or court to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby 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 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 or other understanding to which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected. To the Company’s best knowledge, neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by the Company with any of the terms and conditions hereof will contravene any federal, state, county or local law, rule or regulation or any judgment, decree or order applicable to, or binding upon, it.

 

(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser in Section 3.2, neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance by the Company of this Agreement in accordance with its terms requires the filing, consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration with, or the giving notice to, any governmental or public body or authority, except such as have been obtained, made, given or will be made promptly hereafter and any required filing or notification with the Securities and Exchange Commission or Nasdaq.

 

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(f) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Additionally, any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting any facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein is required to be filed with the Commission. The Company has not been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, and the SEC Reports conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the SEC Reports or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the SEC Reports, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business (each, a “Material Agreement”), has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought. No Material Agreement has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect with respect to the Company. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of the Material Agreements will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses, including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations. The other financial and statistical information included in the SEC Reports present fairly, in all material respects, the information included therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that are included in the SEC Reports and the books and records of the respective entities presented therein.

 

(g) Registration Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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(h) Intentionally Omitted.

 

(i) 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.

 

(j) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary, it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in Ordinary Shares, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, if applicable, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing shareholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(k) No General Solicitation. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Shares were not offered to such Purchaser by means of any form of general or public solicitation or general advertising, or publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature, including (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media, or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which such Purchaser was invited by any of the foregoing means of communications.

 

(l) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, based upon an exemption from registration provided by SEC Regulation S, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.

 

(m) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities 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 non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.

 

(n) Capitalization.

 

(i) The total number of Ordinary Shars which the Company has authority to issue (A) 250,000,000 ordinary shares, consisting of (a) 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with no par value each, and (b) 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with no par value each, and (B) 50,000,000 preferred shares with no par value each; of which, as of the date hereof there is no preferred shares issued and outstanding. As of the date hereof, no Company’s Clss A and Class B ordinary shares or the Company’s preferred shares are held as treasury shares. All the outstanding shares of the Company have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and were issued in accordance with the registration or qualification requirements of the Securities Act, and any relevant state securities Laws or pursuant to valid exemptions therefrom.

 

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(ii) 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 as set forth in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC Filings”). 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 Ordiarny Shares, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Ordiarny Shares or Ordiarny Shares Equivalents except the Securities contemplated herein and as set for in the Company’s SEC Filings. Except as set forth herein and the SEC Filings, the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Ordiarny Shares 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 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, 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 shareholder or the Board of Directors is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.

 

Section 3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

 

(a) Due Formation. It is a company duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with full power and authority to own and operate and to carry on its business in the places and in the manner as currently conducted.

 

(b) Authority. It has full power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and each agreement, certificate, document and instrument to be executed and delivered by it pursuant to this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the performance by it of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite actions on its part.

 

(c) Valid Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

(d) Consents. Neither the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement nor the consummation by it of any of the transactions contemplated hereby nor the performance by it of this Agreement in accordance with its terms requires the consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration with, or the giving of notice to, any governmental or public body or authority or any third party, except as have been obtained, made or given.

 

(e) No Conflict. Neither the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by it with any of the terms and conditions hereof will contravene any existing agreement, federal, state, county or local law, rule or regulation or any judgment, decree or order applicable to, or binding upon, it.

 

(f) No General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities because of any general solicitation or general advertisement, including, without limitation, (i) any advertisement, articles, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, and (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

 

(g) Purchaser Status and Investment Intent.

 

(i) Status of Purchaser. The Purchaser is a “non-US person” as defined in Regulation S. The Purchaser further makes the representations and warranties to the Company set forth on Exhibit B. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act and such Purchaser is not a broker-dealer, nor an affiliate of a broker-dealer.

 

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(ii) Experience. It has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Securities. It is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment, including a complete loss of its investment.

 

(iii) Purchase Entirely for Own Account. It is acquiring the Warrants and the Warrant Shares for its own account for investment purposes only and not with the view to, or with any intention of, resale, distribution or other disposition thereof. It does not have any direct or indirect arrangement, or understanding with any other Person to distribute, or regarding the distribution of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares in violation of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or other applicable laws.

 

(iv) [INTENTIONALY OMITTED]

 

(v) Distribution Compliance Period. Purchaser understands that the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction. It understands that its investment in the Warrants and the Warrant Shares involves a high degree of risk and that it may lose its entire investment. It can bear the economic risk of the investment for an indefinite period of time. It acknowledges that the Warrants and the Warrant Shares may not be sold, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from registration is available. Any resale of any of the Warrant Shares may be made only pursuant to (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act which has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and is effective at the time of such sale, or (ii) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. In claiming any such exemption, it will, prior to any sale or distribution of any Shares securities advise the Company, and, if requested, provide the Company with a favorable written opinion of counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company’s counsel, as to the applicability of such exemption to the proposed sale or distribution.

 

(vi) Restrictive Legend. It understands that the certificate evidencing the Warrants and Warrant Shares will bear a legend or other restriction substantially to the following effect:

 

“THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NO SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE MADE UNLESS EITHER (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EITHER CASE UPON THE RECEIPT OF AN OPINION OF U.S. COUNSEL.”

 

(vi) The Purchase Shares shall be issued free of legends.

 

(h) Direct Contact; No Broker. The contact between the Company and the Purchaser was made directly through an existing relationship. No broker, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s or other similar fee or commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Purchaser.

 

(i) Not an Affiliate. The Purchaser is not an officer, director or Affiliate of the Company.

 

(j) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Filings and has been afforded, (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

Other AGreements

 

Section 4.1 Blue Sky Filings. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.

 

Section 4.2 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 of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company which may have been made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser and none of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Purchaser (or any other Person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under 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. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.

 

Section 4.3 Furnishing of Information.

