Share Exchange Agreement by and among Birch Branch, Inc. and its Principal Shareholders and Shun Cheng Holdings HongKong Limited and its Shareholders Dated: May 14, 2010
Exhibit
2.1
by
and among
Birch
Branch, Inc. and its Principal Shareholders
and
Xxxx
Xxxxx Holdings HongKong Limited and its Shareholders
Dated: May
14, 2010
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE
II Exchange of Shares and Share
Consideration
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6
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Section
2.1.
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Share
Exchange
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6
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Section
2.2.
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Closing
Date
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6
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Section
2.3.
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Withholding
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7
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Section
2.4.
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Section
368 Reorganization
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7
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ARTICLE
III Representations and Warranties of the
Company Shareholders
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7
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Section
3.1.
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Authority
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7
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Section
3.2.
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No
Conflict
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8
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Section
3.3.
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Ownership
of Shares
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8
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Section
3.4.
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Litigation
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8
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Section
3.5.
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No
Brokers or Finders
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8
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Section
3.6.
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Acknowledgment
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8
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Section
3.7.
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Legends
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9
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Section
3.8.
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Additional
Legend
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9
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Section
3.9.
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Investor
Status
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9
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Section
3.10.
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Access
to Information
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9
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Section
3.11.
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Purpose
of Investment
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10
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Section
3.12.
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Absence
of Regulatory Review
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10
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ARTICLE IV Representations and Warranties of the Company |
10
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Section
4.1.
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Organization
and Qualification
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10
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Section
4.2.
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Subsidiaries.
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10
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Section
4.3.
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Organizational
Documents
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11
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Section
4.4.
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Authorization
and Validity of this Agreement
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11
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Section
4.5.
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No
Violation
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11
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Section
4.6.
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Binding
Obligations
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11
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Section
4.7.
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Capitalization
of the Company
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12
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Section
4.8.
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Capitalization
of ASET Co
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12
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Section
4.9.
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No
Redemption Requirements
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12
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Section
4.10.
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Compliance
with Laws and Other Instruments
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13
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Section
4.11.
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Certain
Proceedings
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13
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Section
4.12.
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No
Brokers or Finders
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13
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Section
4.13.
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Title
to and Condition of Properties
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13
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Section
4.14.
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No
Undisclosed Events
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13
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Section
4.15.
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Officers
and Directors
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13
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ARTICLE
V Representations
and Warranties of the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror
Company
Principal Shareholders
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14
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Section
5.1.
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Organization
and Qualification
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14
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Section
5.2.
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Subsidiaries
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14
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Section
5.3.
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Organizational
Documents
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14
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Section
5.4.
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Authorization
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14
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Section
5.5.
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No
Violation
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15
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Section
5.6.
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Binding
Obligations
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15
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Section
5.7.
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Securities
Laws
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15
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Section
5.8.
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Capitalization
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15
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Section
5.9.
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No
Redemption Requirements
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16
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Section
5.10.
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Duly
Authorized
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16
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Section
5.11.
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Compliance
with Laws
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16
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Section
5.12.
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Certain
Proceedings
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16
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Section
5.13.
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No
Brokers or Finders
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17
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Section
5.14.
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Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities
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17
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Section
5.15.
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No
Operations
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17
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Section
5.16.
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Insurance
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17
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Section
5.17.
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Changes
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17
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Section
5.18.
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Acquiror
Company Contracts
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18
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Section
5.19.
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No
Defaults
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18
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Section
5.20.
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Employees
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18
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Section
5.21.
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Officers
and Directors
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18
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Section
5.22.
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Tax
Returns
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19
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Section
5.23.
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No
Adjustments, Changes
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19
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Section
5.24.
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No
Disputes
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19
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Section
5.25.
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Not
a U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation
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19
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Section
5.26.
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No
Tax Allocation, Sharing
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19
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Section
5.27.
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No
Other Arrangements
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19
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Section
5.28.
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Material
Assets
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20
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Section
5.29.
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Litigation;
Orders
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20
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Section
5.30.
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Licenses
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20
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Section
5.31.
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Interested
Party Transactions
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20
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Section
5.32.
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Governmental
Inquiries
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20
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Section
5.33.
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Bank
Accounts and Safe Deposit Boxes
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21
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Section
5.34.
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Intellectual
Property
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21
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Section
5.35.
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Title
to and Condition of Properties
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21
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Section
5.36.
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SEC
Documents; Financial Statements
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21
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Section
5.37.
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Internal
Accounting Controls
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21
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Section
5.38.
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Accountants
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22
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Section
5.39.
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No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers
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22
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Section
5.40.
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Regulation
M Compliance
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22
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Section
5.41.
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Business
Records and Due Diligence
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22
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Section
5.42.
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Investment
Company
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22
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Section
5.43.
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Stock
Option Plans; Employee Benefits
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22
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Section
5.44.
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Environmental
and Safety Matters
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23
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Section
5.45.
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Money
Laundering Laws
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23
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Section
5.46.
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Questionable
Payments
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23
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Section
5.47.
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Solvency
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23
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Section
5.48.
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Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act
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23
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Section
5.49.
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No
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or
Circumstances
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24
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Section
5.50.
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Adverse
Interest
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24
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Section
5.51.
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Investor
Status
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24
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Section
5.52.
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Access
to Information
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24
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Section
5.53.
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Purpose
of Investment
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24
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Section
5.54.
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Absence
of Regulatory Review
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24
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Section
5.55.
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Untrue
Statements
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25
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Section
5.56.
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Board
Recommendation
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25
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ii
Section
5.57.
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Certain
Registration Matters
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25
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Section
5.58.
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Application
of Takeover Protections
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25
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Section
5.59.
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Listing
and Maintenance Requirements
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25
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Section
5.60.
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No
Integrated Offering
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25
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Section
5.61.
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Approval
of the Acquiror Company Shareholders
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25
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Section
5.62.
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Disclosure
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26
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ARTICLE
VI Representations
and Warranties of Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders
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26
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Section
6.1.
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Authority
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26
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Section
6.2.
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No
Conflict
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26
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Section
6.3.
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Ownership
of Shares
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27
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Section
6.4.
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Litigation
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27
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Section
6.5.
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No
Brokers or Finders
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27
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Section
6.6.
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Access
to Information
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27
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Section
6.7.
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Accredited
Investor
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27
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ARTICLE VII Conditions Precedent of the Acquiror Company |
27
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Section
7.1.
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Accuracy
of Representations and Warranties
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27
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Section
7.2.
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Performance
of Covenants
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28
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Section
7.3.
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Preparation
of Form 8-K
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28
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Section
7.4.
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Consents
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28
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Section
7.5.
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Closing
Documents
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28
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Section
7.6.
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No
Proceedings
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28
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Section
7.7.
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No
Claim Regarding Share Ownership or Consideration
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28
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Section
7.8.
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Delivery
of Audit Report and Financial Statements
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29
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Section
7.9.
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Stamp
Duty
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29
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ARTICLE VIII Conditions Precedent of the Company and the Company Shareholders |
29
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Section
8.1.
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Accuracy
of Representations
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29
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Section
8.2.
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Performance
by the Acquiror Company
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29
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Section
8.3.
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Certificate
of Officer
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29
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Section
8.4.
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Certificate
of Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders
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29
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Section
8.5.
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Consents
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29
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Section
8.6.
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Schedule
14(f) Filing
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30
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Section
8.7.
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Amendments
to Organizational Documents
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30
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Section
8.8.
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Appointment
of Officers and Directors
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30
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Section
8.9.
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Closing
Documents
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30
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Section
8.10.
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No
Proceedings
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31
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Section
8.11.
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No
Claim Regarding Stock Ownership or Consideration
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31
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Section
8.12.
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Employment
Agreements
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31
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Section
8.13.
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Cancellation
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31
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Section
8.14.
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Applicable
Exemption from Registration under Securities Act
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31
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Section
8.15.
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No
Bankruptcy Proceedings
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31
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Section
8.16.
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Form
8-K
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31
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Section
8.17.
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No
Material Adverse Change
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31
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Section
8.18.
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Post-Closing
Capitalization
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31
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Section
8.19.
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Satisfactory
Completion of Due Diligence
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32
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Section
8.20.
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SEC
Reports
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32
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Section
8.21.
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OTCBB
Quotation
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32
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Section
8.22.
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No
Suspensions of Trading in the Acquiror Company Stock;
Listing
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32
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iii
Section
8.23.
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Payoff
Letters and Releases
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32
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Section
8.24.
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Releases
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32
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Section
8.25.
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Consent
to Use of Financial Statements
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32
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Section
8.26.
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Indemnification
Agreement
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32
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Section
8.27.
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Lien
Searches
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32
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Section
8.28.
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Records
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32
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Section
8.29.
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Stamp
Duty
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33
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ARTICLE IX Indemnification; Remedies |
33
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Section
9.1.
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Survival
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33
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Section
9.2.
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Indemnification
Obligations in favor of the Executive Officers, Directors, Employees and
of Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders
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33
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Section
9.3.
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Indemnification
Obligation in favor of Acquiror Company, the Company and the Company
Shareholders
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34
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Section
9.4.
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Indemnification
Procedures.
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34
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ARTICLE X Covenants |
35
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Section
10.1.
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Preservation
of Business
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35
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Section
10.2.
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Continuing
Efforts
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36
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Section
10.3.
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Corporate
Examinations and Investigations
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36
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Section
10.4.
|
Cooperation;
Consents
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37
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Section
10.5.
|
Blue
Sky Laws
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37
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Section
10.6.
|
Litigation
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37
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Section
10.7.
|
Notice
of Default
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37
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Section
10.8.
|
By-laws
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37
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Section
10.9.
|
No
Liabilities
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37
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Section
10.10.
|
Schedule
14(f) Filing for Change in Majority of Directors
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37
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Section
10.11.
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Assistance
with Post-Closing SEC Reports and Inquiries
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37
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Section
10.12.
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No
Solicitation
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38
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Section
10.13.
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Payment
of Registered Capital of ASET Co
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38
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ARTICLE XX Xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Section
11.1.
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Termination
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38
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Section
11.2.
|
Notice
of Termination; Effect of Termination
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39
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ARTICLE XII General Provisions |
39
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Section
12.1.
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Expenses
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39
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Section
12.2.
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Public
Announcements
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39
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Section
12.3.
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Confidentiality.
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40
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Section
12.4.
|
Notices
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40
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Section
12.5.
|
Arbitration
|
41
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Section
12.6.
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Further
Assurances
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41
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Section
12.7.
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Waiver
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41
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Section
12.8.
|
Entire
Agreement and Modification
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42
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Section
12.9.
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Assignments,
Successors, and No Third-Party Rights
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42
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Section
12.10.
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Severability
|
42
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Section
12.11.
|
Section
Headings, Construction
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42
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Section
12.12.
|
Governing
Law
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42
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Section 12.13.
|
Counterparts
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42
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iv
Schedule
2.1
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ACQUIROR
COMPANY SHARES TO BE ISSUED TO COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS
|
Schedule
3.3
|
COMPANY
SHAREHOLDERS
|
Schedule
3.5
|
BROKERS
OR FINDERS OF THE COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS
|
Schedule
3.9
|
BUSINESS
ADDRESSES OF THE COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS
|
Schedule
4.2(c)
|
ASET
CO.’S CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH SHUNCHENG COKE AND ITS
OWNERS
|
Schedule 4.2(d)
|
SUBSIDIARIES
|
Schedule
4.7
|
CAPITALIZATION
OF THE COMPANY
|
Schedule
4.8
|
CAPITALIZATION
OF ASET CO.
|
Schedule
4.10
|
COMPLIANCE
WITH LAWS OF THE COMPANY
|
Schedule
4.12
|
BROKERS
OR FINDERS OF THE COMPANY
|
Schedule
4.13
|
TITLE
TO AND CONDITION OF PROPERTIES
|
Schedule
4.14
|
MATERIAL
EVENTS
|
Schedule
4.15
|
COMPANY
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
|
Schedule
5.1
|
NAMES
USED BY ACQUIROR COMPANY
|
Schedule
5.8
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY CAPITALIZATION, ETC.
|
Schedule
5.13
|
BROKERS
OR FINDERS OF THE ACQUIROR COMPANY
|
Schedule
5.14
|
LIABILITIES,
ETC. OF ACQUIROR COMPANY
|
Schedule
5.15
|
PRIOR
OPERATIONS OF ACQUIROR COMPANY
|
Schedule
5.16
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY INSURANCE
|
Schedule
5.17
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY – CERTAIN CHANGES
|
Schedule
5.20
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY EMPLOYEES, ETC.
|
Schedule
5.21
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
|
Schedule
5.31
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
Schedule
5.33
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.
|
Schedule
5.36
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY SEC DOCUMENTS
|
Schedule
5.38
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY AUDITOR
|
Schedule
5.41
|
RECORDS
|
Schedule
5.51
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS – ADDRESSES
|
Schedule
6.3
|
ACQUIROR
COMPANY PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS SHARES
|
Schedule
6.5
|
BROKERS
OR FINDERS OF THE ACQUIROR COMPANY PRINCIPAL
SHAREHOLDERS
|
v
This Share
Exchange Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2010, is made by and among Birch
Branch, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Acquiror
Company”), Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Family Partners LTD, LaMirage
Trust, Xxxxxx
Family Partners, LTD, Xxxxxxx Family Trust, Hu Qingying, Ong Xxxx Xxxx and SCM
Capital LLC (collectively, the “Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders”), Xxxx Xxxxx Holdings Limited, Wanjinlin
International Investment Group Limited, Jinmao Investment Group Limited, USA
Wall Street Capital United Investment Group Limited, Global Chinese Alliance
Development Ltd., USA International Finance Consulting Group Ltd., Golden Hill
International Investment Group Limited, Fuhai International Investment Group
Limited, Renhe International Investment Group Limited, Fuyutai International
Investment Group Limited, and Kangchen International Investment Group Limited
(collectively, the “Company
Shareholders”), and Xxxx Xxxxx Holdings HongKong Limited, a Hong Kong
company (the “Company”).
Background
Whereas,
the Acquiror Company wishes to acquire all of the Shares (as defined below) and
the Company Shareholders are willing to transfer all of the Shares, which shares
constitute 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company, in exchange
for 30,233,750 shares of the Acquiror Company Common Stock (as defined below) to
be issued on the Closing Date (as defined below), on the terms and conditions as
set forth herein;
Whereas,
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Acquiror Company Common Stock to be issued to the Company Shareholders shall
constitute 95% of
the issued and outstanding shares of the Acquiror Company Common Stock,
calculated on a fully-diluted basis; and
Whereas,
the board of directors of each of the Acquiror Company and the Company has
determined that it is desirable to effect the exchange transaction contemplated
hereby.
Now,
Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants,
agreements, representations and warranties contained herein, and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
Unless
the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this ARTICLE
I will have the meanings herein specified for all purposes of this
Agreement, applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms
herein defined.
