IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER
AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
November 23, 2005
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Pacific Stock Transfer Co.
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500 E. Warm Springs Road, #240
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Las Vegas, NV 89119
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Attention: Jodi Godfrey
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RE: XINHUA CHINA LTD
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
(the “ Securities Purchase Agreement ”) of even
date herewith by and between Xinhua China Ltd, a Nevada corporation
(the “ Company ”), and the Buyers set forth on
Schedule I attached thereto (collectively the “
Buyers ”) and that certain Escrow Shares Escrow
Agreement (the “ Escrow Agreement ”) of even
date herewith among the Company, the Buyers and Gottbetter &
Partners, LLP, as escrow agent (the “ Escrow Agent
”). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Company shall sell to the Buyers, and the Buyers shall purchase
from the Company, convertible debentures (collectively, the “
Debentures ”) in the aggregate principal amount of
Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000), plus accrued interest, which are
convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par
value $.00001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”),
at the Buyers discretion. These instructions relate to the
following stock or proposed stock issuances or transfers:
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The Company has agreed to issue to the Buyers (i) up to 10,000,000
shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Debentures (the
“Maximum Conversion ”); provided, however, that
upon the Maximum Conversion, the Company shall, at its option (a)
increase the Maximum Conversion or (b) redeem the unconverted
amount of all of the Convertible Debentures in whole at one hundred
thirty five percent (135%) of the unconverted amount of such
Convertible Debentures being redeemed plus accrued interest
thereon, (ii) 1,035,000 shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the
Warrant (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the
“ Warrant Shares ”) if required under the
Securities Purchase Agreement, and (iii) to issue in the name of
the Buyer(s) 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock as “security
stock” to be held in escrow (the “Escrow Shares”)
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Convertible
Debentures and the Escrow Shares Escrow Agreement.
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The Company has issued the 20,000,000 Escrow Shares (the
“Escrow Shares”) in the Buyer’s name that have
been or are being delivered to the Escrow Agent pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and
direction to Pacific Stock Transfer Co. (the “ Transfer
Agent ”) to do the following:
1. Conversion Shares
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a. Instructions
Applicable to Transfer Agent . With respect to the
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, the Transfer Agent shall
issue the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares to the Buyers
from time to time upon delivery to the Transfer Agent of a properly
completed and duly executed Conversion Notice (the “
Conversion Notice ”), in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I , delivered on behalf of the Company to the
Transfer Agent by the Escrow Agent or a properly completed and duly
executed notice of exercise substantially in the form attached to
the Warrant (the “ Exercise Notice ”),
respectively. Upon receipt of a Conversion Notice or Exercise
Notice, the Transfer Agent shall within three (3) Trading Days
thereafter (i) issue and surrender to a common carrier for
overnight delivery to the address as specified in the Conversion
Notice or Exercise Notice, a certificate or certificates,
registered in the name of the Buyers or their designees, for the
number of shares of Common Stock to which the Buyers shall be
entitled as set forth in the Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice
or (ii) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The
Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast
Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the
Buyers, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to
which the Buyers shall be entitled to the Buyers’ or their
designees’ balance account with DTC through their Deposit
Withdrawal At Custodian (“ DWAC ”) system
provided the Buyers causes its bank or broker to initiate the DWAC
transaction. For purposes hereof “ Trading Day
” shall mean any day on which the Nasdaq National
Market is open for customary trading.
b. The Company hereby confirms
to the Transfer Agent and the Buyers that certificates representing
the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares shall not bear any legend
restricting transfer and should not be subject to any stop-transfer
restrictions and shall otherwise be freely transferable on the
books and records of the Company; provided that counsel to
the Company delivers (i) the Notice of Effectiveness set forth in
Exhibit II attached hereto and (ii) an opinion of counsel in
the form set forth in Exhibit III attached hereto, and that
if the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares are not registered
for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, then the
provisions of paragraph 1(a)(ii), above, shall not be applicable
until such shares are registered, and the certificates for the
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares shall bear the following
legend:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY
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ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.”
The Company hereby confirms that in the event that a stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been issued by the SEC or any proceeding for that purpose are
threatened by the SEC the Company will notify the Transfer Agent
promptly, in light of the circumstances, of such order or
notice. In addition, the Company shall promptly inform the
Transfer Agent of any voluntary suspension of the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement and confirm the continued effectiveness
of the Registration Statement upon inquiry by the Transfer
Agent.
c. In the
event that counsel to the Company fails or refuses to render an
opinion as required to issue the Conversion Shares or Warrant
Shares in accordance with the preceding paragraph (either with or
without restrictive legends, as applicable), then the Company
irrevocably and expressly authorizes counsel to the Buyers to
render such opinion substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
III attached hereto. The Transfer Agent shall accept and be
entitled to rely on such opinion for the purposes of issuing the
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares.
d. Instructions
Applicable to Escrow Agent . Upon the Escrow
Agent’s receipt of a properly completed Conversion Notice
and/or the Exercise Notice, the Escrow Agent shall, within one (1)
Trading Day thereafter, send to the Transfer Agent a Conversion
Notice and/or the Exercise Notice in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I , which shall constitute an irrevocable
instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice
in accordance with the terms of these instructions.
2. Escrow Shares .
a. If the Escrow Agent sends
the Escrow Shares to the Transfer Agent for removal of the
restrictive legend pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement,
the Company hereby confirms that the Transfer Agent shall reissue
to the Escrow Agent the Escrow Shares which shall not bear any
legend restricting transfer and should not be subject to any
stop-transfer restrictions and shall otherwise be freely
transferable on the books and records of the Company; provided
that counsel to the Company delivers (i) the Notice of
Effectiveness set forth in Exhibit II attached hereto and
(ii) an opinion of counsel in the form set forth in Exhibit
III attached hereto, or counsel to the Company shall issue a
legal opinion to the Company’s Transfer Agent that the legend
shall be removed pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144(k) or applicable
requirements of the Securities Act.
b. In the event that counsel to the
Company fails or refuses to render an opinion as required to issue
the Escrow Shares in accordance with the preceding paragraph
(either with or without restrictive legends, as applicable), then
the Company irrevocably and expressly authorizes Gottbetter &
Partners, LLP counsel to the
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Buyers to render such opinion. The Transfer Agent shall
accept and be entitled to rely on such opinion for the purposes of
issuing the Escrow Shares without a legend.
3. All Shares .
a. The Transfer Agent shall
reserve for issuance to the Buyers the Conversion Shares and
Warrant Shares. All such shares shall remain in reserve with
the Transfer Agent until the Buyers provides the Transfer Agent
instructions that the shares or any part of them shall be taken out
of reserve and shall
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