AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION among: Heckmann Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Heckmann Acquisition II Corporation, a Delaware corporation; and China Water and Drinks, Inc., a Nevada corporation Dated as of May 19, 2008
Exhibit 2.1
among:
Xxxxxxxx Corporation,
a Delaware corporation;
a Delaware corporation;
Xxxxxxxx Acquisition II Corporation,
a Delaware corporation; and
a Delaware corporation; and
China Water and Drinks, Inc.,
a Nevada corporation
a Nevada corporation
Dated as of May 19, 2008
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SECTION 1: Description of Transaction |
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1.1 Merger of Merger Sub into the Company |
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1.2 Effect of the Merger |
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1.3 Closing; Effective Time |
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1.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers |
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1.5 Conversion of Shares |
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1.6 Company Stock Elections |
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1.7 Issuance of Stock Consideration and Payment of Cash Election Price |
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1.8 Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books |
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1.9 Exchange of Certificates |
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1.10 Dissenting Shares |
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1.11 Treatment of Warrants |
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1.12 Tax Consequences |
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1.13 Further Action |
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SECTION 2: Representations and Warranties of the Company |
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2.1 Organization and Good Standing |
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2.2 Authority; No Conflict |
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2.3 Capitalization |
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2.4 SEC Reports |
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2.5 Financial Statements |
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2.6 Property; Sufficiency of Assets |
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2.7 Real Property; Equipment; Leasehold |
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2.8 Proprietary Rights |
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2.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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2.10 Taxes |
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2.11 Employee Benefits |
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2.12 Compliance with Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations |
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2.13 Environmental Matters |
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2.14 Legal Proceedings |
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2.15 Absence of Certain Changes and Events |
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2.16 Contracts; No Defaults |
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2.17 Insurance |
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2.18 Labor Matters |
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2.19 Interests of Officers and Directors |
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2.20 Business Relationships |
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2.21 Rights Plan; Anti-Takeover Statutes |
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2.22 Brokers |
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2.23 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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2.24 PFIC |
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2.25 OFAC |
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2.26 Money Laundering Laws |
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2.27 Additional PRC Representations and Warranties |
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2.28 Stamp Duty; Transfer Taxes |
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2.29 Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements |
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2.30 Required Vote |
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2.31 Full Disclosure |
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SECTION 3: Representations and Warranties of Parent |
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3.1 Organization and Good Standing |
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3.2 Authority; No Conflict |
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3.3 Capitalization |
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3.4 SEC Reports |
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3.5 Financial Statements |
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3.6 Absence of Certain Changes and Events |
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3.7 Operation of Merger Sub |
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3.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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3.9 Legal Proceedings |
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3.10 Board Approval |
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3.11 Trust Fund |
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3.12 Compliance |
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3.13 Interested Party Transactions |
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3.14 Full Disclosure |
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3.15 Qualification as a Reorganization |
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SECTION 4: Conduct of Business |
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4.1 Covenants of the Company |
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4.2 Covenants of Parent |
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4.3 Confidentiality |
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SECTION 5: Additional Agreements |
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5.1 No Solicitation |
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5.2 Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus; Registration Statement |
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5.3 Exchange Listing |
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5.4 Access to Information |
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5.5 Parent Stockholders’ Meeting |
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5.6 Legal Conditions to the Merger |
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5.7 Public Disclosure |
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5.8 Section 368(a) Reorganization |
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5.9 Exchange Listing of Additional Shares |
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5.10 Stockholder Litigation |
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5.11 Indemnification |
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5.12 Notification of Certain Matters |
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5.13 Approval of Stockholders |
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5.14 Exemption from Liability Under Section 16(b) |
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5.15 Tax Matters |
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5.16 Obligations of Merger Sub |
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5.17 Appointment of Parent Directors |
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5.18 No Claim Against Trust Fund; Sole Remedy For Termination of Agreement |
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SECTION 6: Conditions to Merger |
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6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation To Effect the Merger |
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6.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Parent and the Merger Sub |
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6.3 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company |
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SECTION 7: Termination and Amendment |
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7.1 Termination |
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7.2 Effect of Termination |
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7.3 Fees and Expenses |
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SECTION 8: Miscellaneous Provisions |
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8.1 Amendment |
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8.2 Waiver |
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8.3 No Survival |
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8.4 Entire Agreement |
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8.5 Execution of Agreement; Counterparts; Electronic Signatures |
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8.6 Governing Law |
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8.7 Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue |
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8.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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8.9 Disclosure Schedules |
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8.10
Attorney’s Fees |
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8.11 Assignments and Successors |
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8.12 No Third Party Rights |
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8.13 Notices |
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8.14 Construction; Usage |
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8.15 Enforcement of Agreement |
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8.16 Severability |
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EXHIBITS |
Exhibit A
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Certain Definitions | |
Exhibit B
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Form of Conversion Agreement | |
Exhibit C
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Form of Undertaking Agreement | |
Exhibit D
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Form of Release Agreement | |
Exhibit E
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Form of Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreement | |
Exhibit F
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement | |
Schedule A
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List of Signatories for Conversion Agreement | |
Schedule B
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List of Signatories for Undertaking Agreement | |
Schedule C
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List of Signatories for Release Agreement | |
Schedule D
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List of Signatories for Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements |
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Execution Copy
This Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (“Agreement”) is made and
entered into as of May 19, 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”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in
Exhibit A and other capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the
Sections of this Agreement where they first appear.
Recitals
A. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend to effect a merger of the Company with and into
Merger Sub in accordance with this Agreement and the DGCL and NRS (the “Merger”). Upon
consummation of the Merger, the Company will cease to exist, and Merger Sub will remain as a wholly
owned Subsidiary of Parent.
B. The respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have approved this
Agreement and approved the Merger, and have deemed it advisable and in the best interests of their
respective corporations and stockholders that Merger Sub and the Company consummate the Merger
provided for herein.
C. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the parties intend that the Merger will qualify as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”) and intend for this Agreement to constitute a “plan of reorganization” within
the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States Treasury Regulations (the
“Treasury Regulations”).
D. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, the Company and holders set
forth on Schedule A of the Company’s 5% secured convertible notes due January 29, 2011 (the
“Notes”), which Notes are convertible into shares of the Company Common Stock are entering into a
conversion agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B (the
“Conversion Agreement”), pursuant to which such holders, subject to the conditions therein, will
(i) convert their Notes into Company Common Stock, (ii) elect to receive in the Merger only Parent
Common Stock at the Exchange Ratio (as defined in Section 1.5(a)(iv)(B)) for each share of Company
Common Stock acquired in respect of the Conversion as of the Effective Time, (iii) waive or suspend
certain defaults, potential defaults and obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase
Documents (as defined in the Conversion Agreement) on the terms set forth in the Conversion
Agreement, and (iv) as of the Effective Time, release various liens and other rights under and
terminate the Note Purchase Documents, and in consideration for such waivers, releases,
suspensions, and relinquishment of rights as holders of Notes, Parent will pay to such holders the
Contingent Payment (as defined in the Conversion Agreement).
E. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, the Company and certain
specified holders of Company Common Stock set forth on Schedule B are entering into an
undertaking agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit C (the
“Undertaking Agreement”), pursuant to which each such holder will (i) elect to receive in the
Merger only cash at the Cash Election Price (as defined in Section 1.5(a)(iv)(A)) for each share of
Company Common Stock held by such holder, and (ii) provide a general release of claims against the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub.
F. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, the Company and certain
specified holders of Company Common Stock set forth on Schedule C are entering into a
release
agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D (the “Release
Agreement”), pursuant to which each such holder, subject to the conditions therein, will (i) elect
to receive in the Merger only Parent Common Stock at the Exchange Ratio for each share of Company
Common Stock held by such holders as of the Effective Time, (ii) waive or suspend certain defaults
and potential defaults of the Company under the PIPE Transaction Documents (as defined in the
Release Agreement) on the terms set forth in the Release Agreement, (iii) as of the Effective Time,
terminate the PIPE Transaction Documents, and release in full any and all rights of such
holders in any shares of Company Common Stock owned or controlled by Xu Hong Bin that are subject
to the Make Good Escrow Agreement (as defined in the Release Agreement), and in consideration for
such waivers, releases and suspensions, Parent will pay to such holders the Contingent Payment (as
defined in the Release Agreement).
G. Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, the holders of Company Common Stock set
forth on Schedule D will execute and deliver agreements in substantially the form
attached as Exhibit E (the “Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements”),
pursuant to which each such holder will (i) Consent to and approve the Merger Agreement and the
Merger, which consents shall be executed and delivered in accordance with NRS §78.320 and shall be
irrevocable, and (ii) elect to receive in the Merger a specified proportion of cash and Parent
Common Stock for each share of Company Common Stock held by such holder, and (iii) agree to certain
restrictions on the shares of Parent Common Stock held by such holder following the Merger.
H. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent and certain holders of Notes and
Company Common Stock are entering into a registration rights agreement in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to
which Parent has agreed to register all of the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such
holders as a result of the Merger (including all Contingent Payment Stock (as defined in the
Conversion Agreement and Release Agreement)).
I. The Conversion Agreement, the Undertaking Agreement, the Release Agreement, the Majority
Stockholder Written Consent Agreements and the Registration Rights Agreement are collectively
referred to herein as the “Related Agreements.”
Agreement
The parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
SECTION 1: Description of Transaction.
1.1 Merger of Merger Sub into the Company. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3), the
Company shall be merged with and into Merger Sub, and the separate existence of the Company shall
cease. Following the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall continue as the surviving corporation (the
“Surviving Corporation”).
1.2 Effect of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in this
Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL and NRS. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all the property, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and
all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities
and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
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1.3 Closing; Effective Time. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of DLA Piper US LLP, 0000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, at 10:00 a.m. on a date to be designated by
Parent (the “Closing Date”), which shall be no later than the fifth business day after the
satisfaction or waiver of the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in Section
6 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions). Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, a
certificate of merger satisfying the applicable requirements of the DGCL and articles of merger
satisfying the applicable requirements of the NRS (the “Certificates of Merger”) shall be duly
executed by the Company and Merger Sub and, simultaneously with or as soon as practicable following
the Closing, filed with the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware and Nevada (the
“Secretaries of State”). The Merger shall become effective upon the later of: (a) the date and
time of the filing of the Certificates of Merger with the Secretaries of State, or (b) such later
date and time as may be specified in the Certificates of Merger with the Consent of Parent. The
date and time the Merger becomes effective is referred to in this Agreement as the “Effective
Time.”
1.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers. At the Effective
Time:
1.4(a) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be the Certificate
of Incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time;
1.4(b) the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be the Bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time;
1.4(c) the directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall
be the respective individuals who are directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective
Time; and
1.4(d) the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall be
the respective individuals who are officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time.
1.5 Conversion of Shares.
1.5(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the
part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any stockholder of the Company:
(i) any shares of Company Common Stock then held by the Company or any wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Company (or held in the Company’s treasury) shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to
exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;
(ii) any shares of Company Common Stock then held by Parent, Merger Sub or any other wholly
owned Subsidiary of Parent shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no
consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;
(iii) each share of the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Merger Sub then
outstanding shall be converted into one share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation; and
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(iv) except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above and subject to Sections 1.5(b) and
1.5(c) below, each share of Company Common Stock then outstanding, other than Dissenting Shares (as
defined in Section 1.10 below), shall be converted into the following (the consideration described
in (A)) below being the “Cash Consideration”, the consideration described in
(B) below being the “Stock Consideration” and together with the Cash Consideration, the
“Merger Consideration”):
(A) for each such share of Company Common Stock with respect to which an election to receive
cash has been effectively made and not revoked pursuant to Sections 1.6(c), (d) and (e) (the “Cash
Electing Shares”), the right to receive US$5.00 in cash from Parent (the “Cash Election Price”); or
(B) for each such share of Company Common Stock with respect to which an election to receive
cash has not been effectively made or has been revoked pursuant to Sections 1.6(c), (d) and (e)
(the “Stock Electing Shares”), the right to receive 0.8 of a share of Parent Common Stock (the
fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock specified in this Section 1.5(a)(iv)(B) (as such
fraction may be adjusted in accordance with Section 1.5(b)) is referred to as the “Exchange
Ratio”).
1.5(b) If, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares
of Company Common Stock or Parent Common Stock are changed into a different number or class of
shares by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification,
recapitalization or other similar transaction, then the Exchange Ratio shall be appropriately
adjusted.
1.5(c) No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the
Merger, and no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued. Any holder of
Company Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent
Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such
holder) shall, in lieu of such fraction of a share and upon surrender of such holder’s Company
Stock Certificate(s) (as defined in Section 1.8), be paid in cash the dollar amount (rounded to the
nearest whole cent), without interest, determined by multiplying such fraction by the closing price
of a share of Parent Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange or other
applicable national securities exchange on the date the Merger becomes effective.
1.6 Company Stock Elections.
1.6(a) Subject to Section 1.7 and to the terms of the Related Agreements, each Person who, on or prior to
the Election Date referred to in Section 1.6(c) below, is a record holder of shares of Company
Common Stock (and remains a record holder of such stock until the Effective Time) will be entitled,
with respect to all or any portion of such holder’s shares, to make an unconditional election (a
“Cash/Stock Election”) on or prior to such Election Date to receive, with respect to each such
share, the Cash Election Price or shares of Parent Common Stock at the Exchange Ratio,
respectively, on the basis hereinafter set forth.
1.6(b) Prior to the mailing of the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus, Parent
shall appoint a reputable bank or trust company designated by Parent and reasonably satisfactory to
the Company to act as exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) for the payment of the Merger
Consideration.
1.6(c) The Company shall prepare and mail a form of election (the “Form of Election”) with the
Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus to the record holders of Company Common Stock no
later than the record date with respect to the determination of those stockholders of the Company
entitled to receive the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus. The Form of Election
shall be used by each record holder of shares of Company Common Stock who wishes to elect to
receive the Cash Election Price for any or all shares of Company Common Stock held by such holder.
The Company will use its best efforts to make the Form of Election and the Joint Proxy and
Information
Statement/Prospectus available to all persons who become holders of Company Common Stock
during the period between such record date and the Election Date referred to below. Any such
holder’s election to receive the Cash Election Price with respect to any or all of such holder’s
shares of Company Common Stock shall have been properly made only if the Exchange Agent shall have
received a Form of Election properly completed and signed at its designated office, by 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the date specified in the Form of Election, which date shall not be later
than one business day prior to the Closing Date (the “Election Date”).
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1.6(d) Any Form of Election may be revoked only by a duly executed written notice received by
the Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Election Date. In addition, all
Forms of Election shall automatically be revoked if the Exchange Agent is notified in writing by
Parent that the Merger has been abandoned. If a Form of Election is revoked, the shares of Company
Common Stock to which such Form of Election relates shall be treated as Stock Electing Shares.
1.6(e) The determination of the Exchange Agent shall be binding as to whether or not elections
to receive the Cash Election Price have been properly made or revoked pursuant to this Section 1.6
with respect to shares of Company Common Stock, and as to the time when elections and revocations
were received by it. If the Exchange Agent determines that any election to receive the Cash
Election Price for shares of Company Common Stock was not properly made with respect to such
shares, then such shares shall be treated by the Exchange Agent as Stock Electing Shares, and such
shares shall be exchanged in the Merger for shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section
1.5(a)(iv)(B). The Exchange Agent shall also make all computations contemplated by Section 1.7,
and any such computation shall be conclusive and binding on the holders of shares of Company Common
Stock, except for manifest mathematical error. Parent and the Company shall make such rules as are
consistent with this Section 1.6 and Section 1.7 for the implementation of the elections and
computations provided for herein and therein as shall be necessary or desirable fully to effect
such elections and computations.
1.7 Issuance of Stock Consideration and Payment of Cash Election Price. The manner in
which each share of Company Common Stock (other than shares of Company Common Stock to be cancelled
as set forth in Sections 1.5(a)(i) and (ii)) shall be converted as of the Effective Time into the
right to receive the Cash Election Price or the Stock Consideration shall be as set forth in this
Section 1.7.
1.7(a) As is more fully set forth below, the Total Cash Consideration (as defined below) in
the Merger pursuant to this Agreement shall not be more than 60% of the sum of (i) the Total Stock
Consideration, and (ii) the Total Cash Consideration (such limit, the “Cash Limitation”). For
purposes hereof, (i) the term “Total Stock Consideration” means the product of (A) the Exchange
Ratio, (B) the number of shares of Company Common Stock, other than shares of Company Common Stock
issued upon conversion of the Notes, converted into Parent Common Stock, after the application, if
and to the extent necessary, of Sections 1.7(d) and 1.7(e), and (C) the average of the high and low
trading prices of the Parent Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange
or other applicable national securities exchange on the last business day prior to the date hereof
or at the Effective Time, whichever average price is lower, and (ii) the term “Total Cash
Consideration” means the sum (after the application, if and to the extent necessary, of Sections
1.7(d), 1.7(e)) of (A) all cash paid in connection with Cash/Stock Elections (including under the
Related Agreements), (B) all cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.5(c), (C)
cash paid for Dissenting Shares (as defined in Section 1.10) and (D) such other amounts that may at
any time be paid in connection with the events contemplated herein that Parent or the Company
reasonably believes are required to be taken into account for purposes of the continuity of
interest requirement under Section 368(a) of the Code. For these purposes cash that is paid for
Dissenting Shares shall be computed as if holders of Dissenting Shares made the Cash Election.
1.7(b) Each share of Company Common Stock that constitutes a Stock Electing Share shall be
converted into the right to receive Parent Common Stock at the Exchange Ratio pursuant to Section
1.5(a)(iv)(B).
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1.7(c) If the Total Cash Consideration, as determined following the receipt of all Cash/Stock
Elections, is equal to or less than the Cash Limitation, each share of Company Common Stock that
constitutes a Cash Electing Share shall be converted into the right to receive the Cash Election
Price pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(A).
1.7(d) If the Total Cash Consideration, as determined following the receipt of all Cash/Stock
Elections, is more than the Cash Limitation, then the number of Cash Electing Shares shall be
reduced, and the following holders of Company Common Stock who have made a Cash/Stock Election
(each, a “Cash Electing Shareholder”) shall instead receive shares of Parent Common Stock at the
Exchange Ratio to the extent and in the order described below until the Total Cash Consideration is
equal to or less than the Cash Limitation:
(i) Each Cash Electing Shareholder who holds a sufficient number of shares of Company Common
Stock covered by a Cash/Stock Election to receive as part of the Merger Consideration at least one
whole share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(B) if such shares are treated as
Stock Electing Shares, shall receive such one whole share of Parent Common Stock for such shares of
Company Common Stock, at the Exchange Ratio pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(B), in lieu of receiving
the Cash Election Price for such shares pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(A), provided, however, that
if the application of this procedure to fewer than all of such Cash Electing Shareholders is
sufficient to reduce the Total Cash Consideration to an amount equal to or less than the Cash
Limitation, Parent and the Exchange Agent will select by lot the Cash Electing Shareholders whose
Cash/Stock Elections will be subject to the foregoing procedure;
(ii) If the application of Section 1.7(d)(i) is not sufficient to reduce the Total Cash
Consideration to an amount equal to or less than the Cash Limitation, then, in addition to the
application of Section 1.7(d)(i), each Cash Electing Shareholder who holds a sufficient number of
shares of Company Common Stock covered by a Cash/Stock Election to receive as part of the Merger
Consideration at least a second whole share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section
1.5(a)(iv)(B) if such shares are treated as Stock Electing Shares, shall receive such second whole
share of Parent Common Stock for such shares of Company Common Stock, at the Exchange Ratio
pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(B), in lieu of receiving the Cash Election Price for such shares
pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(A), provided, however, that if the application of this procedure to
fewer than all of such Cash Electing Shareholders is sufficient to reduce the Total Cash
Consideration to an amount equal to or less than the Cash Limitation, Parent and the Exchange Agent
will select by lot the Cash Electing Shareholders whose Cash/Stock Elections will be subject to the
foregoing procedure; and
(iii) If the application of Section 1.7(d)(ii) is not sufficient to reduce the Total Cash
Consideration to an amount equal to or less than the Cash Limitation, under the principles of
Section 1.7(d)(i) and (ii), then the Cash Electing Shares shall continue to be reduced, and each
Cash Electing Shareholder who holds a sufficient number of shares of Company Common Stock covered
by a Cash/Stock Election to receive as part of the Merger Consideration at least a third whole
share and, to the extent necessary, greater than three whole shares, of Parent Common Stock
pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(B) if such shares are treated as Stock Electing Shares, shall
receive such third or more whole shares of Parent Common Stock for such shares of Company Common
Stock, at the Exchange Ratio pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(B), in lieu of receiving the Cash
Election Price for such shares pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iv)(A), until the Total Cash
Consideration is equal to or less than the Cash Limitation.