“Accredited
Investor” has the meaning set forth in Regulation D under the Securities
Act.
“Acquiror
Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Acquiror
Company Board” means the board of directors of the Acquiror
Company.
“Acquiror
Company Common Stock” means the Acquiror Company’s common stock, no par
value per share.
“Acquiror
Company Contract” means any and all agreements, contracts, arrangements,
leases, commitments or otherwise, of the Acquiror Company.
“Acquiror
Company Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.2.
“Acquiror
Company Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.30.
“Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“Acquiror
Company Shares” means the Acquiror Company Common Stock being issued to
the Company Shareholders pursuant hereto.
“Affiliate”
means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with the indicated Person.
“Agreement”
means this Share Exchange Agreement, including all Schedules and Exhibits
hereto, as this Share Exchange Agreement may be from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented.
“ASET
Co.” means Anyang Shuncheng Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly foreign
owned limited liability company organized under the laws of the
PRC.
“Cancellation”
means the cancellation of the shares of Common Stock held by the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders pursuant to the terms of the Cancellation
Agreements, which shall be consummated simultaneously with the closing of the
Share Exchange.
“Cancellation
Agreements” means that Cancellation Agreements dated as of the date
hereof among the Acquiror Company, the Company and each of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders.
“Closing”
has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2
“Closing
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission”
or “SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency then
administering the Securities Act.
“Company”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company
Board” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Company
Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.3.
“Company
Shareholder Board” means the board of directors, or similar governing
body, of the applicable Company Shareholder.
“Company
Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company
Subsidiaries” means all of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the
Company.
“Environmental
Laws” means any Law or other requirement relating to the environment,
natural resources, or public or employee health and safety.
“Environmental
Permit” means all licenses, permits, authorizations, approvals,
franchises and rights required under any applicable Environmental Law or
Order.
2
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same will then
be in effect.
“Equity
Security” means any stock or similar security, including, without
limitation, securities containing equity features and securities containing
profit participation features, or any security convertible into or exchangeable
for, with or without consideration, any stock or similar security, or any
security carrying any warrant, right or option to subscribe to or purchase any
shares of capital stock, or any such warrant or right.
“Evaluation
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.37.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any similar federal
statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the
same will be in effect at the time.
“Exhibits”
means the exhibits referred to and identified in this Agreement.
“Financial
Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.36.
“FINRA”
means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
“Form
8-K” means a current report on Form 8-K under the Exchange
Act.
“GAAP”
means, with respect to any Person, United States generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis with such Person’s past
practices.
“Governmental
Authority” means any federal or national, state or provincial, municipal
or local government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative
agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, political subdivision, commission, court, tribunal, official,
arbitrator or arbitral body, in each case whether U.S. or non-U.S.
“Indebtedness”
means any obligation, contingent or otherwise. Any obligation secured
by a Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of, or production from, property of
the relevant party will be deemed to be Indebtedness.
“Indemnified
Party” has the
meaning set forth in Section
9.4(a).
“Indemnifying
Party” has the meaning set
forth in Section
9.4(a).
“Intellectual
Property” means all industrial and intellectual property, including,
without limitation, all U.S. and non-U.S. patents, patent applications, patent
rights, trademarks, trademark applications, common law trademarks, Internet
domain names, trade names, service marks, service xxxx applications, common law
service marks, and the goodwill associated therewith, copyrights, in both
published and unpublished works, whether registered or unregistered, copyright
applications, franchises, licenses, know-how, trade secrets, technical data,
designs, customer lists, confidential and proprietary information, processes and
formulae, all computer software programs or applications, layouts, inventions,
development tools and all documentation and media constituting, describing or
relating to the above, including manuals, memoranda, and records, whether such
intellectual property has been created, applied for or obtained anywhere
throughout the world.
“Knowledge”
means, with respect to each of the Company and the Acquiror Company, the
knowledge of the executive officers of such company, as the case may
be.
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“Laws”
means, with respect to any Person, any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, national,
state, provincial, local, municipal, international, multinational or other law
(including common law), constitution, statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation
or treaty applicable to such Person.
“Legal
Requirement” means any federal, national, state, provincial, municipal
local, foreign, international, multinational or other Order or Law and all
requirements set forth in applicable agreements, contracts, arrangements, leases
or commitments.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of
any kind, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and the filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of
any jurisdiction and including any lien or charge arising by Law.
“Losses”
means any and all demands, claims, complaints, actions or causes of action,
suits, proceedings, investigations, arbitrations, assessments, losses, damages,
diminution in value, deficiencies, payments, liabilities or obligations
(including those arising out of any action, such as any settlement or compromise
thereof or judgment or award therein) and any fees, costs and expenses related
thereto, including without limitation legal expenses, including the fees, costs
and expenses of any kind incurred by any party indemnified herein and its
counsel in investigating, preparing for, defending against or providing
evidence, producing documents or taking other action with respect to any
threatened or asserted claim.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means, when used with respect to the relevant party, any
change, effect or circumstance which, individually or in the aggregate, would
reasonably be expected to (a) have a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, financial condition or results of operations of such party, in each case
taken as a whole or (b) materially impair the ability of the such party, to
perform their obligations under this Agreement, excluding any change, effect or
circumstance resulting from (i) the announcement, pendency or consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) changes in the United
States securities markets generally, or (iii) changes in general economic,
currency exchange rate, political or regulatory conditions in industries in
which such party operates.
“Money
Laundering Laws” has the
meaning set forth in Section
5.45.
“OTCBB” has the
meaning set forth in Section
5.59.
“Order”
means any award, decision, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, subpoena, or
verdict entered, issued, made, or rendered by any Governmental
Authority.
“Organizational
Documents” means (a) the articles or certificate of incorporation and the
by-laws or code of regulations of a corporation; (b) the partnership agreement
and any statement of partnership of a general partnership; (c) the limited
partnership agreement and the certificate of limited partnership of a limited
partnership; (d) the articles or certificate of formation and operating
agreement or the memorandum and articles of association of a limited liability
company; (e) any other document performing a similar function to the documents
specified in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) adopted or filed in connection with
the creation, formation or organization of a Person; and (f) any and all
amendments to any of the foregoing.
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“Permitted
Liens” means (a) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or in respect of
which the validity thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for the payment of which the relevant party has made adequate
reserves; (b) Liens in respect of pledges or deposits under workmen’s
compensation laws or similar legislation, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
laborers and materialmen and similar Liens, if the obligations secured by such
Liens are not then delinquent or are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings conducted and for the payment of which the relevant
party has made adequate reserves; and (c) statutory Liens incidental to the
conduct of the business of the relevant party which were not incurred in
connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credits
and that do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its
property or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its
business.
“Person”
means all natural persons, corporations, business trusts, associations,
companies, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures and other
entities, governments, agencies and political subdivisions.
“PRC”
means the People’s Republic of China, excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Macau.
“Providing
Party”” has the meaning set forth in Section
12.3(b).
“Proceeding”
means any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation, or
suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) commenced,
brought, conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any
Governmental Authority.
“Regulation
D” means Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended,
and as it may be further amended.
“Regulation
S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended,
and as it may be further amended.
“Rule
144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as the same may be amended
from time to time, or any successor statute.
“Schedule
14(f) Filing” means an information statement to be filed by the Acquiror
Company on Schedule 14f-1 under the Exchange Act, as amended.
“Schedules”
means the several schedules referred to and identified herein, setting forth
certain disclosures, exceptions and other information, data and documents
referred to at various places throughout this Agreement. The
Schedules may be updated one or more times prior to the Closing Date and the
delivery of such updated Schedules shall be deemed to have
cured any misrepresentation or breach of warranty that
otherwise might have existed hereunder by reason of such variance or inaccuracy
and none of the Acquiror Company, the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders,
the Company Shareholders or the Company shall have any claim (whether for
indemnification or otherwise) against any other party for any such variance or
inaccuracy; provided that any such updated Schedules containing any change that
would result in any Material Adverse Effect shall not cure any misrepresentation
or breach of warranty of the Acquiror Company, the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders, the Company Shareholders or the Company. Any
information disclosed in a Schedule by a party shall be deemed to be disclosed
by such party and incorporated in any other section of the Agreement or Schedule
where such disclosure would be reasonably apparent on the face of such
disclosure.
“SEC
Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.36
“Section
4(2)” means Section 4(2) under the Securities Act, as the same may be
amended from time to time, or any successor statute.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal
statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the
same will be in effect at the time.
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“Share
Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.1.
“Shares”
means the 10,000 issued and outstanding ordinary shares, of HK$1 each of the
Company.
“Shuncheng
Coke” means Henan Shuncheng Group Coke Co., Ltd., a limited liability
company organized under the laws of the PRC.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company,
joint venture or partnership of which such Person (a) beneficially owns, either
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of (i) the total combined voting power of
all classes of voting securities of such entity, (ii) the total combined equity
interests, or (iii) the capital or profit interests, in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company; or (b) otherwise has the power to vote
or to direct the voting of sufficient securities to elect a majority of the
board of directors or similar governing body.
“Survival
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.1.
“Tax
Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund or
credit, information return, statement or other similar document filed with any
Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes, including any schedule or
attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
“Taxes”
means all foreign, federal, state or local taxes, charges, fees, levies,
imposts, duties and other assessments, as applicable, including, but not limited
to, any income, alternative minimum or add-on, estimated, gross income, gross
receipts, sales, use, transfer, transactions, intangibles, ad valorem,
value-added, franchise, registration, title, license, capital, paid-up capital,
profits, withholding, payroll, employment, unemployment, excise, severance,
stamp, occupation, premium, real property, recording, personal property, federal
highway use, commercial rent, environmental (including, but not limited to,
taxes under Section 59A of the Code) or windfall profit tax, custom, duty or
other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind
whatsoever, together with any interest, penalties or additions to tax with
respect to any of the foregoing; and “Tax” means any of the foregoing
Taxes.
“Third
Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.4(b).
“Transaction
Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Cancellation
Agreements and all other agreements, instruments and other documents to be
executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
“U.S.”
means the United States of America.
ARTICLE
II
Exchange of Shares and Share
Consideration
Section
2.1. Share
Exchange. At the Closing, the Company Shareholders shall
transfer the Shares, representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of
the Company, to the Acquiror Company and, in consideration therefor, subject to
Section
2.3. The Acquiror Company shall issue to the Company
Shareholders an aggregate of 30,233,750 fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Acquiror Company Common Stock (the “Share
Exchange”), all in accordance with Schedule
2.1 hereto.
Section
2.2. Closing
Date. The closing of the Share Exchange (the “Closing”)
will occur at 10:00 am local time at the offices of Blank Rome LLP in Hong Kong
on the second business day following satisfaction or waiver of the closing
conditions set forth in ARTICLE
VII and ARTICLE
VIII or such other date and time as the parties may mutually agree (the
“Closing
Date”).
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Section
2.3. Withholding. The
Acquiror Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Acquiror
Company Shares otherwise issuable to each of the Company Shareholders pursuant
to this Agreement such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with
respect to the making of any applicable payment under the Code or any provision
of state, local, provincial or foreign tax Law. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes
of this Agreement as having been paid to such Company Shareholder in respect of
which such deduction and withholding was made.
Section
2.4. Section
368 Reorganization. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the
Share Exchange is intended to constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning
of Section 351 and/or 368 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 United States Treasury
Regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that no
party is making any representation or warranty as to the qualification of the
Share Exchange as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code or as to the
effect, if any, that any transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date has
or may have on any such reorganization status. The parties
acknowledge and agree that each (i) has had the opportunity to obtain
independent legal and tax advice with respect to the transaction contemplated by
this Agreement, and (ii) is responsible for paying its own Taxes, including
without limitation, any adverse Tax consequences that may result if the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement is not determined to qualify as a
reorganization under Section 351 and/or 368 of the Code.
ARTICLE
III
Representations and
Warranties of the Company Shareholders
Each
Company Shareholder, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants
to the Acquiror Company and the Company as follows:
Section
3.1. Authority. The
Company Shareholder has all requisite authority and power (corporate and other)
and full legal capacity, governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals to enter into this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to
which the Company Shareholder is a party and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which
the Company Shareholder is a party, and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company Shareholder
is a party. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company
Shareholder of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the
Company Shareholder is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or similar action and do not require from the Company Shareholder
Board, if applicable, or the Company Shareholder any consent or approval that
has not been validly and lawfully obtained. The execution, delivery
and performance by the Company Shareholder of this Agreement and each of the
Transaction Documents to which the Company Shareholder is a party requires no
authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of or filing or
registration with any Governmental Authority or other
Person. Assuming this Agreement and the Transaction Documents have
been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto
other than the Company Shareholder, this Agreement and the Transaction Documents
to which the Company Shareholder is a party constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company Shareholder, enforceable against it in
accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement is limited by
general equitable principles, or by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar
Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
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Section
3.2. No
Conflict. Neither the execution or delivery by the Company
Shareholder of this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the Company
Shareholder is a party, nor the consummation or performance by the Company
Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or
indirectly, (a) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of any
provision of the Organizational Documents of the Company Shareholder, if
applicable; (b) contravene, conflict with, constitute a default (or an event or
condition which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default) under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, any agreement
or instrument to which the Company Shareholder is a party or by which the
properties or assets of the Company Shareholders are bound; (c) contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation of, any Law or Order to which the
Company Shareholder, or any of the properties or assets of the Company
Shareholder, may be subject; or (d) require the consent of any Person or
Governmental Authority.
Section
3.3. Ownership
of Shares. The Company Shareholder owns, of record and
beneficially, and has good, valid and indefeasible title to and the right to
transfer to the Acquiror Company pursuant to this Agreement, all of its Shares
as set forth on Schedule
3.3 hereto, free and clear of any and all Liens. There are no
options, rights, voting trusts, shareholder agreements or any other contracts or
understandings to which the Company Shareholder is a party or by which the
Company Shareholder or Shares held by the Company Shareholder are bound with
respect to the issuance, sale, transfer, voting or registration of the
Shares. At the Closing Date, the Acquiror Company will acquire good,
valid and marketable title to the Shares held by the Company Shareholder, free
and clear of any and all Liens.
Section
3.4. Litigation. There
is no pending Proceeding against the Company Shareholder, including but not
limited to, any Proceeding that involves the Shares or that challenges, or may
have the effect of preventing, delaying or making illegal, or otherwise
interfering with, any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document and, to the Knowledge of the Company Shareholder, no
such Proceeding has been threatened, and no event or circumstance exists that is
reasonably likely to give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement of
any such Proceeding.
Section
3.5. No
Brokers or Finders. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3.5, no Person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated
herein will have, any right or valid claim against the Company Shareholder for
any commission, fee or other compensation as a finder or broker, or in any
similar capacity.
