Exhibit 10.2
FORM OF GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE
AGREEMENT
THIS GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”), made as of June __,
2009, is between SIU LING CHAN (the “ Pledgor
”) and the secured parties identified on the signature pages
hereto (each a “ Secured Party ” and,
collectively, the “ Secured Parties
”).
RECITALS
A.
This Agreement is being delivered
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated June 5, 2009,
among China Biologic Products, Inc. (the “
Company ”), the Pledgor and the Secured Parties
(the “ Purchase Agreement ”).
Capitalized terms used herein but defined shall have the
meaning given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
B.
The Pledgor is the legal and
beneficial owner of the shares of common stock of the Company
described on Exhibit A hereto, as may be amended by any
Pledge Amendment (the “ Pledged Shares
”).
C.
In order to secure the obligations
of the Company under the Transaction Documents (as defined below),
the Pledgor has agreed to pledge to the Secured Parties all her
present and future rights, title and interest in, to and under the
Pledged Shares in accordance with the term of this
Agreement.
D.
Contemporaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will be
entering into with and/or delivering to the Secured Parties the (i)
Notes; (ii) Warrants; and (iii) Registration Rights Agreement (each
as defined below). This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, Notes,
Warrants, Registration Rights Agreement and other Security
Documents are sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“ Transaction Documents .”
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises contained herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Secured Parties as
follows:
1.
Defined Terms
. Terms defined in
the UCC (defined below) that are not otherwise defined in this
Agreement or in the Purchase Agreement are used in this Agreement
as defined in the UCC. The following terms shall have the
meanings specified below:
“ 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 144 promulgated by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act
of 1933.
“ Agent ”
has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 11.
“ Agreement
” has the meaning ascribed to the term in the in introductory
paragraph of this Agreement.
“ Business Day
” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which
shall be (a) a United States federal legal holiday, (ii) a day on
which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized
or required by law or other governmental action to close, or (iii)
a PRC legal holiday.
“ Cash
Distributions ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 5(b).
“ Closing Date
” has the meaning ascribed to such term defined in Section
2.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
“ Code ”
means the 2000 Official Text of the Uniform Commercial Code or,
with respect to any Collateral outside of the United States, the
equivalent body of laws in such non-U.S. jurisdiction that provides
rights substantially comparable to the terms contained herein
regarding the perfection of the Secured Parties’ Liens on the
Collateral in the U.S.
“ Collateral
” means the (i) Pledged Shares and (ii) all dividends,
interest and other sums which are or may become payable in respect
of the Pledged Shares to any Person in its capacity as shareholder
of, or holder of any equity interest in, such shares, including
without limitation the right to receive any and all such sums and
all claims in respect of any default in paying such sums, and all
forms of remittance of such sums.
“ Company
” has the meaning set forth in paragraph A of the recitals
herein.
“ Enforcement
Action ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 11(a).
“ Enforcement
Event ” means an Event of Default or any failure by
the Company or Pledgor to fully pay or perform any Guaranteed
Obligation when due.
“ Escrow Account
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
5(b).
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning ascribed to the term
defined in Section 15(a) of the Notes.
“ GAAP ”
means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
“ Guarantee
” means the Pledgor’s guarantee of the Guaranteed
Obligations under Section 2 hereof.
“ Guaranteed
Obligations ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 2.
“ Holder ”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 9(c).
“ Lien ”
means any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, right of
first refusal or other restrictions of any kind.
“ Majority Secured
Parties ” has the meaning ascribed to the term in
Section 11.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the
financial condition of Pledgor (b) the ability of Pledgor to
perform her obligations under this Agreement, (c) the ability of
the Secured Parties to enforce any material obligations of Pledgor
under this Agreement; or (d) the validity or priority of the
Secured Parties' security interests in and Liens on the Collateral
and the continued effectiveness and enforceability
thereof.
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“ New York
Courts ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 12(g).
“ Notes
” means the 3.8% Convertible Notes Due 2011 issued to the
Secured Parties pursuant to the Purchase 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.
“ Pledge
Amendment ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 5(a).
“ Pledge Shares
” has the meaning set forth in paragraph B of the recitals
herein.
“ Pledgor
”“” has the meaning ascribed to the term in the
in introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“ Power of
Attorney ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 10(j).
