English Translation of Equity Transfer Agreement
English
Translation of
This
Equity Transfer Agreement (the “Agreement”) was executed in Beijing on October
1, 2008 by the following parties:
Hony
Capital II, L.P., a limited partnership legally established and existing
under
the Cayman Law, with its main operating location at Xxxxxx House, Xxxx Street,
PO Box 908 GT, Xxxxxx Town, Grand Cayman Islands (the “Seller”);
and
Jinzhou
Halla Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of a NASDAQ listed company
WONDER AUTO TECHNOLOGY INC (NASDAQ GM:WATG), a limited company established
and
existing under the Chinese law, with its operating location in the city of
Jinzhou, China (the “Buyer”)
(The
above-mentioned seller and buyer collectively refer to as “Both Parties”, and
each a “ Party.”)
Whereas:
A:
Jinan
Worldwide Auto Parts Company is a limited company established and existing
under
the Law of the People’s Republic of China with its operating location at No 1
Worldwide Road, Economic & Development Zone of Jinan (the “Company”) with
main business of development and manufacturer of valve &
tappets;
B:
the
Seller holds 65% equity of Year City Limited, and Year City Limited holds
100%
equity of the Company. Except the 100% equity ownership of the Company and
a
loan of $2.55 million to the Company, Year City Limited does not have other
assets and business;
C:
the
Seller wishes to sell to the Buyer 65% of the equity of Year City Limited
based
on the terms and conditions of this agreement, the Buyer wishes to buy 65%
of
Year City equity from the Seller based on the terms and conditions of this
agreement, which makes the buyer acquire 65% of Year City Limited’s equity and
control 65% equity of the Company indirectly;
D;
the
board of directors of Year City Limited approved on September 30, 2008 the
sale
of 65% of its equity by the Seller to the Buyer;
E:
the
board of directors of the Buyer approved on September 30, 2008 to buy 65%
of the
equity held by Year City Limited and to execute this agreement;
F:
the
board of directors of Hony Capital II, L.P. approved on September 30, 2008
the
sale of 65% Year City Limited equity by the Seller to the Buyer.
Therefore,
both parties agree as follows:
Section
1. The Purchase of Shares and Transfer
Section
1.1. Purchase
and Transfer
The
Buyer
agrees to buy from the Seller and the Seller agrees to sell to the Buyer
65%
Year City Limited equity held by the Seller (“the Transfer of Shares”) (the
purchase of the Buyer from the Seller and the transfer of shares from the
Seller
to the Buyer are referred to as “The Transaction.”)
Section
1.2. The
Purchase Price
The
Buyer
shall pay a total cash consideration (the “Purchase Price”) of XXX 00 xxxxxxx xx
xxx Xxxxxx (xxx XXX 80 million is hereafter referred to as “the “Estimated
Purchase Price””).
If
the
audited net income ((including tax return, all references to “Audited Net
Income” include tax return unless otherwise specified)) of the Company for the
12 months ended December 31, 2008 (the “2008 Audited Net Income”) is between RMB
19.48 million and XXX 00.00 xxxxxxx (xxxxxxxxx XXX 19.48 million and 22.88
million) based on the audit done in accordance with the US General Accepted
Accounting Principles, the Purchase Price will not be adjusted. If
the
2008 Audited Net Income is less than RMB 19.48 million, then the Purchase
Price
will be reduced to an amount equal to the product of (i) XXX 00 million and
(ii)
the quotient of the 2008 Audited Net Income divided by RMB 19.48 million.
If the
2008 Audited Net Income is more than RMB 22.88 million, then the Purchase
Price
will be increased to an amount equal to the product of (i) XXX 00 million
and
(ii) the quotient of the 2008 Audited Net Income divided by RMB 22.88 million.
Section
1.3. The
Payment Schedule
The
Buyer
should transfer the amount of US dollars equal to XXX 00 million into the
Seller’s account on or before October 10, 2008, based
on
the exchange rate for the conversion of RMB to U.S. dollar published by the
China People’s Bank on the payment date.
On
or
before December 21, 3008, the Buyer should transfer the amount of US dollars
equal to XXX 00 million into the Seller’s account, based
on
the exchange rate for the conversion of RMB to U.S. dollar published by the
China People’s Bank on the payment date.
By
February 15, 2009, the Buyer should hire auditors to audit its financial
statements based on the US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles at its
own
cost. If the 2008 Audited Net Profit is between RMB 19.48 million and XXX
00.00
xxxxxxx (xxxxxxxxx XXX 19.48 million and RMB 22.99 million), the Purchase
Price
will not be adjusted, and the Buyer should pay the amount of US dollars equal
to
XXX 00 million to the Seller with 7 days after the audit results become
available, based
on
the exchange rate for the conversion of RMB to U.S. dollar published by the
China People’s Bank on the payment date.