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1.7(e) If, due to the existence of Dissenting Shares or due to any uncertainty in the
calculation of the Cash Limitation, it reasonably appears to Parent or Company that the Merger may
potentially fail to satisfy continuity of interest requirements under applicable principles
relating to reorganizations under Section 368(a) of the Code, the number of Cash Electing Shares
shall be reduced, and Cash Electing Shareholders shall instead receive one or more shares of Parent
Common Stock in the order described in Section 1.7(d), to the extent necessary to enable the Merger
to satisfy such requirements.
1.8 Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books. At the Effective Time: (a) all holders
of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights as stockholders of the Company other than the
right to receive the Cash Election Price and/or shares of Parent Common Stock (and cash in lieu of
any fractional share of Parent Common Stock), as the case may be, as contemplated by Section 1.5;
and (b) the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of
Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No further transfer of
any such shares of Company Common Stock shall be made on such stock transfer books after the
Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, a valid certificate previously representing any
shares of Company Common Stock (a “Company Stock Certificate”) is presented to the Exchange Agent
or to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, such Company Stock Certificate shall be canceled and
shall be exchanged as provided in Section 1.9.
1.9 Exchange of Certificates.
1.9(a) Promptly after the Effective Time, but in no event later than three (3) business days
thereafter, Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent (i) certificates representing the shares
of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Section 1, and (ii) cash sufficient to make
payments (A) in respect of Cash Electing Shares in accordance with Section 1.5(a)(iv)(A), and (B)
in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.5(c). The shares of Parent Common Stock
and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions
received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares, are referred to collectively as the
“Exchange Fund.”
1.9(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent will
mail to the record holders of Company Stock Certificates (i) a letter of transmittal in customary
form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify (including a provision
confirming that delivery of Company Stock Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss and
title to Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of such Company Stock
Certificates to the Exchange Agent), and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of
Company Stock Certificates in exchange for the applicable Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of
a Company Stock Certificate to the Exchange Agent for exchange, together with a duly executed
letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent
or Parent, (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor (1) the Cash Election Price in respect of all Cash Electing Shares with respect
to which a Cash/Stock Election has previously been properly made and not revoked by such holder,
and/or (2) a certificate or evidence of shares in book entry form representing the number of whole
shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions
of Section 1.5 (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock), and (B) the
Company Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as contemplated by
this Section 1.9, each Company Stock Certificate shall be deemed, from and after the Effective
Time, to represent only the right to receive the applicable Merger Consideration as contemplated by
this Section 1. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent
may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the payment of the Cash Election Price
and/or the issuance of any certificate representing Parent Common Stock, require the owner of such
lost, stolen or destroyed
Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a bond (in such
sum as Parent may reasonably direct) as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the
Exchange Agent, Parent or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Company Stock Certificate.
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1.9(c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common
Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered
Company Stock Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder has
the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate in
accordance with this Section 1.9 (at which time such holder shall be entitled, subject to the
effect of applicable abandoned property laws, escheat laws or similar laws, to receive all such
dividends and distributions, without interest).
1.9(d) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock
Certificates as of the date 180 days after the date on which the Merger becomes effective shall be
delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock Certificates who have not
theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates in accordance with this Section 1.9 shall
thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claims for the applicable Merger
Consideration to which the they may be entitled, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common
Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock.
1.9(e) Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to
deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this
Agreement to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock such amounts as may be required to
be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax
law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the proper
Governmental Body, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having
been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
1.9(f) Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder or former
holder of Company Common Stock or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Parent Common
Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or for any cash amounts, properly
delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property law, escheat law or
similar Legal Requirement.
1.9(g) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, shares of Parent Common Stock issuable
in exchange for the shares of Company Common Stock held by Xx. Xx Hong Bin shall be placed in
escrow to the extent required by and pursuant to the terms of the Majority Stockholder Consent
Agreement between Parent and Xx. Xx Hong Bin.
1.10 Dissenting Shares. Shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time that are held by a holder who (a) has not voted such shares
in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger, (b) is entitled to, and who has,
properly demanded and perfected dissenter’s rights for such shares of Company Common Stock in
accordance with NRS Section 92A.420 and (c) has not effectively withdrawn or forfeited such
dissenter’s rights prior to the Effective Time (the “Dissenting Shares”), will not be converted
into a right to receive Merger Consideration at the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time,
such holder fails to perfect or withdraws, forfeits or otherwise loses such holder’s dissenter’s
rights, (i) such shares of Company Common Stock will be treated as if they had been converted as of
the Effective Time pursuant to Section 1.5, without interest thereon, and (ii) the procedures in
Section 1.7 will apply with respect to the payment of Merger Consideration with regard to such
shares of Company Common Stock. The Company will give Parent prompt notice of any written notice
received by the Company regarding dissenter’s rights with respect to
shares of Company Common Stock, and Parent will have the right to participate in all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. The Company will not, except with the
prior written Consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle,
any such demands.
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1.11 Treatment of Warrants.
1.11(a) At the Effective Time, subject to any necessary Consent of holders of warrants, each
warrant issued by the Company to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (each a “Company
Warrant”), which is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease
to represent a right to acquire shares of Company Common Stock and shall be assumed by Parent and
converted automatically into a warrant to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock (a “Converted
Warrant”) in an amount and at an exercise price determined as provided below (and each Converted
Warrant otherwise shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable warrant agreement, notice or
letter evidencing the issuance of the Company Warrant pursuant thereto).
(i) The number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be subject to a Converted Warrant shall be
equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the outstanding
Company Warrant and (y) the Exchange Ratio, provided that any fractional shares of Parent
Common Stock resulting from such multiplication shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share;
and
(ii) the exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock under a Converted Warrant shall be
equal to the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock under the outstanding Company Warrant
divided by the Exchange Ratio, provided that such exercise price shall be rounded up to the
nearest cent.
1.11(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to
each holder of a Converted Warrant an appropriate notice evidencing the foregoing assumption of the
Company Warrant by Parent.
1.11(c) Parent shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a sufficient
number of shares of Parent Common Stock for delivery upon the exercise of the Converted Warrants,
including the authorization for listing of such shares on the American Stock Exchange, New York
Stock Exchange or other applicable national securities exchange.
1.12 Tax Consequences. For federal income tax purposes, the Merger is intended to
constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The parties to this
Agreement hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of
Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the Treasury Regulations.
1.13 Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is
determined by Parent to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to
vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession of and to all rights and
property of Merger Sub and the Company, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation and
Parent shall be fully authorized (in the name of Merger Sub, the Company or otherwise) to take such
action.
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SECTION 2: Representations and Warranties of the Company.
Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company represents and warrants to
Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
2.1 Organization and Good Standing.
2.1(a) The Acquired Corporations are corporations or other Entities duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing (where such concept is applicable) under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, with full corporate power or other
Entity authority to conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted, to own or use their
respective properties and assets that they each purport to own or use, and to perform all their
respective obligations under Acquired Corporation Contracts. Each of the Acquired Corporations is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other Entity and is in good standing
(where such concept is applicable) under the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which
either the ownership or use of the properties owned or used by it, or the nature of the activities
conducted by it, requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect on
the Acquired Corporations.
2.1(b) Part 2.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date hereof, all
Acquired Corporations and indicates as to each the type of Entity, its jurisdiction of organization
and, except in the case of the Company, its stockholders or other equity holders. Part 2.1(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has made available to Parent copies of, the
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws and other organizational documents (collectively,
the “Organizational Documents”) of each of the Acquired Corporations, as currently in effect.
2.1(c) The Company owns 48% of the issued and outstanding voting capital stock of China
Bottles, Inc. (“China Bottles”), a Nevada corporation. The Company does not control China Bottles
within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act and does not have any right to acquire any
additional capital stock of China Bottles. Except for the foregoing and except as noted in the
Company’s audited financial statements, the Company does not make any other representation or
warranty in respect of China Bottles (other than as to any agreements to which it is a party listed
in Part 2.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule).
2.1(d) The Company has made available to Parent copies of the charters of each committee of
the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Company Board”) and any code of conduct or similar policy
adopted by the Company.
2.2 Authority; No Conflict.
2.2(a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Related Agreements to which it is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder
and thereunder and to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (collectively, the “Contemplated Transactions”). The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Contemplated Transactions have
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate
the Contemplated Transactions (other than, with respect to the Merger, the Required Company
Stockholder Vote to be effected pursuant to the Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements and
the filing of the Certificates of Merger required by the DGCL and NRS). The Board of Directors of
the Company has unanimously adopted this Agreement, declared it to be advisable and resolved to
recommend to the stockholders of the Company that they vote in favor of the approval of this
Agreement in accordance with the NRS. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming the due execution and delivery by Parent, constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms subject to the effect of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relative to the rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law and equity
governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
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2.2(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
Contemplated Transactions do or will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of
time or both), (i) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of any provision of the
Organizational Documents of any of the Acquired Corporations; (ii) contravene, conflict with, or
result in a violation of, any Legal Requirements to which any of the Acquired Corporations, or any
of the assets owned or used by any of the Acquired Corporations, is subject; (iii) contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any
Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate, or modify, any
Governmental Authorization that is held by any of the Acquired Corporations, or that otherwise
relates to the business of, or any of the assets owned or used by, any of the Acquired
Corporations; (iv) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of any provision
of, or constitute a default under, or give any Person the right to accelerate the maturity or
performance of, or to cancel, terminate, or modify, any Acquired Corporation Contract; (v) require
a Consent from any Person; or (vi) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or
with respect to any of the assets owned or used by any of the Acquired Corporations, except, in the
case of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (iv), (v) and (vi), for any such conflicts, violations,
breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not prevent or delay consummation of the Merger,
or otherwise prevent the Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement, or that
could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect on the Acquired Corporations.
2.2(c) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance
of this Agreement and consummation of the Contemplated Transactions by the Company will not,
require any Consent of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Body, except (i) for
(A) applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and state securities
or “blue sky” laws (“Blue Sky Laws”), (B) the filing of the Certificates of Merger as required by
the DGCL and NRS, and (C) filings made in connection with applicable Antitrust Laws and investment
laws set forth in Part 2.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and (ii) such other Consents,
filings or notifications, where failure to obtain such Consents, or to make such filings or
notifications, would not prevent or delay the consummation of the Merger, or otherwise prevent the
Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement, or that could not reasonably be
expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired
Corporations.
2.3 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
150,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share, of
preferred stock (“Company Preferred Stock”). As of the date hereof, (a) 94,521,395 shares of
Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which have been duly authorized and validly
issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable, (b) 3,415,276 shares of Company Common Stock are
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding Company Warrants, (c) 11,764,704 shares of
Company Common Stock are reserved for issuance upon the conversion of outstanding Notes, (d)
1,523,578 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for issuance to certain former stockholders
of Pilpol (HK) Biological Limited (the “Pilpol Stockholders”), (e) 199,000 shares of Company Common
Stock are reserved for issuance under an employee incentive plan, (f) no shares of Company Common
Stock are held in the treasury of the Company and (g) no shares of Company Preferred Stock are
issued or outstanding. There are not any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness or, except
as described in the immediately preceding sentence, securities of the Company, in each case having
the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote)
on any matters on which stockholders of the Company have the right to vote. Except as set forth in
the second sentence of this Section 2.3, as of the date hereof, no shares of capital stock or other
voting securities of the Company are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding and no shares of
capital stock or other voting securities of the
Company will be issued or become outstanding after the date hereof other than upon exercise of
the Company Warrants or conversion of the Notes.
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Except as set forth in this Section 2.3, as of
the date hereof, other than the Company Warrants and the Notes, there are no Contracts or other
obligations relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of any of the Acquired Corporations,
or obligating any of the Acquired Corporations to issue, grant or sell any shares of capital stock
of, or other equity interests in, or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable
for, equity interests in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. All shares of Company Common
Stock subject to issuance as described above will, upon issuance on the terms and conditions
specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable. None of the Acquired Corporations has any Contract or other
obligation to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Company Common Stock or any
capital stock of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or make any investment (in the form of a loan,
capital contribution or otherwise) in any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any other Person. Each
outstanding share of capital stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and is owned by the Company free and clear of all
Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances. None of the outstanding equity securities or other
securities of any of the Acquired Corporations was issued in violation of the registration
requirements of the Securities Act or any other state securities laws. None of the Acquired
Corporations owns, or has any Contract or other obligation to acquire, any equity securities or
other securities of any Person (other than Subsidiaries of the Company) or any direct or indirect
equity or ownership interest in any other business.
2.4 SEC Reports.
2.4(a) The Company (which for purposes hereof, includes its predecessor, Ugods, Inc.) has
filed on a timely basis all registration statements, forms, reports and documents required to be
filed by it with the SEC for the period from May 14, 2007 to the date hereof, and to the Company’s
Knowledge all such filings required to be made prior to May 14, 2007 were made on a timely basis.
Part 2.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists and, except to the extent available in full
without redaction on the SEC’s web site through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval System (“XXXXX”) two days prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has made
available to Parent copies in the form filed with the SEC (including the full text of any document
filed subject to a request for confidential treatment or as an exhibit to such filing) all of the
following that have been filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof: (i) the Company’s Annual
Reports on Forms 10-K or 10-KSB, (ii) the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q or 10-QSB,
(iii) all proxy and information statements relating to the Company’s meetings of stockholders
(whether annual or special) held, or by stockholder consents, (iv) the Company’s Current Reports on
Form 8-K, (v) all other forms, reports, registration statements and other documents filed by the
Company with the SEC (the forms, reports, registration statements and other documents referred to
in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, whether or not available through XXXXX, together
with the exhibits filed or furnished therewith, are, collectively, the “Company SEC Reports,” and,
to the extent available in full without redaction through XXXXX at least two business days prior to
the date of this Agreement, the “Filed Company SEC Reports”). The Company files Company SEC
Reports on a voluntarily basis pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company does not
have, and has never had, a class of “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-1(i)
promulgated under the Exchange Act) registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
2.4(b) Each of the Company SEC Reports filed on or after May 14, 2007, as of the date of the
filing of such report (or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date
hereof, on the date of such filing), (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and, to the extent
then applicable, SOX, including in each case, the rules and regulations thereunder, and (ii) did
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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To the Company’s Knowledge, each of the Company SEC Reports filed prior to May 14,
2007, as of the date of the filing of such report (or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent
filing prior to the date hereof, on the date of such filing), (i) complied as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and, to the
extent then applicable, SOX, including in each case, the rules and regulations thereunder, and
(ii) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
2.4(c) The Company certifications required by Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the
Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of SOX which are contained in the Company SEC Reports filed
on or after May 14, 2007 complied with such laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
2.4(d) Except as set forth under Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, the Acquired Corporations have implemented and maintain
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange
Act), and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that (i) all material information
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules
and forms, and (ii) all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s
management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
2.4(e) From May 14, 2007 to the date hereof, the Company has been in compliance in all
material respects with (i) the applicable rules and regulations of the Financial Institutions
Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) in respect of which the Company Common Stock is qualified for
quotation and trading on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the “OTC-BB), and (ii) the applicable
provisions of SOX. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of
(A) all correspondence between the Acquired Corporations and the OTC-BB since May 14, 2007, and
(B) all correspondence between the Acquired Corporations and FINRA since May 14, 2007. The Company
has terminated, and will not renew during the term of this Agreement, its efforts to list the
Company Common Stock on a national securities exchange. To the Company’s Knowledge, prior to May
14, 2007, the Company was in compliance in all material respects with (i) the applicable rules and
regulations of FINRA in respect of which the Company Common Stock is qualified for quotation and
trading on the OTC-BB, and (ii) the applicable provisions of SOX. To the extent that the following
are in the Company’s possession, the Company has made available to Parent true, correct and
complete copies of (A) all correspondence between the Acquired Corporations and the OTC-BB during
the period from January 1, 2005 to May 14, 2007, and (B) all correspondence between the Acquired
Corporations and FINRA during the period from January 1, 2005 to May 14, 2007.
2.4(f) Except as set forth under Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, the Acquired Corporations have
implemented and maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules
13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization,
and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Since
December 31, 2007, (A) there have not been any changes in the Acquired Corporations’ internal
control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Acquired Corporations’ internal control over financial reporting; and (B)
all “significant deficiencies” and “material weaknesses” (as such terms are defined by the Public
Accounting Oversight Board) have been disclosed to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit
committee of the Company Board and are set forth on Part 2.4(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
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2.5 Financial Statements.
2.5(a) Each of the financial statements (including, in each case, any notes thereto) contained
or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Reports (i) complied with the rules and regulations
of the SEC (including Regulation S-X) as of the date of the filing of such reports, (ii) was
prepared in accordance with GAAP, (iii) fairly presents in all material respects the financial
condition and the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the
Acquired Corporations as at the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such
financial statements, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to (A) the omission of
notes to the extent permitted by Regulation S-X (that, in the case of interim financial statements
included in the Company SEC Reports since the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K,
would not differ materially from the notes to the financial statements included in such Annual
Report) (the consolidated balance sheet included in such Annual Report, the “Company Balance
Sheet”), and (B) normal, recurring year-end adjustments (the effect of which will not, individually
or in the aggregate, be materially adverse to the Acquired Corporations, taken as a whole), and
(iv) are accompanied by an unqualified opinion of a registered independent public accounting firm
acceptable to Parent and qualified to practice before the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(the “PCAOB”). No financial statements of any Person other than the Subsidiaries of the Company
are, or, have been, required by GAAP to be included in the consolidated financial statements of the
Company. To the Company’s Knowledge, for the period from January 1, 2005 to May 14, 2007, no
financial statements of any Person other than the Subsidiaries of the Company were required by GAAP
to be included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.
2.5(b) Part 2.5(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has made
available to Parent copies of, the documents creating or governing all of the Company’s Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements.
2.5(c) To the extent the Company Balance Sheet reflects any outstanding loans to or from any
stockholders, officers or directors, or any of their Affiliates, of the Company, all such loans
have been repaid or forgiven, as applicable, and are no longer outstanding as of the date hereof.
2.6 Property; Sufficiency of Assets. The Acquired Corporations (i) have good and
valid title to all property material to the business of the Acquired Corporations and reflected in
the latest audited financial statements included in the Filed Company SEC Reports as being owned by
the Acquired Corporations or acquired after the date thereof (except for property sold or otherwise
disposed of in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date thereof), free and clear of all
Encumbrances except (A) Permitted Encumbrances securing payments not yet due and (B) such
imperfections or irregularities of title or Encumbrances as do not affect the use of the properties
or assets subject thereto or affected thereby or otherwise impair business operations at such
properties, in either case in such a manner as to have or be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations, and (ii) are collectively the lessee of all property
material to the business of the Acquired Corporations and reflected as leased in the latest audited
financial statements included in the Company SEC Reports (or on the books and records of the
Company as of the date thereof) or acquired after the date thereof (except for leases
that have expired by their terms which are specifically identified on Part 2.6 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule) and are in possession of the properties purported to be leased thereunder.
Each such lease is valid and in full force and effect without default thereunder by the lessee or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, the lessor, other than defaults that would not have or be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations. For the
avoidance of doubt, the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.6 do not apply
to Proprietary Rights, which matters are specifically addressed in Section 2.8.
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2.7 Real Property; Equipment; Leasehold.
2.7(a) All items of equipment and other tangible assets owned by or leased to the Acquired
Corporations are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, are in good and safe condition
and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and are adequate for the conduct of the business of
the Acquired Corporations in the manner in which such business is currently being conducted, except
for deficient conditions and inadequacies which in the aggregate would not be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.7(b) Part 2.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth each building or interest in
real property, or obligation under any agreement, option or right to purchase any building or real
property, including all real property leases and land use rights. This list includes the name of
the Entity that owns or leases such property or that holds such land use right, the legal address
and the use thereof. Each Acquired Corporation has good and marketable title or has a good and
valid leasehold interest or land use right in all real property or buildings that it occupies or
uses, free and clear of any Encumbrance other than Permitted Encumbrances. Such real property is
neither subject to any decree or order of any Governmental Body to be sold nor is being condemned,
expropriated or otherwise taken by any Governmental Body, with or without payment of adequate
compensation therefor, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any such condemnation,
expropriation or taking been proposed to any Acquired Corporation. The Company has made available
to Parent correct and complete copies of all leases, subleases, licenses, instruments evidencing
land use rights and other agreements (including all amendments, modifications, supplements and
extensions thereof) granting rights of use, occupancy or enjoyment to any Acquired Corporation.
