THIS PRIVATE PLACEMENT
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (“SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT”)
RELATES TO AN OFFERING OF SECURITIES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO
PERSONS WHO ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933
ACT”).
NONE OF THE SECURITIES TO WHICH
THIS PRIVATE PLACEMENT SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (THE
“SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT”) RELATES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND, UNLESS SO
REGISTERED, NONE MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN
THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT, PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR PURSUANT TO
AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT AND IN EACH CASE ONLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION,
HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED
UNLESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1933 ACT. "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S.
PERSON" ARE AS DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933
ACT.
SUBSCRIPTION
AGREEMENT
(Canadian Accredited Investors Only)
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TO:
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California Oil & Gas Corp. (the
“Company”)
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#260, 600 – 6th Avenue
SW
Calgary, AB
T2P 0S5
Purchase of Shares
1.1 On
the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, NBCN INC. IN TRUST FOR
CAROL MCLEOD ACCT #116813R (the “Subscriber”
) hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase
4,000,000 shares of the common stock of the Company (each a
“Share” and collectively, the
“Shares” or the “Securities”
) at a price per Share of USD $0.05 (such subscription and
agreement to purchase being the “ Subscription
”), for an aggregate purchase price of USD$200,000 (the
“ Subscription Proceeds ”).
1.2 On
the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company hereby
irrevocably agrees to sell the Shares to the Subscriber.
1.3 Subject
to the terms hereof, the Subscription will be effective upon its
acceptance by the Company.
2.1 The
Subscription Proceeds must accompany this Subscription and shall be
paid by cashiers cheque or bank draft payable to the order of
Company, drawn in U.S. funds on a Canadian bank or on a U.S. bank
that is reasonably acceptable to the Company.
2.2 The
Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that this Subscription
Agreement, the Subscription Proceeds and any other documents
delivered in connection herewith will be held by the Company. In
the event that this Subscription Agreement is not accepted by the
Company for whatever reason, which the Company expressly reserves
the right to do, within 30 days of the delivery of an executed
Subscription Agreement by the Subscriber, this Subscription
Agreement, the Subscription Proceeds (without interest thereon) and
any other documents
delivered in connection herewith
will be returned to the Subscriber at the address of the Subscriber
as set forth in this Subscription Agreement.
2.3 The
Company is entitled to treat the Subscription Proceeds as an
interest free loan to the Company until such time as the
Subscription is accepted and a certificate representing the Shares
has been issued to the Subscriber.
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3.
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Documents Required from
Subscriber
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3.1 The
Subscriber must complete, sign and return to the Company an
executed copy of this Subscription Agreement and an executed copy
of the Accredited Investor Questionnaire attached to this Agreement
as Exhibit “A” (the “Questionnaire”
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3.2 The
Subscriber shall complete, sign and return to the Company as soon
as possible, on request by the Company, any documents,
questionnaires, notices and undertakings as may be required by
regulatory authorities, the OTC Bulletin Board and applicable
law.
4.1 Closing
of the offering of the Shares (the “Closing” )
shall occur on or before September 30, 2008, or on such other date
as may be determined by the Company (the “Closing
Date” ).
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5.
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Acknowledgements of
Subscriber
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5.1
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The Subscriber acknowledges and
agrees that:
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(a)
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none of the Shares have been or will
be registered under the 1933 Act or under any state securities or
“blue sky” laws of any state of the United States and,
unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United
States or, directly or indirectly, to “U.S. Persons” as
that term is defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act (
“Regulation S” ), except in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the 1933 Act, or pursuant to an exemption from, or
in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of
the 1933 Act and in each case only in accordance with applicable
state securities laws;
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(b)
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the Company has not undertaken to,
and will have no obligation to, register any of the Shares under
the 1933 Act or any other securities legislation;
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(c)
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it has received and carefully read
this Subscription Agreement;
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(d)
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by completing the Questionnaire, the
Subscriber is representing and warranting that the Subscriber is
not a resident of the United States and that the subscriber is an
“Accredited Investor”, as that term is defined in
National Instrument 45-106, as adopted by the British Columbia
Securities Commission;
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(e)
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no prospectus or offering memorandum
within the meaning of the securities laws has been delivered to,
summarized for or seen by the Subscriber (and, if applicable,
others for whom it is contracting hereunder) in connection with the
offering of the Shares made hereby and the Subscriber (and, if
applicable, others for whom it is contracting hereunder) is not
aware of any prospectus or offering memorandum having been prepared
by the Company;
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(f)
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the decision to execute this
Subscription Agreement and acquire the Securities hereunder has not
been based upon any oral or written representation as to fact or
otherwise made by or on behalf of the Company, and such decision is
based entirely upon a review of information (the adequacy of which
is hereby acknowledged) about the Company that is available to any
member of the public
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on the EDGAR database maintained by
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC” ) at www.sec.gov;
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(g)
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it has not received, nor has it
requested, nor does it have any need to receive, any offering
memorandum (as defined in or contemplated by applicable securities
