SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG REMEDIATION SERVICES, INC. REED BULEY CHINA LIANDI CLEAN TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING LTD. AND SHAREHOLDERS LISTED ON SCHEDULE II DATED: FEBRUARY 26, 2010
BY AND
AMONG
XXXX
XXXXX
CHINA
LIANDI CLEAN TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING LTD.
AND
SHAREHOLDERS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE
II
DATED:
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION
I
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION
II
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EXCHANGE
OF SHARES AND SHARE CONSIDERATION
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SECTION
III
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CLOSING
DATE
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SECTION
IV
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF SHAREHOLDERS
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SECTION
V
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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SECTION
VI
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE ACQUIROR COMPANY AND THE ACQUIROR COMPANY PRINCIPAL
SHAREHOLDER
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SECTION
VII
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COVENANTS
OF THE ACQUIROR COMPANY
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SECTION
VIII
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COVENANTS
OF THE PARTIES
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SECTION
IX
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT OF THE ACQUIROR COMPANY
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SECTION
X
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT OF THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDERS
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SECTION
XI
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INDEMNIFICATION;
REMEDIES
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SECTION
XII
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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SCHEDULE
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SCHEDULE
II
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SCHEDULES
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EXHIBIT
A
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SHARES AND ACQUIROR
COMPANY SHARES TO BE
EXCHANGED
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EXHIBIT
B
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DEFINITION
OF “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
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EXHIBIT
C
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DEFINITION
OF “U.S. PERSON”
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EXHIBIT
D
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ACCREDITED
INVESTOR REPRESENTATIONS
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EXHIBIT
E
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NON
U.S. PERSON REPRESENTATIONS
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EXHIBIT
F
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FORM
OF LEGAL OPINION
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EXHIBIT
G
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FORM
OF LEGAL OPINION
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This
Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2010, is made by and among
Remediation Services, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Acquiror Company”), Xxxx Xxxxx
(the “Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholder” or “Xxxxx”), China LianDi Clean
Technology Engineering Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands (the “Company”), and each of the
Persons listed on Schedule II hereto
who are shareholders of the Company (collectively, the “Shareholders”, and
individually a “Shareholder”).
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS,
the Shareholders have agreed to transfer to the Acquiror Company, and the
Acquiror Company has agreed to acquire from the Shareholders, all of the Shares,
which Shares constitute 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Company, in exchange for 27,354,480 shares of the Acquiror Company’s shares of
common stock to be issued on the Closing Date (the “Acquiror Company Shares”),
which Acquiror Company Shares shall constitute approximately 96% of the issued
and outstanding shares of Acquiror Company’s common stock immediately after the
closing of the transactions contemplated herein, in each case, on the terms and
conditions as set forth herein, and
WHEREAS, concurrent with the
Share Exchange and as a condition to its consummation, there shall be released
from escrow and paid to the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder the sum of
US$275,000 in consideration for the consummation of the Share Exchange which
shall be used for the repurchase of 4,690,000 shares of common stock held by the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder (the “Repurchase”).
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:
SECTION
I
DEFINITIONS
Unless
the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 1 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.
1.1 “Accredited Investor” has the
meaning set forth in Regulation D under the Securities Act and set forth on
Exhibit
B.
1.2 “Acquired Companies” means,
collectively, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
1.3 “Acquiror Company Balance
Sheet” means the Acquiror Company’s balance sheet at September 30,
2009.
1.4 “Acquiror Company Board” means
the Board of Directors of the Acquiror Company.
1.5 “Acquiror Company Common Stock”
means the Acquiror Company’s common stock, par value US $0.001 per
share.
1.6 “Acquiror Company Shares” means
the Acquiror Company Common Stock being issued to the Shareholders pursuant
hereto.
1.7 “Affiliate” shall mean, with
respect to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly or indirectly, whether
through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, controls or is controlled by or
is under common control with such Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. For the purposes of this definition, a Person shall be
deemed to control any of his or her immediate family members.
1.8 “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.
1.9 “Closing Date” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.
1.10 “Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.11 “Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency then
administering the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
1.12 “Company” means China LianDi
Clean Technology Engineering Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the
British Virgin Islands.
1.13 “Company Board” means the Board
of Directors of the Company.
1.14 “Company Indemnified Party” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
1.15 “Company Subsidiaries” means
all of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company.
1.16 “Distributor” means any
underwriter, dealer or other Person who participates, pursuant to a contractual
arrangement, in the distribution of the securities offered or sold in reliance
on Regulation S.
1.17 “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.
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1.18 “ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.19 “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 then be in
effect.
1.20 “Exhibits” means the several
exhibits referred to and identified in this Agreement.
1.21 “Form 8-K” means a current
report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act.
1.22 “GAAP” means, with respect to
any Person, United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis with such Person’s past practices.
1.23 “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.
1.24 “HK Companies” means each of
(i) HuaShen Trading (International) Ltd.; (ii) Petrochemical Engineering Ltd.;
and (iii) Bright Flow Control Ltd., each a company organized under the laws of
Hong Kong.
1.25 “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.
1.26 “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.
1.27 “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.
1.28 “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.
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1.29 “Material Acquiror Company
Contract” means any and all agreements, contracts, arrangements, leases,
commitments or otherwise, of the Acquiror Company, of the type and nature that
the Acquiror Company is required to file with the Commission.
1.30 “Material Adverse Effect”
means, 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 the
Acquiror Company or the Acquired Companies, as the case may be, in each case
taken as a whole or (b) materially impair the ability of the Acquiror
Company or the Acquired Companies, as the case may be, 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 the
Acquiror Company or the Acquired Companies, as the case may be, operate or (c)
result in litigation, claims, disputes or property loss in excess of US$150,000
in the future, and that would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with
the ability of any party to this Agreement to perform any of its obligations
under this Agreement in any material respect.
1.31 “Order” means any award,
decision, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, subpoena, or verdict entered,
issued, made, or rendered by any Governmental Authority.
1.32 “Ordinary Shares” means the
Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$1.00 per share.
1.33 “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 of a limited
liability company; (e) any other document performing a similar function to the
documents specified in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (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.
1.34 “Permitted Liens” means (a)
Liens for Taxes not yet 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; (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; and (d) Liens that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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1.35 “Person” means all natural
persons, corporations, business trusts, associations, companies, partnerships,
limited liability companies, joint ventures and other entities, governments,
agencies and political subdivisions.
1.36 “PRC” means the People’s
Republic of China, excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
1.37 “PRC Company” means Beijing
JianXin Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (北京键鑫实华科技发展有限公司), a
company organized under the laws of the PRC and a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary
of Petrochemical Engineering Limited (实华工程有限公司), a
company organized under the laws of Hong Kong.
1.38 “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.
1.39 “Regulation S” means Regulation
S under the Securities Act, as the same may be amended from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.
1.40 “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, as the same may be amended from time to time, or any
successor statute.
1.41 “Schedule 14(f) Filing” means
an information statement filed by the Acquiror Company on Schedule 14f-1 under
the Exchange Act.
1.42 “Schedule 14C Filing” means an
information statement filed by the Acquiror Company on Schedule 14C under the
Exchange Act disclosing the approval of its Board of Directors and stockholders
to file an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to change the Acquiror
Company name.
1.43 “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.
1.44 “SEC Documents” has the meaning
set forth in Section 6.25.
1.45 “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.
1.46 “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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1.47 “Share Exchange” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
1.48 “Shares” means the issued and
outstanding Ordinary Shares.
1.49 “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.
1.50 “Survival Period” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
1.51 “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.
1.52 “Tax Group” means any federal,
state, local or foreign consolidated, affiliated, combined, unitary or other
similar group of which the Acquiror Company is now or was formerly a
member.
1.53 “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.
1.54 “Transaction Documents” means,
collectively, all agreements, instruments and other documents to be executed and
delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
1.55 “U.S.” means the United States
of America.
1.56 “U.S. Dollars” or “US $” means the currency of
the United States of America.
1.57 “U.S. Person” has the meaning
set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act and set forth on Exhibit C
hereto.