 

(a) Until the earlier of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) all of the Warrants have expired, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

(b) At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Warrant Shares (assuming cashless exercise) may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i) shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) since April 2008, has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes such an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Warrant Shares, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate Exercise Price of such Purchaser’s Warrants on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchasers to transfer the Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

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Section 4.4 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Warrants or Warrant Shares or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

Section 4.5 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) file a Current Report on Form 6-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market or FINRA regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

Section 4.6 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

Section 4.7 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 6-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

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Section 4.8 Resale Registration Statement.

 

As soon as practicable but not later than 90 days after Closing, the Company shall file a registration statement (the “Resale Registration Statement”) on Form F-1 or Form F-3 (or any other available form) registering the resale by the Purchasers of the Warrant Shares. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) cause the Resale Registration Statement to become effective within 150 days following the filing date of the Resale Registration Statement and (b) keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until (i) all Warrants are sold, and Warrant Shares are issued or sold, as the case may be, under the Resale Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Warrant Shares may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and (iii) the three (3) year anniversary of the date of the Closing Date, whichever is the earliest to occur. Purchaser agrees that the information set forth on its signature page is accurate and sufficient for purposes of the Company’s preparation of the selling shareholder table and related footnotes required to be included in the Resale Registration Statement.

 

ARTICLE V

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.1 Survival of the Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made by any Party shall survive for two years and shall terminate and be without further force or effect on the second anniversary of the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching Party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of the relevant representations or warranty and such claims shall survive until finally resolved.

 

Section 5.2 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated, and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to Closing, (i) by mutual agreement of the Parties, (ii) by the Purchaser in the event that the Closing has not occurred by the date that is 90 days from the date of this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 3.3 shall be deemed to release any Party from any liability for any breach of this Agreement prior to the effective date of such termination.

 

Section 5.3 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.

 

Section 5.4 Dispute Resolution. Any dispute, controversy or claim (each, a “Dispute”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the interpretation, performance breach, termination, validity or invalidity thereof, shall be referred to arbitration upon the demand of any Party to the dispute with notice (the “Arbitration Notice”) to the other Party.

 

(a) The Dispute shall be settled in New York, State of New York in a proceeding conducted in English by one (1) arbitrator from the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in accordance with the AAA rules in force when the Arbitration Notice is submitted in accordance with the AAA rules. Each party will bear its own costs, and this clause does not prevent seeking provisional remedies from a court. Claims must be filed within one year. This dispute resolution clause survives the termination of the Agreement.

 

(b) Each party to the arbitration shall cooperate with each other party to the arbitration in making full disclosure of and providing complete access to all information and documents reasonably requested by such other party in connection with such arbitral proceedings, subject only to any confidentiality obligations binding on such party.

 

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(c) The award of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the parties thereto, and the prevailing party may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award.

 

(d) During the course of the arbitral tribunal’s adjudication of the Dispute, this Agreement shall continue to be performed except with respect to the part in dispute and under adjudication.

 

Section 5.5 Amendment. This Agreement shall not be amended, changed or modified, except by another agreement in writing executed by the Parties hereto.

 

Section 5.6 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, each of the Parties and their respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 5.7 Assignment. 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.”

 

Section 5.8 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of actual delivery if delivered personally to the Parties to whom notice is to be given, on the date sent if sent by telecopier, tested telex or prepaid telegram, on the next Business Day following delivery if sent by courier or on the day of attempted delivery by postal service if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage paid, and properly addressed as follows:

 

If to the Purchaser, at the address shown on the signature page below.

 

 

If to the Company, at:

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd.,

Room 1802, Block D, Zhonghai

International Center,Hi-Tech Zone,

Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PRC

 

 

Any Party may change its address for purposes of this Section 3.9 by giving the other Party a written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

 

Section 5.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the matters covered hereby, and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or in writing, if any, between the Parties with respect to the matters covered hereby are merged and superseded by this Agreement.

 

Section 5.10 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.

 

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Section 5.11 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party will be responsible for all of its own expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.12 Public Announcements. The Purchaser shall not make, or cause to be made, any press release or public announcement in respect of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise communicate with any news media without the prior written consent of the Company unless otherwise required by securities laws or other applicable law.

 

Section 5.13 Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event any provision of this Agreement is not performed in accordance with the terms hereof. Accordingly, each Party shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or equity.

 

Section 5.14 Headings. The headings of the various articles and sections of this Agreement are inserted merely for the purpose of convenience and do not expressly or by implication limit, define or extend the specific terms of the section so designated.

 

Section 5.15 Execution in Counterparts. For the convenience of the Parties and to facilitate execution, 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 shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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[COMPANY SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD.
     
  By:  
  Name: Weilai Zhang
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO THE 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: __________________

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

 

_________________________________

 

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

 

_________________________________

 

EIN Number: _____________

 

Purchase Price: _____________

 

Shares: _____________

 

Warrant Shares: _____________

 

Wiring Instructions:

 

Account Name: _____________

 

Account No: _____________

 

Bank Name: _____________

 

Bank Routing No: _____________

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

REGULATION S REPRESENTATION LETTER

 

1. Non-U.S. Investor. To the extent the Company deems it necessary to rely on Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) as the exemption for the sale and issuance of the securities (the “Securities”) of Aptorum Group Limited (the “Company”), the undersigned who is a Non-U.S. Person (as defined below), having been informed by the Company of its reliance on Regulation S, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

(a) The undersigned (1) is domiciled and has its principal place of business outside the United States; and (2) certifies that it is not a U.S. person or is deemed not to be a U.S person under Rule 902(k)(2) of the Securities Act (a “Non-U.S. Person”), and is not acquiring the Securities for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person; and (3) at the time of the issuance of the Securities, the Non-U.S. Person, or persons acting on the Non-U.S. Person’s behalf in connection therewith, will be located outside the United States.