legislation) or any other document (other than financial statements
or any other continuous disclosure documents, the contents of which
are prescribed by statute or regulation) describing the business
and affairs of the Company which has been prepared for delivery to,
and review by, prospective subscribers in order to assist them in
making an investment decision in respect of the Securities, and it
has not become aware of any advertisement including, by way of
example and not in limitation, advertisement in any printed media
of general and regular circulation or on radio or television with
respect to the distribution of the Securities;
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(h)
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it and its advisor(s) have had a
reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from
the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities
hereunder, and to obtain additional information, to the extent
possessed or obtainable by the Company without unreasonable effort
or expense;
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(i)
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the books and records of the Company
were available upon reasonable notice for inspection, subject to
certain confidentiality restrictions, by the Subscriber during
reasonable business hours at its principal place of business and
that all documents, records and books in connection with the sale
of the Securities hereunder have been made available for inspection
by him and his attorney and/or advisor(s);
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(j)
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all information which the Subscriber
has provided to the Company is correct and complete as of the date
the Subscription Agreement is signed, and if there should be any
change in such information prior to this Subscription Agreement
being executed by the Company, the Subscriber will immediately
provide the Company with such information;
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(k)
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the Company is entitled to rely on
the representations and warranties of the Subscriber contained in
this Subscription Agreement and the Subscriber will hold harmless
the Company from any loss or damage it or they may suffer as a
result of the Subscriber’s failure to correctly complete this
Subscription Agreement;
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(l)
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the Company has advised the
Subscriber that the Company is relying on an exemption from the
requirements of the regulatory authorities in Canada requiring that
the Company provide the Subscriber with a prospectus and sell the
Securities to the Subscriber through a person registered to sell
securities under the securities laws of the Canadian Province where
the Subscriber resides and, as a consequence of acquiring the
Securities pursuant to this exemption, certain protections, rights
and remedies provided by the securities laws of that Canadian
Province, including statutory rights of rescission or damages, will
not be available to the Subscriber;
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(m)
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the Subscriber is purchasing the
Securities pursuant to an exemption from the registration and the
prospectus requirements of applicable securities legislation on the
basis that the Subscriber is an accredited investor of the Company
and, as a consequence:
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(i)
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is restricted from using most of the
civil remedies available under securities legislation,
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(ii)
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may not receive information that
would otherwise be required to be provided under securities
legislation, and
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(iii)
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the Company is relieved from certain
obligations that would otherwise apply under securities
legislation;
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(n)
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the Subscriber has not acquired the
Securities as a result of, and will not itself engage in, any
“directed selling efforts” (as that term is defined in
Regulation S) in the United States in respect of the Securities
which would include any activities undertaken for the purpose of,
or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of,
conditioning the market in the United States for the resale of the
Securities; provided, however, that the Subscriber may sell or
otherwise dispose of the Securities pursuant to registration
thereof under the 1933 Act and any applicable state and provincial
securities laws or under an exemption from such registration
requirements;
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(o)
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the Subscriber will indemnify and
hold harmless the Company and, where applicable, its respective
directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and shareholders
from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all
fees, costs and expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any claim, lawsuit,
administrative proceeding or investigation whether commenced or
threatened) arising out of or based upon any representation or
warranty of the Subscriber contained herein or in any document
furnished by the Subscriber to the Company in connection herewith
being untrue in any material respect or any breach or failure by
the Subscriber to comply with any covenant or agreement made by the
Subscriber to the Company in connection therewith;
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(p)
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the statutory and regulatory basis
for the exemption from U.S. registration requirements claimed for
the offer of the Securities, although in technical compliance with
Regulation S, would not be available if the offering is part of a
plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the 1933 Act
or any applicable state or provincial securities laws;
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(q)
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the Subscriber has been advised to
consult the Subscriber’s own legal, tax and other advisors
with respect to the merits and risks of an investment in the
Securities and with respect to applicable resale restrictions, and
it is solely responsible (and the Company is not in any way
responsible) for compliance with:
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(i)
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any applicable laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Subscriber is resident in connection with
the distribution of the Securities hereunder, and
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(ii)
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applicable resale
restrictions;
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(r)
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none of the Securities are listed on
any stock exchange or automated dealer quotation system and no
representation has been made to the Subscriber that any of the
Securities will become listed on any stock exchange or automated
dealer quotation system, except that currently certain market
makers make market in the common shares of the Company on the OTC
