DATED 17th JANUARY, 2008 CHINA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. and IMPERIAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Exhibit
10.1
DATED
17th JANUARY,
2008
and
IMPERIAL
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
AGREEMENT
for
the sale and purchase of 120 shares in
the
issued share capital
of
Metrolink
Pacific Limited
Robertsons | |
00xx Xxxxx | |
Xxx Xxxxxx | |
00 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Xxxx Xxxx |
THIS
AGREEMENT IS MADE ON 17TH DAY OF
JANUARY, 2008
BETWEEN:
(1)
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CHINA
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., a company incorporated in Nevada whose
principal executive office is at Xxxx 0000, Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx,
000-000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx (the "Vendor");
and
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IMPERIAL
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a company incorporated in the British Virgin
Islands whose registered office is at X.X. Xxx 00, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxx Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the
"Purchaser").
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WHEREAS:
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The
Company is a company established in the British Virgin Islands with
limited liability details of which are set out in Schedule
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2.
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At
the date of this Agreement, the Vendor is the legal and beneficial owner
of 120 issued shares in the registered capital of the Company representing
100% of the entire issued share capital of the
Company.
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3.
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The
Vendor has agreed to sell and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase 100% of
the total issued and paid up capital of the Company from the Vendor on the
terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement.
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5.
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Upon
Completion, the Purchaser will own 100% of the issued registered capital
of the Company.
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IT IS
AGREED as follows:
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INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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In
this Agreement, and in the Schedules, the following definitions are
used:
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"Company"
means Metrolink Pacific Limited, a company incorporated in the British
Virgin Islands;
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"business day" means a day (not being a Saturday or days on which a typhoon signal No. 8 or black rainstorm warning is hosted in Hong Kong at 10:00 a.m.) on which banks are generally open for general banking business in Hong Kong; | |
"Companies Ordinance" means the Companies Ordinance, Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong; | |
"Completion" means completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with clause 5; | |
"Conditions" means the conditions specified in clause 3; | |
"Effective Date" means 31st December, 2007; | |
"Group" means the Company and its subsidiaries from time to time; | |
"Hong Kong" means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC; | |
"Parties" means the named parties to this Agreement and "Party" means any one of them; | |
"PRC" means the People’s Republic of China; | |
"Sale Shares" means in aggregate the 120 Shares to be sold by the Vendor to the Purchaser, representing 100% of the entire registered and issued capital of the Company; |
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"Shares" means ordinary shares in the registered capital of the Company; | |
"Warranties" means the representations and warranties set out in Schedule 2; | |
"US$" means the United States dollars; |
1.2
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In
this Agreement, words and expressions defined in the Companies Ordinance
shall be construed as having the meaning thereby attributed to them, save
where the context otherwise
requires.
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1.3
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In
this Agreement, save where the context otherwise
requires:
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(A)
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words
in the singular shall include the plural, and vice
versa;
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(B)
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the
masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral and vice
versa;
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(C)
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a
reference to a person shall include a reference to a firm, a body
corporate, an unincorporated association or to a person’s executors or
administrators;
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(D)
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a
reference to a clause, sub-clause, Schedule (other than to a schedule to a
statutory provision) shall be a reference to a clause, sub-clause,
Schedule (as the case may be) of or to this
Agreement;
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(E)
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if
a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or the day of an
act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that
day;
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(F)
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the
headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect
the interpretation of any provision of this
Agreement;
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(G)
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references
to this Agreement include this Agreement as amended or supplemented in
accordance with its terms;
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(H)
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a
document in the agreed form shall mean a document the form of which has
been agreed by the parties
hereto;
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(I)
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all
warranties and obligations given or entered into by more than one person
are given or entered into
severally.
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1.4
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The
designations adopted in the recitals and introductory statements preceding
this clause apply throughout this Agreement and the
Schedules.
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2.
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SALE
AND PURCHASE
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Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Vendor shall, with
effect from the Effective Date, sell as legal and beneficial owner and the
Purchaser shall purchase or procure the purchase of, the Sale Shares, free
from any option, charge, lien, equity, encumbrance, rights of pre-emption
or any other third party rights whatsoever and together with all rights
attached to them at the Effective Date or subsequently becoming attached
to them.
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3.
