DATE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2005 GLORY GOAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED (as Vendor) AND GLOBAL INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS INC. (as Purchaser) AND KO YIN (as Guarantor)
Exhibit
10.1
DATE:
27 SEPTEMBER 2005
GLORY
GOAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
(as
Vendor)
AND
(as
Purchaser)
AND
KO
YIN
(as
Guarantor)
FOR
325
SHARES OF HK$1 EACH IN
BEIJING
ILLUMINATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
35th
Floor, Two International Finance Centre,
0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx
Tel:
(000) 0000 0000 Fax: (000) 0000 0000
Website:
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Our
ref: 53520-00001/NKA/CWF
I
N D E X
Clause
No.
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No.
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1.
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INTERPRETATION
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2.
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SALE
AND PURCHASE OF THE SALE SHARES 4
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3.
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CONDITIONS
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4.
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CONSIDERATION
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5
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5.
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COMPLETION
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5
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6.
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VENDOR
WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES
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7.
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FURTHER
UNDERTAKINGS
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10
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8.
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PURCHASER
WARRANTIES
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9.
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PROFIT
XXXXXXXXX
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00
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00.
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CONDUCT
OF BUSINESS PENDING COMPLETION
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11.
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ACCESS
TO INFORMATION
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12.
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FURTHER
ASSURANCE
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14
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13.
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GUARANTEE
AND OPTION TO ACQUIRE FURTHER SHARES
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15
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14.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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15
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15.
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TIME
AND WAIVER
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16.
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INVALIDITY
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17.
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AMENDMENTS
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18.
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NOTICES
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19.
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ASSIGNMENT
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20.
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
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21.
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COSTS
AND STAMP DUTY
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22.
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COUNTERPART
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23.
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LEGAL
REPRESENTATION
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24.
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GOVERNING
LAW, JURISDICTION AND PROCESS AGENTS
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Schedule
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1
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DETAILS
OF THE COMPANY
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2
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DETAILS
OF THE SUBSIDIARIES
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3
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VENDOR
WARRANTIES
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22
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4
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PURCHASER
WARRANTIES
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33
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5
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OPTION
DEED
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34
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EXECUTION
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THIS
AGREEMENT is dated 27 September 2005
BETWEEN:
(1) |
GLORY
GOAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED,
a
company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and having its
registered office at P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre,
Road
Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the “Vendor”);
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(2) |
GLOBAL
INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS INC.,
a
company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada, the
United
States and having its correspondence office at 16/F., Hang Seng
Mongkok
Building, 677 Xxxxxx Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, the common
shares
of which are quoted on OTCBB (as defined below) (the “Purchaser”);
and
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(3) |
WHEREAS:
(A) |
Beijing
Illumination (Hong Kong) Limited (the “Company”)
is a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability and
has an
authorised share capital of HK$10,000 divided into 10,000 shares
(the
“Shares”)
of HK$1.00 each, of which 1,250 Shares have been issued and allotted
and
are fully paid. Further details of the Company are set out in Schedule
1.
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(B) |
As
at the date of this Agreement, the Vendor is the legal and beneficial
owner of the Sale Shares,
which shall be equivalent to 26% of the issued share capital of
the
Company upon Completion.
The
Guarantor is the ultimate beneficial owner of 100% of the issued
share
capital of the Vendor.
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(C) |
The
Vendor has agreed to sell and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase
the
Sale Shares subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
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(D) |
In
consideration of the Purchaser agreeing to enter into this Agreement,
the
Guarantor has agreed to guarantee, among other matters, the due
and
punctual performance by the Vendor of its obligations under this
Agreement
subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
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NOW
IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1.1 In
this
Agreement (including the Recitals and Schedules), unless the context otherwise
requires or permits, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings
ascribed to each of them respectively below:
“Business
Day”
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“Completion”
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completion
of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with
the terms
and conditions of this Agreement;
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1
“Completion
Date”
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5
October 2005 or such other date as the Vendor and the Purchaser
may agree
in writing prior to Completion and where the context otherwise
requires,
the date on which Completion takes place;
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“Consideration
Shares”
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1,750,000
new common shares of US$0.0001 each in the share capital of
the Purchaser
to be issued and allotted to the Vendor for part settlement
of the
consideration of the sale of the Sale Shares pursuant to Clause
4.1(2);
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“Disclosed”
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disclosed
in a full, fair, specific and accurate manner in this Agreement
and the
Management Accounts;
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“Encumbrance”
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any
mortgage, charge, pledge, lien (otherwise than arising by statute
or
operation of law), hypothecation or other encumbrance, priority
or
security interest, deferred purchase, title retention, leasing,
sale-and-repurchase or sale-and-leaseback arrangement whatsoever
over or
in any property, assets or rights of whatsoever nature and
includes any
agreement for any of the same and “Encumber”
shall be construed accordingly;
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“Group”
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the
Company and its subsidiaries and “member
of the Group”
shall be construed accordingly;
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“HK$”
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Hong
Kong dollars;
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the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC;
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“Independent
Accountants”
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an
independent firm of accountants which is acceptable to the
Purchaser,
appointed by the Vendor for the purpose of reviewing the Management
Accounts;
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“Key
Employee”
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each
of the Guarantor, Xx Xxxx and Xxx So Xxxx;
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“Management
Accounts”
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the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Group as at the
Management
Accounts Date and the unaudited consolidated profit and loss
accounts of
the Group for the period commenced from 1 January 2005 and
ended the
Management Accounts Date including the directors’ report thereon (if any)
and the notes thereto reviewed by the Independent Accountants,
copies of
all of which are annexed hereto and initialed by the parties
hereto for
the purpose of identification;
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“Management
Accounts Date”
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30
September 2005;
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“Option
Deed”
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the
deed of option to be made between the Guarantor, Admire Fame
Invests
Limited, Gain Huge Investments Limited, Splendid Fortune Investments
Limited and the Purchaser, in substantially the form as set
out in
Schedule 5;
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“OTCBB”
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acronym
for The OTC Bulletin Board, an electronic quotation system
that displays
real-time quotes, last-sale prices, and volume information
over-the-counter securities that are not listed on The Nasdaq
Stock Market
or a national securities exchange in the US;
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“PRC”
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the
People’s Republic of China;
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“Purchaser
Warranties”
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representations,
undertakings and warranties set out in Clause 8 and Schedule
4;
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“Sale
Shares”
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325
Shares, which shall be equivalent to 26% of the issued share
capital of
the Company upon Completion, to be sold by the Vendor to the
Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement;
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“Service
Agreement”
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the
service agreement between each of the Key Employees and the
Company, in
the form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser;
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“Taxation”
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all
forms of taxation including overseas taxation and all forms
of profits
tax, interest tax, estate duty and stamp duty and all levies,
imposts,
duties, charges, fees, deductions and withholdings whatsoever
charged or
imposed by any statutory, governmental state, provincial, local
government
or municipal authority whatsoever and the expression “Tax”
shall be construed accordingly;
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“this
Agreement”
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this
agreement for the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares, as
amended from
time to time;
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“Vendor Warranties”
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representations,
undertakings and warranties set out in Clause 6 and Schedule
3;
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“US”
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the
United States of America; and
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“US$”
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United
States of America
dollars.
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1.2 |
The
headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall be
ignored in construing this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise
requires, references in this Agreement to the singular shall be
deemed to
include references to the plural and vice versa; and references
to one
gender shall include all genders and references to any person shall
include an individual, firm, body corporate or
unincorporate.
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1.3 |
References
to any statute or statutory provision shall include any statute
or
statutory provision which amends or replaces or has amended or
replaced it
and shall include any subordinate legislation made under the relevant
statute.
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1.4
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References
in this Agreement to Clauses and Schedules are references to clauses
of
and schedules to this Agreement.
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1.5 |
The
Schedules and Recitals shall form part of this
Agreement.
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1.6 |
Reference
to
a “subsidiary”
shall be construed in accordance with section 2 of the Companies
Ordinance
(Chapter 32 of Laws of Hong Kong).
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2.
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SALE
AND PURCHASE OF THE SALE
SHARES
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2.1 |
Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Vendor
shall
as legal and beneficial owner sell and the Purchaser shall purchase,
the
Sale Shares free from all Encumbrances together with all rights
now and
hereafter attaching thereto including but not limited to the right
to all
dividends and other distribution which may be paid, declared or
made in
respect thereof at any time on or after the date of this
Agreement.
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2.2 |
The
Vendor represents and warrants that there are no pre-emption rights
and
any other restrictions on the transfer
in
relation to the Sale Shares, whether conferred by the memorandum
and articles of association of the Company or
otherwise.
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2.3 |
The
Purchaser shall not be obliged to (but may) complete the purchase
of any
of the Sale Shares unless the sale and purchase of all the Sale
Shares is
completed simultaneously in accordance with this
Agreement.
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3.
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CONDITIONS
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3.1 |
Completion
is conditional upon:
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(1) |
the
Purchaser having received from firm(s) of lawyers qualified to
practise
laws in Hong Kong or the
PRC acceptable
to and as required by the Purchaser, legal opinion(s) confirming,
inter alia, (i)
relevant members of the Group in Hong
Kong or the
PRC are legally established and continued effectively; (ii) the
Company’s
title in the equity interest, direct or indirect, in such members
of the
Group is valid and legally enforceable; and (iii) members of the
Group
have obtained all necessary approvals and licenses for their then
existing
operation and businesses;
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(2) |
the
Vendor and the Guarantor having received from a firm of lawyers
qualified
to practise laws in the State of Nevada, the US acceptable to the
Vendor
and the Guarantor, a legal opinion confirming, inter alia, (i)
the
Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, the US, and that
it has
the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
this
Agreement, (ii) the Consideration Shares to be issued to the Vendor
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement have been duly authorised
and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and (iii)
the issue
of the Consideration Shares contemplated herein does not violate
any
federal or state law of the US or require the registration of the
Consideration Shares pursuant to any federal or state law of the
US
dealing with the issue, sale, transfer, and/or exchange of
securities;
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(3) |
the
Purchaser having received all of the regulatory, stockholder and
other
third party approvals and authorizations necessary to consummate
the
transactions contemplated
hereunder;
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(4) |
no
event having occurred which suggests that there has been a breach
of any
of the Vendor Warranties that is material in the context of the
sale and
purchase of the Sale Shares;
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(5) |
no
event having occurred which suggests that there has been a breach
of any
of the Purchaser Warranties that is material in the context of
the
Vendor’s acceptance of the Consideration Shares in part satisfaction of
the purchase price of the Sale
Shares;
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(6) |
the
Purchaser being satisfied with the results of the review of the
Management
Accounts conducted by the Independent Accountants;
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(7) |
the
listing of the issued shares of the Purchaser on OTCBB not being
revoked
or withdrawn, or, if applicable, suspended for more than ten (10)
consecutive Business Days (excluding any suspension pending the
clearance
or issue of the announcement or circular of the Purchaser in relation
to
the transactions contemplated under this Agreement);
and
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(8) |
all
necessary approvals, consents, authorisations and licences in relation
to
the transactions contemplated under this Agreement having been
obtained.