 

(b) The undersigned has been advised and acknowledges that:

 

(1) the Securities have not been, and when issued, will not be registered under the Securities Act, the securities laws of any state of the United States or the securities laws of any other country;

 

(2) in issuing and selling the Securities to such Non-U.S. Person pursuant hereto, the Company is relying upon the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S, Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D under the Securities Act;

 

(3) it is a condition to the availability of the Regulation S safe harbor that the Securities not be offered or sold in the United States or to a U.S. Person until the expiration of a period of one year following the date of the issuance of the Securities;

 

(4) prior to the expiration of one year after the date of the issuance of the Securities (the “Distribution Compliance Period”), the Securities may be offered and sold by the holder thereof only if either: (A) the offer or sale is within the United States or to or for the account of a U.S. Person and pursuant to an effective registration statement, Rule 144 or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (B) the offer and sale is outside the United States and to other than a U.S. Person;

 

(5) the foregoing restrictions are binding upon subsequent transferees of the Securities except for transferees pursuant to an effective registration statement; and

 

(6) after the Distribution Compliance Period, the Securities may be offered or sold within the United States or to or for the account of a U.S. Person only pursuant to applicable securities laws.

 

(c) The undersigned covenants that, with respect to the Securities, until the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period: (i) such Non-U.S. Person, its agents or representatives have not and will not solicit offers to buy, offer for sale or sell the Securities or any beneficial interest therein in the United States or to or for the account of a U.S. Person; and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Securities may be offered and sold by the holder thereof only if either: (A) the offer or sale is within the United States or to or for the account of a U.S. Person and pursuant to an effective registration statement, Rule 144 or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act; or (B) the offer and sale is outside the United States and to other than a U.S. Person. The foregoing restrictions are binding upon subsequent transferees of the Securities, except for transferees pursuant to an effective registration statement. Such Non-U.S. Person agrees that after the Distribution Compliance Period, the Securities may be offered or sold within the United States or to or for the account of a U.S. Person only pursuant to applicable securities laws.

 

 
 

 

(d) The undersigned has not engaged, nor is it aware that any party has engaged, and the undersigned covenants that it will not engage or cause any third party to engage in any directed selling efforts (as such term is defined in Regulation S) in the United States with respect to the Securities.

 

(e) At the time of offering to the undersigned and communication of the undersigned’s order to purchase the Securities and at the time of the undersigned’s execution of the Securities, the undersigned was located outside the United States.

 

(f) The undersigned is not a “distributor” (as defined in Regulation S) or a “dealer” (as defined in the Securities Act).

 

(g) The undersigned covenants that it will not engage in hedging transactions (within the meaning of Rule 903(b)(3)(iii)(B)(4) of Regulation S) with regard to the Securities unless in compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(h) The undersigned person acknowledges that the Company shall make a notation in its books regarding the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Letter and shall transfer such Securities on the books of the Company only to the extent consistent therewith.

 

(i) In particular, the undersigned acknowledges that the Company shall refuse to register any transfer of the Securities not made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration.

 

(j) The undersigned understands and agrees that each certificate held by such Non-U.S. Person representing the Securities, or any other securities issued in respect of the Securities upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event, shall bear the following legend (in addition to any legend required under applicable state securities laws):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS CERTIFICATE MUST BE SURRENDERED TO THE COMPANY OR ITS TRANSFER AGENT AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO THE SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR ANY OTHER TRANSFER OF ANY INTEREST IN ANY OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.

 

2. Compliance with Foreign Law. The undersigned hereby represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Securities, including (a) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Securities; (b) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase; (c) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained; and (d) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale or transfer of the Securities. The undersigned’s subscription, payment for and continued beneficial ownership of the Securities will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of the undersigned’s jurisdiction.

 

3. Miscellaneous. Nothing in this Letter shall be deemed to modify or amend any provision of the Securities in any respect. This Letter shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws thereunder. This Letter (together with the Securities) is the complete and exclusive statement of agreement with respect to matters herein. The titles used in this Letter are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in interpreting this Letter.

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Letter as of the date first written above.

 

  INVESTOR:
   
   
  (Print Name of Investor)
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 
 

 

Annex A

 

CLOSING STATEMENT

 

Pursuant to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto, the purchasers shall purchase up to $[ ] of Ordinary Shares and Warrants from Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands corporation (the “Company”). All funds will be wired into an account maintained by the Company. All funds will be disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.

 

Disbursement Date: [________ ___, 2024]

 

 

 

I. PURCHASE PRICE

 

   
Gross Proceeds to be Received   $
     

II. DISBURSEMENTS

   
    $
    $
    $
    $
    $
     
Total Amount Disbursed:   $[  ]

 

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:

 

Please see attached.

 

Acknowledged and agreed to  
   
this ___ day of _________, _____  
   
   
   
By:    
                   
Name:    
     
Title:    

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS. THE COMPANY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO THE EXTENT THAT AN OPINION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH THE SECURITIES WERE ISSUED.

 

ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES

 

Warrant No. 01   Issuance Date: February 23, 2024

 

Void After February 22, 2029

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received and subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, Yina Weng, or assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase at the Exercise Price (defined below) from Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with its principal office at Room 1802, Block D, Zhonghai International Center, Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PRC (the “Company”) 1,150,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, no par value each (the “Ordinary Shares”), subject to adjustment as provided herein. This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated February 23, 2024, by and among the Company and the original Holder of this Warrant and the other parties named therein (the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

1. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

(a) Exercise Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date of issuance and ending February 22, 2029, unless sooner terminated as provided below.

 

(b) Exercise Price” shall mean $1.10 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5 below.

 

(c) Warrant Shares” shall mean the Company’s Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms herein, including but not limited to adjustment pursuant to Section 5 below.

 

2. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

2.1. Method of Exercise. The rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during the Exercise Period, by delivery of the following to the Company at its address set forth above (or at such other address as it may designate by notice in writing to the Holder):

 

(a) An executed Notice of Exercise in the form attached hereto;

 

(b) Payment of the Exercise Price either (i) in cash or by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds, or (ii) pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, if then permitted, as described below; and

 

(c) This Warrant.

