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• Stockholder Lock-Ups The Company has caused to be delivered to you prior to the date of this Agreement a letter, in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), from each individual or entity listed on Schedule IV. The Company will enforce the terms of each Lock-Up Agreement and issue stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the applicable Lock-Up Agreement.

• Holdback Agreement (a) If (x) the Corporation shall file a Registration Statement (other than a registration statement (i) on Form S-8 or any successor form thereto, (ii) filed solely in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan or employee benefit plan covering officers or directors of the Corporation or its Affiliates or (iii) on Form S-4 or any successor form thereto, in connection with a merger, acquisition, exchange offer or similar corporate transaction) with respect to an underwritten offering of Shares or similar securities or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, such securities and (y) with reasonable prior notice, the managing underwriter or underwriters advise the Corporation in writing (in which case the Corporation shall notify the Holders with a copy of such underwriter’s notice) that a public sale or distribution of Registrable Shares would materially adversely affect such offering, then, each Holder shall, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable law and unless such managing underwriter or underwriters otherwise agree, refrain from, directly or indirectly, effecting any public sale, distribution or short sale of any Registrable Shares (except as part of such underwritten offering) during the period beginning ten days prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement and continuing until the earliest of (A) the abandonment of such offering, (B) such period of time as is sufficient and appropriate in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters in order to complete the sale and distribution of securities included in such registration (but in no event in excess of 90 days following the effective date of any offering) and (C) the termination in whole or in part of any “hold back” period obtained by the underwriter or underwriters in such offering from the Corporation in connection therewith (each such period, a “Hold Back Period”); provided, that the Holders shall not be subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 4(a) unless each officer and director of the Corporation (regardless of the number of Shares then owned by such officer or director) and each beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock also agree to be bound by such restrictions.

• Stockholder Agreement The Stockholder agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Expiration Date:

• Company Lock Up Agreements The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, it will not for a period of thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for ADSs, Ordinary Shares or such other shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; or (iii) complete any offering of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank or (iv) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above is to be settled by delivery of ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The restrictions contained in this Section 3.18 shall not apply to (i) the ADSs, Ordinary Shares and the Placement Agent’s Warrant, (ii) the issuance by the Company of ADSs upon the exercise of the Placement Agent’s Warrant or a stock option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof, or issuable pursuant to currently existing undertakings of the Company, which is disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, provided that such options, warrants, and securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities or to extend the term of such securities, (iii) the issuance by the Company of stock options, shares of capital stock of the Company or other awards under any equity compensation plan of the Company, provided that the underlying shares shall be restricted from sale during the entire Lock-Up Period; and (iv) transactions with members of the management and/or the board of directors of the Company, involving the issuance of equity securities of the Company in consideration of cash, provided that the underlying shares shall be restricted from sale during the entire Lock-Up Period.

• Company Lock-Up The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, from the date of execution of this Agreement and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, except (i) to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any stock options or warrants, or upon the conversion of any shares of preferred stock of the Company, outstanding as of the date hereof and disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans in effect on the date hereof and described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that prior to the issuance of any such shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock where such shares or securities vest within the Lock-Up Period, the Company shall cause each recipient of such grant or issuance to execute and deliver to you a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a “Lock-Up Agreement”) and issue stop order restrictions to its transfer agent and registrant for the Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach or default under the applicable Lock-Up Agreement; (iv) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Company’s equity incentive plans in effect on the date hereof and described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; or (v) the sale or issuance of or entry into an agreement providing for the issuance of shares of Common Stock, or any security convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, in connection with the acquisition by the Company of the securities, business or assets of another person or entity or pursuant to an employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with such acquisition, or in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided, that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Company may sell or issue or agree to sell or issue pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed 5% of the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately following the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and provided further, that the Company shall cause each recipient of such shares or other securities to execute and deliver to you, on or prior to such issuance, a Lock-Up Agreement and issue stop order restrictions to its transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the applicable Lock-Up Agreement.

• Shareholder Agreement The Shareholder Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

• Holdback Agreements (a) Each holder of Registrable Securities shall not effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144) of equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the seven days prior to and the 180-day period beginning on the effective date of any underwritten Demand Registration or any underwritten Piggyback Registration in which Registrable Securities are included (except as part of such underwritten registration), unless the underwriters managing the registered public offering otherwise agree.

• Stockholder Rights Plan No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.

• Stockholder Agreements Except as provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, there are no agreements, written or oral, between the Company and any current holder of its securities, or to the Company's knowledge, among any holders of its securities, relating to the acquisition (including, without limitation, rights of first refusal, anti-dilution or preemptive rights), disposition, registration under the Securities Act, or voting of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock.

• Stockholder Rights Plans If the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes, each share of Common Stock, if any, issued upon such conversion shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of rights, if any, and the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any such stockholder rights plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. However, if, prior to any conversion of Notes, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable stockholder rights plan, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock Distributed Property as provided in Section 14.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.