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3.2
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The
Vendor and the Guarantor may at any time waive in writing any of
the
conditions set out in Clauses 3.1(2), (5), (7) and (8) on such
terms as
they may in their absolute discretion consider appropriate. The
Purchaser
may at any time waive in writing any of the conditions set out
in Clauses
3.1(1), (3), (4), (6) and (8) on such terms as it may in its absolute
discretion consider appropriate. If any of the conditions set out
in
Clause 3.1 has not been fulfilled (or, as the case may be, waived)
on or
before 12:00 noon on 31 October 2005 or such other date as the
Purchaser
and the Vendor may otherwise agree, this Agreement shall lapse
and
determine (save and except Clauses 14, 17, 20, 21 and 24 which
shall
continue to have full force and effect) and none of the parties
hereto
shall have any obligations and liabilities hereunder save for any
antecedent breaches of the terms
hereof.
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3.3 |
The
Vendor shall as soon as reasonably practicable give notice to the
Purchaser of the fulfillment or waiver of the conditions specified
in
Clauses 3.1(1), (3), (4), (6) and (8). The Purchaser shall as soon
as
reasonably practicable give notice to the Vendor of the fulfillment
or
waiver of the conditions specified in Clauses 3.1(2), (5), (7)
and (8).
Each of the Vendor and the Purchaser shall provide such documents
as the
other party may require evidencing the fulfillment of such
conditions.
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4.
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CONSIDERATION
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4.1 |
The
consideration for the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares shall
be an
aggregate amount of HK$30,000,000 which shall be satisfied by the
Purchaser in the following manner:
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(1) |
as
to HK$15,000,000 in cash to be satisfied on the Completion Date;
and
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(2) |
as
to the balance of HK$15,000,000 to be fully satisfied on Completion
by the
issue and allotment of the Consideration Shares by the Purchaser
to the
Vendor credited as fully paid at the agreed valuation of US$1.10
per
Consideration Share.
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4.2 |
The
Consideration Shares to be issued and allotted to the Vendor as
part
consideration for the Sale Shares pursuant to Clause 4.1(2) shall
rank
pari passu among themselves and with all other common shares of
the
Purchaser then in issue.
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5.
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COMPLETION
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5.1 |
Upon
compliance with or fulfillment of all the conditions set out in
Clause
3.1, Completion shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
&
Xxxxx, legal advisers to the Vendor and the Guarantor at 35th Floor,
Two
International Finance Centre, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
or such
other place as the parties shall determine at 4:00 p.m. on the
Completion
Date when all the acts and requirements set out in this Clause
5 shall be
complied with (except that any of such acts and requirements may
be waived
by the party not in default of its obligations hereunder, PROVIDED
THAT
such waiver shall not prejudice any of the rights which it or any
other
party may have under this
Agreement).
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5.2
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At
Completion, the Vendor and/or the Guarantor shall deliver or procure
the
delivery to the Purchaser of all the
following:
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(1) |
copy,
certified by a director of the Company as true and complete, of
the
resolutions in such form to the satisfaction of the Purchaser passed
by
the directors of the Company approving the following
matters:
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(i) |
transfer
of the Sale Shares to the Purchaser (or its nominee(s)) and the
registration of such transfer subject to the relevant instrument
of
transfer being duly presented for
registration;
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(ii) |
the
appointment of one (1) nominee of the Purchaser as director of
the Company
with effect from the Completion
Date;
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(2) |
copy,
certified by a director of the Vendor as true and complete, of
the
resolutions in such form to the satisfaction of the Purchaser passed
by
the directors of the Vendor approving the following
matters:
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(i) |
the
sale of the Sale Shares to the
Purchaser;
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(ii) |
the
entering into by the Vendor of this Agreement and authorizing any
one
director thereof to execute the same on its
behalf.
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(3) |
valid
share certificate(s) in respect of the Sale
Shares;
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(4) |
duly
executed instrument(s) of transfer of the Sale Shares in favour
of the
Purchaser (or its nominee(s));
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(5) |
duly
executed sold note(s) for the Sale Shares by the beneficial owner
thereof;
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(6) |
an
application, in such form as the Purchaser may reasonably prescribe,
for
the number of the Consideration Shares to be issued and allotted
to the
Vendor (or its nominee(s));
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(7) |
such
other documents as may be required to give to the Purchaser good
title to
the Sale Shares and to enable the Purchaser (or its nominee(s))
to become
the registered owner thereof;
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(8) |
the
Service Agreements duly executed by the Key Employees and the Company;
and
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(9) |
a
certificate issued by each of the Vendor and the Guarantor confirming
that
it/he is not aware of any event which is in breach or inconsistent
with
any of the Vendor Warranties.
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5.3 |
Against
compliance and fulfillment of all acts and the requirements set
out in
Clause 5.2, the Purchaser shall deliver to the
Vendor:
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(1) |
duly
executed instrument(s) of transfer and duly executed bought note(s)
in
respect of the Sale Shares;
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(2) |
a
cheque drawn on a bank account in Hong Kong or if the Vendor and
the
Purchaser shall agree, by way of telegraphic transfer for the part
cash
consideration referred to in Clause 4.1(1) and made payable to
the Vendor
or such other person as it may direct in writing (whose receipt
shall be
an absolute discharge therefor);
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(3) |
copy,
certified by a director of the Purchaser as true and complete,
of the
resolutions in such form to the satisfaction of the Vendor passed
by the
directors of the Purchaser approving this Agreement and other documents
necessary for the purpose of effecting this transaction and authorising
a
person or persons to execute the same (with seal, where appropriate)
for
and on its behalf, the issue and allotment of the Consideration
Shares in
accordance with the provisions of Clause 4 and enter the name of
the
Vendor (or its nominee(s)) as holders thereof on its register of
members;
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(4) |
deliver
to the Vendor duly issued definitive certificate in board lots
(as far as
is practicable) for quotation on OTCBB for the Consideration Shares
issued
and allotted to the Vendor under Clause
4.1(2);
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(5) |
a
letter to the Vendor and the Guarantor from Xx. Xxxxx Tan as process
agent
irrevocably accepting appointment as process agent for the Purchaser;
and
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(6) |
a
certificate issued by the Purchaser confirming that it is not aware
of any
event which is in breach or inconsistent with any of the Purchaser
Warranties.
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5.4 |
The
Purchaser shall, against compliance with the requirements set out
in
Clauses 5.2 and 5.3 submit duly executed bought and sold note(s)
and the
instrument(s) for the transfer of the Sale Shares for stamping
within two
(2) days of Completion.
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5.5 |
In
the event that the Vendor shall fail to do anything required to
be done by
them under Clauses 5.2, without prejudice to any other right or
remedy
available to the Purchaser, the Purchaser
may:
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(1)
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defer
Completion to a day not more than twenty-one (21) Business Days
after the
Completion Date (and so that provisions of this Clause 5.5(1) shall
apply
to Completion as so deferred); or
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(2)
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proceed
to Completion so far as practicable but without prejudice to the
Purchaser’s right to the extent that the Vendor shall not have complied
with its obligations hereunder; or
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(3)
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rescind
this Agreement (apart from Clauses 14, 17, 20, 21 and 24 which
shall
continue to have full force and effect) in which case none of the
parties
hereto shall have any claim of any nature whatsoever against any
of the
other parties under this Agreement (save for any rights and liabilities
of
the parties which have accrued prior to
rescission).
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5.6 |
In
the event that the Purchaser shall fail to do anything required
to be done
by them under Clauses 5.3, without prejudice to any other right
or remedy
available to the Vendor, the Vendor
may:
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(1)
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defer
Completion to a day not more than twenty-one (21) Business Days
after the
Completion Date (and so that provisions of this Clause 5.6(1) shall
apply
to Completion as so deferred); or
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(2)
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proceed
to Completion so far as practicable but without prejudice to the
Vendor’s
right to the extent that the Purchaser shall not have complied
with its
obligations hereunder; or
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(3)
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rescind
this Agreement (apart from Clauses 14, 17, 20, 21 and 24 which
shall
continue to have full force and effect) in which case none of the
parties
hereto shall have any claim of any nature whatsoever against any
of the
other parties under this Agreement (save for any rights and liabilities
of
the parties which have accrued prior to
rescission).
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6.
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VENDOR
WARRANTIES AND
INDEMNITIES
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6.1 |
Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantor hereby represents, warrants and
undertakes
to the Purchaser and its successors and assigns that the Vendor
Warranties
are true and accurate in all material respects on the date of this
Agreement and will continue to be so up to and including the Completion
Date with reference to the facts and circumstances from time to
time
applying. The Vendor Warranties are subject to the matters
Disclosed.
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6.2 |
Each
of the Vendor Warranties is without prejudice to any other Vendor
Warranty
and, except where expressly or otherwise stated, no provision in
any
Vendor Warranty shall govern or limit the extent or application
of any
other provision in any Vendor Warranty. Each of the Vendor and
the
Guarantor hereby agrees that the Purchaser shall treat each of
the Vendor
Warranties as a condition of this
Agreement.
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6.3 |
Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantor hereby agrees to fully indemnify
and keeps
the Purchaser and its assigns fully indemnified on demand from
and against
any depletion of assets, all losses, costs and expenses (including
legal
expenses) which the Purchaser and its assigns may incur or sustain
from or
in consequence of any of the Vendor Warranties not being correct
or fully
complied with. This indemnity shall be without prejudice to any
of the
rights and remedies of the Purchaser and its assigns in relation
to any
such breach of Vendor Warranties and all such rights and remedies
are
hereby expressly reserved.