“
Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit,
investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an
investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether
commenced or threatened.
“ Purchase
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in paragraph A
of the recitals herein.
“ Registration Rights
Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement
entered into among the Company and the Secured Parties pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement.
“
Representatives ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 11.
“ Secured Party
” and “ Secured Parties ” have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the introductory paragraph of
this Agreement.
“ Securities
Distributions ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 5(a).
“ Transaction
Documents ” has the meaning set forth in paragraph D
of the recitals herein.
“ UCC ”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in
the state of New York or in any other jurisdiction as the context
may require.
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“ Warrants
” means the common stock purchase warrants issued to the
Secured Parties, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
2.
Guarantee .
(a)
The Pledgor unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees to the Secured Parties the full and prompt
payment and performance when due, whether at maturity or earlier
(by reason of acceleration, redemption, default or otherwise) and
at all times thereafter, of all of the obligations of the Company
and the Pledgor under the Transaction Documents, including (i) any
interest or expenses accruing or arising after the commencement of
any case with respect to the Company under the United States
Bankruptcy Code or any other bankruptcy or insolvency law (whether
or not such interest or expenses are allowed or allowable as a
claim in whole or in part in such case) and (ii) the due and
punctual payment and performance by the Pledgor of her obligations
and liabilities under, arising out of, or in connection with this
Agreement including, without limitation, any expenses payable
pursuant to Section 9 hereof (all of the foregoing being
hereinafter referred to collectively as the “
Guaranteed Obligations ”).
(b)
The Guarantee shall be
unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise
affected by:
(i)
any extension, renewal, settlement,
compromise, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the
Company under any Transaction Document, by operation of law or
otherwise;
(ii)
any modification or amendment of or
supplement to any Transaction Document;
(iii)
any release, impairment,
non-perfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for
any obligation of the Company under any Transaction
Document;
(iv)
any change in the corporate
existence, structure or ownership of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or
other similar proceeding affecting the Company or any of its assets
or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the
Company under any Transaction Document;
(v)
the existence of any claim, set-off
or other right that the Pledgor may have at any time against the
Company or the Secured Parties, whether in connection with the
Transaction Documents or any unrelated transactions; provided that
nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by
separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(vi)
any invalidity or unenforceability
relating to or against the Company for any reason of any
Transaction Document, or any provision of applicable law or
regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Company of any
obligation under any Transaction Document; or
(vii)
any other act or omission to act or
delay of any kind by the Company or any other party to any
Transaction Document, the Secured Parties, or any other
circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this
clause (vii), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or
defense to any obligation of the Pledgor hereunder.
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(c)
The Pledgor irrevocably waives
acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not
provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time
any action be taken by any Person against the Company.
(d)
If acceleration of the time for
payment by the Company of any obligation under any Transaction
Document is stayed by reason of the insolvency or receivership of
the Company or otherwise, all obligations otherwise subject to
acceleration under the terms of any Transaction Document shall
nonetheless be payable by the Pledgor hereunder forthwith on demand
by the Secured Parties.
(e)
If any Guaranteed Obligation is not
paid promptly when due, the Secured Parties and their Affiliates
are authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off
and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any
time owing by the Secured Parties or their Affiliates to or for the
credit or the account of the Pledgor against the obligations of the
Pledgor under this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not the
Secured Parties shall have made any demand thereunder and although
such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of the Secured
Parties under this subsection are in addition to all other rights
and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that the Secured
Parties may have.
(f)
The Guarantee is a continuing
guarantee, shall be binding on the Pledgor and her successors and
assigns, and shall be enforceable by the Secured Parties. If all or
part of the Secured Parties’ interest in any Guaranteed
Obligation is assigned or otherwise transferred, the
transferor’s rights under the Guarantee, to the extent
applicable to the Guaranteed Obligation so transferred, shall
automatically be transferred with such Guaranteed
Obligation.
(g)
The liability of the Pledgor under
the Guarantee shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the
largest amount that would not render the Guarantee subject to
avoidance under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or
any comparable provisions of applicable law.
3.