Section
3.6. Acknowledgment. The
Company Shareholder understands and agrees that the Acquiror Company Shares to
be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Share Exchange have not been
registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the
U.S. and that the issuance of the Acquiror Company Shares is being effected in
reliance upon an exemption from registration afforded either under Section 4(2)
of the Securities Act for transactions by an issuer not involving a public
offering, Regulation D or Regulation S, and will constitute “restricted
securities” under the Securities Act. The Company Shareholder
understands that the Acquiror Company Shares are being offered and sold to it in
reliance upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties,
agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Company Shareholder set
forth in this Agreement, in order that the Acquiror Company may determine the
applicability and availability of the exemptions from registration of the
Acquiror Company Shares on which the Acquiror Company is relying. The
Company Shareholder understands and agrees that the Acquiror Company Shares may
not be resold without registration under the Securities Act or the existence of
an exemption therefrom. The Company Shareholder understands and
agrees that the Company Shareholder is familiar with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations
imposed thereby and by the Securities Act.
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Section
3.7. Legends. It
is understood that the certificates for Acquiror Company Shares issued to
Company Shareholder will bear the following legend or one that is substantially
similar to the following legend:
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE
OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, IN WHICH CASE THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE
COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED,
ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
Section
3.8. Additional
Legend. The certificates for the Acquiror Company Shares
issued to the Company Shareholders will bear any legend required by the “blue
sky” laws of any state to the extent such laws are applicable to the securities
represented by the certificate so legended.
Section
3.9. Investor
Status. The Company Shareholder is an Accredited Investor and
was not organized for the specific purpose of acquiring the Acquiror Company
Shares. It has sufficient Knowledge and experience in finance,
securities, investments and other business matters to be able to protect its
interests in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company Shareholder has consulted, to the extent that
it has deemed necessary, with its tax, legal, accounting and financial advisors
concerning its investment in the Acquiror Company Shares. The Company
Shareholder understands the various risks of an investment in the Acquiror
Company Shares and can afford to bear such risks for an indefinite period of
time, including, without limitation, the risk of losing its entire investment in
the Acquiror Company Shares. The Company Shareholder represents that
its principal business address is set forth in Schedule
3.9 hereto.
Section
3.10. Access to
Information. The Company Shareholder has had access to the
Acquiror Company’s publicly filed reports with the SEC. The Company
Shareholder has been furnished during the course of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents with all other
public information regarding the Acquiror Company that it has requested and all
such public information is sufficient for such person or entity to evaluate the
risks of investing in the Acquiror Company Shares. The Company
Shareholder has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Acquiror Company concerning the Acquiror Company and the terms
and conditions of the issuance of the Acquiror Company Shares. The
Company Shareholder is not relying on any representations and warranties
concerning the Acquiror Company made by the Acquiror Company or any officer,
employee or agent of the Acquiror Company, other than those contained in this
Agreement.
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Section
3.11. Purpose
of Investment. The Company Shareholder is acquiring the
Acquiror Company Shares for its own account, for investment and not with a view
to the distribution or resale of any part thereof to others. The
Company Shareholder acknowledges the Acquiror Company Shares cannot be sold or
otherwise transferred unless either (a) the transfer of such securities is
registered under the Securities Act or (b) an exemption from registration of
such securities is available and the Acquiror Company Shares will contain a
legend to that effect. The Company Shareholder understands and
acknowledges that the Acquiror Company is under no obligation to register the
Acquiror Company Shares for sale under the Securities Act.
Section
3.12. Absence
of Regulatory Review. The Company Shareholder acknowledges
that the Acquiror Company Shares have not been recommended by any federal or
state securities commission or regulatory authority, that the foregoing
authorities have not confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of any
information concerning the Acquiror Company that has been supplied to such
person or entity and that any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
ARTICLE
IV
Representations and
Warranties of the Company
The
Company represents and warrants to the Acquiror Company as follows:
Section
4.1. Organization
and Qualification. The Company is duly incorporated and
validly existing under the laws of Hong Kong, has all requisite authority and
power (corporate and other), governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals to carry on its business as presently conducted and as contemplated to
be conducted, to own, hold and operate its properties and assets as now owned,
held and operated by it, to enter into this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party, to carry out the provisions hereof
except where the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing or to
have such authority or power will not have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is duly qualified, licensed or domesticated as a
foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction wherein the nature of
its activities or its properties owned or leased makes such qualification,
licensing or domestication necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified, licensed or domesticated will not cause a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.2. Subsidiaries.
(a) The
Company does not own directly or indirectly, any equity or other ownership
interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity or
enterprise except ASET Co.
(b) ASET
Co. is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the PRC, and has all requisite authority and power (corporate and other),
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to carry on its
businesses as presently conducted and to own, hold and operate its properties
and assets as now owned, held and operated, except where the failure to be so
organized, existing and in good standing or to have such authority and power,
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals would not cause a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Neither
the Company nor ASET Co. owns any direct equity interest in Shuncheng
Coke. ASET Co.’s relationships with Shuncheng Coke and its
owners are governed by a series of contractual arrangements, through which the
Company exercises management rights over Shuncheng Coke. On March 19,
2010, ASET Co. entered into the contractual arrangements with Shuncheng Coke and
its shareholders set forth on Schedule
4.2(c).
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(d) Except
as set forth on Schedule
4.2(d), Shuncheng Coke is duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the PRC, and has all requisite authority and
power (corporate and other), governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals to carry on its businesses as presently conducted and to own, hold and
operate its properties and assets as now owned, held and operated, except where
the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing or to have such
authority and power, governmental licenses, authorizations, consents or
approvals would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. All registered
capital and other capital contributions have been duly paid up in accordance
with the relevant PRC regulations and requirements and all necessary capital
verification reports have been duly issued and not revoked.
Section
4.3. Organizational
Documents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
in violation or breach of any of the provisions of its respective Organizational
Documents, except for such violations or breaches as, in the aggregate, will not
cause a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.4. Authorization
and Validity of this Agreement. The Company has all requisite
authority and power (corporate and other), governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals to enter into this Agreement and each of
the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to
which the Company is a party, and to record the transfer of the Shares and the
delivery of the new certificates representing the Shares registered in the name
of the Acquiror Company. The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to
which the Company is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and do not require from the Company Board or the Company
Shareholders any consent or approval that has not been validly and lawfully
obtained. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a
party requires no authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of or
filing or registration with any Governmental Authority or other
Person.
Section
4.5. No
Violation. Neither the execution nor the delivery by the
Company of this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the Company is a
party, nor the consummation or performance by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or indirectly, (a) contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation of any provision of the Organizational
Documents of the Company; (b) contravene, conflict with, constitute a default
(or an event or condition which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, or
result in the imposition or creation of any Lien under, any agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which any of the properties or
assets of the Company are bound; (c) contravene, conflict with, or result in a
violation of, any Law or Order to which the Company, or any of the properties or
assets owned or used by the Company, may be subject; or (d) contravene, conflict
with, or result in a violation of, the terms or requirements of, or give any
Governmental Authority the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate
or modify, any licenses, permits, authorizations, approvals, franchises or other
rights held by the Company or that otherwise relate to the business of, or any
of the properties or assets owned or used by, the Company, except, in the case
of clause (b), (c), or (d), for any such contraventions, conflicts, violations,
or other occurrences as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.6. Binding
Obligations. Assuming this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties thereto other than the Company, this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party are duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement is limited by
general equitable principles, or by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
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Section
4.7. Capitalization
of the Company. The authorized share capital of the Company is
HK$10,000, comprised of 10,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, of which 10,000
shares are issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding
Equity Securities and other securities (including without limitation debt
securities) of the Company are set forth on Schedule
4.7. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.7, there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, calls,
purchase agreements, participation agreements, subscription rights, conversion
rights, exchange rights or other securities or contracts that could require the
Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding any of its
authorized but unissued shares or any securities convertible into, exchangeable
for or carrying a right or option to purchase shares or to create, authorize,
issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding any new class of
securities. Except as set forth in Schedule
4.7, there are no conditions or circumstances that may give rise to or
provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person that such Person is
entitled to acquire or receive from the Company any Company
securities. Except as set forth in Section
4.7, there are no outstanding shareholders’ agreements, voting trusts or
arrangements, registration rights agreements, preemptive
rights, rights of first refusal or other contracts pertaining to the
capital stock of the Company to which the Company is a party. The
issuances of all of the securities of the Company described in this Section
4.7 have been in compliance with the laws of Hong Kong. All
issued and outstanding shares of the Company are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and have not been issued in violation of
any preemptive or similar rights.
Section
4.8. Capitalization
of ASET Co. The registered capital of ASET Co. is
US$1,000,000, the payment of which is as set forth on Schedule
4.8. The Company is the record and beneficial holder of all of
the outstanding capital stock of ASET Co. There are no other
outstanding shares of capital stock or voting securities and no outstanding
commitments to issue any shares of capital stock or voting securities after the
date hereof. The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
ASET Co. have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, are free of any Lien other than Liens created by or imposed upon
the holders thereof, and are not subject to preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal or any similar rights created by statute, their respective
Organizational Documents or any agreement to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound, and such shares constitute all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of ASET Co. None of the registered capital and other
capital contributions regarding ASET Co. has been paid. The Company
owns, and has good, valid and marketable title to, all shares of capital stock
of ASET Co. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants,
purchase agreements, participation agreements, subscription rights, conversion
rights, exchange rights or other securities or contracts that could require ASET
Co. to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding any of its
respective authorized but unissued shares of capital stock, or to create,
authorize, issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding any new class of
capital stock. There are no outstanding stockholders’ agreements,
voting trusts or arrangements, rights of first refusal or other contracts
pertaining to the capital stock of ASET Co. to which the Company or ASET Co. is
a party. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of ASET Co.
has been issued in violation of any rights of any Person or in violation of any
Law.
Section
4.9. No
Redemption Requirements. There are no outstanding contractual
obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Company to retire, repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of, or other ownership
interests in, the Company or to provide funds to or make any investment (in the
form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any other
Person.
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Section
4.10. Compliance
with Laws and Other Instruments. Except as set
forth on Schedule
4.10 or as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the business and
operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have been and are being
conducted in accordance with all applicable Laws and
Orders. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.10 or as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company
nor the Company Subsidiaries has received notice of any violation (or any
Proceeding involving an allegation of any violation) of any applicable Law or
Order by or affecting the Company or the Company Subsidiaries and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, no Proceeding involving an allegation of violation of
any applicable Law or Order is threatened or
contemplated. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.10 or as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary, is in violation of, or (with or without notice or
lapse of time or both) in default under, or in breach of, any term or provision
of its Organizational Documents or of any indenture, loan or credit agreement,
note, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement or other material agreement,
lease, license or other instrument, commitment, obligation or arrangement to
which the Company is a party or by which any of the Company’s properties, assets
or rights are bound or affected. Except as set forth on
Schedule
4.10 or as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect ,to the Knowledge of
the Company, no other party to any material contract, agreement, lease, license,
commitment, instrument or other obligation to which the Company, or any of the
Company Subsidiaries is a party is (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) in default thereunder or in breach of any term thereof. Except
as set forth on Schedule
4.10, the Company, nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is
subject to any obligation or restriction of any kind or character, nor is there,
to the Knowledge of the Company, any event or circumstance relating to the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that materially and adversely affects
in any way its business, properties, assets or prospects or that prohibits the
Company from entering into this Agreement or would prevent or make burdensome
its performance of or compliance with all or any part of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section
4.11. Certain
Proceedings. There is no pending Proceeding that has been
commenced against the Company that challenges, or may have the effect of
preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with, any of the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement. To the Company’s
Knowledge, no such Proceeding has been threatened.
Section
4.12. No
Brokers or Finders. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.12,
no person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated herein will have,
any right or valid claim against the Company for any commission, fee or other
compensation as a finder or broker, or in any similar capacity.
Section
4.13. Title to
and Condition of Properties. Except as disclosed in Schedule
4.13, or as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and
each of the Company Subsidiaries owns (with good and marketable title in the
case of real property) or holds under valid leases or other rights to use all
real property, plants, machinery and equipment necessary for the conduct of the
business of the Company or a Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, as
presently conducted, free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted
Liens.
Section
4.14. No
Undisclosed Events. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14,
since December 31, 2009, no material event exists with respect to the Company or
the Company Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations
or financial condition that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
which has not been disclosed to the Acquiror Company as of the date of this
Agreement.
Section
4.15. Officers
and Directors. All Company officers and directors are
identified in Schedule
4.15. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the past or
present officers or directors of the Company have been convicted in a criminal
proceeding or are subject to a pending criminal proceeding, excluding traffic
violations or similar misdemeanors, nor have they been a party to any judicial
or administrative proceeding during the past ten (10) years that resulted in a
judgment, decree or final Order prohibiting activities subject to federal or
state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state
securities laws.
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ARTICLE
V
Representations
and Warranties of the Acquiror Company
and the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders
The
Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders, jointly and
severally, represent and warrant to the Company Shareholders and the Company as
follows:
Section
5.1. Organization
and Qualification. The Acquiror Company is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Colorado, has all
requisite corporate authority and power, governmental licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals to carry on its business as presently conducted and to
own, hold and operate its properties and assets as now owned, held and operated
by it. The Acquiror Company is duly qualified, licensed or
domesticated as a foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction
wherein the nature of its activities or its properties owned, held or operated
makes such qualification, licensing or domestication necessary, except where the
failure to be so duly qualified, licensed or domesticated and in good standing
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule
5.1 sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the Acquiror
Company’s jurisdiction of organization and each other jurisdiction in which the
Acquiror Company presently conducts its business or owns, holds and operates its
properties and assets. The Acquiror Company has not conducted
business under or otherwise used for any purpose any fictitious name, assumed
name, trade name or other name.
Section
5.2. Subsidiaries. The
Acquiror Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any equity or other
ownership interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other
entity or enterprise.
Section
5.3. Organizational
Documents. The articles of incorporation and by-laws of the
Acquiror Company are in the form attached as Exhibit
A and Exhibit
B, respectively, and no action has been taken to amend or repeal
such Organizational Documents. The Acquiror Company is not in
violation or breach of any of the provisions of its Organizational
Documents.
Section
5.4. Authorization. The
Acquiror Company has all requisite authority and power (corporate and other),
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to enter into this
Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror Company is
a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each
of the Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror Company is a party and to
perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the Transaction
Documents to which the Acquiror Company is a party. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Acquiror Company of this Agreement and each of
the Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror Company is a party have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not require from the
Acquiror Company Board any consent or approval that has not been validly and
lawfully obtained. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Acquiror Company of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to
which the Acquiror Company is a party requires no authorization, consent,
approval, license, exemption of or filing or registration with any Governmental
Authority or other Person.
