Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER, CONVERSION AND SHARE EXCHANGE
BY AND AMONG
IDEATION ACQUISITION CORP.
ID ARIZONA CORP.
SEARCHMEDIA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
SHANGHAI JINGLI ADVERTISING CO., LTD.
THE SUBSIDIARIES OF SEARCHMEDIA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED NAMED
HEREIN
THE SHAREHOLDERS AND WARRANTHOLDERS OF SEARCHMEDIA
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED NAMED HEREIN
THE SM SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVES AND
THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN
Dated: March 31, 2009
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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The Merger
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Section 1.1
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The Merger
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Section 1.2
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Filing of Certificate of Ownership and Merger; Merger
Effective Time
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ARTICLE II
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Conversion
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A-3
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Section 2.1
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The Conversion
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Section 2.2
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Registration by Way of Continuation; Conversion Effective
Time
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ARTICLE III
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Charter Documents, Directors and Officers of Surviving
Corporation and ID Cayman
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Section 3.1
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Articles of Incorporation of Surviving Corporation
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Section 3.2
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Bylaws of Surviving Corporation
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A-3
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Section 3.3
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Directors of Surviving Corporation
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Section 3.4
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Officers of Surviving Corporation
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Section 3.5
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Memorandum and Articles of Association of ID Cayman
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Section 3.6
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Directors of ID Cayman
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Section 3.7
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Officers of ID Cayman
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ARTICLE IV
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Conversion and Exchange of Securities
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Section 4.1
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Conversion of Stock in the Merger
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Section 4.2
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Conversion of Securities in the Conversion
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Section 4.3
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Certificates Representing Ideation Securities
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Section 4.4
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Effect of the Conversion
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ARTICLE V
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Share Exchange
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Section 5.1
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Share Exchange
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A-6
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Section 5.2
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Equity Payment
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Section 5.3
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SM Option, SM Restricted Shares and SM Warrant
Exercises/Vesting
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Section 5.4
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Adjustments to Shares
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A-10
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Section 5.5
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No Fractional Shares
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A-10
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ARTICLE VI
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The Closing
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A-10
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Section 6.1
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Closing
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A-10
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Section 6.2
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Deliveries of the Parties
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A-10
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Section 6.3
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Additional Agreements
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Section 6.4
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Further Assurances
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ARTICLE VII
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Representations and Warranties of SM Parties
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Section 7.1
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SM Shares
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Section 7.2
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Organization and Standing
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Section 7.3
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Authority; Execution and Delivery; Enforceability
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Section 7.4
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Subsidiaries and Other Group Companies
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Section 7.5
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No Conflicts
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Section 7.6
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Consents and Approvals
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Section 7.7
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Financial Statements
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Section 7.8
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events
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A-15
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Section 7.9
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No Undisclosed Liabilities
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Section 7.10
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Litigation
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Section 7.11
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Licenses, Permits, Etc
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A-17
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Section 7.12
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Title to Properties
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A-17
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A-i
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Section 7.13
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Intellectual Property
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Section 7.14
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Taxes
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A-18
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Section 7.15
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Employment Matters
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A-19
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Section 7.16
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Transactions With Affiliates and Employees
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A-19
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Section 7.17
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Insurance
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A-20
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Section 7.18
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Material Contracts
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A-20
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Section 7.19
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Compliance with Applicable Laws
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A-20
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Section 7.20
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Foreign Corrupt Practices
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Section 7.21
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Brokers
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Section 7.22
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OFAC
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Section 7.23
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Additional PRC Representations and Warranties
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Section 7.24
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Environmental Matters
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Section 7.25
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Restrictions on Business Activities
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Section 7.26
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Investment Company
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ARTICLE VIII
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Representations and Warranties of Ideation
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Section 8.1
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Capital Structure
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Section 8.2
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Organization and Standing
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Section 8.3
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Authority; Execution and Delivery; Enforceability
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Section 8.4
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No Subsidiaries or Equity Interests
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Section 8.5
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No Conflicts
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Section 8.6
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Consents and Approvals
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Section 8.7
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SEC Documents
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Section 8.8
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Internal Accounting Controls
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Section 8.9
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events
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A-25
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Section 8.10
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Undisclosed Liabilities
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A-25
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Section 8.11
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Litigation
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A-25
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Section 8.12
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Compliance with Applicable Laws
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A-25
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Section 8.13
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
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Section 8.14
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Broker’s and Finders’ Fees
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A-26
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Section 8.15
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Minute Books
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A-26
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Section 8.16
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Board Approval
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Section 8.17
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Required Vote
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A-26
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Section 8.18
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AMEX Listing
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A-26
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Section 8.19
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Trust Account
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Section 8.20
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Transactions With Affiliates and Employees
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Section 8.21
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Material Contracts
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A-27
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Section 8.22
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Taxes
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A-27
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ARTICLE IX
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Conduct Prior To The Closing
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Section 9.1
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Covenants of SM Parties
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Section 9.2
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Covenants of Ideation
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A-30
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Section 9.3
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Conversion of SM Cayman Securities
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Section 9.4
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No Securities Transactions
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Section 9.5
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Other Pre-Closing Covenants
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ARTICLE X
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Covenants of the SM Parties
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Section 10.1
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Access to Information
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A-ii
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Section 10.2
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Exclusivity; No Other Negotiations
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Section 10.3
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Further Assurances
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Section 10.4
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Disclosure of Certain Matters
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A-34
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Section 10.5
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Regulatory and Other Authorizations; Notices and Consents
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A-34
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Section 10.6
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Related Tax
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A-34
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Section 10.7
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Proxy Statement/Prospectus
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A-34
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Section 10.8
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No Claim Against Trust Account
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Section 10.9
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Restrictive Covenants
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A-35
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ARTICLE XI
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Covenants of Ideation
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A-36
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Section 11.1
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Proxy Statement/Prospectus Filing, SEC Filings and Special
Meeting
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A-36
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Section 11.2
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Further Assurances
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A-37
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Section 11.3
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Disclosure of Certain Matters
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A-37
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Section 11.4
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Regulatory and Other Authorizations; Notices and Consents
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A-37
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Section 11.5
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Exclusivity; No Other Negotiations
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A-37
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Section 11.6
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Related Tax
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A-37
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Section 11.7
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Valid Issuance of ID Cayman Shares
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A-37
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ARTICLE XII
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Additional Agreements and Covenants
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Section 12.1
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Disclosure Schedules
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A-38
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Section 12.2
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Confidentiality
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A-38
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Section 12.3
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Public Announcements
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A-38
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Section 12.4
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Board Composition
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A-38
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Section 12.5
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Fees and Expenses
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A-39
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Section 12.6
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Director and Officer Insurance
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A-39
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Section 12.7
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Tax Elections
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A-39
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Section 12.8
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Exemption of Transaction
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A-39
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Section 12.9
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Series D Financing
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A-39
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Section 12.10
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Covenants of the Frost Group
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A-39
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ARTICLE XIII
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Conditions to Closing
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Section 13.1
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SM Parties Conditions Precedent
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A-42
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Section 13.2
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Ideation Conditions Precedent
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ARTICLE XIV
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Indemnification
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A-45
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Section 14.1
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Survival
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A-45
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Section 14.2
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Indemnification by the SM Shareholders and Linden Ventures
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A-45
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Section 14.3
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Indemnification by Ideation
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A-46
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Section 14.4
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Limitations on Indemnity
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A-46
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Section 14.5
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Defense of Third Party Claims
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A-47
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Section 14.6
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Tax Benefits; Reserves; Insurance
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A-48
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Section 14.7
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Limitation on Recourse; No Third Party Beneficiaries
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A-48
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ARTICLE XV
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Termination
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A-48
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Section 15.1
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Methods of Termination
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A-48
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Section 15.2
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Effect of Termination
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X-00
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Xxxxxxx 00.0
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Xxxxxxxxxxxxx of Fees and Expenses
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A-49
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ARTICLE XVI
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Miscellaneous
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A-50
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Section 16.1
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Notices
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A-50
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Section 16.2
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Amendments; Waivers; No Additional Consideration
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A-51
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A-iii
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Section 16.3
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Withholding Rights
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X-00
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Xxxxxxx 00.0
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Xxxxxxxxx, Projections and Forecasts
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A-51
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Section 16.5
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SM Shareholders’ Representatives
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A-51
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Section 16.6
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Interpretation
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A-53
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Section 16.7
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Severability
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X-00
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Xxxxxxx 00.0
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx; Facsimile Execution
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A-53
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Section 16.9
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Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries
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A-53
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Section 16.10
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Governing Law
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A-54
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Section 16.11
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Dispute Resolution
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A-54
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Section 16.12
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Assignment
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A-54
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Section 16.13
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Governing Language
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A-54
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Section 16.14
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Liability Not Affected by Knowledge or Waiver
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A-54
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Section 16.15
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Exhibits and Schedules
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A-54
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A-iv
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER, CONVERSION AND SHARE EXCHANGE
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, CONVERSION AND SHARE EXCHANGE,
dated as of
March 31, 2009 (this
“Agreement”), by and among IDEATION
ACQUISITION CORP., a corporation incorporated in the State of
Delaware, USA
(“Ideation”),
ID ARIZONA
CORP., a corporation incorporated in the State of Arizona, USA
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ideation
(“ID
Arizona”), each of the entities identified on
Schedule A hereto (the
“SM
Entities,” and each, an
“SM
Entity”), each of the shareholders of SM Cayman
identified on
Schedule B hereto (each, a
“SM Shareholder,” and collectively as
the
“SM Shareholders”) and the
shareholder of SM Cayman identified on
Schedule B-1
hereto (the
“Non-signing SM
Shareholder”) (it being understood that this
Agreement is executed on behalf of the Non-signing SM
Shareholder by Xxxxxxx Xxx (the
“Designated
Agent”), which action has been duly authorized, in
accordance with Article 153 of the Company Memorandum (as
defined herein), by the board of directors of the Company, each
of the SM Warrantholders identified on
Schedule B
hereto, each of the SM Shareholders’ Representatives
and The Frost Group, LLC, a limited liability company organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA (the
“Frost Group”). Each SM Entity, each SM
Shareholder, the Non-signing SM Shareholder and the SM
Warrantholders (other than Linden Ventures) is sometimes
individually referred to herein as a
“SM Party,”
and collectively as the
“SM Parties.”
Each of the Parties to this Agreement is individually
referred to herein as a
“Party” and
collectively as the
“Parties.”
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
Annex A hereto.
BACKGROUND
Ideation has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ID Arizona,
solely for the purposes of (1) the merger of Ideation with
and into ID Arizona pursuant to Section 253 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
“DGCL”) and
Section 10-1107
of the Arizona Revised Statutes (the
“ARS”) in which ID Arizona will be the
surviving corporation (the “Merger”),
(2) the subsequent conversion of ID Arizona into a Cayman
Islands company by a transfer of domicile pursuant to
Section 10-226
of the ARS, (3) the registration and continuation of
ID Arizona as a Cayman Islands company pursuant to
Section 221 of the Cayman Companies Law (the
“Conversion”) and (4) the Share
Exchange (as defined below). The Cayman Islands company
resulting from the Conversion will be named SearchMedia Holdings
Limited or such other name as approved by the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives (“ID Cayman,”
and together with Ideation and ID Arizona, the
“Ideation Parties”).
The Ideation Board and the board of directors of ID Arizona have
declared this Agreement advisable and approved the Transactions,
and the Ideation Board has adopted resolutions approving the
Merger and providing that (i) each share of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time (as
defined below) (the “Ideation Shares”),
will be automatically converted at the Merger Effective Time
into one share of common stock, par value US$0.0001 per share,
of ID Arizona (“ID Arizona Common Stock”
or the “ID Arizona Shares”); and
(ii) all Warrants (including the Purchase Options) to
purchase an Ideation Share (the “Ideation
Warrants,” and together with the Ideation
Shares, the “Ideation Securities”) will
be exchanged at the Merger Effective Time for substantially
equivalent warrants of ID Arizona on an equivalent basis (the
“ID Arizona Warrants,” and together with
the ID Arizona Shares, the “ID Arizona
Securities”).
The Ideation Board and the board of directors of ID Arizona have
approved the Conversion, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, whereby upon the
Conversion Effective Time, each outstanding ID Arizona Share
will be automatically converted into one ordinary share, par
value US$0.0001 per share, of ID Cayman (the “ID
Cayman Shares”) and each ID Arizona Warrant will be
cancelled and issued as equivalent securities by ID Cayman (the
“ID Cayman Warrants,” and together with
the ID Cayman Shares, the “ID Cayman
Securities”) upon registration of ID Cayman in the
Cayman Islands.
SM Cayman operates its business through the other Group
Companies. The SM Shareholders are the direct owners of all of
the outstanding SM Shares, other than the SM Shares held by the
Non-signing SM Shareholder, SM Shares issued pursuant to any SM
Options that are exercised after the date hereof and any SM
Restricted Shares Awards that become vested after the date
hereof.
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The Ideation Board and the board of directors of ID Arizona have
approved the acquisition of the SM Shares and SM Warrants
through an exchange transaction (the “Share
Exchange”) pursuant to which ID Cayman will issue
(a) to the SM Shareholders and the Non-signing SM
Shareholder, ID Cayman Shares in exchange for the SM Shares and
(b) to the holders of SM Warrants identified on
Schedule B (the “SM
Warrantholders”), warrants to purchase ID Cayman
Shares (subject to adjustment) in exchange for the SM Warrants,
in each case on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
The Merger, the Conversion and the Share Exchange require the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and
outstanding Ideation Shares, voting as a group, provided,
that the Transactions will only proceed if holders of no
more than 30% of the Ideation Shares issued in the Ideation
Public Offering exercise their Conversion Rights (it being
understood that such stockholders or shareholders, as
applicable, will be the holders of a majority of the issued and
outstanding ID Arizona Shares that are entitled to vote
immediately prior to the Conversion and the holders of a
majority of the issued and outstanding ID Cayman Shares that are
entitled to vote immediately prior to the Share Exchange since
the Merger, Conversion and Share Exchange shall happen as close
to simultaneously as permitted by the applicable Legal
Requirements).
The Conversion and the Share Exchange, which will take place
immediately after the Conversion, are part of the same
integrated transaction, such that neither the Conversion nor the
Share Exchange shall occur without the other.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
The Merger
Section 1.1 The
Merger. At the Merger Effective Time (as defined
in Section 1.2), Ideation will be merged with and into ID
Arizona in accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL,
Section 10-1107
of the ARS and this Agreement, and the separate corporate
existence of Ideation will thereupon cease. ID Arizona
(sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving
Corporation”) will be the surviving corporation in
the Merger. The Merger will have the effects specified in the
DGCL and the ARS.
Section 1.2 Filing
of Certificate of Ownership and Merger; Merger Effective
Time. As soon as practicable following the
satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Legal
Requirements, waiver of the conditions to the Closing set forth
in Article XIII, if this Agreement shall not have been
terminated prior thereto as provided in Section 15.1,
Ideation and ID Arizona shall cause (a) a certificate of
ownership and merger (the “Certificate of
Merger”) meeting the requirements of
Section 253 of the DGCL to be properly executed and filed
in accordance with the applicable requirements of the DGCL, and
(b) articles of merger (the “Articles of
Merger”) meeting the requirements of
Section 10-1105
of the ARS to be properly executed and filed in accordance with
such section. The Merger shall become effective at the time
designated in the Certificate of Merger and the Articles of
Merger as the effective time of the Merger that the Parties
shall have agreed upon and designated (the “Merger
Effective Time”). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Parties shall designate a time for the Merger Effective Time
that will be the later of (A) the time of filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware in accordance with the DGCL, and (B) the time
of issuance of a certificate of merger with respect to the
Articles of Merger by the Arizona Corporation Commission in
accordance with the ARS.
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ARTICLE II
Conversion
Section 2.1 The
Conversion. The Conversion will take place
immediately after the Merger Effective Time. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Conversion
Effective Time (as defined in Section 2.2 below), ID
Arizona shall convert to ID Cayman in accordance with this
Agreement and shall thereupon continue its existence, without
interruption, in the organizational form of a Cayman Islands
exempted company rather than an Arizona corporation. The
Conversion shall have the effects specified in the relevant
sections of the ARS and the Cayman Companies Law. The Conversion
and the Share Exchange are part of the same integrated
transaction, such that neither the Conversion nor the Share
Exchange shall occur without the other.
Section 2.2 Registration
by Way of Continuation; Conversion Effective
Time. As soon as practicable following the
satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Legal
Requirements, waiver of the conditions to the Closing set forth
in Article XIII, if this Agreement shall not have been
terminated prior thereto as provided in Section 15.1, ID
Cayman shall register by way of continuation as an exempted
company under the Cayman Companies Law and file the relevant
documents with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands
in accordance with the Cayman Companies Law and the Arizona
Corporation Commission in accordance with the relevant sections
of the ARS. The Conversion shall become effective at the later
of (1) the time of issuance by the Cayman Islands of a
certificate of registration by way of continuation as an
exempted company with respect to ID Cayman, and (2) the
time of issuance of a certificate recognizing the Conversion by
the Arizona Corporation Commission in accordance with the ARS
(the “Conversion Effective Time”).
ARTICLE III
Charter
Documents, Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation and
ID Cayman
Section 3.1 Articles
of Incorporation of Surviving Corporation. The
Articles of Incorporation of ID Arizona in effect immediately
prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be the Articles of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, until duly amended
in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements.
Section 3.2 Bylaws
of Surviving Corporation. The bylaws of ID
Arizona in effect immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time
shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until duly
amended in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements.
Section 3.3 Directors
of Surviving Corporation. The directors of
Ideation immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be
the directors of the Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of
their death, resignation or removal or until their respective
successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.
Section 3.4 Officers
of Surviving Corporation. The officers of
Ideation immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be
the officers of the Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of
their death, resignation or removal or until their respective
successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.
Section 3.5 Memorandum
and Articles of Association of ID Cayman. The
Memorandum and Articles of Association of ID Cayman shall be as
set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. The
Memorandum and Articles of Association of ID Cayman shall, by
resolution of ID Arizona shareholder(s)
and/or
directors, be effective upon the Conversion Effective Time.
Section 3.6 Directors
of ID Cayman. The directors of ID Arizona
immediately prior to the Conversion Effective Time shall
continue as the directors of ID Cayman, until the earlier of
their death, resignation or removal or until their respective
successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, commencing on the Closing Date,
the Combined Board will be established as provided for in
Section 12.4 hereof.
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Section 3.7 Officers
of ID Cayman. The officers of ID Arizona
immediately prior to the Conversion Effective Time shall
continue as the officers of ID Cayman, until the earlier of
their death, resignation or removal or until their respective
successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.
ARTICLE IV
Conversion
and Exchange of Securities
Section 4.1 Conversion
of Stock in the Merger. At the Merger Effective
Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of the holder of any shares:
(a) Conversion of Ideation Shares. Each
Ideation Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Merger Effective Time shall be automatically converted into one
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable ID Arizona Share,
to be delivered by ID Arizona in accordance with
Section 4.3 below.
(b) Cancellation of ID Arizona Shares Owned by
Ideation. Each issued and outstanding ID Arizona
Share that is owned by Ideation immediately prior to the Merger
Effective Time shall automatically be cancelled and retired and
shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered or
deliverable in exchange therefor.
(c) Ideation Warrants Become ID Arizona
Warrants. All Ideation Warrants then outstanding
shall remain outstanding and shall be assumed by ID Arizona and
thereafter become ID Arizona Warrants. Each Ideation Warrant by
virtue of becoming a ID Arizona Warrant shall be exercisable
upon the same terms and conditions as in effect immediately
prior to the Merger, except that upon the exercise of such ID
Arizona Warrants, ID Arizona Shares shall be issuable in lieu of
Ideation Shares. The number of ID Arizona Shares issuable upon
the exercise of a ID Arizona Warrant immediately prior to the
Merger Effective Time and the exercise price of each such ID
Arizona Warrant shall be the same number of shares and price as
in effect immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time. All ID
Arizona Warrants shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase ID
Arizona Shares in accordance with the terms of the documents
governing the ID Arizona Warrants.
Section 4.2 Conversion
of Securities in the Conversion. At the
Conversion Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and
without any action on the part of the holder of any shares:
(a) Conversion of ID Arizona Shares. Each
issued and outstanding share of ID Arizona Common Stock (after
giving effect to the Merger) shall be automatically converted
into and deemed as one validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable ID Cayman Share in accordance with
Section 4.3.
(b) Conversion of ID Arizona
Warrants. All ID Arizona Warrants then
outstanding shall remain outstanding and shall be assumed by ID
Cayman and thereafter become ID Cayman Warrants. Each ID Arizona
Warrant by virtue of becoming a ID Cayman Warrant shall be
exercisable upon the same terms and conditions as in effect
immediately prior to the Conversion, except that upon the
exercise of such ID Cayman Warrants, ID Cayman Shares shall be
issuable in lieu of ID Arizona Shares. The number of ID Cayman
Shares issuable upon the exercise of a ID Cayman Warrant
immediately after the Conversion Effective Time and the exercise
price of each such ID Cayman Warrant shall be the same number of
shares and price as in effect immediately prior to the
Conversion Effective Time. All ID Cayman Warrants shall entitle
the holder thereof to purchase ID Cayman Shares in accordance
with the terms of the documents governing the ID Cayman Warrants.
Section 4.3 Certificates
Representing Ideation Securities.
(a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, all of the
certificates and other documents or instruments that immediately
prior to that time represented outstanding Ideation Securities
(“Certificates”) shall be deemed for all
purposes to evidence ownership of, and to represent, the ID
Arizona Securities into which the Ideation Securities
represented by such Certificates have been converted as herein
provided. No certificates for ID Arizona Securities will be
issued as a result of the Merger, and no holder of record of any
Certificates shall be entitled to surrender any Certificate for
cancellation to ID Arizona or its transfer agent in exchange
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for a certificate representing that number of ID Arizona
Securities which such holder has the right to receive pursuant
to the provisions of this Article IV. The registered owner
on the books and records of ID Arizona or its transfer agent of
any such Certificate shall have and be entitled to exercise any
voting and other rights with respect to and to receive any
dividend and other distributions upon the ID Arizona Securities
evidenced by such Certificate as above provided.
(b) From and after the Conversion Effective Time, all of
the outstanding Certificates shall be deemed for all purposes to
evidence ownership of, and to represent, the ID Cayman
Securities into which the ID Arizona Securities represented by
such Certificates have been converted as herein provided. The
holders of those Certificates representing ID Cayman Shares
shall be entitled to be entered on the register of members of ID
Cayman as holders of that number of ID Cayman Shares represented
by the Certificates. The registered owner from time to time
entered in the register of members of ID Cayman shall have and
be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect
to and to receive any dividend and other distributions upon the
ID Cayman Securities in respect of which it is a registered
owner.
(c) At or after the Merger Effective Time, there shall be
no transfers on the stock transfer or other books of Ideation of
the Ideation Securities which were outstanding immediately prior
to the Merger Effective Time. At or after the Conversion
Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock
transfer or other books of ID Arizona of the ID Arizona
Securities which were outstanding immediately prior to the
Conversion Effective Time. If, after the Merger Effective Time
but prior to the Conversion Effective Time, Certificates are
presented to the Surviving Corporation or its transfer agent,
the presented Certificates shall be cancelled and exchanged
after the Conversion Effective Time for certificates for ID
Cayman Securities deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to
this Agreement in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Article IV. If, after the Conversion Effective Time,
Certificates are presented to ID Cayman or its transfer agent,
the presented Certificates shall be cancelled and exchanged for
certificates for or other applicable documents or instruments
representing ID Cayman Securities deliverable in respect thereof
pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Article IV (in the case of ID Cayman Shares,
ID Cayman may elect to enter each holder of record of
Certificates on the register of members of ID Cayman as the
holder of that number of ID Cayman Shares represented by the
Certificates, in lieu of or in addition to issuing share
certificates for such ID Cayman Shares).
(d) Following the Conversion Effective Time, each holder of
record of one or more Certificates may, but shall not be
required to, surrender any Certificate for cancellation to ID
Cayman or its transfer agent, and the holder of such Certificate
shall be entitled to be entered on the register of members of ID
Cayman as the holder of that number of ID Cayman Shares
represented by the Certificates, as applicable, and the
Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. In the
event of a transfer of ownership of Ideation Securities which is
not registered in the transfer records of Ideation or a transfer
of ownership of ID Arizona Securities which is not registered in
the transfer records of ID Arizona, a certificate or other
applicable document or instrument representing the proper number
of ID Cayman Securities may be issued to such a transferee (in
the case of ID Cayman Shares, ID Cayman shall enter the
transferee on the register of members of ID Cayman as the holder
of the proper number of ID Cayman Shares, in lieu of or in
addition to issuing share certificates for such ID Cayman
Shares) if the Certificate representing such Ideation Securities
or ID Arizona Securities is presented to ID Cayman or its
transfer agent, accompanied by all documents required to
evidence and effect such transfer (including a signed share
transfer form and the requisite board resolution authorizing the
updating of the register of members of ID Cayman to reflect such
transfer) and to evidence that any applicable stock transfer
taxes have been paid.
(e) In the event any Certificates representing the Ideation
Securities shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, ID Cayman
shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by
the holder thereof, certificates or documents representing the
ID Cayman Securities to be issued to such holder pursuant to
this Article IV (in the case of ID Cayman Shares, ID Cayman
shall enter the holder on the register of members of ID Cayman
as the holder of the proper number of ID Cayman Shares, in lieu
of or in addition to issuing share certificates for such ID
Cayman Shares); provided, however, that ID Cayman may, in
its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof (or entry on the register of members, as the case may
be), require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
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Certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against
ID Cayman with respect to the Certificates so alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Section 4.4 Effect
of the Conversion. At the Conversion Effective
Time, the effect of the Conversion shall be as provided in this
Agreement and the applicable provisions of ARS and Cayman
Companies Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
and subject thereto, at the Conversion Effective Time, all the
property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises,
debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of ID Arizona shall
become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and
franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of ID
Cayman, which shall include the assumption by ID Cayman of any
and all agreements, covenants, duties and obligations of ID
Arizona, as the Surviving Corporation, set forth in this
Agreement to be performed after the Closing.
Section 4.5 Exchange
of Acquired Shares. Immediately following the
Conversion Effective Time, the Acquired Shares shall be
repurchased by ID Cayman in exchange for ID Cayman Preferred
Shares and New Warrants in accordance with Section 12.12
hereof, if applicable.
ARTICLE V
Share
Exchange
Section 5.1 Share
Exchange. The Share Exchange will take place
immediately after the Conversion Effective Time. The Conversion
and the Share Exchange are part of the same integrated
transaction, such that neither the Conversion nor the Share
Exchange shall occur without the other.