2.7(c) The current and anticipated use of each building or real property occupied or used by
any Acquired Corporation is in compliance with zoning (or equivalent in the PRC) and other
restrictions. No Acquired Corporation has made any application for a rezoning of any of the real
properties occupied or used by any Acquired Corporation, and the Company has no Knowledge of any
proposed or pending change to any zoning affecting any of such real properties.
2.7(d) All utilities, including, without limitation, potable water, sewer, gas, electric,
telephone, and other public utilities and all storm water drainage required by any Legal
Requirement or necessary for the operation of any real property or building occupied or used by any
Acquired Corporation are adequate (both in quality and quantity) to service such real property or
buildings for their respective use as presently conducted thereon.
2.7(e) All accounts for work and services performed or materials placed or furnished upon or
in respect of the construction and completion of any building occupied or used by any Acquired
Corporation and any improvement or other structure constructed on the real property occupied or
used by any Acquired Corporation have been, or will as of the Closing Date be, fully paid or
accrued, if billed, and no one is entitled to claim an Encumbrance under any Legal Requirement for
such work performed by or on behalf of any Acquired Corporation. Any such accounts that have not
been billed as of the Closing Date will be accurately reflected on the books of account of the
Company.
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2.7(f) Each of the buildings and real properties occupied or used by any Acquired Corporation
is located along one or more dedicated public streets which provides access thereto.
2.7(g) There are no defects in, mechanical failure of or damage to the structural components
located in any building or on any real property occupied or used by any Acquired Corporation except
for defects, mechanical failures or damage that would not be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
2.7(h) There are no deeds of trust or mortgages related to the obligations or debts of the
Company or any Subsidiary, which are an Encumbrance upon any building or real property owned by any
Acquired Corporation.
2.7(i) There are no easements (or their equivalent in the PRC) on any building or real
property occupied or used by any Acquired Corporation that affect its current or anticipated use in
a manner that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.8 Proprietary Rights.
2.8(a) Part 2.8(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following with respect to
Proprietary Rights of each Acquired Corporation:
(i) Part 2.8(a)(i)(A) lists all of the Patents owned by any of the Acquired Corporations,
setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which Issued Patents have been issued and Patent
Applications have been filed. Part 2.8(a)(i)(B) lists all of the Patents in which any of the
Acquired Corporations has any right, title or interest (including, without limitation, any interest
acquired through a license, other right to use or any covenant not to xxx/assert or other immunity
from suit granted to any Acquired Corporation) other than those owned by the Acquired Corporations,
setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which the Issued Patents have been issued and
Patent Applications have been filed, and the nature of the right, title or interest held by any of
the Acquired Corporations.
(ii) Part 2.8(a)(ii)(A) lists all of the Registered Trademarks owned by any of the Acquired
Corporations, setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which Registered Trademarks have been
registered and trademark applications for registration have been filed. Part 2.8(a)(ii)(B) lists
all of the Registered Trademarks in which any of the Acquired Corporations has any right, title or
interest, other than those owned by the Acquired Corporations (including, without limitation, any
interest acquired through a license or other right to use), setting forth in each case the
jurisdictions in which Registered Trademarks have been registered and trademark applications for
registration have been filed, and the nature of the right, title or interest held by any of the
Acquired Corporations.
(iii) Part 2.8(a)(iii)(A) lists all of the Registered Copyrights owned by any of the Acquired
Corporations, setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which Copyrights have been registered
and applications for Copyright registration have been filed. Part 2.8(a)(iii)(B) lists all of the
Registered Copyrights in which any of the Acquired Corporations has any right, title or interest,
other than those owned by the Acquired Corporations (including, without limitation, any interest
acquired through a license or other right to use), setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in
which Registered Copyrights have been registered and applications for Copyright registration have
been filed, and the nature of the right, title or interest held by any of the Acquired
Corporations.
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2.8(b) The Acquired Corporations are the sole and exclusive owners of and have good and valid
title to all of the Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights identified in Parts 2.8(a)(i)(A),
2.8(a)(ii)(A) and 2.8(a)(iii)(A) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and all Trade Secrets owned by
any
Acquired Corporation, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for (i) any lien for current
Taxes not yet due and payable, and (ii) minor liens that have arisen in the Ordinary Course of
Business and that do not (individually or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of
the assets subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Acquired Corporations. The
Acquired Corporations have a valid license and right to use all Proprietary Rights identified in
Parts 2.8(a)(i)(B), 2.8(a)(ii)(B), and 2.8(a)(iii)(B) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and all
Trade Secrets used by any Acquired Corporation, other than those owned by the Acquired Corporations
(including, without limitation, interest acquired through a license or other right to use). With
respect to any Proprietary Rights licensed from a third party, no third party that has licensed
Proprietary Rights to any Acquired Corporation has any ownership or license rights to improvements
or derivative works to such Proprietary Rights made by or on behalf of such Acquired Corporation.
The Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights identified in Part 2.8(a), together with the Trade
Secrets used by any Acquired Corporation, constitutes (A) all Proprietary Rights used or currently
proposed to be used in the business of any of the Acquired Corporations as conducted prior to or on
the date of this Agreement or as proposed to be conducted by Acquired Corporations, (B) all
Proprietary Rights necessary or appropriate to make, use, offer for sale, sell or import the
Acquired Corporation Products, and (C) all Proprietary Rights required for use of the Acquired
Corporation Technology.
2.8(c) Part 2.8(c) lists all Contracts relating to any Acquired Corporation Proprietary
Rights, any Acquired Corporation Technology or any Acquired Corporation Product, as follows:
(i) Part 2.8(c)(i) lists (A) any Contract granting any right to make, have made, manufacture,
use, sell, offer to sell, import, export, or otherwise distribute an Acquired Corporation Product,
with or without the right to sublicense the same, on an exclusive basis; (B) any license of
Proprietary Rights or Technology to or from any of the Acquired Corporations, with or without the
right to sublicense the same, on an exclusive basis; (C) joint development Contracts related to any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights, Acquired Corporation Technology or Acquired Corporation
Products; (D) any Contract that restricts the use, transfer, delivery or licensing of Acquired
Corporation Products, Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights (or any tangible embodiment thereof)
or any Acquired Corporation Technology, and (E) any Contract pursuant to which any Acquired
Corporation granted any Person a covenant not to xxx/assert or other immunity from suit under any
Acquired Corporation Patents and any Contract pursuant to which any Person granted a covenant not
to xxx/assert or other immunity from suit in favor of any Acquired Corporation;
(ii) Part 2.8(c)(ii) lists all licenses, sublicenses, covenants not to xxx/assert or other
immunity from suit, and other Contracts to which any Acquired Corporation is a party and pursuant
to which such Acquired Corporation is authorized to use any Proprietary Rights or Technology owned
by any Person, excluding nonexclusive licenses for “off the shelf” software widely available
through regular commercial distribution channels on standard terms and conditions (other than open
source and general public licenses, as such term is defined below) that were obtained by the
Acquired Corporations in the Ordinary Course of Business, at a cost not exceeding $200,000
individually or $500,000 in the aggregate. There are no royalties, fees or other amounts payable
by any of the Acquired Corporations to any Person by reason of the ownership, use, sale or
disposition of Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights, Acquired Corporation Technology or Acquired
Corporation Products. No Acquired Corporation has transferred, licensed or sublicensed any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Right or Acquired Corporation Technology other than pursuant to
written Contract signed by a duly authorized representative of such Acquired Corporation; and
(iii) None of the Acquired Corporations has entered into any written or oral Contract, or
other arrangement to indemnify any other Person against any charge of infringement by any Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Rights, Acquired Corporation Technology or Acquired Corporation
Product other than unaltered indemnification provisions contained in standard form sales or
other agreements with customers, end users or distributors arising in the Ordinary Course of
Business, the forms of which have been made available to Parent or its counsel.
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2.8(d)
(i) None of the Acquired Corporations jointly owns, licenses or claims any right, title or
interest with any other Person in any Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights or Acquired
Corporation Technology. No current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of any
of the Acquired Corporations has any right, title or interest in, to or under any Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Rights or Acquired Corporation Technology in which any of the Acquired
Corporations has (or purports to have) any right, title or interest that has not been exclusively
assigned, transferred or licensed to Acquired Corporations.
(ii) No Person has asserted or threatened a claim, against an Acquired Corporation, nor to the
Knowledge of the Company, are there any facts which could give rise to a claim, which would
adversely affect any Acquired Corporation’s ownership rights to, or rights under, any Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Rights or Acquired Corporation Technology, or any Contract or other
arrangement under which any Acquired Corporation claims any right, title or interest under any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights or Acquired Corporation Technology or restricts in any
material respect the use, transfer, delivery or licensing by the Acquired Corporations of the
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights, Acquired Corporation Technology or Acquired Corporation
Products;
(iii) None of the Acquired Corporations is subject to any proceeding or outstanding decree,
order, judgment or stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer or licensing of any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights or Acquired Corporation Technology by any of the Acquired
Corporations, the use, transfer or licensing of any Acquired Corporation Products by any of the
Acquired Corporations, or which may adversely affect the validity, use or enforceability of any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights;
(iv) To the Knowledge of the Company, no Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights or Acquired
Corporation Technology owned by an Acquired Corporation have been infringed or misappropriated by
any Person. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no unauthorized use, disclosure or
misappropriation of any Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights or Acquired Corporation Technology
by any current or former officer, manager, director, stockholder, member, employee, consultant or
independent contractor of any of the Acquired Corporations.
(v) The Acquired Corporations have taken all commercially reasonable and customary measures
and precautions necessary to protect and maintain their Trademarks and no opposition proceedings
have been commenced related thereto in any jurisdictions in which such proceedings are available.
To the Knowledge of the Company, there does not exist any fact with respect to any Copyrights owned
by the Acquired Corporations that would (i) preclude the issuance of any Registered Copyright from
any Copyright applications, or (ii) render any such Copyrights invalid or unenforceable.
2.8(e) Each of the Acquired Corporations has taken all commercially reasonable and customary
measures and precautions necessary to protect and maintain the confidentiality and restrict the use
of all Trade Secrets in which any of the Acquired Corporations has any right, title or interest and
otherwise maintain and protect the Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights and Acquired Corporation
Technology.
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2.8(f) All Technology and Proprietary Rights (including tangible embodiments thereof)
incorporated into or part of the Acquired Corporation Products, all Acquired Corporation Technology
and all Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights necessary for the manufacture, test, sale and use
of the Acquired Corporation Products are solely owned by the Acquired Corporations. Each Acquired
Corporation Product conforms and complies in all material respects with the terms and requirements
of any applicable warranty. No customer or other Person has asserted in writing or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened to assert any claim against any Acquired Corporation under or
based upon any warranty relating to any Acquired Corporation Product. The Company has received no
written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, unwritten product liability claim related to any
Acquired Corporation Product.
2.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities. The Acquired Corporations have no liabilities or
obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, determined, determinable, xxxxxx,
inchoate or otherwise), except for (a) liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in
the Company Balance Sheet, or (b) current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business
since the date of the Company Balance Sheet that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations.
2.10 Taxes.
2.10(a) The Acquired Corporations have filed or caused to be filed all Tax Returns (or
applicable extensions) that are or were required to be filed by or with respect to any of them,
either separately or as a member of a group of corporations, pursuant to applicable Legal
Requirements. All Tax Returns (or applicable extensions) filed by (or that include on a
consolidated basis) any of the Acquired Corporations were (and, as to Tax Returns not filed as of
the date hereof, will be) in all material respects true, complete and correct and filed on a timely
basis.
2.10(b) The Acquired Corporations have, within the time and in the manner prescribed by Legal
Requirements, paid (and until Closing will pay within the time and in the manner prescribed by
Legal Requirements) all Taxes that are due and payable by the Acquired Corporations, except for
Taxes being contested by the Company in good faith.
2.10(c) Each of the Acquired Corporations has complied (and until the Closing will comply)
with all Legal Requirements, rules and regulations relating to the withholding of Taxes and has,
within the times and in the manner prescribed by Legal Requirements, paid over (and until the
Closing will pay over) to the proper Governmental Body all amounts required to be paid under Legal
Requirements, rules and regulations relating to the paying over of Taxes.
2.10(d) To the Company’s Knowledge, no Tax Return of any of the Acquired Corporations is
currently under audit or examination by any Governmental Body. No written notice of any such audit
or examination has been received by any of the Acquired Corporations and none of the Acquired
Corporations has Knowledge of any threatened audits, investigations or claims for or relating to
Taxes, and there are no matters currently under discussion with any Governmental Body with respect
to Taxes. No issues relating to Taxes were raised in writing by the relevant Governmental Body
during any presently pending audit or examination, and no issues relating to Taxes were raised in
writing by the relevant Governmental Body in any completed audit or examination that can reasonably
be expected to recur in a later taxable period. Part 2.10(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists, and the Company has made available to Parent copies of, all examiner’s or auditor’s reports,
notices of proposed adjustments or similar reports or notices received in writing by any of the
Acquired Corporations from any Governmental Body since May 14, 2007 and, to the extent in the
possession of the Company, since January 1, 2005.
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2.10(e) The charges, accruals, and reserves with respect to Taxes on the respective books of
each of the Acquired Corporations are in accordance with GAAP. No material differences exist
between the amounts of the book basis and the tax basis of assets (net of liabilities) that are not
accounted for by an accrual on the books of the Acquired Corporations to the extent accrual is
required for such assets under GAAP. There exists no proposed assessment of Taxes against any of
the Acquired Corporations that is unresolved.
2.10(f) No Encumbrance for Taxes exists with respect to any assets or properties of any of the
Acquired Corporations, nor will any such Encumbrances exist at Closing except for Permitted
Encumbrances.
2.10(g) Part 2.10(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has made
available to Parent copies of, any Tax sharing agreement, Tax allocation agreement, Tax indemnity
obligation or similar written or unwritten agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice with
respect to Taxes (including any advance pricing agreement, closing agreement or other agreement
relating to Taxes with any Governmental Body but excluding customary tax indemnities contained in
credit or other commercial agreements the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes) to
which any of the Acquired Corporations is a party or by which any of the Acquired Corporations is
bound. No such agreements shall be modified or terminated after the date hereof prior to Closing
without the Consent of Parent.
2.10(h) None of the Acquired Corporations has requested any extension of time within which to
file any material Tax Return, which Tax Return has not since been filed.
2.10(i) None of the Acquired Corporations has executed any outstanding waivers or comparable
Consents regarding the application of the statute of limitations on assessment with respect to any
Taxes or Tax Returns.
2.10(j) No power of attorney currently in force has been granted by any of the Acquired
Corporations concerning any Taxes or Tax Return.
2.10(k) Part 2.10(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and Company has made available
to Parent complete and accurate copies of, all material Tax Returns, and any amendments thereto,
filed by or on behalf of, or which include, any of the Acquired Corporations, for all taxable
periods beginning after 2004.
2.10(l) Part 2.10(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and Company has made available
to Parent true and complete copies of, all material memoranda and material written opinions of
counsel, whether inside or outside counsel, and all memoranda and opinions of accountants or other
Tax advisors, which have been received by any of the Acquired Corporations with respect to Taxes.
2.10(m) None of the Acquired Corporations is required to include in income any adjustment for
a taxable period for which the statute of limitations period remains open pursuant to Section 481
of the Code by reason of a voluntary change in accounting method initiated by any of the Acquired
Corporations, and to the Company’s Knowledge, the Internal Revenue Service has not proposed any
such change in accounting method.
2.10(n) The amount of each Acquired Corporation’s net operating loss carryovers for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, if any, and the dates on which they arose, are set forth in Part
2.10(n) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
2.10(o) The amount of each Acquired Corporation’s tax credit carryover for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, and the nature of those tax credits and years in which they arose, are set forth in
Part 2.10(o) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
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2.10(p) No election under Section 338 of the Code has been made by or with respect to any of
the Acquired Corporations or any of their respective assets or properties for any taxable period
for which the statute of limitations period remains open.
2.10(q) The disallowance of a deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code for employee
remuneration will not apply to any amount paid or payable by any of the Acquired Corporations under
any Acquired Corporation Contract, Benefit Plan (as defined in Section 2.11(a)), program,
arrangement or understanding in effect.
2.10(r) None of the Acquired Corporations is a party to any agreement, Contract or arrangement
that could result separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of an “excess parachute payment”
within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.
2.10(s) None of the Acquired Corporations has taken any action, nor to the Company’s Knowledge
is there any fact or circumstance, that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from
qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
2.10(t) None of the Acquired Corporations is required to include any item of income in, or
exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof)
ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) “closing agreement” as described in Section
7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax
law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) intercompany transactions or any excess loss
account, in each case, arising or occurring prior to the Closing Date and described in Treasury
Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state,
local or foreign income Tax law, (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or
prior to the Closing Date, or (iv) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date.
2.10(u) None of the Acquired Corporations has participated in any transaction that is either a
“listed transaction” or that the Acquired Corporation believes in good faith is a “reportable
transaction” or a “transaction of interest” (all as defined in Section 1.6011-4 of the Treasury
Regulations).
2.10(v) None of the Acquired Corporations has, nor has ever had, a permanent establishment in
any country other than its country of organization.
2.10(w) No Acquired Corporation is a party to any “nonqualified deferred compensation plan”
subject to Section 409A of the Code that would subject any Person to Tax pursuant to Section 409A
of the Code based upon a good faith interpretation of all applicable regulations, notices and
regulatory guidance.
2.10(x) All material related party transactions involving any Acquired Corporation are in
compliance with applicable U.S. and foreign transfer pricing principles and documentation
requirements and, to the extent applicable, Section 482 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder, as well as any comparable provisions of state, local, or foreign law, to
the extent applicable.
2.10(y) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the shares of capital
stock of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries may under the current laws and regulations of the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company and such Subsidiary be paid to their respective
stockholders, and all such dividends and other distributions will not be subject to
withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations and are otherwise free and clear of any
other Tax, withholding or deduction and without the necessity of obtaining any Governmental
Authorization from any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties. Dividends declared with respect to after-tax
retained earnings on the equity interests of the PRC Subsidiaries may under the current laws and
regulations of the PRC (which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect) be paid to
their respective shareholders, in Renminbi that may be converted into U.S. dollars and freely
transferable out of the PRC, subject to the successful completion of PRC formalities required for
such remittances and all such dividends and distributions.
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2.10(z) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
Contemplated Transactions will, directly or indirectly cause any of the Acquired Corporations to
become subject to or to become liable for the payment of any Tax, or to lose any material Tax
benefit, except that the representation and warranty contained in this Section 2.10(z) does not
apply to the United States federal or state income tax treatment of the Contemplated Transactions described
in Section 2.10(s), Recital C, Section 5.8 and Section 6.1(f).
2.11 Employee Benefits.
2.11(a) There has not been (i) any adoption or material amendment by any of the Acquired
Corporations of any collective bargaining agreement or any bonus, pension, profit sharing, deferred
compensation, incentive compensation, stock ownership, stock purchase, stock option, phantom stock,
stock appreciation right, retirement, vacation, severance, disability, death benefit,
hospitalization, medical, worker’s compensation, supplementary unemployment benefits, or other plan
or any employment or service agreement providing compensation or benefits to any current or former
employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any beneficiary thereof or entered into, maintained or contributed to, as the case may be, by any
of the Acquired Corporations (collectively, “Benefit Plans”), or (ii) any adoption of, or amendment
to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Benefit Plans which would increase
materially the expense of maintaining such Benefit Plans above the level of the expense incurred in
respect thereof for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, except, in the case of subsections (i)
and (ii), for the adoption of an employee incentive plan, under which (A) 199,000 shares of Company
Common Stock reserved for issuance, and (B) no shares of Company Common Stock have been issued.
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions will (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) result in, cause the
accelerated vesting or delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to
any employee of the Acquired Corporations, and all Benefit Plans permit assumption by Parent upon
consummation of the Contemplated Transactions without the Consent of any participant or other
party.
2.11(b) Part 2.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule includes a complete list of all
Benefit Plans, whether or not written, and whether covering one Person or more than one Person,
sponsored or maintained by any Acquired Corporation, to which any Acquired Corporation contributes
or is obligated to contribute, or with respect to which an Acquired Corporation has or may have any
liability.
2.11(c) Except as set forth on Part 2.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no executive
officer of any Acquired Corporation (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the Securities Act) has notified
the Company or any Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or otherwise terminate
such officer’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary. No executive officer of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, to the Knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment Contract, confidentiality, disclosure or
proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other Contract or agreement or
any restrictive
covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the
Company or any Subsidiary to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.