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SECTION
II
EXCHANGE
OF SHARES AND SHARE CONSIDERATION
2.1 Share
Exchange. At the Closing, (i) the Shareholders shall transfer
50,000 Shares, representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Company to the Acquiror Company, and, (ii) the Company’s deposit of $275,000
currently being held in escrow, shall be released to the Acquiror Company
Shareholder for the Repurchase in accordance with an escrow agreement and in
consideration therefor, subject to Section 2.2, Acquiror Company shall issue an
aggregate of 27,354,480 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Acquiror Company
Common Stock (the “Share
Exchange”), to each such Shareholder in the amount set forth on Exhibit
A.
2.2 Withholding. The
Acquiror Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Acquiror
Company Shares otherwise issuable pursuant to this Agreement to any Shareholder
such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making
of such 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 Shareholder in respect of which such deduction and withholding
was made.
2.3 Section 368
Reorganization. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the
Share Exchange is intended to constitute a “reorganization” within the
meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(B) 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 368 of the Code.
2.4 Directors of Acquiror
Company at Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the current
director of the Acquiror Company shall appoint Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, to serve as a
member and Chairman of the Acquiror Company Board, and shall nominate Xx. Xxxxxx
Yutaka to serve as a member of the Acquiror Company Board, such nomination to be
effective on the tenth day after mailing the Schedule 14(f) to the stockholders
of record of the Acquiror Company (the “Effective
Time”). On the Closing Date, Xxxxx shall tender his
resignation as a director of the Acquiror Company to be effective at the
Effective Time.
2.5 Officers of Acquiror Company
at Closing Date. On the Closing Date, Xxxxx shall resign from
each officer position held at the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company
Board shall appoint Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxx to serve as Chief Executive Officer and
President and Mr. Xxxx Xxxx to serve as Chief Financial
Officer.
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SECTION
III
CLOSING
DATE
3.1 Closing
Date. The closing of the Share Exchange (the “Closing”) shall take place at
10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the day all of the closing conditions set forth in
Sections 8 and 9 herein have been satisfied or waived, or at such other time and
date as the parties hereto shall agree in writing (the “Closing Date”), at the offices
of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
SECTION
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF SHAREHOLDERS
4.1 Generally. Subject
to the disclosures contained in the relevant Schedules attached hereto, each
Shareholder, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the
Acquiror Company as follows:
4.1.1
Authority. Such
Shareholder has the right, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver
this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which such Shareholder
is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
each of the Transaction Documents to which such Shareholder is a party, and to
perform such Shareholder’s obligations under this Agreement and each of the
Transaction Documents to which such Shareholder is a party. This
Agreement has been, and each of the Transaction Documents to which such
Shareholder is a party will be, duly and validly authorized and approved,
executed and delivered by such Shareholder. Assuming this Agreement
and the Transaction Documents have been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the parties thereto other than such Shareholder, this Agreement
is, and each of the Transaction Documents to which such Shareholder is a party
have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Shareholder and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Shareholder,
enforceable against such Shareholder 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.
4.1.2 No
Conflict. Neither the execution or delivery by such
Shareholder of this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which such
Shareholder is a party, nor the consummation or performance by such 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 such Shareholder (if such Shareholder is not a
natural person); (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 such Shareholder is a party or by which the properties or
assets of such Shareholder are bound; or (c) contravene, conflict with, or
result in a violation of, any Law or Order to which such Shareholder, or any of
the properties or assets of such Shareholder, may be subject.
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4.1.3 Ownership of
Shares. Such 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, such Shareholder’s Shares free and
clear of any and all Liens. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1.3, there
are no options, rights, voting trusts, stockholder agreements or any other
contracts or understandings to which such Shareholder is a party or by which
such Shareholder or such Shareholder’s Shares are bound with respect to the
issuance, sale, transfer, voting or registration of such Shareholder’s
Shares. At the Closing Date, the Acquiror Company will acquire good,
valid and marketable title to such Shareholder’s Shares free and clear of any
and all Liens.
4.1.4 Litigation. There
is no pending Proceeding against such Shareholder 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 and, to the knowledge of such 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.
4.1.5 No Brokers or
Finders. No Person has, or as a result of the transactions
contemplated herein will have, any right or valid claim against such Shareholder
for any commission, fee or other compensation as a finder or broker, or in any
similar capacity, and such Shareholder will indemnify and hold the Acquiror
Company harmless against any liability or expense arising out of, or in
connection with, any such claim.
4.2 Investment
Representations. Each Shareholder, severally and not jointly,
hereby represents and warrants, solely with respect to itself and not any other
Shareholder, to the Acquiror Company as follows:
4.2.1 Acknowledgment. Each
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
for offers and sales to accredited investors, or Regulation S for offers and
sales of securities outside the U.S.
4.2.2 Status. By
its execution of this Agreement, each Shareholder represents and warrants to the
Acquiror Company as indicated on its signature page to this Agreement, either
that:
(a) such
Shareholder is an Accredited Investor; or
(b) such
Shareholder is not a U.S. Person.
Each
Shareholder understands that the Acquiror Company Shares are being offered and
sold to such Shareholder in reliance upon the truth and accuracy of the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of
such 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.
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4.2.3 Additional Representations
and Warranties of Accredited Investors. Each Shareholder
indicating that such Shareholder is an Accredited Investor on its signature page
to this Agreement, severally and not jointly, further makes the representations
and warranties to the Acquiror Company set forth on Exhibit
D.
4.2.4 Additional Representations
and Warranties of Non-U.S. Persons. Each Shareholder
indicating that it is not a U.S. person on its signature page to this Agreement,
severally and not jointly, further makes the representations and warranties to
the Acquiror Company set forth on Exhibit
E.
4.2.5 Stock
Legends. Each Shareholder hereby agrees with the Acquiror
Company as follows:
(a) Securities Act Legend
Accredited Investors. The certificates evidencing the Acquiror
Company Shares issued to those Shareholders who are Accredited Investors, and
each certificate issued in transfer thereof, will bear 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.
(b) Securities Act Legend -
Non-U.S. Persons. The certificates evidencing the Acquiror
Company Shares issued to those Shareholders who are not U.S. Persons, and each
certificate issued in transfer thereof, will bear the following
legend:
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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) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, AND BASED ON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S HAVE
BEEN SATISFIED, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (3) 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. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT.
(c) Other
Legends. The certificates representing such Acquiror Company
Shares, and each certificate issued in transfer thereof, will also bear any
other legend required under any applicable Law, including, without limitation,
any U.S. state corporate and state securities law, or contract.
(d) Opinion. No
Shareholder will transfer any or all of the Acquiror Company Shares pursuant to
Regulation S or absent an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act and applicable state securities law covering the disposition of such
Shareholder’s Acquiror Company Shares, without first providing the Acquiror
Company with an opinion of counsel (which counsel and opinion are reasonably
satisfactory to the Acquiror Company) to the effect that such transfer will be
made in compliance with Regulation S or will be exempt from the registration and
the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and the registration
or qualification requirements of any applicable U.S. state securities
laws.
(e) Consent. Each
Shareholder understands and acknowledges that the Acquiror Company may refuse to
transfer the Acquiror Company Shares, unless such Shareholder complies with this
Section 4.2.5 and any other restrictions on transferability set forth in Exhibits D and E. Each
Shareholder consents to the Acquiror Company making a notation on its records or
giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Acquiror Company’s Common Stock
in order to implement the restrictions on transfer of the Acquiror Company
Shares.
SECTION
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject
to the disclosures contained in the relevant Schedules attached hereto, the
Company represents and warrants to the Acquiror Company as
follows:
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5.1 Organization and
Qualification.
5.1.1 The
Company is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands, has all requisite authority and power (corporate and other),
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to carry on its
business as presently conducted, to own, hold and operate its properties and
assets as now owned, held and operated by it, to enter into this Agreement, 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, in
the aggregate, 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 have a
Material Adverse Effect. Set forth on Schedule 5.1 is a
list of those jurisdictions in which the Company presently conducts its
business, owns, holds and operates its properties and assets.
5.1.2 Each
of the HK Companies is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of Hong Kong, and has all requisite authority and power
(corporate and other), 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, 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 have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.1.3 The
PRC Company 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 business 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
have 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.
5.2 Subsidiaries. Except
for the PRC Company and each of the HK Companies and as set forth on Schedule 5.2, 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.
5.3 Organizational
Documents.