Pledge . As collateral security for
the prompt and complete payment and performance when due of all of
the Guaranteed Obligations, the Pledgor hereby pledges, assigns,
hypothecates, transfers, delivers and grants to the Secured Parties
a lien on and security interest in all of her present and future
rights, title and interest in and to, whether now existing or
hereafter coming into existence, the Collateral provided that with
any reduction in the outstanding principal amount of the Notes
(whether due to repayment or conversion of any portion of the
Notes), (a) the number of Pledged Shares in the Collateral shall be
reduced proportionately, and (b) the amount of cash dividends (if
any) in the Collateral shall be reduced proportionately and the
excess amount shall be released to the Pledgor, but in no event
shall the sum of the amount of cash dividends (if any) and the
market value of the Pledged Shares held in the Escrow Account be
reduced to below the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the
Notes and any accrued but unpaid interest.
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4.
Representations and Warranties of
the Pledgors . The Pledgor represents and
warrants jointly and severally to the Secured Parties
that:
(a)
The Pledgor is the record and
beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the
Pledged Shares and such interests are and will remain free and
clear of all pledges, liens, security interests and other
encumbrances and restrictions whatsoever, except Liens created by
this Agreement.
(b)
The Pledgor (i) has all requisite
power and authority (A) to own her property and assets unless the
absence of such would not result in a Material Adverse Effect and
(B) to execute this Agreement and to pledge the Collateral to the
Secured Parties; and (ii) has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement.
(c)
This Agreement is a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Pledgor enforceable against the
Pledgor in accordance with its terms, except as limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings at law or in
equity).
(d)
The Pledgor is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged by it hereunder, free of
any and all Liens in favor of any other Person, except the Liens
created by this Agreement.
(e)
The Pledgor holds no options,
warrants or other agreements with respect to the Pledged Shares and
there are no outstanding options, warrants or other agreements with
respect to the Pledged Shares other than as provided in the
Transaction Documents.
(f)
No consent, approval or
authorization of or designation or filing with any federal, state
or other governmental authority or regulatory body on the part of
the Pledgor is required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement or the granting of Liens in the
Collateral by the Pledgor, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
or for the exercise by the Secured Parties of the rights provided
for in this Agreement.
(g)
The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Pledgor will not violate any
material provision of (i) any applicable law or regulation binding
on the Pledgor, (ii) any order, judgment, writ, award or decree of
any court, arbitrator or governmental authority, domestic or
foreign binding on the Pledgor, (iii) the organizational documents
of the Company, (iv) any securities issued by the Company, or (v)
any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract, or other agreement,
instrument or undertaking to which the Pledgor is a party or that
purports to be binding upon the Pledgor or upon any of her
assets, and will not result in the creation or imposition of
any material Lien on any of the assets of the Pledgor except as
contemplated by this Agreement.
(h)
The pledge, assignment and delivery
of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement creates a valid Lien
on the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties, subject to no
other Liens nor to any agreement purporting to grant to any third
party any Liens in the property or assets of the Pledgor that would
include the Collateral. The Pledgor covenants and agrees that
she will defend all of the right, title and interest of the
Secured Parties in and to the Collateral, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, against the claims and demands of all Persons
whomsoever.
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5.
Dividends, Distributions,
etc .
(a)
If, while this Agreement is in
effect, the Pledgor shall become entitled to receive or shall
receive any certificate representing the Pledged Shares (including,
without limitation, any certificate representing a distribution in
connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of
capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization, merger or
consolidation), or any warrants, options or rights, whether as an
addition to, in substitution for, or in exchange for the Pledged
Shares (the “ Securities Distributions
”), the Pledgor agrees to accept the same as the Secured
Parties’ agent and to hold the same in trust for the Secured
Parties, and to deliver the same forthwith to the Secured Parties
in the exact form received, with the endorsement of the Pledgor
when necessary, to be held by the Secured Parties as additional
collateral security for the Guaranteed Obligations. The
Pledgor shall promptly deliver to the Secured Parties (i) a pledge
amendment, duly executed by the Pledgors, in substantially the form
of Exhibit B hereto (a “ Pledge
Amendment ”) with respect to any Securities
Distributions, and (ii) any financing statements and control
agreements (or amendments thereto) as reasonably requested by the
Secured Parties. The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Secured
Parties to attach each Pledge Amendment to this
Agreement.