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2.11(d) There are no outstanding and unpaid loans and advances made by any of the Acquired
Corporations to any employee, director, consultant or independent Contract, other than routine
travel and expense advances made to employees in the Ordinary Course of Business. Except as
reflected in the Company SEC Reports, the Acquired Corporations have not, since May 14, 2007,
extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of
credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer (or equivalent
thereof) of the Company. There are no such loans reflected in the Company’s books and records, or
in the financial statements set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2007.
2.11(e) Each of the Acquired Corporations has complied, and are presently in compliance with
all statutes, laws, ordinances, rules or regulations, or any orders, rulings, decrees, judgments or
arbitration awards of any court, arbitrator or any government agency relating to employment, equal
opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, wages, hours, benefits, collective bargaining, the
payment of social security and similar taxes, income tax withholding, occupational safety and
health, and/or privacy rights of employees. During the three-year period prior to the date of this
Agreement, none of the Acquired Corporations has been a party to any action in which any of the
Acquired Corporations was, or is, alleged to have violated any Legal Requirement relating to
employment, equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, wages, hours, benefits, collective
bargaining, the payment of social security and similar taxes, occupational safety and health,
and/or privacy rights of employees.
2.11(f) Except as described on Part 2.11(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no
retired employees, officers, managers or directors of any of the Acquired Corporations, or their
dependents, receiving benefits or scheduled to receive benefits from any of the Acquired
Corporations in the future.
2.12 Compliance with Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations.
2.12(a) The Acquired Corporations are, and from May 14, 2007 to the date hereof the Acquired
Corporations at all times have been, in compliance with each Legal Requirement that is or was
applicable to any of them or to the conduct or operation of their business or the ownership or use
of any of their assets, except to the extent that any non-compliance could not be reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with
or without notice or lapse of time or both) (i) may constitute or result in a violation by any of
the Acquired Corporations of, or a substantial failure on the part of any of the Acquired
Corporations to comply with, any Legal Requirement, or (ii) may give rise to any obligation on the
part of any of the Acquired Corporations to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost
of, any substantial remedial action of any nature, except in the case of subsections (i) and (ii)
to the extent that any occurrence, circumstance, violation, failure or non-compliance could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. From May 14, 2007 to the date hereof,
none of the Acquired Corporations has received any written notice or other written communication
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any unwritten notice or unwritten communication, from any
Governmental Body or any other Person regarding any actual or alleged violation of, or failure to
comply with, any Legal Requirement or obligation to take remedial action in respect thereof.
2.12(b) To the Company’s Knowledge, prior to May 14, 2007, the Acquired Corporations were at
all times in compliance with each Legal Requirement that is or was applicable to any of them or to
the conduct or operation of their business or the ownership or use of any of their assets, except
to the extent that any non-compliance could not be reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. To the Company’s Knowledge, prior to May 14, 2007, none of the Acquired
Corporations received any notice or other communication from any Governmental Body or any other
Person regarding any actual or alleged violation of, or failure to comply with, any Legal
Requirement or obligation to take remedial action in respect thereof.
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2.13 Environmental Matters. To the Company’s Knowledge, each Acquired Corporation is
in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws (which compliance includes, but is not limited
to, the possession by each such Acquired Corporation of all permits and other Governmental
Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws, and compliance with the terms and
conditions thereof), except to the extent that any such non-compliance or violation could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of the
Acquired Corporations has received any written communications or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
any unwritten communications, from a Governmental Body alleging that any Acquired Corporation is
not in such compliance, and there are no past or present actions or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents that may prevent or interfere
with such compliance in the future. None of the Acquired Corporations has ever been subject to, or
received any written notice, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any unwritten notice, of any
private, administrative or judicial action alleging a material violation of Environmental Laws, or
any written notice, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any unwritten notice, of any such claim,
and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there is no reasonable basis for any such notice or action and
there are no pending or threatened actions or proceedings (or notices of potential actions or
proceedings) from any Governmental Agency regarding any matter relating to health, safety or
protection of the Environment. To the Company’s Knowledge, no facts, events or conditions with
respect to the past or present operations or Facilities exist which interferes with or prevents
continued compliance with, or gives rise to any common law or statutory liability or otherwise form
the basis of any claim involving any non-compliance with Environmental Laws.
2.14 Legal Proceedings.
2.14(a) There is no pending Legal Proceeding (i) that has been commenced by or against any of
the Acquired Corporations, except for such Legal Proceedings as are normally incident to the
business carried on by the Acquired Corporations and could not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations,
(ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or
otherwise interfering with, any of the Contemplated Transactions, or (iii) against any director or
officer of any of the Acquired Corporations pursuant to Section 8A or 20(b) of the Securities Act
or Section 21(d) or 21C of the Exchange Act.
2.14(b) To the Knowledge of the Company, (i) no Legal Proceeding that if pending would be
required to be disclosed under the preceding paragraph has been threatened, and (ii) no event has
occurred or circumstance exists that may give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement of
any such Legal Proceeding.
2.15 Absence of Certain Changes and Events. Since December 31, 2007, the Acquired
Corporations have conducted their businesses only in the Ordinary Course of Business and there has
not been any Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations, and no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the
Acquired Corporations, or:
2.15(a) any loss, damage or destruction to, or any interruption in the use of, any of the
assets of any of the Acquired Corporations (whether or not covered by insurance) that has had or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations;
2.15(b) (i) any declaration, accrual, set aside or payment of any dividend or any other
distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock of any Acquired Corporation, or (ii) any
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by any Acquired Corporation of any shares of capital
stock or other securities;
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2.15(c) any sale, issuance or grant, or authorization of the issuance of, (i) any capital
stock or other security of any Acquired Corporation (except for Company Common Stock issued to the
Pilpol Stockholders, upon the valid exercise of Company Warrants, or upon the valid conversion of
the Notes), (ii) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security of
any Acquired Corporation, or (iii) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital
stock or other security of any Acquired Corporation;
2.15(d) any amendment or waiver of any of the rights of any Acquired Corporation under any
provision of any Contract evidencing any Company Warrant;
2.15(e) any amendment to any Organizational Document of any of the Acquired Corporations;
2.15(f) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization,
reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction involving any
Acquired Corporation;
2.15(g) any creation of any Subsidiary of an Acquired Corporation or acquisition by any
Acquired Corporation of any equity interest or other interest in any other Person;
2.15(h) any change of the methods of accounting or accounting practices of any Acquired
Corporation in any material respect;
2.15(i) any material Tax election by any Acquired Corporation;
2.15(j) any commencement or settlement of any Legal Proceeding by any Acquired Corporation; or
2.15(k) any agreement or commitment to take any of the actions referred to in clauses (a)
through (i) above.
2.16 Contracts; No Defaults.
2.16(a) Part 2.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists as of the date hereof, and,
except to the extent filed in full without redaction as an exhibit to a Filed Company SEC Report,
the Company has made available to Parent copies of, each Acquired Corporation Contract and other
instrument or document (including any amendment to any of the foregoing):
(i) described in paragraphs (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(9) or (b)(10) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K of
the SEC;
(ii) with any director, officer or Affiliate of the Company;
(iii) evidencing, governing or relating to indebtedness for borrowed money,
(iv) not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business that involves expenditures or
receipts in excess of $25,000;
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(v) that in any way purports to limit the freedom of any Acquired Corporation or any of their
Affiliates to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any geographic
area or to hire or retain any Person;
(vi) relating to the employment of, or the performance of services by, any employee or
consultant, or pursuant to which any of the Acquired Corporations is obligated to make any
severance, termination or similar payment in excess of $50,000 to any current or former employee or
director, or pursuant to which any of the Acquired Corporations is or may become obligated to make
any bonus or similar payment (other than payments constituting base salary) in excess of $50,000 to
any current or former employee or director;
(vii) (A) relating to the acquisition, transfer, development, sharing or license of any
Proprietary Rights and/or Technology (except for any Contract pursuant to which (i) any Proprietary
Rights is licensed to the Acquired Corporations under any third party software license generally
available to the public, or (ii) any Proprietary Rights is licensed by any of the Acquired
Corporations to any Person on a non exclusive basis pursuant to an unmodified standard license
agreement, the form of which has been provided to Parent); or (B) of the type referred to in
Section 2.8(c);
(viii) providing for indemnification of any officer, director, employee or agent;
(ix) (A) relating to the acquisition (by merger, consolidation or otherwise), issuance,
voting, registration, sale or transfer of any securities of any Person, (B) providing any Person
with any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right with
respect to any securities, (C) relating to the acquisition of the assets of any Person (other than
the acquisition of assets in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (D) providing any of the Acquired
Corporations with any right of first refusal with respect to, or right to repurchase or redeem, any
securities, except for Contracts evidencing Company Warrants;
(x) incorporating or relating to any guaranty, warranty or indemnity or similar obligation,
except for Contracts substantially identical to the standard forms of end-user licenses previously
made available by the Company to Parent;
(xi) relating to any currency hedging;
(xii) imposing or containing a covenant not to xxx or similar provisions;
(xiii) (A) to which any Governmental Body is a party or under which any Governmental Body has
any rights or obligations under a commercial relationship, or (B) directly or indirectly benefiting
any Governmental Body (including any subcontract or other Contract between any Acquired Corporation
and any contractor or subcontractor to any Governmental Body);
(xiv) requiring that any of the Acquired Corporations give any notice or provide any
information to any Person prior to considering or accepting any Acquisition Proposal or similar
proposal, or prior to entering into any discussions, agreement, arrangement or understanding
relating to any Acquisition Transaction or similar transaction;
(xv) contemplating or involving the payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an
amount or having a value in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate, or contemplating or involving the
performance of services having a value in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate; and
(xvi) any other Contract, if a breach of such Contract would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations.
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Each of the foregoing is a “Material Contract.”
2.16(b) Each Material Contract is valid and in full force and effect, and is enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
2.16(c) (i) None of the Acquired Corporations has breached, or committed any default under,
any Acquired Corporation Contract, except for breaches and defaults that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Acquired Corporations; and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other Person has violated or
breached, or committed any default under, any Acquired Corporation Contract, except for violations,
breaches and defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations; (ii) to the Knowledge
of the Company, no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or
without notice or lapse of time) will or would reasonably be expected to, (A) result in a violation
or breach of any of the provisions of any Acquired Corporation Contract, (B) give any Person the
right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Acquired Corporation Contract, (C) give
any Person the right to receive or require a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery
schedule under any Acquired Corporation Contract, (D) give any Person the right to accelerate the
maturity or performance of any Acquired Corporation Contract, or (E) give any Person the right to
cancel, terminate or modify any Acquired Corporation Contract, except in each such case for
defaults, acceleration rights, termination rights and other rights that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Acquired Corporations; and (iii) since May 14, 2007 (and to the Knowledge of the Company as to
the period from January 1, 2005 to May 14, 2007), none of the Acquired Corporations has received
any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible violation or breach of, or
default under, any Acquired Corporation Contract, except in each such case for defaults,
acceleration rights, termination rights and other rights that have not had and would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations.
2.17 Insurance. Part 2.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all of the
Company’s currently effective insurance policies. All such policies are in full force and effect,
all premiums due thereon have been paid and the Acquired Corporations have complied with the
provisions of such policies. The Acquired Corporations have not been advised of any defense to
coverage in connection with any claim to coverage asserted or noticed by the Acquired Corporations
under or in connection with any of their extant insurance policies. The Acquired Corporations have
not received any written notice, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any unwritten notice, from or
on behalf of any insurance carrier issuing policies or binders relating to or covering any of the
Acquired Corporations that there will be a cancellation or non-renewal of existing policies or
binders, or that alteration of any equipment or any improvements to real estate occupied by or
leased to or by the Acquired Corporations, purchase of additional equipment, or material
modification of any of the methods of doing business, will be required.
2.18 Labor Matters. (a) None of the Acquired Corporations is a party to, or bound by,
any collective bargaining agreement, Contract or other agreement or understanding with a labor
union or labor organization; (b) none of the Acquired Corporations is the subject of any Legal
Proceeding
asserting that any of the Acquired Corporations has committed an unfair labor practice or
seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor organization as to wages or conditions of
employment; (c) there is no strike, work stoppage or other labor dispute involving any of the
Acquired Corporations pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened; (d) no complaint, charge
or Legal Proceeding by or before any Governmental Body brought by or on behalf of any employee,
prospective employee, former employee, retiree, labor organization or other representative of its
employees is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against any of the Acquired
Corporations; (e) no material grievance is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened
against any of the Acquired Corporations; and (f) none of the Acquired Corporations is a party to,
or otherwise bound by, any Consent decree with, or citation by, any Governmental Body relating to
employees or employment practices.
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2.19 Interests of Officers and Directors. None of the officers or directors of any of
the Acquired Corporations or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Acquired
Corporations) has any interest in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, used in
or pertaining to the business of the Acquired Corporations, or in any supplier, distributor or
customer of the Acquired Corporations, or any other relationship, Contract, agreement, arrangement
or understanding with the Acquired Corporations, except as disclosed in the Filed Company SEC
Reports and except for the normal rights of a stockholder and rights under the Benefit Plans.
2.20 Business Relationships. The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of
the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions will not materially adversely affect the
relationships of the Acquired Corporations with any material customers, distributors, licensors,
designers and suppliers. None of the Acquired Corporations has received any notification that any
material distributor, reseller, original equipment manufacturer, customer, supplier, foundry or
manufacturer will discontinue or materially reduce the purchase, supply or manufacture, as the case
may be, of any Acquired Corporation Products.
2.21 Rights Plan; Anti-Takeover Statutes. The Company does not now have, nor has it
ever had, any stockholder rights plan or “poison pill” in effect, including, without limitation,
any agreement with a third party trust or fiduciary Entity with respect thereto. The Company has
taken all appropriate and necessary actions so that the restrictions on business combinations
contained in Section 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, of the NRS will not apply to Parent or Merger Sub
or to this Agreement, the Merger, the Conversion Agreement, the Undertaking Agreement, the Release
Agreement or the other Contemplated Transactions. Except for Section 78.438 of the NRS (which has
been rendered inapplicable by action of the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the execution
hereof pursuant to the foregoing sentence), no “moratorium,” “acquisition of controlling interest,”
“control share,” “fair price,” “combinations with interested stockholders,” “business combination,”
or other similar anti-takeover statutes, laws or regulations of any state, including the State of
Nevada (and including the NRS), or any applicable anti-takeover provision in the articles or
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of any of the Acquired Corporations is, or at the Effective
Time will be, applicable to this Agreement, the Merger, the Conversion Agreement, the Undertaking
Agreement, the Release Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions.
2.22 Brokers. No broker, finder, investment banker or other Person (other than Xxxx
Capital Partners, LLC) is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in
connection with the Merger and the Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on
behalf of any Acquired Corporation. There are no other Acquired Corporation Contracts between the
Acquired Corporations and Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC pursuant to which such firm would be entitled
to any payment relating to the Contemplated Transactions.
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2.23 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Acquired Corporations, nor to the
Knowledge of the Acquired Corporations, any agent or other Person acting on behalf of any of the
Acquired Corporations, has, directly or indirectly, (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity,
(ii) made any unlawful payment to any Governmental Body’s officials or employees or to any foreign
or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by any of the Acquired Corporations (or made by any Person acting on their behalf
of which any Acquired Corporation is aware) which is in violation of any Legal Requirement, or (iv)
has violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
2.24 PFIC. None of the Acquired Corporations is or intends to become a “passive
foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of Code.
2.25 OFAC. None of the Acquired Corporations, any director or officer of the Acquired
Corporations, or, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Corporations, any agent, employee, Affiliate or
Person acting on behalf of any Acquired Corporation is currently identified on the specially
designated nationals or other blocked Person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”); and the Acquired Corporations have not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or
loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner
or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in violation of any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC.
2.26 Money Laundering Laws. The operations of each of the Acquired Corporations are
and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the money laundering statutes of applicable
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations
or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Body (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving any Acquired Corporation with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best Knowledge of the Acquired Corporations, threatened.
2.27 Additional PRC Representations and Warranties.
2.27(a) All material Consents, approvals, authorizations or licenses requisite under PRC law
for the due and proper establishment and operation of each of the Acquired Corporations have been
duly obtained from the relevant PRC Governmental Body or their respective local counterparts and
are in full force and effect.
2.27(b) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Bodies required in respect of
each of the Acquired Corporations and their operations including, without limitation, the
registration with and/or approval by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of Industry
and Commerce, the State Administration for Foreign Exchange, tax bureau and customs offices and
other PRC Governmental Bodies that administer foreign investment enterprises have been duly
completed in accordance with the relevant PRC rules and regulations, except where the failure to
complete such filings and registrations does not, and would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have or be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.27(c) Each of the Acquired Corporations have complied with all relevant PRC laws and
regulations regarding the contribution and payment of its registered share capital, the payment
schedule of which has been approved by the relevant PRC Governmental Body. There are no
outstanding
rights to acquire, or commitments made by any of the Acquired Corporations to sell, any of
their respective equity interests.
2.27(d) None of the Acquired Corporations is in receipt of any letter or notice from any
relevant PRC Governmental Body notifying it of the revocation, or otherwise questioning the
validity, of any licenses or qualifications issued to it or any subsidy granted to it by any PRC
Governmental Body for non-compliance with the terms thereof or with applicable PRC laws, or the
need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out by any of the
Acquired Corporations.
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2.27(e) The Acquired Corporations have conducted their respective business activities within
their permitted scope of business or have otherwise operated their respective businesses in
compliance, in all material respects, with all relevant Legal Requirements and with all requisite
licenses and approvals granted by competent PRC Governmental Bodies. As to licenses, approvals and
government grants and concessions requisite or material for the conduct of any part of any of the
Acquired Corporations’ business which is subject to periodic renewal, none of the Acquired
Corporations has any Knowledge of any grounds on which such requisite renewals will not be granted
by the relevant PRC Governmental Bodies.
2.27(f) With regard to employment and staff or labor, each of the Acquired Corporations have
complied, in all material respects, with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including without
limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social benefits, medical benefits,
insurance, retirement benefits, pensions or the like.
2.28 Stamp Duty; Transfer Taxes. No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or
duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of
Parent to any Governmental Body in the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, the PRC or any other
applicable jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other
than on the net income of Parent where the net income of Parent is otherwise subject to taxation by
the applicable jurisdiction), in connection with the Contemplated Transactions.
2.29 Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements. Each holder of Company Common
Stock who executes and delivers a written consent pursuant to a Majority Stockholder Written
Consent Agreement adopting this Agreement and approving the Merger is (a) an executive officer,
Affiliate, or director of the Company, a founder of the Company or such founder’s family member, or
a holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Company Common Stock, and (b) an “accredited investor”
(as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act).
2.30 Required Vote. The affirmative votes or written consents of the holders of a
majority of the shares of Company Common Stock outstanding on the record date are the only votes or
consents of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Company necessary under the
NRS and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to adopt or approve this Agreement and approve the
Merger. The shares of Company Common Stock that are subject to the written consents delivered to
Parent pursuant to the Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements are (and will continue
through the Closing to be) sufficient to constitute the Required Company Stockholder Vote.
2.31 Full Disclosure. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on
behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 Registration
Statement will, at the time the Form S-4 Registration Statement is filed with the SEC or at the
time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
None of the information supplied or to
be supplied by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the
Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus will, at the time the Joint Proxy and Information
Statement/Prospectus is mailed to the stockholders of the Company or the stockholders of Parent or
at the time of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
The Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus will comply as to form in all material
respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the
SEC thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by the
Company with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein about Parent supplied
by Parent for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 Registration Statement or the
Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus.
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SECTION 3: Representations and Warranties of Parent.
Parent represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
3.1 Organization and Good Standing.
3.1(a) Parent and Merger Sub are corporations duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, with full corporate
power and authority to conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted, to own or use
their respective properties and assets that they purport to own or use, and to perform all their
respective obligations under Contracts to which Parent or Merger Sub is party or by which Parent or
Merger Sub or any of their respective assets are bound. Parent and Merger Sub are duly qualified
to do business as foreign corporations and are in good standing under the laws of each state or
other jurisdiction in which either the ownership or use of the properties owned or used by them, or
the nature of the activities conducted by them, requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and Merger Sub, taken as a whole.
3.1(b) Parent has made available to the Company through XXXXX copies of the Organizational
Documents of Parent, as currently in effect.