5.3.1 The
copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and the
documents which constitute all other Organizational Documents of the Company,
that have been delivered to the Acquiror Company prior to the execution of this
Agreement are true and complete and have not been amended or
repealed. The Company is not in violation or breach of any of the
provisions of its Organizational Documents.
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5.3.2 The
copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of each of the HK Companies
and the documents which constitute all other Organizational Documents of each of
the HK Companies, that have been delivered to the Acquiror Company prior to the
execution of this Agreement are true and complete and have not been amended or
repealed. Each of the HK Companies is not in violation or breach of
any of the provisions of its Organizational Documents.
5.3.3 True,
correct and complete translated copies of the Organizational Documents of the
PRC Company have been delivered to the Acquiror Company prior to the execution
of this Agreement, and no action has been taken to amend or repeal such
Organizational Documents. The PRC Company is not in violation or
breach of any of the provisions of its Organizational Documents.
5.4 Authorization and Validity
of this Agreement. The Company has all requisite authority and
power (corporate and other), authorizations, consents and approvals to enter
into this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company
is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, to perform
its obligations under this Agreement and each of the 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 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 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.
5.5 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 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 cases
of clauses (b), (c) and (d), for any such contraventions, conflicts, violations,
or other occurrences as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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5.6 Binding
Obligations. Assuming this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties hereto and thereto other than the Company, this Agreement and each of
the 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.
5.7 Capitalization and Related
Matters.
5.7.1 Capitalization of the
Company. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists
of 50,000 Ordinary Shares, of which 50,000 shares are issued and
outstanding. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7.1, 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 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
capital stock. 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 of the
Company. The issuance of all of the Ordinary Shares described in this
Section 5.7.1 has been in compliance with the laws of the British Virgin
Islands. All issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital
stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and have
not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. The
owners of the Ordinary Shares of the Company own, and have good, valid and
marketable title to, all the Ordinary Shares of the Company.
5.7.2 Capitalization of the HK
Companies. The authorized capital stock of each of the HK
Companies is as follows: (i) HuaShen Trading (International) Ltd.’s authorized
capital stock consists of 10,000 ordinary shares, par value HK$1.00 per share,
of which 10,000 shares are issued and outstanding; (ii) Petrochemical
Engineering Ltd.’s authorized capital stock consists of 10,000 ordinary shares,
par value HK$1.00 per share, of which 6,000 shares are issued and outstanding;
and (iii) Bright Flow Control Ltd.’s authorized capital stock consists of 10,000
ordinary shares, par value HK$1.00 per share, of which 10,000 shares are issued
and outstanding. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7.2, 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 any of the HK
Companies 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 capital stock. 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 of any of the HK Companies. The issuance of all of the ordinary
shares of each of the HK Companies described in this Section 5.7.2 has been in
compliance with the laws of Hong Kong. All issued and outstanding
shares of each of the HK Companies’ capital stock are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and have not been issued in violation of
any preemptive or similar rights. The owners of the ordinary shares
of the HK Companies own, and have good, valid and marketable title to, all the
ordinary shares of the HK Companies.
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5.7.3 Capitalization of the PRC
Company. The capitalization of the PRC Company is set forth on
Schedule
5.7.3(a). There are no outstanding options, warrants or commitments in
respect of increase of registered capital or transfer of equity interest of the
company as of the date hereof. The equity interest of the PRC Company
is free of any liens or encumbrances other than any liens or encumbrances
created by or imposed upon the holder thereof, and is not subject to preemptive
rights or rights of first refusal 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 equity interest set forth on Schedule 5.7.3(a)
constitutes all of the equity interest of the PRC Company. All
registered capital and other capital contributions regarding the PRC Company
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 or withdrawn. The owners of the equity
interest of the PRC Company own, and have good, valid and marketable title to,
all equity interest of the PRC Company. 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 the PRC Company to increase its registered capital,
sell or transfer its equity interest, or otherwise to cause any change on the
ownership of its equity interest. There are no outstanding
stockholders’ agreements, voting trusts or arrangements, rights of first refusal
or other contracts pertaining to the equity interest of the PRC
Company. None of the outstanding equity interest of the PRC Company
has been owned in violation of any rights of any Person or in violation of any
Law.
5.7.4 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 capital stock 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.
5.8 Shareholders. Schedule II contains
a true and complete list of the names and addresses of the record and beneficial
holders of all of the outstanding capital stock of the
Company. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no holder of
Shares or any other security of the Company or any other Person is entitled to
any preemptive right, right of first refusal or similar right as a result of the
issuance of the shares or otherwise. There is no voting trust,
agreement or arrangement among any of the Shareholders of any capital stock of
the Company affecting the exercise of the voting rights of any such capital
stock.
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5.9 Compliance with Laws and
Other Instruments. Except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, the business and operations of the Company, the HK Companies and the PRC
Company have been and are being conducted in accordance with all applicable Laws
and Orders. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect,
neither the Company, the HK Companies, nor the PRC Company 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, the HK Companies or the
PRC Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, each HK Company and the PRC
Company, no Proceeding involving an allegation of violation of any applicable
Law or Order is threatened or contemplated. Except as would not have
a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company, any HK Company, nor the PRC
Company is, and is not alleged to be, 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. To the knowledge
of the Company, each HK Company and the PRC Company, no other party to any
material contract, agreement, lease, license, commitment, instrument or other
obligation to which the Company, any HK Company or the PRC Company is a party is
(with or without notice or lapse of time or both) in default thereunder or in
breach of any term thereof. The Company is not 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, any
HK Company or the PRC Company 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.
5.10 Certain
Proceedings. There is no pending Proceeding that has been
commenced against the Company and 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.
5.11 No Brokers or
Finders. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.11, 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, and the Company will indemnify
and hold the Acquiror Company harmless against any liability or expense arising
out of, or in connection with, any such claim.
5.12 Title to and Condition of
Properties. Except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company 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 as presently conducted, free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted
Liens. The material buildings, plants, machinery and equipment
necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company as presently conducted
are structurally sound, are in good operating condition and repair and are
adequate for the uses to which they are being put, in each case, taken as a
whole, and none of such buildings, plants, machinery or equipment is in need of
maintenance or repairs, except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs
that are not material in nature or cost.
5.13 Board
Recommendation. The Company Board has, by unanimous written
consent, determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, are advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its
Shareholders.
5.14 Intellectual
Property. The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries
owns or possesses all patents, trademarks, domain names (whether or not
registered) and any patentable improvements or copyrightable derivative works
thereof, websites and intellectual property rights relating thereto, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and authorizations, and all rights with
respect to the foregoing, which are necessary for the conduct of its business as
now conducted without any conflict with the rights of others.
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5.15 Due
Diligence. The Company has had the opportunity to perform all
due diligence investigations of the Acquiror Company and its business that the
Company has deemed necessary or appropriate and to ask all questions of the
officers and directors of the Acquiror Company that the Company wished to
ask. The Company has reviewed sufficient information to allow it to
make the satisfactory evaluation on the merits and risks of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall derogate from or otherwise modify the representations and
warranties of the Acquiror Company set forth in this Agreement, on which each of
the Shareholders have relied in making an exchange of his Shares of the Company
for the Acquiror Company Shares.
5.16 Liabilities. Except
as indicated in the financial statements and those incurred in the ordinary
business hereto, since September 30, 2009, neither the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries has incurred any external liabilities, obligations, claims or
losses (whether liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise) which, individually or in the aggregate, are
reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
5.17 Adverse
Interest. No current officer, director or Person known to the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries to be the record or beneficial owner in
excess of 5% of such entity’s outstanding stock, is a party adverse to the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to the
Company or the Company Subsidiaries in any material pending
Proceeding.
5.18 No Material Adverse
Effect. Since September 30, 2009, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries has not suffered a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE ACQUIROR COMPANY AND THE ACQUIROR COMPANY PRINCIPAL
SHAREHOLDER
Subject
to the disclosures contained in the relevant Schedules attached hereto, the
Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder, jointly and
severally, represent and warrant to each of the Shareholders and the Company as
follows:
6.1 Organization and
Qualification. The Acquiror Company is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of Nevada, 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 6.1 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.
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6.2 Subsidiaries. Except
as disclosed in Schedule 6.2, 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.