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6.4 |
If
it shall be found at any time after Completion that any of the
Vendor
Warranties is not true, correct and accurate or is not as represented,
warranted or undertaken and:
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(1) |
the
effect thereof is that the value of some assets of the Group including,
without limitation, the value of any asset stated in the Management
Accounts being less than its value would have been had there been
no such
breach or the matter warranted were as warranted;
or
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(2) |
the
Group has incurred or is under any liability or contingent liability
which
would not have been incurred if such matter were as represented
or
warranted or the relevant undertaking were performed;
or
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(3) |
the
effect thereof is that the amount of a liability of the Group is
higher
than its amount would have been had there been no such breach or
the
matter warranted were as warranted,
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then,
without prejudice to any other provisions of this Agreement, each of the
Vendor
and the Guarantor shall indemnify the Purchaser on demand on a full indemnity
basis, and holds it harmless from and against all liabilities, damages, costs,
claims, reduction in net consolidated assets or increase in net consolidated
liabilities and all reasonable expenses which the Purchaser may sustain,
suffer,
or incur as a result of any of the foregoing and each of the Vendor and the
Guarantor shall pay to the Purchaser on demand the full amount of any such
loss
as aforesaid in immediately available funds.
6.5 |
The
Vendor Warranties shall survive Completion and the rights and remedies
of
the Purchaser in respect of any breach of the Vendor Warranties
shall not
be affected by Completion or by the Purchaser rescinding, or failing
to
rescind this Agreement, or failing to exercise or delaying the
exercise of
any right or remedy, or by any other event or matter whatsoever,
except a
specific and duly authorised written waiver or release and no single
or
partial exercise of any right or remedy shall preclude any further
or
other exercise.
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6.6
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Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantor undertakes in relation to any Vendor
Warranty which refers to the knowledge, awareness, information
or belief
of each of the Vendor and the Guarantor that it/he has made due
and
careful enquiry into the subject matter of that Vendor Warranty
and that
it/he does not have the knowledge, awareness, information or belief
that
the subject matter of that Vendor Warranty may not be correct,
complete or
accurate.
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6.7 |
As
soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within ten (10)
Business
days from the date of this Agreement, the Vendor shall appoint
the
Independent Accountants to perform a review of the Management Accounts.
Each of the Vendor and the Guarantor hereby undertakes to deliver
the
Management Accounts to the Purchaser within seventy five (75) calendar
days from the date of this Agreement and that the Management Accounts
will
conform to the generally accepted accounting practice, standards
and
principles of Hong Kong, and were prepared based on substantially
the same
accounting practice, standards and principles as those adopted
and
consistently applied by the Group.
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6.8 |
The
following provisions shall apply in respect of the review of the
Management Accounts referred to in Clause
6.7:
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(1)
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the
Vendor and the Guarantor shall and shall procure the Group to,
render such
assistance to the Independent Accountants as may be necessary for
the
review of the Management Accounts;
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(2)
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without
prejudice to the generality of (1) above, the Vendor and the Guarantor
shall and shall procure the Group to, supply to the Independent
Accountants such information and records and accord the Independent
Accountants such access to the properties and facilities of the
Group as
the Independent Accountants may reasonably require for their review
of the
Management Accounts; and
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(3) |
provided
that the same conform to the generally accepted accounting practice,
standards and principles of Hong Kong, substantially the same accounting
practice, standards and principles as those adopted and consistently
applied by the Group in its preparation of the Management Accounts
shall
be adopted in the review of the Management
Accounts.
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6.9
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The
liability of each of the Vendor and the Guarantor in respect of
any breach
of the Vendor Warranties shall be limited as provided in this Clause
6.9:
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(1)
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the
Vendor and the Guarantor shall be under no liability in respect
of a
breach of any of the Vendor Warranties or to indemnify pursuant
to this
Agreement unless the Vendor and the Guarantor shall have received
written
notice from the Purchaser prior to the date falling on the second
anniversary of the Completion Date in respect of the Vendor Warranties
or
the indemnity as aforesaid giving full details of the relevant
claim and
any such claim shall (if not previously satisfied, settled or withdrawn)
be deemed to have been waived at the expiration of three (3) months
after
the second anniversary of the Completion Date unless proceedings
in
respect thereof shall then have been commenced against the Vendor
and the
Guarantor;
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(2)
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the
Vendor and the Guarantor shall be under no liability in respect
of any
breach of the Vendor Warranties or to indemnify as
aforesaid:
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(i)
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if
such liability would not have arisen but for something voluntarily
done or
omitted to be done (other than pursuant to a legally binding commitment
created on or before Completion) by the Purchaser or the Company
or any
member of the Group after Completion and otherwise than in the
usual and
ordinary course of business;
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(ii)
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to
the extent that such liability arises or is increased as a result
only of
an increase in rates of Taxation made after Completion with retrospective
effect; or
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(iii)
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to
the extent that in accordance with applicable law (whether of Hong
Kong,
the PRC or elsewhere) a note, provision, allowance or reserve in
respect
thereof was made in the Management Accounts provided that, for
the
avoidance of doubt, to the extent any such note, provision, allowance
or
reserve is not in accordance with applicable law, the liability
of the
Vendor and/or the Guarantor in respect thereof shall not be limited
or
excluded by this sub-Clause (iii).
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6.10
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The
Vendor and the Guarantor shall have no liability in respect of
any
individual matter unless the liability of the Vendor and the Guarantor
in
respect thereof shall exceed an amount of HK$300,000 (or the equivalent
thereof) provided that individual matters each not exceeding HK$300,000
in
terms of the liability of the Vendor and the Guarantor in respect
thereof
shall be aggregated and treated as a single claim if they stem
from the
same fact or event.
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6.11
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The
aggregate amount of the liability of the Vendor and the Guarantor
in
respect of any claim for breach of any of the Vendor Warranties
or to
indemnify as aforesaid or shall not exceed the aggregate amount
of the
consideration payable pursuant to Clause 4 (or the equivalent
thereof).
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6.12
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The
Purchaser shall reimburse to the Vendor and the Guarantor an amount
equal
to any sum paid by the Vendor and the Guarantor in respect of a
claim
under the Vendor Warranties or to be indemnified as aforesaid which
is
subsequently recovered or paid to the Purchaser or the Company
by a third
party.
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6.13
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The
provisions of Clauses 6.9 to 6.13 shall continue in full force
and effect
notwithstanding Completion.
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7.
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FURTHER
UNDERTAKINGS
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7.1
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The
Vendor and the Guarantor hereby jointly and severally guarantees
and warrants to the Purchaser that
the net
tangible assets of the Group as at 30 September 2005 (as shown
in the
Management Accounts) and in accordance with
the generally accepted accounting practice, standards and principles
of
Hong Kong shall not be less than
HK$50,000,000.
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7.2
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The
Vendor and the Guarantor hereby jointly and severally agrees that
any and
all trade debts and account receivables of the Group
as
at 30 September 2005 (as shown in the Management Accounts)
will be settled by or collected in full from the relevant debtor(s)
on or
prior the first anniversary of the Completion Date, failing which
the
Vendor and Guarantor jointly and severally undertakes to the Purchaser
that it and he shall, forthwith upon demand by the Purchaser, purchase,
at
the face value, any and all such trade debts and account receivables
of
the Group. Upon receipt of full payment in cash of the relevant
purchase
amounts due from the Vendor and/or the Guarantor as aforesaid,
the
relevant trade debts or accounts receivables shall then be assigned
to the
Vendor and/or the Guarantor, on an “as is” basis with no further recourse
to, or compensation from any of the Purchaser or the
Group.
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8.
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PURCHASER
WARRANTIES
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8.1
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Subject
to Clause 8.7, the Purchaser represents, warrants and undertakes
to the
Vendor and the Guarantor and their respective successors and assigns
that
the Purchaser Warranties are true and accurate in all material
aspects on
the date of this Agreement and will continue to be so on up to
and
including the Completion Date with reference to the facts and
circumstances from time to time applying.
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8.2
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The
Purchaser agrees that the Vendor and the Guarantor may treat each
of the
Purchaser Warranties as a condition of this
Agreement.
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8.3
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The
Purchaser shall indemnify and keep fully and effectively indemnified
the
Vendor and the Guarantor on demand from and against all losses,
costs and
expenses which may be incurred by them or any of them in connection
with
any breach of any of the Purchaser Warranties or their successfully
enforcing any claim for any such
breach.
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8.4
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The
following provisions shall apply to all claims for damages for
a breach of
the Purchaser:
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(1)
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if
this Agreement is terminated prior to Completion, the maximum liabilities
of the Purchaser shall be limited to the amount of the Vendor and
the
Guarantor’s costs and expenses in the negotiation, entering into of this
Agreement, the termination of this Agreement, and related expenses,
up to
a maximum of HK$300,000;
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(2)
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the
provisions of sub-Clause (1) shall not apply to any breach of the
Purchaser Warranties or concealment of a breach of any Purchaser
Warranty
arising out of any dishonest or deliberate act of the Purchaser;
and
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(3)
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the
Purchaser shall be under no liability in respect of a breach of
any of the
Purchaser Warranties or to indemnify pursuant to this Agreement
unless the
Purchaser shall have received written notice from the Vendor and
the
Guarantor prior to the date falling on the sixth anniversary of
the
Completion Date in respect of the Purchaser Warranties or the indemnity
as
aforesaid giving full details of the relevant claim and any such
claim
shall (if not previously satisfied, settled or withdrawn) be deemed
to
have been waived at the expiration of three (3) months after the
sixth
anniversary of the Completion Date unless proceedings in respect
thereof
shall then have been commenced against the
Purchaser.
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8.5
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The
indemnity provided for under Clause 8.4 is without prejudice to
any other
rights and remedies of the Vendor and the Guarantor in relation
to any
breach of any of the Purchaser Warranties and all other rights
and
remedies are expressly reserved to the Vendor and the
Guarantor.
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8.6
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Each
of the Purchaser Warranties is without prejudice to any other Purchaser
Warranty or other agreements or indemnities entered into between
the
parties or any of them and, except where expressly stated otherwise,
no
provision contained in this Agreement or other agreements or indemnities
shall govern or limit the extent or application of any other provision
of
this Agreement or such other
agreements.
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8.7
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All
of the Purchaser Warranties are deemed to be qualified by the Purchaser’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the US published
up
to the date of this Agreement.
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8.8
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No
claim by the Vendor or the Guarantor shall be prejudiced, nor shall
the
amount of any claim by them be reduced, in consequence of any information
relating to the Purchaser or its affairs which may at any time
have come
to the knowledge of any of the Vendor or the Guarantor, and it
shall not
be a defence to any claim against the Purchaser that any of the
Vendor or
the Guarantor knew or ought to have known or had constructive knowledge
or
any information relating to the circumstance giving rise to such
claim,
subject, in each case, to Clause
8.7.