(a) Shares. Upon the terms and subject to
the conditions hereof, at the Closing, (i) each of the SM
Shareholders shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to
ID Cayman free and clear of all Liens (except for
clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Liens), all of
the right, title and interest of each such SM Shareholder in and
to the SM Shares set forth opposite such SM Shareholder’s
name on Schedule B (which Schedule gives effect to
the Preferred Conversion) and (ii) the Designated Agent
shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver (on behalf of
the Non-signing SM Shareholder) to ID Cayman all of the right,
title and interest of the Non-signing SM Shareholder in and to
the Other SM Shares which, to the Knowledge of the SM Entities,
shall be free and clear of all Liens (except for clause (a)
of the definition of Permitted Liens). In exchange for such SM
Shares, ID Cayman shall sell, issue and deliver to the SM
Shareholders and the Non-signing SM Shareholder free and clear
of all Liens (except for clause (a) of the definition of
Permitted Liens), the number of ID Cayman Shares set forth
opposite the name of each such SM Shareholder and the
Non-signing SM Shareholder on Schedule C, all in
accordance with Section 5.2 hereof.
(b) Warrants. Upon the terms and subject
to the conditions hereof, at the Closing, each of the SM
Warrantholders shall exchange, transfer, convey, assign and
deliver to ID Cayman free and clear of all Liens (except for
clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Liens), all of
the right, title and interest of each such SM Warrantholder in
and to the SM Warrants, as set forth opposite such SM
Warrantholder’s name on Schedule B. In exchange
for such SM Warrants, ID Cayman shall issue and deliver to the
SM Warrantholders, free and clear of all Liens (except for
clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Liens),
(i) warrants to acquire the number of ID Cayman Shares set
forth opposite each such SM Warrantholder’s name under
“Warrant Allocation” on Schedule C at the
exercise price per share set forth opposite each such SM
Warrantholder’s name under “Warrant Allocation”
on Schedule C; each such warrant to be in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “New
Warrants”) and (ii) a number of ID Cayman
Shares calculated in accordance with Section 5.2(b). If and
to the extent that prior to the Closing, the warrant coverage
under the Linden Warrants increases pursuant to the terms
thereof, then the aggregate number of ID Cayman Securities
issuable to the SM Shareholders and SM Warrantholders hereunder
on the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule C and
New Options issuable to the SM Option holders hereunder pursuant
to Section 5.1(c) shall be reduced, pro rata based on the
number of SM Ordinary Shares owned by (or underlying SM Warrants
and/or SM
Options owned by) each of them, by the aggregate number of ID
Cayman Shares underlying the additional New Warrants issuable to
Linden Ventures pursuant to this Section on account of such
additional warrant coverage.
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(c) Restricted Shares.
(i) Upon the Closing, each outstanding award entitling the
holder thereof to receive SM Restricted Shares pursuant to the
Option Plan (each, an “SM Restricted Shares
Award”), to the extent not fully vested as of the
Closing, shall be assumed by ID Cayman and converted into an
award entitling the holder thereof to receive ID Cayman Shares
(a “New Restricted Shares Award”) as
provided in this Section 5.1(c), without any further action
by the holder thereof, and the holder of the New Restricted
Shares Award shall no longer have any rights to SM Shares. Each
New Restricted Shares Award shall entitle the holder thereof to
receive a number of ID Cayman Shares equal to (i) the
number of SM Ordinary Shares subject to the SM Restricted Shares
Award multiplied by (ii) 0.0675374, rounded down to the
nearest whole number of shares.
(ii) In all other regards, the terms of each New Restricted
Shares Award shall be the same as the SM Restricted Shares Award
which it replaces, and the Option Plan under which such SM
Restricted Shares Award was initially granted as in effect
immediately prior to the Closing shall continue to apply in all
material respects to the New Restricted Shares Award, including
all restrictions or limitations on transfer and vesting, to the
extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have
already lapsed, after giving effect to the Closing.
(iii) ID Cayman shall take all corporate action necessary
to assume the Option Plan at the Closing, reserve for issuance a
sufficient number of ID Cayman Shares for delivery upon the
vesting of the New Restricted Shares Awards and the exercise of
the New Options (as set forth in Section 5.1(d) below) and
to amend the Option Plan to provide that following the Closing
the shares subject to the Option Plan shall be ID Cayman Shares,
and the number of ID Cayman Shares issuable under the Option
Plan shall be determined by multiplying the number of SM
Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Option Plan by
0.0675374 and rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares.
(iv) As soon as reasonably practicable following the
Closing, ID Cayman shall file a registration statement on
Form S-8
under the Securities Act covering the ID Cayman Shares issuable
pursuant to the Option Plan and the New Restricted Shares Awards
and New Options under Section 5.1(c) and
Section 5.1(d) of this Agreement.
(d) Options.
(i) Upon the Closing, each outstanding and unexercised
option to purchase SM Shares granted under the Option Plan
(each, an “SM Option”), whether or not
exercisable or vested, shall be assumed by ID Cayman and
converted into an option to purchase ID Cayman Shares (a
“New Option”) as provided in this
Section 5.1(d), without any further action by the holder
thereof and the holder of the New Option shall have no further
rights to acquire any SM Shares. Each New Option shall be
exercisable for a number of ID Cayman Shares equal to
(i) the number of SM Ordinary Shares subject to the SM
Option multiplied by (ii) 0.0675374, rounded down to the
nearest whole number of shares. The per share exercise price of
each New Option shall equal (A) the per share exercise
price of the SM Option divided by (B) 0.0675374, rounded up
to the nearest whole cent.
(ii) In all other regards, the terms of each New Option
shall be the same as the SM Option which it replaces, and the
Option Plan under which such SM Option was initially granted as
in effect immediately prior to the Closing shall continue to
apply in all material respects to the New Options, including all
restrictions or limitations on transfer and vesting, to the
extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have
already lapsed, after giving effect to the Closing.
(e) Interim Notes. Upon the Closing, the
principal amount outstanding under each Interim Note as of the
Closing and US$10,000,000 of the principal amount outstanding
under the Linden Note as of the Closing shall be converted into
either (i) in the event that ID Cayman Preferred Shares
will be issued pursuant to Section 12.12, a number of ID
Cayman Preferred Shares calculated by dividing such outstanding
principal amount by US$7.8815, rounding up to the nearest whole
share, and a number of New Warrants, each such New Warrant to
purchase 0.25 of an ordinary share of ID Cayman at an exercise
price per such ordinary share of $7.8815, equal to such number
of ID Cayman Preferred Shares or (ii) in any other event, a
number of ID Cayman Shares calculated by dividing such
outstanding principal amount by US$7.8815, rounding up to the
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nearest whole share. At the Closing, (x) US$5,000,000 of
the principal amount outstanding under the Linden Note plus all
accrued and unpaid interest on the Linden Note, plus US$20,000
as reimbursement for Linden Ventures’ legal expenses, shall
be paid in cash to Linden Ventures and (y) all accrued and
unpaid interest under the Interim Notes shall be paid in cash to
the holders thereof.
Section 5.2 Equity
Payment.
(a) Initial Equity Payment. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions hereof, at the Closing, ID
Cayman shall issue and deliver to each SM Shareholder and the
Non-signing SM Shareholder the number of ID Cayman Shares set
forth opposite the name of each such Person on
Schedule C in the column entitled “Initial
Equity Payment,” representing, in the aggregate 6,865,341
ID Cayman Shares (the “Initial Equity
Payment”).
(b) Earn-Out Share Payments. ID Cayman
shall issue and deliver ID Cayman Shares (the
“Earn-Out Shares”), up to a maximum
number of 10,150,352 (the “Maximum Earn-Out
Shares”) to the SM Warrantholders, the SM
Shareholders and the Non-signing SM Shareholder in accordance
with the terms set forth below. Any such delivery of Earn-Out
Shares is referred to herein as the “Earn-Out Share
Payment.” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement, and irrespective of whether such Person
becomes an “SM Shareholder” or a “Non-signing SM
Shareholder” after the date hereof, (i) a holder of an
SM Restricted Shares Award (whether vested or unvested) shall
have no right to receive any part of any Earn-Out Share Payment
hereunder with respect to any SM Shares or ID Cayman Shares
received upon vesting of such SM Restricted Shares Award or any
New Restricted Shares Award and (ii) a holder of an SM
Option (whether vested or unvested) shall have no right to
receive any part of any Earn-Out Share Payment hereunder with
respect to any SM Shares or ID Cayman Shares received upon
exercise of the SM Option.
(i) Adjusted Net Income Target Achieved in
FY2009. If FY2009 Adjusted Net Income (as
calculated herein) equals or exceeds $25.7 million, then ID
Cayman shall issue and deliver to the SM Warrantholders, the SM
Shareholders and the Non-signing SM Shareholder an aggregate
number of Earn-Out Shares calculated in accordance with the
formula set forth below. If FY2009 Adjusted Net Income equals or
exceeds $38.4 million, FY2009 Adjusted Net Income shall be
deemed to be equal to $38.4 million for purposes of such
formula.
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The aggregate Earn-Out Shares earned hereunder (if any) shall be
allocated to each SM Warrantholder, SM Shareholder and the
Non-signing SM Shareholder in accordance with the percentage set
forth opposite the name of each such SM Warrantholder, SM
Shareholder and the Non-signing SM Shareholder in the applicable
column of Schedule C.
(ii) FY2009 Adjusted Net Income Target not Achieved;
Unearned Portion. The difference (if any) between
the Earn-Out Shares deliverable pursuant to
Section 5.2(b)(i) and the Maximum Earn-Out Shares is the
“Unearned Portion.” If the closing price per ID Cayman
ordinary share on the AMEX (or such other public trading market
on which the ID Cayman Shares may be trading at such time) for
any thirty (30) consecutive trading days during the period
from the date of the public announcement of the execution of
this Agreement to April 15, 2010 is equal to or greater
than $11.82, then ID Cayman shall issue and deliver to the SM
Warrantholders, SM Shareholders and the Non-signing SM
Shareholder an aggregate number of additional Earn-Out Shares
equal to the Unearned Portion. Such additional Earn-Out Shares
shall be allocated to each SM Warrantholder, SM Shareholder and
the Non-signing SM Shareholder in accordance with the percentage
set forth opposite the name of each such SM Warrantholder, SM
Shareholder and the Non-signing SM Shareholder in the applicable
column of Schedule C.
(iii) FY2009 Adjusted Net Income Target Not Achieved;
Unearned Portion Not Paid. Except as set forth in
Section 5.2(b)(i) and Section 5.2(b)(ii), ID Cayman
shall have no obligation to issue and the SM Warrantholders, the
SM Shareholders and the Non-signing SM Shareholder shall have no
right to receive any Earn-Out Shares.
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(iv) Calculation of Adjusted Net Income
and/or the
Unearned Portion. Within six months after the end
of FY2009, ID Cayman shall prepare and deliver to the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives and the Independent Directors
(i) the calculation of FY2009 Adjusted Net Income for
purposes of this Section 5.2(b) and (ii) a
determination (together with reasonable supporting
documentation) as to whether the Unearned Portion (if any) has
been earned in accordance with Section 5.2(b)(ii). The SM
Shareholders’ Representatives shall have all reasonable
rights of access to the corporate books and records of ID Cayman
for purposes of this Section. If the SM Shareholders’
Representatives or the Independent Directors dispute the
calculation of FY2009 Adjusted Net Income
and/or the
Unearned Portion for the time period in question, the parties
shall negotiate for thirty (30) days in good faith to
resolve such dispute. If after such
30-day
period such parties still cannot agree, they shall submit to an
international accounting firm reasonably acceptable to them (the
“Unaffiliated Accountants”) all relevant
financial and trading data as well as this Agreement, and the
disputed item or items in such calculation, for final and
binding arbitration and resolution before a representative of
the Unaffiliated Accountants (limited to only those items and
amounts in dispute and those items that are derived therefrom).
The decision and award of the Unaffiliated Accountants shall be
final and binding among the Parties hereto. The applicable
portion of the Earn-Out Shares to be issued and delivered to the
SM Warrantholders, SM Shareholders and the Non-signing SM
Shareholder, if any, shall be issued within thirty
(30) days following the final determination of FY2009
Adjusted Net Income hereunder
and/or the
final determination as to any entitlement to the Unearned
Portion hereunder.
(v) Change of Control. If on or prior to
April 15, 2010 a bona fide definitive agreement is executed
and the subsequent consummation of the transactions contemplated
by such agreement results in a Change of Control of ID Cayman,
then regardless of whether FY2009 Adjusted Net Income has been
achieved
and/or
whether the Unearned Portion has been earned pursuant to
Section 5.2(b)(ii), ID Cayman shall issue and deliver to
each SM Shareholder, SM Warrantholder and the Non-signing SM
Shareholder such number of Earn-Out Shares equal to the product
of (A) the percentage set forth opposite the name of each
such SM Warrantholder, SM Shareholder and the Non-signing SM
Shareholder in the applicable column of Schedule C
and (B) the Maximum Earn-Out Shares, if (x) such
Change of Control is approved by a majority of the independent
directors then on the board of directors of ID Cayman or
(y) the acquisition consideration delivered to the
shareholders of ID Cayman in the Change of Control has a value
(as determined in good faith by a majority of the independent
directors then on the board of directors of ID Cayman) that is
equal to at least $11.82 per share on a fully diluted basis (as
equitably adjusted for any stock split, combinations, stock
dividends, recapitalizations or similar events). Such Earn-Out
Share Payments shall be issued and delivered promptly after the
occurrence of such Change of Control.
Section 5.3 SM
Option, SM Restricted Shares and SM Warrant
Exercises/Vesting.
(a) Options. If, on or prior to the
Closing, any holder of SM Options exercises such options for SM
Shares, then (i) the SM Entities shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such holder to execute and deliver a
counterpart or joinder to this agreement (a
“Joinder”) to become bound hereunder as
an SM Shareholder or, if such Joinder is not so obtained, the SM
Entities, to the maximum extent permitted by the Company
Memorandum, shall cause such holder to be treated as a
Non-signing SM Shareholder hereunder (and such holder shall be
included in the definition thereof and the SM Shares owned by
him or it shall be included in the definition of Other SM
Shares) and shall appoint the Designated Agent to act on such
holder’s behalf hereunder, and (ii) Schedule B
(or B-1, as applicable) and Schedule C
hereof (with respect to the Initial Equity Payment only)
shall be amended to include such holder as an SM Shareholder (or
a Non-signing SM Shareholder) and to allocate to such holder at
the Closing in respect of such SM Options the aggregate number
of ID Cayman Shares that such holder would have received upon
exercise of the New Options issued to him or it pursuant to the
terms hereof had such SM Options remained outstanding as of the
Closing, after taking account of any cashless or net exercise of
the SM Options.
(b) SM Restricted Shares. If, on or prior
to the Closing, any part of an SM Restricted Shares Award
becomes vested, then (i) the SM Entities shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the holder of the SM
Shares received in connection with such vesting to execute and
deliver a Joinder to become bound hereunder as an SM Shareholder
with respect to such SM Shares or, if such Joinder is not so
obtained, the SM Entities, to the maximum extent permitted by
the Company Memorandum, shall cause such holder to be
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treated as a Non-signing SM Shareholder hereunder (and such
holder shall be included in the definition thereof and the SM
Shares owned by him or it shall be included in the definition of
Other SM Shares) and shall appoint the Designated Agent to act
on such holder’s behalf hereunder, and
(ii) Schedule B (or B-1, as applicable)
and Schedule C (with respect to the Initial Equity
Payment only) hereof shall be amended to include such holder as
an SM Shareholder (or a Non-signing SM Shareholder) and to
allocate to such holder at the Closing in respect of such SM
Shares the aggregate number of ID Cayman Shares that such holder
would have received in the form of a New Restricted Shares Award
pursuant to the terms hereof had such SM Restricted Shares Award
not vested as of the Closing, but not any Earn-Out Shares under
Section 5.2(b) with respect to such Restricted Shares.
(c) Warrants. If, on or prior to the
Closing, any SM Warrantholder exercises any of its SM Warrants,
then Schedule B and Schedule C hereof
shall be amended to allocate to such holder at the Closing in
respect of such SM Warrants the aggregate number of ID Cayman
Shares that such holder would have received upon exercise of the
New Warrants issued to him or it pursuant to the terms hereof
had such SM Warrants remained outstanding as of the Closing,
after taking into account any cashless or net exercise of the SM
Warrants.
Section 5.4 Adjustments
to Shares. The Initial Equity Payment and any
Earn-Out Share Payments shall be adjusted to reflect
appropriately the effect of any stock split, reverse stock
split, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification,
combination, exchange of shares or other like change with
respect to Ideation Securities, ID Cayman Securities, SM Shares,
SM Options or SM Warrants occurring on or after the date hereof.
Section 5.5 No
Fractional Shares. No fractions of ID Cayman
Shares shall be issued in connection with the Share Exchange.
Any holder of SM Shares who would otherwise be entitled to
receive a fraction of an ID Cayman Share (after aggregating all
fractional ID Cayman Shares issuable to such holder) shall, in
lieu of such fraction of a share, receive one whole ID Cayman
Share.
ARTICLE VI
The Closing
Section 6.1 Closing. The
Closing (the “Closing”) of the Merger,
Conversion, Share Exchange and the other transactions
contemplated hereby (the
“Transactions”), shall
take place at the offices of Akerman Senterfitt in Miami, FL
commencing at 9:00 a.m. local time on the third business
day following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions and
obligations of the Parties to consummate the Transactions
contemplated hereby (other than conditions and obligations with
respect to the actions that the respective Parties will take at
Closing), or on such other date and at such other time as the
Parties may mutually determine (the “Closing
Date”).
Section 6.2 Deliveries
of the Parties. At the Closing, (i) the SM
Parties (directly
and/or
through their nominees) shall deliver to the Ideation Parties
the various certificates, opinions, instruments, agreements and
documents referred to in Section 13.2 below, (ii) the
Ideation Parties shall deliver to the SM Parties (directly
and/or
through their nominees), as applicable, the various
certificates, opinions, instruments, agreements and documents
referred to in Section 13.1 below, (iii) each of the
SM Shareholders shall deliver (and the Designated Agent shall
deliver, on behalf of the Non-signing SM Shareholder) to the
Ideation Parties (a) a certificate representing the right,
title and interest in and to the SM Shares set forth opposite
the name of such SM Shareholder or the Non-signing SM
Shareholder on Schedule B (or
Schedule B-1,
in the case of the Non-signing SM Shareholder), properly
endorsed for transfer by the holder thereof (which, in the case
of the Non-signing SM Shareholder, shall be the Designated
Agent) or accompanied by the appropriate stock powers or
otherwise appropriately assigned, (b) a copy of resolutions
of the board of directors of SM Cayman and any SM Shareholder
that is an entity authorizing the transfer of the SM Shares (it
being agreed that, with respect to Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong
Branch, this requirement shall be satisfied through the delivery
of documentation evidencing that all necessary corporate action
has been taken to authorize the transfer of the SM Shares held
by Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch) and updating the register
of members of SM Cayman, and (c) a duly certified (by the
registered agent or any officer or director of SM Cayman) copy
of
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the updated register of members of SM Cayman reflecting the
acquisition by ID Cayman of the SM Shares from the SM
Shareholders and the Designated Agent on behalf of the
Non-signing SM Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement,
(iv) ID Cayman shall deliver to the SM Shareholders and to
the Non-signing SM Shareholder (directly or through their
designated nominees) a duly certified copy of the register of
members of ID Cayman reflecting the issuance of the ID Cayman
Shares pursuant to the Initial Equity Payments to the SM
Shareholders and to the Non-signing SM Shareholder and the New
Warrants to the SM Warrantholders and (v) each SM Entity
shall deliver to the Ideation Parties a validly executed IRS
Form 8832 with respect to such SM Entity and each of its
Subsidiaries, as described in Section 12.7 below (including
thereon a previously-obtained United States Taxpayer
Identification Number for such entity and its owner(s), as
required by such form).
Section 6.3 Additional
Agreements. At the Closing, the following
agreements (collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”) will have been duly executed by each
party thereto, delivered or otherwise effectuated:
(i) the
Lock-Up
Agreements;
(ii) the Registration Rights Agreement;
(iii) the New Warrants; and
(iv) the Voting Agreement.
The New Warrants issued to Linden Ventures will have an exercise
price of $6.30, cashless or net exercise provisions and an
expiration date which is no earlier than the expiration date of
the SM Warrants currently held by Linden Ventures; and the term
of Linden Ventures’
Lock-Up
Agreement will not be longer than the term of the
Lock-Up
Agreement of any other party.
Section 6.4 Further
Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, at any time or from time to time after the
Closing, each of the Parties shall execute and deliver such
other documents and instruments, provide such materials and
information and take such other actions as may be commercially
reasonable, to the extent permitted by law, to fulfill its
obligations under this Agreement and to effectuate and
consummate the Transactions.
ARTICLE VII
Representations
and Warranties of SM Parties
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule of the SM Parties
attached hereto as Schedule D (the “SM Disclosure
Schedule”) (i) the Designated Agent, severally and
not jointly, represents and warrants (solely as agent for, and
on behalf of, the Non-signing SM Shareholder and without
personal liability therefor, and solely with respect to the
Other SM Shares) as to the matters set forth in
Section 7.1(a) and Section 7.3(c) and (d),
(ii) each of the SM Institutional Shareholders, severally
and not jointly, represents and warrants (but solely with
respect to itself and its SM Shares) as to the matters set forth
in Section 7.1(a), the first sentence of Section 7.2
and Section 7.3(a), (c) and (d), (iii) Linden
Ventures, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants,
solely with respect to itself and not with respect to the Group
Companies or the SM Parties, as to the matters set forth in the
first sentence of Section 7.2, Section 7.3(a) and
Section 7.3(d) (it being understood that references to
“SM Parties” therein shall be deemed to refer to
Linden Ventures) and (iv) each of the SM Parties (other
than the SM Institutional Shareholders and the Designated Agent)
jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Ideation
Parties as follows:
Section 7.1 SM
Shares.
(a) Valid Title. Except as set forth in
Section 7.1(a) of the SM Disclosure Schedule, the SM
Shareholders and the Non-signing SM Shareholder (as applicable)
are the registered and beneficial owners of the SM Shares as set
forth on Schedule B and B-1 and have valid
title to the SM Shares, with the right and authority to sell and
deliver such SM Shares. Except as set forth in
Section 7.1(a) of the SM Disclosure Schedule, upon delivery
of any certificate or certificates duly assigned, representing
the same as herein
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contemplated, or a duly executed share transfer form, and upon
registering of ID Cayman as the new owner of such SM Shares in
the register of members of SM Cayman, ID Cayman will receive
valid title to such SM Shares, free and clear of all Liens
(except for clause (a) of the definition of Permitted
Liens).
(b) Capital Structure. The authorized
share capital of SM Cayman and the total number of issued and
outstanding shares and shares reserved for issuance under the
Option Plan and the SM Warrants are set forth in
Section 7.1(b) of the SM Disclosure Schedule. Except as set
forth in Section 7.1(b) of the SM Disclosure Schedule:
(i) no shares or other voting securities of SM Cayman are
issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding; (ii) all
outstanding shares of SM Cayman are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to or
issued in violation of any purchase option, call option, right
of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any
similar right under any provision of the SM Constituent
Instruments or any Contract to which any of the SM Parties or
any Group Company is a party or otherwise bound;
(iii) there are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
indebtedness of SM Cayman having the right to vote (or
convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the
right to vote) on any matters on which holders of the shares of
SM Cayman may vote (“Voting SM
Debt”); (iv) except for the SM Options,
the SM Restricted Shares Awards and the SM Warrants, there are
no options, warrants, rights, convertible or exchangeable
securities, “phantom” stock rights, stock appreciation
rights, stock-based performance units, commitments, Contracts,
arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which SM Cayman is a
party or is bound (A) obligating SM Cayman to issue,
deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold,
additional shares or other equity interests in, or any security
convertible or exercisable for or exchangeable into any shares
of or other equity interest in, SM Cayman or any Voting SM Debt,
or (B) obligating SM Cayman to issue, grant, extend or
enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, security,
commitment, Contract, arrangement or undertaking;
(v) except as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no
outstanding contractual obligations of SM Cayman to repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any of its shares; and
(vi) except as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no
registration rights, and there is no voting trust, proxy, or
other agreement or understanding to which SM Cayman is a party
or by which SM Cayman is bound with respect to any equity
security of any class of SM Cayman. A complete and accurate
listing of (x) the SM Options and the SM Restricted Shares
Awards (including a vesting schedule for each) and the holders
thereof as of the date hereof is set forth in
Section 7.1(b) of the SM Disclosure Schedule, and
(y) the SM Warrants and the holders thereof as of the date
hereof is set forth in Schedule B.
Section 7.2 Organization
and Standing. Except as set forth in
Section 7.11 of the SM Disclosure Schedule, each of the SM
Parties and the other Group Companies (if an entity) is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing (with respect
to jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing)
under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation,
organization or formation. Each of the Group Companies is duly
qualified to do business in each of the jurisdictions in which
the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of
the business which it conducts requires qualification, except
where the failure to so qualify would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Group Companies has all
requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its
tangible assets and properties and to carry on its business as
now being conducted. SM Cayman has delivered to Ideation true
and complete copies of the SM Constituent Instruments. The
minute books and registers of SM Cayman, Ad-icon Company Limited
and Great Talent Holding Limited are true and complete in all
material respects and copies of such documents, together with
true and correct copies of the minute books and registers of the
other Group Companies, have been made available to Ideation. The
share transfer, warrant and option transfer and ownership
records of the Group Companies are true and complete in all
material respects. Copies of such records have been made
available to Ideation.
Section 7.3 Authority;
Execution and Delivery; Enforceability.
(a) Each of the SM Parties (and their respective nominees),
if an entity, has all requisite corporate or other entity power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate
the Transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution,
delivery and performance by the SM Parties of this Agreement and
the consummation by them of the Transactions have been duly
authorized and approved by the board of directors or other
governing body of each of the SM Parties (if an entity) (it
being agreed that, with respect to Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong
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Branch, this requirement shall be satisfied through the delivery
of documentation evidencing that all necessary corporate action
has been taken to authorize and approve such matters), such
authorization and approval remains in effect and has not been
rescinded or qualified in any way, and no other proceedings on
the part of any such entities are necessary to authorize this
Agreement and the Transactions.
(b) The appointment of the Designated Agent to act for and
on behalf of the Non-signing SM Shareholder in accordance with
this Agreement has been duly authorized by the board of
directors of SM Cayman, such authorization and approval is
valid, effective and enforceable, remains in effect and has not
been rescinded or qualified in any way, and no other proceedings
on the part of SM Cayman or any other Person are necessary to
authorize such appointment. The Designated Agent has full power
and authority to transfer the Other SM Shares pursuant to the
terms hereof and (except as set forth in Section 7.1(a) of
the SM Disclosure Schedule) such transfer shall be valid,
effective and enforceable in accordance with all applicable
Legal Requirements.
(c) The appointment of the SM Shareholders’
Representatives to act for and on behalf of the SM Shareholders
and the Non-signing SM Shareholder has been duly authorized by
the SM Shareholders and the Designated Agent on behalf of the
Non-signing SM Shareholder, such authorization and approval is
valid, effective and enforceable, remains in effect and has not
been rescinded or qualified in any way, and no other proceedings
on the part of the SM Shareholders and the Non-signing SM
Shareholder or any other Person are necessary to authorize such
appointment.