6.3 Organizational
Documents. True, correct and complete copies of the
Organizational Documents of the Acquiror Company have been delivered to the
Company prior to the execution of this Agreement, and no action has been taken
to amend or repeal such Organizational Documents since such date of
delivery. The Acquiror Company is not in violation or breach of any
of the provisions of its Organizational Documents.
6.4 Authorization. The
Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder have 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 and the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholder is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror
Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder is a party and to perform
its obligations under this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to
which the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder is a
party. The execution, delivery and performance by the Acquiror
Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder of this Agreement and
each of the Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholder is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action and do not, other than approval by the Acquiror
Company stockholders in relation to the actions contemplated by the Schedule 14C
Filing, 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 and the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholder of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the
Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder is a party
requires no authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of or filing or
registration with any Governmental Authority or other Person other than such
other customary filings with the Commission for transactions of the type
contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.
6.5 No
Violation. Neither the execution nor the delivery by the
Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder of this
Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the Acquiror Company and the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder is a party, nor the consummation or
performance by the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal
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 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 or the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder is a party or by which the
properties or assets of the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholder is bound; (c) contravene, conflict with, or result in a
violation of, any Law or Order to which the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholder, or any of the properties or assets owned or used
by the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder, 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 the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder or that otherwise relate
to the business of, or any of the properties or assets owned or used by, the
Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder, except, in the
case of clauses (b), (c), or (d), for any such contraventions, conflicts,
violations, or other occurrences as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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6.6 Binding
Obligations. Assuming this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties hereto and thereto other than the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholder, this Agreement and each of the Transaction
Documents to which the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholder is a party are duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Acquiror Company and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder and constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Acquiror Company and the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder, enforceable against the Acquiror Company
and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder 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.
6.7 Securities
Laws. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Shareholders, contained in Section 4 and Exhibits D and E, the issuance of
the Acquiror Company Shares pursuant to this Agreement will be when issued and
paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement issued in accordance
with exemptions from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act and the registration permit or qualification requirements of
all applicable state securities laws.
6.8 Capitalization and Related
Matters.
6.8.1 Capitalization. The
authorized capital stock of the Acquiror Company consists of 75,000,000 shares:
50,000,000 shares of the Acquiror Company’s Common Stock are authorized, par
value $.001, of which 5,906,950 shares are issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Repurchase and 1,121,950 are issued and outstanding immediately
after the Repurchase; 25,000,000 shares of the Acquiror Company’s Preferred
Stock are authorized, par value $0.001, of which none are issued or outstanding.
All issued and outstanding shares of the Acquiror Company’s Common Stock
immediately prior to the Repurchase and the Share Exchange are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, 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’s Common Stock to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. There are no outstanding options, warrants, 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 capital stock. 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 of the Acquiror Company. The issuance of all of the shares of
Acquiror Company’s Common Stock described in this Section 6.8.1 have been in
compliance with U.S. federal and state securities laws and state corporate laws
and no stockholder of the Acquiror Company has any right to rescind or bring any
other claim against the Acquiror Company for failure to comply under the
Securities Act, or state securities laws.
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6.8.2 No Redemption
Requirements. Except as contemplated by the Repurchase, 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.
6.8.3 Duly
Authorized. The issuance of the Acquiror Company Shares has
been duly authorized and, upon delivery to the Shareholders of certificates
therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Acquiror Company
Shares will have been validly issued and fully paid, and will be nonassessable,
have the rights, preferences and privileges specified, will be free of
preemptive rights and will be free and clear of all Liens and restrictions,
other than Liens created by the Shareholders and restrictions on transfer
imposed by this Agreement and the Securities Act.
6.9 Compliance with
Laws. The business and operations of the Acquiror Company have
been and are being conducted in accordance with all applicable Laws and
Orders. 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, to the knowledge of the
Acquiror Company, 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, 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.
6.10 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.
6.11 No Brokers or
Finders. Except as disclosed in Schedule 6.11, 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, and after
the Closing, the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder will indemnify and hold
the Acquiror Company and the Company harmless against any liability or expense
arising out of, or in connection with, any such claim.
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6.12 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.12 or in
the SEC Documents, as hereafter defined, the Acquiror Company has no debt,
obligation or liability (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, liquidated or
otherwise, whether due or to become due, whether or not known to the Acquiror
Company) arising out of any transaction entered into at or prior to the Closing
Date or any act or omission at or prior to the Closing Date, except to the
extent set forth on or reserved against on the Acquiror Company Balance
Sheet. Any and all debts, obligations or liabilities with respect to
directors and officers of the Acquiror Company and of the Acquiror Company will
be cancelled prior to the Closing. The Acquiror Company has not
incurred any liabilities or obligations under agreements entered into, in the
usual and ordinary course of business since September 30, 2009.
6.13 Changes. Except
as set forth on Schedule 6.13 or in
the SEC Documents, the Acquiror Company has, conducted its business in the usual
and ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and has
not:
6.13.1 Ordinary Course of
Business. Entered into any transaction other than in the usual
and ordinary course of business, except for this Agreement and each of the
Transaction Documents;
6.13.2 Adverse
Changes. 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 or those
that would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
6.13.3 Loans. 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;
6.13.4 Liens. Created
or permitted to exist any Lien on any material property or asset of the Acquiror
Company, other than Permitted Liens;
6.13.5 Capital
Stock. 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;
6.13.6 Dividends. Declared,
set aside, made or paid any dividend or other distribution to any of its
stockholders;
6.13.7 Material Acquiror Company
Contracts. Terminated or modified any Material Acquiror
Company Contract, except for termination upon expiration in accordance with the
terms thereof;
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6.13.8 Claims. Released,
waived or cancelled any claims or rights relating to or affecting the Acquiror
Company in excess of US $10,000 in the aggregate or instituted or settled any
Proceeding involving in excess of US $10,000 in the aggregate;
6.13.9 Discharged
Liabilities. Paid, discharged or satisfied any claim,
obligation or liability in excess of US $10,000 in the aggregate, except for
liabilities incurred prior to the date of this Agreement in the ordinary course
of business;
6.13.10 Indebtedness. Created,
incurred, assumed or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness in excess of
US $10,000 in the aggregate, other than professional fees;
6.13.11 Guarantees. Guaranteed
or endorsed in a material amount any obligation or net worth of any
Person;
6.13.12 Acquisitions. Acquired
the capital stock or other securities or any ownership interest in, or
substantially all of the assets of, any other Person;
6.13.13 Accounting. 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;
6.13.14 Agreements. Entered
into any agreement, or otherwise obligated itself, to do any of the
foregoing.
6.14 Material 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 Material Acquiror Company Contract, including each amendment, supplement
and modification thereto.
6.14.1 No
Defaults. Each Material Acquiror Company Contract is a valid
and binding agreement of the Acquiror Company that is party thereto, and is in
full force and effect. The Acquiror Company is not in breach or
default of any Material Acquiror Company Contract to which it is a party and, to
the knowledge of the Acquiror Company, no other party to any Material 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 Material
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 Material
Acquiror Company Contract. The Acquiror Company has not received
notice of the pending or threatened cancellation, revocation or termination of
any Material 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 Material Acquiror Company
Contract.
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6.15 Employees.
6.15.1 Except
as set forth on Schedule 6.15.1, the
Acquiror Company has no employees, independent contractors or other Persons
providing services to them. Except as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, the Acquiror Company is 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.
6.15.2 No
director, officer or employee of the Acquiror Company is a party to, or is
otherwise bound by, any contract (including any confidentiality, non-competition
or proprietary rights agreement) with any other Person that in any way adversely
affects or will materially affect (a) the performance of his or her duties as a
director, officer or employee of the Acquiror Company or (b) the ability of the
Acquiror Company to conduct its business. Except as set forth on
Schedule
6.15.2, each employee of the Acquiror Company is employed on an at-will
basis and the Acquiror Company does not have any contract with any of its
employees which would interfere with its ability to discharge its
employees.
6.16 Tax Returns and
Audits.
6.16.1 Tax
Returns. The Acquiror Company has filed all material Tax
Returns required to be filed (if any) by or on behalf of the Acquiror Company
and has paid all material Taxes of the Acquiror Company required to have been
paid (whether or not reflected on any Tax Return). No Governmental
Authority in any jurisdiction has made a claim, assertion or threat to the
Acquiror Company that the Acquiror Company is or may be subject to taxation by
such jurisdiction; 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.