 

Upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, Ordinary Shares shall be issued for the Warrant Shares so purchased, and shall be registered in the name of the Holder or persons affiliated with the Holder, if the Holder so designates, on or before the third (3rd) Trading Day (“Share Delivery Date” )after the rights represented by this Warrant shall have been so exercised and shall be issued in certificate form and delivered to the Holder, if so requested.

 

 
 

 

The person in whose name any Warrant Shares are to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date on which this Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Exercise Price was made, irrespective of the date of issuance of Ordinary Shares, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.

 

2.2. Cashless Exercise.

 

(a)           Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), if at any time of exercise hereof, the resale by the Holder of all, or any part, of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are not registered and available to be issued to the Holder without legend or other restrictions pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act (or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use), then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Ordinary Shares determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)  
  B  

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = as elected by the Holder: (i) the VWAP of Ordinary Shares on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice or (z) the Bid Price of Ordinary Shares as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (iii) the VWAP of Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

If the Warrant Shares are issued in a Cashless Exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the 1933 Act, the Warrant Shares take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the initial Closing Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Amendment.

 

2.3. Partial Exercise. If this Warrant is exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant, execute and deliver, within 10 days of the date of exercise, a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder, or such other person as shall be designated in the Notice of Exercise, to purchase the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder. If the Holder exercises this Warrant or attempts to exercise this Warrant before the Company shall have delivered to the Holder a new Warrant as contemplated above, then the Holder shall be deemed to have validly exercised this Warrant pursuant to this Section 2 without having complied with the requirements of Section 2.1(c). In no event shall this Warrant be exercised for a fractional Warrant Share, and the Company shall not distribute a Warrant exercisable for a fractional Warrant Share. Fractional Warrant Shares shall be treated as provided in Section 6 hereof.

 

2.4. Reserved.

 

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2.5. Exercise Limitation. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares in excess of that number of Warrant Shares which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares following such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing proviso, the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which determination of such proviso is being made, but shall exclude Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised Warrants beneficially owned by the Holder and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2.5, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may waive the foregoing limitation, or increase or decrease the foregoing limitation to any other percentage, by written notice to the Company; provided that a waiver by the Holder of the foregoing limitation or a request to increase such limitation requires not less than 61 days prior written notice (with such waiver of the foregoing limitation or request to increase such limitation taking effect only upon the expiration of such 61 day notice period and applying only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Warrants sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement). For purposes of this Section 2.5, in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 20-F, as the case may be, filed with the SEC on the date thereof, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall within three (3) Business Days confirm in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported.

 

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2.6 Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST or the Warrant Shares are not eligible for FAST to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST and the Warrant Shares are eligible for FAST, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “Unavailable Warrant Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares 12 months after the Issuance Date and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Schedule 1 to the Amendment (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall (X) pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $500,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Date either (I) the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, (“FAST”), the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such Ordinary Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC FAST and the Warrant Shares are eligible for FAST , the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of Ordinary Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Date the Holder acquires (in an open market transaction, stock loan or otherwise) Ordinary Shares corresponding to all or any portion of the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon such exercise that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Company and has not received from the Company in connection with such Delivery Failure or Notice Failure, as applicable (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for Ordinary Shares so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such Ordinary Shares) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of Ordinary Shares on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Ordinary Shares (or to electronically deliver such Ordinary Shares) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. While this Warrant is outstanding, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to participate in FAST. In addition to the foregoing rights, (i) if the Company fails to deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares upon an exercise pursuant to Section 1 by the applicable Share Delivery Date, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such exercise in whole or in part and retain and/or have the Company return, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an exercise shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and (ii) if a registration statement covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are subject to an Exercise Notice is not available for the issuance or resale, as applicable, of such Warrant Shares and the Holder has submitted an Exercise Notice prior to receiving notice of the non-availability of such registration statement and the Company has not already delivered the Warrant Shares underlying such Exercise Notice electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, the Holder shall have the option, by delivery of notice to the Company, to (x) rescind such Exercise Notice in whole or in part and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and/or (y) switch some or all of such Exercise Notice from a cash exercise to a Cashless Exercise.

 

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3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

 

3.1. Covenants as to Warrant Shares. If at any time the number of authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares shall not be sufficient to permit exercise of this Warrant, the Company will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares (or other securities as provided herein) to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

 

3.2. No Impairment. Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder or otherwise in accordance with Section 12 hereof, the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as such may be amended from time to time), or through any means, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the exercise rights of the Holder against impairment.

 

3.3. Notices of Record Date. In the event of any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend which is the same as cash dividends paid in previous quarters) or other distribution, the Company shall mail to the Holder, at least ten (10) days prior to the date specified herein, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend or distribution.

 

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5. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE. In the event of changes in the outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company by reason of stock dividends, split-ups, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combinations or exchanges of shares, separations, reorganizations, liquidations, or the like, the number and class of shares available under the Warrant in the aggregate and the Exercise Price shall be correspondingly adjusted to give the Holder of the Warrant, on exercise for the same aggregate Exercise Price, the total number, class, and kind of shares as the Holder would have owned had the Warrant been exercised prior to the event and had the Holder continued to hold such shares until after the event requiring adjustment. The form of this Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment in the number, class, and kind of shares subject to this Warrant. The Company shall promptly provide a certificate from an authorized officer notifying the Holder in writing of any adjustment in the Exercise Price and/or the total number, class, and kind of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, which certificate shall specify the Exercise Price and number, class and kind of shares under this Warrant after giving effect to such adjustment.

 

6. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant as a consequence of any adjustment pursuant hereto. All Warrant Shares (including fractions) issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the exercise would result in the issuance of any fractional share. If, after aggregation, the exercise would result in the issuance of a fractional share, the Company shall, in lieu of issuance of any fractional share, pay the Holder otherwise entitled to such fraction a sum in cash equal to the product resulting from multiplying the then current fair market value of an Exercise Share by such fraction.