(d) Each of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to
which any SM Party is a party has been duly executed and
delivered by such party and constitutes the valid, binding, and
enforceable obligation of each of them, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent transfer or similar laws of general
application now or hereafter in effect affecting the rights and
remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at
law or in equity).
Section 7.4 Subsidiaries
and Other Group Companies.
(a) Section 7.4(a) of the SM Disclosure Schedule lists
all Subsidiaries of SM Cayman and indicates as to each the type
of entity and its jurisdiction of organization. Except as set
forth in Section 7.4(a) of the SM Disclosure Schedule, SM
Cayman does not directly or indirectly own any other equity or
similar interest in or any interest convertible or exchangeable
or exercisable for, any equity or similar interest in, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business
association or entity. Except as set forth in
Section 7.4(a) of the SM Disclosure Schedule, SM Cayman is
the direct, indirect or beneficial owner of all registered
capital or outstanding shares of capital stock (as applicable)
of its Subsidiaries, and all such registered capital and shares
are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and are owned by SM Cayman free and clear of all
Liens (except for clause (a) of the definition of Permitted
Liens). Except as set forth in Section 7.4(a) of the SM
Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, puts, calls, rights, exchangeable or
convertible securities or other commitments or agreements of any
character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock or
other securities of any Subsidiaries of SM Cayman or otherwise
obligating any Subsidiaries of SM Cayman to issue, transfer,
sell, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such securities.
(b) The registered capital of Jingli Shanghai and the total
number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and
outstanding capital stock of Jingli Shanghai are set forth in
Section 7.4(b) of the SM Disclosure Schedule. Except as set
forth in Section 7.4(b) of the SM Disclosure Schedule:
(i) no shares of capital stock or other voting securities
of Jingli Shanghai are issued, reserved for issuance or
outstanding; (ii) all registered capital of Jingli Shanghai
is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and is not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase
option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right,
subscription right or any similar right under any provision of
the SM Constituent Instruments or any Contract to which any of
the SM Parties or other Group Companies is a party or otherwise
bound; (iii) there are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
indebtedness of Jingli Shanghai having the right to vote (or
convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the
right to vote) on any matters on which holders of the shares of
capital stock of Jingli Shanghai may vote (“Voting
Jingli Debt”); (iv) there are no options,
warrants, rights,
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convertible or exchangeable securities, “phantom”
stock rights, stock appreciation rights, stock-based performance
units, commitments, Contracts, arrangements or undertakings of
any kind to which Jingli Shanghai is a party or is bound
(A) obligating Jingli Shanghai to issue, deliver or sell,
or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of
capital stock or other equity interests in, or any security
convertible or exercisable for or exchangeable into any capital
stock of or other equity interest in, Jingli Shanghai or any
Voting SM Debt or (B) obligating Jingli Shanghai to issue,
grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call,
right, security, commitment, Contract, arrangement or
undertaking; (v) there are no outstanding contractual
obligations of Jingli Shanghai to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any shares of Jingli Shanghai capital stock;
and (vi) there are no registration rights (or equivalent
concept) and there is no voting trust, proxy, or other agreement
or understanding to which Jingli Shanghai is a party or by which
Jingli Shanghai is bound with respect to any equity security of
any class of Jingli Shanghai.
(c) Section 7.4(c) of the SM Disclosure Schedule lists
all Subsidiaries of Jingli Shanghai and indicates as to each the
type of entity and its jurisdiction of organization. Except as
set forth in Section 7.4(c) of the SM Disclosure Schedule,
Jingli Shanghai does not directly or indirectly own any other
equity or similar interest in or any interest convertible or
exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar interest
in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other
business association or entity. Jingli Shanghai is the direct
owner of all registered capital of its Subsidiaries, and all
such registered capital is duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and is owned by Jingli Shanghai
free and clear of all Liens (except for clause (a) of the
definition of Permitted Liens). There are no outstanding
subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, rights,
exchangeable or convertible securities or other commitments or
agreements of any character relating to the issued or unissued
capital stock or other securities of any Subsidiaries of Jingli
Shanghai or otherwise obligating any Subsidiaries of Jingli
Shanghai to issue, transfer, sell, purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any such securities.
(d) In respect of each Group Company that is organized and
existing under the laws of the PRC (except as set forth in
Section 7.4(d) of the SM Disclosure Schedule), the full
amount of the registered capital thereof has been contributed,
such contribution has been duly verified by a certified
accountant registered in the PRC and the accounting firm
employing such accountant, and the report of the certified
accountant evidencing such verification has been registered with
the SAIC.
Section 7.5 No
Conflicts. Except as set forth in
Section 7.5 of the SM Disclosure Schedule, the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents by each of the SM Parties and the consummation of the
Transactions and compliance with the terms hereof and thereof
will not, (a) conflict with, or result in any violation of
or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a material benefit
under, or result in the creation of any Lien (other than a
Permitted Lien) upon any of the assets and properties of any
Group Company under any provision of: (i) any SM
Constituent Instrument; (ii) any Material Contract (as
defined in Section 7.18 herein) to which any Group Company
is a party or to or by which it (or any of its assets and
properties) is subject or bound; or (iii) any material
Permit of any Group Company; (b) subject to the filings and
other matters referred to in Section 7.6, conflict with or
violate in any material respect any Judgment or Legal
Requirement applicable to any Group Company, or its properties
or assets; (c) terminate or modify, or give any third party
the right to terminate or modify, the provisions or terms of any
Material Contract to which any Group Company is a party; or
(d) cause any of the assets owned by any Group Company to
be reassessed or revalued in any material respect by any
Governmental Authority, except, in the case of clauses (a)(ii),
(a)(iii), (b), (c), and (d) above, any such items that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Group Companies, taken as a whole.
Section 7.6 Consents
and Approvals. Except as set forth in
Section 7.6 of the SM Disclosure Schedule, no material
consent, approval, license, permit, order or authorization of,
or material registration, declaration or filing with any
Governmental Authority (“Consent”) is
required to be obtained or made by or with respect to any Group
Company in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the
Transactions.
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Section 7.7 Financial
Statements.
(a) SM Cayman has furnished Ideation (i) (x) the
audited financial statements for Shanghai Sige Advertising and
Media Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Xxxx Advertising Co., Ltd. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (the
“Predecessor Audited Financial
Statements”) and (y) the audited consolidated
financial statements for SM Cayman and the Group Companies
required to be included in such financial statements for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the
“Audited Financial Statements”) and
(ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements for SM
Cayman and the Group Companies required to be included in such
financial statements for the six-month period ended
June 30, 2008 (the “Unaudited Financial
Statements,” and together with the Predecessor
Audited Financial Statements and the Audited Financial
Statements, the “SM Financial
Statements”). The Predecessor Audited Financial
Statements and the Audited Financial Statements, including the
notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with
U.S. GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the
period involved (except as may be otherwise specified in the
notes thereto). The Unaudited Financial Statements have been
prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, applied on a
consistent basis throughout the period involved. The Predecessor
Audited Financial Statements fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition and operating results, change
in stockholders’ equity and cash flow of Shanghai Sige
Advertising and Media Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Xxxx Advertising
Co., Ltd. as of the date, and for the period, indicated therein
and are accompanied by an unqualified opinion of an
internationally recognized and U.S. registered independent
public accounting firm qualified to practice before the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Audited Financial
Statements fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition and operating results, change
in stockholders’ equity and cash flow of SM Cayman and the
Group Companies required to be included in such financial
statements as of the date, and for the period, indicated therein
and are accompanied by an unqualified opinion of an
internationally recognized and U.S. registered independent
public accounting firm qualified to practice before the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Unaudited Financial
Statements fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition and operating results, change
in stockholders’ equity and cash flow of SM Cayman and the
Group Companies required to be included in such financial
statements as of the date, and for the period, indicated
therein, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments, none of
which shall, in the aggregate, be material.
(b) The Group Companies do not have any Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements.
(c) The Group Companies have implemented and maintain a
system of internal accounting controls to provide reasonable
assurance that (a) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations,
(b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and
US GAAP, (c) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (d) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(d) True and complete copies of each acquisition contract
between Jingli Shanghai and any other Person relating to the
acquisition of any Subsidiary of Jingli Shanghai or its business
(by asset or share purchase, share exchange, merger, or
otherwise) have been provided to Ideation if such contract is
still in full force and effect and provides for any earn-out,
installment or other contingent payments due from Jingli
Shanghai or any other Group Company to any other Person pursuant
to its terms.
Section 7.8 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed
in the SM Financial Statements or in Section 7.8 of the SM
Disclosure Schedule, from June 30, 2008 to the date of this
Agreement, there has not been:
(a) any event, situation or effect (whether or not covered
by insurance) that has resulted in, or to the SM Entities’
Knowledge is reasonably likely to result in, a Material Adverse
Effect on the Group Companies, taken as a whole;
(b) any material damage, destruction or loss to, or any
material interruption in the use of, any of the assets of any of
the Group Companies (whether or not covered by insurance);
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(c) any material change to, or amendment or waiver of a
material term of, a Material Contract by which any of the Group
Companies or any of its respective assets is bound or subject;
(d) any mortgage, pledge, transfer of a security interest
in, or Lien, created by any of the Group Companies or to which
any such Group Company’s properties, assets or rights is
subject, with respect to any of its material properties, assets
or rights, except for Permitted Liens;
(e) any payments, loans or guarantees made by any of the
Group Companies to or for the benefit of any of its officers or
directors, or any members of their immediate families, or any
material payments, loans or guarantees made by the Group
Companies to or for the benefit of any of its employees or any
members of their immediate families, in each case other than
payment of ordinary course compensation and benefits, travel
advances and other advances made in the ordinary course of its
business;
(f) any change of the identity of its auditors or material
alteration of any Group Company’s method of accounting or
accounting practice;
(g) any declaration, accrual, set aside or payment of
dividend or any other distribution of cash or other property in
respect of any shares of capital stock of any Group Company or
any purchase, redemption or agreements to purchase or redeem by
any Group Company of any shares of capital stock or other
securities;
(h) any sale, issuance or grant, or authorization of the
issuance of equity securities of any Group Company, except
pursuant to the Option Plan;
(i) any amendment to any SM Constituent Instruments;
(j) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business
combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock
split, reverse stock split or similar transaction involving any
Group Company;
(k) any creation of any Subsidiary of any of the Group
Companies or acquisition by any of the Group Companies of any
assets (other than in the ordinary course of business), equity
interest or other interest in any other Person;
(l) any material Tax election by any Group Company, any
change in accounting method in respect of Taxes, any amendment
to any Tax Returns, entry into any closing or equivalent
agreement, any settlement of any claim or assessment in respect
of any Taxes, or any consent to any waiver of the limitation
period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of any
Taxes;
(m) any commencement or settlement of any material Actions
by any of the Group Companies;
(n) any granting by any Group Company of any material
increases in compensation (excluding sales commissions) or
fringe benefits (in the aggregate), except for normal increases
of base salary in the ordinary course of business not exceeding
US$1,000,000 on an annualized basis in the aggregate, or any
payment by any Group Company of any bonuses (excluding sales
commissions), or any granting by any Group Company of any
material increases in severance or termination pay or any entry
by any Group Company into any currently effective employment,
severance, termination or indemnification agreement the benefits
of which are contingent, or the terms of which are materially
altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving any
Group Company of the nature contemplated by this Agreement;
(o) any transfer or license to any Person or entity of any
material Intellectual Property Rights in excess of US$250,000;
(p) other than in the ordinary course of business, any
sale, lease, license or other disposal of or encumbrance of any
of its properties or assets which are material, individually or
in the aggregate, to its business in excess of US$250,000;
(q) any payment, discharge, or satisfaction in an amount in
excess of US$250,000 of any single claim (or series of related
claims), liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise) arising other than the
payment, discharge or satisfaction of liabilities reflected or
reserved against in the SM Financial Statements or incurred in
the ordinary course of business;
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(r) any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital
improvements, except in the ordinary course of business, that
exceed US$250,000 individually or in the aggregate;
(s) any opening or closing of any significant facility or
office;
(t) any material revaluation by any Group Company of any of
its assets, including, without limitation, writing down the
value of a material amount of capitalized inventory or writing
off a material amount of notes or accounts receivable; or
(u) any negotiations, arrangement or commitment by any of
the Group Companies to take any of the foregoing actions.
Section 7.9 No
Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in
Section 7.9 of the SM Disclosure Schedule, the Group
Companies (considered as a whole) have no obligations or
liabilities of any nature (matured or unmatured, fixed or
contingent, known or unknown), other than (a) those set
forth or adequately provided for in the Balance Sheet included
in the Unaudited Financial Statements (the “SM
Balance Sheet”), (b) those incurred
since the SM Balance Sheet date that do not exceed US$1,000,000
in the aggregate and (c) those incurred in connection with
the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement.
Section 7.10 Litigation. Except
as set forth in Section 7.10 of the SM Disclosure Schedule,
as of the date of this Agreement, there is no private or
governmental action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, claim,
arbitration, audit, proceeding (including any partial proceeding
such as a deposition) or investigation
(“Action”) pending or threatened in
writing against any of the Group Companies, any of their
respective officers or directors (in their capacities as such)
or any of their respective properties before or by any
Governmental Authority which (a) adversely affects or
challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or (b) if there were an unfavorable decision,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Group
Companies, taken as a whole. Except as set forth
Section 7.10 of the SM Disclosure Schedule, there is no
material Judgment imposed upon any of the Group Companies, any
of their respective officers or directors (in their capacities
as such) or any of their respective properties. Neither the
Group Companies, nor any director or officer thereof (in his or
her capacity as such), is or has been the subject of any Action
involving a material claim or material violation of or material
liability under the securities laws of any Governmental
Authority or a material claim of breach of fiduciary duty.
Section 7.11 Licenses,
Permits, Etc. Except as set forth in
Section 7.11 of the SM Disclosure Schedule, each of the
Group Companies possesses all material Permits necessary to
conduct the business engaged in by such Group Company in the
manner currently conducted. Such material Permits are described
or set forth on Section 7.11 of the SM Disclosure Schedule.
True, complete and correct copies of the material Permits issued
to the Group Companies have previously been delivered to
Ideation. All such material Permits are in full force and
effect. Except as set forth in Section 7.11 of the SM
Disclosure Schedule, each Group Company has complied with all
terms of such material Permits in all material respects. Except
as set forth in Section 7.11 of the SM Disclosure Schedule,
no Group Company is in material default under any of such
material Permits, and to the Knowledge of the SM Entities, no
event has occurred and no condition exists which, with the
giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would
constitute a default thereunder.
Section 7.12 Title
to Properties.
(a) Real Property. Section 7.12(a)
of the SM Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete
list and description of (i) all real properties owned or
leased by any Group Company (except for such leased real estate
for which the annual rental payment is less than US$20,000)
(collectively, the “Real Property”),
and (ii) any lease under which any such Real Property
is possessed and which involves an annual rental payment of
US$20,000 or more (the “Real Estate
Leases”), provided, that leases and similar
Contracts with respect to elevators and billboard locations
shall be deemed not to be leases of Real Property. None of the
Group Companies is in material default under any of the Real
Estate Leases, and to the Knowledge of the SM Entities, there is
no material default by any of the lessors thereunder. No Group
Company owns any real property.
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(b) Tangible Personal Property. The Group
Companies are in possession of and have good title to, or have
valid leasehold interests in or valid contractual rights to use
all material tangible personal property as reflected in the SM
Financial Statements, and material tangible personal property
acquired since June 30, 2008 (collectively, the
“Tangible Personal Property”), other
than such Tangible Personal Property disposed of in the ordinary
course of business with a value not exceeding US$100,000. All
Tangible Personal Property is free and clear of all Liens other
than Permitted Liens. The Tangible Personal Property is in good
order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and its
use complies in all material respects with all applicable Legal
Requirements. No Group Company has granted any lease, sublease,
tenancy or license to any material portion of the Tangible
Personal Property.
Section 7.13 Intellectual
Property. Section 7.13 of the SM Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a description of any patents, trademarks,
domain names, copyrights, and any applications therefor which
are material to the conduct of the business of the Group
Companies (taken as a whole). Except as set forth in
Section 7.13 of the SM Disclosure Schedule, the Group
Companies own, free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted
Liens, or are validly licensed or otherwise have the right to
use, all patents, trademarks, domain names and copyrights listed
on Section 7.13 of the SM Disclosure Schedules and all
trade names, service marks, computer software and Trade Secrets
material to the conduct of their business (taken as a whole) as
currently conducted (“Intellectual Property
Rights”). Except as set forth in Section 7.13
of the SM Disclosure Schedule, (i) no material claims are
pending or, to the Knowledge of the SM Entities, threatened that
any of the Group Companies is infringing or otherwise adversely
affecting the rights of any Person with regard to any
Intellectual Property Right; and (ii) to the Knowledge of
the SM Entities, no Person is infringing the rights of the Group
Companies with respect to any Intellectual Property Right.
Section 7.14 Taxes.
(a) The Group Companies have timely filed, or have caused
to be timely filed on their behalf, all Tax Returns relating to
Taxes determined by reference to income, earnings, or revenues
and all other material Tax Returns that are or were required to
be filed by or with respect to any of them, either separately or
as a member of group of corporations, pursuant to applicable
Legal Requirements. All Tax Returns filed by (or that include on
a consolidated basis) any of the Group Companies were (and, as
to a Tax Return not filed as of the date hereof, will be) in all
material respects true, complete and accurate. All material
Taxes due and payable by each of the Group Companies have been
paid by such Group Company in compliance with applicable Legal
Requirements and there are no unpaid material Taxes claimed to
be due in writing, or, to the Knowledge of the SM Entities,
otherwise claimed, by any Governmental Authority in charge of
taxation of any jurisdiction, nor any claim in writing or, to
the Knowledge of the SM Entities, any other claim, for
additional material Taxes for any period for which Tax Returns
have been filed.
(b) Section 7.14(b) of the SM Disclosure Schedule
lists all the relevant Governmental Authorities in charge of
taxation in which Tax Returns are filed with respect to the
Group Companies, and indicates those Tax Returns that have been
audited or that are currently the subject of an audit since
December 31, 2007. None of the Group Companies has received
any notice in writing or, to the Knowledge of the SM Entities,
any other notice, that any Governmental Authority will audit or
examine (except for any general audits or examinations routinely
performed by such Governmental Authorities), seek information
with respect to, or make material claims or assessments with
respect to any Taxes for any period. The SM Entities have
delivered or made available to Ideation correct and complete
copies of all Tax Returns, correspondence with Governmental
Authorities regarding Taxes, examination reports, and statements
of deficiencies filed by, assessed against or agreed to by any
of the Group Companies, for and during fiscal years 2007 and
2008.
(c) The SM Financial Statements reflect an adequate reserve
for all Taxes payable by the Group Companies (in addition to any
reserve for deferred Taxes to reflect timing differences between
book and Tax items) for all taxable periods and portions thereof
through the date of such financial statements. None of the Group
Companies is either a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity,
Tax sharing or similar agreement and the Group Companies
currently have no liability and will not have any liabilities
for any Taxes of any other Person under any agreement or by the
operation of any law. No deficiency with respect to any Taxes
has been
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proposed, asserted or assessed against any of the Group
Companies, and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any
such Taxes are pending.
(d) None of the Group Companies has requested any extension
of time within which to file any Tax Return, which Tax Return
has not since been filed. None of the Group Companies has
executed any outstanding waivers or comparable consents
regarding the application of the statute of limitations with
respect to any Taxes or Tax Returns. No power of attorney
currently in force has been granted by any of the Group
Companies concerning any Taxes or Tax Return.
(e) None of the Group Companies (i) is currently
engaged in the conduct of a trade or business within the United
States; (ii) is a corporation or other entity organized or
incorporated in the United States; (iii) owns or has ever
owned any United States real property interests as described in
Section 897 of the Code or (iv) has any employees that
are subject to Tax in the United States with respect to amounts
paid by such Group Company.
(f) Each Group Company has withheld and remitted to the
appropriate Governmental Authorities in compliance with all
Legal Requirements all Taxes required to be withheld and
remitted by such Group Company in connection with payments made
to other persons.
Section 7.15 Employment
Matters.
(a) Benefit Plans. Except for the Option
Plan, SM Options and as otherwise set forth in
Section 7.15(a) of the SM Disclosure Schedule, none of the
Group Companies has or maintains any bonus, pension, profit
sharing, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock
ownership, stock purchase, stock option, phantom stock,
retirement, vacation, severance, disability, death benefit,
hospitalization, medical or other plan, arrangement or
understanding (whether or not legally binding) providing
material benefits to any current or former employee, officer or
director of any of the Group Companies. Neither the execution
and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
Transactions will (either alone or in conjunction with any other
event) result in, cause the accelerated vesting or delivery of,
or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to
any employee of any of the Group Companies. Except as set forth
in Section 7.15(a) of the SM Disclosure Schedule, there are
no severance or termination agreements or arrangements currently
in effect between any of the Group Companies and any of its
current or former employees, officers or directors, nor do any
of the Group Companies have any general severance plan or policy
currently in effect for any of its employees, officers or
directors.
(b) Labor Matters. (i) there are no
collective bargaining or other labor union agreements to which
any of the Group Companies is a party or by which it is bound;
(ii) no material labor dispute exists or, to the Knowledge
of the SM Entities, is threatened with respect to any of the
employees of any of the Group Companies; (iii) none of the
Group Companies is the subject of any Actions asserting that any
of the Group Companies has committed an unfair labor practice or
seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor organization as
to wages or conditions of employment; (iv) there is no
strike, work stoppage or other labor dispute involving any of
the Group Companies pending or, to the SM Entities’
Knowledge, threatened; (v) no complaint, charge or Actions
by or before any Governmental Authority brought by or on behalf
of any employee, prospective employee, former employee, retiree,
labor organization or other representative of its employees is
pending or, to the SM Entities’ Knowledge, threatened
against any of the Group Companies; (vi) no material
grievance is pending or, to the SM Entities’ Knowledge,
threatened against any of the Group Companies; and
(vii) none of the Group Companies is a party to, or
otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, or to the Knowledge
of the SM Entities, citation by, any Governmental Authorities
relating to employees or employment practices.
(c) Executive Officers. As of the date of
this Agreement, no executive officer of any Group Company has
notified such entity in writing that such officer intends to
leave any Group Company or otherwise terminate such
officer’s employment with any Group Company in connection
with the consummation of the Transactions or within 60 days
following the Closing Date.
Section 7.16 Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. Except as
disclosed in Section 7.16 of the SM Disclosure Schedule,
none of the executive officers or directors of the Group
Companies and none of the
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SM Shareholders or the Non-signing SM Shareholder is a party,
directly or indirectly, to any transaction with any of the Group
Companies that is required to be disclosed under
Rule 404(a) of
Regulation S-K
if such Legal Requirement applied to the Group Companies (other
than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any Contract providing for the furnishing of services
to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to
or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any
executive officer or director or, to the Knowledge of the SM
Entities, any entity in which any executive officer or director
has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, partner
or other equity holder.
Section 7.17 Insurance. None
of the Group Companies is a party to any material contract of
insurance.
Section 7.18 Material
Contracts.
(a) SM Cayman has made available to Ideation, prior to the
date of this Agreement, true, correct and complete copies of
each of the following written Contracts, as amended and
supplemented, to which any of the Group Companies is a party:
(i) any agreement that would be considered a material
contract with respect to any Group Company pursuant to
Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K
(if such Legal Requirement were applicable to such entities and
without reference to “registration statements” or
“reports” thereunder); (ii) any loan agreement,
mortgage, note, installment obligation, indenture or other
instrument, agreement or arrangement relating to any outstanding
indebtedness in excess of US$250,000; (iii) all VIE
Contracts; (iv) all Subway Placement Contracts;
(v) all Frame Placement Contracts and Billboard Placement
Contracts requiring annual payments in excess of US$1,000,000;
and (vi) any agreement (other than a Frame Placement
Contract, Billboard Placement Contract, or Subway Placement
Contract) requiring annual expenditures in excess of
US$1,000,000 or generating annual revenues for any Group Company
in excess of US$500,000 (each, a “Material
Contract”). A list of each such Material Contract
is set forth on Section 7.18(a) of the SM Disclosure
Schedule. Except as set forth on Section 7.18(a) of the SM
Disclosure Schedule, none of the Group Companies is in violation
of or in default under (nor does there exist any condition which
upon the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would
cause such a violation of or default under) any Contract to
which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or
assets is bound except for violations or defaults that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Group Companies,
taken as a whole. To the Knowledge of the SM Entities, except as
set forth on Section 7.18(a) of the SM Disclosure Schedule,
no other Person has materially violated or breached, or
committed or suffered any material default under, any Material
Contract.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 7.18(b) of the SM
Disclosure Schedule, each Material Contract is a legal, valid
and binding agreement, and is in full force and effect, and
(i) none of the Group Companies is in breach or default of
any Material Contract to which it is a party in any material
respect; (ii) to the Knowledge of the SM Entities, no event
has occurred or circumstance has existed that (with or without
notice or lapse of time), will or would reasonably be expected
to, (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 Contract; or (B) permit any Group
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
Contract; and (iii) none of the Group Companies has
received notice of the pending or threatened cancellation,
revocation or termination of any Material Contract to which it
is a party. Except as set forth on Section 7.18(b) of the
SM Disclosure Schedule, since June 30, 2008, and prior to
the date of this Agreement, none of the Group Companies has
received any written notice or other written communication
regarding any actual or possible material violation or breach
of, or material default under, any Material Contract.
Section 7.19 Compliance
with Applicable Laws. The Group Companies are in
compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, including
those relating to occupational health and safety to which they
are subject except for instances of noncompliance that,
individually and in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Group Companies, taken as a whole. Except as set forth in
Section 7.19 of the SM Disclosure Schedule, none of the
Group Companies has received any written communication during
the past two years from a Governmental Authority alleging that
any of the Group Companies is not in compliance in any material
respect with any applicable Legal Requirement. This
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Section 7.19 does not relate to matters with respect to
Taxes, which are the subject of Section 7.14. It also does
not relate to matters with respect to: Foreign Corrupt Practices
(which are the subject of Section 7.20); PRC
Representations and Warranties (which are the subject of
Section 7.23); or Environmental Matters (which are the
subject of Section 7.24).
Section 7.20 Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Group Companies,
nor any of the SM Shareholders, nor to the Knowledge of the SM
Entities, any of their respective Representatives, nor, to the
Knowledge of the SM Entities, the Non-signing Shareholder, has,
in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Group
Companies, directly or indirectly, (a) used any corporate
funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or
other unlawful expenses relating to political activity;
(b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
Governmental Authority or any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or
is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder; or (d) made any bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or
improper payment in connection with the operations of Group
Companies to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee.