3.2 Authority; No Conflict. Except for the requirement that Parent obtain the Required
Parent Stockholder Vote:
3.2(a) Parent has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Related Agreements to which it is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder
and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Related Agreements to which Parent is a party by Parent and the consummation by Parent of the
Contemplated Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent are necessary to authorize this Agreement
or to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (other than, with respect to the Merger, the filing
of the Certificate of Incorporation Amendment and, as required by the DGCL and NRS, the
Certificates of Merger). The Board of Directors of Parent (the “Parent Board”) has approved this
Agreement and declared it to be advisable. This Agreement and the Related Agreements to which
Parent is a party have been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and, assuming the due
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with their terms subject to the
effect of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
now or hereafter in effect relating to rights
of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law and equity governing specific performance,
injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
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3.2(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the Related Agreements to
which Parent is a party, nor the consummation of any of the Contemplated Transactions do or will,
directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time or both); (i) contravene, conflict
with, or result in a violation of any provision of the Organizational Documents of Parent or Merger
Sub; (ii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of, any Legal Requirements to which
Parent or Merger Sub, or any of the assets owned or used by Parent or Merger Sub, is subject; (iii)
contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give
any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate, or modify, any
Governmental Authorization that is held by Parent or Merger Sub, or that otherwise relates to the
business of, or any of the assets owned or used by, Parent or Merger Sub; (iv) contravene, conflict
with, or result in a violation or breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or
give any Person the right to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to cancel, terminate, or
modify, any Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is party or by which Parent or Merger Sub or any
of their respective assets are bound; (v) require a Consent from any Person; or (vi) result in the
imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the assets owned or used
by Parent or Merger Sub, except, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi), for any
such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not prevent or delay
consummation of the Merger in any material respect, or otherwise prevent Parent from performing its
obligations under this Agreement in any material respect, or that could not reasonably be expected
to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.2(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Related Agreements to
which Parent is a party by Parent, nor the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the Contemplated Transactions by Parent, require any Consent of, or filing with or notification to,
any Governmental Body, except (i) for (A) applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, the
Securities Act, any national securities exchange on which the Parent Common Stock is then listed,
and Blue Sky Laws, (B) the filing of the Certificates of Merger as required by the DGCL and NRS,
(C) the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation Amendment with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware, and (D) filings made in connection with applicable Antitrust Laws and investment
laws and (ii) such other Consents, filings or notifications where failure to obtain such Consents,
or to make such filings or notifications, would not prevent or delay the consummation of the Merger
in any material respect, or would otherwise prevent Parent from performing its obligations under
this Agreement in any material respect, or could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in
the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and Merger Sub.
3.2(d) The Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Merger
and the Contemplated Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Merger Sub
and the consummation by the Merger Sub of the Contemplated Transactions have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the
Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Contemplated Transactions
(other than, with respect to the Merger, the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the Parent
as the holder of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Merger Sub Common Stock and the
filing of the Certificates of Merger as required by the DGCL and NRS). The Board of Directors of
Merger Sub has unanimously approved this Agreement, declared it to be advisable and resolved to
recommend to Parent that it vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement in accordance with the
DGCL. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Merger Sub and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Merger Sub, enforceable against the
Merger Sub in accordance with its terms.
3.3 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of 250,000,000
shares of Parent Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share
(“Parent Preferred Stock”). As of the date hereof, (a) 67,646,800 shares of Parent Common Stock
are issued and outstanding, all of which are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, (b) 74,646,800 shares of Parent Common Stock are reserved for issuance upon exercise
of outstanding warrants of Parent (“Parent Warrants”), and (c) no shares of Parent Preferred Stock
are issued or outstanding. Except as set forth in this Section 3.3, there are no Contracts or
other obligations relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of Parent or Merger Sub, or obligating Parent or Merger Sub to issue, grant or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other
equity interests in, or securities convertible into equity interests in, Parent or Merger Sub.
Each outstanding share of capital stock of Merger Sub is duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and each such share owned by Parent or Merger Sub is free and clear of all
Encumbrances of any nature whatsoever. None of the outstanding equity securities or other
securities of Parent or Merger Sub was issued in violation of the Securities Act or any other Legal
Requirement. Parent is in control of Merger Sub for purposes of Section 368(a)(2)(D) of the Code.
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3.4 SEC Reports. Parent has made available through XXXXX to the Company a correct and
complete copy of each report, registration statement and definitive proxy statement filed by Parent
with the SEC (the “Parent SEC Reports”), which are all the forms, reports and documents required to
be filed by Parent with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement. As of their respective dates,
the Parent SEC Reports: (a) were prepared in accordance and complied in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC Reports, and (b) did not at the
time they were filed (and if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement
then on the date of such filing and as so amended or superseded) contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
3.5 Financial Statements. The financial statements and notes contained or
incorporated by reference in Parent SEC Reports fairly present the financial condition and the
results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flow of Parent and Merger Sub as
at the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such financial statements, all in
accordance with GAAP and Regulation S-X of the SEC, subject, in the case of interim financial
statements, to normal recurring year-end adjustments (the effect of which will not, individually or
in the aggregate, be materially adverse) and the omission of notes to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-X of the SEC or GAAP.
3.6 Absence of Certain Changes and Events. Since the filing of its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, Parent has conducted its business only in the
Ordinary Course of Business and there has not been any Material Adverse Effect on Parent, and no
event has occurred or circumstance exists that may result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent,
or:
3.6(a) (i) any declaration, accrual, set aside or payment of any dividend or any other
distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock of Parent, or (ii) any repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition by Parent of any shares of capital stock or other securities;
3.6(b) any sale, issuance or grant, or authorization of the issuance of, (i) any capital stock
or other security of Parent (except for Parent Common Stock issued upon the valid exercise of a
Parent Warrant), (ii) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other
security of Parent (except for Parent Warrants), or (iii) any instrument convertible into or
exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of Parent;
3.6(c) any amendment, to any Organizational Document of Parent, or any merger, consolidation,
share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split,
reverse stock split or similar transaction involving Parent;
3.6(d) any change of the methods of accounting or accounting practices of Parent in any
material respect; and
3.6(e) any agreement or commitment to take any of the actions referred to in clauses (a)
through (d) above.
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3.7 Operation of Merger Sub. Merger Sub has been formed solely for the purpose of
engaging in the transactions contemplated hereby, has not engaged in any business activities and
has no assets, liabilities or obligations other than as contemplated by this Agreement.
3.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Parent has no liabilities or obligations of any
nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, determined, determinable, xxxxxx, inchoate or
otherwise), except for (i) liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in Parent’s
most recent balance sheet included in the Parent SEC Reports (the “Parent Balance Sheet”), or
(ii) current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the Parent
Balance Sheet that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.9 Legal Proceedings.
3.9(a) There is no pending Legal Proceeding (i) that has been commenced by or against Parent
or that otherwise relates to or may affect the business of, or any of the assets owned or used by,
Parent, except for such Legal Proceedings as could not reasonably be expected to, individually or
in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, or (ii) that challenges, or that
may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with, any of
the Contemplated Transactions.
3.9(b) To the Knowledge of Parent, no Legal Proceeding that if pending would be required to be
disclosed under the preceding paragraph has been threatened.
3.10 Board Approval. The Parent Board (including any required committee or subgroup
of the Parent Board) has, as of the date of this Agreement, unanimously (i) declared the
advisability of and approved the Merger and approved and adopted this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) determined that the Merger is in the best interests of the
stockholders of Parent, and (iii) determined 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).
3.11 Trust Fund. As of the date hereof and at the Closing Date, Parent has and will
have not less than $350 million in a trust account (the “Trust Fund”), less such amounts, if any,
as Parent is required to (a) set aside to pay any claims pursuant to DGCL Section 281(b), and (b)
pay to stockholders who elect to have their shares converted into cash in accordance with the
provisions of Parent’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and that certain
Investment Trust Management Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of November 16, 2007, by
and between Parent and American Stock Title & Transfer Co., as trustee of the Trust Fund.
3.12 Compliance. Parent has complied with, and is not in violation of, any Legal
Requirements with respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its
business,
except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not
had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
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3.13 Interested Party Transactions. Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Reports
filed prior to the date of this Agreement, no officer or director of Parent or a member of his or
her immediate family is indebted to Parent nor is Parent indebted (or committed to make loans or
extend or guarantee credit) to any of them, other than reimbursement for reasonable expenses
incurred on behalf of Parent. To Parent’s Knowledge, none of its officers has any direct or
indirect ownership interest in any Person with whom Parent is Affiliated or with whom Parent has a
material contractual relationship, or any Person that competes with Parent, except that each
officer of Parent and members of their respective immediate families may own less than 5% of the
outstanding stock in publicly traded companies that may compete with Parent. To Parent’s Knowledge,
except as set forth in the Parent SEC Reports, no officer or director or any member of their
immediate families is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material Contract with Parent
(other than such contracts as relate to any such individual’s ownership of capital stock or other
securities of Parent).
3.14 Full Disclosure. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on
behalf of Parent for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 Registration Statement
will, at the time the Form S-4 Registration Statement is filed with the SEC or at the time it
becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus will, at the
time the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus is mailed to the stockholders of Parent
or the stockholders of the Company or at the time of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they are made, not misleading. The Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus
will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
representation or warranty is made by Parent with respect to statements made or incorporated by
reference therein about any of the Acquired Corporations (or any of the Proposed Acquired Persons
or other permitted acquisitions) supplied by any of the Acquired Corporations for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 Registration Statement or the Joint Proxy and
Information Statement/Prospectus.
3.15 Qualification as a Reorganization. None of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
respective Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action, nor to Parent’s Knowledge, is there
any fact or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as
a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
SECTION 4: Conduct of Business.
4.1 Covenants of the Company. Except as set forth in Part 4.1 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, from and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination
of this Agreement in accordance with its terms or the Effective Time, each of the Acquired
Corporations shall act and carry on its business in the Ordinary Course of Business, pay its debts
and Taxes and perform its other obligations when due (subject to good faith disputes over such
debts, Taxes or obligations), comply with all applicable Legal Requirements, and use commercially
reasonable efforts, consistent with past practices, to maintain and preserve its business
organization, assets and properties, keep available the services of its present officers and
employees and preserve its advantageous business relationships with customers, strategic partners,
suppliers, distributors and others having business dealings with it to the end that its goodwill
and ongoing business shall be materially unimpaired at the Effective Time. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, from and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms or the Effective Time, none of the
Acquired Corporations shall directly or indirectly, do any of the following without the prior
written Consent of Parent, provided that such Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld:
4.1(a) (i) declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions
(whether in cash, securities or other property) in respect of, any of its capital stock (other than
dividends and distributions by a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to its
parent); (ii) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its
capital stock or any of its other securities; or (iii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
shares of its capital stock or any other of its securities or any rights, warrants or options to
acquire any such shares or other securities, except for reacquisition or repurchase upon forfeiture
of unvested restricted stock pursuant to the terms of any applicable restricted stock purchase or
grant agreement;
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4.1(b) issue, deliver, sell, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any shares of
its capital stock, any other voting securities or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such shares, voting securities
or convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities (other than the issuance of shares to the
Pilpol Stockholders, upon the exercise, settlement or conversion of Company Warrants, or upon
conversion of the Notes, in each case, in accordance with the governing agreements relating thereto
or their present terms);
4.1(c) amend its Organizational Documents, except as expressly provided by this Agreement;
4.1(d) acquire, or enter into any Purchase Document with respect to the acquisition of, (i)
the assets or stock of any business or Person, by merger, consolidation, purchase of stock or
assets, or otherwise, or (ii) any other assets that are material, in the aggregate, to the Acquired
Corporations, taken as a whole, except (A) acquisitions of the Proposed Acquired Persons in
accordance with the terms of the relevant Purchase Documents (as to which the Company will use reasonable
efforts to substitute cash for Company Common Stock), and (B) purchases of inventory, components
or, subject to Section 4.1(i) below, property, plant or equipment (including engineering
development equipment) in the Ordinary Course of Business;
4.1(e) sell, lease, license, pledge, or otherwise dispose of or encumber any properties or
assets of the Acquired Corporations, except for the sale of inventory in the Ordinary Course of
Business and transactions related thereto;
4.1(f) adopt or implement any stockholder rights plan;
4.1(g) enter into an agreement with respect to any merger, consolidation, liquidation or
business combination, or any acquisition or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
or securities of any Acquired Corporation;
4.1(h) (i) incur or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $500,000,
other than such indebtedness which existed as of December 31, 2007 as reflected on the Company
Balance Sheet and other than the Notes, or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person,
(ii) issue, sell or amend any debt securities or warrants or other rights to acquire any debt
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, guarantee any debt securities of another
Person, enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition
of another Person or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing,
(iii) make any loans, advances (other than routine advances to employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business) or capital contributions to, or investment in, any
other Person in excess of $500,000, other than its direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries, or
(iv) other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, enter into any hedging agreement or other
financial agreement or arrangement, intended to protect the Company or its Subsidiaries against
fluctuations in commodities prices or exchange rates;
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4.1(i) make any capital expenditures or other expenditures with respect to property, plant or
equipment except for up to $25,000 per month for the Acquired Corporations, taken as a whole, in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
4.1(j) make any changes in accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may
have been required by a change in GAAP or Legal Requirement or, except as so required, change any
assumption underlying, or method of calculating, any bad debt, contingency or other reserve;
4.1(k) except as may be required to comply with any applicable Legal Requirement, (i) pay,
discharge, settle or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued,
asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or
satisfaction, in the Ordinary Course of Business or in accordance with their terms as in effect on
the date of this Agreement, of claims, liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in,
or contemplated by, the most recent consolidated financial statements (or the notes thereto) of the
Company included in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement (to the
extent so reflected or reserved against) or incurred since the date of such financial statements in
the Ordinary Course of Business, or (ii) waive any material benefits of, release or eliminate any
rights under or otherwise modify in any material adverse respect, fail to enforce, or Consent to
any matter with respect to which its Consent is required under, any confidentiality, standstill or
similar agreements to which any of the Acquired Corporations is a party;
4.1(l) modify, amend or terminate any Material Contract to which any of the Acquired
Corporations is a party or, except in the Ordinary Course of Business, knowingly waive, release or
assign any material rights or claims (including any write-off or other compromise of any accounts
receivable of any of the Acquired Corporations);
4.1(m) (i) enter into any material Contract or agreement, or (ii) except in the Ordinary
Course of Business, license any material Proprietary Rights and/or Technology to or from any third
party;
4.1(n) except as required to comply with Legal Requirements or agreements or pursuant to plans
or arrangements existing on the date hereof, (i) take any action with respect to, adopt, enter
into, terminate or amend any employment, severance, retirement, retention, incentive or similar
agreement, arrangement or benefit plan for the benefit or welfare of any current or former
director, officer, employee
or consultant or any collective bargaining agreement (provided, however, that the Company may
hire employees or independent contractors (A) for the sole purpose of replacing employees who have
terminated their employment, provided that the hired employees must be hired on terms and
conditions, including compensation, which are no greater than the terms and conditions of the
employees being replaced, (B) with respect to any open requisitions for employment existing on the
date hereof or (C) temporary employees or independent contractors hired in the Ordinary Course of
Business terminable at will with no more than 10 business days notice without severance or ongoing
benefit obligations), (ii) increase in any respect the compensation or fringe benefits of, or pay
any bonus to, any director, officer, employee or consultant (other than increases not in excess of
five percent (5%) of base salary granted to non-officer employees pursuant to performance reviews
held in the Ordinary Course of Business), (iii) amend or accelerate the payment, right to payment
or vesting of any compensation or benefits, (iv) pay any material benefit not provided for as of
the date of this Agreement under any benefit plan, (v) grant any awards under any bonus, incentive,
performance or other compensation plan or arrangement or benefit plan, including the grant of stock
options, stock appreciation rights, stock based or stock related awards, performance units or
restricted stock, or the removal of existing restrictions in any benefit plans or agreements or
awards made thereunder, or (vi) take any action other than in the Ordinary Course of Business to
fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any employee plan,
agreement, Contract or arrangement or benefit plan;
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4.1(o) make or rescind any Tax election, settle or compromise any Tax liability or amend any
Tax return;
4.1(p) initiate, compromise or settle any material litigation or arbitration proceeding;
4.1(q) open or close any facility or office;
4.1(r) fail to maintain insurance at levels substantially comparable to levels existing as of
the date of this Agreement;
4.1(s) except with respect to any amounts disputed in good faith by the Company, fail to pay
accounts payable and other obligations of the Acquired Corporations in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
4.1(t) fail to (i) timely file or furnish to or with the SEC all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished, or (ii) use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Company to implement necessary measures to ensure the Company’s
compliance with the requirements of SOX applicable to the Company; or
4.1(u) authorize any of, or commit or agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any of, the
foregoing actions or any action that would materially impair or prevent the satisfaction of any
conditions in Section 6 hereof other than as specifically provided for in this Section 4.1.
4.2 Covenants of Parent. From the date hereof until the Effective Time, unless the
Company shall otherwise Consent in writing, which Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, or as
otherwise expressly permitted by or provided for in this Agreement, Parent shall, and shall cause
Merger Sub to, conduct its business in the Ordinary Course of Business and shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization and goodwill and
relationships with third parties and, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent, to keep available the services of its current key employees, subject to the terms of this
Agreement. In addition to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as
expressly permitted by or provided for in this Agreement, from the
date hereof until the Effective Time, without the prior written Consent of Company, which
Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld:
4.2(a) Parent shall not adopt or propose any material change in its Organizational Documents
except for (i) the Certificate of Incorporation Amendment, (ii) such amendments required by any
Legal Requirement or the rules and regulations of the SEC or the American Stock Exchange, New York
Stock Exchange or other applicable national securities exchange, or (iii) such amendments that do
not have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and would not materially restrict the operation of
Parent; and Parent shall not permit Merger Sub to adopt or propose any material change in their
Organizational Documents except for such amendments that do not have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent and would not materially restrict the operation of any business thereof;
4.2(b) Parent shall not, and shall not permit Merger Sub to, change any method of accounting
or accounting principles or practices by Parent or Merger Sub, except for any such change required
by any Legal Requirement or by a change in any Legal Requirement or GAAP;
4.2(c) Parent shall not, and shall not permit Merger Sub to, fail to (i) timely file or
furnish to or with the SEC all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed or furnished (except those filings by Affiliates of Parent required under Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act which do not have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent), or (ii) comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the SOX applicable to it; and
4.2(d) Parent shall not, and shall not permit Merger Sub, to agree or commit to do any of the
foregoing.
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4.3 Confidentiality. The parties acknowledge that Parent and Company have previously
executed a Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement dated as of February 29, 2008 (the “ Confidentiality
Agreement”), which Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance
with its terms, except as expressly modified herein.
SECTION 5: Additional Agreements.
5.1 No Solicitation.
5.1(a) From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, none of the Acquired
Corporations shall, nor shall any of their Representatives, directly or indirectly:
(i) solicit, initiate, or knowingly or intentionally encourage or facilitate, any inquiries,
offers or proposals that constitute, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition
Proposal (including, without limitation, amending or granting any waiver or release under any
covenant not to xxx or similar agreement with respect to any Company Common Stock, except as
expressly permitted by this Section); or
(ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations
regarding, furnish to any Person any non-public information with respect to, assist or participate
in any effort or attempt by any Person with respect to, or otherwise knowingly or intentionally
cooperate in any way with, any Acquisition Proposal (provided, however, that providing notice of
the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.1 to a third party in response to any such inquiry,
request or Acquisition Proposal shall not, in and of itself, be deemed a breach of this Section).
5.1(b) Neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall:
(i) withdraw, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to withdraw, qualify or modify, in a
manner adverse to Parent or the Merger Sub, the approval or recommendation by the Company Board or
any such committee of the adoption of this Agreement;
(ii) adopt, approve or recommend, or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend, any
Acquisition Proposal; or
(iii) authorize, cause or permit any of the Acquired Corporations to enter into any letter of
intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, merger
agreement or similar agreement constituting or relating to any Acquisition Proposal.
5.1(c) The Company shall promptly (within 24 hours) advise Parent orally and in writing, upon
the Company gaining Knowledge of any Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information
in connection with any Acquisition Proposal, or of any inquiry with respect to, or that would
reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, the material terms and conditions of
any such Acquisition Proposal or inquiry and the identity of the Person making any such Acquisition
Proposal or inquiry. The Company shall not provide any information to or participate in
discussions or negotiations with the Person making any Acquisition Proposal.
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5.1(d) Nothing contained in this Section 5.1 or otherwise contained in this Agreement shall be
deemed to prohibit the Company from taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position with
respect to a tender offer contemplated by Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the
Exchange Act or from making any required disclosure to the Company’s stockholders if, in the good
faith judgment of the Company Board, after consultation with outside counsel, disclosure would be
required under applicable Legal Requirements.