 

7. CERTAIN EVENTS. In the event of, at any time during the Exercise Period, any capital reorganization, or any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value or as a result of a stock dividend or subdivision, split-up or combination of shares), or the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger solely to effect a reincorporation of the Company into another state), in each case, in which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such capital reorganization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, will hold less than a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company or resulting corporation immediately after such capital reorganization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in its entirety to any other person, other than sales or other dispositions that do not require shareholder approval (each, an “Event”), the Company shall provide to the Holder ten (10) days’ advance written notice of such Event, and the Holder shall have the option, in its sole discretion and upon providing advanced written notice to the Company, to cause any unexercised portion of the Warrant to be deemed automatically exercised pursuant to Section 2.2 immediately prior to the consummation of such Event. This Warrant will be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Company upon an Event.

 

8. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS; RIGHTS OFFERINGS;

 

8.1. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a Distribution), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, upon each exercise of this Warrant from time to time, in whole or in part, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon each such exercise of this Warrant immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution. To the extent that the Holder’s participation in any Distribution is limited by virtue of the beneficial ownership limitations set forth in Section 2.5, then the portion of such Distribution that is so-limited shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the beneficial ownership limits set forth in Section 2.5.

 

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8.2         Reserved.

 

9. NO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. This Warrant in and of itself shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or, except as otherwise set forth herein, other rights as a shareholder of the Company.

 

10. TRANSFER OF WARRANT. Subject to applicable laws and compliance with Section 4.3 hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon delivery of this Warrant and the form of assignment attached hereto to any transferee designated by Holder. The transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance satisfactory to the Company.

 

11. LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED WARRANT. If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company may, on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as it may reasonably impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

 

12. MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. This Warrant and any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and (i) Purchasers holding Warrants representing at least 50% of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise of the Warrants sold under the Purchase Agreement, provided, however, that such modification, amendment or waiver is made with respect to all Warrants issued under the Purchase Agreement and does not adversely affect the Holder without adversely affecting all holders of Warrants in a similar manner; or (ii) the Holder.

 

13. NOTICES, ETC. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed email or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company at the address set forth above and to the Holders at the addresses listed on the signature page to the Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as the Company or Holder may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party hereto.

 

14. ACCEPTANCE. Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

15. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant and all rights, obligations and liabilities hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.

 

16. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant. The language in this Warrant shall be construed as to its fair meaning without regard to which party drafted this Warrant.

 

17. SEVERABILITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Warrant in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction, or affect any other provision of this Warrant, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Warrant and the Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in it and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and undertakings of the parties, whether oral or written, with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of February 23, 2024.

 

ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD.  
   
By:    
Name: Weilai Zhang  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to (check one box only):

 

☐ purchase Ordinary Shares of Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full for such shares, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

☐ purchase the number of shares of Ordinary Shares of the Company by cashless exercise, to the extent permitted under Section 2.2, pursuant to the terms of the Warrant as shall be issuable upon cashless exercise of the portion of the Warrant relating to _________shares, and shall tender payment of all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Ordinary Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

(Name)

 

(Address)

 

(3) The undersigned represents that (i) the aforesaid Ordinary Shares are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); (ii) the undersigned is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision regarding its investment in the Company; (iii) the undersigned is experienced in making investments of this type and has such knowledge and background in financial and business matters that the undersigned is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment and protecting the undersigned’s own interests; (iv) the undersigned understands that Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant have not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent as expressed herein, and, because such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, they must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available; (v) the undersigned is aware that the aforesaid Ordinary Shares may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 adopted under the Securities Act unless certain conditions are met and until the undersigned has held the shares for the time period prescribed by Rule 144, that among the conditions for use of the Rule is the availability of current information to the public about the Company and that the Company has not made such information available and has no present plans to do so; and (vi) the undersigned agrees not to make any disposition of all or any part of the aforesaid Ordinary Shares unless and until there is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with said registration statement, or the undersigned has furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such disposition is not required to be registered pursuant to the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided, that no opinion shall be required for any disposition made or to be made in accordance with the provisions of Rule 144.

 

     
Date:   Signature
     
    Print name:

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:

 

(Please Print)

 

Address:

 

(Please Print)

 

Dated:_______20

 

Holder’s Signature:

 

Holder’s Address:

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS. THE COMPANY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO THE EXTENT THAT AN OPINION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH THE SECURITIES WERE ISSUED.

 

ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES

 

Warrant No. 02   Issuance Date: February 23, 2024

 

Void After February 22, 2029

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received and subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, Jia Zeng, or assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase at the Exercise Price (defined below) from Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with its principal office at Room 1802, Block D, Zhonghai International Center, Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PRC (the “Company”) 150,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, no par value each (the “Ordinary Shares”), subject to adjustment as provided herein. This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated February 23, 2024, by and among the Company and the original Holder of this Warrant and the other parties named therein (the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

1. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

(a) Exercise Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date of issuance and ending February 22, 2029, unless sooner terminated as provided below.

 

(b) Exercise Price” shall mean $1.10 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5 below.

 

(c) Warrant Shares” shall mean the Company’s Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms herein, including but not limited to adjustment pursuant to Section 5 below.

 

2. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

2.1. Method of Exercise. The rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during the Exercise Period, by delivery of the following to the Company at its address set forth above (or at such other address as it may designate by notice in writing to the Holder):

 

(a) An executed Notice of Exercise in the form attached hereto;

 

(b) Payment of the Exercise Price either (i) in cash or by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds, or (ii) pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, if then permitted, as described below; and

 

(c) This Warrant.

 

Upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, Ordinary Shares shall be issued for the Warrant Shares so purchased, and shall be registered in the name of the Holder or persons affiliated with the Holder, if the Holder so designates, on or before the third (3rd) Trading Day (“Share Delivery Date” )after the rights represented by this Warrant shall have been so exercised and shall be issued in certificate form and delivered to the Holder, if so requested.

