EXHIBIT 2.1
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made
as of October 28, 2006 (the “Closing”), by and between
Network CN Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and Wong Chun Chun Charles (the
“Investor”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”) and Regulation S promulgated
thereunder (“Regulation S”), the Company desires to
issue and sell to the Investor, and Investor desires to purchase
from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described
in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company
and Investor agree as follows:
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Purchase and
Sale of Stock .
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Sale and
Issuance of Common Stock . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Investor agrees to purchase at
the Closing and the Company agrees to sell and issue to the
Investor at the Closing One Million and Two Hundred Thousand
(1,200,000) shares (“Shares”) of the Company's common
stock (the “Common Stock”).
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Purchase
Price.
The aggregate purchase price to be paid by Investor for the Shares
(the “Purchase Price”) shall be US$0.85 per Shares for
an aggregate sum of One Million and Twenty Thousand U.S. Dollars
(US$1,020,000.00) to be delivered within three (3) business days of
the execution of this Agreement in cash or by cashier's or
certified check or checks in immediately available funds or by wire
transfer per the Company's instructions provided on Exhibit
A hereto.
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Delivery . Within ten (10) business
days of the Closing, the Company will deliver to the Investor a
certificate or certificates, registered in Investor's name,
representing the Shares purchased by Investor hereunder, against
payment of the purchase price therefor.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Company . The Company hereby
represents and warrants to the Investor as follows:
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Organization
and Standing; Articles and By-Laws ; The Company is a corporation
duly organized and existing under, and by virtue of, the laws of
the State of Delaware and is in good standing under such laws. The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to own and
operate its properties and assets, and to carry on its business as
presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.
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Capitalization The authorized capital stock
of the Company consists of 105,000,000 shares of Capital Stock, of
which 100,000,000 are common stock and 5,000,000 are preferred
stock. As of October 26, 2006 (the most recent record date of the
Company), 62,542,718 shares of Common Stock are issued and
outstanding and zero (0) shares of preferred are issued and
outstanding. No capital stock of the Company has been authorized or
issued since the most recent record date. The outstanding shares
have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid
and nonassessable. All outstanding securities were issued in
compliance with applicable federal or state securities
laws.
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Authorization . All corporate action on the
part of the Company, its directors and shareholders necessary for
the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company, the authorization, sale, issuance and
delivery of the Shares and the performance of all of the Company's
obligations hereunder has been taken or will be taken on or before
October 31, 2006. If board approval for the financing is not
received on or before October 31, 2006, this Agreement shall
forthwith terminate and cease to have any further force and effect
and neither party shall have any further obligation to the other.
This Agreement, when executed and delivered by the Company, shall
constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Shares, when issued
by the Company in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement,
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of
any liens or encumbrances, other than any liens and encumbrances
created by or imposed upon the holders thereof through no action of
the Company; provided however, the Shares are subject to certain
restrictions on transfer under this Agreement and under applicable
state and federal securities laws.
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Private
Sale .
Subject in part to the truth and accuracy of the Investor’s
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 below, the
offer and sale of the Shares are exempt from the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act, and neither the
Company nor any authorized agent acting on its behalf will take any
action hereinafter that would cause the loss of such
exemption.
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Delivery of
SEC Filings . The Company has made
available to the Investor through the EDGAR system, true and
complete copies of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 (the
“10-KSB”) and all other reports filed by the Company
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”) since the filing of the 10-KSB and
prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “SEC
Filings”). The SEC Filings are the only filings required of
the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act for such period. The
Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged in all material respects
only in the business described in the SEC Filings and the SEC
Filings contain a complete and accurate description in all material
respects of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.
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When issued
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and subject to the
accuracy of the Investors’ representations and warranties
herein, the issuance of the Shares by the Company will not require
registration or qualification with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant
to Regulation S promulgated thereunder.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Investor . The Investor hereby
represents and warrants to and covenants with the Company (which
representations, warranties and covenants shall survive the Closing
of this Agreement) that:
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Binding
Obligation . This Agreement, when
executed and delivered by the Investor, shall constitute a valid
and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable in accordance
with its terms. The entering into of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby do not result in the violation of
any of the terms and provisions of any law applicable to the
Investor or of any agreement, written or oral, to which the
Investor may be a party or by which the Investor is or may be
bound. The sale of the Share to the Investor as contemplated in
this Agreement complies with or is exempt from the applicable
securities legislation of the jurisdiction of residence of the
Investor.
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No
Registration . The Investor acknowledges
and agrees that the Shares will be offered and sold to the Investor
without such offer and sale being registered under the Securities
Act, or under any state securities or "blue sky" laws of any state
of the U.S., and will be issued to the Investor in an offshore
transaction outside of the United States in accordance with a safe
harbour from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
provided by Regulation S. As such, the Investor further
acknowledges and agrees that the Shares will, upon issuance, be
“restricted securities” within the meaning of the
Securities Act. The Investor understands that the Shares may not be
offered or sold in the U.S. or, directly or indirectly, to U.S.
Persons, as that term is defined in Regulation S, except in
accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,
the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in each
case in accordance with applicable state and federal securities
laws.. Neither the SEC nor any other securities commission or
similar regulatory authority has reviewed or passed on the merits
of the Shares.
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The statutory
and regulatory basis for the exemption claimed for the offer of the
Shares, 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 Securities Act or any
applicable state and federal securities laws
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Investor Not
a U.S. Person . The Investor is not a U.S.
Person (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act). The
Investor is not acquiring the Shares for the account or benefit of,
directly or indirectly, any U.S. Person.
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Purchase
Entirely for Own Account . The Investor understands
that the Company is making this Agreement with the Investor in
reliance upon the Investor's representation to the Company, which
by the Investor's execution of this Agreement the Investor hereby
confirms, that the Investor is outside the United States when
receiving and executing this Agreement an
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