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CONDITIONS
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The
provisions of this Agreement, other than this clause, clause 8
(Announcements), clause 10 (Costs), clause 11 (Notices) and clause 13
(Governing Law, Service of Process and Arbitration) are subject to each of
the following conditions being satisfied in all respects (or
waived):
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(A)
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no
event having occurred since the date hereof to Completion, the consequence
of which is to materially and adversely affect the financial position,
business or property, results of operations or business prospects of the
Group and such material adverse effect shall not have been
caused;
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(B)
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the
passing by the shareholders of the Vendor at a general meeting to be
convened and held (if necessary) of an ordinary resolution to approve
ratify and/or confirm this Agreement and the transaction contemplated
hereunder; and
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(C)
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the
Warranties remaining true and accurate and not misleading at Completion as
if repeated at Completion and at all times between the date of this
Agreement and
Completion.
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(D)
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the
passing of a board resolution of the board of the Purchaser approving the
entering into of this Agreement and the transaction contemplated herein;
and;
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(E)
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the
filing of a definitive version of a 14C with the United States Securities
Exchange Commission regarding the transaction contemplated hereunder and
having such been mailed to shareholders of the
Vendor.
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4.
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CONSIDERATION
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4.1
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The
total consideration payable to the Vendor for the sale and purchase of the
Sale Shares shall be US$1.
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4.2
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The
Consideration shall be payable by the Purchaser to the Vendor (or as it
may direct) on Completion.
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4.3
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Payment
of the Consideration or any part thereof shall be effected by the
Purchaser paying cash to the Vendor (or as it may direct) for the
Consideration or any part thereof.
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5.
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COMPLETION
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5.1
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Subject
to continuing fulfilments (or waiver) of the Conditions specified in
clause 3, Completion shall take place at the offices of the Purchaser at
4:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on the fifth business day after the fulfilment
or waiver of the last of the Conditions specified in clause 3 or at such
other place or time as the parties shall
agree.
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5.2
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At
Completion:
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5.2.1
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The
Vendor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Purchaser:
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(A)
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duly
executed transfer documents in respect of the Sale Shares transferring the
Sale Shares to the Purchaser or its nominee together with the relevant
share certificates;
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(B)
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resolution
of the board of directors of the Company approving the registration of the
Purchaser or its nominee(s) as members of the
Company;
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(C) |
copy
of board resolutions of the Vendor authorising and approving its execution
of this Agreement;
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(D)
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all
reasonably relevant approvals, consents, licences and/or permits required
in relation to the transaction contemplated
hereunder, and
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(E)
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written
evidence of the shareholders of the Vendor having approved, ratified
and/or confirmed this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
herein.
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5.2.2
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The
Purchaser shall pay the Consideration to the Vendor or as it may
direct.
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6.
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WARRANTIES
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6.1
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The
Vendor represents and warrants to the Purchaser that each of the
Warranties is as at the date hereof true and correct and not misleading in
any material respects and each of those warranties shall be construed as a
separate warranty.
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6.2
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The
Warranties shall be deemed to be repeated at Completion and any express or
implied reference therein to the date of this Agreement shall be replaced
by a reference to the date of
Completion.
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6.3
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The
Purchaser’s rights in respect of each of the Warranties shall survive
Completion and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding
Completion.
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6.4
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The
Warranties shall be separate and independent and, save as expressly
provided, shall not be limited by reference to any other Clause or
anything in this Agreement.
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6.5
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The
Vendor shall immediately disclose to the Purchaser any matter or thing
which becomes known to it after the date of this Agreement which would
render any of them untrue.
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6.6
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The
Purchaser shall be entitled to claim after Completion that any of the
Warranties is or was untrue or misleading or has or had been breached and
Completion shall not in any way constitute a waiver of any of the
Purchaser’s rights.
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6.7
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The
Vendor undertakes to indemnify and keep indemnified the Purchaser from and
against all reasonable claims, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses
which the Purchaser may suffer or incur or which may be made against the
Purchaser either before or after the commencement of and arising out of,
or in respect of, any action in connection
with:-
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(A)
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the
settlement of any claim that any of the Warranties is untrue or misleading
or has been
breached;
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(B)
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any
legal proceedings taken by the Purchaser claiming that any of the
Warranties is untrue or misleading or has been breached and in which
judgement is given for the Purchaser;
and
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(C)
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the
enforcement of any such settlement or
judgement.