 

 

 

 

The person in whose name any Warrant Shares are to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date on which this Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Exercise Price was made, irrespective of the date of issuance of Ordinary Shares, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.

 

2.2. Cashless Exercise.

 

(a)           Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), if at any time of exercise hereof, the resale by the Holder of all, or any part, of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are not registered and available to be issued to the Holder without legend or other restrictions pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act (or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use), then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Ordinary Shares determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)  
 

B

 

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = as elected by the Holder: (i) the VWAP of Ordinary Shares on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice or (z) the Bid Price of Ordinary Shares as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (iii) the VWAP of Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

If the Warrant Shares are issued in a Cashless Exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the 1933 Act, the Warrant Shares take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the initial Closing Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Amendment.

 

2.3. Partial Exercise. If this Warrant is exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant, execute and deliver, within 10 days of the date of exercise, a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder, or such other person as shall be designated in the Notice of Exercise, to purchase the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder. If the Holder exercises this Warrant or attempts to exercise this Warrant before the Company shall have delivered to the Holder a new Warrant as contemplated above, then the Holder shall be deemed to have validly exercised this Warrant pursuant to this Section 2 without having complied with the requirements of Section 2.1(c). In no event shall this Warrant be exercised for a fractional Warrant Share, and the Company shall not distribute a Warrant exercisable for a fractional Warrant Share. Fractional Warrant Shares shall be treated as provided in Section 6 hereof.

 

2.4. Reserved.

 

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2.5. Exercise Limitation. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares in excess of that number of Warrant Shares which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares following such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing proviso, the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder shall include the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which determination of such proviso is being made, but shall exclude Ordinary Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised Warrants beneficially owned by the Holder and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2.5, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may waive the foregoing limitation, or increase or decrease the foregoing limitation to any other percentage, by written notice to the Company; provided that a waiver by the Holder of the foregoing limitation or a request to increase such limitation requires not less than 61 days prior written notice (with such waiver of the foregoing limitation or request to increase such limitation taking effect only upon the expiration of such 61 day notice period and applying only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Warrants sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement). For purposes of this Section 2.5, in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 20-F, as the case may be, filed with the SEC on the date thereof, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. Upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall within three (3) Business Days confirm in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported.

 

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2.6 Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST or the Warrant Shares are not eligible for FAST to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST and the Warrant Shares are eligible for FAST, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “Unavailable Warrant Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares 12 months after the Issuance Date and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Schedule 1 to the Amendment (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall (X) pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $500,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Date either (I) the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, (“FAST”), the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such Ordinary Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC FAST and the Warrant Shares are eligible for FAST , the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of Ordinary Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Date the Holder acquires (in an open market transaction, stock loan or otherwise) Ordinary Shares corresponding to all or any portion of the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon such exercise that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Company and has not received from the Company in connection with such Delivery Failure or Notice Failure, as applicable (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for Ordinary Shares so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such Ordinary Shares) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of Ordinary Shares on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Ordinary Shares (or to electronically deliver such Ordinary Shares) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. While this Warrant is outstanding, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to participate in FAST. In addition to the foregoing rights, (i) if the Company fails to deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares upon an exercise pursuant to Section 1 by the applicable Share Delivery Date, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such exercise in whole or in part and retain and/or have the Company return, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an exercise shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and (ii) if a registration statement covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are subject to an Exercise Notice is not available for the issuance or resale, as applicable, of such Warrant Shares and the Holder has submitted an Exercise Notice prior to receiving notice of the non-availability of such registration statement and the Company has not already delivered the Warrant Shares underlying such Exercise Notice electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, the Holder shall have the option, by delivery of notice to the Company, to (x) rescind such Exercise Notice in whole or in part and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and/or (y) switch some or all of such Exercise Notice from a cash exercise to a Cashless Exercise.

 

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3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

 

3.1. Covenants as to Warrant Shares. If at any time the number of authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares shall not be sufficient to permit exercise of this Warrant, the Company will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares (or other securities as provided herein) to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

 

3.2. No Impairment. Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder or otherwise in accordance with Section 12 hereof, the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as such may be amended from time to time), or through any means, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the exercise rights of the Holder against impairment.

 

3.3. Notices of Record Date. In the event of any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend which is the same as cash dividends paid in previous quarters) or other distribution, the Company shall mail to the Holder, at least ten (10) days prior to the date specified herein, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend or distribution.

 

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5. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE. In the event of changes in the outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company by reason of stock dividends, split-ups, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combinations or exchanges of shares, separations, reorganizations, liquidations, or the like, the number and class of shares available under the Warrant in the aggregate and the Exercise Price shall be correspondingly adjusted to give the Holder of the Warrant, on exercise for the same aggregate Exercise Price, the total number, class, and kind of shares as the Holder would have owned had the Warrant been exercised prior to the event and had the Holder continued to hold such shares until after the event requiring adjustment. The form of this Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment in the number, class, and kind of shares subject to this Warrant. The Company shall promptly provide a certificate from an authorized officer notifying the Holder in writing of any adjustment in the Exercise Price and/or the total number, class, and kind of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, which certificate shall specify the Exercise Price and number, class and kind of shares under this Warrant after giving effect to such adjustment.

 

6. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant as a consequence of any adjustment pursuant hereto. All Warrant Shares (including fractions) issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the exercise would result in the issuance of any fractional share. If, after aggregation, the exercise would result in the issuance of a fractional share, the Company shall, in lieu of issuance of any fractional share, pay the Holder otherwise entitled to such fraction a sum in cash equal to the product resulting from multiplying the then current fair market value of an Exercise Share by such fraction.