6.16.2 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.
6.16.3 No
Disputes. 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 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, since its inception and any and all correspondence
with respect to the foregoing.
6.16.4 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.
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6.16.5 No Tax Allocation,
Sharing. The Acquiror Company is not and has not been a party
to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement.
6.16.6 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 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.
6.17 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.
6.18 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.
6.19 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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6.20 Interested Party
Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20, no
officer, director or 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, (1) an interest in any Person which (a) furnishes or sells services
or products which are furnished or sold or are proposed to be furnished or sold
by the Acquiror Company, or (b) purchases from or sells or furnishes to, or
proposes to purchase from, sell to or furnish the Acquiror Company any goods or
services; or (2) 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.
6.21 Governmental
Inquiries. The Acquiror Company has provided to the Company a
copy of each material written inspection report, questionnaire, inquiry, demand
or request for information received by the Acquiror Company from any
Governmental Authority, and the Acquiror Company’s response thereto, and each
material written statement, report or other document filed by the Acquiror
Company with any Governmental Authority.
6.22 Bank Accounts and Safe
Deposit Boxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.22, the
Acquiror Company does not have any bank or other deposit or financial account,
nor does the Acquiror Company have any lock boxes or safety deposit
boxes.
6.23 Intellectual
Property. The Acquiror Company does not own, use or license
any Intellectual Property in its business as presently conducted.
6.24 Title to
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.
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6.25 SEC Documents; Financial
Statements. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.25, 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, for the
three (3) years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the
Acquiror Company was required by law to file such material) (the foregoing
materials being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Documents”). As
of their respective dates, the SEC Documents and any registration statements
filed under the Securities Act (the “Registration Statements”)
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Documents or Registration
Statements, 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 Material 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 and the Registration Statements as and to the
extent required under the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as
applicable. The financial statements of the Acquiror Company included
in the Registration Statement and the SEC Documents 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 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 Acquiror Company was
originally organized and operated through the date hereof as a bona fide
operating business without any pre-existing plan or strategy that the Acquiror
Company would serve primarily as a merger or acquisition candidate for an
unidentified company or companies. The disclosure set forth in the
SEC Documents and Registration Statements regarding the Acquiror Company’s
business is current and complete and accurately reflects operations of the
Acquiror Company as it exists as of the date hereof.
6.26 Stock Option Plans; Employee
Benefits.
6.26.1 The
Acquiror Company has no stock option plans providing for the grant by the
Acquiror Company of stock options to directors, officers or
employees.
6.26.2 The
Acquiror Company has no employee benefit plans or arrangements covering their
present and former employees or providing benefits to such persons in respect of
services provided the Acquiror Company.
6.26.3 Neither
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby alone, nor in
combination with another event, with respect to each director, officer, employee
and 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.
6.27 Money Laundering
Laws. The operations of the Acquiror Company is and has 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.
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6.28 Board
Recommendation. The Acquiror Company Board, by unanimous
written 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
VII
COVENANTS
OF THE ACQUIROR COMPANY
7.1 SEC
Documents. From and after the Closing Date, in the event the
Commission notifies the Acquiror Company of its intent to review any SEC
Document filed prior to the Closing Date or the Acquiror Company receives any
oral or written comments from the Commission with respect to any SEC Document
filed prior to the Closing Date or any disclosure regarding the Acquiror
Company’s business or operations, as in existence through the date hereof in any
SEC Document or registration statement filed after the Closing Date, the
Acquiror Company shall promptly notify the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholder and the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder shall fully cooperate
with the Acquiror Company in connection with such review and
response.
7.2 Schedule 14(f) Information
Statement. Within ten (10) days following the Closing Date,
the Acquiror Company will file and mail a Schedule 14(f) information statement
to the stockholders of record of the Acquiror Company.
7.3 Form
8-K. Within four (4) business days of the Closing Date, the
Acquiror Company shall file the Form 8-K.
7.4 Schedule 14C Information
Statement for Name Change. As promptly as practicable
following the Closing Date, but in no event later than March 31, 2010, the
Acquiror Company shall file and mail a Definitive Information Statement on
Schedule 14C to the stockholders of the Acquiror Company with respect to
amending the Acquiror Company’s Articles of Incorporation to change its
name.
SECTION
VIII
COVENANTS
AND AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
8.1 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 (and any Subsidiary) as each party may reasonably
request. In order that each party may have the full opportunity to do
so, the Company and the Acquiror Company, the Shareholders and the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholder shall furnish each party and its representatives
during such period with all such information concerning the affairs of the
Company or the Acquiror Company or any Subsidiary 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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8.2 Cooperation;
Consents. Prior to the Closing, each party shall cooperate
with the other parties and 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.
8.3 Conduct of
Business. Subject to the provisions hereof, from the date
hereof through the Closing, each party hereto shall (i) conduct its business in
the ordinary course and in such a manner so that the representations and
warranties contained herein shall continue to be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing as if made at and as of the Closing and (ii)
not enter into any material transactions or incur any material liability (except
in the ordinary course of its business) not required or specifically
contemplated hereby, without first obtaining the written consent of the Company
and the holders of a majority of voting stock of the Company, on the one hand,
and the Acquiror Company and the holders of a majority of the Acquiror Company
Common Stock, on the other hand. Without the prior written consent of
the Company, the Shareholders, the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholder, except as required or specifically contemplated hereby,
each party shall not undertake or fail to undertake any action if such action or
failure would render any of said warranties and representations untrue in any
material respect as of the Closing.
8.4 Litigation. From the
date hereof through the Closing, each party hereto shall promptly notify the
representative of the other parties of any known Proceeding 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 reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect upon the condition (financial or
otherwise), assets, liabilities, business, operations or prospects of such party
or any of its Subsidiaries.
8.5 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.
8.6 Share
Cancellation. Immediately prior to the Closing, Xxxxx shall
cancel 4,690,000 of his 5,000,000 Acquiror Company Shares.
8.7 Public
Disclosure. Except to the extent previously disclosed or to
the extent the parties are required by applicable law or regulation to make
disclosure, prior to Closing, no party shall issue any statement or
communication to the public regarding the transaction contemplated herein
without the consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. To the extent a party hereto believes it is required by law
or regulation to make disclosure regarding the transaction, it shall, if
possible, immediately notify the other party prior to such disclosure and
provide the opportunity for the other party to make reasonable comments to such
disclosure.
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8.8 Assistance with Post-Closing
SEC Reports and Inquiries. Upon the reasonable request of the
Company, after the Closing Date, the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder
shall use his reasonable best efforts to provide such information available to
him, 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 Commission to remain in compliance and current with
its reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, or filings required to
address and resolve matters as may relate to the period prior to the Closing and
any Commission comments relating thereto or any Commission inquiry
thereof.
8.9 Transfers. Except
for the shares listed in Schedule I and as
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, none of the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholder or the Shareholders will sell, transfer, assign,
hypothecate, lien, or otherwise dispose or encumber the shares owned by
them.
8.10 No Loans or
Advances. Except for loans and advances outstanding as of the
Closing Date or such loans and advances that are in compliance with the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
the Company, the HK Companies and the PRC Company will not make any loans,
advances or other extensions of credit to the executive officers or directors of
the Company, any Subsidiary or any family member or Affiliate of any of such
executive officers or directors.
SECTION
IX
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):
9.1 Accuracy of
Representations. The representations and warranties of the
Company and the Shareholders set forth in this Agreement or in any Schedule or
certificate delivered pursuant hereto that are not qualified as to materiality
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement 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. The representations and warranties of the Company and the
Shareholders set forth in this Agreement or in any Schedule or certificate
delivered pursuant hereto that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and
correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement, 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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9.2 No Force Majeure
Event. There shall not have been any delay, error, failure or
interruption in the conduct of the business of the Company, or any loss, injury,
delay, damage, distress, or other casualty, due to force majeure including but
not limited to (a) acts of God; (b) fire or explosion; (c) war, acts of
terrorism or other civil unrest; or (d) national emergency.