Section 7.21 Brokers. Except
as set forth in Section 7.21 of the SM Disclosure Schedule,
no broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other Person
is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial
advisor’s or other similar fee or commission in connection
with this Agreement or the Transactions based upon arrangements
made by or on behalf of the Group Companies.
Section 7.22 OFAC. None
of the Group Companies, any director or officer of the Group
Companies, or, to the Knowledge of the SM Entities, any agent,
employee, affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Group
Companies is currently identified on the specially designated
nationals or other blocked person list or otherwise currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”); and the Group Companies have
not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned,
contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any
Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection
with any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan,
Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the
purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently
subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
Section 7.23 Additional
PRC Representations and Warranties. Except as set
forth in Section 7.23 of the SM Disclosure Schedule,
(a) All material consents, approvals, authorizations or
licenses required under PRC law for the due and proper
establishment and operation of the Group Companies have been
duly obtained from the relevant PRC Governmental Authority and
are in full force and effect.
(b) All material filings and registrations with the PRC
Governmental Authorities required in respect of the Group
Companies and their respective operations including, without
limitation, the registration with
and/or
approval by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration
of Industry and Commerce, the State Administration for Foreign
Exchange, tax bureau and customs offices and other PRC
Governmental Authorities that administer foreign investment
enterprises have been duly completed in accordance with the
relevant PRC rules and regulations.
(c) Each of the Group Companies has complied with all
relevant PRC Legal Requirements regarding the contribution and
payment of its registered share capital, the payment schedule of
which has been approved by the relevant PRC Governmental
Authority. There are no outstanding rights to acquire, or
commitments made by any Group Company to sell, any of its equity
interests.
(d) No Group Company is in receipt of any letter or notice
from any relevant PRC Governmental Authority notifying it of the
revocation, or otherwise questioning the validity, of any
material licenses or qualifications issued to it or any subsidy
granted to it by any PRC Governmental Authority for
non-compliance with the terms thereof or with applicable PRC
Legal Requirements, or the need for material compliance or
remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out by
such entity, and to the Knowledge of the SM Entities, there is
no reasonable basis for any such letter or notice.
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(e) Each of the Group Companies has conducted its business
activities within its permitted scope of business or has
otherwise operated its business in compliance, in all material
respects, with all relevant Legal Requirements and with all
requisite material licenses, approvals and certificates granted
by competent PRC Governmental Authorities. As to material
licenses, approvals and government grants and concessions
required for the conduct of any part of any of the Group
Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal,
to the Knowledge of the SM Entities, there are no reasonable
grounds on which renewals of any such licenses, approvals,
grants or concessions will not be granted by the relevant PRC
Governmental Authorities.
(f) With regard to employment and staff or labor, each
Group Company has complied, in all material respects, with all
applicable PRC Legal Requirements, including without limitation,
laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social
benefits, medical benefits, insurance, retirement benefits,
pensions or the like.
Section 7.24 Environmental
Matters. To the Knowledge of the SM Entities,
each of the Group Companies is in and at all times has been in
substantial compliance with, and has not been and is not in
material violation of or subject to any material liability
under, any Environmental Law and no Action or proceeding
involving any Group Companies with respect to any Environmental
Law is pending or, to the Knowledge of the SM Entities, is
threatened.
Section 7.25 Restrictions
on Business Activities. There is no agreement,
commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon
any of the Group Companies or their respective assets or to
which any of them is a party which has or would reasonably be
expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially
impairing the business of the Group Companies (taken as a
whole), as currently conducted.
Section 7.26 Investment
Company. No Group Company is an “investment
company” or an entity “controlled” by an
“investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder.
ARTICLE VIII
Representations
and Warranties of Ideation
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule of Ideation
attached hereto as Schedule E (the
“Ideation Disclosure Schedule”), each of
the Ideation Parties, jointly and severally, represents and
warrants to the SM Parties and Linden Ventures as follows:
Section 8.1 Capital
Structure.
(a) Section 8.1(a) of the Ideation Disclosure Schedule
sets forth the number of authorized and outstanding shares of
capital stock of Ideation, the number of outstanding options,
warrants or rights to acquire any shares of capital stock of
Ideation, and the authorized shares of capital stock of ID
Arizona. After the Conversion, the authorized share capital of
ID Cayman will be as provided for in the Memorandum and Articles
of ID Cayman attached hereto as Exhibit A. Other
than those set forth on Section 8.1(a) of the Ideation
Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated by this Agreement, there
are no options, warrants or other rights outstanding which give
any Person the right to acquire any share of capital stock of
Ideation.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 8.1(b) of the
Ideation Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated by this
Agreement: (i) no shares of capital stock or other voting
securities of Ideation were issued, reserved for issuance or
outstanding; (ii) all outstanding shares of the capital
stock of Ideation are, duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation
of any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal,
preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under
any provision of the DGCL, the Ideation Constituent Instruments
(as defined below) or any Contract to which Ideation is a party
or otherwise bound; and (iii) there are no outstanding
contractual obligations of Ideation to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of Ideation.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 8.1(c) of the
Ideation Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated by this
Agreement: (i) there are no bonds, debentures, notes or
other indebtedness of Ideation having the right to vote
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(or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the
right to vote) on any matters on which holders of Common Stock
may vote (“Voting Ideation Debt”); and
(ii) there are no options, warrants, rights, convertible or
exchangeable securities, “phantom” stock rights, stock
appreciation rights, stock-based performance units, commitments,
Contracts, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which
Ideation is a party or by which it is bound (A) obligating
Ideation to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued,
delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other
equity interests in, or any security convertible or exercisable
for or exchangeable into any capital stock of or other equity
interest in, Ideation or any Voting Ideation Debt, or
(B) obligating Ideation to issue, grant, extend or enter
into any such option, warrant, call, right, security,
commitment, Contract, arrangement or undertaking.
(d) Ideation is not a party to any agreement granting any
security holder of Ideation the right to cause Ideation to
register shares of the capital stock or other securities of
Ideation held by such security holder under the Securities Act.
The stockholder list provided to SM Cayman is a current
shareholder list generated by Ideation’s stock transfer
agent, and such list accurately reflects all of the issued and
outstanding shares of Ideation’s capital stock.
Section 8.2 Organization
and Standing. Ideation is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. Ideation is duly qualified to do business in each of
the jurisdictions in which the property owned, leased or
operated by Ideation or the nature of the business which it
conducts requires qualification, except where the failure to so
qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Ideation. Ideation has the requisite power and
authority to own, lease and operate its tangible assets and
properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.
Ideation has delivered to SM Cayman true and complete copies of
the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of
Ideation, as amended and as in effect on the date of this
Agreement, and the bylaws of Ideation, as amended and as in
effect on the date of this Agreement (the “Ideation
Constituent Instruments”).
Section 8.3 Authority;
Execution and Delivery; Enforceability. Ideation
has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and
delivery by Ideation of this Agreement and the consummation by
Ideation of the Transactions have been duly authorized and
approved by the Ideation Board and, other than the Stockholder
Approval, no other corporate proceedings on the part of Ideation
are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the Transactions.
Other than the Stockholder Approval, all action, corporate and
otherwise, necessary to be taken by Ideation to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
Transaction Documents and all other agreements and instruments
delivered by Ideation in connection with the Transactions have
been duly and validly taken. Each of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents to which Ideation is a party has been duly
executed and delivered by Ideation and constitutes the valid,
binding, and enforceable obligation of Ideation, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent transfer or similar laws of general
application now or hereafter in effect affecting the rights and
remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at
law or in equity).
Section 8.4 No
Subsidiaries or Equity Interests. Ideation does
not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock, membership
interest, partnership interest, joint venture interest or other
equity interest in any Person other than its ownership interest
in ID Arizona prior to the Merger Effective Time.
Section 8.5 No
Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents by Ideation and
the consummation of the Transactions and compliance with the
terms hereof and thereof will not, (a) conflict with, or
result in any violation of or default (with or without notice or
lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or
to loss of a material benefit under, or result in the creation
of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the assets
and properties of Ideation, under, any provision of any
(i) any Ideation Constituent Instrument; (ii) any
Ideation Material Contract (as defined in Section 8.21
herein) to which any Ideation is a party or to or by which it
(or any of its assets and properties) is subject or bound; or
(iii) any material Permit of Ideation; (b) subject to
the filings and other matters referred to in Section 8.6,
conflict with or violate in any material
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respect any Judgment or Legal Requirement applicable to
Ideation, or its properties or assets; (c) terminate or
modify, or give any third party the right to terminate or
modify, the provisions or terms of any Ideation Material
Contract; or (d) cause any of the assets owned by Ideation
to be reassessed or revalued in any material respect by any
Governmental Authority.
Section 8.6 Consents
and Approvals. No material Consent of, or
material registration, declaration or filing with, or permit
from, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or
made by or with respect to Ideation in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the Transactions, other than (i) the filing
of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of
Delaware and the filing of Articles of Merger with the Arizona
Corporation Commission as provided in Section 1.2;
(ii) the filings in connection with the Conversion as
provided in Section 2.2; (iii) the filing with, and
clearance by the SEC of the
Form S-4
Registration Statement containing a preliminary proxy
statement/prospectus, which shall serve as a proxy statement
pursuant to Section 14(a), Regulation 14A and
Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act, a registration
statement under the Securities Act, and all other proxy
materials for the Stockholders Meeting (as defined below) (the
“Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) pursuant
to which Ideation’s stockholders must vote at a special
meeting of stockholders to approve, among other thing, this
Agreement and the Transactions; (iv) the filing of a
Form 8-K
with the SEC within four (4) business days after the
execution of this Agreement and of the Closing Date; and
(v) any filing required with AMEX.
Section 8.7 SEC
Documents. Ideation has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed by Ideation with the SEC since November 19, 2007,
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 14(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (the “Ideation SEC Documents”). As
of its respective filing date, each Ideation SEC Document
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder applicable to such Ideation SEC Document,
and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Except to the extent that information contained in any Ideation
SEC Document has been revised or superseded by a later filed
Ideation SEC Document, none of the Ideation SEC Documents
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state any 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.
The consolidated financial statements of Ideation included in
the Ideation SEC Documents comply as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto,
have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP (except, in
the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by the rules and
regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial position
of Ideation as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results
of their operations and cash flows as at the respective dates of
and for the periods referred to in such financial statements
(subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to
normal year-end audit adjustments and the omission of notes to
the extent permitted by
Regulation S-X
of the SEC).
Section 8.8 Internal
Accounting Controls. Since January 1, 2007,
Ideation has maintained a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(a) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations,
(b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability, (c) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (d) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. Ideation’s officers have established
disclosure controls and procedures for Ideation and designed
such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to Ideation is made known to the officers
by others within those entities. Ideation’s officers have
evaluated the effectiveness of Ideation’s controls and
procedures and there is no material weakness, significant
deficiency or control deficiency, in each case as such term is
defined in Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing
Std. No. 2.
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Section 8.9 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events. From
September 30, 2008 to the date of this Agreement, there has
not been:
(a) any event, situation or effect (whether or not covered
by insurance) that has resulted in, or to Ideation’s
Knowledge, is reasonably likely to result in, a Material Adverse
Effect on Ideation;
(b) any material change to, or amendment or waiver of a
material term of, a material Contract by which Ideation or any
of its respective assets is bound or subject;
(c) any mortgage, pledge, transfer of a security interest
in, or Lien, created by Ideation or to which any of
Ideation’s properties, assets or rights is subject, with
respect to any of its material properties, assets or rights,
except for Permitted Liens;
(d) any payments loans or guarantees made by Ideation to or
for the benefit of its officers or directors, or any members of
their immediate families, or any material payments loans or
guarantees made by Ideation to or for the benefit of any of its
employees or any members of their immediate families, in each
case, other than ordinary course travel advances and other
advances made in the ordinary course of its business;
(e) any change of the identity of its auditors or material
alteration of Ideation’s method of accounting or accounting
practice;
(f) any declaration, accrual, set aside or payment of
dividend or any other distribution of cash or other property in
respect of any shares of Ideation’s capital stock or any
purchase, redemption or agreements to purchase or redeem by
Ideation of any shares of capital stock or other securities;
(g) any issuance of equity securities to any officer,
director or affiliate, except pursuant to existing Ideation
stock option plans;
(h) any amendment to any Ideation Constituent Instruments;
(i) any material Tax election by Ideation, any change in
accounting method in respect of Taxes, any amendment to any Tax
Returns, entry into any closing or equivalent agreement, any
settlement of any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or
any consent to any waiver of the limitation period applicable to
any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;
(j) any commencement or settlement of any material Actions
by Ideation;
(k) any negotiations, arrangement or commitment by Ideation
to take any of the actions described in this Section 8.9.
Section 8.10 Undisclosed
Liabilities. Ideation has no liabilities or
obligations of any nature (whether matured or unmatured, fixed
or contingent, known or unknown) other than those (a) set
forth on or adequately provided for in the balance sheet of
Ideation as of December 31, 2008, (b) incurred since
the date of such balance sheet that are set forth in or of the
type described in Section 8.19 hereof and (c) those
incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement.
Section 8.11 Litigation. As
of the date of this Agreement, there is no Action pending or
threatened in writing against Ideation, any of its officers or
directors (in their capacities as such) before or by any
Governmental Authority, which (a) adversely affects or
challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or (b) if there were an unfavorable decision,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Ideation.
Neither Ideation, nor any director or officer thereof (in his or
her capacity as such), is or has been the subject of any Action
involving a material claim or material violation of or material
liability under the securities laws of any Governmental
Authority or a material claim of breach of fiduciary duty.
Section 8.12 Compliance
with Applicable Laws. Ideation is in compliance
with all applicable Legal Requirements, except for instances of
noncompliance that, individually and in the aggregate, have not
had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Ideation. Ideation has not received any
written communication since its incorporation from a
Governmental Authority alleging that Ideation is not
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in compliance in any material respect with any applicable Legal
Requirement. This Section 8.12 does not relate to matters
with respect to Taxes, which are the subject of
Section 8.22. It also does not relate to matters with
respect to: SEC Documents (which is the subject of
Section 8.7) and Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx (which is the subject of
Section 8.13).
Section 8.13 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002. Ideation is in material compliance
with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) applicable to it as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing. There has been no change
in Ideation’s accounting policies since inception except as
described in the notes to the most recent Ideation financial
statements. contained in the Ideation SEC Documents. Each
required form, report and document containing financial
statements that has been filed with or submitted to the SEC
since inception, was accompanied by the certifications required
to be filed or submitted by Ideation’s chief executive
officer and chief financial officer pursuant to the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, and at the time of filing or submission of
each such certification, such certification was true and
accurate and materially complied with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Neither
Ideation, nor to the Knowledge of Ideation, any Representative
of Ideation, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge
of any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether
written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices,
procedures, methodologies or methods of Ideation or their
respective internal accounting controls, including any
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Ideation has
engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, except
for (a) any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim as
has been resolved without any resulting change to
Ideation’s accounting or auditing practices, procedures
methodologies or methods of Ideation or its internal accounting
controls, and (b) questions regarding such matters raised
and resolved in the ordinary course in connection with the
preparation and review of Ideation’s financial statements
and periodic reports. To the Knowledge of Ideation, no attorney
representing Ideation, whether or not employed by Ideation, has
reported evidence of a material violation of securities laws,
breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Ideation or any
of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the Ideation
Board or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of
Ideation. To the Knowledge of Ideation, no director or officer
of Ideation has provided or is providing information to any law
enforcement agency regarding the commission or possible
commission of any crime or the violation or possible violation
of any applicable law.
Section 8.14 Broker’s
and Finders’ Fees. Ideation has not
incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any
liability for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’
commissions or investment bankers’ fees or any similar
charges in connection with this Agreement or any Transaction.
Section 8.15 Minute
Books. The minute books of Ideation made
available to SM Cayman contain in all material respects a
complete and accurate summary of all meetings of directors and
stockholders or actions by written consent of Ideation since
inception, and reflect all transactions referred to in such
minutes accurately in all material respects.
Section 8.16 Board
Approval. The Ideation Board (including any
required committee or subgroup of the such board) has
(i) adopted resolutions approving the Merger, Conversion
and Share Exchange, and declared the advisability of and
approved this Agreement and the Transactions,
(ii) determined that the Transactions are in the best
interests of the stockholders of Ideation, and
(iii) determined that the fair market value of SM Cayman is
equal to at least 80% of the Trust Account.
Section 8.17 Required
Vote. The approval of the board of directors of
Ideation, ID Arizona and ID Cayman and the affirmative vote of
the stockholders of Ideation and ID Arizona in accordance with
Section 13.1 hereof are the only approvals or votes
necessary on the part of the Ideation Parties to approve this
Agreement and the Transactions; provided, however, that
Ideation shall not consummate the Transactions if the holders of
30% or more of the Common Stock issued in the Ideation Public
Offering, vote against the Merger, the Conversion, the Share
Exchange and exercise their Conversion Rights described in the
Ideation Prospectus.
Section 8.18 AMEX
Listing. The Common Stock, warrants to purchase
Common Stock, and units composed of such Common Stock and
warrants (collectively, the “Listed
Securities”) are listed on AMEX. There is no Action
or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of Ideation,
threatened against Ideation by AMEX with respect to any
intention by such entities to prohibit or terminate the listing
of the Listed
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Securities on AMEX. The Listed Securities are registered
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and Ideation
has taken no action designed to, or which is likely to have the
effect of, terminating the registration of such securities under
the Exchange Act nor has Ideation received any notification that
the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration.
Section 8.19 Trust Account. Ideation
has no less than US$78,832,998.15 invested in United States
government securities in Ideation’s Trust Account less
such amounts, if any, as Ideation is required to pay (a) to
stockholders who elect to have their shares of Ideation’s
Common Stock converted to cash in accordance with the provisions
of Ideation’s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation or with whom Ideation may enter into forward or
other contracts to purchase their shares of Ideation’s
Common Stock (subject to the provisions of Section 12.11),
(b) as deferred underwriters’ compensation in
connection with the Ideation Public Offering in the aggregate
amount of US$2,730,000, (c) to third parties (e.g.,
professionals, printers, etc.) who have rendered services to
Ideation in connection with its efforts to effect a business
combination, (d) any operating expenses incurred by
Ideation or ID Arizona and (e) any Taxes incurred by
Ideation or ID Arizona.
Section 8.20 Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. None of the
executive officers or directors of Ideation and none of the
stockholders of Ideation is presently a party, directly or
indirectly, to any transaction with Ideation that is required to
be disclosed under Rule 404(a) of
Regulation S-K
(other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any Contract providing for the furnishing of services
to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to
or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any
executive officer, director, or, to the Knowledge of Ideation,
any entity in which any executive officer or director has a
substantial interest or is an officer, director, partner or
other equity holder.
Section 8.21 Material
Contracts. (a) Section 8.21(a) of the
Ideation Disclosure Schedule sets forth any contracts to which
Ideation is a party or to which its assets are subject that
would be considered a material contract pursuant to
Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K
or pursuant to which Ideation receives or pays amounts in excess
of $100,000 (each an “Ideation Material
Contract”). Ideation has made available to SM
Cayman, prior to the date of this Agreement, true, correct and
complete copies of each such Ideation Material Contract (except
to the extent such Ideation Material Contract is otherwise
available via the SEC’s Xxxxx website). Ideation is not in
violation of or in default under (nor does there exist any
condition which upon the passage of time or the giving of notice
or both would cause such a violation of or default under) any
Contract to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties or assets is bound, except for violations or defaults
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Ideation. To
the Knowledge of Ideation, no other Person has materially
violated or breached, or committed or suffered any material
default under, any Ideation Material Contract.
(b) Each Ideation Material Contract is a legal, valid and
binding agreement, and is in full force and effect, and
(i) Ideation is not in breach or default of any Ideation
Material Contract in any material respect; (ii) to the
Knowledge of Ideation, no event has occurred or circumstance has
existed that (with or without notice or lapse of time), will or
would reasonably be expected to, (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 Ideation
Material Contract; or (B) permit Ideation 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 Ideation Material Contract; and
(iii) Ideation has not received notice of the pending or
threatened cancellation, revocation or termination of any
Ideation Material Contract to which it is a party. Since
September 30, 2008 and prior to the date of this Agreement,
Ideation has not received any written notice or other written
communication regarding any actual or possible violation or
breach of, or default under, any Ideation Material Contract.
Section 8.22 Taxes.
(a) Ideation has timely filed, or has caused to be timely
filed on their behalf, all Tax Returns relating to Taxes
determined by reference to income, earnings, or revenues and all
other material Tax Returns that are or were required to be filed
by or with respect to any of them, either separately or as a
member of group of corporations, pursuant to applicable Legal
Requirements. All Tax Returns filed by (or that include on a
consolidated basis) Ideation were (and, as to a Tax Return not
filed as of the date hereof, will be) in all
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material respects true, complete and accurate. All material
Taxes due and payable by Ideation have been paid by Ideation in
compliance with applicable Legal Requirements and there are no
unpaid material Taxes claimed to be due in writing, or, to the
Knowledge of Ideation, otherwise claimed, by any Governmental
Authority in charge of taxation of any jurisdiction, nor any
claim in writing or, to the Knowledge of Ideation, any other
claim, for additional material Taxes for any period for which
Tax Returns have been filed.
(b) Section 8.22(b) of the Ideation Disclosure
Schedule lists all the relevant Governmental Authorities in
charge of taxation in which Tax Returns are filed with respect
to Ideation, and indicates those Tax Returns that have been
audited or that are currently the subject of an audit since
December 31, 2007. Ideation has not received any notice in
writing, or, to the Knowledge of Ideation, any other notice,
that any Governmental Authority will audit or examine (except
for any general audits or examinations routinely performed by
such Governmental Authorities), seek information with respect
to, or make material claims or assessments with respect to any
Taxes for any period. Ideation has delivered or made available
to the SM Entities correct and complete copies of all Tax
Returns, correspondence with Governmental Authorities regarding
Taxes, examination reports, and statements of deficiencies filed
by, assessed against or agreed to by Ideation, for and during
fiscal years 2007 and 2008.
(c) The financial statements contained in Ideation’s
quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 reflect an
adequate reserve for all Taxes payable by Ideation (in addition
to any reserve for deferred Taxes to reflect timing differences
between book and Tax items) for all taxable periods and portions
thereof through the date of such financial statements. Ideation
is neither a party to nor bound by any Tax indemnity, Tax
sharing or similar agreement and Ideation currently has no
liability and will not have any liabilities for any Taxes of any
other Person under any agreement or by the operation of any law.
No deficiency with respect to any Taxes has been proposed,
asserted or assessed against Ideation, and no requests for
waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are pending.
(d) Ideation has not requested any extension of time within
which to file any Tax Return, which Tax Return has not since
been filed. Ideation has not executed any outstanding waivers or
comparable consents regarding the application of the statute of
limitations with respect to any Taxes or Tax Returns. No power
of attorney currently in force has been granted by Ideation
concerning any Taxes or Tax Return.
(e) Ideation does not own nor has ever owned any United
States real property interests as described in Section 897
of the Code.
(f) Ideation has withheld and remitted to the appropriate
Governmental Authority in compliance with all Legal Requirements
all Taxes required to be withheld and remitted by Ideation in
connection with payments made to other persons.
ARTICLE IX
Conduct
Prior To The Closing
Section 9.1 Covenants
of SM Parties. During the period from the date of
this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the
termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, each of the
SM Entities agrees that it shall, and each of the SM
Shareholders agrees that it shall use commercially reasonable
efforts (which, with respect to the SM Institutional
Shareholders, shall only mean the directing of such SM
Institutional Shareholder’s nominee(s) on the board of
directors of SM Cayman to vote against any action in
contravention of this Section 9.1) to, cause the Group
Companies to (except to the extent expressly contemplated by
this Agreement or as consented to in writing by the other
Parties), (i) carry on its business in the ordinary course
in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Legal
Requirements, to pay debts and Taxes when due (subject to good
faith disputes over such debts or Taxes), to pay or perform
other obligations when due, and to use commercially reasonable
efforts to preserve intact its present business organizations,
and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to keep
available the services of its present officers, directors and
employees and to preserve its relationships with customers,
suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others having
business dealings with it. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, during the period from the date of
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this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the
termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, except as
listed on Section 9.1 of the SM Disclosure Schedule or as
otherwise expressly permitted by or provided for in this
Agreement, none of the SM Entities shall, and each of the SM
Shareholders and SM Entities agrees that it shall use
commercially reasonable efforts (which, with respect to the SM
Institutional Shareholders, shall mean the directing of such SM
Institutional Shareholder’s nominee(s) on the board of
directors of SM Cayman to vote against any action in
contravention of this Section 9.1) to, cause each of the
Group Companies not to, allow, cause or permit any of the
following actions to occur with respect to any of the Group
Companies without the prior written consent of Ideation, which
shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld:
(a) Charter Documents. Cause or permit
any amendments to any of the SM Constituent Instruments or any
other equivalent organizational documents, except as
contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) Accounting Policies and
Procedures. Change any method of accounting or
accounting principles or practices by the Group Companies,
except for any such change required by any Legal Requirement or
by a change in U.S. GAAP;
(c) Dividends; Changes in Capital
Stock. Declare or pay any dividends on or make
any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) in
respect of any of its capital stock, or split, combine or
reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the
issuance of any securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of its capital stock, or repurchase or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its
capital stock;
(d) Material Contracts. Enter into any
new Material Contract, or violate, amend or otherwise modify or
waive any of the terms of any existing Material Contract, other
than (i) in the ordinary course of business or
(ii) upon prior consultation with, and prior written
consent (which shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld) of
Ideation;
(e) Issuance of Securities. Except
pursuant to a Series D Financing, issue, deliver or sell or
authorize or propose the issuance, delivery or sale of, or
purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares of its capital
stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or
subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire, or other
agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to
issue any such shares or other convertible or exchangeable
securities; or otherwise pledge or encumber any securities of
any Group Company;
(f) Intellectual Property. Transfer or
license to any Person or entity any Intellectual Property Rights;
(g) Dispositions. Sell, lease (other than
in the ordinary course of business), license or otherwise
dispose of or encumber any of its properties or assets which are
material, individually or in the aggregate, to its business;
(h) Indebtedness. Issue or sell any debt
securities or guarantee any debt securities of others, or incur
any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of US$1,000,000 in
the aggregate other than relating to liabilities incurred in
connection with the Transaction; or mortgage, pledge or grant a
security interest in any material asset of any Group Company;
(i) Payment of Obligations. Pay,
discharge or satisfy in an amount in excess of US$1,000,000 any
claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise) other than (i) in the
ordinary course of business, (ii) pursuant to the terms of
an acquisition contract between (A) Jingli Shanghai and any
other Person relating to the acquisition of any Subsidiary of
Jingli Shanghai or (B) SM Cayman and any other Person
relating to the acquisition of any Subsidiary of SM Cayman,
provided in each case that such contract is in full force and
effect as of the date of this Agreement, (iii) the payment,
discharge or satisfaction of liabilities reflected or reserved
against in the SM Financial Statements for the quarter ended
June 30, 2008, or (iv) the payment, discharge or
satisfaction of liabilities incurred in connection with the
Transactions;
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(j) Capital Expenditures. Make any
capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements
except in the ordinary course of business that do not exceed
US$1,000,000 individually or in the aggregate;
(k) Acquisitions. Acquire by merging or
consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of
the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire any
assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to
its business, or acquire any equity securities of any
corporation, partnership, association or business organization;
(l) Employment. Except as required to
comply with Legal Requirements or pursuant to plans, agreements
or arrangements existing on the date hereof, (i) take any
action with respect to, adopt, enter into, terminate or amend
any employment, severance, retirement, retention, incentive or
similar agreement, arrangement or benefit plan for the benefit
or welfare of any current or former director or executive
officer or any collective bargaining agreement,
(ii) increase in any material respect the compensation or
fringe benefits of, or pay any bonus to, any director or
executive officer, (iii) materially amend or accelerate the
payment, right to payment or vesting of any compensation or
benefits, (iv) pay any material benefit not provided for as
of the date of this Agreement under any benefit plan, or
(v) grant any awards under any bonus, incentive,
performance or other compensation plan or arrangement or benefit
plan, including the grant of stock options, stock appreciation
rights, stock based or stock related awards, performance units
or restricted stock, or the removal of existing restrictions in
any benefit plans or agreements or awards made thereunder;
(m) Facility. Open or close any facility
or office except in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Taxes. Make or change any material
election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes, file any Tax Return or any amendment
to a Tax Return, enter into any closing or equivalent agreement,
settle any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent
to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable
to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;
(o) Litigation. Initiate, compromise or
settle any litigation or arbitration proceedings relating to an
amount in excess of US$1,000,000;
(p) Loans. Make any loans, advances or
capital contributions, except advances for travel and other
normal business expenses to officers and employees in the
ordinary course of business;
(q) Payments to Affiliates. Make any
payments or series of related payments (other than ordinary
compensation and benefits) in excess of US$10,000 to any of its
officers, directors, employees, shareholders or other equity
interest holders, except as required pursuant to any binding
agreement with any such officer, director, employee, shareholder
or other equity holder in effect as of the date of this
Agreement and disclosed in the SM Disclosure Schedule;
(r) Affiliated Transactions. Enter into
any material contract, arrangement or other transaction with any
Affiliate of any Group Company except in connection with the
Transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(s) Revaluation. Revalue a material
amount of any Group Company’s assets, including, without
limitation, writing down the value of a material amount of
capitalized inventory or writing off a material amount of notes
or accounts receivable, unless, in each case, such revaluation
is required pursuant to US GAAP or applicable Legal
Requirements; and
(t) Other. Agree in writing or otherwise
to take any of the foregoing actions.