 

7. CERTAIN EVENTS. In the event of, at any time during the Exercise Period, any capital reorganization, or any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value or as a result of a stock dividend or subdivision, split-up or combination of shares), or the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger solely to effect a reincorporation of the Company into another state), in each case, in which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such capital reorganization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, will hold less than a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company or resulting corporation immediately after such capital reorganization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in its entirety to any other person, other than sales or other dispositions that do not require shareholder approval (each, an “Event”), the Company shall provide to the Holder ten (10) days’ advance written notice of such Event, and the Holder shall have the option, in its sole discretion and upon providing advanced written notice to the Company, to cause any unexercised portion of the Warrant to be deemed automatically exercised pursuant to Section 2.2 immediately prior to the consummation of such Event. This Warrant will be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Company upon an Event.

 

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8. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS; RIGHTS OFFERINGS;

 

8.1. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a Distribution), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, upon each exercise of this Warrant from time to time, in whole or in part, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon each such exercise of this Warrant immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution. To the extent that the Holder’s participation in any Distribution is limited by virtue of the beneficial ownership limitations set forth in Section 2.5, then the portion of such Distribution that is so-limited shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the beneficial ownership limits set forth in Section 2.5.

 

8.2         Reserved.

 

9. NO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. This Warrant in and of itself shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or, except as otherwise set forth herein, other rights as a shareholder of the Company.

 

10. TRANSFER OF WARRANT. Subject to applicable laws and compliance with Section 4.3 hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon delivery of this Warrant and the form of assignment attached hereto to any transferee designated by Holder. The transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance satisfactory to the Company.

 

11. LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED WARRANT. If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company may, on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as it may reasonably impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

 

12. MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. This Warrant and any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and (i) Purchasers holding Warrants representing at least 50% of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise of the Warrants sold under the Purchase Agreement, provided, however, that such modification, amendment or waiver is made with respect to all Warrants issued under the Purchase Agreement and does not adversely affect the Holder without adversely affecting all holders of Warrants in a similar manner; or (ii) the Holder.

 

13. NOTICES, ETC. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed email or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company at the address set forth above and to the Holders at the addresses listed on the signature page to the Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as the Company or Holder may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party hereto.

 

14. ACCEPTANCE. Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

15. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant and all rights, obligations and liabilities hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.

 

16. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant. The language in this Warrant shall be construed as to its fair meaning without regard to which party drafted this Warrant.

 

17. SEVERABILITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Warrant in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction, or affect any other provision of this Warrant, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Warrant and the Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in it and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and undertakings of the parties, whether oral or written, with respect to such subject matter.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of February 23, 2024.

 

ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD.  
     
By:    
Name: Weilai Zhang  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to (check one box only):

 

purchase Ordinary Shares of Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full for such shares, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

purchase the number of shares of Ordinary Shares of the Company by cashless exercise, to the extent permitted under Section 2.2, pursuant to the terms of the Warrant as shall be issuable upon cashless exercise of the portion of the Warrant relating to ______ shares, and shall tender payment of all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Ordinary Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

(Name)

 

(Address)

 

(3) The undersigned represents that (i) the aforesaid Ordinary Shares are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); (ii) the undersigned is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision regarding its investment in the Company; (iii) the undersigned is experienced in making investments of this type and has such knowledge and background in financial and business matters that the undersigned is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment and protecting the undersigned’s own interests; (iv) the undersigned understands that Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant have not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent as expressed herein, and, because such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, they must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available; (v) the undersigned is aware that the aforesaid Ordinary Shares may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 adopted under the Securities Act unless certain conditions are met and until the undersigned has held the shares for the time period prescribed by Rule 144, that among the conditions for use of the Rule is the availability of current information to the public about the Company and that the Company has not made such information available and has no present plans to do so; and (vi) the undersigned agrees not to make any disposition of all or any part of the aforesaid Ordinary Shares unless and until there is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with said registration statement, or the undersigned has furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such disposition is not required to be registered pursuant to the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided, that no opinion shall be required for any disposition made or to be made in accordance with the provisions of Rule 144.

 

     

Date:

 

Signature

     
   

Print name:

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:  
   
(Please Print)

 

Address:  
   
(Please Print)

 

Dated: ______, 20

 

Holder’s Signature:  
   
Holder’s Address:  

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) on Form F-1 of our report dated May 1, 2023 included in its Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on May 1 2023, and as amended on February 2, 2024 with respect to our audits of the consolidated statements of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2022, which report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.

 

/s/ Centurion ZD CPA & Co.

 

Centurion ZD CPA & Co.

 

Hong Kong, China

May 24, 2024

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) on Form F-1 of our report dated May 10, 2024 included in its Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on May 10, 2023 with respect to our audits of the consolidated statements of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023, which report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.

 

/s/ ARK Pro CPA & Co

 

ARK PRO CPA & Co

 

Hong Kong, China

May 24, 2024

 

PCAOB Firm ID: 3299

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

 

No. 601, Floor 6, Unit 1, Building 2, No. 68, Zhiquan Section, East Street, Jinjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

 

Tel : +86 15882327809

 

May 24, 2024

To: Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited

 

The Empire State Building

350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7540

New York, NY 10118

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

We are lawyers qualified in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) and are qualified to issue opinions on the PRC Laws. For the purpose of this legal opinion (this “Opinion”), the PRC does not include the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.

 

We act as PRC counsel to Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (the “Company”), a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, in connection with (a) the offering (the “Offering”) by the selling shareholders named in the Registration Statement (as defined below) of up to 31,300,000 Class A ordinary shares of no par value per share of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”), in accordance with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) ( the “Transactions”).

 

The following terms as used in this Opinion are defined as follows:

 

“Government Agency”   means any national, provincial, municipal or local governmental authority, agency or body having jurisdiction over any of the PRC Subsidiaries.
     
“Governmental Authorization”   means all consents, approvals, authorizations, permissions, orders, registrations, filings, licenses, clearances and qualifications of or with any Government Agency.
     
“M&A Rules”   means the Rules on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC on August 8, 2006 and as amended on June 22, 2009.
     