9.3 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
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 Shareholders, as the
case may be, except where the failure to receive such consents, waivers,
approvals, authorizations or orders or to make such filings would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Acquiror Company.
9.4 Certificate of
Officer. The Company will have delivered to the Acquiror
Company a certificate executed by an officer of the Company, certifying the
satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3 relating
to the Company.
9.5 Certificate of
Shareholders. Each Shareholder will have delivered to the
Acquiror Company a certificate executed by such Shareholder, if a natural
person, or an authorized officer of the Shareholder, if an entity, certifying
the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 9.1 relating to such
Shareholder.
9.6 Documents. The
Company and the Shareholders must deliver to the Acquiror Company at the
Closing:
9.6.1 share
certificates evidencing the number of Shares held by each Shareholder (as set
forth in Exhibit
A), along with executed share transfer forms 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 such shares to Acquiror
Company (subject to Closing and payment of stamp duty);
9.6.2 each
of the Transaction Documents to which the Company and/or the Shareholders is a
party, duly executed;
9.6.3 such
other documents as the Acquiror Company may reasonably request for the purpose
of (A) evidencing the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties of
the Company and the Shareholders pursuant to Section 9.1, (B) evidencing the
performance of, or compliance by the Company and the Shareholders with, any
covenant or obligation required to be performed or complied with by the Company
or the Shareholders, as the case may be, (C) evidencing the satisfaction of
any condition referred to in this Section 9, or (D) otherwise facilitating the
consummation or performance of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
9.6.4 legal
opinion of Han Kun Law Offices, PRC legal counsel to the Company, substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit
F.
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9.7 No
Proceedings. There must not have been commenced or threatened
against the Acquiror Company, the Company or any Shareholder, or against any
Affiliate thereof, 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.
9.8 No Claim Regarding Stock
Ownership or Consideration. There must not have been made or
threatened by any Person, other than persons listed on Schedule I hereto,
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 stock,
voting, equity, or ownership interest in, the Company, or (b) is entitled to all
or any portion of the Acquiror Company Shares.
9.10 Repurchase. Prior
to the Closing, the Repurchase shall have been completed.
SECTION
X
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT OF THE COMPANY
AND
THE SHAREHOLDERS
The
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 Shareholders jointly, in whole or in part):
10.1 Accuracy of
Representations. The representations and warranties of the
Acquiror Company and Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder set forth in this
Agreement or in any Schedule or certificate delivered pursuant hereto that are
not qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of the date of this Agreement 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. The representations and
warranties of the Acquiror Company and Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder
set forth in this Agreement or in any Schedule or certificate delivered pursuant
hereto that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all
respects as of the date of this Agreement, 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.
10.2 No Force Majeure
Event. There shall not have been any delay, error, failure or
interruption in the conduct of the business of the Acquiror Company, or any
loss, injury, delay, damage, distress, or other casualty, due to force majeure
including but not limited to (a) acts of God; (b) fire or explosion; (c) war,
acts of terrorism or other civil unrest; or (d) national emergency.
10.3 Consents.
10.3.1 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, except where the failure to receive such
consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations or orders or to make such filings
would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Acquiror
Company.
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10.3.2 Without
limiting the foregoing, the Schedule 14(f) Filing (and Schedule 14C Filing)
shall have been prepared to be filed with the Commission by the Acquiror Company
after the Closing Date.
10.4 Certificate of
Officer. The Acquiror Company will 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
Sections 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 relating to the Acquiror Company.
10.5 Certificate of Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholder. The Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholder will have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the Closing
Date, executed by such Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder, certifying the
satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 10.1 relating to the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder.
10.6 Documents. The
Acquiror Company must have caused the following documents to be delivered to the
Company and/or the Shareholders:
10.6.1 share
certificates evidencing each Shareholder’s pro rata share of the Acquiror
Company Shares (as set forth in Exhibit
A);
10.6.2 a
Secretary’s Certificate, dated the Closing Date certifying attached copies of
(A) the Organizational Documents of the Acquiror Company, (B) the resolutions of
the Acquiror Company Board approving this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby; and (C) the incumbency of each authorized officer of the
Acquiror Company signing this Agreement and any other agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby to which the Acquiror Company is a party;
10.6.3 a
Certificate of Good Standing of the Acquiror Company that is dated within five
(5) business days of the Closing;
10.6.4 each
of the Transaction Documents to which the Acquiror Company is a party, duly
executed;
10.6.5 the
resignation of Xxxxx as an officer of the Acquiror Company on the Closing
Date;
10.6.6 Acquiror
Company Board Resolutions (i) increasing the size of the board to three (3)
members, (ii) appointing Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxx to serve as Chairman of the Acquiror
Company Board and as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Acquiror
Company and Mr. Xxxx Xxxx as Chief Financial Officer of the Acquiror Company;
and (iii) nominating Xx. Xxxxxx Yutaka to serve as a member of the Acquiror
Company Board, with such appointment to be effective on the Effective
Time.
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10.6.7 legal
opinion of Law Offices of X. Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx, PC, substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit
G;
10.6.8 a
statement from the Acquiror Company’s transfer agent regarding the number of
issued and outstanding shares of common stock immediately before the Closing;
and
10.6.9 such
other documents as the Company may reasonably request for the purpose of (i)
evidencing the accuracy of any representation or warranty of the Acquiror
Company pursuant to Section 10.1, (ii) evidencing the performance by the
Acquiror Company of, or the compliance by the Acquiror Company with, any
covenant or obligation required to be performed or complied with by the Acquiror
Company, (iii) evidencing the satisfaction of any condition referred to in this
Section 10, or (iv) otherwise facilitating the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10.7 No
Proceedings. Since the date of this Agreement, there must not
have been commenced or threatened against the Acquiror Company, the Company or
any Shareholder, 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 (b) that may have the effect of
preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with any of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
10.8 No Claim Regarding Stock
Ownership or Consideration. There must not have been made or
threatened by any Person, other than persons listed on Schedule I hereto any
claim asserting that such Person (a) is the holder of, or has the right to
acquire or to obtain beneficial ownership of the 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.
10.9 No
Liability. There must not be any outstanding obligation or
liability (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, liquidated or otherwise,
whether due or to become due) of the Acquiror Company, whether or not known to
the Acquiror Company.
10.10 Cancellation of
Shares. Prior to the Closing, the Repurchase shall have been
completed.
SECTION
XI
INDEMNIFICATION;
REMEDIES
11.1 Survival. All
representations, warranties, covenants, and obligations in this Agreement shall
expire eighteen (18) months following the date this Agreement is executed (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.
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11.2 Indemnification by the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder. From and after the
execution of this Agreement until the expiration of the Survival Period, the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Acquiror Company, the Company and the Shareholders (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties”),
from and against any damages arising, directly or indirectly, from or in
connection with:
(a) any
breach of any representation or warranty made by the Acquiror Company or the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder in this Agreement or any Transaction
Document or in any certificate delivered by the Acquiror Company pursuant to
this Agreement;
(b) any
breach by the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder of
any covenant or obligation of the Acquiror Company in this Agreement or any
Transaction Document required to be performed by the Acquiror Company or the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder on or prior to the Closing Date or after
the Closing Date; or
(c) any
and all losses, claims, damages, or liabilities against the Acquiror Company or
the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder, occurring on or prior to the Closing
Date.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Acquiror Company and the Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholder’s total indemnification obligations under this
Section 11 shall be limited to and shall not under any circumstances exceed US
$275,000.
11.3 Indemnification by Acquiror
Company Principal Shareholder relating to a Proceeding.