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6.8
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The
Vendor shall not be liable in respect of a Relevant
Claim:
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(A)
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if
it would not have arisen but for anything voluntarily done or omitted to
be done after Completion by the Purchaser or the Group or its employees,
agents or successors in title;
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(B)
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to
the extent that it arises or is increased as a result only
of:
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(i)
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an
increase in the rates, method of calculation or scope of taxation after
the date of this Agreement;
or
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(ii)
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any
change in generally accepted accounting practice after the date of this
Agreement; or
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the
passing of any legislation, or making of any subordinate legislation after
the date of this Agreement.
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6.9
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The
Purchaser shall:
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(A)
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immediately
notify the Vendor in writing of any Relevant Claim and of any claim or
matter which gives or may give rise to a Relevant
Claim;
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(B)
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at
all times disclose in writing to the Vendor all information and documents
relating to any claim or matter which gives or may give rise to a Relevant
Claim;
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(C)
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take
such action as the Vendor may reasonably require to avoid, resist, contest
or compromise any claim or matter which gives or may give rise to a
Relevant Claim;
and
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(D)
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the
passing of a board resolution of the board of the Purchaser approving the
entering into of this Agreement and the transaction contemplated herein;
and;
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7.
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PURCHASER’S
WARRANTIES
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The
Purchaser represents and warrants to the Vendor
that:
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(A)
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the
Purchaser has full power and authority to enter into and perform this
Agreement and the provisions of this Agreement, when executed, shall
constitute valid and binding obligations on the Purchaser, in accordance
with its terms;
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(B)
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the
execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Purchaser of its
obligations under, this Agreement shall
neither:
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(i)
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result
in a breach of any provision of its Memorandum or Articles of Association
or equivalent constituted document;
nor
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(ii)
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result
in a breach of any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental
agency to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser is
bound;
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(C)
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save
as provided in this Agreement, all consents, permissions, approvals and
agreements of third parties which are necessary or desirable for the
Purchaser to obtain in order to enter into and perform this Agreement in
accordance with its terms have been unconditionally obtained in writing
and have been disclosed in writing to the
Vendor.
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8.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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8.1
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Save
as provided in this Agreement, neither party shall release any
announcement, or despatch any circular, relating to this
Agreement unless as required by law or the rules of any regulatory body of
which it is a member.
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8.2
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The
Parties hereby undertake that they shall each use all reasonable
endeavours to supply such information as may be reasonably necessary to be
included in the documents to be despatched or the announcements to be
issued take respective responsibility for such information and authorise
the publication, despatch and/or release of such documents and
announcements.
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9.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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9.1
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None
of the Parties may assign its rights under this Agreement and this
Agreement shall be binding on and enure for the benefit of the Parties’
successors, assigns and personal
representatives.
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9.2
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Time
shall be of the essence of this
Agreement.
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9.3
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This
Agreement represents the entire understanding, and constitutes the whole
agreement, in relation to its subject matter and supersedes any previous
agreement between the Parties with respect thereto and, without prejudice
to the generality of the foregoing, excludes any warranty, condition or
other undertaking implied at law or by
custom.
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9.4
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Each
Party confirms that, except as provided in this Agreement, no party has
relied on any representation or warranty or undertaking which is not
contained in this Agreement and, without prejudice to any liability for
fraudulent misrepresentation, no Party shall be under any liability or
shall have any remedy in respect of misrepresentation or untrue statement
unless and to the extent that a claim lies under this
Agreement.
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9.5
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So
far as it remains to be performed this Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect notwithstanding
Completion.
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9.6
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In
the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be void or
unenforceable by reason of any provision of applicable law, it shall be
deleted and the remaining provisions hereof shall continue in full force
and effect and if necessary, be so amended as shall be necessary to give
effect to the spirit of this Agreement so far as
possible.
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9.7
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Each
of the Parties shall after Completion execute all such deeds and documents
and do all things as the other Parties may reasonably require for
perfecting the transactions intended to be effected under or pursuant to
this Agreement.
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9.8
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This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, which when taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument and is binding on
each and every party.
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10.
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COSTS
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The
Parties shall pay their own costs in connection with the preparation and
negotiation of this Agreement and any matter contemplated by
it.
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11.