5.1(e) The Acquired Corporations shall, and shall cause their Representatives to, cease
immediately all discussions and negotiations regarding any proposal that constitutes, or could
reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal.
5.2 Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus; Registration Statement.
5.2(a) After the execution of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall jointly prepare and
file with the SEC the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus, which shall serve as a
proxy statement pursuant to Section 14(a), Regulation 14A, and Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act
with respect to Parent, an information statement with respect to the Company, and the Form S-4
Registration Statement. Each of Parent and the Company shall provide promptly to the other such
information concerning its business affairs and financial statements as, in the reasonable judgment
of the providing party or its counsel, may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the Joint
Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 Registration Statement, or in any
amendments or supplements thereto, shall cause its counsel to cooperate with the other party’s
counsel in the preparation of the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4
Registration Statement and shall request the cooperation of such party’s auditors in the
preparation of the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 Registration
Statement. In addition, insofar as such information is within the Company’s control, the Company
shall provide promptly to Parent such information concerning the business affairs and financial
statements of the Proposed Acquired Persons or other permitted acquisition as, in the reasonable
judgment of Parent and the Company and their respective counsel, may be required or appropriate for
inclusion in the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 Registration
Statement, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, and to the extent that it can do so, the
Company shall cause the Proposed Acquired Persons to cooperate in the preparation of the Joint
Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4
Registration Statement and shall request the cooperation of such Proposed Acquired Person’s
auditors in the preparation of the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus and the Form
S-4 Registration Statement.
Each of Parent and the Company shall respond to any comments of the SEC
and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Form S-4 Registration Statement
declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filings, and each
of Parent and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and
comment (which comments will be considered by the other party in good faith) on any amendment or
supplement on the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 Registration
Statement prior to the filing thereof with the SEC. The Company and Parent shall cause the Joint
Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to their respective stockholders at the
earliest practicable time after the Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the
Securities Act. Each of Parent and the Company shall notify the other promptly upon the receipt of
any comments from the SEC or its staff or any other government officials and of any request by the
SEC or its staff or any other government officials for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4
Registration Statement, the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus or any filing pursuant
to Section 5.2(b) or for additional information and shall supply the other with copies of all
correspondence between such party or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, or
its staff or any other government officials, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4
Registration Statement, the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus, the Merger or any
filing pursuant to Section 5.2(b). Each of Parent and the Company shall use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause all documents that it is responsible for filing with the SEC or other
regulatory authorities under this Section 5.2 to comply in all material respects with all Legal
Requirements.
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5.2(b) If, at any time prior to the time that the Required Parent Stockholder Vote has been
obtained (the “Specified Time”), any information is discovered or any event occurs with respect to
Parent or any of the Acquired Corporations, or any change occurs with respect to the other
information included in the Form S-4 Registration Statement or the Joint Proxy and Information
Statement/Prospectus which is required to be described in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the
Form S-4 Registration Statement or the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus so that
such document does not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, the party learning of such information shall notify the other parties
promptly of such event, and Parent and the Company shall promptly file with the SEC any necessary
amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 Registration Statement or the Joint Proxy and Information
Statement/Prospectus, respectively, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such
amendment or supplement cleared for mailing as soon as practicable, and, Parent and the Company
shall, as required by Legal Requirements, disseminate the information contained in such amendment
or supplement to holders of Parent Common Stock and Company Common Stock; provided that, no
amendment or supplement will be filed and no such information shall be otherwise disseminated
without prior consultation between Parent and the Company and providing Parent and the Company with
a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such amendment or supplement.
5.2(c) Parent and the Company shall promptly make all necessary filings with respect to the
Merger under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, applicable Blue Sky Laws and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
5.2(d) Part 5.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has made
available to Parent copies of, each term sheet, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding,
agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, or similar agreement (each, a
“Purchase Document”) relating to proposed acquisitions by an Acquired Corporation of the assets or
equity interests of any other Person (a “Proposed Acquired Person” and each of such currently
proposed
acquisitions, a “Proposed Acquisition”). Prior to the closing of any Proposed Acquisition, or
any other permitted acquisition, the Company will obtain the financial statements (including, in
each case, any notes thereto) and related pro forma financial information that would be required,
pursuant to Regulation S-X, to be contained in the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus
and the Form S-4 Registration Statement (the “Acquisition Financial Statements”). All Acquisition
Financial Statements will (i) comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC (including
Regulation S-X), (ii) be prepared in accordance with GAAP, (iii) fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition and the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and
cash flow of the respective Proposed Acquired Persons as at the respective dates of and for the
periods referred to in such financial statements, subject, in the case of interim financial
statements of any such Proposed Acquired Person, to (A) the omission of notes to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-X, and (B) normal, recurring year-end adjustments (the effect of which
will not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially adverse to such Proposed Acquired
Person), and (iv) be accompanied by an unqualified opinion of a registered independent public
accounting firm acceptable to Parent and qualified to practice before the PCAOB.
5.3 Exchange Listing. Parent agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to
continue the quotation of Parent Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange, New York Stock
Exchange or another national securities exchange during the term of this Agreement.
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5.4 Access to Information. Each of Parent and the Company shall afford to each
other’s officers, employees, accountants, counsel and other representatives, reasonable access
(subject to Legal Requirements regarding the sharing of such information), during normal business
hours, and upon reasonable prior notice, during the period from the date hereof through the
Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, to its (and the Company shall provide Parent
with such access to each Proposed Acquired Person’s or other permitted acquisition’s) properties,
books, contracts, commitments, personnel and records in a manner commensurate with due diligence
conducted by any party prior to the date hereof. Any investigation conducted pursuant to the
access contemplated by this Section 5.4 shall be conducted in a manner that does not unreasonably
interfere with the conduct of the business of the parties or their respective Subsidiaries or the
Proposed Acquired Persons, as the case may be, or create a risk of damage or destruction to any
property or assets of the parties or their respective Subsidiaries. During such period, the
Company and Parent shall furnish or make available promptly to each other (except as otherwise
available on XXXXX) (a) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document
filed or received by it during such period pursuant to the requirements of federal or state
securities laws and (b) all other information concerning its business, properties, assets and
personnel as the other may reasonably request. Parent and the Company, as the case may be, will
hold any such information which is nonpublic in confidence in accordance with the Confidentiality
Agreement. No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.4
or otherwise shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement or the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent and the Company may restrict or otherwise prohibit access to
any documents or information to the extent that (i) access to such documents or information would
risk of waiver of any attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable
privilege applicable to such documents or information or (ii) access to a Contract to which any of
the Acquired Corporations or Parent and Merger Sub is a party or otherwise bound would violate or
cause a default under, or give a third party the right terminate or accelerate the rights under,
such Contract.
5.5 Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.
5.5(a) Parent, acting through Parent’s Board, shall take all actions in accordance with Legal
Requirements, the Organizational Documents of Parent and the rules of the American Stock Exchange,
New York Stock Exchange or other applicable national securities exchange to promptly and
duly call, give notice of, convene and hold as promptly as practicable, and in any event
within forty-five (45) days after the declaration of effectiveness of the Form S-4 Registration
Statement, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting for the purpose of considering and voting upon (i) the
adoption of this Merger Agreement by the stockholders of Parent, (ii) the issuance of Parent Common
Stock in the Merger and (iii) the adoption of the Certificate of Incorporation Amendment (the
“Parent Voting Proposal”). In connection therewith (A) the Parent Board shall recommend approval
of the Parent Voting Proposal by the stockholders of Parent and include such recommendation in the
Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus, (B) neither the Parent Board nor any committee
thereof shall withdraw, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to withdraw, qualify or modify in
any manner adverse to the Company the recommendation of the Parent Board that the Parent’s
stockholders vote in favor of the Parent Voting Proposal, and (C) Parent shall use its reasonable
best efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the Parent Voting Proposal and
shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the Required Parent Stockholder Vote.
Nothing contained in this Section 5.5 or otherwise contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to
prohibit Parent from taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position with respect to a tender
offer contemplated by Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or from making
any required disclosure to Parent’s stockholders if, in the good faith judgment of the Parent
Board, after consultation with outside counsel, such action is required under applicable Legal
Requirements.
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5.5(b) Except to the extent required by Legal Requirements, Parent shall not (i) change the
date specified in the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus for the Parent Stockholders’
Meeting or (ii) postpone, delay or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, except, in each case,
(A) to the extent necessary to ensure that any amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy and
Information Statement/Prospectus required by applicable Legal Requirements is provided to the
stockholders of Parent sufficiently in advance of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or (B) if there
are an insufficient number of shares of Parent Common Stock represented in person or by proxy at
the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting to constitute a quorum or otherwise to approve the Parent Voting
Proposal, in which case Parent may postpone, delay, or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and
use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a quorum and/or the Required Parent Stockholder Vote as
promptly as practicable in the prevailing circumstances.
5.6 Legal Conditions to the Merger.
5.6(a) Subject to the terms hereof, including Section 5.6(b), the Company and the Parent shall
each use all commercially reasonable efforts to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and
do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things
necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated
hereby as promptly as practicable, (ii) as promptly as reasonably practicable, obtain from any
Governmental Body or any other third party any Consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals,
authorizations, or orders required to be obtained or made by the Acquired Corporations or Parent in
connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of
Merger, (iii) as promptly as reasonably practicable, make all necessary filings, and thereafter
make any other required submissions, with respect to this Agreement and the Merger required under
(A) the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other applicable federal or state securities laws,
(B) any applicable Antitrust Laws, and any related governmental request thereunder, and (C) any
other Legal Requirements, and (iv) execute or deliver any additional instruments reasonably
necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of,
this Agreement. The Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other in connection with the
making of all such filings (subject to Legal Requirements regarding the sharing of information),
including providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing party and its advisors prior to
filing and, if requested, accepting all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in
connection therewith. The Company and Parent shall each use all commercially reasonable
efforts (subject to Legal Requirements regarding the sharing of information) to furnish to
each other all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to the
rules and regulations of any Legal Requirement (including all information required to be included
in the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 Registration Statement) in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt,
Parent and the Company agree that nothing contained in this Section 5.6(a) shall modify or affect
their respective rights and responsibilities under Section 5.6(b).
5.6(b) Subject to the terms hereof, Parent and the Company agree, and shall cause each of
their respective Subsidiaries, to cooperate and to use all commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain, as applicable, any government clearances, approvals, actions, or non-actions required to
satisfy the conditions contained in Section 6 under any Legal Requirement, regulation or decree
designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions for the purpose or effect of monopolization or
restraint of trade and/or competition (collectively, “Antitrust Laws”), to respond to any
government requests for information under any Antitrust Law, and to contest and resist any action,
including any legislative, administrative or judicial action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed
or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or
permanent) (an “Antitrust Order”) that restricts, prevents or prohibits, or threatens to restrict,
prevent, or prohibit, the consummation of the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement under any Antitrust Law.
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The parties hereto will consult and cooperate with one another,
and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with any analyses, appearances,
presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on
behalf of any party hereto in connection with proceedings under or relating to any Antitrust Law.
Parent shall be entitled to direct any proceedings or negotiations with any Governmental Body
relating to any of the foregoing, provided that it shall afford the Company a reasonable
opportunity to participate therein. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the
Company shall (i) keep Parent informed of any communication received from, or given to, any
Governmental Body and of any communication received from or given to any Person (other than the
employees, agents, attorneys, representatives, advisors, consultants, or Affiliates of the Company)
in connection with any proceeding by a private party, in each case regarding any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) permit Parent to review in advance any communication
given by the Company to, and consult with Parent in advance of any meeting or conference with, any
Governmental Body or, in connection with any proceeding by a private party, with any other Person
(other than the employees, agents, attorneys, representatives, advisors, consultants, or Affiliates
of Company) and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Body or other Person, give Parent the
opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences.
5.6(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither Parent nor the
Company nor any of their Affiliates shall be under any obligation to make proposals, execute or
carry out agreements or submit to orders providing for the sale, license or other disposition or
holding separate (through the establishment of a trust or otherwise) of any assets of Parent or any
of its Affiliates or the Company or any of its Affiliates or the holding separate of the shares of
Company Common Stock (or shares of stock of the Surviving Corporation) or imposing or seeking to
impose any material limitation on the ability of Parent or any of its Affiliates to conduct their
business or own such assets or to acquire, hold or exercise full rights of ownership of the shares
of Company Common Stock (or shares of stock of the Surviving Corporation).
5.6(d) Each of Parent and the Acquired Corporations shall give any notices to third parties,
and use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any third party Consents related to or
required in connection with the Merger that are (i) necessary to consummate Merger, (ii) disclosed
or required to be disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedule, or (iii) required to prevent the
occurrence of an event that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or Parent, as the case may be, prior to or after the Effective Time.
5.7 Public Disclosure. Parent and the Company shall consult with each other before
issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statement with respect to the Merger or
any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as may be required by any
applicable Legal Requirements, fiduciary duties or the listing requirements of any national
exchange or the OTC-BB. Each party hereto shall use reasonable efforts to provide copies of such
press release or other announcement to the other party, and give due consideration to such comments
of such other party prior to such release or announcement.
5.8 Section 368(a) Reorganization. Parent and Company shall each use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Merger to be treated as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code. The parties hereto hereby adopt this Agreement as a plan of
reorganization.
5.9 Exchange Listing of Additional Shares. Parent shall, if required by the rules of
the American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange on
which the Parent Common Stock is then listed, file with the American Stock Exchange, New York Stock
Exchange or other applicable national securities exchange a Notification Form for Listing
Additional Shares with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the
Merger.
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5.10 Stockholder Litigation. Until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement
in accordance with its terms or the Effective Time, the Company shall give Parent the opportunity
to participate in the defense or settlement of any stockholder litigation against the Company or
the Company Board relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and shall not settle any such litigation without Parent’s prior written Consent, which
will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
5.11 Indemnification.
5.11(a) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
Legal Requirements, cause the Surviving Corporation, for a period of six years from the Effective
Time, to honor all of the Company’s obligations to indemnify and hold harmless each present and
former director and officer of any of the Acquired Corporations (the “Indemnified Parties”),
against any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any claim, action,
suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time,
whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the extent that such
obligations to indemnify and hold harmless exist at the Effective Time.
5.11(b) If Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or assigns shall (i)
consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving
corporation or Entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of
its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be
made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be,
shall assume all of the obligations of Parent and the Surviving Corporation set forth in this
Section 5.11.
5.11(c) The provisions of this Section are intended to be in addition to the rights otherwise
available to the current officers and directors of the Company by any Legal Requirement, charter,
statute, by-law or agreement, and shall operate for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by,
each of the Indemnified Parties, their heirs and their representatives. Parent shall guarantee the
obligations of the Surviving Corporation with respect to any and all amounts payable under this
Section.
5.12 Notification of Certain Matters. Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company,
and the Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, of the occurrence, or failure to occur, of any
event, which occurrence or failure to occur causes, or would be reasonably likely to cause (a) (i)
any representation or warranty of such party contained in this Agreement that is qualified as to
materiality or that makes reference to a Material Adverse Effect to be untrue or inaccurate in any
respect or (ii) any other representation or warranty of such party contained in this Agreement to
be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, in each case at any time from and after the date
of this Agreement until the Effective Time, or (b) any material failure of Parent and the Merger
Sub or the Company, as the case may be, or of any officer, director, employee or agent thereof, to
comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it
under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, the delivery of any notice pursuant to this
Section will not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to the party receiving
such notice or the conditions to such party’s obligation to consummate the Merger.
5.13 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 the written consents required to be executed and delivered pursuant to the Majority
Stockholder Written Consent Agreements from the holders of Company Common Stock listed on
Schedule D evidencing such holders’ adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger.
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5.14 Exemption from Liability Under Section 16(b).
5.14(a) The Board of Directors of the Company, or a committee thereof consisting of
non-employee directors (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act),
shall adopt a resolution in advance of the Effective Time providing that the receipt by the Company
Insiders (as defined below) of Parent Common Stock or Converted Warrants, as applicable, in
exchange for shares of Company Common Stock or outstanding Company Warrants pursuant to the
transactions contemplated hereby is intended to be exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under
the Exchange Act.
5.14(b) The Board of Directors of Parent, or a committee thereof consisting of non-employee
directors (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act),
shall adopt a resolution in advance of the Effective Time providing that the receipt by Parent
Insiders (as defined below) of Parent Common Stock or Converted Warrants, as applicable, in
exchange for shares of Company Common Stock or outstanding Company Warrants pursuant to the
transactions contemplated hereby and to the extent such securities are listed in the Section 16
Information, is intended to be exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
5.14(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Section 16 Information” means information regarding
the Company Insiders and the number of shares of Company Common Stock or outstanding Company
Warrants deemed to be beneficially owned by each such Company Insider and expected to be exchanged
for Parent Common Stock or Converted Warrants in connection with the Merger, which shall be
provided by the Company to Parent within ten (10) business days after the date of this Agreement.
5.14(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Insiders” mean those officers and directors
of the Company who are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
with respect to Company equity securities, as listed in the Section 16 Information, and “Parent
Insiders” mean those Company Insiders, if any, who after the consummation of the Merger will be
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Parent
equity securities.
5.15 Tax Matters.
5.15(a) From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Acquired Corporations,
consistent with past practice, shall (i) duly and timely file all Tax Returns and other documents
required by it to be filed with federal, state and local Tax authorities the failure to file of
which could have a material negative impact, financial or otherwise, subject to extensions
permitted by Legal Requirements and properly granted by the appropriate authority, provided that,
the Company notifies Parent that any of the Acquired Corporations is availing itself of such
extensions, and (ii) pay all Taxes shown as due on such Tax Returns.
5.15(b) Each party shall reasonably cooperate in the preparation, execution, and filing of all
returns, questionnaires, applications, or other documents regarding any real property transfer or
gains, sales, use, transfer, value added, stock transfer and stamp taxes, any transfer, recording,
registration and other fees and any similar taxes which become payable in connection with the
Contemplated Transactions. From the date hereof through the Effective Time, the Acquired
Corporations shall use reasonable efforts to provide Parent with any other Tax information
reasonably requested by Parent.
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5.16 Obligations of Merger Sub. Parent shall take all action necessary to cause
Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation to perform their respective obligations under this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
5.17 Appointment of Parent Directors. Effective as of the Effective Time, Parent
shall increase the size of the Parent Board by two members for a total of seven (7) directors and
shall cause to be appointed to the Parent Board two current members of the Company Board designated
by the Company and reasonably acceptable to Parent.
5.18 No Claim Against Trust Fund; Sole Remedy For Termination of Agreement. The
Company has read and understands (a) Parent’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the
SEC on November 8, 2007, Parent’s final prospectus relating thereto, dated November 12, 2007, and
any and all other Parent SEC Reports (including all exhibits thereto), (b) the Trust Agreement, and
(c) Parent’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (collectively, the “Parent
Disclosures”). The Company acknowledges and understands that (i) Parent is a special purpose
acquisition corporation, (ii) Parent has established the Trust Fund for the benefit of its public
stockholders and may disburse monies from the Trust Fund only as described in the Parent
Disclosures, and (iii) in the event the Contemplated Transactions are not consummated for any
reason by November 16, 2009, Parent will be obligated to return to its stockholders the amounts
being held in the Trust Fund. In accordance with foregoing, the Company acknowledges and agrees
that it does not have and will not have any right, title, interest or claim (collectively,
“Claims”) of any kind or nature, in or to any monies held in the Trust Fund, hereby waives any and
all Claims to any monies held in the Trust Fund that the Company may have or seek to have in the
future (including, but not limited to, any Claims arising as a result of the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, any breach of this Agreement by Parent, or otherwise) and will
not seek recourse against the Trust Fund for any reason (a “Trust Waiver”), and the Company hereby
waives any and all Claims against any of Parent’s vendors that have issued a Trust Waiver to Parent
in connection with services provided to Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 5.18
shall not constitute a waiver of any other remedy of the Company under this Agreement.
SECTION 6: Conditions to Merger.
6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation To Effect the Merger. The respective
obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Merger shall be subject to the
satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
6.1(a)
(i) This Agreement, the Related Agreements and the Merger shall have been adopted and approved
by the Required Company Stockholder Vote as evidenced by the written consents executed and
delivered pursuant to the Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements;
(ii) the Parent Voting Proposal shall have been approved at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting
by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote;
(iii) the Certificate of Incorporation Amendment shall have been approved at the Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to be
effective as of the Closing;
(iv) holders of thirty percent (30%) or more of the shares of Parent Common Stock issued in
Parent’s initial public offering of securities and outstanding immediately before the Closing shall
not have exercised their rights to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the Trust Fund in
accordance with Parent’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Cash Conversion
Election”).