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Section
5.5. No
Violation. Neither the execution nor the delivery by the
Acquiror Company of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which
the Acquiror Company is a party, nor the consummation or performance by the
Acquiror Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will,
directly or indirectly, (a) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation
of any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Acquiror Company (b)
contravene, conflict with, constitute a default (or an event or condition which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the termination or acceleration of, or result in the imposition or
creation of any Lien under, any agreement or instrument to which the Acquiror
Company is a party or by which the properties or assets of the Acquiror Company
is bound; (c) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of, any Law or
Order to which the Acquiror Company, or any of the properties or assets owned or
used by the Acquiror Company, may be subject; or (d) contravene, conflict with,
or result in a violation of, the terms or requirements of, or give any
Governmental Authority the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate
or modify, any licenses, permits, authorizations, approvals, franchises or other
rights held by the Acquiror Company or that otherwise relate to the business of,
or any of the properties or assets owned or used by, the Acquiror
Company. The Acquiror Company has delivered to the Company accurate
and complete (through the date hereof) copies of: (i) the stock records of the
Acquiror Company; and (ii) the minutes and other records of the meetings and
other proceedings (including any actions taken by written consent or otherwise
without a meeting) of the holders of the Acquiror Company Common Stock, the
board of directors of the Acquiror Company and all committees of the board of
directors of the Acquiror Company. There have been no formal meetings
held of, or corporate actions taken by, the shareholders of the Acquiror
Company, the board of directors of the Acquiror Company or any committee of the
board of directors of the Acquiror Company that are not fully reflected in the
documents described in clauses (i) and (ii) above. The books of account, stock
records, minute books and other records of the Acquiror Company are accurate,
up-to-date and complete in all material respects, and have been maintained in
accordance with all applicable Law and prudent business practices.
Section
5.6. Binding
Obligations. Assuming this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties thereto other than the Acquiror Company, this Agreement and each of the
other Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror Company is a party are duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Acquiror Company and constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Acquiror Company, enforceable
against the Acquiror Company in accordance with their respective terms, except
as such enforcement is limited by general equitable principles, or by
bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors rights generally
Section
5.7. Securities
Laws. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company Shareholders, contained in Section
3.9, Section
3.10, and Section
3.11, when issued pursuant to this Agreement, the Acquiror Company Shares
will be issued and sold in accordance with exemptions from the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and the registration or
qualification requirements of all applicable state securities laws.
Section
5.8. Capitalization. The
authorized capital stock of the Acquiror Company consists of 550,000,000 shares
of which (i) 500,000,000 shares are designated as Acquiror Company Common Stock,
of which 1,708,123 shares are issued and outstanding and (ii) 50,000,000 shares
are designated as preferred stock, of which no shares are
outstanding. No shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock or preferred
stock are held by the Acquiror Company in its treasury. All issued
and outstanding shares of the Acquiror Company Common Stock are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and have not been issued in
violation of any preemptive or similar rights. At the Closing Date,
the Acquiror Company will have sufficient authorized and unissued Acquiror
Company Common Stock to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. All of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities and other
securities (including without limitation debt securities) of the Acquiror
Company are set forth on Schedule
5.8. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.8, there are no outstanding options, warrants, calls, stock
appreciation rights, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to any
securities of the Acquiror Company, purchase agreements, participation
agreements, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights or other
securities or contracts that could require the Acquiror Company to issue, sell
or otherwise cause to become outstanding any of its authorized but unissued
shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or
carrying a right or option to purchase shares of capital stock or to create,
authorize, issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding any new class of
securities or that give any Person the right to receive any economic benefit or
right similar to or derived from the economic benefits and right occurring in
respect of holders of the capital stock of the Acquiror
Company. There are no conditions or circumstances that may give rise
to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person that such
Person is entitled to acquire or receive from the Acquiror Company any Acquiror
Company Equity Securities. There are no outstanding stockholders’
agreements, voting trusts or arrangements, registration rights agreements,
rights of first refusal or other contracts pertaining to the capital stock or
other securities of the Acquiror Company. The issuances of all of the
shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock described in this Section
5.8 have been in compliance with U.S. federal and state securities laws,
all other Laws and the Acquiror Company’s Organizational
Documents. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
indebtedness of the Acquiror Company having the right to vote (or convertible
into, or exchangeable for or carrying a right or option to purchase, securities
having the right to vote or consent) in respect of any matters as to which
holders of Acquiror Company Common Stock may vote. The stockholder
list annexed as Schedule
5.8 is a current stockholder list generated by the Acquiror Company’s
transfer agent and such list accurately reflects all of the issued and
outstanding Acquiror Company Common Stock as of the date of such
list.
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Section
5.9. No
Redemption Requirements. There are no outstanding contractual
obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Acquiror Company to retire,
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of capital stock
of, or other ownership interests in, the Acquiror Company or to provide funds to
or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or
otherwise) in any other Person.
Section
5.10. Duly
Authorized. The issuance of the Acquiror Company Shares
pursuant to this Agreement has been duly authorized and, upon delivery to the
Company Shareholders of certificates therefor in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, such Acquiror Company Shares will have been validly issued and
fully paid, and will be non-assessable, have the rights, preferences and
privileges specified in the Acquiror Company’s Organization Documents, will be
free of preemptive rights and will be free and clear of all Liens and
restrictions, other than Liens created by the Company Shareholders and
restrictions on transfer imposed by this Agreement and the Securities
Act.
Section
5.11. Compliance
with Laws. Since the formation of the Acquiror Company, (i)
the Acquiror Company and its business and operations have been and are being
conducted in accordance with all applicable Laws and Orders; and (ii) the
Acquiror Company has not received notice of any violation (or any Proceeding
involving an allegation of any violation) of any applicable Law or Order by or
affecting the Acquiror Company and no Proceeding involving an allegation of
violation of any applicable Law or Order is threatened or
contemplated. The Acquiror Company is not subject to any obligation
or restriction of any kind or character, nor is there, to the Knowledge of the
Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders, any event or
circumstance relating to the Acquiror Company that materially and adversely
affects in any way its business, properties, assets or prospects or that
prohibits the Acquiror Company from entering into this Agreement or would
prevent or make burdensome its performance of or compliance with all or any part
of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Acquiror Company has not received any written
communication from a Governmental Authority that alleges that the Acquiror
Company is or was not in compliance with any applicable Law. The
Acquiror Company is in compliance with all effective requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, that are applicable to it.
Section
5.12. Certain
Proceedings. There is no pending Proceeding that has been
commenced against the Acquiror Company and that challenges, or may have the
effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with,
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To the
Knowledge of the Acquiror Company, no such Proceeding has been
threatened.
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Section
5.13. No
Brokers or Finders. Except as disclosed in Schedule
5.13, no Person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated
herein will have, any right or valid claim against the Acquiror Company for any
commission, fee or other compensation as a finder or broker, or in any similar
capacity.
Section
5.14. Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.14, the Acquiror Company has no indebtedness, obligation or liability
(whether accrued, absolute, contingent, liquidated or otherwise, whether due or
to become due). Any and all debts, obligations or liabilities with
respect to directors and officers of the Acquiror Company will be cancelled
prior to the closing of the Share Exchange.
Section
5.15. No
Operations. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.15, since its formation, the Acquiror Company has not conducted any
business. The Acquiror Company is not a party to any agreement or
contract, whether written or oral, except for this Agreement and each of the
other Transaction Documents.
Section
5.16. Insurance. Schedule
5.16 hereto contains a brief description of all insurance policies
maintained by the Acquiror Company with respect to its business and its assets.
Such policies are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms,
are in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereon have been
paid.
Section
5.17. Changes. Except
as set forth in Schedule
5.17, since June 30, 2009, the Acquiror Company has
not:
(a) suffered
or experienced any change in, or affecting, its condition (financial or
otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities, business, operations, results of
operations or prospects other than changes, events or conditions in the usual
and ordinary course of its business;
(b) made
any loans or advances to any Person other than travel advances and reimbursement
of expenses made to employees, officers and directors in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) created
or permitted to exist any Lien on any material property or asset of the Acquiror
Company, other than Permitted Liens;
(d) issued,
sold, disposed of or encumbered, or authorized the issuance, sale, disposition
or encumbrance of, or granted or issued any option to acquire any shares of its
capital stock or any other of its securities or any Equity Security, or altered
the term of any of its outstanding securities or made any change in its
outstanding shares of capital stock or its capitalization, whether by reason of
reclassification, recapitalization, stock split, combination, exchange or
readjustment of shares, stock dividend or otherwise;
(e) declared,
set aside, made or paid any dividend or other distribution to any of its
stockholders;
(f)
terminated or modified any Acquiror Company Contract, except for termination
upon expiration in accordance with the terms thereof;
(g) released,
waived or cancelled any claims or rights relating to or affecting the Acquiror
Company or instituted or settled any Proceeding involving the Acquiror
Company;
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(h) paid,
discharged or satisfied any claim, obligation or liability;
(i)
created,
incurred, assumed or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness;
(j)
guaranteed or
endorsed any obligation or net worth of any Person;
(k) acquired
the capital stock or other securities or any ownership interest in, or
substantially all of the assets of, any other Person;
(l)
changed its method of
accounting or the accounting principles or practices utilized in the preparation
of its financial statements, other than as required by GAAP; or
(m) entered
into any agreement, or otherwise obligated itself, to do any of the
foregoing.
Section
5.18. Acquiror
Company Contracts. The Acquiror Company has provided to the
Company, prior to the date of this Agreement, true, correct and complete copies
of each written Acquiror Company Contract, including each amendment, supplement
and modification thereto, and an accurate description of each Acquiror Company
Contract that is not in writing, including any amendment, supplement or
modification thereto.
Section
5.19. No
Defaults. Each Acquiror Company Contract is a valid and
binding agreement of the Acquiror Company, and is in full force and
effect. The Acquiror Company is not in breach or default of any
Acquiror Company Contract to which it is a party and, to the Knowledge of the
Acquiror Company, no other party to any Acquiror Company Contract is in breach
or default thereof. No event has occurred or circumstance exists that
(with or without notice or lapse of time) would (a) contravene, conflict with or
result in a violation or breach of, or become a default or event of default
under, any provision of any Acquiror Company Contract or (b) permit the Acquiror
Company or any other Person the right to declare a default or exercise any
remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to cancel,
terminate or modify any Acquiror Company Contract. The Acquiror
Company has not received notice of the pending or threatened cancellation,
revocation or termination of any Acquiror Company Contract to which it is a
party. There are no renegotiations of, or attempts to renegotiate, or
outstanding rights to renegotiate any material terms of any Acquiror Company
Contract.
Section
5.20. Employees. Except
as set forth in Schedule
5.20, the Acquiror Company has no employees, independent contractors or
other Persons providing services to it. Except as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, the Acquiror Company and its operations are and have
always been in full compliance with all Laws regarding employment, wages, hours,
benefits, equal opportunity, collective bargaining, the payment of Social
Security and other Taxes, and occupational safety and health. The
Acquiror Company is not liable for the payment of any compensation, damages,
Taxes, fines, penalties or other amounts, however designated, for failure to
comply with any of the foregoing Laws.
Section
5.21. Officers
and Directors. All Acquiror Company officers and directors are
identified in Schedule
5.21. To the Knowledge of the Acquiror Company, none of the
past or present officers or directors of the Acquiror Company have been
convicted in a criminal proceeding or are subject to a pending criminal
proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, nor have they
been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past ten
(10) years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final Order prohibiting
activities subject to federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any
violation of federal or state securities laws.
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Section
5.22. Tax
Returns. The Acquiror Company has filed all Tax Returns
required to be filed (if any) by or on behalf of the Acquiror Company (on or
prior to the Closing Date) and has paid when due all Taxes of the Acquiror
Company required to have been paid (whether or not reflected on any Tax
Return). All such Tax Returns were accurately and completely prepared
and comply with all Applicable Laws. No Governmental Authority in any
jurisdiction has made a claim, assertion or threat to Acquiror Company that the
Acquiror Company is or may be subject to taxation by such
jurisdiction. The most recent Financial Statements contained in the
SEC Documents reflect an adequate reserve and fully accrue all actual and
contingent liabilities for unpaid Taxes with respect to all periods through the
date thereof and the Acquiror Company has made adequate provision for unpaid
Taxes after that date in its books and records. No Acquiror Company Tax Return
has ever been examined or audited by any Governmental
Authority. There are no Liens with respect to Taxes on the Acquiror
Company’s property or assets, other than Permitted Liens and there are no Tax
rulings, requests for rulings, or closing agreements relating to the Acquiror
Company for any period (or portion of a period) that would affect any period
after the date hereof. There are no unsatisfied liabilities for
Taxes, including Acquiror Company Tax liabilities for interest, additions to tax
and penalties thereon and related expenses, with respect to which any notice of
deficiency or similar document has been received by the Acquiror
Company.
Section
5.23. No
Adjustments, Changes. Neither the Acquiror Company nor any
other Person on behalf of the Acquiror Company (a) has executed or entered into
a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any predecessor
provision thereof or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law; or
(b) has agreed to or is required to make any adjustments pursuant to Section
481(a) of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
law.
Section
5.24. No
Disputes. The Acquiror Company has delivered to the Company
true, correct and complete copies of all Tax Returns and examination reports and
statements of deficiencies assessed or asserted against or agreed to by the
Acquiror Company, if any, for each of the last two (2) years and any and all
correspondence with respect to the foregoing. There is no pending
audit, examination, investigation, dispute, proceeding or claim with respect to
any Taxes of the Acquiror Company, nor is any such claim or dispute pending or
contemplated. The Acquiror Company has not received notice of any
such audit, examination, investigation, dispute, proceeding or claim with
respect to any Taxes with respect to any periods.
Section
5.25. Not a
U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Acquiror Company
is not and has not been a United States real property holding corporation within
the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code at any time during the applicable
period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
Section
5.26. No Tax
Allocation, Sharing. The Acquiror Company is not and has not
been a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement.
Section
5.27. No Other
Arrangements. The Acquiror Company is not a party to any
agreement, contract or arrangement for services that would result, individually
or in the aggregate, in the payment of any amount that would not be deductible
by reason of Section 162(m), 280G or 404 of the Code. The Acquiror
Company is not a “consenting corporation” within the meaning of Section 341(f)
of the Code. The Acquiror Company does not have any “tax-exempt bond
financed property” or “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section
168(g) or (h), respectively of the Code. The Acquiror Company does
not have any outstanding closing agreement, ruling request, request for consent
to change a method of accounting, subpoena or request for information to or from
a Governmental Authority in connection with any Tax matter. During
the last two (2) years, the Acquiror Company has not engaged in any exchange
with a related party (within the meaning of Section 1031(f) of the Code) under
which gain realized was not recognized by reason of Section 1031 of the
Code. The Company is not a party to any reportable transaction within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4.
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Section
5.28. Material
Assets. The financial statements of the Acquiror Company set
forth in the SEC Documents reflect the material properties and assets (real and
personal) owned or leased by the Acquiror Company.
Section
5.29. Litigation;
Orders. There is no Proceeding (whether federal, state, local
or foreign) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Acquiror Company, threatened
against or affecting the Acquiror Company or any of Acquiror Company’s
properties, assets, business or employees. To the Knowledge of the
Acquiror Company, there is no fact that might result in or form the basis for
any such Proceeding. The Acquiror Company is not subject to any
Orders.