Bulletin Board operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (known as FINRA);
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(s)
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in addition to resale restrictions
imposed under U.S. securities laws, there are additional
restrictions on the Subscriber’s ability to resell the
Securities under Canadian provincial securities laws and Canadian
National Instrument 45-102;
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(t)
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the Company will refuse to register
any transfer of the Securities not made in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an available exemption
from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and in each case
in accordance with applicable state securities laws;
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(u)
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neither the SEC nor any other
securities commission or similar regulatory authority has reviewed
or passed on the merits of the Securities;
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(v)
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no documents in connection with the
sale of the Securities hereunder have been reviewed by the SEC or
any state securities administrators;
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(w)
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there is no government or other
insurance covering any of the Securities;
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(x)
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the issuance and sale of the
Securities to the Subscriber will not be completed if it would be
unlawful or if, in the discretion of the Company acting reasonably,
it is not in the best interests of the Company; and
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(y)
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this Subscription Agreement is not
enforceable by the Subscriber unless it has been accepted by the
Company.
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6.
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
the Subscriber
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6.1 The
Subscriber hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the
Company (which representations, warranties and covenants shall
survive the Closing) that:
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(a)
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the Subscriber has the legal
capacity and competence to enter into and execute this Subscription
Agreement and to take all actions required pursuant hereto and, if
the Subscriber is a corporation, it is duly incorporated and
validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and all necessary approvals by its directors,
shareholders and others have been obtained to authorize execution
and performance of this Subscription Agreement on behalf of the
Subscriber;
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(b)
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if the Subscriber is a corporation
or other entity, the entering into of this Subscription Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not result
in the violation of any of the terms and provisions of any law
applicable to, or the constating documents of, the Subscriber or of
any agreement, written or oral, to which the Subscriber may be a
party or by which the Subscriber is or may be bound;
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(c)
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the Subscriber has duly executed and
delivered this Subscription Agreement and it constitutes a valid
and binding agreement of the Subscriber enforceable against the
Subscriber;
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(d)
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the Subscriber is not a U.S. Person,
as that term is defined in Regulation S;
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(e)
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the Subscriber is not acquiring the
Securities for the account or benefit of, directly or indirectly,
any U.S. Person, as that term is defined in Regulation
S;
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(f)
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the Subscriber is an Accredited
Investor (as defined in National Instrument 45-106) and the
Subscriber agrees that the Company shall not consider the
Subscriber's Subscription for acceptance unless the undersigned
provides to the Company, along with an executed copy of this
Agreement:
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(i)
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a fully completed and executed
Questionnaire in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto;
and
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(ii)
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such other supporting documentation
that the Company or its legal counsel may request to establish the
Subscriber's qualification as an Accredited Investor;
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(g)
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the Subscriber is resident in the
jurisdiction set out under the heading “Name and Address of
Subscriber” on the signature page of this Subscription
Agreement;
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(h)
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the sale of the Securities to the
Subscriber as contemplated in this Subscription Agreement complies
with or is exempt from the applicable securities legislation of the
jurisdiction of residence of the Subscriber;
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(i)
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the Subscriber is outside the United
States when receiving and executing this Agreement and is acquiring
the Securities as principal for the Subscriber's own account, for
investment purposes
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only, and not with a view to, or
for, resale, distribution or fractionalisation thereof, in whole or
in part, and no other person has a direct or indirect beneficial
interest in such Securities;
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(j)
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the decision to execute this
Agreement and acquire the Securities hereunder has not been based
upon any oral or written representation as to fact or otherwise
made by or on behalf of the Company;
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(k)
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no other person has a direct or
indirect beneficial interest in such Securities, and the Subscriber
has not subdivided its interest in the Securities with any other
person;
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(l)
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the Subscriber is aware that an
investment in the Company is speculative and involves certain
risks, including the possible loss of the entire investment and it
has carefully read and considered the matters set forth under the
heading “Risk Factors” appearing in the Company’s
Form 10-KSB and any other filings filed with the SEC;
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(m)
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the Subscriber has made an
independent examination and investigation of an investment in the
Securities and the Company and has depended on the advice of its
legal an
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