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6.1(b) Any waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under applicable
Antitrust Laws shall have expired or been terminated, and all other necessary approvals under
applicable Antitrust Laws shall have been obtained.
6.1(c) Other than the filing of the Certificates of Merger, all authorizations, Consents,
orders or approvals of, or declarations or filings with, or expirations of waiting periods imposed
by, any Governmental Body in connection with the Merger and the consummation of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements, shall have been filed, been
obtained or occurred on terms and conditions which would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations taken as a whole or the Parent.
6.1(d) The Form S-4 Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities
Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form S-4 Registration Statement shall
have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose, and no similar proceeding with respect to the
Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus, shall have been initiated or threatened in
writing by the SEC or its staff and not concluded or withdrawn.
6.1(e) No Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated,
enforced or entered any order, stay, decree, judgment or injunction (preliminary or permanent) or
other Legal Requirement which is in effect and which has the effect of making the Merger illegal or
otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Related Agreements.
6.1(f) Each of Company and Parent shall have received a written opinion from its respective
counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, based on appropriate representations of the Parent, the
Company and their respective Affiliates, and such other facts, circumstances, assumptions and
agreements as counsel shall deem relevant, to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, the Merger will constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall each execute and deliver to such counsel tax
representation letters requested by such counsel, and upon which such counsel can rely, in
connection with such written opinions.
6.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Parent and the Merger Sub. The
obligations of Parent and the Merger Sub to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction
on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following additional conditions, any of which may be
waived, in writing, exclusively by Parent and the Merger Sub:
6.2(a) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall be
true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on the
Closing Date, except (i) to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as
of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct
as of such date, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2.3
shall be true and correct in all but de minimis respects and (iii) as to all representations and
warranties of the Company other than those set forth in Section 2.3, where the failure to be true
and correct (without regard to any materiality qualifications contained therein), individually or
in the aggregate, has not had, and would not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect on the Acquired Corporations taken as a whole.
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6.2(b) The Acquired Corporations shall have performed in all material respects all obligations
required to be performed by it under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date.
6.2(c) No Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Acquired Corporations taken as a whole
shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement.
6.2(d) Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company certifying that the conditions set
forth in Sections 6.2(a), (b) and (c) above have been satisfied.
6.2(e) There shall not be instituted or pending any action or proceeding by any Governmental
Body (i) seeking to restrain, prohibit or otherwise interfere with the ownership or operation by
the Parent or Merger Sub of all or any material portion of the business of the Acquired
Corporations or of the Parent or Merger Sub or to compel the Parent or Merger Sub to dispose of or
hold separate all or any material portion of the business or assets of the Acquired Corporations or
of the Parent or Merger Sub, or (ii) seeking to impose limitations on the ability of the Parent or
Merger Sub effectively to exercise full rights of ownership of the shares of Company Common Stock
(or shares of stock of the Surviving Corporation, other Acquired Corporations or other permitted acquisitions) including the
right to vote any such shares on any matters properly presented to stockholders or seeking to
require divestiture by the Parent or Merger Sub of any such shares.
6.2(f) Holders of no more than five percent (5%) of the shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding immediately before the Effective Time shall have taken action to exercise their
dissenters’ rights pursuant to Section 92A.380 of the NRS.
6.2(g) Parent shall have received (i) the opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Raysman & Xxxxxxx LLP,
the Company’s special counsel (“Xxxxxx”); (B) the opinion of Xxxx Xxxx Peek Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx,
LLP, the Company’s special Nevada counsel; (C) the opinion of Xx Xxxx Law Firm, the Company’s PRC
counsel; (D) the opinion of F. Zimmern & Co., the Company’s Hong Kong counsel; and
(E) the opinion of Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx, the Company’s British Virgin Islands counsel, each dated
as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent.
6.2(h) Parent shall have received a “comfort” letter in customary form from G.H.P. Xxxxxxx, PC
(“Xxxxxxx”), dated the date of effectiveness of the Joint Proxy and Information
Statement/Prospectus (or such other date or dates reasonably acceptable to Parent), including, with
respect to the financial statements and other financial and pro forma information of the Acquired
Corporations and the Proposed Acquired Persons included in the Joint Proxy and Information
Statement/Prospectus.
6.2(i) The Company shall have corrected material deficiencies of which the Company has been
advised by Xxxxxx contained in any Company SEC Report, registration statement, form, report or
document filed by it with the SEC since May 14, 2007, or required by the SEC.
6.2(j) Parent shall have received a written report from Xxxxxxx setting forth any and all
deficiencies, significant deficiencies, and/or material weaknesses noted in connection with the
Company’s compliance efforts with Section 404 of SOX, and a separate written description from the
Company of the remediation and/or proposed remediation plans for such deficiencies, significant
deficiencies, and/or material weaknesses.
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6.2(k) At or prior to Closing, the Company shall have delivered to Parent copies of
resolutions and actions taken by the Company Board and the Company’s stockholders in connection
with the approval of this Agreement and the Related Agreements.
6.2(l) The parties shall have agreed to the persons to be listed on Part 6.2(l) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule and such persons shall have delivered written resignations from their positions
and offices with the Acquired Corporations.
6.2(m) The Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements shall remain effective, the cash or
stock elections, as applicable, made thereunder shall remain in full force and effect and the
transactions that are required to be consummated by the Effective Time shall have been consummated.
6.2(n) The Undertaking Agreement 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.
6.2(o) The Conversion Agreement shall remain effective, the stock election made thereunder
shall remain in full force and effect and the transactions contemplated thereby that are required
to be consummated at or prior to the Effective Time shall have been consummated.
6.2(p) The Release Agreement shall remain effective, the stock election made thereunder shall
remain in full force and effect and the transactions contemplated thereby that are required to be
consummated at or prior to the Effective Time shall have been consummated, including, without
limitation, the termination of the Make Good Escrow Agreement.
6.2(q) Xu Hong Bin shall have entered into an employment and non-competition agreement on
terms and conditions acceptable to Parent and him.
6.2(r) The Company shall have implemented a bonus plan for Xu Hong Bin and other officers of
the Company consisting of a $15 million bonus pool based on the Company’s net income
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, as adjusted for stock compensation and expenses
of the office of the Chairman and the bonuses themselves and certain contingent payments.
6.3 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the
Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date
of each of the following additional conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively
by the Company:
6.3(a) The representations and warranties of Parent and the Merger Sub set forth in this
Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as
if made on the Closing Date, except (i) to the extent such representations and warranties are
specifically made as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct as of such date, and (ii) where the failure to be true and correct (without
regard to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications contained therein),
individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not be reasonably expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
6.3(b) Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations
required to be performed by them under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date.
6.3(c) The Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by the Chief
Executive Officer of Parent and the Chief Financial Officer of Parent certifying that the
conditions set forth in Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(b) above have been satisfied.
6.3(d) The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have been authorized for listing on the American Stock Exchange, New York
Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
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SECTION 7: Termination and Amendment.
7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective
Time (with respect to Sections 7.1(b) through 7.1(i), by written notice by the terminating party to
the other party), whether before or, subject to the terms hereof, after the approval of Merger by
the stockholders of the Company or the sole stockholder of the Merger Sub:
7.1(a) by mutual written Consent of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company;
7.1(b) by either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated by
December 31, 2008 (the “Outside Date”), provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under
this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to any party whose material breach of this Agreement has
been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before the
Outside Date;
7.1(c) by either Parent or the Company if (i) a Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction
shall have enacted a Legal Requirement or issued a nonappealable final order, decree, or ruling or
taken any other nonappealable final action, in each case having the effect of permanently
restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger, or (ii) as of the Effective Date, there
shall be pending, or there shall be overtly and credibly threatened in writing, any action, suit or
proceeding by any Governmental Body or other Person, having a reasonable likelihood of success,
which, if successful, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Acquired Corporations or Parent;
7.1(d) by Parent, if it has not promptly received after execution of this Agreement, an
Undertaking Agreement executed by each holder of Company Common Stock set forth on Schedule
B,
the Release Agreement, the Conversion Agreement or either of the Majority Stockholder Written
Consent Agreements;
7.1(e) by either Parent or the Company if at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (including any
adjournments and postponements thereof) at which a vote on the Parent Voting Proposal is taken, the
Parent Voting Proposal shall not have been approved by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote
(provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(e) shall not be
available to any party seeking termination if, at such time, such party is in breach of or has
failed to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement);
7.1(f) by Parent if at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (including any adjournment or
postponement thereof), the holders make a Cash Election Conversion;
7.1(g) by Parent, if the Company shall have willfully breached its obligations under Section
5.1;
7.1(h) by Parent, following a breach of or failure to perform any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement, which breach or
failure to perform (i) would cause the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 or 6.2 not to be
satisfied, and (ii) if curable, shall not have been cured prior to the earlier of twenty (20) days
following receipt by the Company of written notice from Parent of such breach or failure to perform
or the Outside Date; or
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7.1(i) by the Company, if there has been a breach of or failure to perform any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or the Merger Sub set forth in this
Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would cause the conditions set forth in Section
6.1 or Section 6.3 not to be satisfied, and (ii) if curable, shall not have been cured prior to the
earlier of twenty (20) days following receipt by Parent of written notice from the Company of such
breach or failure to perform from the Company or the Outside Date.
7.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided
in Section 7.1, this Agreement shall immediately become void and, except as set forth in Section
7.3, there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of Parent, the Company, the Merger Sub
or their respective officers, directors, stockholders, or Affiliates; provided that (a) any such
termination shall not relieve any party from liability for any willful breach of this Agreement,
fraud or knowing misrepresentation, and (b) the provisions of Sections 4.3 (Confidentiality) and
the Confidentiality Agreement, Section 7.2 (Effect of Termination), Section 7.3 (Fees and
Expenses) and Section 8 (Miscellaneous Provisions) (to the extent applicable to such surviving
sections) of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of
this Agreement.
7.3 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided below, all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid
by the party incurring such fees and expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated; provided
however, that the Company and Parent shall share equally (i) all fees and expenses incurred by
Parent or the Company in seeking approvals under applicable Antitrust Laws, and (ii) all fees and
expenses, other than accountants’ and attorneys’ fees, incurred with respect to the printing,
filing and mailing of the Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus (including any related
preliminary materials) and the Form S-4 Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements
thereto. If this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(e) or by Parent
pursuant to Section 7.1(f) and, prior to November 16, 2009, Parent acquires one or more operating
businesses, in a single transaction or series of contemporaneous transactions, through a merger,
capital stock exchange, asset or stock acquisition, exchangeable share transaction or other similar
business combination having collectively a fair market
value (as calculated in accordance with Parent’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation) of at least eighty percent (80%) of Parent’s net assets (excluding deferred
underwriting discounts and commissions) at the time of the acquisition, then Parent shall pay to
the Company as its sole right and remedy an amount equal to all of the Company’s fees, costs and
expenses of the Company’s attorneys, accountants and other service providers incurred by the
Company in respect of the Merger prior to such termination, provided that such amount shall not
exceed $2 million.
SECTION 8: Miscellaneous Provisions.
8.1 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended at any time prior to the Effective Time
by the parties hereto, by action taken or authorized by their respective boards of directors,
whether before or after adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, Parent or
Merger Sub; provided, however, that, after the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the
Contemplated Transactions by the stockholders of the Company, (a) no amendment may be made that
would reduce the amount or change the type of consideration into which each share of Company Common
Stock shall be converted upon consummation of the Merger or alter or change any of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement if any of such alterations or changes, alone or in the aggregate,
would be materially adverse to the stockholders of the Company, or if such approval is otherwise
required under applicable Law, and (b) no amendment may be made that would increase the amount of
consideration into which each share of Company Common Stock shall be converted upon consummation of
the Merger unless all stockholders of the Company have the right to share pro rata in such
increase; provided, further, that from and after the date of this Agreement, whether or not any
such stockholder approval of this Agreement has been obtained, without the prior written Consent of
each Note holder this Agreement may not be amended (i) to lower the Exchange Ratio, (ii) to change
the terms of the Contingent Payments (as such terms are defined in the Conversion Agreement and Release Agreement), (iii) to
change the time periods set forth in Section 7.1(b), (iv) to amend Section 8.1, Section 8.2 or the
last sentence of Section 8.12, or (v) to increase the consideration provided to certain holder’s of
the Company Common Stock without proportionately increasing the consideration provided to stockholders. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement may not be amended, except by an instrument in
writing signed by or on behalf of each of the parties hereto.
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8.2 Waiver.
8.2(a) Neither any failure nor any delay by any party in exercising any right, power or
privilege under this Agreement or any of the documents referred to in this Agreement will operate
as a waiver of such right, power or privilege and no single or partial exercise of any such right,
power or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or privilege or
the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by Legal
Requirements, (i) no waiver that may be given by a party will be applicable except in the specific
instance for which it is given; and (ii) no notice to or demand on one party will be deemed to be a
waiver of any obligation of that party or of the right of the party giving such notice or demand to
take further action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement or the documents
referred to in this Agreement.
8.2(b) At any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent (with respect to the Company) and the
Company (with respect to Parent and Merger Sub), may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the
time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of such party to this Agreement,
(ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representation and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
document delivered pursuant to this Agreement and (iii) waive compliance with any covenants,
obligations or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party to
this Agreement to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written
instrument signed on behalf of such party.
8.3 No Survival. Except in connection with, and to the extent provided in, the
Conversion Agreement, the Release Agreement, the Undertaking Agreements, and the Majority
Stockholder Written Consent Agreements, none of the representations and warranties, or any covenant
to be performed prior to the Effective Time, contained in this Agreement shall survive the
Effective Time and only the covenants that by their terms survive the Effective Time and this
Section 8 shall survive the Effective Time.
8.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, and the
documents and instruments and other agreements among the parties hereto as contemplated by or
referred to herein, including the Conversion Agreement, the Release Agreement, the Undertaking
Agreements, and the Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements, the Company Disclosure
Schedule and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties to
this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among
or between any of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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8.5 Execution of Agreement; Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.
8.5(a) This Agreement 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.
8.5(b) The exchange of copies of this Agreement 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 Agreement as to the parties and may be used in lieu of an
original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties transmitted by facsimile shall be
deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
8.5(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 Agreement or any other document contemplated by this
Agreement (including any amendment or other change thereto) unless and until such party shall have
executed this Agreement 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 Agreement or such
other document contemplated.
8.6 Governing Law. Except to the extent that the corporate laws of the State of Nevada or the
State of Delaware apply to a party, this Agreement 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.
8.7 Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue. In any action or proceeding between any of the
parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, each of the parties: (a) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to
the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, New York (each, a “New York Court”); and (b) agrees that all
claims in respect of such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined exclusively in any New York Court. Each of the parties
hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by any Legal Requirement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in
any other manner permitted by Legal Requirements.
8.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BETWEEN THE PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
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8.9 Disclosure Schedules.
8.9(a) The Company Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in separate Parts corresponding to
the numbered and lettered sections contained in Section 2 and Section 3, respectively. The
information disclosed in any numbered or lettered Part shall be deemed to relate to and to qualify
only the particular representation or warranty set forth in the corresponding numbered or lettered
section in Section 2 or Section 3, as the case may be, and shall not be deemed to relate to or to
qualify any other representation or warranty, except that the disclosure made by the Company in the
Company Disclosure Schedule with respect to any representation or warranty hereunder will be deemed
to have been made with respect to any other representation and warranty requirement the same or
similar disclosure to the extent that the relevance of such disclosure to such other
representations and warranties is reasonably evident from the face of such disclosure.
8.9(b) If there is any inconsistency between the statements in this Agreement and those in the
Company Disclosure Statement (other than an exception set forth as such in the Company Disclosure
Schedule), the statements in this Agreement will control.
8.10 Attorneys’ Fees. In any action at law or suit in equity to enforce this Agreement
or the rights of any of the parties hereunder and except as provided in Section 7.3, the prevailing
party in such action or suit shall be entitled to receive a reasonable sum for its attorneys’ fees
and all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.
8.11 Assignments and Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be
enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of a party’s rights
hereunder may be assigned by such party without the prior written Consent of the other party. No
party may assign or delegate its obligations hereunder. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement
or of any such rights by the Company without such Consent shall be void and of no effect.
8.12 No Third Party Rights. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is
intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto) any right, benefit or
remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, that after
the Effective Time, the Indemnified Persons shall be third party beneficiaries of, and entitled to
enforce, Section 5.11 “Indemnification.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of Notes party
to the Conversion Agreement shall be express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement with
respect to the provisos of Section 8.1, Section 8.2 and the last sentence of this Section 8.12.
8.13 Notices. All notices, Consents, waivers and other communications required or
permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given to a party when (a)
delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service
(costs prepaid);
or (b) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting
equipment confirmed with a copy delivered as provided in clause (a), in each case to the following
addresses or facsimile numbers and marked to the attention of the Person (by name or title)
designated below (or to such other address, facsimile number, e-mail address or Person as a party
may designate by notice to the other parties) between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in the
recipient’s time zone:
Company (before the Closing):
China Water and Drinks, Inc.
Xxxx 00, 0/X, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
1 Science Museum Road
Tsimshatsui East, KO K3 00000
Attention: Xu Hong Bin
Fax no.: x00.00.0000.0000
Xxxx 00, 0/X, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
1 Science Museum Road
Tsimshatsui East, KO K3 00000
Attention: Xu Hong Bin
Fax no.: x00.00.0000.0000
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with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Raysman & Xxxxxxx LLP
000 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Fax no.: 000.000.0000
000 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Fax no.: 000.000.0000
and:
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Raysman & Xxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Fax no.: 000.000.0000
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Fax no.: 000.000.0000
Parent and Merger Sub:
Xxxxxxxx Corporation
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx
Fax no.: 000.000.0000
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx
Fax no.: 000.000.0000
with a copy to:
DLA Piper US LLP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Fax no.: 000.000.0000
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Fax no.: 000.000.0000
8.14 Construction; Usage.
8.14(a) In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears:
(i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(ii) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable,
only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to a Person
in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually;
(iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(iv) reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or
instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof unless the context requires otherwise;
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(v) “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto,” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other provision hereof;
(vi) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the
generality of any description preceding such term;
(vii) “or” is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or”;
(viii) with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and
including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;
(ix) references to documents, instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to
all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto; and
(x) any dollar thresholds set forth herein shall not be used as a benchmark for determination
of what is or is not “material” or a “Material Adverse Effect” under this Agreement.
8.14(b) This Agreement was negotiated by the parties with the benefit of legal representation
and any rule of construction or interpretation otherwise requiring this Agreement to be construed
or interpreted against any party shall not apply to any construction or interpretation hereof.
8.14(c) The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall
not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be referred to in connection with the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
8.15 Enforcement of Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and
all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party hereunder shall be deemed cumulative with and
not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby or by law on such party, and the exercise of any
one remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other. The parties acknowledge and agree that
each other party hereunder would be irreparably damaged if any of the provisions of this Agreement
are not performed in accordance with their specific terms and that any breach of this Agreement by
a party hereunder could not be adequately compensated in all cases by monetary damages alone.
Accordingly, in addition to any other right or remedy to which a party hereunder may be entitled,
at law or in equity, it shall be entitled to enforce any provision of this Agreement by a decree of
specific performance and temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prevent breaches
or threatened breaches of any of the provisions of this Agreement, without posting any bond or
other undertaking.
8.16 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement will
remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable
only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or
unenforceable.
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Execution Copy
In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the
date first above written.
Xxxxxxxx Corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
Xxxxxxxx Acquisition II Corp. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
China Water and Drinks, Inc. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xu Hong Bin | |||||
Name: | Xu Hong Bin | |||||
Title: | President | |||||
Exhibit A
Certain Definitions
For purposes of the Agreement (including this Exhibit A):
Acquired Corporation(s). An “Acquired Corporation” means the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
and the “Acquired Corporations” means the Company and all of its Subsidiaries.
Acquired Corporation Contract. “Acquired Corporation Contract” shall mean any Contract (a) to
which any of the Acquired Corporations is a party, (b) by which any of the Acquired Corporations or
any asset of any of the Acquired Corporations is or may become bound or under which any of the
Acquired Corporations has, or may become subject to, any obligation, or (c) under which any of the
Acquired Corporations has or may acquire any right or interest.
Acquired Corporation Product(s). “Acquired Corporation Product(s)” means each and all of the
products developed or distributed by any Acquired Corporation, whether currently being distributed,
currently under development, or otherwise anticipated to be distributed under any product “road
map” of an Acquired Corporation.