11.3.1 The
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder shall to the fullest extent permitted
under applicable Law, indemnify and hold harmless, each present, former and
future director, officer or employee of the Acquiror Company (collectively, the
“Indemnified Parties”)
against any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines,
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement, in
connection with any Proceeding whether by a third party, the Acquiror Company or
otherwise (x) arising out of or pertaining to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or (y) otherwise with respect to any acts or omissions
occurring at or prior to the Closing Date (“Damages”), to the same extent
as provided in the Acquiror Company’s Organizational Documents or any applicable
contract or agreement as in effect on the date hereof, in each case for the
Survival Period. In the event of any such Proceeding (whether arising
before or after the Closing Date), (i) the Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholder shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel, promptly
after statements therefor are received, provided that the Indemnified Parties
shall be required to reimburse the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder for
such payments in the circumstances and to the extent required by the Acquiror
Company’s Organizational Documents, any applicable contract or agreement or
applicable Law, and (ii) the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder shall
cooperate in the defense of any such matter; provided, however, that the
Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder shall not be liable for any settlement
effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld); and provided, further, that, in the event that any claim or claims
for indemnification are asserted or made within the Survival Period, all rights
to indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue until
the disposition of any and all such claims. The Indemnified Parties
as a group may retain only one law firm to represent them in each applicable
jurisdiction with respect to any single action unless there is, under applicable
standards of professional conduct, a conflict on any significant issue between
the positions of any two or more Indemnified Parties, in which case each
Indemnified Person with respect to whom such a conflict exists (or group of such
Indemnified Persons who among them have no such conflict) may retain one
separate law firm in each applicable jurisdiction.
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11.4 Breach by the
Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 11 shall limit the
Acquiror Company’s right to pursue any appropriate legal or equitable remedy
against any Shareholder with respect to any damages from and after the execution
of this Agreement, until the expiration of the Survival Period arising, directly
or indirectly, from or in connection with: (a) any breach by such Shareholder of
any representation or warranty made by such Shareholder in this Agreement or in
any certificate delivered by such Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement or (b)
any breach by such Shareholder of any covenants or obligation in this Agreement
required to be performed by the Acquiror Company or the Acquiror Company
Principal Shareholder on or prior to the Closing Date or after the Closing
Date. All claims of the Acquiror Company pursuant to this Section
11.4 shall be brought by the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder on behalf of
the Acquiror Company and those Persons who were stockholders of the Acquiror
Company immediately prior to the Closing Date.
SECTION
XII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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.
12.2 Public
Announcements. The Acquiror Company shall promptly, but no
later than four (4) business days following the effective date of this
Agreement, issue a press release disclosing the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Acquiror Company shall also file with the Commission a
Form 8-K describing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby
as soon as practicable following the Closing Date but in no event more than four
(4) business days following the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing Date, the
Company and the Acquiror Company shall consult with each other in issuing the
Form 8-K, the press release and any other press releases or otherwise making
public statements or filings and other communications with the Commission or any
regulatory agency or stock market or trading facility with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby and neither party shall issue any such press
release or otherwise make any such 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 no less than
three (3) calendar days, 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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12.3 Confidentiality.
12.3.1 The
Acquiror Company, the Acquiror Company Principal Shareholder, the 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 (a) 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, (b) 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 (c) the furnishing or use
of such information is required by or necessary or appropriate in connection
with legal proceedings.
12.3.2 In
the event that any party is required to disclose any information of another
party pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of Section 12.3.1, 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. 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.
12.3.3 If
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, each party
will return or destroy all of such written information each party has regarding
the other party.
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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.
If
to Acquiror Company:
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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with
a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:
Leser,
Hunter, Taubman & Taubman
00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000, ext. 215
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
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If
to the Company:
China
LianDi Clean Technology Engineering Ltd.
Unit
401-405.4/F, Tower B, Wanliuxingui Xxxxxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 100089
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with
a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:
Loeb
& Loeb LLP
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
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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.
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.
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 or the 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 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 or the documents referred to in this
Agreement.
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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.
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 11.3 hereof, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail
delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and
binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf”
signature page were an original thereof.
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OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
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COUNTERPART
SIGNATURE PAGE
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Share Exchange
Agreement as of the date first written above.
Acquiror Company:
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Acquiror Company Principal
Shareholder:
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Xxxx Xxxxx
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Signed:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx |
Signed:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |
Printed name: Xxxx Xxxxx
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Printed name: Xxxx Xxxxx
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Company:
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China LianDi Clean Technology Engineering Ltd.
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Signed:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxx | |||
Printed name:
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxx | |||
Title:
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CEO |
[Signatures
Continue]
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SCHEDULE
I
Name
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#
shares
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|||
SJ
ASIA PACIFIC LIMITED
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6,275,118 | |||
HUASHEN
TRADING (INTERNATIONAL) LTD.
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6,838,620 | |||
CHINA
LIANDI ENERGY RESOURCES ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY LTD.
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10,684,660 | |||
RAPID
CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
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1,367,724 | |||
DRAGON
EXCEL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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1,367,724 | |||
TRIPOINT
CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC
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820,634 | |||
TOTAL:
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27,354,480 |
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SCHEDULE
II
SJ ASIA
PACIFIC LIMITED
HUASHEN
TRADING (INTERNATIONAL) LTD.
CHINA
LIANDI ENERGY RESOURCES ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY LTD.
RAPID
CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
DRAGON
EXCEL HOLDINGS LIMITED
TRIPOINT
CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
4.1.3
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Shareholder
Ownership of Shares
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Schedule
5.1
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Company
Organization and Qualification
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Schedule
5.2
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Company
Subsidiaries
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Schedule
5.7.1
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Capitalization
of the Company
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Schedule
5.7.2
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Capitalization
of the HK Companies
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Schedule
5.7.3(a)
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Capitalization
of PRC Company
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Schedule
5.7.3(b)
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Capitalization
of PRC Company
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Schedule
5.11
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Company
Brokers or Finders
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Schedule
6.1
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Acquiror
Company Organization and Qualification
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Schedule
6.2
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Acquiror
Company Subsidiaries
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Schedule
6.11
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Acquiror
Company Brokers or Finders
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Schedule
6.12
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Acquiror
Company Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
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Schedule
6.13
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Changes
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Schedule
6.15.1
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Employees
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Schedule
6.15.2
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Acquiror
Company Employees
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Schedule
6.20
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Interested
Party Transactions
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Schedule
6.22
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Bank
Accounts
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Schedule
6.25
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Acquiror
Company SEC
Documents
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EXHIBIT
A
SHARES
AND ACQUIROR COMPANY SHARES TO BE EXCHANGED
Total
Shares to be delivered by the Shareholders to Acquiror
Company:
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50,000 | |||
Total
Acquiror Company Shares to be delivered by the Acquiror Company to the
Shareholders:
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27,354,480 |
Name and Address of Each
Shareholder
|
Number of
Shares of
Company
Owned
|
Percentage of
Total Shares
of Company
Owned
|
Number of
Total Acquiror
Company
Shares Issuable
|
|||||||||
SJ
Asia Pacific Limited
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11,470 | 22.94 | 6,275,118 | |||||||||
Huashen
Trading (International) Ltd.
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12,500 | 25.00 | 6,838,620 | |||||||||
China
LianDi Energy Resources Engineering Technology Ltd.
|
19,530 | 39.06 | 10,684,660 | |||||||||
Rapid
Capital Holdings Ltd.
|
2,500 | 5.00 | 1,367,724 | |||||||||
Dragon
Excel Holdings Limited
|
2,500 | 5.00 | 1,367,724 | |||||||||
TriPoint
Capital Advisors, LLC
|
1,500 | 3.00 | 820,634 |
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EXHIBIT
B
Definition
of “Accredited Investor”
The term
“accredited investor”
means:
(1)
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A
bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or a savings and
loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of
the Securities Act, whether acting in its individual or fiduciary
capacity; a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; an insurance company as defined in
Section 2(13) of the Securities Act; an investment company registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”)
or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the
Investment Company Act; a Small Business Investment Company licensed by
the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958; a plan established and maintained
by a state, its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of
a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if
such plan has total assets in excess of US $5,000,000; an employee benefit
plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (“ERISA”), if
the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section
3(21) of ERISA, which is either a bank, savings and loan association,
insurance company, or registered investment advisor, or if the employee
benefit plan has total assets in excess of US $5,000,000 or, if a
self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that
are accredited investors.
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(2)
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A
private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of
the Investment Advisers Act of
1940.
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(3)
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An
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not
formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with
total assets in excess of US
$5,000,000.
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(4)
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A
director or executive officer of the Acquiror Company.
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(5)
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A
natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that
person’s spouse, at the time of his or her purchase exceeds US
$1,000,000.
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(6)
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A
natural person who had an individual income in excess of US $200,000 in
each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s
spouse in excess of US $300,000 in each of those years and has a
reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current
year.