If the
2008 Audited Net Profit is higher than RMB 22.88 million or lower than RMB
19.48
million, and within 7 days of the delivery of the audit results to the Seller,
if the Seller agrees in writing with the audit results by the Buyer’s auditors,
the Buyer should pay by cash the Purchase Price after the adjustment based
on
Section 1.2 minus the paid amount of US dollars equal to XXX 00 million within
5
days of the written agreement by the Seller and provision of written notice
to
the Buyer. Based to the audit results by the Buyer’s auditors, if the 2008
Audited Net Profit is higher than RMB 22.88 million or lower than RMB 19.48
million, and the Seller disagrees with the audit results by the Buyer’s
auditors, the Seller should hire one of the big four accounting firms as
auditor
at its own costs and both parties agree to use the audit results as the basis
of
the net profit in the 12 months ended December 31, 2008.
Section
1.4. The
Payment Method
Both
parties agree that the purchase should be made in US dollars. Under the
circumstances that the Seller thinks necessary, the Seller can request the
Buyer
to pay a designated individual, company or other organizations.
The
Buyer
should pay the Seller in US dollars in installments and wire the Seller at
agreed time and amount specified in Section 1.3. The wiring information is
as
follows:
Bank
Name: The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Bank
Address: 0 Xxxxx’x Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Swift:
XXXXXXXXXXX
Account
Name: Hony Capital II, L. P.
Account
No.(USD):000-000000-000
Section
2. The Effective Date and Conditions Precedent
Section
2.1 Effective
date
This
agreement will be effective upon execution by the authorized representatives
of
both parties.
Section
2.2 The
Documents The Seller Should Deliver Before The Execution Of This
Agreement
·
|
board
resolutions of the Seller
|
·
|
copies
of the Seller’s qualification documents (the Business Registration
Certificate and the Commercial Registration
Certificate)
|
·
|
copies
of the ID or passport of the authorized representatives of the
Seller
|
·
|
board
resolutions regarding the distribution of profit to Year City Limited
and
pledge of the Company
|
·
|
board
resolutions of Year City Limited regarding distribution of profit
to the
Seller
|
Section
2.3. The
Documents That The Buyer Should Delivery Before The Execution Of The
Agreement
·
|
board
resolutions of the Buyer
|
·
|
copies
of the Buyer’s qualification documents (the Business Registration
Certificate and the Commercial Registration
Certificate)
|
·
|
copies
of the ID or passport of the authorized representatives of the
Buyer
|
Section
3. Closing
Section
3.1 Closing
In
this
agreement, “Closing” means the completion of the Transaction pursuant this
agreement.
Section
3.2 Closing
Date
The
closing will be conducted pursuant to this agreement. October 10, 2008 is
the
initial closing date. The final closing will be conducted after the confirmation
of the 2008 Audited Net Income pursuant to this agreement.
Section
3.3. Obligations
of the Seller
At
the
time of initial closing, the Seller should deliver the following documents
to
the Buyer:
·
|
the
fax copy of the board resolutions in which 2 persons designated
by the
Buyer are appointed as the members of the board of directors of
Year City
Limited, the Seller shall keep one member of the
board.
|
·
|
The
fax copy of the letter of appointment from Year City Limited in
which 3
persons designated by the Buyer are appointed as members of the
board of
directors of the Company. The Seller shall keep 2 members, one
of which
shall be from the current management
team.
|
Section
3.4 Obligations
of the Buyer
Pursuant
to Section 1.3, at the initial closing, the Buyer shall pay the Seller the
amount of US dollars equal to RMB 30 million.
Section
3.5 Upon
the
payment by the Buyer on December 21, 2008, the Seller will provide the Buyer
with Year City Limited’s new shareholder registry, to show that the Buyer has
been registered as a new shareholder holding 65% of Year City Limited’s
equity.
Section
4. Representations, Warranties And Commitments
Section
4.1
Both
Parties represent and warrant the following:
A,
it is
duly organized, validly and effectively existing under the laws, and in good
standing.
B,
It has
the requisite corporate power and authority to deliver and execute the
agreements.
C,
It has
adopted all the necessary corporate actions to authorize it to execute the
agreement.
D,
Upon
execution by both parties’ authorized representatives, this agreement will be
effective and legally binding.
E,
The
execution of this agreement and performance of the obligations under this
agreement will not conflict, violate or contradict any laws or regulations
of
the government.