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NOTICES
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11.1
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A
notice, approval, consent or other communication in connection with this
Agreement:
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(A)
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must
be in writing; and
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(B)
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must
be left at the address of the addressee, or sent by prepaid ordinary post
(airmail if posted to or from a place outside Hong Kong) to the address of
the addressee or sent by facsimile to the facsimile number of the
addressee which is specified in this Clause or if the addressee notifies
another address or facsimile number in Hong Kong then to that address or
facsimile number.
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11.2
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The
address and facsimile number of each Party
is:
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The
Vendor
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Address:
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Xxxx
0000, Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Tower
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Facsimile:
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000-000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx:
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Xxxx
Xxxx
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Facsimile | 21919890 | |
Attention | Xx. Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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The
Purchaser
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Address:
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c/o
57th Floor, The Center, 00 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx
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Facsimile:
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28685820
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Attention:
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Xx.
Xxxxxx Ko (ref: 841133)
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11.3
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A
notice, approval, consent or other communication shall take effect from
the time it is received (or, if earlier, the time it is deemed to be
received in accordance with sub-clause 11.4) unless a later time is
specified in it.
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11.4
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A
letter or facsimile is deemed to be
received:
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(A)
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in
the case of a posted letter, unless actually received earlier, on the
third (seventh, if posted to or from a place outside Hong Kong) day after
posting; and
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(B)
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in
the case of facsimile, on production of a transmission report from the
machine from which the facsimile was sent which indicates that the
facsimile was sent in its entirety to the facsimile number of the
recipient.
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12.
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GOVERNING
LAW, SERVICE OF PROCESS AND
JURISDICTION
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12.1
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This
Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, Hong
Kong law.
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12.2
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The
Purchaser hereby irrevocably appoints Robertsons of 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxx, 00 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx as its agent to accept service
of legal process on its behalf. The Purchaser irrevocably
agrees that if its process agent ceases to have an address in Hong Kong or
ceases to act as its process agent, it shall appoint a new process agent
acceptable to the other Parties and shall deliver to each of the other
Parties within 14 days a copy of written acceptance of appointment by the
new process agent.
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12.3
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The
Vendor hereby irrevocably appoints Robertsons of 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx,
00 Xxxxx'x Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx as its agent to accept service of legal
process on its behalf. The Vendor irrevocably agrees that if
its process agent ceases to have an address in Hong Kong or ceases to act
as its process agent, it shall appoint a new process agent acceptable to
the other Parties and shall deliver to each of the other Parties within 14
days a copy of written acceptance of appointment by the new process
agent.
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12.4
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Subject
to clause 12.2 and 12.3, each Party agrees that without preventing any
other mode of service, any document in an action (including, but not
limited to, any writ of summons or other originating process or any third
or other party notice) may be served on any Party by being delivered to or
left for that Party at its address for service of notices under Clause 11
and each Party undertakes to maintain such an address at all times and to
notify the other Party in advance of any change from time to time of the
details of such address in accordance with the manner prescribed for
service of notices under clause 11.
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12.5
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The
parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of the Hong Kong courts. Each of the parties hereto also
irrevocably agrees to waive any objection which it may at any time have to
the laying of the venue of any proceedings in the Hong Kong Courts and any
claim that any such proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
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IN
WITNESS of which the Parties have executed this Agreement on the date first
mentioned above.
SIGNED
by
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/s/
Tang Xxxxx Xxxxx
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for
and on behalf of
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in the presence of: |
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SIGNED
by
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxx
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for
and on behalf of
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IMPERIAL
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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SCHEDULE 1
DETAILS
OF THE COMPANY
Name
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Metrolink
Pacific Limited
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Country
of incorporation
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British
Virgin Islands
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Company
No.
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: | 613977 |
Authorised
Share Capital
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US$50,000
divided into 50,000 ordinary shares of US$1 each
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Issued
Share Capital
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120
ordinary shares
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Registered
Office
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OMC
Xxxxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 0000, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Directors
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: | Ms Xxxx Xxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxx |
Xx. Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Xx. Xxx Min Sup, Xxxx | ||
Shareholders:
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: | China Entertainment Group, Inc. - 120 ordinary shares |
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SCHEDULE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Subject
to the matters referred to herein and save as disclosed to the Purchaser in
writing, the Vendor hereby represents, warrants and undertakes to the Purchaser
that all statements of fact set out in this Schedule or otherwise contained in
this Agreement are true and accurate in all material respects as at the date
hereof and at Completion.