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(7)
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A
trust, with total assets in excess of US $5,000,000, not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is
directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii)
(i.e., a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the prospective investment).
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(8)
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An
entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited
investors. (If this alternative is checked, the Shareholder
must identify each equity owner and provide statements signed by each
demonstrating how each is qualified as an accredited
investor.)
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EXHIBIT
C
Definition
of “U.S. Person”
(1)
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“U.S. person” (as defined
in Regulation S) means:
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(i)
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Any
natural person resident in the United
States;
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(ii)
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Any
partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the
United States;
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(iii)
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Any
estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S.
person;
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(iv)
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Any
trust of which any trustee is a U.S.
person;
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(v)
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Any
agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United
States;
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(vi)
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Any
non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or
trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a
U.S. person;
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(vii)
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Any
discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust)
held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an
individual) resident in the United States;
and
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(viii)
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Any
partnership or corporation if: (A) organized or incorporated
under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction; and (B) formed by a U.S.
person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not
registered under the Securities Act, unless it is organized or
incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule
501(a)) who are not natural persons, estates or
trusts.
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(2)
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Notwithstanding
paragraph (1) above, any discretionary account or similar account (other
than an estate or trust) held for the benefit or account of a non-U.S.
person by a dealer or other professional fiduciary organized,
incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States shall
not be deemed a “U.S.
person.”
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(3)
|
Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), any estate of which any professional fiduciary acting as
executor or administrator is a U.S. person shall not be deemed a U.S.
person if:
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(i)
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An
executor or administrator of the estate who is not a U.S. person has sole
or shared investment discretion with respect to the assets of the estate;
and
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(ii)
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The
estate is governed by foreign law.
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(4)
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Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), any trust of which any professional fiduciary acting as
trustee is a U.S. person shall not be deemed a U.S. person if a trustee
who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion with
respect to the trust assets, and no beneficiary of the trust (and no
settlor if the trust is revocable) is a U.S.
person.
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(5)
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Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), an employee benefit plan established and administered in
accordance with the law of a country other than the United States and
customary practices and documentation of such country shall not be deemed
a U.S. person.
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(6)
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Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), any agency or branch of a U.S. person located outside the
United States shall not be deemed a “U.S. person”
if:
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(i)
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The
agency or branch operates for valid business reasons;
and
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(ii)
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The
agency or branch is engaged in the business of insurance or banking and is
subject to substantive insurance or banking regulation, respectively, in
the jurisdiction where located.
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(7)
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The
International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development
Bank, the African Development Bank, the United Nations, and their
agencies, affiliates and pension plans, and any other similar
international organizations, their agencies, affiliates and pension plans
shall not be deemed “U.S.
persons.”
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EXHIBIT
D
ACCREDITED
INVESTOR REPRESENTATIONS
Each of
the Shareholders indicating that it is an Accredited Investor, severally and not
jointly, further represents and warrants to the Acquiror Company as
follows:
1.
|
Such
person or entity qualifies as an Accredited Investor on the basis set
forth on its signature page to this
Agreement.
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2.
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Such
person or entity has sufficient knowledge and experience in finance,
securities, investments and other business matters to be able to protect
such Shareholder’s interests in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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3.
|
Such
person or entity 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.
|
4.
|
Such
person or entity 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.
|
5.
|
Such
person or entity has had access to the Acquiror Company’s publicly filed
reports with the SEC.
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6.
|
Such
person or entity has been furnished during the course of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement with all other public information regarding
the Acquiror Company that such person or entity 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.
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7.
|
Such
person or entity has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and
receive answers concerning the Acquiror Company and the terms and
conditions of the issuance of the Acquiror Company
Shares.
|
8.
|
Such
person or entity 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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9.
|
Such
person or entity is acquiring the Acquiror Company Shares for such
person’s or entity’s, as the case may be, own account, for investment and
not for distribution or resale to
others.
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10.
|
Such
person or entity will not sell or otherwise transfer the Acquiror Company
Shares, 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.
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11.
|
Such
person or entity understands and acknowledges that the Acquiror Company is
under no obligation to register the Acquiror Company Shares for sale under
the Securities Act.
|
12.
|
Such
person or entity consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate
or other document evidencing the Acquiror Company Shares substantially in
the form set forth in
Section 4.2.5(a).
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13.
|
Such
person or entity represents that the address furnished on its signature
page to this Agreement and in Exhibit A is
the principal residence if he is an individual or its principal business
address if it is a corporation or other
entity.
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14.
|
Such
person or entity understands and 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.
|
15.
|
Such
person or entity acknowledges that the representations, warranties and
agreements made by such person or entity herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the purchase of the Acquiror
Company Shares.
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EXHIBIT
E
NON
U.S. PERSON REPRESENTATIONS
Each
Shareholder indicating that it is not a U.S. person, severally and not jointly,
further represents and warrants to the Acquiror Company as follows:
16.
|
At
the time of (a) the offer by the Acquiror Company and (b) the acceptance
of the offer by such person or entity, of the Acquiror Company Shares,
such person or entity was outside the United
States.
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17.
|
No
offer to acquire the Acquiror Company Shares or otherwise to participate
in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement was made to such person
or entity or its representatives inside the United
States.
|
18.
|
Such
person or entity is not purchasing the Acquiror Company Shares for the
account or benefit of any U.S. person, or with a view towards distribution
to any U.S. person, in violation of the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.
|
19.
|
Such
person or entity will make all subsequent offers and sales of the Acquiror
Company Shares either (x) outside of the United States in compliance with
Regulation S; (y) pursuant to a registration under the Securities Act; or
(z) pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the
Securities Act. Specifically, such person or entity will not
resell the Acquiror Company Shares to any U.S. person or within the United
States prior to the expiration of a period commencing on the Closing Date
and ending on the date that is one year thereafter (the “Distribution Compliance
Period”), except pursuant to registration under the Securities Act
or an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
|
20.
|
Such
person or entity is acquiring the Acquiror Company Shares for such
Shareholder’s own account, for investment and not for distribution or
resale to others.
|
21.
|
Such
person or entity has no present plan or intention to sell the Acquiror
Company Shares in the United States or to a U.S. person at any
predetermined time, has made no predetermined arrangements to sell the
Acquiror Company Shares and is not acting as a Distributor of such
securities.
|
22.
|
Neither
such person or entity, its Affiliates nor any Person acting on behalf of
such person or entity, has entered into, has the intention of entering
into, or will enter into any put option, short position or other similar
instrument or position in the U.S. with respect to the Acquiror Company
Shares at any time after the Closing Date through the Distribution
Compliance Period except in compliance with the Securities
Act.
|
23.
|
Such
person or entity consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate
or other document evidencing the Acquiror Company Shares substantially in
the form set forth in
Section 4.2.5(b).
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24.
|
Such
person or entity is not acquiring the Acquiror Company Shares in a
transaction (or an element of a series of transactions) that is part of
any plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the Securities
Act.
|
25.
|
Such
person or entity has sufficient knowledge and experience in finance,
securities, investments and other business matters to be able to protect
such person’s or entity’s interests in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
|
26.
|
Such
person or entity 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.
|
27.
|
Such
person or entity 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.
|
28.
|
Such
person or entity has had access to the Acquiror Company’s publicly filed
reports with the SEC.
|
29.
|
Such
person or entity has been furnished during the course of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement with all other public information regarding
the Acquiror Company that such person or entity 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.
|
30.
|
Such
person or entity has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and
receive answers concerning the Acquiror Company and the terms and
conditions of the issuance of the Acquiror Company
Shares.
|
31.
|
Such
person or entity 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.
|
32.
|
Such
person or entity will not sell or otherwise transfer the Acquiror Company
Shares, 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.
|
33.
|
Such
person or entity understands and acknowledges that the Acquiror Company is
under no obligation to register the Acquiror Company Shares for sale under
the Securities Act.
|
34.
|
Such
person or entity represents that the address furnished on its signature
page to this Agreement and in Exhibit A is
the principal residence if he is an individual or its principal business
address if it is a corporation or other
entity.
|
35.
|
Such
person or entity understands and 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.
|
36.
|
Such
person or entity acknowledges that the representations, warranties and
agreements made by such person or entity herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the purchase of the Acquiror
Company Shares.
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