Section 9.2 Covenants
of Ideation. From the date hereof until the
earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Closing
Date, Ideation agrees to, and to cause ID Arizona to (except to
the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as
consented to in writing by SM Cayman), to (i) carry on its
business in the ordinary course in substantially the same manner
as heretofore conducted, to pay debts and Taxes when due
(subject to good faith disputes over such debts or Taxes), to
pay or perform other obligations when due,
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and to use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact
its present business organizations and (ii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to keep available the services
of its current officers, directors and employees and to preserve
its relationships with others having business dealings with it.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the
period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the
earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Closing
Date, except as listed on Section 9.2 of the Ideation
Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise expressly permitted by or
provided for in this Agreement, the Ideation Parties shall not
do, allow, cause or permit any of the following actions to occur
without the prior written consent of SM Cayman, which consent
shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld:
(a) Charter Documents. Adopt or propose
any change in any of their constituent instruments except for
such amendments required by any Legal Requirement or the rules
and regulations of the SEC or AMEX (or such other applicable
national securities exchange) or as are contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) Accounting Policies and
Procedures. Change any method of accounting or
accounting principles or practices by Ideation, except for any
such change required by any Legal Requirement or by a change in
U.S. GAAP;
(c) SEC Reports. Fail to timely file or
furnish to or with the SEC all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished
by Ideation (except those filings by affiliates of Ideation
required under Section 13(d) or 16(a) of the Exchange Act);
(d) Dividends; Changes in Capital
Stock. Declare or pay any dividends on or make
any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) in
respect of any of its capital stock, or split, combine or
reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of its capital stock, or repurchase or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its
capital stock;
(e) Dispositions. Sell, lease, license or
otherwise dispose of or encumber any material properties or
assets;
(f) Material Contracts. Enter into any
new Ideation Material Contract, or violate, amend or otherwise
modify or waive any of the material terms of any existing
Ideation Material Contract, other than (i) in the ordinary
course of business or (ii) upon prior consultation with,
and prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably
delayed or withheld) of SM Cayman;
(g) Issuance of Securities. Issue,
deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery
or sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares
of its capital stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options
to acquire, or other agreements or commitments of any character
obligating it to issue any such shares or other convertible or
exchangeable securities; or otherwise pledge or encumber any
securities of ID Arizona;
(h) Indebtedness. Issue or sell any debt
securities or guarantee any debt securities of others, or incur
any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of US$250,000 in
the aggregate, other than relating to liabilities incurred in
connection with the Transactions; or mortgage, pledge or grant a
security interest in any material asset of any Ideation Party;
(i) Payment of Obligations. Pay,
discharge or satisfy in an amount in excess of US$250,000 in any
one case, for any claim, liability or obligation (absolute,
accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) other
than (i) in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the
payment, discharge or satisfaction of liabilities reflected or
reserved against in the Ideation financial statements for the
quarter ended September 30, 2008, or (iii) the
payment, discharge or satisfaction of liabilities incurred in
connection with the Transactions;
(j) Capital Expenditures. Make any
capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements;
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(k) Acquisitions. Acquire by merging or
consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of
the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire any
assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to
its business, or acquire any equity securities of any
corporation, partnership, association or business organization;
(l) Taxes. Make or change any material
election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes, file any Tax Return or any amendment
to a Tax Return, enter into any closing or equivalent agreement,
settle any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent
to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable
to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;
(m) Litigation. Initiate, compromise or
settle any material litigation or arbitration proceedings;
(n) Affiliated Transactions. Enter into
any material contract, arrangement or other transaction with any
Affiliate of Ideation, except in connection with the
Transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(o) Other. Agree in writing or otherwise
to take any of the foregoing actions.
Section 9.3 Conversion
of SM Cayman Securities. Prior to or
contemporaneously with the Closing, the SM Shareholders and SM
Cayman agree to convert all issued and outstanding SM Preferred
Shares into an aggregate of 69,532,869 SM Ordinary Shares
pursuant to the terms of such SM Preferred Shares set forth in
the Company Memorandum (the “Preferred
Conversion”).
Section 9.4 No
Securities Transactions. None of the SM
Warrantholders, the SM Shareholders, the SM Entities or any of
their respective controlled Affiliates and Representatives
shall, directly or indirectly, engage in any transactions
involving the securities of the Ideation Parties prior to the
time of the making of a public announcement of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The SM Parties shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to require the Group Companies
and each of the officers, directors, employees, security
holders, agents and representatives of the Group Companies to
comply with the foregoing requirement.
Section 9.5 Other
Pre-Closing Covenants. Prior to the Closing,
(i) each of the SM Entities agrees that it shall, and each
of the SM Shareholders agrees that it shall use commercially
reasonable efforts (which, with respect to the SM Institutional
Shareholders, shall only mean the directing of such SM
Institutional Shareholder’s nominee(s) on the board of
directors of SM Cayman to vote against any action in
contravention of this Section 9.5) to, cause the relevant
Group Companies to complete the actions set forth in
items 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 9.5 and
(ii) Xx. Xxx and Xx. Xxxx shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to complete the actions set forth in
item 1 of Schedule 9.5.
ARTICLE X
Covenants of
the SM Parties
Section 10.1 Access
to Information. Between the date of this
Agreement and the Closing Date, subject to Ideation’s
undertaking to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep
confidential and protect the Trade Secrets of the Group
Companies against any disclosure, the SM Parties (not including
the Designated Agent in his or her capacity as such) will permit
Ideation and its Representatives reasonable access to all of the
books and records of the Group Companies which the Group
Companies determine are reasonably necessary for the preparation
and amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and such other
filings or submissions in accordance with SEC rules and
regulations as are necessary to consummate the Transactions and
as are necessary to respond to requests of the SEC’s staff,
Ideation’s accountants and relevant Governmental
Authorities, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the failure to use commercially reasonable efforts to
protect against any disclosure of any Trade Secrets of the Group
Companies by any Ideation or its Representatives in violation of
this Section that results in, or could reasonably be expected to
result in, material harm to the Group Companies, taken as a
whole, shall constitute a breach of a covenant in a material
respect pursuant to Section 15.1(c) hereof; provided,
however, that the
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Ideation Parties may make a disclosure otherwise prohibited by
this Section 10.1 if required by applicable Legal
Requirements or regulatory, administrative or legal process
(including, without limitation, by oral questions,
interrogatories, requests for information, subpoena of
documents, civil investigative demand or similar process) or the
rules and regulations of the SEC or any stock exchange having
jurisdiction over the Ideation Parties. In the event that any
Ideation Party or any of its Representatives is requested or
required to disclose any Trade Secrets of the Group Companies as
provided in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence,
such Ideation Party shall provide the SM Entities with prompt
written notice of any such request or requirement so that the SM
Entities may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy
(at their sole expense).
Section 10.2 Exclusivity;
No Other Negotiations.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 10.2 of the SM
Disclosure Schedule, none of the SM Entities or the SM
Shareholders shall take, and each of the SM Shareholders agrees
that it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each
such Group Company not to take (which, with respect to the SM
Institutional Shareholders, shall mean the directing of such SM
Institutional Shareholder’s nominee(s) on the board of
directors of SM Cayman to vote against any action by a Group
Company in contravention of this Section 10.2), or
authorize or permit any director, officer, investment banker,
financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other Person retained
by or acting for or on behalf of the Group Companies
and/or any
of the SM Shareholders to take, directly or indirectly, any
action to initiate, assist, solicit, negotiate, or encourage any
offer, inquiry or proposal from any Person other than Ideation:
(i) relating to the acquisition of any shares, registered
capital or other equity securities of any of the Group Companies
or any assets of any of the Group Companies other than sales of
assets in the ordinary course of business (including any
acquisition structured as a merger, consolidation, share
exchange or other business combination) (an
“Acquisition Proposal”); (ii) to
reach any agreement or understanding (whether or not such
agreement or understanding is absolute, revocable, contingent or
conditional) for, or otherwise attempt to consummate, any
Acquisition Proposal with any of the Group Companies
and/or any
SM Shareholders; (iii) to participate in discussions or
negotiations with or to furnish or cause to be furnished any
information with respect to the Group Companies or afford access
to the assets and properties or books and records of the Group
Companies to any Person whom any of the Group Companies (or any
such Person acting for or on their behalf) knows or has reason
to believe is in the process of considering any Acquisition
Proposal relating to the Group Companies; (iv) to
participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding,
furnish any material non-public information with respect to,
assist or participate in, or facilitate in any other manner any
effort or attempt by any Person to do or seek any of the
foregoing, or (v) to take any other action that is
inconsistent with the Transactions and that has the primary
effect of avoiding the Closing contemplated hereby;
provided, that SM Cayman or its board of directors may
engage in discussions with any Person who has made an
unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that the
board of directors SM Cayman determines in good faith
constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to result in, an SM
Superior Proposal, provided however that no such
discussions shall limit, affect or impair the enforceability of
this Agreement against any SM Party (including the Designated
Agent and the Non-signing Shareholder) prior to the termination
hereof.
(b) The SM Parties will immediately cease any and all
existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any
parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the actions
set forth in Section 10.2(a) above, if applicable. The SM
Parties will promptly (i) notify Ideation if any of the
Group Companies
and/or any
SM Shareholder receives any proposal or inquiry or request for
information in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, and
(ii) notify Ideation of the significant terms and
conditions of any such Acquisition Proposal including the
identity of the party making an Acquisition Proposal.
Section 10.3 Further
Assurances. From the date hereof until the
earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with Article XV, unless (for
the SM Institutional Shareholders) a lesser standard is
expressly provided for elsewhere in the Agreement, in which case
such lesser standard shall be applicable, the SM Parties shall,
on or prior to the Closing Date, use their commercially
reasonable efforts to fulfill or obtain the fulfillment of the
conditions precedent to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Unless (for the SM Institutional
Shareholders) a lesser standard is expressly provided for
elsewhere in the Agreement, in which case such lesser standard
shall be applicable, the SM Parties shall
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further cooperate with the Ideation Parties and use their
respective commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to
be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things,
necessary, proper or advisable on their part under this
Agreement and applicable Legal Requirements to consummate the
transactions set forth in this Agreement as soon as practicable.
With respect to the conditions set forth in
Section 13.2(o), notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Section 10.3, the covenants set forth in this
Section 10.3 are made only with respect to the delivery of
the financial statements described in the first sentence of
Section 13.2(o), and not with respect to (i) the
satisfaction of the net income and EBITDA targets or
(ii) the requirement that the 3Q 2008 Financials and the
FY2008 Financials (as applicable) shall be accompanied by an
unqualified opinion of an internationally recognized and
U.S. registered independent public accounting firm
qualified to practice before the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board, set forth therein.
Section 10.4 Disclosure
of Certain Matters. From the date hereof through
the Closing Date, each of the SM Entities shall give Ideation
prompt written notice of any event or development that occurs
that (a) is of a nature that, individually or in the
aggregate, would have or reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Group Companies, taken as a
whole, or (b) would require any amendment or supplement to
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided that any such
notice shall not qualify, affect or diminish the
representations, warranties and other obligations of the SM
Parties under this Agreement, or amend the Disclosure Schedules
delivered by the SM Parties on the date hereof.
Section 10.5 Regulatory
and Other Authorizations; Notices and
Consents. The SM Entities shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to give or obtain (a) all
material Consents from Governmental Authorities,
(b) material notices to any Governmental Authority or third
party, and (c) material consents of any third party, that
in each case may be or become necessary for the execution and
delivery of, and the performance of their obligations pursuant
to, this Agreement or the Transaction Documents by any SM
Entity, or that is otherwise required to be obtained or made by
or with respect to any Group Company in connection with, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
Transaction Documents, or the consummation of any of the
Transactions.
Section 10.6 Related
Tax. From the date hereof through the Closing
Date, the SM Entities shall, and shall cause each of the Group
Companies to, consistent with past practice, (i) duly and
timely file all Tax Returns and other documents required to be
filed by it with applicable Governmental Authorities, subject to
extensions permitted by law and properly granted by the
appropriate authority; provided that SM Cayman notifies
Ideation that any of the Group Companies is availing itself of
such extensions, and (ii) pay all Tax shown as due on such
Tax Returns or otherwise due.
Section 10.7 Proxy
Statement/Prospectus. Each of the SM Parties
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide promptly to
Ideation such information concerning its and the other Group
Companies’ business affairs and financial statements as is
required under applicable Legal Requirements for inclusion in
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (including the Audited Financial
Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements), shall direct
that its counsel cooperate with Ideation’s counsel in the
preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the
Form S-4
Registration Statement and shall request the cooperation of
Ideation’s auditors in the preparation of the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus and the
Form S-4
Registration Statement. None of the information supplied or to
be supplied by or on behalf of the SM Parties for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and
the
Form S-4
Registration Statement will, at the time the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus or the
Form S-4
Registration Statement is filed with the SEC or at the time it
becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they are made, not misleading. If any information provided
by the SM Parties is discovered or any event occurs with respect
to any of the SM Parties, or any change occurs with respect to
the other information provided by the SM Parties included in the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the
Form S-4
Registration Statement which is required to be described in an
amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
or
Form S-4
Registration Statement so that such document does not include
any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
the SM Parties shall notify Ideation promptly of such event.
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Section 10.8 No
Claim Against Trust Account. The SM Parties
have read (a) the Investment Management
Trust Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2007, by and
between Ideation and the Trustee named therein filed as an
exhibit to the Ideation Registration Statement, and
(b) Ideation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended from time to time (collectively, the
“Ideation Disclosure”). The SM Parties
acknowledge and understand that (i) Ideation is a special
purpose acquisition corporation, (ii) Ideation has
established the Trust Account (as defined in the Ideation
Disclosure, the “Trust Account”)
for the benefit of its public stockholders and may disburse
monies from the Trust Account only as described in the
Ideation Disclosure, and (iii) in the event an Initial
Business Combination (as defined in the Ideation Disclosure) is
not consummated for any reason by November 19, 2009 (absent
an amendment to Ideation’s amended and restated certificate
of incorporation), Ideation will be obligated to return to its
stockholders the amounts being held in the Trust Account.
In accordance with foregoing, each of the SM Parties
acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary set forth in this Agreement, it does not have and
will not have any right, title, interest or claim (collectively
the “Claims”) of any kind or nature, in
or to any monies held in the Trust Account, hereby waives
any and all Claims to any monies held in the Trust Account
that any SM Party may have or seek to have in the future
(including, but not limited to, any Claims arising as a result
of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article XV, any breach of this Agreement by any Ideation
Party, or otherwise) and will not seek recourse against the
Trust Account for any reason.
Section 10.9 Restrictive
Covenants.
(a) Nonsolicitation. Without the prior
consent of the Independent Committee, no SM Shareholder (other
than DB) shall, for a period of 18 months from and after
the Closing Date, directly or indirectly, for itself or for any
other Person, (i) solicit any of the employees (at the Vice
President level or above) of ID Cayman or any of the Group
Companies (or any Person who had been such within 12 months
prior to such solicitation) for purposes of entering into
employment, consulting or other business arrangements with such
employees
and/or
(ii) hire any employee (at the Vice President level or
above) of ID Cayman or any of the Group Companies (or any Person
who had been such within the year prior to such attempted
hiring); provided that nothing herein shall restrict or preclude
any SM Shareholder from (A) making generalized searches for
employees by use of advertisements in the media (including trade
media) or (B) continuing its ordinary course hiring
practices that are not targeted specifically at such employees.
(b) Confidentiality. For a period of
18 months after the Closing Date, each SM Shareholder
shall, shall cause each of its employees and agents to, and
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its
accountants, legal counsel and other representatives and
advisers to, hold in strict confidence all, and not divulge or
disclose, use to the detriment of ID Cayman or for the benefit
of any Person, or misuse in any way, any Confidential
Information; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation of
confidence shall not apply to information that, upon advice of
legal counsel, is required to be disclosed by such SM
Shareholder or any of its employees, agents, accountants, legal
counsel or other representatives or advisers as a result of any
Legal Requirement, in which case such SM Shareholder shall
promptly notify ID Cayman of any such disclosure, shall
cooperate with ID Cayman, at ID Cayman’s expense, to obtain
a protective order for such Confidential Information and shall
not disclose any more information than is required pursuant to
such Legal Requirement.
(c) Injunction. It is recognized and
hereby acknowledged by the Parties that a breach or violation by
a SM Shareholder of any or all of the covenants and agreements
contained in this Section 10.9 may cause irreparable harm
and damage to ID Cayman and the Group Companies in a monetary
amount which may be virtually impossible to ascertain. As a
result, each SM Shareholder recognizes and hereby acknowledges
that ID Cayman
and/or any
Group Company shall be entitled to an injunction from any court
of competent jurisdiction enjoining and restraining any breach
or violation or threatened breach or violation of any or all of
the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 10.9
by any SM Shareholder, either directly or indirectly, and that
such right to injunction shall be cumulative and in addition to
whatever other rights or remedies ID Cayman or any Group Company
may possess hereunder, at law or in equity. Nothing contained in
this Section 10.9 shall be construed to prevent ID Cayman
or any Group Company from seeking and recovering from an SM
Shareholder any damages sustained by it as a result of any
breach or violation by such SM Shareholder of any of the
covenants or agreements contained herein. The decision to
enforce or seek
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remedies under this Section 10.9 on behalf of ID Cayman
shall be conclusively determined by the Independent Committee.
Section 10.10 Financial
Statements. The SM Parties shall deliver, at
least three (3) days prior to the Closing: (a) (i) if
the Closing occurs on or prior to June 30, 2009,
(A) audited consolidated financial statements of SM Cayman
and the other Group Companies, for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2008 (the “3Q 2008
Financials”), prepared in accordance with US GAAP
applied on a consistent basis with past practices, and
(B) unaudited consolidated financial statements (which may
consist of internally prepared management accounts) of SM Cayman
and the other Group Companies, for the three-month period ended
December 31, 2008 (the “4Q 2008
Financials”), prepared in accordance with US GAAP
applied on a consistent basis with past practices (subject to
normal year-end adjustments, which shall not be material in the
aggregate) or (in lieu of (A) and (B)) (C) audited
consolidated financial statements of SM Cayman and the other
Group Companies, for the twelve-month period ended
December 31, 2008 (the “FY2008
Financials”), prepared in accordance with US GAAP
applied on a consistent basis with past practices or
(ii) if the Closing occurs after June 30, 2009, the
FY2008 Financials, prepared in accordance with US GAAP applied
on a consistent basis with past practices and (b) unaudited
consolidated financial statements (which may consist of
internally prepared management accounts) of SM Cayman and the
other Group Companies, for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2009 (the “1Q 2009
Financials”), prepared in accordance with US GAAP
applied on a consistent basis with past practices (subject to
normal year-end adjustments, which shall not be material in the
aggregate). To the extent delivered in compliance with this
Section, the 3Q 2008 Financials and the FY2008 Financials will
fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial condition and operating results, change in
stockholders’ equity and cash flow of SM Cayman and the
Group Companies as of the dates, and for the periods, indicated
therein. To the extent delivered in compliance with this
Section, the 4Q 2008 Financials and the 1Q 2009 Financials will
fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial condition and operating results, change in
stockholders’ equity and cash flow of SM Cayman and the
Group Companies as of the dates, and for the periods, indicated
therein, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments, none of
which shall, in the aggregate, be material.
ARTICLE XI
Covenants of
Ideation
Section 11.1 Proxy
Statement/Prospectus Filing, SEC Filings and Special Meeting.
(a) Ideation shall cause a meeting of its stockholders (the
“Stockholders’ Meeting”) to be duly
called and held as soon as reasonably practicable for the
purpose of voting on the adoption and approval of, among others,
this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby.
Subject to its fiduciary duties, the Ideation Board shall
recommend to its stockholders that they vote in favor of the
adoption of such matters. In connection with the
Stockholders’ Meeting, Ideation (a) will use
commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC as promptly
as practicable the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which shall serve
as a proxy statement pursuant to Section 14(a),
Regulation 14A, and Schedule 14A under the Exchange
Act and the
Form S-4
Registration Statement and all other proxy materials for such
meeting, (b) upon receipt of approval from the SEC, will
mail to its stockholders the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and
other proxy materials, (c) will use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain the necessary approvals by its stockholders of
this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby under
applicable Legal Requirements (the “Stockholder
Approval”), and (d) will otherwise comply with
all Legal Requirements applicable to the Stockholders’
Meeting.
(b) Ideation will timely provide to SM Cayman all
correspondence received from and to be sent to the SEC and will
not file any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus with
the SEC without providing SM Cayman the opportunity to review
and comment on any proposed responses to the SEC. Ideation and
SM Cayman will cooperate with each other in finalizing each
proposed response; provided that ID Cayman shall control the
final form and substance of any such response. In addition,
Ideation will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
SEC to permit SM Cayman
and/or its
counsel to participate in all SEC conversations on substantive
issues related to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus together with
Ideation counsel.
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Section 11.2 Further
Assurances. From the date hereof until the
earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with Article XV, Ideation
shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to fulfill or obtain the fulfillment of the
conditions precedent to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Ideation shall further cooperate with the
SM Parties and use its commercially reasonable efforts to take
or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all
things, necessary, proper or advisable on its part under this
Agreement and applicable Legal Requirements to consummate the
transactions set forth in this Agreement as soon as practicable.
Section 11.3 Disclosure
of Certain Matters. From the date hereof through
the Closing Date, Ideation shall give SM Cayman and the SM
Shareholders prompt written notice of any event or development
that occurs that (a) is of a nature that, individually or
in the aggregate, would have or reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on Ideation, or (b) would require
any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus;
provided that any such notice shall not qualify, affect
or diminish the representations, warranties and other
obligations of the Ideation Parties under this Agreement, or
amend the Disclosure Schedules delivered by the Ideation Parties
on the date hereof.
Section 11.4 Regulatory
and Other Authorizations; Notices and
Consents. Ideation shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain all material authorizations,
consents, orders and approvals of, and provide all material
notices to, all Governmental Authorities and third parties that
may be or become necessary for its execution and delivery of,
and the performance of its obligations pursuant to, this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
Section 11.5 Exclusivity;
No Other Negotiations.
(a) Except as otherwise provided for herein, Ideation shall
not take (or authorize or permit any investment banker,
financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other Person retained
by or acting for or on behalf of Ideation to take) directly or
indirectly, any action to initiate, assist, solicit, negotiate,
or encourage any offer, inquiry or proposal from any Person:
(i) relating to any acquisition of such Person or Ideation
(regardless of the structure of any such acquisition) or
(ii) take any other action that has the primary effect of
avoiding the Closing contemplated hereby; provided, that
Ideation or its board of directors may engage in discussions
with any Person who has made an unsolicited bona fide written
proposal relating to such an acquisition that the board of
directors Ideation determines in good faith constitutes, or
could reasonably be expected to result in, an ID Superior
Proposal; provided further, that no such discussions
shall limit, affect or impair the enforceability of this
Agreement against Ideation prior to the termination hereof.
(b) Ideation will immediately cease any and all existing
activities, discussions or negotiations with any parties
conducted heretofore with respect to any of the actions set
forth in Section 11.5(a) above, if applicable. Ideation
will promptly (i) notify the SM Parties if Ideation
receives any such proposal or inquiry or request for information
in connection with such proposal and (ii) notify the SM
Parties of the significant terms and conditions of any such
proposal including the identity of the party making the
proposal. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Section 11.5, from and after June 30, 2009, the
Ideation Parties may engage in the activities described in
Section 11.5(a); provided, that any definitive agreement
entered into by an Ideation Party relating to such activities
must provide that the closing of any transaction of the type
described in Section 11.5(a) be conditioned on the prior
termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
Section 11.6 Related
Tax. From the date hereof through the Closing
Date, Ideation, consistent with past practice, shall
(i) duly and timely file all Tax Returns and other
documents required to be filed by it with applicable
Governmental Authorities, subject to extensions permitted by
Legal Requirements and properly granted by the appropriate
authority; provided, that Ideation notifies SM Cayman
that Ideation is availing itself of such extensions, and
(ii) pay all Tax shown as due on such Tax Returns.
Section 11.7 Valid
Issuance of ID Cayman Shares. When issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms hereof for the
consideration provided for herein and entered in the register of
members of ID Cayman, the ID Cayman Shares to be issued to the
SM Shareholders hereunder will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Upon due exercise of the
New Warrants and payment of the exercise price
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thereunder and once entered in the register of members of ID
Cayman, the resulting ID Cayman shares will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.