F,
There
are no lawsuits, arbitration, administrative penalty, bankrupt, reform, close
down and any other legal procedures that may negate the execution of this
agreement. and
G,
All
the information provided by both parties is valid, accurate and complete,
and
not misleading. All the representations and warranties of the important aspects
made by the parties on the execution date are valid, accurate and complete,
and
remain valid, accurate and complete on the “delivery” day. The agreement allows
the parties to redeliver their representations and warranties before the
delivery so long as they do not have material impact on the
Transaction.
Section
4.2.
The
Seller warrants the following:
A,
The
Seller has disclosed all the important information about the Company in the
Company’s financial reports.
B,
After
transferring the equity, Seller will assist the Buyer with the transfer
procedures and obtaining approvals from the government, banks and other third
parties.
Section
4.3.
The
Buyer warrants the following:
A,
Before
December 28, 2008, Buyer shall repay the loan of US$2.55 million to Year
City
Limited. This loan should be directly paid to the Seller’s bank account, and the
Buyer should assume the responsibility as the direct debtor, while the Seller
as
the direct creditor.
B,
Buyer’s capital is legal and sufficient.
C,
Buyer
should have a long-term plan to develop the Company and its products
D,
Buyer
can rearrange the Company’s management team based its future development.
Section
5. Special terms
Section
5.1
Both
parties confirm that, before execution of the agreement, the Company has
declared a dividend of RMB 51,369,845.13 to Year City Limited, and Year City
Limited has declared the same amount as dividend to the Seller. The dividend
has
not been paid, and such amount remains in the Company’s account temporarily. The
Seller is the legal owner of the dividend and no third party may claim it,
either before or after the Transaction. Buyer agrees that the Buyer does
not
have any right in the dividend and that the dividend will not affect the
purchase price in this agreement.
Section
5.2
Seller
has the right to assign the right to receive the above-mentioned dividend
to any
designated companies or other organizations. The Buyer shall urge the Company,
Year City Limited and other new shareholders of the Company to coordinate
with
the Seller for the assignment (including relevant creditor’s right transfer on
any paperwork regarding the applications for China foreign currency management
procedures, etc.)
Section
5.3
The
Buyer agrees and guarantees that within 30 days of the execution of this
agreement, the shareholders of the Company shall pledge 40% of the Company’s
share ownership to the Seller, with the Company’s shareholders as the guarantor,
the Buyer as the guarantee and the Seller as the beneficiary, to guarantee
that
the Buyer will make all the payments to the Seller on time and the Buyer
will
fulfill its obligations under Section 5.2 as well as other sections of this
agreement.
Section
5.4
To
effectuate the pledge with the relevant department of the government, the
Buyer
should accept, sign and ensure the Company’s current shareholders to accept,
sign the related documents for completion of the pledge successfully, (
including but not limited to any guarantee agreement or credit agreement
), and
ensure the enforceability of the pledge under the Chinese laws.
Section
5.5
If the
Buyer is not able to fulfill its obligation for any legal or acceptable reasons,
the only direct shareholder of the Buyer WONDER AUTO LIMITED should replace
the
Buyer and fulfill all obligations of the Buyer under this
agreement.
Section
6. Confidentiality
Section
6.1 Confidentiality
obligations
The
related parties of this agreement shall keep confidential all contents of
this
agreement and confidential information provided by the parties. This agreement
should not be disclosed to any third party.
Notwithstanding
the above, all parties may disclose the contents of this agreement and other
confidential information to its employees, directors and professional
consultants, restricted to the reasonable needs to fulfill the purpose of
this
agreement. It should be assured that employees, directors and professional
consultants understand and obey the confidentiality obligation.
Section
6.2 Confidential
information
For
the
purpose of Section 6, the “confidential information” refers to all oral or
written information of the party’s business operation, business strategy,
business plan, investment plans, products, sales, customers, employees,
marketing, technology, finance or other related aspects or any thing related,
which includes but is not limited to all reports and records and all copies
(electronic copies are included), copies, translations.
Section
6.3 Term
of the confidentiality obligations
After
the
termination of this agreement, all restrictions of Section 6 are still
applicable indefinitely.
Section
7. Force majeure
Section
7.1. “Force
majeure” refers to all unforeseeable, unavoidable occurrence and results at the
time of the signing of this agreement, all matters related to prohibiting
any
party from carrying our all or partial of this agreement after the signing
of
this agreement. These matters include earthquakes, typhoon, flood, fire,
wars,
domestic and international traffic trouble, government or public actions,
infectious diseases, civil unrest, strikes, and any unforeseeable, unavoidable
situations.