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8.9
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The
rights and remedies of the Vendor and the Guarantor in respect
of any
breach of the Purchaser Warranties shall not be affected by investigations
made by or on behalf of them into the affairs of the
Purchaser.
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8.10
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The
Purchaser Warranties shall survive Completion insofar as the same
are not
fully performed on Completion.
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9.
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PROFIT
GUARANTEE
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9.1
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In
consideration of the Purchaser’s agreement to enter into this Agreement,
the Vendor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to
the
Purchaser that the aggregate net profit after taxation but before
extraordinary items of the Group (the “Net
Profit”)
for the twelve months ending 31 December 2006 as shown in the audited
consolidated financial statements of the Group ending such date
shall not
be less than HK$15,000,000 (the “Guaranteed
Net Profit”).
If the Net Profit is less than the Guaranteed Net Profit, then
the Vendor
shall pay to the Purchaser in cash within fourteen (14) calendar
days
after the delivery of the audited consolidated financial statements
of the
Group aforesaid an amount calculated as
follows:
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Amount
payable to the Purchaser = (Guaranteed Net Profit - Net Profit) x 7.7 x
26%
PROVIDED
THAT the aforesaid amount shall be rounded up to the nearest whole
dollar.
9.2
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The
Vendor undertakes to procure that the audited consolidated financial
statements of the Group shall be prepared by the Company and audited
by
the Independent Accountants in accordance with the generally acceptable
accounting practice, standards and principles of Hong Kong in respect
of
the twelve months referred to in Clause 9.1, together with any
notes,
reports or statements included therein or annexed thereto, a copy
of which
shall be delivered to the Purchaser for review by not later than
two (2)
months following the balance sheet date of the relevant
period.
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10.
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CONDUCT
OF BUSINESS PENDING
COMPLETION
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10.1 |
The
Vendor hereby undertakes with the Purchaser to procure that, except
as
required by this Agreement, no resolution of the directors or shareholders
of any member of the Group shall be passed prior to Completion
without the
prior written consent of the
Purchaser.
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10.2 |
The
Vendor hereby undertakes with the Purchaser that until Completion
the
Group shall carry on its business in a manner consistent with past
practice and shall:
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(1) |
procure
that the Group shall not without first obtaining the prior written
consent
of the Purchaser enter into any contract or commitment of an unusual
or
onerous nature or other than in the normal and ordinary course
of
business; and
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(2) |
keep
the Purchaser informed of all matters relating to the Group and
its
business, assets and prospects.
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10.3 |
Without
prejudice and notwithstanding Clause 10.2, the Vendor undertakes
that it
shall pending Completion take all steps necessary to ensure that
the Group
shall not carry out any of the following actions and no resolution
of the
board of directors of any member of the Group or of its general
meeting
shall be passed to carry out the same unless the written consent
of the
Purchaser is obtained:
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(1)
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the
creation or issue of any shares in any member of the Group or the
grant of
any options over any shares or the uncalled capital of any member
of the
Group or the issue of any warrant, debentures, securities or other
obligations convertible into shares in any member of the Group
or enter
into any agreement to do any of the same;
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(2)
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the
capitalisation, repayment or other form of distribution of any
amount
standing to the credit of any reserve of any member of the Group
on the
redemption or purchase of any shares in any member of the Group
or any
other reorganisation of share
capital;
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(3)
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the
winding-up or liquidation of any member of the Group;
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(4)
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the
alteration of the rights attaching to any of the Sale Shares or
the shares
or registered capital in any member of the Group;
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(5)
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the
alteration of the memorandum and articles of association of any
member of
the Group and the passing of any resolutions inconsistent with
the
provision of this Agreement;
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(6)
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the
acquisition or disposal of any lease or any other interests in
real
property owned or occupied by each member of the Group or the creation
of
any Encumbrance over such property;
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(7)
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the
acquisition of disposal of any property or other asset by each
member of
the Group if the aggregate sum involved exceeds (or, in the case
of a
disposal, if the book value exceeds)
HK$500,000;
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(8)
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the
acquisition or formation by any member of the Group of any subsidiary
or
the acquisition of any share in any other company or the participation
by
any member of the Group in any partnership or joint
venture;
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(9)
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the
sale or disposal of the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking
or
the assets of any member of the
Group;
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(10)
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the
entering into of any material contract by any member of the Group
other
than in its usual and ordinary course of
business;
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(11)
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except
in the usual and ordinary course of business of the relevant member
of the
Group, the lending of any moneys (otherwise than by way of deposit
with a
bank or other institution the normal business of which includes
the
acceptance of deposit), the granting of any credit or the giving
of any
guarantee or indemnity;
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(12)
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the
amalgamation or merger of any member of the Group with any other
company
or concern;
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(13)
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the
alteration of the composition of any board of directors of any
member of
the Group;
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(14)
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the
making of any capital commitment by any member of the
Group;
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(15) |
the
borrowing of any moneys or acceptance of credit facilities by any
member
of the Group from banks, financial institutions and any other third
parties other than in its usual and ordinary course of business;
or
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(16)
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the
making, declaration or payment of any dividend or
distribution.
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10.4 |
If
at any time before Completion any of the Vendor or the Guarantor
comes to
know of any fact or event which:
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(1)
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is
in any way inconsistent with any of the undertakings or agreements
of any
of the Vendor or the Guarantor,
and/or
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(2)
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suggests
that any of the Vendor Warranties may not be correct or incapable
of being
carried out, and/or
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(3)
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might
affect the willingness of a prudent purchaser for value of the
Sale Shares
to complete its purchase or the amount of the consideration which
such
purchaser would be prepared to pay for the Sale
Shares,
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the
Vendor and the Guarantor shall give immediate written notice thereof to the
Purchaser in which event the Purchaser may within seven (7) Business Days
of
receiving such notice rescind this Agreement by written notice to the Vendor
and
the Guarantor.
10.5
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If
at any time before Completion the Purchaser comes to know of any
fact or
event which:
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(1)
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is
in any way inconsistent with any of the undertakings or agreements
of the
Purchaser, and/or
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(2)
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suggests
that any of the Purchaser Warranties may not be correct or incapable
of
being carried out, and/or
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(3)
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might
affect the willingness of a prudent investor for value for the
subscription of the Consideration Shares to subscribe for the
Consideration Shares or the amount of the subscription price which
such
investor would be prepared to subscribe for the Consideration
Shares,
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the
Purchaser shall give immediate written notice thereof to the Vendor and the
Guarantor in which event the Vendor and the Guarantor may within ten (10)
Business Days of receiving such notice rescind this Agreement by giving to
the
Purchaser a notice in writing signed by them jointly (but not
otherwise).
10.6 |
If
at any time before Completion any of the Vendor and the Guarantor
fails to
comply with any of its/his obligations under this Clause 10 or
any other
provisions of this Agreement or the Purchaser determines (acting
reasonably) that any of the Vendor Warranties might have been incorrect
or
is or may be incapable of performance, the Purchaser may rescind
this
Agreement by written notice to the Vendor and the
Guarantor.
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11.
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ACCESS
TO INFORMATION
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The
Vendor shall procure that, pending Completion, the Purchaser, its agents,
representatives and professional advisers are given promptly on request full
access to all such facilities and information regarding the business, assets,
liabilities, contracts and affairs of the Group and other evidence of ownership
of the assets owned by the Group as the Purchaser may require.
12.
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FURTHER
ASSURANCE
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Each
party shall execute, do and perform or procure to be executed, done and
performed by other necessary parties all such further acts, agreements,
assignments, assurances, deeds and documents within its powers to give effect
to
this Agreement and all transactions contemplated hereunder.
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13.
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GUARANTEE
AND OPTION TO ACQUIRE FURTHER
SHARES
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13.1
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The
Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to
the
Purchaser the due and punctual performance of the Vendor of its
obligations under this Agreement and undertakes to indemnify and
keep
effectively indemnified the Purchaser (if necessary by payment
of cash on
first demand) against all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and
expenses
stipulated under this Agreement or otherwise which the Purchaser
may
suffer or incur in connection with any default or delay on the
part of the
Vendor in the performance or any such
obligations.
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13.2
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The
obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor shall be continuing
obligations and shall not be satisfied, discharged or affected
by an
intermediate payment or any change in the constitution or control
of, or
the insolvency of or any bankruptcy, winding up or analogous proceedings
relating to any of the parties to this
Agreement.
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13.3
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The
liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall be unaffected by any
arrangement which the Purchaser may make with the Vendor or with
any other
person which (but for this provision) might operate to diminish
or
discharge the liability of or otherwise provide a defence to a
surety.
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Purchaser
is to
be at liberty at any time and without reference to the Guarantor
to give
time for payment or grant any other indulgence and to give up,
deal with,
vary, exchange or abstain from perfecting or enforcing any other
securities or guarantees held by the Guarantor at any time and
to
discharge any party thereto and to realise such securities or guarantees,
as the Purchaser thinks fit and to compound with, accept compositions
from
and make any other arrangements with the Vendor without affecting
the
liability of the Guarantor
hereunder.
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13.4
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As
a separate and independent stipulation, it is hereby agreed by
the
Guarantor that any obligation and undertaking under this Clause
13 which
may not be enforceable against the Guarantor on the footing of
a
guarantee, whether by reason of any legal limitation (other than
any
limitation imposed by this Agreement), disability or incapacity
on or of
the Vendor or any other fact or circumstance whether or not known
to the
Purchaser shall nevertheless be enforceable against the Guarantor
as the
sole and principal obligor in respect
thereof.
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13.5
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Without
prejudice to the other provisions of this Agreement, the obligations
and
undertakings expressed to be assumed by or imposed on the Guarantor
under
this Agreement shall remain in force so long as the Vendor shall
have any
liability or obligation to the Purchaser under this Agreement and
until
all such liabilities and obligations have been discharged in
full.
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13.6
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The
Guarantor hereby waives any right to require a proceeding first
against
the Vendor or any other person.
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13.7 |
Each
of the Guarantor and the Purchaser acknowledges that the Purchaser
is
prepared to purchase further Shares in which the Guarantor is ultimately
interested through his interest in Admire Fame Invests Limited,
Gain Huge
Investments Limited and Splendid Fortune Investments Limited, subject
to
Completion and subject further to and upon the terms of set out
in the
Option Deed, to the intent that the Purchaser (or such other company
as
the Purchaser may nominate) shall own, together with the Sale Shares,
not
less than an aggregate of 51% of the issued share capital of the
Company
after Completion. The Guarantor agrees to procure Admire Fame Invests
Limited, Gain Huge Investments Limited, Splendid Fortune Investments
Limited and the Purchaser agrees, to enter into the Option
Deed.
