Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization
Amendment
No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization
This
Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization
(this
“Amendment”)
is
made and entered into as of September 29, 2008, by and among Xxxxxxxx
Corporation,
a
Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
Xxxxxxxx
Acquisition II Corp.,
a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger
Sub”),
and
China
Water and Drinks, Inc.,
a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
and,
solely with respect to Section
2.4,
Xu Hong
Bin and Cheng Xing Hua, and amends that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger
and
Reorganization (the “Merger
Agreement”)
by and
among Parent, Merger Sub and the Company dated as of May 19, 2008.
Recitals
A. Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub
(the “Merger”)
with
the Company ceasing to exist and Merger Sub remaining as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent.
B. In
light
of extraordinary conditions in world credit and capital markets, the desire
of
Parent to preserve its cash in light of these conditions, the de minimis price
paid for Company Common Stock by certain Company stockholders, and other
factors, such Company stockholders have agreed to sell some or all of their
shares of Company Common Stock, whether owned directly or indirectly, to Parent
immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger at a price significantly
lower than the Merger consideration (the “Stock
Sales”).
C. To
effectuate the Stock Sales, the applicable parties have entered into an
amendment to the Undertaking Agreement and amendments to the Majority
Stockholder Written Consent Agreements, and two Company stockholders have
executed separate stock sale agreements.
D. Pursuant
to Section 8.1 of the Merger Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company,
may
amend the Merger Agreement by signing an instrument in writing, provided that
any such amendment is authorized by their respective boards of
directors.
E. To
the
extent required under and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the NRS,
and
the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, concurrent with the
execution of this Amendment by the partiers hereto, Xu Hong Bin and Chen Xing
Hua, in their capacity as Company stockholders, will execute and deliver in
accordance with NRS §78.320 a written consent, pursuant to which Xu Hong Bin and
Chen Xing Hua will irrevocably consent to reaffirm their adoption of the Merger
Agreement and approval of the Merger, and adopt this Amendment.
F. Capitalized
terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning
ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
Now
therefore, in accordance with the procedures for amendment of the Agreement
set
forth in Section 8.1 thereof, and in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION
1: Amendment
1.1 Recital
E
of the Merger Agreement is amended by deleting “(the “Undertaking
Agreement”),”
and
replacing such language with the following:
“(as
the
same may be amended from time to time, the “Undertaking
Agreement”).”
1.2 Recital
G
of the Merger Agreement is amended by deleting “(the “Majority
Stockholder Written Consent Agreements”),”
and
replacing such language with the following:
“(as
the
same may be amended from time to time, the “Majority
Stockholder Written Consent Agreements”).”
1.3 Section
3.6(a) of the Merger Agreement is amended by adding the following to the end
of
clause (ii):
“,
other
than any acquisition of Company Common Stock by Parent pursuant to the Related
Agreements or from Ng Tak Kau or Xxx Xxx Xing.”
1.4 Section
6.2 of the Merger Agreement is amended by adding the following new Section
6.2(s)
“6.2(s)
the
agreements pursuant to which Ng Tak Kau and Xxx Xxx Xing agreed to sell 100%
and
15%, respectively, of their shares of Company Common Stock to Parent shall
remain effective and the transactions contemplated thereby that are required
to
be consummated at or prior to the Effective Time shall have been
consummated.”
SECTION
2:
Miscellaneous Provisions
2.1 Effectiveness.
This
Amendment shall become effective upon execution.
2.2 Representations
and Warranties.
2.2(a) The
Company represents and warrants that the Board of Directors of the Company
has,
as of the date of this Amendment, unanimously (i) reaffirmed its adoption of
the
Merger Agreement and adopted this Amendment, (ii) declared the Merger Agreement
and this Amendment to be advisable and (iii) resolved to recommend to the
stockholders of the Company that they vote in favor of reaffirming their
adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger, and adopting this
Amendment in accordance with the NRS.