(b)
All sums of money and property so
paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Shares (the “
Cash Distributions ”) that are received by the
Pledgor shall, until paid or delivered to the Escrow Account
(defined below) or the Secured Parties directly, be held by the
Pledgor in trust as additional collateral security for the
Guaranteed Obligations.
(c)
The Pledgor shall promptly deposit
such Cash Distributions into an escrow account (the “
Escrow Account ”) pursuant to the terms of an
escrow agreement to be entered into among the Pledgor, the Secured
Parties and an escrow agent.
6.
Voting Rights in the Pledged
Shares .
(a)
The Pledgor shall be entitled,
subject to the other provisions hereof, so long as no Enforcement
Event has occurred and is continuing, to vote or consent with
respect to the Pledged Shares and to otherwise exercise the
incidents of ownership thereof in any manner not inconsistent with
this Agreement or the Transaction Documents.
(b)
Subject to Section 12(e) hereof,
any or all of the Collateral held by the Secured Parties hereunder
may, if an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing, be
registered in the name of the Secured Parties or their nominee, and
the Secured Parties or their nominee may during the continuation of
such Enforcement Event and without notice exercise all voting and
corporate rights at any meeting with respect to the Pledged Shares
and exercise any and all rights of conversion, exchange,
subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining
to any of the Pledged Shares, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, as if the Secured Parties or their nominee were the
absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation the right (i)
to vote in favor of, and to exchange at their reasonable discretion
any and all of the Collateral upon the merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment with respect
to the Company or (ii) upon the exercise by the Company or the
Secured Parties, of any right, privilege or option pertaining to
any of the Collateral, and in connection therewith, to deposit and
deliver any and all of the Collateral with any committee,
depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency
upon such terms and conditions as the Secured Parties may
determine, all without liability except to account for property
actually received by the Secured Parties, but the Secured Parties
shall have no duty to exercise any of the aforesaid rights,
privileges or options and shall not be responsible for any failure
to do so or delay in so doing unless due to their gross negligence
or willful misconduct.
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(c)
In furtherance of the foregoing, in
connection with the delivery of the certificates evidencing the
Pledged Shares, the Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the
Secured Parties an executed irrevocable stock power in the form of
Exhibit C hereto with respect to such certificates
which stock power shall be exercisable immediately upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Enforcement Event.
After the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Enforcement Event and upon the reasonable request of the Secured
Parties, the Pledgor agrees to deliver to the Secured Parties such
further evidence of such irrevocable proxy or such further
irrevocable proxies to vote the Pledged Shares as the Secured
Parties may reasonably request.
7.
Remedies .
(a)
Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Enforcement Event, provided that the Secured
Parties shall have given the Pledgor advance notice of at least 15
days, the Secured Parties, without demand of performance or other
demand or advertisement of any kind (except the notice specified
below of time and place of public or private sale and except as
otherwise required by applicable law) to or upon the Pledgor or any
other Person (all and each of which demands and/or advertisements
are hereby expressly waived), may take one or more of the following
actions:
(i)
collect, receive, appropriate and
realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof;
(ii)
demand, sue for, collect or receive
any money or property at any time payable to or receivable by the
Pledgor on account of all or any part of the Collateral;
(iii)
cause any action at law or suit in
equity or other proceeding to be instituted and prosecuted to
collect or enforce any Guaranteed Obligations or rights hereunder
or included in the Collateral, including specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained herein or in the Transaction
Documents, or foreclose or enforce the security interest in all or
any part of the Collateral granted herein, or to enforce any other
legal or equitable right vested in it by this Agreement or by law,
and/or may forthwith incur expenses, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, consultants’ fees, and other costs
appropriate to the exercise of any right or power under this
Agreement;
(iv)
sell, assign, give an option or
options to purchase, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of and
deliver the Collateral, or any part thereof, in one or more
portions at public or private sale or sales or transactions, at any
exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Secured
Parties’ offices or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions
as the Secured Parties may reasonably deem advisable and at such
prices as it may reasonably deem best, for any combination of cash
and/or securities or other property or on credit or for future
delivery without assumption of any credit risk, with the right to
the Secured Parties upon any such sale or sales, public or private,
to purchase, the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold free
of any claim or right of any kind whatsoever.
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(b)
The Secured Parties shall
apply