ARTICLE XII
Additional
Agreements and Covenants
Section 12.1 Disclosure
Schedules. Each of the Parties shall, as of the
Closing Date, have the obligation to supplement or amend their
respective Disclosure Schedules being delivered concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement and annexes and exhibits
hereto with respect to any matter hereafter arising or
discovered which resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to
result in, a breach of any representation or warranty made by
them herein; provided that any such amendment or
supplementation shall not qualify, affect or diminish the
representations, warranties and other obligations of the Parties
under this Agreement or any condition to Closing hereunder, and
the representations, warranties and other obligations of the
Parties under this Agreement shall be made, qualified
and/or
determined by reference to the Disclosure Schedules as delivered
at the time of execution of this Agreement.
Section 12.2 Confidentiality. Between
the date hereof and the Closing Date, each of Ideation and the
SM Parties shall hold and shall cause their respective
Representatives to hold in strict confidence, unless compelled
to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other
Legal Requirements or by the rules and regulations of, or
pursuant to any agreement of a stock exchange or trading system,
all documents and information concerning the other Party
furnished to it by such other Party or its Representatives in
connection with the Transactions, except to the extent that such
information can be shown to have been (a) previously known
by the Party to which it was furnished, (b) in the public
domain through no fault of such Party, or (c) later
lawfully acquired by the Party to which it was furnished from
other sources, which source is not a Representative of the other
Party, and each Party shall not release or disclose such
information to any other Person, except its Representatives in
connection with this Agreement. Each Party shall be deemed to
have satisfied its obligations to hold confidential information
concerning or supplied by the other Party in connection with the
Transactions, if it exercises the same care as it takes to
preserve confidentiality for its own similar information. For
the avoidance of doubt, any disclosure of information required
to be included by Ideation or the SM Parties in their respective
filings with the SEC as required by the applicable Legal
Requirements will not be violation of this Section 12.2.
Section 12.3 Public
Announcements. From the date of this Agreement
until the Closing or termination of this Agreement, Ideation and
each of the SM Entities shall cooperate in good faith to jointly
prepare all press releases and public announcements pertaining
to this Agreement and the Transactions governed by it, and none
of the foregoing shall issue or otherwise make any public
announcement or communication pertaining to this Agreement or
the transaction without the prior consent of Ideation (in the
case of SM Entities) or SM Cayman (in the case of Ideation),
except as required by any Legal Requirement or by the rules and
regulations of, or pursuant to any agreement of, a stock
exchange or trading system. Each such Party will not
unreasonably withhold approval from the others with respect to
any press release or public announcement. If any Party
determines with the advice of counsel that it is required to
make this Agreement and the terms of the transaction public or
otherwise issue a press release or make public disclosure with
respect thereto, other than as required by any Legal Requirement
or by the rules and regulations of, or pursuant to any agreement
of, a stock exchange or trading system, it shall at a reasonable
time before making any public disclosure, consult with the other
Parties regarding such disclosure, seek such confidential
treatment for such terms or portions of this Agreement or the
transaction as may be reasonably requested by the other Parties
and disclose only such information as is legally compelled to be
disclosed. This provision will not apply to communications by
any Party to its counsel, accountants and other professional
advisors.
Section 12.4 Board
Composition. Ideation shall take such action,
including amending its bylaws, as may be required to cause the
number of directors constituting the Combined Board immediately
after the Closing to consist of nine (9) persons, for a
period commencing on the Closing Date and ending not sooner than
the third anniversary of the Closing Date. Ideation shall have
received the resignation of a sufficient number of current
directors (which resignation may be conditioned upon the Closing
of the Share Exchange)
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to allow for the election of the Director Nominees pursuant to
this Section, and the remaining members of the Ideation Board
shall have elected the other Director Nominees (as hereafter
defined) as members of the Combined Board, effective upon the
Closing, to fill the vacancies created by such increase in the
size of the board and such resignations. Each Director Nominee
shall serve as a director for a term expiring at ID
Cayman’s next annual meeting of stockholders following the
Closing Date and until his or her successor is elected and
qualified. “Director Nominees” means
(i) four (4) persons nominated by the Ideation
Representative (at least two (2) of whom shall be
“independent directors” as such term is defined in the
rules and regulations of AMEX (the “Independent
Directors”)) and (ii) five (5) persons
nominated by the SM Shareholders’ Representatives (at least
three (3) of whom shall be Independent Directors).
Section 12.5 Fees
and Expenses. Except as expressly provided in
Article XV, in the event there is no Closing of the
Transactions contemplated by this Agreement, all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be
paid by the Party incurring such fees and expenses.
Section 12.6 Director
and Officer Insurance. As soon as practicable
after the date hereof, Ideation will file an application, and
otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, with a
reputable insurance company seeking a tail liability insurance
policy (the “Tail Policy”) that will be
purchased by ID Cayman at the Closing covering those Persons who
are currently covered by Ideation’s directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policy through and including
the Closing Date. Such Tail Policy shall (to the extent
available in the market) have a price not exceeding 300% of the
premium paid by Ideation as of the Closing Date, with coverage
in amount and scope at least as favorable to such Persons as
Ideation’s coverage as of the Closing Date (or the maximum
amount that may be purchased for such price), which Tail Policy
shall continue for at least six (6) years following the
Closing.
Section 12.7 Tax
Elections. To the extent permitted by applicable
Legal Requirements, each of the Group Companies shall duly
authorize, execute, and file an election under United States
Treasury
Regulation Section 301.7701-3
to be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner,
effective the day of the Closing Date.
Section 12.8 Exemption
of Transaction. Prior to the Closing, ID Arizona
or ID Cayman shall adopt such appropriate board resolutions so
as to cause any acquisitions of ID Cayman Shares (including
derivative securities with respect to ID Cayman Shares)
resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
by each individual who is subject or will become subject as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to the
reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
to be exempt under
Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Section 12.9 Series D
or Other Financing. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary set forth herein, from the date hereof until the
date the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is declared effective by the
SEC, SM Cayman shall be permitted to raise capital pursuant to
an issuance of Series D Preferred Shares, on the terms and
conditions agreed upon by Ideation and SM Cayman, provided that
such financing results in maximum aggregate proceeds to the
borrower of US$15 million and no dividends shall accrue on
such shares until the end of the first full calendar quarter
after the Closing or termination hereof (a
“Series D Financing”). The terms of
any such Series D Preferred Shares must provide for their
automatic conversion, (a) in the event that ID Cayman
Preferred Shares will be issued pursuant to Section 12.12,
into ID Cayman Preferred Shares at the Closing using a ratio of
one (1) ID Cayman Preferred Share per each US$7.8815 of
aggregate liquidation preference thereunder, rounding up to the
nearest whole share, and a number of New Warrants, each such New
Warrant to purchase 0.25 of an ordinary share of ID Cayman at an
exercise price per such ordinary share of $7.8815, and
(2) in any other event, into ID Cayman Shares at the
Closing using a ratio of one (1) ID Cayman Share per each
US$7.8815 of aggregate liquidation preference thereunder,
rounding up to the nearest whole share. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, SM Cayman shall
also be permitted to discuss with potential lenders the terms of
a subordinated debt financing, provided that the consent of
Ideation shall be required prior to SM Cayman entering into any
agreement or commitment with respect to such financing.
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contracts to purchase (the “Sponsor
Purchases”) Ideation Shares in the open market or
in privately negotiated transactions (the “Acquired
Shares”), in such an amount (the
“Sponsor Purchase Commitment Amount”)
equal to the lesser of (i) an aggregate expenditure of
US$18.25 million and (ii) an amount (A) that,
when combined with purchases by Ideation pursuant to
Section 12.11 and proxies delivered by Ideation
stockholders approving the Transactions, would result in the
adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Transactions at
the Stockholders’ Meeting and (B) that would result in
ID Cayman possessing (assuming settlement of such
Section 12.11 purchases) at least US$18.25 million in
its Trust Account immediately after the Closing, before
payment of the expenses set forth in clauses (b) through
(e) of Section 8.19, provided, however, that
(w) the purchase price per Ideation Share is not more than
$9.00; (x) the Sponsor Purchase Commitment Amount is used
solely to purchase Ideation Shares and is not applied to any
transaction cost related to such purchase, other than normal
brokerage fees; (y) such Sponsor Purchases are conducted in
compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any
other applicable Legal Requirements; and (z) the aggregate
amount of such Sponsor Purchases shall be disclosed to the
holders of Ideation Shares in an appropriate filing with the SEC
one (1) business day before the Stockholders Meeting. To
the extent that the Sponsor Entity, through itself, its
Affiliates or Non-Affiliate Purchasers, is unable to make
sufficient Sponsor Purchases of Acquired Shares to satisfy the
Sponsor Purchase Commitment Amount for any reason, Ideation
agrees to sell shares of Ideation Common Stock (which shall also
be deemed to be “Acquired Shares” for purposes of this
Article XII) to the Sponsor Entity, its Affiliates or
Non-Affiliate Purchasers for a price per share equal to $7.8815
in such number as necessary to remedy such shortfall, and the
Sponsor Entity shall not be in breach of this section to the
extent it so remedies such shortfall pursuant to such purchases.
The Sponsor Entity agrees to promptly provide reasonable
supporting evidence of its compliance with the provisions of
this Article XII, upon request by an SM Shareholders’
Representative.
(b) Voting of the Subject Shares; Conversion.
(i) At the Stockholders’ Meeting described in
Section 11.1 (including every adjournment or postponement
thereof) the Sponsor Entity covenants and agrees that it shall
vote or cause the vote of (A) all of the Acquired Shares
owned by it and its Affiliates and (B) any Ideation Shares
it or its Affiliates hold as of the date hereof, other than the
“initial shares” as defined in the definitive
Prospectus of Ideation dated November 19, 2007 (together,
the “Subject Shares”):
(a) in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement
and the Transactions;
(b) against any proposal made in opposition to, or in
competition with, this Agreement and the Transactions; and
(c) against any other action that is intended, or would
reasonably be expected to, unreasonably impede, interfere with,
delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect this Agreement
and the Transactions.
Furthermore, to the extent that any Non-Affiliate Purchaser
fails to vote any Acquired Shares owned by it in accordance with
such terms, then the purchase of such shares shall not be
counted toward fulfillment of the Sponsor Purchase Commitment
Amount.
(ii) The Sponsor Entity agrees that at all times during the
period commencing with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and until the Closing (or the earlier termination of
this Agreement in accordance with its terms), none of it or its
Affiliates will exercise any right to convert any of the Subject
Shares for a pro-rata share of the Trust Account.
Furthermore, to the extent that any Non-Affiliate Purchaser
shall exercise any such right with respect to any Acquired
Shares owned by it, then the purchase of such shares shall not
be counted toward fulfillment of the Sponsor Purchase Commitment
Amount.
(c) Cooperation. In addition to the
foregoing, the Sponsor Entity agrees to use commercially
reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Ideation Parties and
the SM Parties in order to consummate the Transactions
(including, without limitation, with respect to providing
information about itself, its Affiliates or Non-Affiliate
Purchasers or Sponsor Purchases as necessary for Ideation to
respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus).
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Section 12.11 Ideation
Share Purchases. The parties agree and
acknowledge that, following the initial filing of the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus with the SEC, Ideation may seek to
purchase, or enter into binding contracts to purchase, shares of
Ideation Common Stock either in the open market or in privately
negotiated transactions. Any such purchases or contracts would
be entered into and effected either pursuant to a 10b(5)-1 plan
or at a time when Ideation, its initial stockholders (as defined
in the Ideation Prospectus) or their respective Affiliates are
not aware of any material nonpublic information regarding
Ideation or its securities. Any such purchases or contracts
could involve the incurrence of debt financing, payment of
significant fees or interest payments
and/or the
issuance of additional shares of Ideation Common Stock or other
securities of Ideation to the sellers of such shares or other
persons providing financing or other assistance in the
transactions; provided that any such purchases or contracts
other than Ordinary Course Purchases shall require the prior
approval of the SM Shareholders’ Representatives (which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives shall unreasonably withhold
or delay such approval, and the Stockholder Approval is not
obtained but could reasonably be expected to have been obtained
if such contract(s) had been approved and executed, then the
obligations of the Frost Group to make Sponsor Purchases
pursuant to Section 12.10 shall terminate. It shall be a
condition to the closing of such contracts that all shares to be
purchased pursuant to any such contracts be voted in favor of
the Transactions at the Stockholders’ Meeting. These
purchases or arrangements could result in an expenditure of, or
a commitment to expend, a substantial amount of Ideation’s
funds, which will ultimately reduce the amount of funds
remaining in the Trust Account immediately after the
Closing. “Ordinary Course Purchases”
means cash-settled forward purchase contracts with
non-Affiliates of Ideation, of such type as entered into from
time to time in connection with transactions involving special
purpose acquisition companies or “SPACs” that are
similar to the Share Exchange, to purchase shares of Ideation
for a purchase price per share not to exceed US$9.00 plus
out-of-pocket
costs incurred in connection with such purchases; provided,
however that such contracts do not bind SM Cayman or encumber
its assets.
Section 12.12 ID
Cayman Preferred Shares and New Warrants. If,
following the closings of the agreements contemplated by
Section 12.11 hereof and the payments to Ideation
stockholders who have properly exercised their Conversion
Rights, less than US$55.16 million will remain in the
Trust Account before payment of the amounts described in
clauses (b) through (e) of Section 8.19, each
Acquired Share shall be repurchased by ID Cayman in exchange for
one ID Cayman Preferred Share and a New Warrant to purchase 0.25
of an ordinary share of ID Cayman immediately prior to the
Closing of the Share Exchange. The exercise price per ordinary
share of such New Warrants shall be US$7.8815. Such repurchase
shall be conditioned upon the execution and delivery by the
holder of such an Acquired Share of a repurchase agreement in
reasonable and customary form and substance for a transaction of
such nature, which shall include customary registration rights
with respect to such ID Cayman Preferred Shares and the ordinary
shares underlying such preferred shares, which rights shall be
pari passu with other registration rights granted to holders of
ID Cayman Securities. Each holder of Acquired Shares shall be a
third-party beneficiary to this provision for so long as he or
she holds such shares.
Section 12.13 Internal
Audit Function. For a period of three
(3) years after the Closing, the SM Parties shall, through
their designees on the ID Cayman board of directors (to the
extent not prohibited by applicable law of the Cayman Islands),
cause ID Cayman to engage an independent registered public
accounting firm, which firm shall not otherwise be engaged by ID
Cayman with respect to any other matter, to report to its audit
committee and oversee the internal audit function of ID Cayman
in such role. The audit committee of ID Cayman may waive
compliance with this covenant prior to the third anniversary of
the Closing at any time that it shall determine that ID Cayman
has sufficient internal resources to comply with all applicable
Legal Requirements relating to its internal audit function.
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ARTICLE XIII
Conditions
to Closing
Section 13.1 SM
Parties Conditions Precedent. The obligations of
the SM Parties to complete the Closing are subject to the
fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following
conditions by the Ideation Parties, any one or more of which may
be waived by SM Cayman in writing.
(a) Representations and Covenants. The
representations and warranties of the Ideation Parties contained
in this Agreement, when read without any qualifications relating
to “materiality,” or “Material Adverse
Effect”, shall be true on and as of the Closing Date,
except where the failure of such representations or warranties
to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has
not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Ideation Parties, and each of the Ideation
Parties shall have performed and complied in all material
respects with all covenants and agreements required by this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by each of them on or
prior to the Closing Date, and the Ideation Parties shall have
delivered to SM Cayman a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to
the foregoing effect.
(b) No Litigation, Injunctions. No
action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted before any
court or governmental or regulatory body or instituted by any
Governmental Authorities to restrain, modify or prevent the
carrying out of the Transactions, or to seek material damages or
a discovery order in connection with such Transactions, and
there shall exist no injunction or other order issued by any
Governmental Authority or court of competent jurisdiction which
prohibits the consummation of any of the Transactions.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. There
shall not have been any occurrence, event, incident, action,
failure to act, or transaction since September 30, 2008
which has had or is reasonably likely to cause a Material
Adverse Effect on Ideation.
(d) Filing of Proxy
Statement/Prospectus. Ideation shall have filed
the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and mailed it to
Ideation’s stockholders.
(e) Approval by Ideation’s
Stockholders. The Transactions shall have been
approved by the holders of Common Stock in accordance with the
DGCL, other applicable Legal Requirements, and the Ideation
Constituent Instruments, and the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock held by stockholders of Ideation who exercise their
Conversion Rights with respect to their Common Stock in
accordance with the Ideation Constituent Instruments shall not
constitute thirty percent (30%) or more of the Common Stock
issued in the Ideation Public Offering.
(f) Notice to Trustee. Ideation shall
have, prior to the Closing, delivered to the trustee of the
Trust Account instructions to disburse on the Closing Date
the monies in the Trust Account in accordance with the
documents governing the Trust Account and this Agreement.
(g) Resignations. Effective as of the
Closing, the directors and officers of Ideation who will not be
continuing directors and officers of ID Cayman will have
resigned and the copies of the resignation letters of such
directors and officers shall have been delivered to ID Cayman,
together with a written release from each such resigning
director and officer to the effect that such person has no claim
for employment or other compensation in any form from Ideation
except for reimbursement of outstanding expenses existing as of
the date of such person’s resignation.
(h) SEC Reports. Ideation shall have
filed all reports and other documents required to be filed by
Ideation under the U.S. federal securities laws through the
Closing Date.
(i) Secretary’s Certificate. SM
Cayman shall have received a certificate from Ideation, signed
by its Secretary, certifying that the attached copies of the
Ideation Constituent Instruments and resolutions of the Ideation
Board approving the Agreement and the Transactions are all true,
complete and correct and remain in full force and effect, and
certifying as to the incumbency of its officers.
(j) Deliveries. The deliveries required
to be made by Ideation in Article VI shall have been made
by Ideation.
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(k) Governmental Approval. The Parties
shall have timely obtained from each Governmental Authority all
approvals, waivers and consents, if any, necessary for
consummation of or in connection with this Agreement and the
Transactions contemplated hereby, including such approvals,
waivers and consents as may be required under applicable Legal
Requirements.
(l) Merger and Conversion Documents. The
following documents shall have been executed and delivered by
the Ideation Parties: (i) Certificate of Merger to be filed
in accordance with the DGCL as of the Merger Effective Time;
(ii) Articles of Merger to be filed in accordance with the
ARS as of the Merger Effective Time; (iii) documents
required for the transfer of domicile of ID Arizona pursuant to
the ARS; and (iv) documents required for the submission to
the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands to obtain a
certificate of registration by way of continuation pursuant to
the Cayman Companies Law.
(m) Opinions. The SM Entities shall have
received the opinion of the Ideation Parties’ legal counsel
in Delaware, Arizona and Cayman Islands, which such opinion
shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as
Exhibits C-1,C-2
and C-3, respectively.
(n) Certificate of Good Standing. The SM
Entities shall have received a certificate of good standing (or
its equivalent) under the applicable Legal Requirements of each
of the Ideation Parties.
(o) Registration Statement. The
Form S-4
Registration Statement shall have been declared effective and no
stop order suspending its effectiveness shall be in effect.
(p) Investor Representation Letters. The
Investor Representation Letter shall have been executed and
delivered by each affiliate of Ideation who holds an Interim
Note or any other securities of SM Cayman that are being
converted into or exchanged for ID Cayman Shares at the Closing
pursuant to this Agreement.
(q) Required Consents. All consents,
authorizations and approvals of the Persons set forth in
Schedule 13.1(q) of this Agreement shall have been obtained.
Section 13.2 Ideation
Conditions Precedent. The obligations of Ideation
to complete the Closing are subject to the fulfillment on or
prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions by each of
the SM Parties, any one or more of which may be waived by
Ideation in writing:
(a) Representations and Covenants. The
representations and warranties of the SM Parties contained in
this Agreement, when read without any qualifications relating to
“materiality,” or “Material Adverse Effect”,
shall be true on and as of the Closing Date, except where the
failure of such representations or warranties to be so true and
correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had or would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
the SM Parties, and each of the SM Parties shall have performed
and complied in all material respects with all covenants and
agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by each of them on or prior to the Closing Date,
and the SM Parties shall have delivered to Ideation a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect.
(b) No Litigation, Injunctions. No
action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted before any
court or governmental or regulatory body or instituted by any
Governmental Authorities to restrain, modify or prevent the
carrying out of the Transactions, or to seek material damages or
a discovery order in connection with such Transactions, and
there shall exist no injunction or other order issued by any
Governmental Authority or court of competent jurisdiction which
prohibits the consummation of any of the Transactions.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. There
shall not have been any occurrence, event, incident, action,
failure to act, or transaction since June 30, 2008 which
has had or is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse
Effect on the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
(d) Approval by Ideation’s
Stockholders. The Transactions shall have been
approved by the holders of Common Stock in accordance with the
DGCL, other applicable Legal Requirements, and the Ideation
Constituent Instruments, and the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock held by stockholders of Ideation who exercise their
Conversion Rights with respect to their Common Stock in
accordance with the Ideation Constituent Instruments shall not
constitute thirty percent (30%) or more of the Common Stock
issued in the Ideation Public Offering.
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(e) Opinions. Ideation shall have
received the opinion of SM Cayman’s legal counsel in the
PRC and the Cayman Islands, and each such opinion shall be
substantially in the forms attached hereto as
Exhibits D-1
and D-2, respectively.
(f) Officer’s Certificates. Ideation
shall have received a certificate from each of the SM Parties
that is an entity signed by an authorized officer or
representative of such Party, respectively, certifying that the
attached copies of each such Party’s constituent
instruments and resolutions or other authorizing documents
approving the Agreement and the Transactions are all true,
complete and correct and remain in full force and effect, and
certifying as to the incumbency of its officers. Ideation shall
have received a certificate from Jingli Shanghai signed by an
authorized officer or representative of such Party, certifying
that the attached copies of each of its Subsidiary’s
constituent instruments are all true, complete and correct and
remain in full force and effect.
(g) Certificate of Good
Standing. Ideation shall have received a
certificate of good standing of SM Cayman.
(h) Deliveries. All other deliveries
required to be made by the SM Parties in Article VI shall
have been made by them.
(i) Investor Representation Letters. The
Investor Representation Letter shall have been executed and
delivered by each of the SM Shareholders, SM Warrantholders and
holders of Interim Notes (other than the affiliates of Ideation
described in Section 13.1(p) hereof).
(j) Preferred Conversion. The Preferred
Conversion shall have occurred.
(k) Governmental Approval. The Parties
shall have timely obtained from each Governmental Authority all
approvals, waivers and consents, if any, necessary for
consummation of or in connection with this Agreement and the
Transactions contemplated hereby, including such approvals,
waivers and consents as may be required under applicable Legal
Requirements.
(l) Registration Statement. The
Form S-4
Registration Statement shall have been declared effective and no
stop order suspending its effectiveness shall be in effect.
(m) Required Consents. All consents,
authorizations and approvals, of the Persons set forth in
Schedule 13.2(m) of this Agreement shall have been obtained.
(n) Officers. Each of Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx
Xxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have continued to serve in the same
position at SM Cayman
and/or the
other Group Companies as such Person is serving as of the date
of this Agreement, or in another senior management capacity.
(o) Financial Statements. The SM Parties
shall have delivered the financial statements described in
Section 10.10. If the Closing occurs on or prior to
June 30, 2009, (i) either (x) Adjusted Net Income
and EBITDA set forth in the 3Q 2008 Financials for the
three-month period ended September 30, 2008 shall be not
less than US$5,149,000 and US$9,717,000, respectively, and
(y) Adjusted Net Income and EBITDA set forth in the 4Q 2008
Financials for the three-month period ended December 31,
2008 shall be not less than US$5,834,000 and US$11,199,000,
respectively, or (z) Adjusted Net Income and EBITDA set
forth in the FY2008 Financials for the twelve-month period ended
December 31, 2008 shall be not less than US$15,556,000 and
US$30,398,000, respectively, and (ii) Adjusted Net Income
and EBITDA set forth in the 1Q 2009 Financials for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2009 shall be not less
than
US$[ ]
and
US$[ ],
respectively. If the Closing occurs after June 30, 2009,
(i) Adjusted Net Income and EBITDA set forth in the FY2008
Financials for the twelve-month period ended December 31,
2008 shall be not less than US$15,556,000 and US$30,398,000,
respectively, and (ii) Adjusted Net Income and EBITDA set
forth in the 1Q 2009 Financials for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2009 shall be not less than
US$[ ]
and
US$[ ],
respectively. The 3Q 2008 Financials and the FY2008 Financials
(as applicable) shall have been accompanied by an unqualified
opinion of an internationally recognized and
U.S. registered independent public accounting firm
qualified to practice before the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board.
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ARTICLE XIV
Indemnification
Section 14.1 Survival. All
of the representations and warranties of the Parties contained
in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for a period of
twelve (12) months and shall thereafter be of no further
force and effect; provided, however, that the
representations and warranties contained in Section 7.1,
the first three sentences of Section 7.2, Section 7.3,
Section 7.4, Section 7.14,
Section 8.1(a)-(c),
Section 8.2, Section 8.3, Section 8.4 and
Section 8.22 (the “Basic
Representations”) shall survive the Closing for a
period equal to any applicable statute of limitations. All of
the covenants and obligations of the Parties contained in this
Agreement shall survive the Closing unless they expire sooner in
accordance with their terms. The term during which any
representation, warranty, or covenant survives hereunder is
referred to as the “Survival Period.”
Except as expressly provided in this paragraph, no claim for
indemnification hereunder may be made after the expiration of
the Survival Period.
Section 14.2 Indemnification
by the SM Shareholders and Linden Ventures.
(a) From and after the Closing, the SM Shareholders shall,
subject to the terms hereof, severally (pro rata in proportion
to the consideration received by such SM Shareholder at the
Closing, including consideration received in respect of SM
Warrants (calculated on an as-if-converted basis)) indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Ideation Parties and their
respective successors and permitted assigns (the
“Ideation Indemnified Parties”) from and
against any liabilities, loss, claims, damages, fines,
penalties, expenses (including costs of investigation and
defense and reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs)
(collectively, “Damages”) arising from
or relating to: (i) any breach of any representation or
warranty made by any of the SM Entities in Article VII
hereof or in any certificate delivered by the SM Entities
pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) any breach by any SM
Entity of its covenants or obligations in this Agreement;
(iii) any breach by any SM Shareholder of its
representations or warranties, covenants or obligations in this
Agreement or in any certificate delivered by the SM Shareholders
pursuant to this Agreement; (iv) the validity,
enforceability or effectiveness (or lack thereof) of the
appointment of the Designated Agent, any actions taken by him or
her hereunder,
and/or the
transfer of any Other SM Shares by him or her (including Other
SM Shares resulting from option exercises and vesting of SM
Restricted Shares Awards after the date hereof), or the
ownership or transfer of any SM Shares by the Non-signing SM
Shareholder (including Non-signing SM Shareholders resulting
from option exercises and vesting of SM Restricted
Shares Awards after the date hereof) pursuant to this
Agreement; (v) the failure to allocate any Earn-Out Shares
hereunder to the holders of Restricted Shares Awards, the
failure to register such awards in accordance with PRC Legal
Requirements or any claims of such holders relating to the
transfer or exchange of their Restricted Shares Awards
hereunder; or (vi) the failure of any SM Entity to pay its
registered capital in full to the appropriate Governmental
Authority pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements. From and
after the Closing, Linden Ventures shall, subject to the terms
hereof, severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Ideation Indemnified Parties from and against any Damages
arising from any breach by Linden Ventures of its
representations or warranties, covenants or obligations in this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the
representations, warranties, covenants and obligations contained
in this Agreement that relate specifically and solely to a
particular SM Shareholder or to Linden Ventures and are made by
such Persons hereunder are the obligations of that particular
Person only and the other SM Shareholders and Linden Ventures,
as the case may be, shall not be responsible therefor.