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5.30. Licenses. The
Acquiror Company possesses from the appropriate Governmental Authority all
licenses, permits, authorizations, approvals, franchises and rights that are
necessary for the Acquiror Company to engage in its business as currently
conducted and to permit the Acquiror Company to own and use its properties and
assets in the manner in which it currently owns and uses such properties and
assets (collectively, “Acquiror
Company Permits”). The Acquiror Company has not received
notice from any Governmental Authority or other Person that there is lacking any
license, permit, authorization, approval, franchise or right necessary for the
Acquiror Company to engage in its business as currently conducted and to permit
the Acquiror Company to own and use its properties and assets in the manner in
which it currently owns and uses such properties and assets. The
Acquiror Company Permits are valid and in full force and effect. No
event has occurred or circumstance exists that may (with or without notice or
lapse of time): (a) constitute or result, directly or indirectly, in a violation
of or a failure to comply with any Acquiror Company Permit; or (b) result,
directly or indirectly, in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation
or termination of, or any modification to, any Acquiror Company
Permit. The Acquiror Company has not received notice from any
Governmental Authority or any other Person regarding: (a) any actual, alleged,
possible or potential contravention of any Acquiror Company Permit; or (b) any
actual, proposed, possible or potential revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation, termination of, or modification to, any Acquiror Company
Permit. All applications required to have been filed for the renewal
of such Acquiror Company Permits have been duly filed on a timely basis with the
appropriate Persons, and all other filings required to have been made with
respect to such Acquiror Company Permits have been duly made on a timely basis
with the appropriate Persons. All Acquiror Company Permits are
renewable by their terms or in the ordinary course of business without the need
to comply with any special qualification procedures or to pay any amounts other
than routine fees or similar charges, all of which have, to the extent due, been
duly paid.
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5.31. Interested
Party Transactions. Except as set forth in Schedule
5.31, no officer, director or principal stockholder of the Acquiror
Company or any Affiliate or “associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of
the Commission under the Securities Act) of any such Person, has or has had,
either directly or indirectly, (a) an interest in any Person which (i) furnishes
or sells services or products which are furnished or sold or are proposed to be
furnished or sold by the Acquiror Company, or (ii) purchases from or sells or
furnishes to, or proposes to purchase from, sell to or furnish the Acquiror
Company any goods or services; (b) a beneficial interest in any contract or
agreement to which the Acquiror Company is a party or by which it may be bound
or affected; or (c) any material interest in any property, real or personal,
tangible or intangible, used in or pertaining to the Acquiror Company’s
business.
Section
5.32. Governmental
Inquiries. The Acquiror Company has not received any material
written inspection report, questionnaire, inquiry, demand or request for
information from any Governmental Authority. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, neither the Acquiror Company nor any of its
officers or directors is, or has been, the subject of any formal or informal
inquiry or investigation by the SEC or FINRA or to its actual Knowledge, was
there any formal or informal inquiry or investigation of the Acquiror
Company or its officers or directors prior to the date hereof.
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5.33. Bank
Accounts and Safe Deposit Boxes. Schedule
5.33 discloses the title and number of each bank or other deposit or
financial account, and each lock box and safety deposit box of the Acquiror
Company, the financial institution at which that account or box is maintained
and the names of the persons authorized to draw against the account or otherwise
have access to the account or box, as the case may be.
Section
5.34. Intellectual
Property. The Acquiror Company does not own, use or license
any Intellectual Property in its business as presently conducted.
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5.35. Title to
and Condition of Properties. The Acquiror Company owns (with
good and marketable title in the case of real property) or holds under valid
leases the rights to use all real property, plants, machinery, equipment and
other personal property necessary for the conduct of its business as presently
conducted, free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens.
Section
5.36. SEC
Documents; Financial Statements. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.36, the Acquiror Company has filed all reports required to be filed by
it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
(the foregoing materials being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Documents”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder, and none of the SEC Documents, when filed, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted 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. All
Acquiror Company Contracts to which the Acquiror Company is a party or to which
the property or assets of the Acquiror Company are subject have been
appropriately filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents as and to the extent
required under the Exchange Act. The financial statements of the
Acquiror Company included in the SEC Documents (“Financial
Statements”) comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing, were
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto, or, in the
case of unaudited statements as permitted by Form 10-Q or Form 10-QSB, as the
case may be, of the Commission), and fairly present in all material respects
(subject in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, recurring audit
adjustments) the financial position of the Acquiror Company as at the dates
thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended. The books and records of the Acquiror Company are true,
accurate and complete in all material respects.
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5.37. Internal
Accounting Controls. The Acquiror Company maintains a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations, (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (c) access to assets
is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Acquiror Company has established
disclosure controls and procedures for the Acquiror Company and designed such
disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by the Acquiror Company in the reports it submits under the Exchange
Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Acquiror Company’s
certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Acquiror Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the periods covered by the
Acquiror Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act
(such date, the “Evaluation
Date”). The Acquiror Company presented in its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no changes in the Acquiror Company's internal
control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Acquiror Company's internal control over financial
reporting.
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5.38. Accountants. The
Acquiror Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule
5.38. To the Knowledge of the Acquiror Company, such
accounting firm: (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the
Exchange Act and (ii) expressed its opinion with respect to the financial
statements included in the Acquiror Company’s annual report for the year ended
June 30, 2009.
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5.39. No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no
disagreements of any kind, including but not limited to any disagreements
regarding fees owed for services rendered, presently existing, or reasonably
anticipated by the Acquiror Company to arise, between the Acquiror Company and
the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Acquiror
Company which could affect the Acquiror Company’s ability to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement, and the Acquiror Company is current with
respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers.
Section
5.40. Regulation
M Compliance. The Acquiror Company has not, and to the Knowledge of
the Acquiror Company no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Acquiror Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of any of the Acquiror Company Common Stock, (ii) sold, bid
for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the
securities of the Acquiror Company, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person
any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the
Acquiror Company.
Section
5.41. Business
Records and Due Diligence. Prior to the date hereof, the
Acquiror Company delivered to the Company all records and documents relating to
the Acquiror Company which the Acquiror Company possesses (except as set forth
on Schedule
5.41), including, without limitation, books, records, government filings,
Tax Returns, Organizational Documents, corporate records, stock records, consent
decrees, orders, and correspondence, director and shareholder minutes,
resolutions and written consents, stock ownership records, financial information
and records, and other documents used in or associated with the Acquiror Company
and its Subsidiaries.
Section
5.42. Investment
Company. The Acquiror Company is not, and is not an Affiliate
of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
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5.43. Stock
Option Plans; Employee Benefits. The Acquiror Company has no
stock option plans providing for the grant by the Acquiror Company of stock
options or other securities or stock appreciation rights, phantom stock or
similar rights, to directors, officers, or employees or any other
Persons. The Acquiror Company has no employee benefit plans or
arrangements covering their present or former employees, officers or directors
or providing benefits to such persons in respect of services provided the
Acquiror Company. Neither the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby alone, nor in combination with another event, with respect
to each past or present director, officer, employee or consultant of the
Acquiror Company, will result in (a) any payment (including, without limitation,
severance, unemployment compensation or bonus payments) becoming due from the
Acquiror Company, (b) any increase in the amount of compensation or benefits
payable to any such individual or (c) any acceleration of the vesting or timing
of payment of compensation payable to any such individual. No
agreement, arrangement or other contract of the Acquiror Company provides
benefits or payments contingent upon, triggered by, or increased as a result of
a change in the ownership or effective control of the Acquiror
Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Acquiror Company does not, and since its inception never has, maintained or
contributed to any “employee pension benefit plans” (as defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA),
“employee welfare benefit plans” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) or any
other benefit plan for the benefit of any current or former employees,
consultants, officers or directors of the Acquiror Company.
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5.44. Environmental
and Safety Matters. The Acquiror Company has at all time been
and is in compliance with all Environmental Laws applicable to the Acquiror
Company. There are no Proceedings pending or threatened against the
Acquiror Company alleging the violation of any Environmental Law or
Environmental Permit applicable to the Acquiror Company or alleging that the
Acquiror Company is a potentially responsible party for any environmental site
contamination. Neither this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall impose any obligations to
notify or obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority or third Persons
under any Environmental Laws applicable to the Acquiror Company.
Section
5.45. Money
Laundering Laws. The operations of the Acquiror Company are
and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of
all U.S. and non-U.S. jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and
any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any Governmental Authority (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”) and no
Proceeding involving the Acquiror Company with respect to the Money Laundering
Laws is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Acquiror Company,
threatened.
Section
5.46. Questionable
Payments. Neither the Acquiror
Company nor, to the Acquiror Company’s Knowledge, any of its current or former
stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on
behalf of the Acquiror Company, has on behalf of the Acquiror Company or in
connection with the Acquiror Company’s businesses: (a) used any corporate funds
for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful
payments to any governmental officials or employees from corporate funds; (c)
established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or
other assets; (d) made any false or fictitious entries on the books and records
of the Acquiror Company; or (e) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff,
influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any
nature.
Section
5.47. Solvency. The
Acquiror Company has not (a) made a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; (b) filed any voluntary petition in bankruptcy or suffered the filing
of any involuntary petition by its creditors; (c) suffered the appointment of a
receiver to take possession of all, or substantially all, of its assets; (d)
suffered the attachment or other judicial seizure of all, or substantially all,
of its assets; or (e) made an offer of settlement, extension or composition to
its creditors generally.
Section
5.48. Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Acquiror Company, nor to
the Knowledge of the Acquiror Company, any agent or other person acting on
behalf of the Acquiror Company, has, directly or indirectly: (a) used any funds
for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
related to foreign or domestic political activity, (b) made any unlawful payment
to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or
domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (c) failed to
disclose fully any contribution made by the Acquiror Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (or made by any Person acting on their behalf of which the Acquiror
Company is aware) or any members of their respective management which is in
violation of any Legal Requirement, or (d) has violated in any material respect
any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder which was applicable to the Acquiror
Company.
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Section
5.49. No
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or
Circumstances. No event, liability, development or
circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Acquiror Company or its
Subsidiaries (other than with respect to the Share Exchange and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents) or
their respective businesses, properties, prospects, operations or financial
condition, which, under applicable Law, rule or regulation, requires public
disclosure or announcement by the Acquiror Company but which has not been so
publicly announced or disclosed since June 30, 2009, or will not be publicly
announced in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four (4) business days after
the Closing.
Section
5.50. Adverse
Interest. No current officer, director, Affiliate or person
known to the Acquiror Company to be the record or beneficial owner in excess of
5% of Acquiror Company Common Stock or any person known to be an associate of
any of the foregoing is a party adverse to Acquiror Company or has a material
interest adverse to Acquiror Company in any material pending legal
proceeding.
Section
5.51. Investor
Status. Each of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders is
an Accredited Investor. It has sufficient Knowledge and experience in
finance, securities, investments and other business matters to be able to
protect such its interests in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. The Acquiror Company has consulted, to the extent
that it has deemed necessary, with its tax, legal, accounting and financial
advisors concerning its investment in the Shares. The Acquiror
Company understands the various risks of an investment in the Shares and can
afford to bear such risks for an indefinite period of time, including, without
limitation, the risk of losing its entire investment in the
Shares. Each Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder represents that
its principal residence or principal business address is set forth on Schedule
5.51 hereto.
Section
5.52. Access to
Information. The Acquiror Company has been furnished during
the course of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with all
information regarding the Company that it has requested and all such information
is sufficient for such person or entity to evaluate the risks of investing in
the Company. The Acquiror Company has been afforded the opportunity
to ask questions of and receive answers concerning the Company and the terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents. The Acquiror Company is not relying on any
representations and warranties concerning the Company made by the Company or any
officer, employee or agent of the Acquiror Company, other than those contained
in this Agreement.
Section
5.53. Purpose
of Investment. The Acquiror Company is acquiring the Shares to
be acquired hereunder for its own account, for investment and not for
distribution or resale to others. The Acquiror Company acknowledges
the Shares cannot be sold or otherwise transferred unless either (a) the
transfer of such securities is registered under the Securities Act or (b) an
exemption from registration of such securities is available and the Shares will
contain a legend to that effect. The Acquiror Company understands and
acknowledges that the Company is under no obligation to register the Shares for
sale under the Securities Act.
Section
5.54. Absence
of Regulatory Review. The Acquiror Company acknowledges that
the Shares to be acquired hereunder have not been recommended by any federal or
state securities commission or regulatory authority, that the foregoing
authorities have not confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of any
information concerning the Company that has been supplied to such person or
entity and that any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
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Section
5.55. Untrue
Statements. Neither this Agreement nor the Transaction
Documents nor the Schedules hereto or thereto nor any other documents,
certificates or instruments furnished to the Company or the Company Shareholders
by or on behalf of Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made herein or therein, not
misleading.
Section
5.56. Board
Recommendation. The Acquiror Company Board, by unanimous
consent, has determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are advisable and in the best interests of the Acquiror Company’s
stockholders and has duly authorized this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
5.57. Certain
Registration Matters. The Acquiror Company has not granted or
agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including “piggy-back” registration
rights) to have any securities of the Acquiror Company registered with the SEC
or any other Governmental Authority that have not been satisfied.
Section
5.58. Application
of Takeover Protections. The Acquiror Company has taken all
necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Acquiror
Company’s articles of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws
of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Company
Shareholders as a result of the Company Shareholders and the Acquiror Company
fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under this Agreement,
including without limitation as a result of the Acquiror Company’s issuance of
the Acquiror Company Shares and the Company Shareholders’ ownership of the
Acquiror Company Shares.
Section
5.59. Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. The Acquiror Company is, and has
no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be,
in compliance with the requirements for continued quotation of the Acquiror
Company Common Stock on the over-the-counter automated quotation service
administered by the FINRA (“OTCBB”),
provided the rules and regulations of the FINRA have been complied with in
connection with the Share Exchange. No approval of the shareholders
of the Acquiror Company is required for the Acquiror Company to issue and
deliver to the Company Shareholders the Acquiror Company Common Stock
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
5.60. No
Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Company
Shareholders’ representations and warranties set forth in Article
III, neither the Acquiror Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any
Person acting on its or their behalf, has, directly or indirectly, made any
offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security,
under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Acquiror Company
Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Acquiror Company for
purposes of (a) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any
such securities under the Securities Act, or (b) any applicable shareholder
approval provisions of any trading market or quotation medium on which any of
the securities of the Acquiror Company are listed or designated.
Section
5.61. Approval
of the Acquiror Company Shareholders. The Share Exchange and
the other transactions described herein have been duly approved by the requisite
vote or consent of the Acquiror Company shareholders in accordance with
applicable Law and the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Acquiror
Company.