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights. “Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights” shall mean any
Proprietary Rights owned by or licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations or otherwise used in
the business of any Acquired Corporation.
Acquired Corporation Technology. “Acquired Corporation Technology” means all Technology owned by
any Acquired Corporation or used in the conduct of the business of any Acquired Corporation as
currently conducted or contemplated to be conducted.
Acquisition Program. “Acquisition Program” shall mean the (i) Proposed Acquisitions, and (ii)
currently contemplated business acquisitions and capital expansion projects as previously disclosed
in writing to Parent prior to the date hereof.
Acquisition Proposal. “Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any proposal or offer, whether in one
transaction or a series of related transactions, for (i) a merger, consolidation, dissolution,
tender offer, exchange offer, recapitalization, share exchange, business combination or other
similar transaction involving any of the Acquired Corporations, in which a Person or “group” (as
defined in the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Persons directly or indirectly
acquires beneficial or record ownership of Company Common Stock, (ii) the issuance by any of the
Acquired Corporations of its equity securities (other than pursuant to any underwritten or broadly
distributed offering), considered as a whole, (iii) the acquisition (including, without limitation,
through any license or lease, other than nonexclusive licenses or purchases of assets in the
Ordinary Course of Business) in any manner, directly or indirectly, of assets of any of the
Acquired Corporations, (iv) any tender offer or exchange offer in which any Person or “group” (as
such term is defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) shall acquire beneficial ownership
(as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), or the right to acquire
beneficial ownership, of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, (v) any recapitalization,
restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other similar type of transaction with respect to the
Acquired Corporations in which a Person or “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act and the rules
promulgated thereunder) of Persons directly or indirectly shall acquire beneficial ownership of
outstanding securities of any class of voting securities of any of the Acquired Corporations, or
(vi) any transaction which is similar in form, substance or purpose to any of the foregoing
transactions, in each case other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
A-1
Acquisition Transaction. “Acquisition Transaction” shall mean any transaction or series of
transactions involving an Acquisition Proposal.
Affiliate. “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person. The term
“Affiliated” has the meaning correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement. “Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization to which
this Exhibit A is attached, as it may be amended from time to time.
Antitrust Laws. “Antitrust Laws” shall mean any antitrust, unfair competition, merger or
acquisition notification, or merger or acquisition control Legal Requirements under any applicable
jurisdictions, whether federal, state, local or foreign.
Certificate of Incorporation Amendment. “Certificate of Incorporation Amendment” shall mean an
amendment to Parent’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation approved by the holders of
a majority of the shares of Parent Common Stock issued in Parent’s initial public offering of
securities and outstanding as of the record date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, providing for
perpetual existence of Parent.
Coca-Cola Agreements. “Coca-Cola Agreements” shall mean (i) that certain processing agreement by
and between Jilin COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Co. Ltd. and Changchun Taoda Beverage Co. Ltd. dated
September 1, 2005, (ii) that certain processing agreement by and between Guangdong Taigu Coca-Cola
Beverages Co. Ltd. and Guangdong Taoda Beverage Co. Ltd. dated January 1, 2008, (iii) that certain
processing agreement by and between Nanning Coca-Cola Beverages Co. Ltd. and Nanning Taoda Beverage
Co. Ltd. dated January 1, 2006, (iv) that certain processing agreement by and between Qingdao
Coca-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. and Shandong Taoda Beverage Co. Ltd. with an effective term from March
1, 2008 to February 28, 2010, and (v) that certain processing agreement by and between Shenyang
Coca-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. and Changchun Taoda Beverage Co. Ltd. dated March 29, 2007.
Company Common Stock. “Company Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, $0.001 par value per
share, of the Company.
Company Disclosure Schedule. “Company Disclosure Schedule” shall mean the disclosure schedule that
has been prepared by the Company in accordance with the requirements of Section 8.9 and that has
been delivered by the Company to Parent on the date of this Agreement.
Consent. “Consent” shall mean any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or
authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).
Contract. “Contract” shall mean any written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract,
lease, understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense,
insurance policy, benefit plan or legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature.
Control. “Control”, “Controlled”, “Controlling” or “under common Control with” with respect
to any Person, means having the ability to direct the management and affairs of such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise, and
such ability shall be deemed to exist when a Person holds at least fifty (50)% of the
outstanding voting securities of such Person.
A-2
Copyrights. “Copyrights” shall mean all copyrights, copyrightable works, semiconductor topography
and mask work rights, and applications for registration thereof, including all rights of
authorship, use, publication, reproduction, distribution, performance transformation, moral rights
and rights of ownership of copyrightable works, semiconductor topography works and mask works, and
all rights to register and obtain renewals and extensions of registrations, together with all other
interests accruing by reason of international copyright, semiconductor topography and mask work
conventions.
DGCL. “DGCL” shall mean the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Encumbrance. “Encumbrance” shall mean any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security
interest, encumbrance, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, equitable
interest, title retention or title reversion agreement, preemptive right, community property
interest or restriction of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise
(including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any
security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any
restriction on the use of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of
any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
Entity. “Entity” shall mean any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust,
company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company or joint stock
company), firm, society or other enterprise, association, organization or entity.
Environment. “Environment” shall mean soil, land surface or subsurface strata, surface waters
(including navigable waters, ocean waters, streams, ponds, drainage basins, and wetlands),
groundwaters, drinking water supply, stream sediments, ambient air (including indoor air), plant
and animal life, and any other environmental medium or natural resource.
Environmental Law. “Environmental Law” shall mean any Legal Requirement that requires or relates
to:
(a) advising appropriate authorities, employees, and the public of intended or actual releases
of pollutants or Hazardous Materials, violations of discharge limits, or other prohibitions and of
the commencements of activities, such as resource extraction or construction, that could have
significant impact on the Environment;
(b) preventing or reducing to acceptable levels the release of pollutants or Hazardous
Materials into the Environment;
(c) reducing the quantities, preventing the release, or minimizing the hazardous
characteristics of wastes that are generated;
(d) assuring that products are designed, formulated, packaged, and used so that they do not
present unreasonable risks to human health or the Environment when used or disposed of;
(e) protecting resources, species, or ecological amenities;
(f) reducing to acceptable levels the risks inherent in the transportation of Hazardous
Materials, pollutants, oil, or other potentially harmful substances;
(g) cleaning up pollutants that have been released, preventing the threat of release, or
paying the costs of such clean up or prevention; or
(h) making responsible parties pay private parties, or groups of them, for damages done to
their health or the Environment, or permitting self-appointed representatives of the public
interest to recover for injuries done to public assets.
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Exchange Act. “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Facilities. “Facilities” shall mean any real property, leaseholds, or other interests currently or
formerly owned or operated by any Acquired Corporation and any buildings, plants, structures, or
equipment (including motor vehicles, tank cars, and rolling stock) currently or formerly owned or
operated by any Acquired Corporation.
Form S-4 Registration Statement. “Form S-4 Registration Statement” shall mean the registration
statement on Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC by Parent in connection with issuance of Parent
Common Stock in the Merger, as said registration statement may be amended prior to the time it is
declared effective by the SEC.
GAAP. “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles for financial reporting in the
United States, applied on a basis consistent with the basis on which the financial statements
referred herein were prepared.
Governmental Authorization. “Governmental Authorization” shall mean any, (a) permit, license,
certificate, franchise, permission, variance, clearance, registration, qualification or
authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any
Governmental Body or pursuant to any Legal Requirement, or (b) right under any Contract with any
Governmental Body.
Governmental Body. “Governmental Body” shall mean any, (a) nation, state, commonwealth, province,
territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state,
local, municipal, foreign or other government, or (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority
of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission,
instrumentality, official, organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other tribunal).
Hazardous Materials. “Hazardous Materials” shall mean any waste or other substance that is listed,
defined, designated, or classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous, radioactive, or
toxic or a pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, including any
admixture or solution thereof, and specifically including petroleum and all derivatives thereof or
synthetic substitutes therefor and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials.
Issued Patents. “Issued Patents” shall mean all issued patents, reissued or reexamined patents,
revivals of patents, utility models, certificates of invention, registrations of patents and
extensions thereof, regardless of country or formal name, issued by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and any other applicable Governmental Body.
Joint Proxy and Information Statement/Prospectus. “Joint Proxy and Information
Statement/Prospectus” shall mean the joint proxy and information statement/prospectus to be sent to
the Company’s stockholders in connection with the Stockholders Written Consents and to the Parent’s
stockholders in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.
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Knowledge. An individual will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter
if (a) such individual is actually aware of such fact or other matter, or (b) a prudent individual
could be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or other matter after
conducting a reasonable inquiry of appropriate senior executives and responsible key employees of
the Company or Parent, as
applicable, concerning the existence of such fact or other matter. The Company and Parent,
respectively, will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if any
executive officer (as such term is defined under the rules promulgated by the SEC) of Parent or Mr.
Hong Xxx Xx, with respect to the Company, respectively, has, or at any time had, Knowledge of such
fact or other matter.
Legal Proceeding. “Legal Proceeding” shall mean any action, suit, litigation, arbitration,
proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding),
hearing, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or
before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Body or any arbitrator or
arbitration panel.
Legal Requirement. “Legal Requirement” shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or
other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict,
decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented
or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Body (or under the
authority of any national securities exchange upon which the Parent Common Stock or the Company
Common Stock is then listed or traded). Reference to any Legal Requirement means such legal
Requirement as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in
effect from time to time, and reference to any section or other provision of any Legal Requirement
means that provision of such Legal Requirement from time to time in effect and constituting the
substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such section other
provision.
Material Adverse Effect.
An event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or development will be deemed to have a
“Material Adverse Effect” on the Acquired Corporations if such event, violation, inaccuracy,
circumstance or development (including, without limitation, changes in political conditions or
Legal Requirements) has or would have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial
condition, capitalization, assets, liabilities, operations or financial performance of the Acquired
Corporations taken as a whole, including, without limitation, any reduction in business received by
the Company under the Coca-Cola Agreements, (b) the ability of the Company to consummate the Merger
or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement or to perform any of its obligations
under the Agreement, (c) the ability of the Company to consummate the Proposed Acquisitions,
or carry into effect the Acquisition Program, except, with respect to (a), (b) and (c), to the
extent that an such event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or development results directly and
proximately from (i) changes in economic conditions in any country in which the Acquired
Corporations operate, except to the extent that the same disproportionately impact the Acquired
Corporations as compared to other similarly situated companies, (ii) changes to the economic
conditions affecting the industries in which the Acquired Corporations operate, except to the
extent that the same disproportionately impact the Acquired Corporations as compared to other
companies in the industries in which the Acquired Corporations operate, (iii) changes that are
primarily attributable to the announcement of this Agreement, and (iv) changes in the market price
or trading volume of the Company Common Stock; provided, however, that with respect to (i), (ii),
(iii) and (iv), the underlying causes of such changes shall not be excluded.
An event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or development will be deemed to have a
“Material Adverse Effect” on Parent if such event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or
development (including, without limitation, changes in political conditions or Legal Requirements)
has or would have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition,
capitalization, assets, liabilities, operations or financial performance of Parent and Merger Sub
taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of Parent to consummate the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to perform any of its obligations under the
Agreement, except to the extent that an such event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or
development results directly and proximately from (i) changes that are primarily
attributable to the announcement of this Agreement, (ii) changes in the market price or trading
volume of Parent Common Stock (provided that the underlying causes of such changes shall not be
excluded), and (iii) changes in Legal Requirements or GAAP, except to the extent that the same
disproportionately impact Parent and Merger Sub as compared to other companies affected by the
change in Legal Requirements or GAAP.
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Merger Sub Common Stock. “Merger Sub Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, of Merger Sub.
NRS. “NRS” shall mean the Nevada Revised Statutes.
Occupational Safety and Health Law. “Occupational Safety and Health Law” shall mean any Legal
Requirement designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational
safety and health hazards, and any program, whether governmental or private (including those
promulgated or sponsored by industry associations and insurance companies), designed to provide
safe and healthful working conditions.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement. “Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement” means with respect to any Person,
any securitization transaction to which that Person or its Subsidiaries is party and any other
transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which an Entity unconsolidated with that
Person is a party, under which that Person or its Subsidiaries, whether or not a party to the
arrangement, has, or in the future may have (a) any obligation under a direct or indirect guarantee
or similar arrangement, (b) a retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an
unconsolidated Entity or similar arrangement, (c) derivatives to the extent that the fair value
thereof is not fully reflected as a liability or asset in the financial statements, or (d) any
obligation or liability, including a contingent obligation or liability, to the extent that it is
not fully reflected in the financial statements (excluding the footnotes thereto) (for this
purpose, obligations or liabilities that are not fully reflected in the financial statements
(excluding the footnotes thereto) include, without limitation (i) obligations that are not
classified as a liability according to GAAP, (ii) contingent liabilities as to which, as of the
date of the financial statements, it is not probable that a loss has been incurred or, if probable,
is not reasonably estimable, or (iii) liabilities as to which the amount recognized in the
financial statements is less than the reasonably possible maximum exposure to loss under the
obligation as of the date of the financial statements, but, in each case, exclude contingent
liabilities arising out of litigation, arbitration or regulatory actions (not otherwise related to
off-balance sheet arrangements)).
Ordinary Course of Business. “Ordinary Course of Business” shall mean the Ordinary Course of
Business consistent with past custom and practice (including with respect to frequency and amount).
Parent
Common Stock. “Parent Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, $.01 par value per share,
of Parent.
Parent
Stockholders’ Meeting. “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting” shall mean a meeting of the holders
of Parent Common Stock to vote on the Parent Voting Proposal.
Part. “Part” shall mean a part or section of the Company Disclosure Letter.
Patents. “Patents” shall mean the Issued Patents and the Patent Applications.
Patent
Applications. “Patent Applications” shall mean all published and unpublished nonprovisional
and provisional patent applications, reexamination proceedings, invention disclosures and records
of invention, applications for certificates of invention and priority rights, in any country and
regardless of
formal name, including without limitation, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
divisions, renewals, revivals, reissues, re-examinations and extensions thereof.
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Permitted Encumbrances. “Permitted Encumbrances” means (a) statutory liens for Taxes that are not
yet due and payable, (b) statutory liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or renters
under leases or rental agreements, (c) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure
payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar programs mandated by Legal
Requirements, (d) statutory liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to
secure claims for labor, materials or supplies and other like liens, and (e) Encumbrances that do
not materially affect the use or anticipated use of the property.
Person. “Person” shall mean any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.
PRC. “PRC” shall mean the People’s Republic of China.
PRC Governmental Body. “PRC Governmental Body” shall mean a Governmental Body of the PRC.
PRC Subsidiaries. “PRC Subsidiaries” shall mean Guangdong Taoda Drink Co. Ltd., Zhanjiang Taoda
Drink Co. Ltd., Changchun Taoda Beverage Co. Ltd., Shandong Olympic Forward Drink Co. Ltd., Nanning
Taoda Drink Co., Ltd. and Shenyang Aixin Co. Ltd.
Proprietary Rights. “Proprietary Rights” shall mean any (a)(i) Issued Patents, (ii) Patent
Applications, (iii) Trademarks, fictitious business names, domain names, and domain name
registrations, (iv) Copyrights, (v) Trade Secrets, (vi) protections or rights under neighboring
rights law, industrial design rights law, semiconductor chip or mask work protection law, moral
rights law, database protection law, unfair competition law, publicity rights law, privacy rights
law, licenses and other conveyances, and all other intellectual properties and rights (whether or
not appropriate steps have been taken to protect, under applicable Legal Requirements, such other
intangible assets, properties or rights), (b) renewals, extensions and restorations of any of the
foregoing, now or hereafter in force and effect, whether worldwide or in individual countries or
regions, or (c) any right to use or exploit any of the foregoing.
Registered
Copyrights. “Registered Copyrights” shall mean all Copyrights for which registrations
have been obtained or applications for registration have been filed in the United States Copyright
Office and any other applicable Governmental Body.
Registered
Trademarks. “Registered Trademarks” means all Trademarks for which registrations have
been obtained or applications for registration have been filed in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and any applicable Governmental Body.
Representatives. “Representatives” shall mean officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys,
accountants, advisors and representatives.
Required
Company Stockholder Vote. “Required Company Stockholder Vote” shall mean the affirmative
vote to adopt this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding and entitled to vote.
Required
Parent Stockholder Vote. “Required Parent Stockholder Vote” shall mean (i) the
affirmative vote to adopt this Agreement, approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger
and adopt the Certificate of Incorporation Amendment by the holders of a majority of the shares of
Parent Common Stock issued in Parent’s initial public offering of securities and outstanding as of
the record date of the
Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and constituting a quorum for the purpose of voting on such approval,
and (ii) the absence of a Cash Conversion Election.
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SEC. “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act. “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Subsidiary. An Entity shall be deemed to be a “Subsidiary” of another Person if such Person
directly or indirectly owns, beneficially or of record, (a) an amount of voting securities of other
interests in such Entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of
the members of such Entity’s board of directors or other governing body, or (b) at least 50% of the
outstanding equity or financial interests of such Entity.
Tax. “Tax” shall mean any tax (including any income tax, franchise tax, capital gains tax, gross
receipts tax, value-added tax, surtax, excise tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, stamp tax, sales
tax, use tax, property tax, business tax, withholding tax or payroll tax), levy, assessment,
tariff, duty (including any customs duty), deficiency or fee, and any related charge or amount
(including any fine, penalty or interest), imposed, assessed or collected by or under the authority
of any Governmental Body.
Tax Return. “Tax Return” shall mean any return (including any information return), report,
statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election, certificate or
other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted
to, any Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment
of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance
with any Legal Requirement relating to any Tax.
Technology. “Technology” shall mean all manufacturing and operating specifications, data processes,
process technology, plans, drawings, blueprints, formulae, designs, algorithms, data, databases,
data collections and compilations, models, methodologies, theories, ideas, techniques, discoveries,
disclosures, inventions, improvements, logic, code, work of authorship and any other tangible or
intangible form of technology, information or know-how.
Trade Secrets. “Trade Secrets” shall mean all product specifications, data, know-how, formulae,
compositions, processes, designs, sketches, photographs, graphs, drawings, samples, inventions and
ideas, research and development, manufacturing or distribution methods and processes including
fabrication process architecture and process flow, customer lists, current and anticipated customer
requirements, price lists, market studies, business plans, computer software and programs
(including object code), computer software and database technologies, systems, structures and
architectures (and related processes, formulae, composition, improvements, devices, know-how,
inventions, discoveries, concepts, ideas, designs, methods and information), and any other
information, however documented, that is a trade secret within the meaning of the applicable
trade-secret protection law.
Trademarks. “Trademarks” shall mean all (a) trademarks, service marks, marks, logos, insignias,
designs, trade dress, names or other symbols, (b) applications for registration of trademarks,
service marks, marks, logos, insignias, designs, trade dress, names or other symbols, and
(c) trademarks, service marks, marks, logos, insignias, designs, trade dress, names or other
symbols for which registrations has been obtained.
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Exhibit B
Form of Conversion Agreement
B-1
Exhibit C
Form of Undertaking Agreement
C-1
Exhibit D
Form of Release Agreement
D-1
Exhibit E
Form of Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreement
E-1
Exhibit F
Form of Registration Rights Agreement
F-1
Schedule A
List of Signatories for Conversion Agreement
1. | The Pinnacle Fund, L.P. | |
2. | Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | |
3. | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International | |
4. | Liberty Harbor Master Fund, L.P. |
Schedule B
List of Signatories for Undertaking Agreement
1. | IPacific Asset Management | |
2. | IBroader Developments Limited | |
3. | Lap Xxxx Xxxx | |
4. | Sze Xxxx Xx | |
5. | Canary Global Investments Inc. | |
6. | Xxxx Xxxx |
Schedule C
List of Signatories for Release Agreement
1. | The Pinnacle Fund, L.P. | |
2. | Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | |
3. | Xxxxxxxxx Partners, L.P. | |
4. | Westpark Capital, L.P. | |
5. | Sandor Capital Master Fund, L.P. | |
6. | Atlas Capital Master Fund, L.P. | |
7. | Atlas Capital (Q.P.), L.P. | |
8. | Centaur Value Fund | |
9. | United Centaur Master Fund | |
10. | Precept Capital Master Fund, G.P. | |
11. | Glacier Partners | |
12. | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, as Trustee of the AMG Trust est. 1/23/07 | |
13. | BTG Investments, LLC | |
14. | Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
15. | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
16. | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |
17. | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
18. | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Schedule D
List of Signatories for Majority Stockholder Written Consent Agreements
1. | Xu Hong Bin | |
2. | Chen Xing Hua |