(b) The amount of any and all Damages suffered by the
Ideation Indemnified Parties shall be paid in cash, or, at the
option of the SM Shareholders/Linden Ventures, may be recovered
by delivery of a specified number of ID Cayman Shares owned by
the SM Shareholders/Linden Ventures (the “Returned
Shares”) for repurchase by ID Cayman on terms set
forth in this Section 14.2(b), provided that such transfer
of shares is in compliance with all applicable Legal
Requirements. If an Ideation Indemnified Party suffers Damages
and Damages are paid by the SM Shareholders/Linden Ventures
through the delivery of Returned Shares in lieu of a cash
payment, then such Returned Shares shall be cancelled. If any SM
Shareholders/Linden Ventures elect to deliver Returned Shares
instead of cash hereunder, the number of Returned Shares to be
returned by such
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SM Shareholder/Linden Ventures shall be equal to the aggregate
amount of the indemnifiable Damages agreed to be paid by such SM
Shareholder/Linden Ventures in Returned Shares, divided by
US$7.8815.
(c) Pursuant to the provisions of this Article XIV,
from and after the Closing, if any claim for indemnification is
to be brought against any SM Shareholders/Linden Ventures by an
Ideation Indemnified Party, such claim (and whether or not to
bring such claim) shall be determined and approved by a
committee of directors comprised of (i) all Independent
Directors and (ii) the non-independent director nominated
by the Ideation Representative each as elected pursuant to
Section 12.4 (the “Independent
Committee”). Any settlement on behalf of ID Cayman
of any claim described in the immediately preceding sentence
shall be determined and approved by the Independent Committee;
it being understood that the consent of the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives (in accordance with
Section 16.5) on behalf of the SM Shareholders shall also
be required to enter into any settlement with respect to such
claim (unless the claim also involves Linden Ventures, in which
case the consent of Linden Ventures shall be required). Any
determination or approval of the Independent Committee made
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 14.2(c) shall be
by majority vote.
Section 14.3 Indemnification
by Ideation.
(a) From and after the Closing, the Ideation Parties shall,
subject to the terms hereof including without limitation
Section 10.8 hereof, indemnify, defend and hold harmless
each of the SM Shareholders, the Non-signing SM Shareholder and
Linden Ventures (collectively, the “SM Indemnified
Parties”) from and against any Damages arising
from: (i) any breach of any representation or warranty made
by the Ideation Parties in Article VIII hereof or in any
certificate delivered by the Ideation Parties pursuant to this
Agreement; or (ii) any breach by any Ideation Party of its
covenants or obligations in this Agreement.
(b) From and after the Closing, the amount of any and all
Damages suffered by the SM Indemnified Parties shall be paid in
newly issued ID Cayman Shares. The number of ID Cayman Shares to
be issued to the SM Indemnified Parties shall be equal to the
aggregate amount of the indemnifiable Damages agreed to be paid
by the Ideation Parties, divided by US$7.8815.
(c) From and after the Closing, any settlement of any claim
for indemnification against the Ideation Parties on behalf of or
by right of an SM Shareholder shall be determined and approved
by the SM Shareholders’ Representatives and the Independent
Committee. Except for claims for indemnification by Linden
Ventures, all claims for indemnification of an SM Indemnified
Party pursuant to this Section 14.3 shall be made on behalf
of such SM Indemnified Party by the SM Shareholders’
Representatives in accordance with Section 16.5.
Section 14.4 Limitations
on Indemnity.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement
to the contrary, the Ideation Indemnified Parties shall not be
entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 14.2(a)
(i) or (iii) or the second to last sentence of
Section 14.2(a), unless and until the aggregate amount of
Damages to the Ideation Indemnified Parties with respect to such
matters under such sections exceeds US$750,000 (the
“Basket”), and then only to the extent
all such Damages exceed the Basket; provided that the
aggregate amount of Damages payable by the SM Indemnified
Parties to the Ideation Indemnified Parties pursuant to claims
for indemnification under Section 14.2(a)(i),
(iii) and the second to last sentence of
Section 14.2(a) shall not exceed US$7,500,000 (the
“Cap”); and provided further that
the Basket and Cap shall not limit Damages that arise from or
otherwise relate to the breach of any of the Basic
Representations made by any of the SM Parties or Linden Ventures
or fraud.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement
to the contrary, the SM Shareholders/Linden Ventures shall not
be liable to, or indemnify, the Ideation Indemnified Parties for
any Damages (i) that are punitive, special, consequential,
incidental, exemplary or otherwise not actual damages or
(ii) that are in the nature of lost profits or any
diminution in value of property or equity. The Ideation
Indemnified Parties shall not use “multiple of
profits” or “multiple of cash flow” or any
similar valuation methodology in calculating the amount of any
Damages. This Article XIV constitutes the Ideation
Indemnified Parties’ sole and exclusive remedy for any and
all post-Closing Damages or other claims relating to or arising
from this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
(other than pursuant to Section 10.9(c)).
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement
to the contrary, no SM Indemnified Party shall be entitled to
indemnification pursuant to Section 14.3(a)(i), unless and
until the aggregate amount of Damages to the SM Indemnified
Parties with respect to such matters under such section exceeds
the Basket, and then only to the extent all such Damages exceed
the Basket; provided that the aggregate amount of Damages
payable by the Ideation Parties to the SM Indemnified Parties
pursuant to Section 14.3(a)(i) shall not exceed the Cap;
and provided further that the Basket and Cap shall not
limit Damages that arise from or otherwise relate to the
breach of any of the Basic Representations made by the Ideation
Parties or fraud.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement
to the contrary, the Ideation Parties shall not be liable to, or
indemnify, the SM Indemnified Parties for any Damages
(i) that are punitive, special, consequential, incidental,
exemplary or otherwise not actual damages or (ii) that are
in the nature of lost profits or any diminution in value of
property or equity. The SM Indemnified Parties shall not use
“multiple of profits” or “multiple of cash
flow” or any similar valuation methodology in calculating
the amount of any Damages. This Article XIV constitutes the
SM Indemnified Parties’ sole and exclusive remedy for any
and all post-Closing Damages or other claims relating to or
arising from this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section 14.5 Defense
of Third Party Claims. If the Independent
Committee determines to make a claim for indemnification under
Section 14.2 or the SM Shareholders’ Representatives
(on behalf of any SM Shareholder (including the Non-signing SM
Shareholder)) or Linden Ventures make a claim for
indemnification under Section 14.3 (each, as applicable, an
“Indemnitee”), such Indemnitee shall
notify the indemnifying party (an
“Indemnitor”) of the claim in writing
promptly after receiving notice of any action, lawsuit,
proceeding, investigation, demand or other claim against the
Indemnitee (if by a third party), describing the claim, the
amount thereof (if known and quantifiable) and the basis thereof
in reasonable detail (such written notice, an
“Indemnification Notice”); provided
that except as otherwise set forth in this Article XIV,
the failure to so notify an Indemnitor shall not relieve the
Indemnitor of its obligations hereunder unless the Indemnitor
was prejudiced thereby, and then only to the extent of such
prejudice. Any Indemnitor shall be entitled to participate in
the defense of such action, lawsuit, proceeding, investigation
or other claim giving rise to an Indemnitee’s claim for
indemnification at such Indemnitor’s expense, and at its
option shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof by
appointing a reputable counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Indemnitee to be the lead counsel in connection with such
defense; provided, that the Indemnitee shall be entitled
to participate in the defense of such claim and to employ
counsel of its choice for such purpose; provided,
however, that the fees and expenses of such separate counsel
shall be borne by the Indemnitee and shall not be recoverable
from such Indemnitor under this Article XIV. If the
Indemnitor shall control the defense of any such claim, the
Indemnitor shall be entitled to settle such claims;
provided, that the Indemnitor shall obtain the prior
written consent of the Indemnitee (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) before entering
into any settlement of a claim or ceasing to defend such claim
if, pursuant to or as a result of such settlement or cessation,
injunctive or other equitable relief will be imposed against the
Indemnitee or if such settlement does not expressly and
unconditionally release the Indemnitee from all liabilities and
obligations with respect to such claim. If the Indemnitor
assumes such defense, the Indemnitor shall not be liable for any
amount required to be paid that exceeds, where the Indemnitee
has unreasonably withheld or delayed consent in connection with
the proposed compromise or settlement of a third party claim,
the amount for which that third party claim could have been
settled pursuant to that proposed compromise or settlement. In
all cases, the Indemnitee shall provide its reasonable
cooperation with the Indemnitor in defense of claims or
litigation, including by making employees, information and
documentation reasonably available. If the Indemnitor shall not
assume the defense of any such action, lawsuit, proceeding,
investigation or other claim, the Indemnitee may defend against
such matter as it deems appropriate; provided that the
Indemnitee may not settle any such matter without the written
consent of the Indemnitor (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if the Indemnitee
is seeking or will seek indemnification hereunder with respect
to such matter.
Section 14.6 Tax
Benefits; Reserves; Insurance.
The amount of Damages subject to indemnification under
Section 14.2 or Section 14.3 shall be calculated net
of (i) any net Tax Benefit actually utilized by the
Indemnitee on account of such Damages, (ii) any
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reserves set forth in any of the SM Financial Statements
relating to such Damages and (iii) any insurance proceeds
or other amounts under indemnification agreements received or
receivable by the Indemnitee on account of such Damages. If the
Indemnitee receives a net Tax Benefit on account of such Damages
after an indemnification payment is made to it, the Indemnitee
shall promptly pay to the Person or Persons that made such
indemnification payment the amount of such Tax Benefit at such
time or times as and to the extent that such Tax Benefit is
actually utilized by the Indemnitee. For purposes hereof,
“Tax Benefit” shall mean any refund of
Taxes to be paid by the Indemnitee or reduction in the amount of
Taxes which otherwise would be paid by the Indemnitee, in each
case computed at the highest marginal tax rates applicable to
the recipient of such benefit. To the extent Damages are
recoverable by insurance, the Indemnitees shall take all
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain maximum recovery from
such insurance. In the event that an insurance or other recovery
is made by any Indemnitee with respect to Damages for which any
such Person has been indemnified hereunder, then a refund equal
to the aggregate amount of the recovery shall be made promptly
to the Person or Persons that provided such indemnity payments
to such Indemnitee. The Indemnitors shall be subrogated to all
rights of the Indemnitees in respect of Damages indemnified by
the Indemnitors. The Indemnitees shall take all commercially
reasonable efforts to mitigate all Damages upon and after
becoming aware of any event which could reasonably be expected
to give rise to Damages. For Tax purposes, the Parties agree to
treat all payments made under this Article XIV as
adjustments to the consideration received for the SM Shares and
the SM Warrants.
Section 14.7 Limitation
on Recourse; No Third Party Beneficiaries.
(a) No claim shall be brought or maintained by any Party or
its respective successors or permitted assigns against any
officer, director, partner, member, agent, representative,
Affiliate, equity holder, successor or permitted assign of any
Party which is not otherwise expressly identified as a Party,
and no recourse shall be brought or granted against any of them,
by virtue of or based upon any alleged misrepresentation or
inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or obligations of any Party set forth or
contained in this Agreement or any exhibit or schedule hereto or
any certificate delivered hereunder.
(b) The provisions of this Article XIV are for the
sole benefit of the Parties and nothing in this
Article XIV, express or implied, is intended to or shall
confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right,
benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of
this Article XIV (it being understood that only the
Independent Committee, the SM Shareholders’ Representatives
and Linden Ventures and not ID Cayman, any SM Shareholder or any
other Person acting on any such Person’s behalf or any
other Person may exercise any indemnity rights under
Section 14.2, Section 14.3 or any other provision of
Article XIV).
ARTICLE XV
Termination
Section 15.1 Methods
of Termination. Unless waived by the Parties
hereto in writing, the Transactions may be terminated
and/or
abandoned at any time but not later than the Closing:
(a) by mutual written consent of SM Cayman and Ideation;
(b) by either Ideation or the SM Shareholders’
Representatives (in accordance with Section 16.5), if the
Closing has not occurred by the later of
(i) September 30, 2009 or (ii) such other date
that has been agreed in writing by the SM Shareholders’
Representatives and Ideation (the “End
Date”); provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 15.1(b) shall
not be available to any Party whose failure to comply with any
provision of this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted
in, the failure of the Closing Date to occur on or before such
date.
(c) by the SM Shareholders’ Representatives (in
accordance with Section 16.5), if there has been a breach
by the Ideation Parties of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement which has
prevented the satisfaction of the conditions to the obligations
of the SM Parties at the Closing under Section 13.1(a)
(which shall be deemed to have occurred in the event of a
material breach of Section 12.10 or of Section 12.11
hereof) and such violation or breach has not been waived by
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the SM Shareholders’ Representatives or cured by the
Ideation Parties within thirty (30) days after written
notice thereof from the SM Shareholders’ Representatives;
(d) by Ideation, if there has been a breach by the SM
Parties of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
contained in this Agreement which has prevented the satisfaction
of the conditions to the obligations of the Ideation Parties at
the Closing under Section 13.2(a) and such violation or
breach has not been waived by Ideation or cured by the SM
Parties within thirty (30) days after written notice
thereof from the Ideation Parties;
(e) by the SM Shareholders’ Representatives (in
accordance with Section 16.5) or Ideation, if the Ideation
Board (or any committee thereof) shall have failed to recommend
or shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to the
SM Parties its approval or recommendation of this Agreement and
the Transactions;
(f) by either Ideation or the SM Shareholders’
Representatives (in accordance with Section 16.5), if the
Stockholder Approval is not obtained; or
(g) by either Ideation or the SM Shareholders’
Representatives (in accordance with Section 16.5), if a
court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority
shall have issued an order or injunction or taken any other
action (which order, injunction or action the Parties shall use
their use their commercially reasonable efforts to lift)
permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
Transactions or any of them and such order or action shall have
become final and nonappealable.
Section 15.2 Effect
of Termination.
(a) In the event of termination by either Ideation or the
SM Shareholders’ Representatives, or both of them, pursuant
to Section 15.1 hereof, written notice thereof shall
forthwith be given to the other Parties, and except as set forth
in this Section 15.2 and Section 15.3, (i) all
further obligations of the Parties shall terminate,
(ii) each Party shall bear its own fees and expenses
relating to the Transactions contemplated hereby, and
(iii) none of the Parties shall have any liability in
respect of such termination of this Agreement.
(b) If the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
terminated
and/or
abandoned as provided herein:
(i) each Party hereto will destroy all documents, work
papers and other material (and all copies thereof) of the other
Parties relating to the Transactions contemplated hereby,
whether so obtained before or after the execution
hereof; and
(ii) all confidential information received by any Party
hereto with respect to the business of the other Parties hereto
shall be treated in accordance with Section 12.2 hereof,
which shall survive such termination. The following other
provisions shall also survive termination of this Agreement:
Section 10.8 (Trust Account), this Article XV
(Termination) and Article XVI (Miscellaneous).
Section 15.3 Reimbursement
of Fees and Expenses; Termination Fee.
(a) If the Agreement is properly terminated by the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives pursuant to
Section 15.1(c) or Section 15.1(e), then SM Cayman
will be entitled to reimbursement from Ideation of its costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, up to a maximum of US$3,000,000,
immediately upon termination of this Agreement, subject to
Section 10.8 hereof; provided that in the event such
termination pursuant to Section 15.1(c) relates to a
material, intentional breach of Section 12.10 by the Frost
Group, and Ideation executes a definitive agreement with respect
to an Alternative Transaction within six (6) months
following such termination, then SM Cayman will be entitled to
reimbursement from the Frost Group of its costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, up to a maximum of US$3,000,000, on the date of
the execution of such definitive agreement, provided that any
amount received from the Frost Group pursuant to this Section
shall reduce the amount that may be claimed from Ideation
pursuant to this Section on a
dollar-for-dollar
basis.
(b) If this Agreement is properly terminated pursuant to
Section 15.1(d), then Ideation will be entitled to
reimbursement of its costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, up to a
maximum of US$3,000,000 immediately upon termination of this
Agreement; provided
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that in the event such termination pursuant to
Section 15.1(d) relates to an intentional breach by any SM
Party, and any SM Entity executes a definitive agreement with
respect to an Alternative Transaction within six (6) months
following such termination, Ideation will be entitled to a
termination fee equal to US$10,000,000 plus reimbursement of all
of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, payable on the date
of the execution of such definitive agreement.
(c) In addition to the other rights set forth in this
Section 15.3, each of Ideation on the one hand and the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives, on behalf of the SM Parties,
on the other will have the right at any time to immediately seek
injunctive relief, an award of specific performance or any other
equitable relief against such other party in any court or other
tribunal of competent jurisdiction in the United States, the
Cayman Islands or Hong Kong, without the need to prove damages
or post a bond. It is the desire and intent of the parties that
the provisions of this Section 15.3(c) be enforced to the
fullest extent permissible under the Legal Requirements and
public policies applied in the jurisdiction in which enforcement
is sought.
(d) Except for the rights specified in Section 15.2
and this Section 15.3, no Person shall have any rights to
any other remedy or damages, whether at law or equity, in
contract, in tort or otherwise upon the termination of this
Agreement. Each of Ideation, the Frost Group and the SM Parties
acknowledge that the covenants and agreements contained in this
Article XV are an integral part of this Agreement. If
Ideation, the Frost Group or the SM Parties fail to pay the
amounts provided for in Section 15.3 when due, Ideation,
the Frost Group or the SM Parties, as the case may be, will
reimburse the other party for all
out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the other party (including expenses of
counsel) in connection with the collection under and enforcement
of this Article XV.
ARTICLE XVI
Miscellaneous
Section 16.1 Notices. All
notices, requests, waivers and other communications made
pursuant to this Agreement will be in writing, at the addresses
set forth on the signature pages hereto (or at such other
address for a Party as shall be specified in writing to all
other Parties), and will be conclusively deemed to have been
duly given (i) when hand delivered to the recipient Party;
(ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile with written
confirmation of transmission; or (iii) the next business
day after deposit with a national overnight delivery service,
postage prepaid, with next business day delivery guaranteed.
Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile will
promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such
communication was addressed each communication made by it by
facsimile pursuant hereto. In addition to delivery of notice to
a Party, copies of such notice shall be provided as follows:
If to the Ideation Parties, a copy to:
Akerman Senterfitt
Xxx XX Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
If to the SM Parties, a copy to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
00/X Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 0000 0000
Facsimile: (000) 0000 0000
Section 16.2 Amendments;
Waivers; No Additional Consideration. No
provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a
written instrument signed by Ideation and a majority of the SM
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Shareholders’ Representatives. No waiver of any default
with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the
future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any
other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any
delay or omission of any Party to exercise any right hereunder
in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
Section 16.3 Withholding
Rights. The Ideation Parties shall be entitled to
deduct and withhold from the number of shares of ID Cayman
Securities otherwise deliverable under this Agreement, such
amounts as the Ideation Parties reasonably determine are
required to be deducted and withheld with respect to such
delivery and payment under the Code or any provision of state,
local, provincial or foreign Tax law; provided, that
(a) before making any such deduction or withholding, the
Ideation Parties shall give SM Cayman notice of the intention to
make such deduction or withholding (such notice, which shall
include the authority, basis and method of calculation for the
proposed deduction or withholding, shall be given at least a
reasonable period of time before such deduction or withholding
is required, in order for the SM Entities to obtain reduction of
or relief from such deduction or withholding); and (b) the
Ideation shall cooperate with the SM Entities to the extent
reasonable in efforts by the SM Entities to obtain reduction of
or relief from such deduction or withholding. To the extent that
any amounts are so withheld all appropriate evidence of such
deduction and withholding, including any receipts or forms
required in order for the person with respect to whom such
deduction and withholding occurred to establish the deduction
and withholding and payment to the appropriate authority as
being for its account with the appropriate authorities shall be
delivered to the Person with respect to whom such deduction and
withholding has occurred, and such withheld amounts shall be
treated for all purposes as having been delivered and paid to
the Person otherwise entitled to the ID Cayman Securities in
respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the
Ideation Parties.
Section 16.4 Estimates,
Projections and Forecasts. Ideation acknowledges
and agrees that (a) none of the SM Parties, SM Shareholders
or Linden Ventures is making or has made any representations or
warranties whatsoever with respect to any estimates, projections
or other forecasts and plans (including the reasonableness of
the assumptions underlying such estimates, projections or
forecasts) regarding the Group Companies, their business, the
Chinese media market (including without limitation the
in-elevator and outdoor billboard advertising markets) or any
other matters, (b) that there are uncertainties inherent in
attempting to make any estimates, projections or other forecasts
and plans, that Ideation is familiar with such uncertainties,
that Ideation is taking full responsibility for making its own
evaluation of the adequacy and accuracy of all estimates,
projections and other forecasts and plans (including the
reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such estimates,
projections and forecasts), and (c) that Ideation has no
claim against the SM Parties, Linden Ventures or anyone else
with respect thereto.
Section 16.5 SM
Shareholders’ Representatives.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 16.5,
each of the SM Shareholders (including, for purposes of this
Section 16.5, the Non-signing SM Shareholder) irrevocably
constitutes and appoints each of (i) Xxxx Xxx (the
“CSV Representative”), (ii) any two
authorised signatories of Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch
from time to time (who shall be deemed together to be a single
SM Shareholders’ Representative) (the “DB
Representative”) and (iii) Xxxxxxx Xxx (the
“Management Shareholder Representative”
and, together with the CSV Representative and the DB
Representative, the “SM Shareholders’
Representatives”) as such SM Shareholder’s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent and authorizes him or
her to act for such SM Shareholder and in such SM
Shareholder’s name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to do and perform every act and thing required or
permitted to be done in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents contemplated hereby, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such SM Shareholder might or could do in person
(provided that such SM Shareholders’ Representative is at
all times acting in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 16.5). Each of the SM Shareholders grants unto each
said attorney in-fact and agent full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable
to be done in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the SM Shareholders’ Representative
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof (provided
that such SM Shareholders’ Representative is at all times
acting in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 16.5). Each of the SM Shareholders acknowledges and
agrees that upon
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execution of this Agreement, upon any delivery by the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives of any waiver, amendment,
agreement, opinion, certificate or other document executed by
the SM Shareholders’ Representatives in accordance with
this Section 16.5, such SM Shareholder shall be bound by
such documents as fully as if such SM Shareholder had executed
and delivered such documents. Subject to the provisions of this
Section 16.5, Linden Ventures irrevocably constitutes and
appoints each of the SM Shareholders’ Representatives as
Linden Ventures’ true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
and authorizes him or her to act for Linden Ventures and in
Linden Ventures’ name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to do and perform every act and thing required or
permitted to be done, solely in connection with a dispute over
the FY2009 Adjusted Net Income calculation or any entitlement to
the Unearned Portion, as fully to all intents and purposes as
Linden Ventures might or could do in person (provided that such
SM Shareholders’ Representatives are at all times acting in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 16.5).
Linden Ventures grants unto each said attorney in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing necessary or desirable to be done, solely in
connection with a dispute over the FY2009 Adjusted Net Income
calculation or any entitlement to the Unearned Portion, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof (provided that such SM
Shareholders’ Representatives are at all times acting in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 16.5).
Linden Ventures acknowledges and agrees that upon execution of
this Agreement, upon any delivery by the SM Shareholders’
Representatives of any agreement or other document executed by
the SM Shareholders’ Representatives (solely in connection
with a dispute over the FY2009 Adjusted Net Income calculation
or any entitlement to the Unearned Portion) in accordance with
this Section 16.5, Linden Ventures shall be bound by such
documents as fully as if Linden Ventures had executed and
delivered such documents. In acting on behalf of Linden Ventures
pursuant to this Section, the Shareholders’ Representatives
shall not take action that disproportionately and adversely
affects Linden Ventures as compared to the SM Shareholders and
SM Warrantholders taken as a group.
(b) Except as provided in this Section 16.5(b), any
action to be taken by the SM Shareholders’ Representatives
in connection with this Agreement may be validly taken by a
majority in number of the SM Shareholders’ Representatives.
The following shall require the unanimous approval of the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives: (x) a termination of
this Agreement to be effected by the SM Shareholders’
Representatives pursuant to Section 15.1, (y) any
action to be taken by the SM Shareholders’ Representatives
in connection with the indemnification provisions set forth in
Article XIV and (z) any action to be taken by the SM
Shareholders’ Representatives pursuant to
Section 5.2(b)(iv) in connection with a dispute over the
FY2009 Adjusted Net Income calculation or any entitlement to the
Unearned Portion.
(c) Upon the death, disability or incapacity of any of the
initial SM Shareholders’ Representatives appointed pursuant
to Section 16.5(a) above, each of the SM Shareholders and
Linden Ventures acknowledges and agrees that the Person that
appointed such SM Shareholders’ Representative (including
such Person’s successors and assigns) shall appoint a
replacement reasonably believed by such Person as capable of
carrying out the duties and performing the obligations of the SM
Shareholder Representative hereunder within thirty
(30) days of such death, disability or incapacity.
(d) Each of the SM Shareholders’ Representatives
(including, in the case of DB, two authorized signatories of
Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch) hereby accepts the
appointment set forth in this Section 16.5.
Section 16.6 Interpretation. Unless
the express context otherwise requires:
(a) The headings contained in this Agreement are intended
solely for convenience and shall not affect the rights of the
parties to this Agreement;
(b) the words “hereof,” “herein,” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Agreement;
(c) terms defined in the singular shall have a comparable
meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa;
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(d) the terms “Dollars” and “$” mean
United States Dollars;
(e) references herein to a specific Section, Subsection,
Background, Preamble, Schedule, Annex or Exhibit shall refer,
respectively, to Sections, Subsections, the Background, the
Preamble, Schedules, Annexes or Exhibits of this Agreement;
(f) wherever the word “include,”
“includes,” or “including” is used in this
Agreement, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation”;
(g) references herein to any gender shall include each
other gender;
(h) references herein to any Person shall include such
Person’s heirs, executors, personal representatives,
administrators, successors and assigns; provided,
however, that nothing contained in this clause (h) is
intended to authorize any assignment or transfer not otherwise
permitted by this Agreement;
(i) references herein to a Person in a particular capacity
or capacities shall exclude such Person in any other capacity;
(j) references herein to any contract or agreement
(including this Agreement) mean such contract or agreement as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof;
(k) references herein to any Legal Requirement or any
license mean such Legal Requirement or license as amended,
modified, codified, reenacted, supplemented or superseded in
whole or in part, and in effect from time to time; and
(l) references herein to any Legal Requirement shall be
deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
Section 16.7 Severability. If
any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Legal Requirement
or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this
Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so
long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is
not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon
such determination that any term or other provision is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an
acceptable manner to the end that Transactions are fulfilled to
the extent possible.