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5.62. Disclosure. The
Acquiror Company confirms that neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf
has provided the Company Shareholders or their agents or counsel with any
information that the Acquiror Company believes constitutes material, non-public
information, except insofar as the existence and terms of the proposed
transactions hereunder may constitute such information and except for
information that will be disclosed by the Acquiror Company under a Form 8-K
filed with the SEC within four (4) business days after the Closing. The Acquiror
Company understands and confirms that the Company Shareholders will rely on the
foregoing representations and covenants in effecting transactions in securities
of the Acquiror Company. All of the representations and warranties of
the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders set forth
in this Agreement are true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
ARTICLE
VI
Representations
and Warranties of
Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders
The
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders, jointly and severally, represent and
warrant to the Company and each Company Shareholder as follows:
Section
6.1. Authority. The
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders have all requisite authority and power
(corporate and other), governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals to enter into this Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents to which any of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders is a party
and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of
the other Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders are a party, and to perform its obligations under this Agreement
and each of the other Transaction Documents to which any of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders is a party. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders of this Agreement and
each of the other Transaction Documents to which any of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders is a party requires no authorization, consent, approval,
license, exemption of or filing or registration with any Governmental Authority
or other Person. Assuming this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties thereto other than the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders, this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which any of the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders is a party constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders, enforceable
against the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforcement is limited by general equitable
principles, or by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar Laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors rights generally.
Section
6.2. No
Conflict. Neither the execution or delivery by the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document to which any of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders is a party,
nor the consummation or performance by any of the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly
or indirectly, (a) contravene, conflict with, constitute a default (or an event
or condition which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default) under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, any agreement
or instrument to which any of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders is a
party or by which the properties or assets of any of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders is bound; (b) contravene, conflict with, or result in a
violation of, any Law or Order to which the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders, or any of the properties or assets thereof, may be subject; or (c)
require the consent of any third party or Governmental
Authority.
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6.3. Ownership
of Shares. The Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders and
each of the other parties listed on Schedule
6.3, own, of record and beneficially, and have good, valid and
indefeasible title to and the right to transfer to the Acquiror Company pursuant
to this Agreement, all of their respective Shares as set forth on Schedule
6.3, free and clear of any and all Liens. There are no
options, rights, voting trusts, shareholder agreements or any other contracts or
understandings to which any of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders is a
party or by which any of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders or the
Shares held by the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders are bound with
respect to the issuance, sale, transfer, voting or registration of the
Shares. The Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders own, of record or
beneficially, no other shares of capital stock, or convertible securities, of
the Company and have no rights to acquire any such capital stock or
securities.
Section
6.4. Litigation. There
is no pending Proceeding against any of the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders, including but not limited to, any Proceeding that involves the
Acquiror Company Shares held by any of the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders, or that challenges, or may have the effect of preventing, delaying
or making illegal, or otherwise interfering with, any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and, to the Knowledge of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders, no such Proceeding has been threatened, and no event or
circumstance exists that is reasonably likely to give rise to or serve as a
basis for the commencement of any such Proceeding.
Section
6.5. No
Brokers or Finders. Except as disclosed in Schedule
6.5, no Person has, or as a result of the transactions contemplated
herein will have, any right or valid claim against any of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders for any commission, fee or other compensation as a finder
or broker, or in any similar capacity.
Section
6.6. Access to
Information. The Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders have
been furnished during the course of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement with all information regarding the Company that they have requested
and all such information is sufficient for the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders to evaluate the risks of investing in the Company and to evaluate
the Cancellation. The Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders have
been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers concerning
the Company. The Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders are not
relying on any representations and warranties concerning the Company or any
Company Shareholder made by any Person, other than those contained in this
Agreement.
Section
6.7. Accredited
Investor. Each of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders
is an “Accredited Investor”. The Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders’ principal residence (for an individual) and principal office (for
an entity) is set forth on Schedule
5.51.
ARTICLE
VII
Conditions Precedent of the
Acquiror Company
The
Acquiror Company’s obligation to acquire the Shares and to take the other
actions required to be taken by the Acquiror Company at the Closing Date is
subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the
following conditions (any of which may be waived by the Acquiror Company, in
whole or in part):
Section
7.1. Accuracy
of Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Company and the Company Shareholders set forth in this
Agreement or in any Schedule or certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement, and
as of the Closing Date, except to the extent a representation or warranty is
expressly limited by its terms to another date and without giving effect to any
supplemental Schedule.
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7.2. Performance
of Covenants. All of the covenants, agreements and obligations
that the Company and the Company Shareholders are required to perform or to
comply with pursuant to this Agreement (considered collectively), and each of
these covenants, agreements and obligations (considered individually), must have
been duly performed and complied with in all material respects.
Section
7.3. Preparation
of Form 8-K. The Acquiror Company shall have received
confirmation from the Company that a Form 8-K with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be prepared and filed with the SEC within
four (4) business days following the closing of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, which shall contain all of the material information, including
financial statements, required to be included therein.
Section
7.4. Consents. All
material consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations or orders required to be
obtained, and all filings required to be made, by the Company and/or the Company
Shareholders for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
shall have been obtained and made by the Company or the Company Shareholders, as
the case may be.
Section
7.5. Closing
Documents. The Company and the Company Shareholders must
deliver to the Acquiror Company at the Closing of the Share
Exchange:
(a) share
certificates evidencing the Shares, along with executed share transfer
instruments and bought and sold notes transferring such Shares to the Acquiror
Company together with a certified copy of a board resolution of the Company
approving the registration of the transfer of the Shares to Acquiror Company
(subject to closing of the Share Exchange and payment of any stamp
duty);
(b) an
opinion of counsel to the Company, addressed to the Acquiror Company as to the
corporate organization and valid status of the Company, the due authorization of
the transactions contemplated hereby, non-contravention, and the enforceability
of this Agreement;
(c) each
of the Transaction Documents to which the Company and/or the Company
Shareholders are a party, duly executed by the Company and/or the Company
Shareholders, as the case may be;
(d) a
certificate executed by an officer or director of the Company, certifying the
satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section
7.1 and Section
7.2 relating to the Company;
(e) a
certificate executed by an authorized officer or director of each Company
Shareholder that is an entity, certifying the satisfaction of the conditions
specified in Section
7.1 and Section
7.2 relating to each Company Shareholder; and
(f) such
other documents as the Acquiror Company may reasonably request.
Section
7.6. No
Proceedings. There shall not have been commenced or threatened
against the Acquiror Company, the Company or the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders, or against any Affiliate of any of them, any Proceeding (which
Proceeding remains unresolved as of the Closing Date) (a) involving any
challenge to, or seeking damages or other relief in connection with, any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) that may have the effect of
preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
7.7. No Claim
Regarding Share Ownership or Consideration. There shall not
have been made or threatened by any Person any claim asserting that such Person
(a) is the holder of, or has the right to acquire or to obtain beneficial
ownership of the Shares or any other shares, voting, equity, or ownership
interest in, the Company, or (b) is entitled to all or any portion of the
Acquiror Company Shares.
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Section
7.8. Delivery
of Audit Report and Financial Statements. The Company shall
have completed the Company’s financial statements for all periods required to be
filed in a Form 8-K, including financial statements for the quarter ended March
31, 2010, to be filed within four (4) business days following the
Closing.
Section
7.9. Stamp
Duty. The Company or the Company's Shareholders shall have
delivered to the Acquiror Company copies of the executed share
transfer instruments and bought and sold notes in respect of the transfer of the
Shares to the Acquiror Company duly stamped.
ARTICLE
VIII
Conditions Precedent of the
Company and the Company Shareholders
The
Company Shareholders’ obligation to transfer the Shares and the obligations of
the Company to take the other actions required to be taken by the Company in
advance of or at the Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction, at or prior
to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions (any of which may be
waived by the Company and the Company Shareholders jointly, in whole or in
part):
Section
8.1. Accuracy
of Representations. The representations and warranties of the
Acquiror Company and Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders set forth in this
Agreement or in any Schedule or certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement, and
as of the Closing Date, except to the extent a representation or warranty is
expressly limited by its terms to another date and without giving effect to any
supplemental Schedules.
Section
8.2. Performance
by the Acquiror Company. All of the covenants, agreements and
obligations that the Acquiror Company and Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders are required to perform or to comply with pursuant to this
Agreement (considered collectively), and each of these covenants, agreements and
obligations (considered individually), must have been performed and complied
with in all respects.
Section
8.3. Certificate
of Officer. The Acquiror Company shall have delivered to the
Company a certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by an officer of the
Acquiror Company, certifying the satisfaction of the conditions specified in
Section
8.1 and Section
8.2 relating to the Acquiror Company.
Section
8.4. Certificate
of Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders. The Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders will have delivered to the Company a certificate,
dated the Closing Date, executed by each of the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders or a duly authorized officer or trustee thereof, certifying the
satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section
8.1 and Section
8.2 relating to the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders.
Section
8.5. Consents. All
material consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations or orders required to be
obtained, and all filings required to be made, by the Acquiror Company for the
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by
it of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall have been obtained
and made by the Acquiror Company.
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Section
8.6. Schedule
14(f) Filing. The Schedule 14(f) Filing shall have been filed
with the Commission and mailed to the stockholders of the Acquiror Company by
the Acquiror Company.
Section
8.7. Amendments
to Organizational Documents. The by-laws of the Acquiror
Company shall have been amended in the manner requested by the
Company.
Section
8.8. Appointment
of Officers and Directors. (a) Xxxx Xxx Shun shall have been
appointed or elected to serve as the Chairman of the Acquiror Company Board
effective upon the Closing Date, (b)Wang Feng, Xxxxx Xx-Xx, Gong Sen-Shan, Xxxxx
Xxxx and Li De-Xin shall have been appointed or elected to serve as directors of
the Acquiror Company Board effective upon expiration of the applicable waiting
period under Rule 14f-1 of the Exchange Act and (c) Li De-Xin shall have been
elected or appointed General Manager of the Acquiror Company and Wang Feng shall
have been elected or appointed Assistant General Manager of the Acquiror
Company; each effective upon the Closing Date;
Section
8.9. Closing
Documents. The Acquiror Company will have delivered the
following documents to the Company and/or the Company Shareholders:
(a) share
certificates evidencing Acquiror Company Shares to be issued pursuant to Section
2.1;
(b) a
Secretary’s Certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying attached copies of
(i) the Organizational Documents of the Acquiror Company, (ii) the resolutions
of the Acquiror Company Board approving this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(iii) the incumbency of each authorized officer of the Acquiror Company signing
this Agreement and any other Transaction Document or agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby to which the Acquiror Company is a party; and
(iv) the resolutions accomplishing the elections or appointments contemplated by
Section
8.8.
(c) a
Certificate of Good Standing of the Acquiror Company from its jurisdiction of
incorporation dated a date within ten (10) days of the Closing
Date;
(d) each
of the Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror Company is a party, duly
executed by the Acquiror Company;
(e) each
of the Transaction Documents to which any of the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders is a party, duly executed by the respective Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders;
(f)
the resignation of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx as an
officer and director of the Acquiror Company, with the resignation as director
to be effective upon expiration of the applicable waiting period under Rule
14f-1 of the Exchange Act;
(g) a
statement from the Acquiror Company’s transfer agent regarding the number of
issued and outstanding shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock immediately
before and after the Closing of the Share Exchange;
(h) an
opinion of counsel to the Acquiror Company, addressed to the Company
Shareholders and the Company as to the corporate organization and good standing
of the Acquiror Company, the due authorization of the transactions contemplated
hereby, non-contravention and the enforceability of this Agreement;
and
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(i)
such other documents
as the Company or the Company Shareholders may reasonably request.
Section
8.10. No
Proceedings. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not
have been commenced or threatened against the Acquiror Company, the Company or
the Company Shareholders, or against any Affiliate thereof, any Proceeding
(which Proceeding remains unresolved as of the date of this Agreement) (a)
involving any challenge to, or seeking damages or other relief in connection
with, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Transaction
Documents, or (b) that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making
illegal, or otherwise interfering with any of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section
8.11. No Claim
Regarding Stock Ownership or Consideration. There shall not
have been made or threatened by any Person any claim asserting that such Person
(a) is the holder of, or has the right to acquire or to obtain beneficial
ownership of any Acquiror Company Common Stock or any other stock, voting,
equity, or ownership interest in, the Acquiror Company or (b) is entitled to all
or any portion of the Acquiror Company Shares.
Section
8.12. Employment
Agreements. Shuncheng Coke and/or the Acquiror Company shall
have executed and delivered employment agreements with each of Li De-Xin, Wang
Feng and Xxxx Xxx Shun, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company.
Section
8.13. Cancellation. The
Cancellation shall have been consummated.
Section
8.14. Applicable
Exemption from Registration under Securities Act. The Company
and the Company Shareholders shall be satisfied that the issuance of the shares
of the Acquiror Company shares by the Acquiror Company to the Company
Shareholders, in connection with the Share Exchange, shall be exempt from
registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or any other
applicable exemption therefrom.
Section
8.15. No
Bankruptcy Proceedings. No proceeding in which the Acquiror
Company shall be a debtor, defendant or party seeking an order for its own
relief or reorganization shall have been brought or be pending by or against the
Acquiror Company or under any United States, state or foreign bankruptcy or
insolvency law.
Section
8.16. Form
8-K. A final draft of a Current Report on Form 8-K, which
describes this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation of
the Share Exchange, and which also includes all information required to be
reported with respect to a transaction in which a public “shell company” ceases
to be a “shell company” including, without limitation, the information required
pursuant to Items 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition or
Disposition of Assets) and 5.06 (Change in Shell Company
Status), shall have been approved by the Company and its legal advisors,
to be filed with the SEC within four (4) business days after the
Closing.
Section
8.17. No
Material Adverse Change. There shall not have been any
occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act, or transaction since June
30, 2009, which has had a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquiror
Company.
Section
8.18. Post-Closing
Capitalization. At, and immediately after, the Closing, the
authorized capitalization, and the number of issued and outstanding shares of
the capital stock of the Acquiror Company, on a fully-diluted basis, as
indicated on a schedule to be delivered by the Company and the Acquiror Company
at or prior to the Closing, shall be acceptable to the Company.
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Section
8.19. Satisfactory
Completion of Due Diligence. The Company shall have completed
their legal, accounting and business due diligence of the Acquiror Company and
the results thereof shall be satisfactory to the Company in its sole and
absolute discretion.
Section
8.20. SEC
Reports. The Acquiror Company shall have filed all reports and
other documents required to be filed by it under the U.S. federal securities
laws through the Closing Date.
Section
8.21. OTCBB
Quotation. The Acquiror Company shall have maintained its
status as a company whose common stock is quoted on the OTCBB and no reason
shall exist as to why such status shall not continue immediately following the
Closing.
Section
8.22. No
Suspensions of Trading in the Acquiror Company Stock;
Listing. Trading in the Acquiror Company Common Stock shall
not have been suspended by the SEC or any trading market or quotation medium
(except for any suspensions of trading of not more than one (1) trading day
solely to permit dissemination of material information regarding the Acquiror
Company) at any time since the date of execution of this Agreement, and the
Acquiror Company Common Stock shall have been at all times since such date
listed for trading on a trading market or quotation medium.