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14.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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14.1 |
Each
of the parties hereto undertakes to the others that it/he will
not, at any
time after the date of this Agreement, divulge or communicate to
any
person other than to its professional advisers, or when required
by law,
or to its respective officers or employees whose province it is
to know
the same any confidential information concerning the business,
accounts,
finance or contractual arrangements or other dealings, transactions
or
affairs of any of the others which may be within or may come to
its
knowledge and it shall use its best endeavours to prevent the publication
or disclosure of any such confidential information concerning such
matters.
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14.2 |
No
public announcement or communication of any kind shall be made
in respect
of the subject matter of this Agreement unless specifically agreed
between
the parties hereto or unless an announcement is required pursuant
to the
applicable law and the regulations or the requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission of the US or any other regulatory body
or
authority. Any announcement by any party hereto required to be
made
pursuant to any relevant law or regulation or the requirements
of the
Securities and Exchange Commission of the US or any other regulatory
body
or authority shall be issued only after such prior consultation
with the
other party as is reasonably practicable in the
circumstances.
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15.
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TIME
AND WAIVER
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Time
shall in every respect be of the essence of this Agreement but no failure
on the
part of any party hereto to exercise, and no delay on its part in exercising
any
right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or
partial exercise of any right under this Agreement preclude any other or
further
exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or prejudice or affect
any
right against any other parties hereto under the same liability, whether
joint,
several or otherwise. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement
are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. The
parties shall then use all reasonable endeavors to replace the invalid or
unenforceable provisions by a valid and enforceable substitute provision
the
effect of which is as close as possible to the intended effect of the invalid
and unenforceable provision.
16.
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INVALIDITY
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If
at any
time any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is or becomes illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the laws of any relevant
jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement in that jurisdiction nor the legality, validity
or
enforceability of such provision under the laws of any other jurisdictions
shall
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
17.
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AMENDMENTS
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This
Agreement shall not be amended, supplemented or modified except by instruments
in writing signed by all parties hereto.
18.
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NOTICES
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18.1 |
Any
notice claim, demand, court process, document or other communication
to be
given under this Agreement (collectively “communication”
in this Clause 18) shall be in writing in the English language
and may be
served or given personally or sent to the telex or facsimile numbers
(if
any) of the relevant party and marked for the attention and/or
copied to
such other person as specified in Clause
18.5.
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18.2 |
A
change of address or telex or facsimile number of the person to
whom a
communication is to be addressed or copied pursuant to this Agreement
shall not be effective until five (5) days after a written notice
of
change has been served in accordance with the provisions of this
Clause 18
on all other parties to this Agreement with specific reference
in such
notice that such change is for the purposes of this
Agreement.
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18.3
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A
party may not designate a non Hong Kong address for the service
of
communications to it.
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18.4 |
All
communications shall be served by the following means and the addressee
of
a communication shall be deemed to have received the same within
the time
stated adjacent to the relevant means of
despatch:
|
Means of despatch | Time of deemed receipt |
Local mail or courier | 24 hours |
Telex | on despatch |
Facsimile | on despatch |
Air courier/speedpost | 3 days |
Airmail | 5 days |
18.5 |
The
initial addresses and facsimile numbers of the parties for the
service of
communications, the person for whose attention such communications
are to
be marked and the person to whom a communication is to be copied
are as
follows:
|
To the Vendor: | Name: | Glory Goal Investments Limited |
Address: | x/x Xxxxx Xx. 0, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Lok Xxxx, Xxxx Lo Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxx, New Territories, Hong Kong | |
Facsimile: | (000) 0000 0000 | |
Attention: | Mr. Ko Yin | |
To the Purchaser: | Name: | Global Innovative Systems Inc. |
Address: | 16/F., Hang Seng Mongkok Building, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx | |
Facsimile: | (000) 0000 0000 | |
Attention: | Board of Directors | |
To the Guarantor: | Address: | House No. 5, Mantex Villa, Hang Lok Xxxx, Xxxx Lo Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxx, New Territories, Hong Kong |
Facsimile: | (000) 0000 0000 |
18.6 |
A
communication served in accordance with this Clause 18 shall be
deemed
sufficiently served and in proving service and/or receipt of a
communication it shall be sufficient to prove that such communication
was
left at the addressee’s address or that the envelope containing such
communication was properly addressed and posted or despatched to
the
addressee's address or that the communication was properly transmitted
by
telex, facsimile or cable to the addressee. In the case of communication
by telex, such communication shall be deemed properly transmitted
upon the
receipt by the machine sending the telex the telex answerback of
the
addressee; in the case of facsimile transmission, such transmission
shall
be deemed properly transmitted on receipt of a report of satisfactory
transmission printed out by the sending
machine.
|
18.7 |
Nothing
in this Clause 18 shall preclude the service of communication or
the proof
of such service by any mode permitted by
law.
|
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19.
|
ASSIGNMENT
|
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and enure for the benefit of each party’s
successors or assigns and, none of the rights of the parties under this
Agreement may be assigned or transferred.
20.
|
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
|
This
Agreement (together with any documents referred to herein) constitutes the
entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters dealt
with herein and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements, statements,
understandings or transactions between the parties hereto in relation to
the
matters hereof.
21.
|
COSTS
AND STAMP DUTY
|
21.1 |
Each
of the Vendor and the Purchaser shall bear its own costs and expenses
(including legal fees) incurred in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and all
documents
incidental or relating to Completion.
|
21.2 |
Stamp
duty or such other levy, tax or duties in respect of the transfer
of the
Sale Shares shall be paid equally by the Vendor and the Purchaser.
Without
prejudicing the foregoing, the Vendor hereby agrees and undertakes
to
attend to the assessment of the stamp duty in respect of the transfer
of
the Sale Shares by the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong after
Completion and make the payment of the assessed amount in advance.
In
consideration of the Vendor agreeing to pay such assessed duty,
the
Purchaser hereby agrees to reimburse the Vendor the payment of
one half of
the total assessed stamp duty.
|
22.
|
COUNTERPART
|
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of parties
hereto
may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterparts.
23.
|
LEGAL
REPRESENTATION
|
The
parties hereby acknowledge that Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxx only act for the
Vendor and the Guarantor in connection with this Agreement and the Purchaser
has
been duly advised to seek independent legal advice and to obtain separate
legal
representation.
24.
|
GOVERNING
LAW, JURISDICTION AND PROCESS
AGENTS
|
24.1 |
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws
of Hong Kong.
|
24.2 |
The
parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of Hong Kong.
|
24.3 |
The
Vendor hereby irrevocably appoints the Guarantor, whose correspondence
address is at House No. 5, Mantex Villa, Hang Lok Xxxx, Xxxx Lo
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxx, New Territories, Hong Kong as its service agent to accept
service
or process out of the courts of the Hong Kong in connection with
this
Agreement. Such appointment cannot be revoked and the Vendor hereby
confirms that any process, writ of action or summonses out of the
courts
of Hong Kong served either personally on or sent by post (postal
prepaid)
to the service agent referred to in this Clause 24.3 at the then
current
address of such service agent shall be and shall be deemed to be
served on
the Vendor and that the failure of the service agent to give any
notice of
such service of process to the Vendor shall not impair or affect
the
validity of such service or of any judgment based
thereon.
|
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24.4 |
The
Purchaser hereby irrevocably appoints Xx. Xxxxx Tan, holder of
Hong Kong
Permanent Identity Card No. D 500769 (1)) and whose correspondence
address
is at 16/F., Hang Seng Mongkok Building, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx as its service agent to accept service or process
out
of the courts of the Hong Kong in connection with this Agreement.
Such
appointment cannot be revoked and the Purchaser hereby confirms
that any
process, writ of action or summonses out of the courts of Hong
Kong served
either personally on or sent by post (postal prepaid) to the service
agent
referred to in this Clause 24.4 at the then current address of
such
service agent shall be and shall be deemed to be served on the
Purchaser
and that the failure of the service agent to give any notice of
such
service of process to the Purchaser shall not impair or affect
the
validity of such service or of any judgment based
thereon.
|
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SCHEDULE
1
DETAILS
OF THE COMPANY
Name
of Company
|
:
|
Beijing
Illumination (Hong Kong) Limited
|
||||
Date
of Incorporation
|
:
|
11
October 2002
|
||||
Place
of Incorporation
|
:
|
Hong
Kong
|
||||
Company
Number
|
:
|
817413
|
||||
Registered
Office
|
:
|
Rooms
1108-1109
11th
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
0, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx
|
||||
Existing
company secretary
|
:
|
Xxxxx
Man Fai
|
||||
Authorised
share capital
|
:
|
HK$10,000
divided into 10,000 shares of HK$1.00 each
|
||||
Issued
share capital
|
:
|
HK$1,250
(comprising of 1,250 shares of HK$1.00 each)
|
||||
Existing
shareholders:
|
Name of shareholders | No. of shares | Percentage | |||||
Glory
Goal Investments Limited
|
325
|
26.00
|
|||||
Aeneas
Portfolio Company, L.P.
|
250
|
20.00
|
|||||
First
Top Holdings Limited
|
250
|
20.00
|
|||||
Admire
Fame Investments Limited
|
215
|
17.20
|
|||||
Gain
Huge Investments Limited
|
125
|
10.00
|
|||||
Splendid
Fortune Investments Limited
|
45
|
3.60
|
|||||
Xxxx
Xxx Onn
|
15
|
1.20
|
|||||
Qin
Fu Yan
|
5
|
0.40
|
|||||
China
Northern Enterprises Investment Fund Limited
|
5
|
0.40
|
|||||
Tee
Tsun Chi
|
5
|
0.40
|
|||||
Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx
|
5
|
0.40
|
|||||
Xxxxx
Xxx Ping
|
3
|
0.24
|
|||||
Ho
Chung Xxx, Xxxxxx
|
2
|
0.16
|
Directors:
|
:
|
(1) Xx
Xxxx
|
||||
(2) Xxx
So Xxxx
|
||||||
(3) Ko
Yin
|
||||||
Auditors
|
:
|
Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu
|
||||
Financial
year end
|
:
|
31
December
|
||||
Principal
activities
|
:
|
Investment
holding
|
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SCHEDULE
2
DETAILS
OF THE SUBSIDIARIES
1.