“Overseas Listing Measures”   Means the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies promulgated by the CSRC on February 17, 2023 and came into force on March 31, 2023.
     
“PRC Subsidiaries”   mean any and all subsidiaries of the Company established in the PRC which are, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company as set out in Schedule 1 attached hereto.
     
“CAC Revised Measures”   means the Cybersecurity Review Measures jointly promulgated by the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) and other relevant PRC governmental authorities On December 28, 2021 and became effective on February 15, 2022.
     
“PRC Laws”   mean any and all laws, regulations, statutes, rules, decrees, notices, and supreme court’s judicial interpretations currently in force and publicly available in the PRC as of the date hereof.
     
“Prospectus”   means the prospectus, including all amendments or supplements thereto, that forms part of the Registration Statement.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings described in the Registration Statement.

 

For rendering our opinions, we have carried out due diligence and examined the Registration Statement, the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of documents provided to us by the Company and such other documents, corporate records, certificates, approvals and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion, including, without limitation, originals or copies of the agreements and certificates issued by PRC authorities and officers of the Company (“Documents”). In such examination, we have assumed the accuracy of the factual matters described in the Registration Statement and that the Registration Statement and other documents will be executed by the parties in the forms provided to and reviewed by us. We have also assumed the genuineness of all signatures, seals and chops, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of all factual statements in the documents.

 

 

 

 

 

No. 601, Floor 6, Unit 1, Building 2, No. 68, Zhiquan Section, East Street, Jinjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

 

Tel : +86 15882327809

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below, we confirm that:

 

(1) Each of the PRC subsidiaries is duly incorporated and validly existing under the PRC Laws. According to the laws of the People’s Republic of China, each of the PRC Subsidiaries has obtained material licenses and approvals necessary to operate in China as described in the Registration Statement, and paid taxes in accordance with the PRC laws.

 

(2) The Company and its PRC Subsidiaries are not subject to cybersecurity review with the CAC in accordance with the CAC Revised Measures, because (a) the Company and its PRC Subsidiaries are not in possession of or otherwise holding personal information of over one million users and it is also very unlikely that the Company and its PRC Subsidiaries will reach such threshold in the near future; (b) as of the date of this Opinion, the Company’s and its PRC Subsidiaries’ data processing activities (including the collection, storage, usage, transmission and publicity of data) do not damage national security; and (c) as of the date of this Opinion, the Company and its PRC Subsidiaries have not received any notice or determination from applicable PRC governmental authorities identifying it as a critical information infrastructure operator.

 

(3) The Company and its PRC Subsidiaries are required to go through filing procedures with the CSRC in accordance with the Overseas Listing Measures after the completion of this Offering. If the Company and its PRC Subsidiaries do not complete the filing procedures as required by the Overseas Listing Measures, the PRC subsidiaries may be required to rectify and subject to fines.

 

(4) There is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the PRC would: i) recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against the Company or directors or officers of the Company predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States; or ii) entertain original actions brought in each respective jurisdiction against the Company or directors or officers of the Company predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

 

The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedures Law. PRC courts may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties between the PRC and the country where the judgment is made or on reciprocity between jurisdictions. The PRC does not have any treaties or other agreements with the United States or the British Virgin Islands that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. In addition, according to the PRC Civil Procedures Law, courts in the PRC will not enforce a foreign judgment against the Company or the directors and officers of the Company if they determine that the judgment violates the basic principles of PRC law or national sovereignty, security or public interest.

 

(5) The statements in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the headings “Prospectus Summary”, “Risk Factors”, “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, “Corporate History and Structure”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, “Business”, “Management”, “Related Party Transactions”, “Regulation”, “Taxation” and “Legal Matters” (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial data contained therein to which we express no opinion), to the extent such statements relate to matters of the PRC Laws or documents, agreements or proceedings governed by the PRC Laws, are accurate in all material respects, and fairly present and fairly summarize in all material respects the PRC Laws, documents, agreements or proceedings referred to therein, and nothing has been omitted from such statements which would make the statements, in light of the circumstance under which they were made, misleading in any material aspect.

 

This Opinion is rendered to you for the purpose hereof only, and save as provided herein, this Opinion shall not be quoted nor shall a copy be given to any person (apart from the addressee and its legal counsel) without our express prior written consent, except where such disclosure is required to be made by the applicable law or is requested by the SEC or any other regulatory agencies.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this Opinion in, and the filing hereof as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we fall within the category of the person whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Yours sincerely,  
   
   
Sichuan Jindouyun Law Firm  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 107

 

Filing Fee Table

 

           F-1         

(Form Type)

 

ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

         Fee      Proposed   Proposed         
         Calculation      Maximum   Maximum         
      Security  or Carry      Offering   Aggregate       Amount of 
   Security  Class  Forward  Amount   Price Per   Offering       Registration 
   Type  Title  Rule  Registered   Unit   Price   Rate   Fee 
   Equity  Class A ordinary shares, no par value each (2)  Rule 457(c) and
Rule 457(g)
   30,000,000   $1.38   $41,400,000.00(1)   0.00014760   $6,110.64 
Fees to Be Paid  Equity  Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, no par value each (3)  Rule 457(g)   1,300,000   $1.10   $1,430,000.00(2)   0.00014760   $211.07 
   Total Offering Amounts   $42,830,000.00        $6,321.71 
   Total Fees Previously Paid             $0 
   Total Fee Offset             $0 
   Net Fee Due             $6,321.71 

 

 

 

(1)

Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share for the 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, no par value each, is the average of the high price ($1.44) and low price ($1.32) for the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on May 16, 2024.

     
  (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share for the 1,300,000 Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants is the $1.10, which is the initial exercise price of the warrants.
     
  (3) Represents 30,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the subscription agreements, dated March 25, 2024, from time to time after the date of this prospectus.
     
  (4) Represents 1,300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of certain outstanding warrants issued on February 23, 2024.