Section
8.23. Payoff
Letters and Releases. The Acquiror Company shall have
delivered to the Company such payoff letters and releases relating to
liabilities of the Acquiror Company as the Company shall request, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Company, including, but not limited to: (i) any
agreement with any third parties under which the Acquiror Company has a payment
obligation (whether in cash or in kind), including in respect of any guarantees;
(ii) any notes payable of the Acquiror Company as at the Closing Date; and (iii)
any auditor, transfer agent and Xxxxx xxxxx invoices.
Section
8.24. Releases. The
Acquiror Company shall have delivered to the Company a duly executed release by
the current directors and officers of the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders and any other parties listed on Schedule
6.3 (and any transferees thereof), together with releases from each third
party to which the Acquiror Company owes any liabilities or payment obligations,
each in favor of the Acquiror Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Company.
Section
8.25. Consent
to Use of Financial Statements. The Acquiror Company’s
independent auditors shall have consented to the use by the Acquiror Company
following the consummation of the Share Exchange of all financial statements on
which their audit opinion was issued in all filings to be made by the Acquiror
Company with the SEC in which such financial statements are
required.
Section
8.26. Indemnification
Agreement. The Acquiror Company shall have delivered an
indemnification agreement, executed by the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders for the benefit of the Acquiror Company, the Company and the
Company Shareholders, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Company.
Section
8.27. Lien
Searches. The Acquiror Company shall have delivered to the
Company the results of UCC, judgment lien and tax lien searches with respect to
the Acquiror Company and any Subsidiaries, the results of which indicate no
Liens on the assets of the Acquiror Company and any Subsidiaries.
Section
8.28. Records. The
Acquiror Company shall have delivered to the Company all records referred to on
Schedule
5.41.
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Section
8.29. Stamp
Duty. The Stamp Office in Hong Kong shall have stamped the
duly executed share transfer instruments and bought and sold notes submitted to
it in respect of the transfer of the Shares to the Acquiror
Company.
ARTICLE
IX
Indemnification;
Remedies
Section
9.1. Survival. The
representations and warranties made by the Acquiror Company, the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders, the Company Shareholders and the Company
contained in this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which it is a party
shall survive for a period of one (1) year following the Closing Date (the
“Survival
Period”). The right to indemnification, payment of damages or
other remedy based on such representations, warranties, covenants, and
obligations will not be affected by any investigation conducted with respect to,
or any Knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, whether
before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, with respect to
the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with, any such representation,
warranty, covenant, or obligation. The waiver of any condition based
on the accuracy of any representation or warranty, or on the performance of or
compliance with any covenant or obligation, will not affect the right to
indemnification, payment of damages, or other remedy based on such
representations, warranties, covenants, and obligations. No party
shall have any obligation to provide indemnification for any Losses resulting
from a breach of a representation or warranty if a notice of such breach is not
submitted to the Indemnifying Party within the applicable Survival
Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
indemnification claims based on fraud or intentional misrepresentation shall
survive indefinitely.
Section
9.2. Indemnification
Obligations in favor of the Executive Officers, Directors, Employees and of
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders. From and after the
Closing Date and until the expiration of the Survival Period, the Company shall
reimburse, indemnify, and hold harmless Acquiror Company’s executive officers,
directors, employees in office immediately prior to the Closing of the Share
Exchange and Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders (each such person and his
heirs, executors, administrators, agents, successors and assigns is referred to
herein as an “Acquiror
Company Indemnified
Party”) against and in respect of any and all Losses suffered, sustained,
incurred or required to be paid by any Acquiror Company Indemnified Party, which
arises or results from a third-party claim brought against an Acquiror Company
Indemnified Party to the extent based on (i) a breach of any of the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document to which it is a party, or in any certificate
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) any breach by the
Company of any covenant, obligation or other agreement made by the Company in
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company
shall have no obligation to indemnify or hold harmless any Acquiror Company
Indemnified Party for any Losses based on the diminution in value of the
Acquiror Company Common Stock. In no event shall the aggregate amount
payable by the Company pursuant to the Company’s indemnification obligations
hereunder exceed the amount of $75,000.
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Section
9.3. Indemnification
Obligation in favor of Acquiror Company, the Company and the Company
Shareholders. From and after the Closing Date and until the
expiration of the Survival Period, Acquiror Company’s Principal Shareholders
shall, jointly and severally, reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless the
Acquiror Company, the Company, the Company Shareholders, and the executive
officers, directors, and employees of Company Shareholders, Acquiror Company and
the Company in office at any time after the closing of the Share Exchange (each
such person and his heirs, executors, administrators, agents, successors and
assigns is referred to herein as a “Company
Indemnified Party”) against and in respect of any and all Losses
suffered, sustained, incurred or required to be paid by any Company Indemnified
Party in respect of (i) any breach of representation or warranty made by the
Acquiror Company or any of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, or in any
certificate delivered by the Acquiror Company or any of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) any breach by the
Acquiror Company or any of the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders of any
covenant, obligation or other agreement made by the Acquiror Company or any of
the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders in this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, and (iii) a third-party claim based
on any acts or omissions by the Acquiror Company or any of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders through and including the closing of the Share
Exchange. In no event shall the aggregate amount payable by the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders pursuant to the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders’ indemnification obligations hereunder exceed the amount
of $75,000.
Section
9.4. Indemnification
Procedures.
(a) In
order for any Acquiror Company Indemnified Party or Company Indemnified Party
(collectively, an “Indemnified
Party”) to be
entitled to any indemnification provided for under this ARTICLE
IX of this Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall deliver notice of its
claim for indemnification to the party from whom indemnity pursuant to this
Agreement is claimed (an “Indemnifying
Party”) with
reasonable promptness after determining to make such claim. The
failure by any Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not
relieve any relevant Indemnifying Party from any liability which he or it may
have to such Indemnified Party under this Agreement, except to the extent that
such claim for indemnification involves the claim of a third party against the
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall have been actually prejudiced
by such failure. If an indemnifying party does not notify the
Indemnified Party within thirty (30) calendar days following receipt by it of
such notice that such Indemnifying Party disputes its liability to the
Indemnified Party under this Agreement, such claim specified by the Indemnified
Party in such notice shall be conclusively deemed a liability of such
Indemnifying Party under this Agreement and such Indemnifying Party shall pay
the amount of such liability to the Indemnified Party on demand or, in the case
of any notice in which the amount of the claim (or any portion thereof) is
estimated, on such later date when the amount of such claim (or such portion
thereof) becomes finally determined. If an Indemnifying Party has
timely disputed its liability with respect to such claim, as provided above,
such Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall proceed in good faith to
negotiate a resolution of such dispute and, if not resolved through
negotiations, such dispute shall be resolved by litigation or such other means
as determined by the parties.
(b) If
the claim for indemnification involves a third party claim (a “Third
Party Claim”), then the Indemnifying Party shall have the right, at its
sole cost, expense and ultimate liability regardless of the outcome, and through
counsel of its choice (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party), to litigate, defend, settle or otherwise attempt to resolve
such Third Party Claim; provided, however, that if in
the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest may exist
between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party with respect to such
Third Party Claim, then the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to select
counsel of its own choosing, reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnifying Party,
in which event the Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel.
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section
9.4(b), if in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment no such
conflict exists, the Indemnified Party may, but will not be obligated to,
participate at its own expense in a defense of such Third Party Claim by counsel
of its own choosing, but the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to control the
defense unless (i) in the case where only money damages are sought, the
Indemnified Party has relieved the Indemnifying Party from liability with
respect to the particular matter or (ii) in the case where equitable relief
is sought, the Indemnified Party elects to participate in and jointly control
the defense thereof.
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(d) Whenever
the Indemnifying Party controls the defense of a Third Party Claim, the
Indemnifying Party may only settle or compromise the matter subject to
indemnification without the consent of the Indemnified Party only if such
settlement includes a complete release of all Indemnified Parties as to the
matters in dispute and relates solely to money damages. The Indemnified Party
will not unreasonably withhold or delay consent to any settlement or compromise
that requires its consent.
(e) In
the event the Indemnifying Party fails to timely defend, contest, or otherwise
protect the Indemnified Party against any such claim or suit, the Indemnified
Party may, but will not be obligated to, defend, contest, or otherwise protect
against the same, and make any compromise or settlement thereof, and in such
event, or in the case where the Indemnified Party jointly controls such claim or
suit, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover its costs thereof from
the Indemnifying Party, including attorneys’ fees, disbursements and all amounts
paid as a result of such claim or suit or the compromise or settlement
thereof.
(f) The
Indemnified Party shall cooperate and provide such assistance as the
Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in connection with the defense of the
matter subject to indemnification and in connection with recovering from any
third parties amounts that the Indemnifying Party may pay or be required to pay
by way of indemnification hereunder.
(g) The
amount of Losses for which indemnification is provided hereunder shall be
computed without regard to any insurance recovery related to such
Losses.
(h) With
respect to any Loss for which an Indemnified Party has made a claim for
indemnification against an Indemnifying Party prior to the termination of the
Survival Period in accordance with this Agreement, the Survival Period shall be
deemed continued until final resolution of such claim for
indemnification.
(i) If
and to the extent any party is required to provide indemnification hereunder,
such indemnifying party shall not have any right of contribution or similar
right, or any claim or cause of action against, any other party with respect to
such obligation to provide indemnification and the obligation to provide
indemnification shall be solely the responsibility and obligation of the
Indemnifying Party.
ARTICLE
X
Covenants
Section
10.1. Preservation of
Business. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing
Date, the Acquiror Company shall, except as otherwise expressly permitted by the
terms of this Agreement, operate only in the ordinary and usual course of
business consistent with its past practices and shall use reasonable commercial
efforts to (a) preserve intact its business organization, (b) preserve the good
will and advantageous relationships with customers, suppliers, independent
contractors, employees and other Persons material to the operation of its
business, (c) not enter into any transactions or incur any liability, without
first obtaining the written consent of the Company, and (d) not permit any
action or omission that would cause any of its representations or warranties
contained herein to become inaccurate or any of its covenants to be breached in
any material respect. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, prior to the Closing Date, the Acquiror Company will not, without the
prior written consent of the Company:
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(a) amend
its Organizational Documents;
(b) authorize
for issuance, issue, sell, deliver, grant any options for, or otherwise agree or
commit to issue, sell or deliver any shares of its capital stock or any other
securities;
(c) recapitalize,
split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; declare, set aside
or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or
any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock; or purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any of its securities or modify any of the terms of any such
securities;
(d) create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness; (ii) assume, guarantee,
endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly,
contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person or (iii) make
any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other
Person;
(e) enter
into any agreement, commitment or contract;
(f) authorize,
recommend, propose or announce an intention to authorize, recommend or propose,
or enter into any contract with respect to, any (i) plan of liquidation or
dissolution, (ii) acquisition of any amount of assets or securities, (iii)
disposition of assets or securities or allowing any Lien thereon, (iv) merger or
consolidation or (v) change in its capitalization;
(g) change
any accounting or Tax procedure or practice;
(h) compromise,
settle or otherwise modify any claim or litigation; or
(i) commit,
promise or agree to do any of the foregoing.
The
Acquiror Company shall take all actions necessary to have its common stock
traded on the OTCBB at Closing.
Section
10.2. Continuing
Efforts. Each party shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to (a) take all action reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (b) take such steps and do such acts as may
be necessary to keep all of its representations and warranties true and correct
as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if they had been made on the
Closing Date.
Section
10.3. Corporate
Examinations and Investigations. Prior to the Closing, each
party shall be entitled, through its employees and representatives, to make such
investigations and examinations of the books, records and financial condition of
the Company and the Acquiror Company as each party may reasonably
request. In order that each party may have the full opportunity to do
so, the Company, on the one hand, and the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders, on the other, shall furnish each party and its
representatives during such period with all such information concerning the
affairs of the Company or the Acquiror Company as each party or its
representatives may reasonably request and cause the Company or the Acquiror
Company and their respective officers, employees, consultants, agents,
accountants and attorneys to cooperate fully with each party’s representatives
in connection with such review and examination and to make full disclosure of
all information and documents requested by each party and/or its
representatives. Any such investigations and examinations shall be
conducted at reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances, it being
agreed that any examination of original documents will be at each party’s
premises, with copies thereof to be provided to each party and/or its
representatives upon request.
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Section
10.4. Cooperation;
Consents. Prior to the Closing, each party shall cooperate
with the other parties to the end that the parties shall (i) in a timely manner
make all necessary filings with, and conduct negotiations with, all authorities
and other persons the consent or approval of which, or the license or permit
from which is required for the consummation of the Share Exchange and (ii)
provide to each other party such information as the other party may reasonably
request in order to enable it to prepare such filings and to conduct such
negotiations. If, at any time after the date of this Agreement, any
further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement, the parties will take all such lawful and necessary
action.
Section
10.5. Blue Sky
Laws. The Acquiror Company and the Company shall take any
action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is
not now so qualified) required to be taken under any applicable state securities
laws in connection with the issuance of the Acquiror Company Stock in connection
with this Agreement.
Section
10.6. Litigation. From
the date hereof through the Closing, each party hereto shall promptly notify the
representative of the other parties of any Proceedings which after the date
hereof are threatened or commenced against such party or any of its affiliates
or any officer, director, employee, consultant, agent or shareholder thereof, in
their capacities as such, which, if decided adversely, could have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Acquiror Company.
Section
10.7. Notice of
Default. From the date hereof through the Closing, each party
hereto shall give to the representative of the other parties prompt written
notice of the occurrence or existence of any event, condition or circumstance
occurring which would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement by such
party or which would render inaccurate in any material respect any of such
party’s representations or warranties herein.
Section
10.8. By-laws. If
necessary, the Acquiror Company shall amend its by-laws to permit the election
and/or appointment of additional new directors to the Acquiror Company’s Board
of Directors as set forth in Section
8.9 hereof.
Section
10.9. No
Liabilities. The Acquiror Company shall extinguish, satisfy or
assign all liabilities such that at the date of Closing, the Acquiror Company
shall have no liabilities or obligations whatsoever, either direct or indirect,
matured or unmatured, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise.
Section
10.10. Schedule
14(f) Filing for Change in Majority of Directors. As directed
by the Company, the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders will use their best efforts to ensure that Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, the
Acquiror Company’s current director, will remain a director of the Acquiror
Company until the expiration of the 10-day period beginning on the date of the
filing of the Schedule 14(f), that the designation of the Company’s directors
set forth in Section
8.8 not be changed, and that he otherwise take no actions as a director
of the Acquiror Company without the prior written consent of the
Company.