|
Name
of the subsidiary
|
:
|
(transliterated
as Beijing Aihua New Enterprise Lighting Appliance Company
Ltd.)
|
Economic
nature
|
:
|
wholly
foreign owned enterprise
|
|
Investor
|
:
|
The
Company
|
|
Investment
capital
|
:
|
RMB21,000,000
(equivalent to approximately HK$19,811,320)
|
|
Registered
capital
|
:
|
RMB15,300,000
(equivalent to approximately HK$14,433,962)
|
|
Attributable
interest of the Group
|
:
|
100%
|
|
Terms
|
:
|
25
years from 3rd June, 2003 to 2nd June, 2028
|
|
Scope
of business
|
:
|
manufacture
of lighting equipment; production installation, technology development
and
provision of technical services; and sale of its own
products
|
|
2.
|
Name
of the subsidiary
|
:
|
(transliterated
as Xianghe Aihua New Enterprise Lighting Equipment Company
Ltd.)
|
Economic
nature
|
:
|
Limited
liability company
|
|
Joint
venture partners
|
:
|
(a) (as
to 51%); and
(b) Xxxx
Xxxx Hua (PRC joint venture partner) (as to 49%)
|
|
Registered
capital
|
:
|
RMB500,000
(equivalent to approximately HK$471,698)
|
|
Attributable
interest of the Group
|
:
|
51%
|
|
Terms
|
:
|
20
years from 20th November, 2003 to 19th November, 2023
|
|
Scope
of business
|
:
|
Research
and development of lighting equipment; manufacture of lighting
devices;
and sale of tis own products
|
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SCHEDULE
3
VENDOR
WARRANTIES
l. |
Recitals
|
The
matters stated in the Recitals to this Agreement are true and correct in
all
material respects.
2. |
The
Vendor, the Guarantor and the
Company
|
2.1 |
Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantor has the full power to enter into
and
perform this Agreement and this Agreement will, when executed,
constitute
binding obligations on each of them in accordance with its
terms.
|
2.2 |
Save
as Disclosed and except, in particular, the amount of HK$2,300,000
and RMB
4,259,600 due to the Guarantor, there is no outstanding indebtedness
or
other liability (actual or contingent) owing by any member of the
Group to
the Vendor or the Guarantor, any director of a member of the Group
or any
person connected with the Vendor or the Guarantor nor is there
any
indebtedness owing to a member of the Group by any such person.
With
respect to the aforesaid indebtedness, the Guarantor warrants that
not
more than HK$1,000,000 will be recovered from the Company or any
member of
the Group prior to the first anniversary of the Completion date.
For
avoidance of doubt, any further sums advanced by the Guarantor
to the
Company or any member of the Group after Completion shall be repaid
to the
Guarantor at any time on demand.
|
2.3 |
The
entire issued share capital of the Company is as set out in Recital
(A)
and the Sale Shares are issued fully paid and are beneficially
owned by
the Vendor free from all Encumbrances and the same are freely transferable
by the Vendor without the consent, approval, permission, licence
or
concurrence of any third party.
|
2.4 |
True
copies or certified true copies of the memorandum and articles
of
association of the Company and true copies of the articles of association
of the Company have been provided to the Purchaser. The copies
of the
memorandum and articles of association of the Company so provided
to the
Purchaser are true and complete and have embodied in them or annexed
to
them a copy of every such resolution as is required by the Companies
Ordinance (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) or other relevant
legislation.
|
2.5 |
None
of the members of the Group has granted any right to call for the
issue of
or agreed to issue at any time after Completion any share or loan
capital.
|
2.6 |
None
of the members of the Group is under any contract, options, warrants
or
any other obligations regarding any part of its capital, issued
or
unissued, or for the issue of any shares, debentures, warrants,
options,
or other similar securities.
|
2.7 |
Save
as Disclosed, none of the members of the Group has any other subsidiary
and does not have any investment in any other
company.
|
3. |
Financial
and taxation
|
3.1 |
The
Management Accounts were prepared in accordance with the generally
accepted accounting practice, standards and principles of Hong
Kong,
substantially the same accounting practice, standards and principles
as
those adopted and consistently applied by the
Group.
|
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3.2 |
Each
member of the Group has duly complied and will until Completion
continue
duly to comply with its obligations to account to the relevant
tax
authorities for all amounts for which it is or may become accountable
in
respect of Taxation.
|
3.3 |
All
returns in connection with Taxation that should have been made
by a member
of the Group have been made currently and on a proper basis and
will until
Completion continue to be so made.
|
3.4 |
Each
member of the Group has duly and punctually paid all Taxation which
it has
become liable to pay and is under no liability to pay any penalty
or
interest in connection with any claim for
Taxation.
|
3.5 |
The
Group has sufficient working capital to carry on its businesses
in their
present form and at present levels of turnover for the foreseeable
future
and for the purposes of carrying out and fulfilling in accordance
with
their terms all orders, projects and other contractual obligations
which
have been placed with or undertaken by the
Group.
|
3.6 |
Save
as Disclosed and except, in particular, the indebtedness set out
below,
the Company and other members of the Group has no outstanding debts,
liabilities and indebtedness, whether actual, contingent or deferred,
due
or payable or incurred in the ordinary and usual course of business,
since
the Management Accounts Date:
|
(a) |
an
aggregate principal amount of RMB4,500,000 together with interest
thereon
due to The China Construction Bank;
and
|
(b) |
an
aggregate principal amount of US$516,633.95 together with interest
thereon
due to Aeneas Portfolio Company, L.P.
|
3.7 |
The
expenses incurred and to be borne by the Company and members of
the Group
in relation to the proposed initial public offering of the Group
on The
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited through the intended holding
company
of the Group (i.e., China Aihua Lighting Technology Company Limited)
up to
30 September 2005 shall not exceed HK$3,800,000. No further expenses
in
the aforesaid public offering will be incurred without the prior
written
approval of the Purchaser.
|
3.7 |
Each
member of the Group has exercised its reasonable endeavours to
preserve
and secure all tax benefits and
refunds.
|
3.8 |
All
assets of the Group of a wasting or depreciable nature are stated
in the
Management Accounts after deduction of depreciation, and such depreciation
being in amounts sufficient to write down such assets over their
respective expected useful economic lives, and unless stated to
the
contrary in the Management Accounts, depreciation is calculated
on a
straight line basis and a consistent depreciation policy has been
adopted
over all assets and there has been no change in the basis or policy
of
depreciation.
|
3.9 |
All
accounting records, vouchers, invoices, ledgers, contracts and
memoranda
and all other accounting documents of the Group and records of
all
transactions thereof are in the possession of the relevant member
of the
Group and have been properly written up, kept and maintained in
accordance
with generally accepted accounting practice and together shows
a true and
fair view of the affairs and financial position of the
Group.
|
3.10 |
A
consistent accounting policy has been adopted by each of the members
of
the Group over the past three years immediately preceding the Management
Accounts Date (or, from the date of incorporation when this is
a shorter
period) and there has been no material change
thereof.
|
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3.11 |
None
of the members of the Group holds any security (including any guarantee
or
indemnity) which is not valid and enforceable against the grantor
thereof
in accordance with its terms.
|
3.12 |
In
relation to all financing arrangements to which any of the members
of the
Group is a party:
|
(a) |
there
has been no contravention of or non compliance with any provision
of any
such document which is material and adverse in the context of the
Group;
|
(b) |
no
steps for the enforcement of any Encumbrances have been taken or
threatened;
|
(c) |
there
has not been any material alteration in the terms and conditions
of any of
the said arrangements or facilities all of which are in full force
and
effect;
|
(d) |
nothing
has been done or omitted to be done whereby the continuance of
the said
arrangements and facilities in full force and effect might be adversely
affected or prejudiced; and
|
(e) |
none
of the arrangements is dependent on the guarantee of or on any
security
provided by a third party.
|
3.13 |
The
total amount borrowed by each of the members of the
Group:
|
(a) |
from
its bankers does not exceed its overdraft facilities;
and
|
(b) |
from
whatsoever source does not exceed any limitation on borrowing contained
in
its constitutive documents or any other deed or document binding
on
it.
|
3.14 |
Save
as Disclosed, there were no material commitments on capital account
outstanding as at the Management Accounts Date and, since the Management
Accounts Date, the members of the Group have not made, or agreed
to make,
any material capital expenditure, or incurred or agreed to incur
any
material capital commitments nor has any of them disposed of, or
realised,
any capital assets material to its usual and ordinary course of
business
or any interest therein.
|
3.15 |
The
net tangible asset value of the Group as at the date of this Agreement
calculated in accordance with the generally accepted accounting
principles
of Hong Kong is not less than the amount shown in the Management
Accounts
and the Vendor considers that the accounting basis and policies
adopted
for such calculations are fair, reasonable and appropriate to reflect
the
net tangible assets of the Group as at such
date.
|
4. |
Assets
|
4.1 |
The
assets of the Group included in the Management Accounts are solely
the
property of the Group and are not subject to any Encumbrance or
any
agreement to give or create any Encumbrance including any xxxx
of sale,
hire or hire purchase agreement, conditional sale, credit sale
or similar
agreement except for (i) any hire purchase agreement in the usual
and
ordinary course of business involving expenditure of less than
HK$1,000,000 per annum; (ii) title retention provisions in respect
of
goods and materials supplied to the Group in the usual and ordinary
course
of business; or (iii) liens arising in the ordinary course of business
by
operation of law.
|
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4.2
|
Since
the Management Accounts Date, save for disposals in the ordinary
course of
its business, the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries have
been in
the possession of, or under the control of, the
Group.
|
4.3 |
The
fixed and loose plant, machinery, vehicles and other equipment
used in
connection with the business of the Group are in a good and safe
state of
repair and condition and satisfactory working order and have been
regularly and properly maintained.
|
5. |
Litigation,
disputes and winding
up
|
5.1 |
Save
as Disclosed and except as plaintiff in the collection of debt
arising in
the usual and ordinary course of business (none of which exceeds
HK$500,000), no member of the Group is engaged in (nor is any director
in
relation to the affairs of any member of the Group engaged in)
any legal
proceedings (including litigation, arbitration and prosecution)
and no
such proceedings are pending or threatened, nor are there any facts
likely
to give rise to such proceedings known or which would on reasonable
enquiry be known to any member of the Group or their respective
directors.
|
5.2 |
None
of the member of the Group, the Vendor and the Guarantor has in
relation
to the any company of the Group committed nor are they liable for
any
criminal, illegal, unlawful or unauthorised act or breach of any
obligation whether imposed by or pursuant to the laws of Hong Kong,
the
PRC or otherwise.