2.2(a) Parent
represents and warrants that the Parent Board (including any required committee
or subgroup of the Parent Board) has, as of the date of this Amendment,
unanimously (i) reaffirmed its declaration of the advisability and approval
of
the Merger, (ii) reaffirmed its adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement
and the transactions contemplated thereby, and approved and adopted this
Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) reaffirmed its
determination that the Merger is in the best interests of the stockholders
of
Parent, and (iv) reaffirmed its determination that the fair market value of
the
Company is equal to at least 80% of Parent’s net assets (excluding deferred
underwriting discounts and commissions).
2.3 Approval
of Stockholders.
The
Company shall promptly after the date hereof take all action necessary in
accordance with the NRS and its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to obtain
written consents required to be executed and delivered pursuant to the Majority
Stockholder Written Consent Agreements, as amended, from Xu Hong Bin and Chen
Xing Hua evidencing their adoption of this Amendment and reaffirming their
adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger.
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2.4 Disclosure.
Parent
and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that the restatements more fully described
in the Company's current report on Form 8-K dated on or about the date hereof
and reflected in the Company’s Form 10-K/A and Form 10-Qs dated the date hereof
(the “Restatements”),
will be deemed to be disclosed on Part
2.4
and
Part
2.5(a)
of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Parent and Merger Sub agree that: (a) neither Parent nor Merger Sub shall
be
entitled to exercise any termination rights under Section 7.1 of the Merger
Agreement or otherwise due to, or as a result of, the Restatements; (b) neither
Parent nor Merger Sub shall allege a breach of, or seek damages under, the
Merger Agreement due to, or as a result of, the Restatement; and (c) neither
Parent nor Merger Sub shall make an indemnification claim against, or be
entitled to recover any damages from, Xu Hong Bin and Cheng Xing Hua, under
the
Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements or otherwise due to, or as
a
result of, the Restatement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein or in Section 7.4 of the Majority Stockholder Consent Agreements, this
Section
2.4
is
intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, Xu Hong Bin and Cheng
Xing Hua and shall be construed both independently and as if it were contained
in the Majority Stockholder Consent Agreements.
2.5 Limited
Nature of Amendment.
Except
as expressly amended hereby, the Merger Agreement remains in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms and this Amendment shall not by implication
or otherwise alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms,
conditions, obligations, representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
contained in the Merger Agreement, all of which are ratified and affirmed in
all
respects and shall continue in full force and effect.
2.6 Governing
Law.
Except
to the extent that the corporate laws of the State of Delaware apply to a party,
this Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws
of the State of New York, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern
under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof.
2.7 Execution
of Agreement; Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.
2.7(a) This
Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument,
and
shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties
and delivered to the other parties; it being understood that all parties need
not sign the same counterpart.
2.7(b) The
exchange of copies of this Amendment and of signature pages by facsimile
transmission (whether directly from one facsimile device to another by means
of
a dial-up connection or whether mediated by the worldwide web), by electronic
mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”
format),
or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic
and
pictorial appearance of a document, or by a combination of such means, shall
constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment as to the parties
and may be used in lieu of an original Amendment for all purposes. Signatures
of
the parties transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed to be their original
signatures for all purposes.
2.7(c) Notwithstanding
the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec.
7001 et
seq.),
the
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, or any other Legal Requirement relating
to
or enabling the creation, execution, delivery, or recordation of any contract
or
signature by electronic means, and notwithstanding any course of conduct engaged
in by the parties, no party shall be deemed to have executed this Amendment
or
any other document contemplated by this Amendment (including any amendment
or
other change thereto) unless and until such party shall have executed this
Amendment or such document on paper by a handwritten original signature or
any
other symbol executed or adopted by a party with current intention to
authenticate this Amendment or such other document contemplated.
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2.8 Headings.
The
headings contained in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only,
shall not be deemed to be a party of this Amendment and shall not be referred
to
in connection with the construction or interpretation of this
Amendment.
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In
Witness Whereof,
the
parties have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first above
written:
Xxxxxxxx Corporation | ||
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Xxxxxxxx Acquisition II Corp. | ||
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China Water and Drinks, Inc. | ||
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Xu Hong Xxx |
Xxxx Xxxx Xxx |