AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as
of September 15, 2009, is entered into by and among Golden Green Enterprises
Limited (the “Company”), as
successor-in-interest to China Opportunity Acquisition Corp. (“COAC”), on the one
hand, and Oasis Green Investments Limited, Plumpton Group Limited, and Honest
Joy Group Limited (each an “Investor,” and
together the “Investors”), on the
other hand. The Investors and the Company are also each referred to
separately as a “Party” and together
as the “Parties.” The
Parties, in order to resolve disputed and contested issues and to limit the
hazards, uncertainties and inconvenience of potential litigation, enter into
this Agreement.
WHEREAS, COAC was formed as a
special-purpose acquisition company with significant amounts of cash held in
trust at its inception, but with no active business operations;
WHEREAS, COAC’s only business
purpose was to find a suitable merger partner using the cash in trust as all or
part of the consideration for a merger;
WHEREAS, COAC identified the
Company as a suitable merger partner and entered into negotiations with the
Company and the Investors in respect of a potential merger
transaction;
WHEREAS, on November 12, 2008,
the Company executed an Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization with
China Opportunity Acquisition Corp. (“COAC”), Wealth
Rainbow Development Limited, Henan Green Complex Materials Co., Ltd, and the
Investors (the “Merger
Agreement”), whereby the Company and COAC agreed, upon the satisfaction
of several conditions to closing, to merge with the Company surviving after the
merger (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
Merger Agreement, the Company agreed to issue a total of three million
additional Ordinary Shares of the Company (the “Earn-Out Shares”) to
the Investors in three equal annual installments with such Earn-Out Shares to be
divided among the Investors as specified in the Merger Agreement for each year
that the Company met the respective performance thresholds specified
therein;
WHEREAS, one of several
conditions to the closing of the Merger required COAC to hold a stockholders’
meeting to obtain approval of the Merger from its stockholders;
WHEREAS, in connection with
seeking approval of the Merger from its stockholders, COAC used most of the
funds from its Trust Fund (as defined in the Merger Agreement) to pay certain
stockholders to redeem their Ordinary Shares and/or to help ensure that holders
of a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares would vote in favor of the Merger (the
“Redemptions”);
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the
Redemptions and the significantly depleted funds in the Trust Fund, the Company
proceeded with the Merger, and succeeded to the rights and obligations of
COAC;
WHEREAS, the Company and the
Investors have been negotiating in order to determine the appropriate treatment
and payout of the Earn-Out Shares; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have
agreed, without any admission of liability, that it is in the interests of all
of the Parties and their respective Affiliates and investors to resolve the
issues relating to the Earn-Out Shares amicably and to release the other from
any and all liability associated with the Earn-Out Shares.
2. Definitions. Capitalized terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have the following meanings:
a.
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Affiliates
means all persons and entities controlling, controlled by or under common
control with a Party.
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b.
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Claims means any and all
claims, demands, causes of actions, or liabilities, of any and every
character, kind and nature whatsoever, in law or in equity, whether known
or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, past, present, or future, accrued or
unaccrued, contingent or fixed, arising out of or related to any or all of
the Merger Agreement, the Earn-Out Shares, the Merger, and the
Redemptions.
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c.
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Securities
Act means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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3. Terms of
Payout of Earn-Out Shares.
a.
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Delivery
of Shares. Upon execution of this Agreement by the
Company and the Investors, the Company shall promptly, and no later than
ten days after the date this Agreement is executed by the Parties, deliver
an aggregate of Two Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ordinary
Shares (2,850,000) collectively to the Investors with each Investor a
certificate for such number of Ordinary Shares as is set forth opposite
such Investor’s name on the signature pages hereto to the Investor’s
address specified on such signature page (the “Investor
Shares”).
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b.
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Relief. The
Company acknowledges that in the event it fails to deliver to an Investor
a certificate or certificates representing the applicable number of
Investor Shares as provided in Section 3.a, any remedy at law may prove to
be inadequate relief to the affected Investor. The Company
agrees that such Investor may require specific performance of this
Agreement by insisting upon delivery of the applicable Investor Shares,
and shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief
without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond
or other security.
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4 Interpretation. The Parties have
participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties,
and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any
Party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
5. No
Admission. By entering into
this Agreement, no Party is in any way admitting any liability to any other
Party on account of any matter covered by this Agreement. Rather,
this Agreement is entered into solely for the purpose of compromise and
settlement of doubtful and contested claims and issues, to buy peace, and to
avoid the hazards, delays, and uncertainties of litigation.
6. Mutual
Releases. Effective on the
Release Date, each Investor, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, releases,
acquits, and forever discharges the Company, its predecessors and successors in
interest, its parent and subsidiary organizations, and its Affiliates, all of
their respective officers, directors, employees, managers, shareholders,
partners, attorneys, accountants, advisors, representatives, agents, insurers,
heirs, executors and assigns (collectively, the “Company Releasees”)
of and from any and all Claims; and each Investor covenants never to xxx any of
the Company Releasees upon any of the Claims hereby
released. Effective on the Release Date, the Company, on behalf of
itself and its Affiliates, releases, acquits, and forever discharges each
Investor and its Affiliates, and all of their respective officers, directors,
employees, managers, shareholders, partners, attorneys, accountants, advisors,
representatives, agents, insurers, heirs, executors, and assigns (collectively,
the “Investor
Releasees”) of and from any and all Claims; and the Company covenants
never to xxx any of the Investor Releasees upon any of the Claims hereby
released.