|
5.3 |
No
order has been made, or petition presented, or resolution passed
for the
winding up of or the taking of any analogous proceedings against
any
member of the Group; nor has any distress, execution or other process
been
levied in respect of the Group which remains undischarged; nor
is there
any unfulfilled or unsatisfied judgment or court order outstanding
against
any member of the Group.
|
6. |
Company
records
|
6.1 |
Each
member of the Group has kept duly made up all requisite books of
account
(reflecting in accordance with good accounting principles all the
financial transactions of the relevant member of the Group), minute
books,
registers, records and these and all other deeds and documents
(properly
stamped where necessary) belonging to or which ought to be in the
possession of a member of the Group and its seal are in the possession
of
the relevant member of the Group or the lender(s) to the member
of the
Group concerned (where such documents form part of the loan or
security
documents for loans made to the Group or documents required to
be
delivered under such loan or security
documents).
|
6.2 |
All
accounts, books, ledgers, and other financial records of each member
of
the Group:
|
(a) |
have
been properly maintained, are in the possession of the Company
and contain
due and accurate records of all matters required by law to be entered
therein;
|
(b) |
do
not contain or reflect any material inaccuracies or discrepancies;
and
|
(c) |
give
and reflect a true and fair view of the matters which ought to
appear
therein and no notice or allegation that any of the same is incorrect
has
been received, or if the Company has received such notice or allegation,
the incorrectness or errors have been
rectified.
|
6.3 |
Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph 6.1 the minute book of
directors’
meetings and the minute book of shareholders’ meetings respectively of
each member of the Group contain full and accurate records of all
resolutions passed by the directors and the shareholders of the
member of
the Group concerned and no resolutions have been passed by either
the
directors or shareholders of the member of the Group concerned
which are
not recorded in the relevant minute
books.
|
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6.4
|
All
documents requiring to be filed with the registrar of companies
or
equivalent government bureau in the jurisdiction in which any member
of
the Group is incorporated or any other relevant authority by the
relevant
member of the Group have been properly made up and
filed.
|
7. |
Properties
|
7.1
|
The
property (the “Property”)
referred to in the Management Accounts comprises all the land and
premises
occupied by the Group at the date hereof and all the estate, interest,
right and title whatsoever of the Group in, under, over or in respect
of
any land or premises and the descriptions and user set out therein
are
correct and not misleading in all material
respects.
|
7.2
|
The
Group has exclusive and unfettered possession and is the sole occupier
of
the Property.
|
7.3
|
There
are no covenants, restrictions, burdens, stipulations, conditions,
terms
or outgoings affecting the Property which are of an unusual or
onerous
nature or which affect the use or intended use of the Property
and there
are no other matters which adversely affect the right of the Group
thereto.
|
7.4
|
All
covenants, restrictions, stipulations, conditions and other terms
affecting the Property have been observed and performed and there
are no
circumstances which would entitle or require the government or
any
landlord or other person to exercise any powers of entry and taking
possession or which would otherwise restrict or terminate the continued
possession of occupation of the
Property.
|
7.5
|
The
present use of the Property is the permitted use for the purpose
of the
relevant planning of building regulations and is not adversely
affected or
likely to be adversely affected by any planning proposals and the
Group is
not a temporary user or user subject to onerous or unusual conditions
giving rise to abnormal
expenditure.
|
7.6
|
The
Property is not affected by any order or notice of or proceedings
involving any governmental or local authority or other body or
any
agreement with any of the same or by notices serviced by the Group
on any
such authority or body.
|
7.7
|
The
construction of all buildings and erections on the Property comply
with
all statutes, regulations, bye-laws and other relevant
legislation.
|
7.8
|
All
policies of insurance relating to the Property effected by the
Group
(including fixtures, fittings and contents) are current and valid,
cover
the full re-instatement value thereof and are not subject to any
special
or unusual terms or restrictions or to the payment of any premium
in
excess of the normal rate for policies of the same kind and conform
in all
material respects with the requirements of the lease under which
the
Property is held.
|
7.9
|
No
structural or other material defects have appeared in respect of
or is
affecting the buildings and structures on or comprising the Property
or
nay parts thereof and all such buildings are in good and substantial
repair and condition.
|
7.10
|
There
are not in force or required to be in force any licences under
any
applicable legislation or regulations which apply to the
Property.
|
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7.11
|
The
Property is accessible by public roads and enjoys the services
of water,
gas, electricity, telephone line, sewerage and other utility services
and
the accessibility of such roads and these services are reasonably
adequate
for the operations of the business of the
Group.
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7.12 |
There
are no circumstances under which by operation of law or otherwise
the
Group’s right to remain at or use the Property for the purposes for which
it is now used may be adversely affected for any reason
whatsoever.
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8. |
Corporate
status
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8.1 |
The
contents of Schedules 1 and 2 are true and accurate in all material
respects.
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8.2 |
Each
member of the Group has been duly incorporated and constituted,
and is
legally subsisting under the law of its place of incorporation
and has the
requisite corporate power and all permits, authorities, licences
and
consents (whether granted by public or private authority) necessary
to
carry on its business in the matter and in the places in which
its
business is now carried on and there are no circumstances which
might lead
to the suspension or cancellation of any such permits, authorities,
licences or consents, and there has been no resolution, petition
or order
for the winding-up of any member of the Group and no receiver has
been
appointed in respect thereof or any part of the assets thereof,
nor are
any such resolutions, orders and appointments imminent or
likely.
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8.3 |
No
events or omissions have occurred whereby the constitution, subsistence
or
corporate status of any member of the Group have been or are likely
to be
adversely affected.
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9. |
The
business
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9.1 |
Since
the Management Account Date and save as Disclosed:
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(a) |
each
member of the Group has carried on its business in the ordinary
and usual
course without having entered into any material transaction, assumed
any
material liability, or made any material payment not provided for
in the
Management Accounts which is not in the ordinary course of its
business,
and there has not been any material adverse interruption or alteration
in
the nature, scope or manner of its business which would likely
to
prejudice the interests of the Purchaser as a prospectively purchaser
of
the Sale Shares;
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(b) |
each
member of the Group has paid its creditors within the time agreed
with
such creditors and there are no debts outstanding by the Company
which
have been due for more than six months other than intra-group indebtedness
which does not exceed HK$500,000 in aggregate for the Group as
a whole or
moneys borrowed from third parties of a non-trade nature (which
do not
exceed HK$500,000 in aggregate for the Group as a
whole;
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(c) |
the
Group has not entered into, or agreed to enter into, any capital
commitments in an amount exceeding the aggregate of HK$1,000,000
(or its
equivalent in any other currency);
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(d) |
no
share or loan capital has been issued or agreed to be issued by
the
respective companies;
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(e) |
no
distribution of capital or income has been declared, made or paid
in
respect of any share capital of any member of the Group and (excluding
fluctuations in overdrawn current accounts with bankers) no loan
or loan
capital of any member of the Group has been repaid in whole or
part or has
become liable to be repaid in advance of their scheduled dates
of
repayment; and
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(f) |
there
has been no material deterioration in the financial position or
prospects
or turnover of the Group (taken as a
whole).
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9.2 |
The
acquisition of Sale Shares by the Purchaser and compliance with
the terms
of this Agreement will not:
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(a) |
cause
any member of the Group to lose the benefit of any right or privilege
it
presently enjoys or cause any person who normally does business
with the
Group not to continue to do so on the same basis as
previously;
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(b) |
relieve
any person of any obligation to the Group (whether contractual
or
otherwise) or enable any person to determine any such obligation
or any
right or benefit enjoyed by the Group or to exercise any right
whether
under an agreement with or otherwise in respect of any of
them;
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(c) |
result
in any present or future indebtedness of the Group becoming due
or capable
of being declared due and payable prior to its stated
maturity;
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(d) |
give
rise to or cause to become exercisable any right of pre-emption;
or
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(e) |
adversely
affect the Group’s relationships with its clients, customers, suppliers or
employees.
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10. |
The
Group’s contracts
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10.1 |
All
documents (which is likely to have a material effect on the financial
or
trading position or prospects of any member of the Group or involves
or is
likely to involve (i) expenditure by any member of the Group in
excess of
HK$1,000,000 in respect of any such document or (ii) obligations
or
restrictions of any member of the Group of an unusual or exceptional
nature or magnitude and not in the ordinary and usual course of
business)
to which any member of the Group is a party and other documents
owned by
or which ought to be in the possession of the Group have been properly
stamped and are in the Group’s possession and true and complete copies
thereof have been delivered to the
Purchaser.
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10.2 |
No
member of the Group is a party to any agreement, transaction, obligation,
commitment, understanding, arrangement or liability in which
it:
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(a) |
is
incapable of complete performance in accordance with its terms
within six
months after the date on which it was entered into or
undertaken;
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(b) |
is
known or is likely to result in a loss to the Group on completion
of
performance;
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(c) |
cannot
readily be fulfilled or performed by the member of the Group on
time
without undue or unusual expenditure of money and
effort;
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(d) |
involves
or is likely to involve obligations, restrictions, expenditure
or receipts
of an unusual, onerous or exceptional
nature;
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(e) |
is
a lease or a contract for hire or rent, hire purchase or purchase
by way
of credit sale or periodical
payment;
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(f) |
is
a contract with any trade union or body authorized representing
the
Company’s employees;
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(g) |
requires
an aggregate consideration payable by the Company in excess of
HK$500,000
otherwise than in the usual and ordinary course of business of
the
Group;
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(h) |
is
a contract for services (other than normal office
services);
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(i) |
in
any way restricts the Company’s freedom to carry on the whole or any part
of its business in any part of the world in such manner as it thinks
fit;
or
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(j) |
is
in any way otherwise than in the ordinary and proper course of
the
Company’s or the respective subsidiary’s
business.
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10.3 |
No
member of the Group is a party to any agreement under which the
member of
the Group or any other party is in default, being a default which
is
material in relation to the financial or trading position of the
Company
nor are there any circumstances likely to give rise to such a
default.
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10.4 |
No
person other than a member of the Group has given any guarantee
of or
security for any overdraft, loan or loan facility granted to any
member of
the Group.
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10.5 |
There
are in force no powers of attorney given by a member of the Group.
No
person, as agent or otherwise, is entitled or authorised to bind
or commit
a member of the Group to any obligation not in the ordinary course
of the
relevant member’s business.