Section
10.11. Assistance
with Post-Closing SEC Reports and Inquiries. Upon the
reasonable request of the Company, after the Closing Date, the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholders shall use their
reasonable best efforts to provide such information available thereto, including
information, filings, reports, financial statements or other circumstances of
the Acquiror Company occurring, reported or filed prior to the Closing, as may
be necessary or required by the Acquiror Company for the preparation of the
post-Closing Date reports that the Acquiror Company is required to file with the
SEC to remain in compliance and current with its reporting requirements under
the Securities Act and/or Exchange Act, or filings required to address and
resolve matters as may relate to the period prior to the Closing and any SEC
comments relating thereto or any SEC or other inquiry in respect
thereof.
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Section
10.12. No
Solicitation. In recognition of the substantial expenditures
of time, effort and expense to be incurred by both parties in connection with
the activities proceeding toward the execution of the Agreement and the closing
of the transactions contemplated herein, the Acquiror Company, the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholders, the Company, and Company Shareholders agree that
they will not directly or indirectly submit, solicit, initiate, encourage or
discuss any proposal or offer from any third party relating to competing “going
public” transaction or “reverse merger” (either as an acquirer or target) or
knowingly furnish any information with respect to, assist or participate in or
facilitate in any other manner any effort or attempt by any person to do or seek
a competing “going public” or “reverse merger” transaction.
Section
10.13. Payment
of Registered Capital of ASET Co. The Company covenants
that it will pay 20% of the registered capital of ASET Co., namely USD 200,000
on or before June 17, 2010, and the balance, USD 800, 000, within two years of
March 17, 2010 in accordance with the relevant PRC regulations and requirements
and make all necessary capital verification reports be duly issued and not
revoked or withdrawn.
ARTICLE
XI
Termination
Section
11.1. Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(a) by
mutual written agreement of the Acquiror Company and the Company;
(b) by
either the Acquiror Company or the Company if the Share Exchange shall not have
been consummated for any reason by June 30, 2010; provided, however, that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section
11.1(b) shall not be available to any party whose action or failure to
act has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Share
Exchange to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act
constitutes a breach of this Agreement;
(c) by
either the Acquiror Company or the Company if a Governmental Authority shall
have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action, in any case
having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting
the Share Exchange, which order, decree, ruling or other action is final and
non-appealable;
(d) by
the Company, upon a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement on the part of the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty
of the Acquiror Company shall have become materially untrue, in either case such
that the conditions set forth in Section
8.1 would
not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such
representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that if such
inaccuracy in the Acquiror Company’s representations and warranties or breach by
the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders is curable
by the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders prior to
the Closing Date, then the Company may not terminate this Agreement under this
Section
11.1(d) for thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice from the
Company to the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders
of such breach, provided the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders continue to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such
breach (it being understood that the Company may not terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section
11.1(d) if
they shall have materially breached this Agreement or if such breach by the
Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders is cured during
such thirty (30) day period);
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(e) the
Acquiror Company, upon a material breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement on the part of the Company or the Company Shareholders set
forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company or
the Company Shareholders shall have become materially untrue, in either case
such that the conditions set forth in Section
7.1 would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the
time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that if
such inaccuracy in the Company’s or the Company Shareholders’ representations
and warranties or breach by the Company or the Company Shareholders is curable
by the Company or the Company Shareholders prior to the Closing Date, then the
Acquiror Company may not terminate this Agreement under this Section
11.1(e) for thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice from the
Acquiror Company to the Company and the Company Shareholders of such breach,
provided the Company and the Company Shareholders continue to exercise
commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (it being understood that
the Acquiror Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
11.1(e) if it shall have materially breached this Agreement or if such
breach by the Company or the Company Shareholders is cured during such thirty
(30) day period);
(f) by
the Company, if the results of the due diligence investigation are
unsatisfactory in accordance with Section
8.19 and if the Acquiror Company is unable to remedy, to the satisfaction
of the Company, any matter objected to prior to the Closing Date, as the Closing
Date may be extended by the parties.
Section
11.2. Notice of
Termination; Effect of Termination. Any termination of this
Agreement under Section
11.1 above will be effective immediately upon (or, if the termination is
pursuant to Section
11.1(e)or Section
11.1(e) and the proviso therein is applicable, thirty (30) days after)
the delivery of written notice of the terminating party to the other parties
hereto. In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided
in Section
11.1(e), this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect and the
Share Exchange shall be abandoned, except as expressly set forth in Article
IX and Article
XII, each of which shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
XII
General
Provisions
Section
12.1. Expenses. Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each party to this Agreement
will bear its respective expenses incurred in connection with the preparation,
execution, and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including all fees and expenses of agents, representatives,
counsel, and accountants. In the event of termination of this
Agreement, the obligation of each party to pay its own expenses will be subject
to any rights of such party arising from a breach of this Agreement by another
party.
Section
12.2. Public
Announcements. Prior to the closing of the Share Exchange, no
party shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any public statement,
filings or other communications without the prior written consent of the other,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that no
prior consent shall be required if such disclosure is required by law, in which
case the disclosing party shall provide the other party with prior notice of
such public statement, filing or other communication and shall incorporate into
such public statement, filing or other communication the reasonable comments of
the other party.
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Section
12.3. Confidentiality.
(a) The
Acquiror Company, the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders, the Company
Shareholders and the Company will maintain in confidence, and will cause their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, and advisors to maintain in
confidence, any written, oral, or other information obtained in confidence from
another party in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, unless (i) such information is already known to such party or
to others not bound by a duty of confidentiality or such information becomes
publicly available through no fault of such party, (ii) the use of such
information is necessary or appropriate in making any required filing with the
Commission, or obtaining any consent or approval required for the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) the furnishing or
use of such information is required by or necessary or appropriate in connection
with legal Proceedings.
(b) In
the event that any party is required to disclose any information of another
party pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of Section
12.3(a),
the party requested or required to make the disclosure (the “disclosing party”)
shall provide the party that provided such information (the “Providing
Party”) with prompt notice of any such requirement so that the Providing
Party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive
compliance with the provisions of this Section
12.3(b). If,
in the absence of a protective order or other remedy or the receipt of a waiver
by the Providing Party, the disclosing party is nonetheless, in the opinion of
counsel, legally compelled to disclose the information of the Providing Party,
the disclosing party may, without liability hereunder, disclose only that
portion of the Providing Party’s information which such counsel advises is
legally required to be disclosed, provided that the disclosing party exercises
its reasonable efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the Providing Party’s
information, including, without limitation, by cooperating with the Providing
Party to obtain an appropriate protective order or other relief assurance that
confidential treatment will be accorded the Providing Party’s
information.
(c) If
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, each party
will return or destroy as much of such confidential written information as the
other party may reasonably request.
Section
12.4. Notices. All
notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications to
be given or delivered or permitted under or by reason of the provisions of this
Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to be delivered and received by the intended
recipient as follows: (i) if personally delivered, on the business day of such
delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (ii) if
mailed certified or registered mail return receipt requested, two (2) business
days after being mailed, (iii) if delivered by overnight courier (with all
charges having been prepaid), on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced
by the receipt of the overnight courier service of recognized standing), or (iv)
if delivered by facsimile transmission, on the business day of such delivery if
sent by 6:00 p.m. in the time zone of the recipient, or if sent after that time,
on the next succeeding business day (as evidenced by the printed confirmation of
delivery generated by the sending party’s telecopier machine). If any
notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication cannot be
delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given (in
accordance with this Section
12.4), or the refusal to accept same, the notice, demand, consent,
request, instruction or other communication shall be deemed received on the
second business day the notice is sent (as evidenced by a sworn affidavit of the
sender). All such notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions
and other communications will be sent to the following addresses or facsimile
numbers as applicable
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If
to Acquiror Company (prior to Closing) or Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholders:
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with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to
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Birch
Branch, Inc.
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0000
X. Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Jin,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLC
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Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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South
Tower, 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Attn. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Fax
No.: 000-000-0000
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Attn. Xxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
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Fax
No.: 000-000-0000
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If
to the Company, Acquiror Company (after Closing) or the Company
Shareholders:
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with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Henan
Province, Anyang City, Xxx Xxxx
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Middle
Road, Gong Xiao She Building
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Blank
Rome LLP
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8th
Floor
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405
Lexington Avenue
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Attn. Wang
Feng, Assistant General Manager
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Fax
No.: x00 000-0000000
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Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Esq.
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Fax
No.: 000-000-0000
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Henan
Province, Tongye Town
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Xxxx
Xxxxx Group, New Building
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8th
Floor
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Attn. Wang
Feng, Assistant General Manager
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Fax
No.: x00 000-0000000
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Section
12.5. Arbitration. Any
dispute or controversy under this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by
arbitration in the City of New York, County of New York in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitration award in any court
having jurisdiction.
Section
12.6. Further
Assurances. The parties agree (a) to furnish upon request to
each other such further information, (b) to execute and deliver to each other
such other documents, and (c) to do such other acts and things, all as the other
party may reasonably request for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this
Agreement and the documents referred to in this Agreement.
Section
12.7. Waiver. The
rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not
alternative. Neither the failure nor any delay by any party in
exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement or 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 applicable Law, (a) no claim or right arising
out of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other documents referred
to in this Agreement can be discharged by one party, in whole or in part, by a
waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless it is in writing signed by
the other party; (b) no waiver that may be given by a party will be applicable
except in the specific instance for which it is given; and (c) no notice to or
demand on one party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such
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, the Transaction
Documents or any other documents referred to in this Agreement.
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Section
12.8. Entire
Agreement and Modification. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements between the parties with respect to its subject matter and
constitutes (along with the documents referred to in this Agreement) a complete
and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the parties with
respect to its subject matter. This Agreement may not be amended
except by a written agreement executed by the party against whom the enforcement
of such amendment is sought.
Section
12.9. Assignments,
Successors, and No Third-Party Rights. No party may assign any
of its rights under this Agreement without the prior consent of the other
parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will apply
to, be binding in all respects upon, and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the
parties. Except as set forth in Section
9.2 and Section
9.3, nothing expressed or referred to in this Agreement will be construed
to give any Person other than the parties to this Agreement any legal or
equitable right, remedy, or claim under or with respect to this Agreement or any
provision of this Agreement. This Agreement and all of its provisions
and conditions are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties to this
Agreement and their successors and assigns.
Section
12.10. 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.
Section
12.11. Section
Headings, Construction. The headings of Sections in this
Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect its construction
or interpretation. All references to “Section” or “Sections” refer to
the corresponding Section or Sections of this Agreement. All words
used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the
circumstances require. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the word
“including” does not limit the preceding words or terms.
Section
12.12. Governing
Law. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State
of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles.
Section
12.13. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when taken
together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same
agreement. The exchange of signature pages via facsimile or by e-mail
transmission in portable digital format, or similar format, shall constitute
effective execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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In Witness
Whereof, the parties have executed and delivered this Share Exchange
Agreement as of the date first written above.
Birch
Branch, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer
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ACQUIROR
COMPANY PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
Family Partners LTD
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: Officer
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LaMirage
Trust
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: Officer
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Xxxxxx
Family Partners, LTD
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: General
Partner
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Xxxxxxx
Family Trust
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Trustee
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/s/ Hu
Qingying
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Hu
Qingying
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/s/ Ong
Xxxx Xxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx Xxxx
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SCM
CAPITAL LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: Managing
Partner
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Xxxx
Xxxxx Holdings HongKong Limited
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By:
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/s/ Wang Feng | |
Name:
Wang Feng
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Title:
Director
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Company
Shareholders:
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Xxxx
Xxxxx Holdings Limited
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By:
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/s/ Wang Feng | |
Name:
Wang Feng
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Title:
Director
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Wanjinlin
International Investment Group Limited
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
Director
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Jinmao
Investment Group Limited
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By:
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/s/ Wang Yushu | |
Name:
Wang Yushu
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Title:
Director
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USA
Wall Street Capital United Investment Group Limited
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By:
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/s/ Xx Xxx Tian | |
Name:
Xx Xxx Tian
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Title:
Director
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Global
Chinese Alliance Development Ltd.
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By:
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/s/ Xx Xxx Tian | |
Name:
Xx Xxx Tian
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Title:
Director
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USA
International Finance Consulting Group Ltd.
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By:
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/s/ Xx Xxx Tian | |
Name:
Xx Xxx Tian
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Title:
Director
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Golden
Hill International Investment Group Limited
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx Kai | |
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx Kai
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Title:
Director
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Fuhai
International Investment Group Limited
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By:
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/s/ Xx Xxxx Har | |
Name:
Xx Xxxx Har
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Title:
Director
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Renhe
International Investment Group Limited
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By:
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/s/ Tang Xxx Xxxxx | |
Name:
Tang Xxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Director
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Fuyutai
International Investment Group Limited
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Po Lok | |
Name:
Xxxx Po Lok
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Title:
Director
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Kangchen
International Investment Group Limited
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxx On | |
Name:
Xxxx Xxxx On
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Title:
Director
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LIST OF
OMITTED EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit
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Description
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Exhibit
A
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Articles
of Incorporation of the Acquiror Company
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Exhibit
B
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By-laws
of the Acquiror Company
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Schedule
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Description
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Schedule
2.1
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Acquiror Company Shares To Be Issued To Company Shareholders
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Schedule
3.3
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Company
Shareholders
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Schedule
3.5
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Brokers Or Finders Of The Company
Shareholders
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Schedule
3.9
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Business Addresses Of The Company Shareholders
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Schedule
4.2(c)
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Aset Co.’s
Contractual Arrangements With Shuncheng Coke And Its
Owners
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Schedule
4.2(d)
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Subsidiaries
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Schedule
4.7
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Capitalization Of The
Company
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Schedule
4.8
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Capitalization Of Aset
Co.
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Schedule
4.10
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Compliance
With Laws Of The Company
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Schedule
4.12
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Brokers Or Finders Of The Company
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Schedule
4.13
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Title To And Condition Of
Properties
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Schedule
4.14
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Material Events
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Schedule
4.15
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Company Officers And
Directors
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Schedule
5.1
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Names
Used By Acquiror Company
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Schedule
5.8
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Acquiror
Company Capitalization, Etc.
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Schedule
5.13
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Brokers Or Finders Of The Acquiror
Company
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Schedule
5.14
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Liabilities, Etc. Of Acquiror
Company
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Schedule
5.15
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Prior Operations Of Acquiror
Company
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Schedule
5.16
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Acquiror Company
Insurance
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Schedule
5.17
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Acquiror Company – Certain
Changes
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Schedule
5.20
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Acquiror Company Employees,
Etc.
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Schedule
5.21
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Acquiror Company Officers And
Directors
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Schedule
5.31
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Acquiror Company Interested Party
Transactions
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Schedule
5.33
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Acquiror Company Bank Accounts,
Etc.
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Schedule
5.36
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Acquiror Company SEC
Documents
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Schedule
5.38
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Acquiror Company Auditor
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Schedule
5.41
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Records
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Schedule
5.51
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Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders –
Addresses
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Schedule
6.3
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Acquiror Company Principal Shareholders
Shares
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Schedule
6.5
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Brokers Or Finders Of The Acquiror Company
Principal
Shareholders
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