7. Indemnification. In
the event that any Investor institutes any proceedings or asserts any Claim
against any of the Company Releasees, such Investor, to the fullest extent
permitted under the law, shall hold harmless, defend and indemnify such Company
Releasees with respect to such proceedings and asserted Claims.
8. Choice of
Law. This Agreement
shall be interpreted and construed according to the internal laws of the State
of New York (without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
provisions of any jurisdiction), and applicable laws of the United States of
America.
9. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement
supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Parties with
respect to the matters set forth herein and contains the entire agreement of the
Parties with respect to the matters set forth herein. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that
jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of that or any other provision of
this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
10. Amendments. This Agreement
may be modified or amended only in writing, signed by each of the Parties to
this Agreement prior to the effective date of any such modification or
amendment. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by each Party
whose interests are adversely affected by such waiver. No waiver
granted in any one instance shall be construed as a continuing waiver or as a
waiver applicable to any other provision. No exercise or
failure to exercise any right shall preclude any other or further exercise of
that right or any other right.
11. Representations. The Parties
acknowledge that this Agreement is executed after substantial, long-term
negotiations between and among representatives of the Parties. Each
Party represents that: (a) such Party and its attorneys have conducted
their own investigation concerning the facts surrounding the matters covered by
this Agreement and in voluntarily choosing to execute this Agreement, have
relied upon their own analysis of such facts and not on any information
furnished by any other Party or its representatives; (b) there are no oral
or other written agreements concerning the subject matter of this Agreement;
(c) the right to rely on any oral or written statement of any Party or any
failure of any Party to state any fact is expressly waived and released; (d) it
owns and has the right to release any Claims released herein; (e) such Party has
the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform this
Agreement; and (f) the person signing the Agreement on behalf of such Party has
been authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such
Party. In addition, each Investor represents that it (i)
is acquiring the Investor Shares in the ordinary course of business for its own
account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the sale
or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under
the Securities Act, (ii) does not have a present arrangement to effect any
distribution of the Investor Shares to or through any person or entity, (iii)
does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly,
with any person to distribute any of the Investor Shares, (iv) is an “accredited
investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act and (v) is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such Investor
understands that the Company is relying on specific exemptions from the
registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and
that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such
Investor’s compliance with, its representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings set forth herein in order to determine the
availability of such exemptions. When executed by all Parties and
delivered by each Party to the other Parties, this Agreement will constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligation of each Party. This Agreement
shall be binding upon the assignees and successors of the
Parties. This Agreement is personal to the Parties and is not
intended to create any right in any third person who is not a Party or is not
identified as a Company Releasee or an Investor Releasee in Section 6 of
this Agreement.
12. Notice. All notices,
demands, waivers or other communications required or permitted under this
Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon
receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile
evidenced by confirmation of transmission (provided a copy of such facsimile is
also sent by one of the methods provided in (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section
12 within 24 hours of transmission); (iii) two calendar days after deposit with
a courier service that regularly conducts deliveries in the recipient’s
jurisdiction; or (iv) if the recipient is located in the United States, five
calendar days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, in each case addressed to the addressees shown
below:
If
to an Investor:
Xx
Xx Xxxx
c/o
Lu Xxxx Xxxx
Henan
Green Complex Materials Co., Ltd
Henan
Zhengzhou Xinzheng
Shuanghujingjikaifaqu
1 hao
Xinzheng
City Zip Code 451191
Henan
Province
People's
Republic of China
Tel: x00-000-00000000
Fax: x00-000-00000000
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If
to Company:
Golden
Green Enterprises Limited
Xx.
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Longhai Middle Road
Zhengzhou,
China, 451191
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer
with
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
0000
X Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Tel:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
Email:
xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Any Party
may change such Party’s address for the purpose of notices, demands and requests
required or permitted under this Agreement by providing written notice of such
change of address to the other Party, which change of address shall only be
effective when notice of the change is actually received by the Party who
thereafter sends any notice, demand, or request.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement
may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument. A facsimile or electronically reproduced signature shall
constitute due execution, shall be admissible as evidence of execution, and
shall be binding upon the signatory with the same force and effect as if the
signature were an original.
[Signature
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties have executed and delivered this Agreement.
Number of Investor Shares: | OASIS GREEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED | ||
2,622,000 | By: | ||
Name: | |||
Title: |
[Signature
Page of Golden Green Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties have executed and delivered this Agreement.
Number of Investor Shares: | PLUMPTON GROUP LIMITED | ||
142,500 | By: | ||
Name: | |||
Title: |
[Signature
Page of Golden Green Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties have executed and delivered this Agreement.
Number of Investor Shares: | HONEST JOY GROUP LIMITED | ||
85,500 | By: | ||
Name: | |||
Title: |
[Signature
Page of Golden Green Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties have executed and delivered this Agreement.
GOLDEN GREEN ENTERPRISES LIMITED | |||
By: | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xx | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature
Page of Golden Green Agreement]