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11. |
Insurance
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11.1 |
The
Group has maintained insurance covers in respect of all risks and
up to an
extent that may reasonably be expected of a prudent businessman
operating
a business similar to that of the
Group.
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11.2 |
All
insurance policies taken out by the Group are valid, binding, in
full
force and effect and not voidable. To the best knowledge of the
Vendor and
the Guarantor, there are no circumstances which might lead to any
liability under any such insurance policies being avoided by the
insurers
or the premiums being increased and there is no claim outstanding
under
any such policy nor are there any circumstances likely to give
rise to a
claim.
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12.
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Employment
and disputes
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12.1
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There
has been no past and there is no existing or pending industrial
or labour
dispute with the employees of any member of the Group which is
of a
material nature exists or is
imminent.
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12.2
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To
the best of knowledge, information and belief of the Vendor and
the
Guarantor, there is no existing or imminent material labour disturbance
by
the employees of any of the principal suppliers, manufacturers
or
contractors of any member of the Group which might be expected
to result
in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of any
member
of the Group.
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12.3 |
No
member of the Group has established or incurred an obligation to
establish
or given any undertaking in respect of any retirement, death or
disability
scheme or arrangement relating to any present or past employee
or director
of any member of the Group or any other person under which any
obligation
or liability has arisen or might reasonably be expected to arise
which is
material.
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12.4
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The
Group has neither given notice of any redundancies or layoffs nor
started
consultations with any independent trade union or employees’
representatives regarding redundancies, lay offs or dismissals
within the
period of one year prior to the date hereof. No circumstances have
arisen
under which the Group is likely to be required to pay damages for
wrongful
dismissal, to make any statutory severance, redundancy or long
service
payment or to make or pay any compensation for unreasonable dismissal
or
to make any other payment under any employment protection legislation
or
to reinstate or re-engage any former employee. No circumstances
have
arisen under which the Group is likely to be required to pay damages
or
compensation, or suffer any penalty or be required to take corrective
action or be subject to any form of discipline under any laws conferring
protection against discrimination, harassment, victimisation or
vilification by reason of age, gender, family circumstances, race,
religion or disability. So far as the Group is aware, there are
no
current, pending or threatened claims of any type against it by
any
existing or former employees.
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12.5
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There
are no existing service or other agreements or contracts between
the Group
and any of its directors or executives or employees which cannot
be
lawfully terminated by six calendar months’ notice or less without giving
rise to any claim for damages or compensation other than a statutory
redundancy or severance or long service payment, and the Group
has
complied with all its obligations under all ordinances, statutes
and
regulations, codes, orders and awards in connection with its employees
and
with all collective agreements with respect to trade unions or
to
employees of the Group.
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13.
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Environment
issues
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13.1
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The
Group is currently complying with all environmental laws in Hong
Kong, the
PRC and other relevant jurisdictions and has at all times complied
with
all environmental laws.
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13.2
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No
discharge, release, leaching, emission or escape into the environment
of
any hazardous substance or any substance regulated by any relevant
environmental law has occurred or is occurring in the conduct of
the
business of the Group or in the conduct by the Group of any former
business or in connection with or in relation to any assets of
the Group
or in connection with or in relation to any former assets of the
Group
while such former assets were in the ownership or under the control
of the
Group and no such discharge, release, leaching, emission or escape
has
occurred or is occurring for which the Company might otherwise
be held
liable.
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13.3 |
All
waste which is or has been used, produced, controlled or disposed
of by
the Group and all waste which is or has been located at the Group’s
properties is and has been stored, labelled, handled, released,
treated,
processed, deposited, transported, documented and disposed of in
accordance with all environmental
laws.
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13.4 |
The
Group in carrying on its business has ensured that the best available
techniques not entailing excessive cost are used for preventing
the
discharge, release, leaching, emission or escape into the environment
of
any hazardous substance or of any substance regulated by relevant
environmental laws.
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13.5 |
There
have not been nor are there threatened or pending any civil or
criminal
actions, notices of violations, investigations, administrative
proceedings
or written communications from any regulatory authority under any
environmental laws against the Group or any of its assets or any
of its
directors, employees, officers or agents and, so far as the Group
is aware, there are no facts or circumstances which may give rise
to the
same.
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14. |
Intellectual
property rights and trade
secrets
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14.1
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The
business of the Group (and of any licensee under a licence granted
by the
Group) as now carried on, does not, and is not likely to, infringe
any
intellectual property right (that is to say, patent, patent application,
knowhow, trade or service xxxx, trade or service xxxx application,
trade
name, registered design, copyright, logo or other similar intellectual,
industrial or commercial right) of any other person (and would
not do so
if the same were valid).
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14.2 |
To
the extent that the Group has been granted any licence for the
use of any
intellectual property right, all such licences are in full force
and
effect.
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14.3 |
Without
prejudice to paragraph 14.1 above, the Group does not use any processes
and is not engaged in any activities which involve the misuse of
any
knowhow, lists of customers or suppliers, trade secrets, technical
processes or other confidential information (together “Confidential
Information”)
belonging to any third party. There has been no actual or alleged
misuse
by any person of any of its Confidential Information. The Group
has not
disclosed to any person any of its Confidential Information except
where
such disclosure was properly made in the usual and ordinary course
of the
Group’s business and was made subject to an agreement under which the
recipient is obliged to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential
Information and is restrained from further disclosing it or using
it other
than for the purposes for which it was disclosed by the
Group.
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14.4 |
The
Group has not (otherwise than in the ordinary and normal course
of
business and to its staff and officers whose province it is to
know and
its professional advisers) disclosed, or permitted to be disclosed,
or
undertaken or arranged to disclose, to any person other than the
Purchaser
any of its knowhow, trade secrets, confidential information, price
lists
or lists of customers or suppliers.
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15. |
Events
since the Management Accounts
Date
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Since
the
Management Accounts Date:
(a) |
there
has been no material adverse change in the financial condition
or
prospects of any of the members of the Group and each of the members
of
the Group has entered into transactions and incurred liabilities
only in
the ordinary course of trading;
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(b) |
no
resolution of any of the members of the Group in general meeting
has been
passed other than resolutions relating to the business of an annual
general meeting which was not special
business;
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(c) |
the
financial year end of each of the members of the Group has continued
to be
and has not changed;
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(d) |
no
event has occurred which would entitle any third party (with or
without
the giving of notice) to call for the repayment of indebtedness
prior to
its normal maturity date;
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(e) |
the
business of each of the members of the Group has been carried on
in the
ordinary and usual course and in the same manner (including nature
and
scope) as in the past, no fixed asset or stock has been written
up nor any
debt written off, and no unusual or abnormal contract has been
entered
into by any of the members of the
Group;
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(f) |
no
asset of any of the members of the Group has been acquired or disposed,
or
has been agreed to be acquired or disposed of, otherwise than in
the
ordinary course of business and there has been no disposal or parting
with
possession of any of its property, assets (including know-how)
or stock in
trade or any payments by any of the members of the Group, and no
contract
involving expenditure by it on capital account has been entered
into by
any of the members of the Group, and no liability has been created
or has
otherwise arisen (other than in the ordinary course of business
as
previously carried on);
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(g) |
there
has been no disposal of any asset (including stock) or supply of
any
service or business facility of any kind (including a loan of money
or the
letting, hiring or licensing of any property whether tangible or
intangible) in circumstances where the consideration actually received
or
receivable for such disposal or supply was less than the consideration
which could be deemed to have been received for tax
purposes;
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(h) |
no
event has occurred which gives rise to a tax liability to any of
the
members of the Group or deemed (as opposed to actual) income, profits
or
gains or which results in the relevant company becoming liable
to pay or
bear a tax liability directly or primarily chargeable against or
attributable to another person, firm or company;
and
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(i) |
no
remuneration (including bonuses) or benefit payable to any officer
or
employee of any of the members of the Group has been increased
nor has any
of the members of the Group undertaken any obligation to increase
any such
remuneration at any future date with or without retrospective
effect.
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16. |
General
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All
information contained in this Agreement or in the documents referred to herein
and therein and all other information concerning the Group and/or any part
or
parts of its business operations assets and liabilities (actual or contingent)
supplied in the course of the negotiations leading to this Agreement to the
Purchaser or its agents was when given true, complete and accurate in all
material respects and there is no fact or matter which has not been disclosed
which renders any such information or documents untrue, inaccurate or misleading
in any material respect at the date of this Agreement or which if disclosed
might reasonable be expected to influence adversely the Purchaser’s decision to
purchase the Sale Shares on the terms of this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
4
PURCHASER
WARRANTIES
1.
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The
audited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Purchaser
and
its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 March 2005 have been prepared
in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practice
consistently applied and give a true and fair view of the results
of
operations and assets and liabilities of the Purchaser and its
subsidiaries for the year ended and as at the date to which such
financial
statements have been made up.
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2.
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The
Purchaser has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under
the
laws of its place of incorporation (namely, the State of Nevada,
the US)
and has full power, authority and legal right to own its assets
and carry
on its business.
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3.
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The
Consideration Shares represent approximately 8.78% of the common
shares of
the Purchaser in issue on the date of this Agreement, and approximately
8.07% of the common shares of the Purchaser in issue on Completion
as
enlarged by the issue of the Consideration
Shares.
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4.
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The
Consideration Shares shall, upon issue, rank pari passu among themselves
and with all other common shares of the Purchaser then in issue
and are
free from all Encumbrances.
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5.
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Since
30 June 2005, there has been no material adverse change to the
financial
position of the Purchaser and its subsidiaries (taken as a
whole).
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6. |
All
information contained in this Agreement or in the documents referred
to
herein and therein and all other information concerning the Purchaser
and/or any part or parts of its business operations assets and
liabilities
(actual or contingent) supplied in the course of the negotiations
leading
to this Agreement to the Vendor or its agents was when given true,
complete and accurate in all material respects and there is no
fact or
matter which has not been disclosed which renders any such information
or
documents untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect
at the
date of this Agreement or which if disclosed might reasonable be
expected
to influence adversely the Vendor’s decision to accept the Consideration
Shares on the terms of this
Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
5
OPTION
DEED
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IN
WITNESS
whereof
this Agreement has been duly executed by all parties hereto the day and year
first above written.
THE
VENDOR
SIGNED
by
for
and on behalf of
GLORY
GOAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
in
the presence of:
THE
PURCHASER
SIGNED
by
for
and on behalf of
GLOBAL
INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS
INC.
in
the presence of:
THE
GUARANTOR
SIGNED,
SEALED AND DELIVERED
by
KO
YIN
in
the presence of:
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