WAIVER
AGREEMENT
THIS WAIVER AGREEMENT (this "
Agreement "), dated as of November 18, 2008, is
entered into by and among Asian Financial, Inc., a Wyoming
Corporation (the " Company "), and the Investors
identified on the signature pages hereto.
WHEREAS, the Investors and the Company have
entered into (1) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated
as of October 24, 2006, as amended by the Amendment to Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of November 28, 2007 (as amended, the
“ Amended Securities Purchase Agreement
”), which pursuant to Sections 4.4 and 4.8 thereof restrict
the filing of any registration statement by the Company other than
a resale registration statement filed on behalf of the Investors in
respect of their Registrable Securities and requires the listing of
the Company’s shares as promptly as possible following the
effectiveness of that registration statement and (2) that certain
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 26, 2006 (the "
Registration Rights Agreement "), which provides
the Investors certain registration rights as described
therein;
WHEREAS, the Company intends to file and cause
to be declared effective, on or before January 31, 2009, a
registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act
relating to a primary offering of its Common Stock (the
“Offering” ) on the New York Stock
Exchange (the “ NYSE Registration Statement
”);
WHEREAS, in order to permit the foregoing, (1)
certain rights described in the Amended Securities Purchase
Agreement are required to be waived by Holders of no less than a
majority interest of the outstanding Shares and (2) certain
registration rights described in the Registration Rights Agreement
are required to be waived by Holders of no less than a majority in
interest of the outstanding Registrable Securities;
WHEREAS, each of the Investors signatory hereto
holds in aggregate the number of Shares set forth on their
respective signature pages hereto and collectively, the Investors
signatory hereto hold an aggregate of 3,625,634 Shares,
representing in excess of a majority in interest of the outstanding
Shares (in the case of the Amended Securities Purchase Agreement)
and the Registrable Securities (in the case of the Registration
Rights Agreement);
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as
follow:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Amended Securities
Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement will have
the meanings given such terms in the Amended Securities Purchase
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
2. Registration and Listing. The Company shall no
later than January 31, 2009: (a) file the NYSE Registration
Statement with the Commission, (b) cause the NYSE Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act, and
(c) cause its Common Stock to be listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.
3. Waiver. On the basis of the foregoing, each
Investor agrees to waive all of its rights under (a) Sections 4.4
and 4.8 of the Amended Securities Purchase Agreement and (b)
Sections 2(a) and (e) of the Registration Rights Agreement as they
relate to the Registrable Securities until January 31, 2009. In
addition, if, after the listing of the Company’s Common Stock
on the New York Stock Exchange, all of the Registrable Securities
held by the Investors may be sold by them without restrictions
pursuant to Rule 144 as determined by counsel to the Company
pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and
acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and affected
Investors, the Company shall no longer be required to maintain an
effective registration statement registering the resale of the
Registrable Securities.
4. Piggy-Back Rights. Notwithstanding Section
3.1(t) of the Amended Securities Purchase Agreement and Schedule
3.1(t) thereto and Section 6(a) and (e) of the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Company and each Investor agree that the amount of
Registrable Securities of the selling Investors to be included in
the Offering (on a pro rata basis among themselves) shall be 20% of
the total amount of securities included in the Offering, subject to
the following reductions:
(a) If the size of the Offering is US$85.0 million
or less, then the selling Investors shall not have the right to
include any of their Registrable Securities in the
Offering;
(b) If the size of the Offering is between US$85.0
million and US$106.25 million, then the selling Investors’
percentage of the total amount of securities to be included in the
Offering shall be reduced from 20% to a percentage equal to the
quotient of the following formula:
In addition, each Investor agrees that the
Company shall not be required to include a selling Investor’s
Registrable Securities in the Offering unless such selling Investor
accepts the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the
Company and the underwriters of the Offering (the “
Underwriters ”), including but not limited
to the terms of the related lock-up agreement in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, and provides the Company and the Underwriters
with a completed Selling Shareholder Questionnaire and any other
information reasonably required by the Underwriters for the purpose
of the Offering.
5. Reaffirmation. Except as expressly provided
herein, the Registration Rights Agreement is reaffirmed and
ratified in all respects. In the event of any conflict between the
terms or provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement, then this Agreement shall prevail in all respects as to
the subject matter herein. Otherwise, the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
6. Execution and Counterparts. For the avoidance
of doubt, it is understood that each Investor is executing this
Agreement solely on its behalf, but this Agreement (as it is
executed by Investors holding a majority of the Shares/Registrable
Securities) is binding on all Investors. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event
that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such
signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party
executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were
the original thereof.
7. Governing Law. All questions concerning the
construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without
regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.