Unless
the context requires otherwise, the representations, warranties and undertakings
contained in this Schedule 2 in relation to the Company shall be deemed to be
repeated mutatis mutandis in relation to each of the member of the
Group.
1.
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GENERAL
INFORMATION AND POWERS OF THE
VENDOR
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1.1
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the
Vendor has full power to enter into this Agreement and to exercise its
rights and perform its obligations hereunder and (where relevant) all
corporate and other actions required to authorise its execution of this
Agreement and its performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly
taken and this Agreement will, when executed by the Vendor, be a legal,
valid and binding agreement on it and enforceable in accordance with the
terms hereof;
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1.2
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the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Vendor does
not and will not violate in any respect any provision of (i) any law or
regulation or any order or decree of any governmental authority, agency or
court of the United States of America or elsewhere or any part thereof
prevailing as at the date of this Agreement and as at Completion; (ii) the
laws and documents incorporating and constituting the Company prevailing
as at the date of this Agreement and as at Completion; or (iii) any
mortgage, contract or other undertaking or instrument to which the Vendor
is a party or which is binding upon it/him/her or any of its/his/her
assets, and does not and will not result in the creation or imposition of
any encumbrance on any of its/his/her assets pursuant to the provisions of
any such mortgage, contract or other undertaking or
instrument;
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1.3
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no
consent (save as disclosed herein) of a person or body or filing or
registration with or other requirement of any governmental department
authority or agency in the United States of America or any part thereof is
required by the Vendor in relation to the valid execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement (or to ensure the validity or enforceability
thereof) and the sale by the Vendor of the Sale
Shares;
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2.
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COMPLIANCE
WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
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2.1
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the
Company has duly and properly complied with all filing and registration
requirements in respect of corporate or other documents imposed under the
relevant laws of the jurisdiction in which it was
incorporated;
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2.2
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the
statutory books and minute books of the Company have been properly written
up and compliance has been made with all legal requirements concerning the
Company and all issues of shares, debentures or other securities
thereof;
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2.3
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the
register of members/shareholders of the Company is correct and the Company
has not received any application or request for rectification of its
register of members/shareholders and, so far as the Vendor is aware, no
circumstances which might lead to any such application or request for
rectification of such register to be made have arisen or
occurred;
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3.
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CORPORATE
MATTERS
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3.1
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the
Company has been duly established and is validly existing and no order has
been made or petition presented or resolution passed for the winding up of
the Company and no distress, execution or other process has been levied on
any of its assets. The Company is not insolvent nor unable to
pay its debts, no receiver or receiver and manager has been appointed by
any person of its business or assets or any part thereof, no power to make
any such appointment has arisen, the Company has taken no steps to enter
liquidation and there are no grounds on which a petition or application
could be based for the winding up or appointment of a receiver of the
Company;
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3.2
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the
Vendor is the beneficial owner of the Sale Shares free and clear of any
lien, charge, option, right of pre-emption or other encumbrance or third
party right whatsoever and the Company has not exercised any lien over any
of its issued shares and there is no outstanding call on any of the Sale
Shares and all of the Sale Shares are fully
paid;
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3.3
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the
Sale Shares constitute 100% of all the entire registered capital of the
Company;
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3.4
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save
as disclosed herein, the Company has no and never has had any subsidiary
or shares in or stock of any
company;
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3.5
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the
Company has never reduced, repaid, redeemed or purchased any of its share
capital;
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3.6
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there
are no options or other agreements outstanding which call for the issue of
or accord to any person the right to call for the issue of any shares in
the capital of the Company or the right to require the creation of any
mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security or encumbrance over the
Sale Shares;
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3.7
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the
copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company are
accurate and complete in all respects and have attached to them copies of
all resolutions and agreements which are required to be so
attached. The Company has complied with its Memorandum and
Articles of Association in all respects, has full power, authority and
legal right to own its assets and carry on its business and none of the
activities, agreements, commitments or rights of the Company is ultra
xxxxx or unauthorised;
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the
Register of Members and all other statutory books of the Company are up to
date and contain true full and accurate records of all matters required to
be dealt with therein and the Company has not received any notice of any
application or intended application for rectification of the Company’s
register and all annual or other returns required to be filed with the
relevant companies registry have been properly filed within any applicable
time limit and all legal requirements relating to the issue of shares and
other securities by the Company have been complied
with.
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