Section
7.2 Terminations
If
any
force majeure event happens, the obligation of the affected party should
be
terminated and the agreement automatically extended and this party will not
be
deemed as breaching this agreement.
Section
7.3 Notice
of Force Majeure
The
party
who claims Force Majeure should notify the other party in writing immediately
and provide sufficient evidence of the existence and continuance of the Force
Majeure event.
Section
7.3 Resolution
In
the
event of Force Majeure, both parties should negotiate immediately for a fair
resolution and try their best to minimize the impact.
Section
8 Liability for breach of contract
Section
8.1
Any
party who breaches the terms and conditions of this agreement should be liable
for all the losses caused to the non-breaching party.
Section
8.2 If
the
Transaction could not be completed because of the Buyer’s fault, the Buyer
should immediately pay the Seller a penalty of 2 million US dollars; If the
Buyer failed to fulfill its obligations under Section 5 of this agreement,
besides continuing to fulfill the obligations, the Buyer should immediately
pay
the Seller a penalty of 2 million US dollars. If the Transaction, could not
be
completed because of Seller’s fault, the Seller should immediately pay the Buyer
a penalty of 2 million US dollars
Section
9. Notice
Section
9.1 Notice
If
any
notice is sent by one party to the other, it should be sent by Personal
Delivery, Fax, Registered Mail by Air or Express to the following addresses.
If
the notice is sent by Personal Delivery, the delivery date should be deemed
as
the acceptance date. If the notice is sent by Fax, the date when the fax
is
completed should be deemed as the acceptance date. (The sender should provide
the fax report as evidence.) If the notice is sent by Registered Mail by
Air,
the seventh day after the delivery date based on to postmark should be deemed
as
the acceptance date. If the notice is sent by Express, the third day after
the
delivery date based on the express report should be deemed as the acceptance
date.
Contact
Information of the Parties:
Seller:
Hony Capital
Address:
6th floor, South Tower C, Raycom InfoTech Park, No. 2, Ke Xxx Xxxx Xxx Xx,
Haidian District Beijing, P.R. China 100190
Contact
person.: Mr. Xxxx Xxxx
Fax:
000-0000 0000
Tele:000-0000
0000
Buyer:
Jinzhou Halla Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd.
Address:
Xxxx Xxxxxx XX.00, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, P.R .China.
Contact:
Xx. Xx Xxxxx
Fax:
0000-0000000
Tele:
0416-3880061
Section
10. Governing Law.
Section
10.1 Governing
Law
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of Hong
Kong.
Section
11. Dispute Resolution.
Section
11.1 Negotiation
and Arbitration
If
any
dispute arises between the parties relating to this Agreement, they should
submit the dispute to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration
Commission in accordance with the then current effective arbitration rules.
Mediation or arbitration shall take place in Beijing. In the event of
arbitration, the parties agree that the arbitration award shall be final
and
should be binding to the parties. The parties hereto agree that judgment
on the
arbitration award may be entered and enforced in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
Section
11.2 Effect
of Arbitration procedure
The
commencement of the arbitration procedures should NOT lead to the termination
of
this agreement. This agreement shall have full legal effect until the
arbitration award is given.
Section
12. Miscellaneous
Section
13. Fees and Expenses
Each
party shall be responsible for its own expenses related to this
Agreement.
Section
14. Deadline
The
Buyer
should complete due diligence within 45 days of the execution date of this
agreement.
Section
14.1 Non-waivers.
Failure
to exercise and or delay in exercising any right, remedy, power or privilege
shall be construed or deemed as a waiver of any underlying rights. Failure
to
exercise or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege shall
not
affect any future exercise of the right, remedy, power or
privilege.
Section
14.2 Amendments.
This
Agreement is entered into for the benefits of the parties in this agreement
and
their lawful assignees. Any amendment of this agreement should be made by
the
written consent of both parties.
Section
14.3 Severability.
The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this
agreement.
Section
14.4 Counterparts.
Six
original copies of this agreement should be signed in Chinese, with the Seller,
the Buyer and WONDER AUTO LIMITED holding two copies each.
Section
14.5 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements
and understandings relating to such subject matter.
Section
14.6 Expenses,
Fees and Taxes.
The
parties agree that each party shall be responsible for its own expenses,
fees,
or taxes incident to the preparation, negotiation, subscription and delivery
of
this agreement.
Hony
Capital II, L.P.
Authorized
Representative (signature)
Jinzhou
Halla Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd.
Authorized
Representative (signature)
WONDER
AUTO LIMITED
Authorized
Representative (signature)