Section 16.8 Counterparts;
Facsimile Execution. This Agreement may be
executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective
when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the
Parties and delivered to the other Parties. Facsimile execution
and delivery of this Agreement is legal, valid and binding for
all purposes.
Section 16.9 Entire
Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This
Agreement, taken together with all Exhibits, Annexes and
Schedules hereto (a) constitute the entire agreement, and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written
and oral, among the Parties with respect to the Transactions and
(b) except as otherwise provided herein, are not intended
to confer upon any Person other than the Parties any rights or
remedies.
Section 16.10
Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York
regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
Section 16.11 Dispute
Resolution. Any controversy or claim arising out
of or relating to this contract, or the breach thereof, shall be
determined by arbitration administered by the International
Centre for Dispute Resolution in accordance with its
International Arbitration Rules. The number of arbitrators shall
be three. The place of arbitration shall be Xxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America. The language of the arbitration
shall be English.
Section 16.12 Assignment. Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations
under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by
operation of law or otherwise by any of the Parties without the
prior written consent of the other Parties. Any purported
assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the
preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure
to the benefit of, and be
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enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and
assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
covenants of Ideation hereunder that are to be performed by
Ideation following the effective date of the Conversion are
covenants that will be performed by ID Cayman as the successor
to Ideation.
Section 16.13 Governing
Language. This Agreement shall be governed and
interpreted in accordance with the English language.
Section 16.14 Liability
Not Affected by Knowledge or Waiver. The right to
recovery of losses or other remedy based upon breach of
representations, warranties, or covenants will not be affected
by any investigation conducted with respect to, or 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, or covenant.
Section 16.15 Exhibits
and Schedules.
(a) Any matter, information or item disclosed in this
Agreement or the Disclosure Schedules delivered by a Party or in
any of the Annexes, Schedules or Exhibits attached hereto, under
any specific representation, warranty, covenant or Schedule
heading number, shall be deemed to have been disclosed for all
purposes of this Agreement in response to every representation,
warranty or covenant in this Agreement in respect of which such
disclosure is reasonably apparent on its face. The inclusion of
any matter, information or item in any Schedule to this
Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute an admission of any
liability to any third party or otherwise imply, that any such
matter, information or item is material or creates a measure for
materiality for the purposes of this Agreement or otherwise.
(b) The parties hereto intend that each representation,
warranty and covenant contained herein will have independent
significance. If any party hereto has breached any
representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein in any
respect, the fact that there exists another representation,
warranty, or covenant relating to the same subject matter
(regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which the
party has not breached will not detract from or mitigate the
fact that the party is in breach of the first representation,
warranty or covenant.
(c) The Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits hereto are hereby
incorporated into this Agreement and are hereby made a part
hereof as if set out in full in this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
IDEATION ACQUISITION CORP.
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
THE FROST GROUP, LLC
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
SEARCHMEDIA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
Title: Director
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Xxxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx
Facsimile: x00
(00) 0000-0000
JIELI INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING (SHANGHAI) CO.,
LTD.
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
Title: Legal Representative
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Xxxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx
Facsimile: x00
(00) 0000-0000
JIELI NETWORK TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
Title: Legal Representative
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Xxxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx
Facsimile: x00
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
AD-ICON COMPANY LIMITED
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Director
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx
Facsimile: x00
(00) 0000-0000
GREAT TALENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
Title: Director
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx
Facsimile: x00
(00) 0000-0000
SHANGHAI JINGLI ADVERTISING CO., LTD.
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
Title: Legal Representative
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Xxxxxxxx 000000, Xxxxx
Facsimile: x00
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
XXXXXXX XXX
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
CHINA SEED VENTURES MANAGEMENT LIMITED
as general partner for and on behalf of
CHINA SEED VENTURES, L.P.
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx-Xxx Xxx
Title: Managing Director
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Xxxxxxxx, 000000, Xxxxx
Telephone: x00
(00) 0000-0000
Facsimile: x00
(00) 0000-0000
Email: xxxx@xxxxx.xxx
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx-Xxx Xxx
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, HONG KONG BRANCH
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
Title: Director
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Hong Kong
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
GENTFULL INVESTMENT LIMITED
Name:
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GAVAST ESTATES LIMITED
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
LINDEN VENTURES II (BVI), LTD.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
MANAGEMENT SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE:
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
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Annex
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ANNEX A
Definitions
“Acquired Shares” has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.10(a) of the Agreement.
“Acquisition Proposal” has the meaning set
forth in Section 10.2(a) of the Agreement.
“Action” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.10 of the Agreement.
“Adjusted Net Income” means consolidated net
income, as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP
consistently applied, provided that Adjusted Net Income shall be
calculated excluding: (i) expenses arising from or in
connection with dividends or deemed dividends paid or payable on
any preferred shares of SM Cayman and the redemption features of
any preferred shares of SM Cayman and other expenses relating to
the preferential features of any preferred shares of SM Cayman,
(ii) any income or loss from a minority investment in any
other entity by any Group Company, (iii) any expenses
arising from or in connection with the issue of any preferred
shares of SM Cayman, (iv) any charge arising from or in
connection with compensation under the Option Plan,
(v) non-cash financial expenses arising from the issuance
of any Equity Securities (as defined in the Company Memorandum),
(vi) non-recurring extraordinary items (including, without
limitation, any accounting charges, costs or expenses arising
from or in connection with the Transactions), (vii) any
costs, expenses or other items relating or attributable to that
certain Convertible Note and Warrant Agreement (the
“Note Agreement”) dated as of
March 17, 2008 among SM Cayman, Linden Ventures and the
other parties thereto, as amended on September 15, 2008,
December 18, 2008 and March 12, 2009 (including the
issuance of the Linden Note (as defined in the Note Agreement),
as amended on September 15, 2008, December 18, 2008
and March 12, 2009), (viii) all revenues, expenses and
other items (including acquisition-related charges) relating or
attributable to the acquisition of a majority of the outstanding
equity interests of, or all or substantially all of the assets
of any other entity or business, by ID Cayman or any Group
Company following the Closing (for the avoidance of doubt it is
agreed that the leasing or subleasing of a billboard, elevator
frame unit or other media asset or advertising right does not
constitute such an acquisition), (ix) the effect of any
change in accounting principles or (x) any accounting
charges, costs or expenses incurred by ID Cayman or SM Cayman
arising from or in connection with any Earn-Out Share Payment.
“Affiliates” shall mean any Person that
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the
Person specified. For purposes of this definition, control of a
Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person
whether by Contract or otherwise and, in any event and without
limitation of the previous sentence, any Person owning fifty
percent (50%) or more of the voting securities of a second
Person shall be deemed to control that second Person. For the
purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to control
any of his or her immediate family members.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble to the Agreement.
“Alternative Transaction” means, with respect
to the SM Parties, (a) a merger, scheme of arrangement,
consolidation, dissolution, recapitalization or other business
combination involving SM Cayman, (ii) the issuance by SM
Cayman of over 50% of the SM Ordinary Shares as consideration
for the assets or securities of another Person or (iii) the
acquisition in any manner, directly or indirectly, of over 50%
of the SM Ordinary Shares or consolidated total assets of SM
Cayman (including by way of acquisition of one or more of the
Group Companies) provided that “Alternative
Transaction” shall not include the sale of assets or equity
of any of the Group Companies to one or more of its previous
shareholders as part of a restructuring of the Group Companies,
provided that (A) the aggregate purchase price paid for any
such assets or equity shall not exceed the amount originally
paid by the relevant SM Entity (or Subsidiary thereof) for such
assets or equity, (B) substantially all of such aggregate
purchase price shall comprise forgiveness of existing
obligations of such SM Entity (or Subsidiary thereof) and cash
and (C) any cash paid to such SM Entity (or Subsidiary
thereof) as part of such aggregate purchase price shall not
exceed the amount of cash previously paid by the SM Entities and
their Subsidiaries in connection with the original acquisition
of such assets or equity or
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(b) any private equity financing with proceeds in excess of
$15 million (exclusive of any commissions or management
fees); and with respect to Ideation, means any “initial
business combination” (as defined in Ideation’s
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation).
“AMEX” means the NYSE Amex.
“ARS” has the meaning set forth in the
background to the Agreement.
“Articles of Merger” has the meaning set forth
in Section 1.2 of the Agreement.
“Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7.7(a) of the Agreement.
“Basic Representations” has the meaning set
forth in Section 14.1 of the Agreement.
“Basket” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.4(a) of the Agreement.
“Billboard Company” means an entity that is
primarily engaged in the business of outdoor billboard
advertising.
“Billboard Placement Contract” means a Contract
between a Group Company and the advertising company, or with a
third party, securing the location of the billboard for the
purpose of selling advertising or advertising times to
advertisers.
“Cap” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.4(a) of the Agreement.
“Cayman Companies Law” means the Companies Law
(2007 Revision) of the Cayman Islands.
“Certificate of Merger” has the meaning set
forth in Section 1.2 of the Agreement.
“Certificates” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3 of the Agreement.
“Change of Control” shall mean any:
(a) merger, consolidation, business combination or similar
transaction involving ID Cayman in which any of the outstanding
voting securities of ID Cayman is converted into or exchanged
for cash, securities or other property, other than any such
transaction where the voting securities of ID Cayman outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction are converted into or
exchanged for voting securities of the surviving or transferee
Person that constitute a majority of the outstanding shares of
voting securities of such surviving or transferee Person
(immediately after giving effect to such issuance);
(b) sale, lease or other disposition directly or indirectly
by merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange,
joint venture, or otherwise of assets of ID Cayman or any of its
Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates representing all or
substantially all of the consolidated assets of ID Cayman and
its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates;
(c) issuance, sale or other disposition of (including by
way of share exchange, joint venture, or any similar transaction
by either ID Cayman or its shareholders) securities (or options,
rights or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into
or exchangeable for such securities) representing 50% or more of
the voting power of ID Cayman; provided, that any acquisition of
securities directly from ID Cayman that the Independent
Directors determine is primarily for the purposes of raising
financing for ID Cayman will not be taken into account when
determining if a Change in Control has occurred under this
clause (c);
(d) transaction in which any “person” (as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rule 13d-3
of the Exchange Act) of securities of ID Cayman representing 50%
or more of the outstanding voting capital of ID Cayman;
provided, that any acquisition of securities directly from ID
Cayman that the Independent Directors determine is primarily for
the purposes of raising financing for ID Cayman will not be
taken into account when determining if a Change in Control has
occurred under this clause (d); and
(e) any combination of the foregoing.
“Claims” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.8 of the Agreement.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1 of the Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1 of the Agreement.
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“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
“Combined Board” means the board of directors
of ID Cayman following the Closing.
“Common Stock” means the Common Stock of
Ideation, US$0.0001 par value per share.
“Company Memorandum” means the Fourth Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of SM Cayman
adopted on March 23, 2009, as amended on March 28,
2009.
“Confidential Information” means confidential
and proprietary data and information relating to SM Cayman and
its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; other than any data or
information that (i) has been voluntarily disclosed to the
general public by ID Cayman or its Affiliates, (ii) has
been independently developed and disclosed to the general public
by others, (iii) otherwise enters the public domain through
lawful means and not in violation of any confidentiality
obligation to any Person or (iv) has been disclosed
pursuant to legal process.
“Consent” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.6 of the Agreement.
“Contract” means a contract, lease, license,
indenture, note, bond, agreement, permit, concession, franchise
or other instrument, whether written or verbal.
“Conversion” has the meaning set forth in the
background to the Agreement.
“Conversion Effective Time” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.2 of the Agreement.
“Conversion Rights” means the right of holders
of the Common Stock voting against a business combination to
convert their shares of Common Stock for a pro-rata share of the
Trust Account, if a business combination is approved and
completed. Holders of the Common Stock who exercise such
Conversion Rights will continue to have the right to exercise
any Ideation Warrants they may hold.
“CSV Representative” has the meaning set forth
in Section 16.5(a) of the Agreement.
“Damages” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.2(a) of the Agreement.
“DB” means Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch.
“DB Representative” has the meaning set forth
in Section 16.5(a) of the Agreement.
“Designated Agent” has the meaning set forth in
the preamble to the Agreement.
“DGCL” has the meaning set forth in the
background to the Agreement.
“Director Nominees” has the meaning set forth
in Section 12.4 of the Agreement.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the SM Disclosure
Schedule and the Ideation Disclosure Schedule.
“Earn-Out Share Payments” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.2(b) of the Agreement.
“Earn-Out Shares” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.2(b) of the Agreement.
“End Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.1(b) of the Agreement.
“Environment” means soil, land surface or
subsurface strata, surface waters (including navigable waters,
ocean waters, streams, ponds, drainage basins, and wetlands),
groundwaters, drinking water supply, stream sediments, ambient
air (including indoor air), plant and animal life, and any other
environmental medium or natural resource.
“Environmental Law” shall mean any Legal
Requirement that requires or relates to:
(a) advising appropriate authorities, employees, and the
public of threatened or actual releases of pollutants or
hazardous substances or materials, violations of discharge
limits, or other prohibitions and of the commencements of
activities, such as resource extraction or construction, that
could have significant impact on the Environment;
(b) preventing or reducing to acceptable levels the release
of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials into the
Environment;
(c) reducing the quantities, preventing the release, or
minimizing the hazardous characteristics of wastes that are
generated;
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(d) assuring that products are designed, formulated,
packaged, and used so that they do not present unreasonable
risks to human health or the Environment when used or disposed
of;
(e) protecting resources, species, or ecological amenities;
(f) reducing to acceptable levels the risks inherent in the
transportation of hazardous substances, pollutants, oil, or
other potentially harmful substances;
(g) cleaning up pollutants that have been released,
preventing the threat of release, or paying the costs of such
clean up or prevention; or
(h) making responsible parties pay private parties, or
groups of them, for damages done to their health or the
Environment, or permitting self-appointed representatives of the
public interest to recover for injuries done to public assets.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
“Form S-4
Registration Statement” shall mean the registration
statement on
Form S-4
to be filed with the SEC by Ideation in connection with issuance
of ID Cayman Securities, as said registration statement may be
amended prior to the time it is declared effective by the SEC.
“Frame Placement Contract” means a Contract
between a Group Company and the owner or site manager of a
building in which any Group Company maintains a Frame Unit, or
with a third party who has obtained the rights to such location
from the owner or site manager of the building where such Frame
Unit is located, securing the location of the Frame Unit for the
purpose of selling advertising or advertising times to
advertisers.
“Frame Unit” means an in-elevator poster frame
with respect to which a Group Company sells advertising or
advertising times to third parties.
“FY2009” means the fiscal year of ID Cayman
ending December 31, 2009.
“Governmental Authority” means any national,
federal, state, provincial, local or foreign government,
governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or
commission or any court, tribunal or judicial or arbitral body
of competent jurisdiction, or other governmental authority or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign.
“Group Companies” means, collectively, the SM
Entities and each of their Subsidiaries, and “Group
Company” means any of them.
“ID Arizona” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble to the Agreement.
“ID Arizona Common Stock” has the meaning set
forth in the background to the Agreement.
“ID Arizona Securities” has the meaning set
forth in the background to the Agreement.
“ID Arizona Share(s)” has the meaning set forth
in the background to the Agreement.
“ID Arizona Warrant(s)” has the meaning set
forth in the background to the Agreement.
“ID Cayman” has the meaning set forth in the
background to the Agreement.
“ID Cayman Securities” has the meaning set
forth in the background to the Agreement.
“ID Cayman Share(s)” has the meaning set forth
in the background to the Agreement.
“ID Cayman Preferred Shares” means those
Series A Preferred Shares of ID Cayman with such rights and
privileges set forth in the Memorandum and Articles of ID
Cayman, in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
“ID Cayman Warrant(s)” has the meaning set
forth in the background to the Agreement.
“ID Significant Shareholders” means each of
Frost Gamma Investments Trust, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx.
“ID Superior Proposal” means any bona fide
(i) proposal or offer for a merger, consolidation,
dissolution, recapitalization or other business combination
involving Ideation, (ii) proposal for the issuance by
Ideation of over 50% of the Common Stock as consideration for
the assets or securities of another Person or
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(iii) proposal or offer (including a merger, tender offer
or exchange offer) to acquire in any manner, directly or
indirectly, over 50% of the Common Stock or consolidated total
assets of Ideation, in each case other than the Transactions,
made by a third party, and which is otherwise on terms and
conditions which the Ideation Board or any committee thereof
determines in its reasonable judgment (after consultation with
financial advisors) to be more favorable to holders of Common
Stock than the Transactions.
“Ideation” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble to the Agreement.
“Ideation Board” means the board of directors
of Ideation prior to the Merger.
“Ideation Constituent Instruments” has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.2 of the Agreement.
“Ideation Disclosure” has the meaning set forth
in Section 10.8 of the Agreement.
“Ideation Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning
set forth in Article VIII of the Agreement.
“Ideation Indemnified Parties” has the meaning
set forth in Section 14.2(a) of the Agreement.
“Ideation Material Contract” has the meaning
set forth in Section 8.21 of the Agreement.
“Ideation Parties” has the meaning set forth in
the background to the Agreement.
“Ideation Prospectus” means the prospectus
filed by Ideation with the SEC and made effective on
November 19, 2007.
“Ideation Public Offering” means the initial
public offering of Ideation completed on November 19, 2007,
in which Ideation sold 10,000,000 units, each consisting of
one share of its Common Stock and a warrant to purchase one
share of its Common Stock at a price of US$8.00 per unit.
“Ideation Registration Statement” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.8 of the Agreement.
“Ideation Representative” means Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, M.D.
“Ideation SEC Documents” has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.7 of the Agreement.
“Ideation Securities” has the meaning set forth
in the background to the Agreement.
“Ideation Share(s)” has the meaning set forth
in the background to the Agreement.
“Ideation Warrant(s)” has the meaning set forth
in the background to the Agreement.
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting
Standards.
“Indemnification Notice” has the meaning set
forth in Section 14.5 of the Agreement.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.5 of the Agreement.
“Indemnitor” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.5 of the Agreement.
“Independent Committee” has the meaning set
forth in Section 14.2(c) of the Agreement.
“Independent Director(s)” has the meaning set
forth in Section 12.4 of the Agreement.
“Initial Equity Payment” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.2(a) of the Agreement.
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 7.13 of the Agreement.
“Interim Notes” means, collectively, the
promissory note dated March 19, 2009 in the principal
amount of US$1,575,000 issued by SM Cayman to FGIT, the
promissory note dated March 19, 2009 in the principal
amount of US$25,000 issued by SM Cayman to Chardan Securities
LLC, the promissory note dated March 19, 2009 in the
principal amount of US$25,000 issued by SM Cayman to Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, the promissory note dated March 19, 2009 in the
principal amount of US$25,000 issued by SM Cayman to Xxx
Xxxxxxxx, the promissory note dated March 19, 2008 in the
principal amount of US$100,000 issued by SM Cayman to Halpryn
Capital Partners, LLC, the promissory note dated March 18,
2009 in the principal amount of US$1,500,000 issued by SM Cayman
to CSV, the promissory note dated March 18, 2009 in the
principal amount of US$50,000 issued by SM Cayman to Xxxxxxx
Xxx, the promissory note dated March 18, 2009 in the
principal amount of US$50,000 issued by SM Cayman to Xx Xxxx,
the promissory note dated March 18, 2009 in the principal
amount of US$50,000 issued by SM Cayman to Xuebao Yang, the
promissory note dated March 18, 2009 in the principal
amount of US$50,000 issued by SM Cayman to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and the
promissory note dated March 18, 2009 in the principal
amount of US$50,000 issued by SM Cayman to Min
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Wu; in each case as amended or supplemented from time to time,
an “Interim Note” means any of the Interim
Notes.
“Investor Representation Letter” means the
representation letter in the form of Exhibit E to
the Agreement.
“Jieli Consulting” has the meaning set forth in
Schedule A to the Agreement.
“Jieli Technology” has the meaning set forth in
Schedule A to the Agreement.
“Jingli Shanghai” has the meaning set forth in
Schedule A to the Agreement.
“Joinder” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3(a) of the Agreement.
“Judgment” means any judgment, order or decree.
“Knowledge,” (i) with respect to the SM
Entities, means the actual knowledge of the Chairman of the
board of directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and the Vice
Presidents of SM Cayman, and (ii) with respect to Ideation,
means the actual knowledge of its executive officers and the
members of the Ideation Board.
“Legal Requirement” means any federal, state,
local, municipal, provincial, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance,
code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement
issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise
put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental
Authorities (or under the authority of any national securities
exchange upon which Ideation Securities (or ID Cayman
Securities) are then listed or traded).
“Liens” means any liens, security interests,
pledges, equities and claims of any kind, voting trusts,
shareholder agreements and other encumbrances.
“Linden Note” means the amended and restated
promissory note issued by SM Cayman to Linden Ventures on
September 15, 2008 in an aggregate principal amount of
US$15,000,000, as amended.
“Linden Ventures” means Linden Ventures II
(BVI) Ltd.
“Linden Warrants” means the Equity Securities
Purchase Warrant, dated as of March 17, 2008, issued by SM
Cayman to Linden Ventures, as amended.
“Listed Securities” has the meaning set forth
in Section 8.18 of the Agreement.
“Lock-Up
Agreement” means the
lock-up
agreement to be entered into by each of the SM Shareholders and
SM Warrantholders as of the Closing Date, and any director of ID
Cayman nominated by the SM Shareholders’ Representatives,
each in the form of
Exhibit F-1
or F-2, as applicable, to the Agreement.
“Management Shareholder Representative” has the
meaning set forth in Section 16.5(a) of the Agreement.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event,
change or effect that is materially adverse to the condition
(financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities,
business, operations or results of operations of such Person and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the definition of Material Adverse Effect shall not
include events caused by (A) changes in general economic
conditions or capital or credit markets, except to the extent
that the same disproportionately impact such Person as compared
to other similarly situated Persons; (B) changes to the
economic conditions affecting the industries in which such
Person operates, except to the extent that the same
disproportionately impact such Person as compared to other
Persons in such industries; (C) changes related to or
arising from the execution, announcement or performance of, or
compliance with, this Agreement or the consummation of the
Transactions; (D) changes in accounting requirements or
principles or any change in applicable Legal Requirements or the
interpretation thereof; (E) the failure to meet any
projections or budgets; (F) matters listed in the
Disclosure Schedules, to the extent it was reasonably
foreseeable that such matters would have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), properties,
assets, liabilities, business, operations or results of
operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole
or (G) with respect to the Ideation Parties, performance of
the covenants set forth in Sections 12.10 or 12.11 (but
only to the extent the provisions of such Sections are complied
with in all material respects).
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“Material Contract” has the meaning set forth
in Section 7.18 of the Agreement.
“Merger” has the meaning set forth in the
background to the Agreement.
“Merger Effective Time” has the meaning set
forth in Section 1.2 of the Agreement.
“New Options” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(d)(ii) of the Agreement.
“New Restricted Shares Award” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.1(c)(i) of the Agreement.
“New Warrants” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(b) of the Agreement.
“Non-signing SM Shareholder” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“OFAC” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.22 of the Agreement.
“Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement” means with
respect to any Person, any securitization transaction to which
that Person or its Subsidiaries is party and any other
transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which
an entity unconsolidated with that Person is a party, under
which that Person or its Subsidiaries, whether or not a party to
the arrangement, has, or in the future may have: (a) any
obligation under a direct or indirect guarantee or similar
arrangement; (b) a retained or contingent interest in
assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity or similar
arrangement; or (c) derivatives to the extent that the fair
value thereof is not fully reflected as a liability or asset in
the financial statements.
“Option Plan” means the SearchMedia
International Limited 2008 Share Incentive Plan.
“Other SM Shares” means the 798,000 Ordinary
Shares held by the Non-signing SM Shareholder.
“Party” or “Parties” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Permits” mean all governmental franchises,
licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals necessary to
enable a Person to own, lease or otherwise hold its properties
and assets and to conduct its businesses as presently conducted.
“Permitted Lien” shall mean (a) any
restriction on transfer arising under applicable securities
Legal Requirements; (b) any Liens for Taxes not yet due or
delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in
accordance with U.S. GAAP; (c) any statutory Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law
with respect to a liability that is not yet due and delinquent
and which are not, individually or in the aggregate,
significant; (d) zoning, entitlement, building and other
land use regulations imposed by governmental agencies having
jurisdiction over the Real Property which are not violated by
the current use and operation of the Real Property;
(e) covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements and
other similar matters of record affecting title to the Real
Property which do not materially impair the occupancy or use of
the Real Property for the purposes for which it is currently
used or proposed to be used in connection with the such relevant
Person’s business; (f) Liens identified on title
policies, title opinions or preliminary title reports or other
documents or writings included in the public records;
(g) Liens arising under worker’s compensation,
unemployment insurance, social security, retirement and similar
legislation; (h) Liens of lessors and licensors arising
under lease agreements or license arrangements and
(i) those Liens set forth in the SM Disclosure Schedule.
“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership,
corporation, joint venture, unincorporated organization,
cooperative other entity, or a Governmental Authority or agency
thereof.
“PRC” shall mean the People’s Republic of
China, for the purposes of this Agreement, excluding the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special
Administrative Region and Taiwan.
“Preferred Conversion” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.3 of the Agreement.
“Proxy Statement/Prospectus” has the meanings
set forth in Section 8.6 of the Agreement.
“Purchase Options” means those certain Unit
Purchase Options issued by Ideation to each of Lazard Capital
Markets, LLC and EarlyBird Capital, Inc., each dated as of
November 26, 2007.
“Real Estate Leases” has the meaning set forth
in Section 7.12(a) of the Agreement.
“Real Property” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.12(a) of the Agreement.
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“Registration Rights Agreement” means the
registration rights agreement to be entered into by ID Cayman
and the SM Shareholders in the form of Exhibit G to
the Agreement.
“Regulation S-K”
means
Regulation S-K
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Representatives” of any Party shall mean such
Party’s employees, accountants, auditors, actuaries,
counsel, financial advisors, bankers, investment bankers and
consultants and any other person acting on behalf of such Party.
“Returned Shares” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.2(b) of the Agreement.
“SAFE” means the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange in the PRC.
“SAIC” means the State Administration of
Industry and Commerce of the PRC or, with respect to the
issuance of any business license or filing or registration to be
effected with or by the State Administration of Industry and
Commerce of the PRC, any Governmental Authority which is
similarly competent to issue such business license or accept
such filing or registration under the laws of the PRC.
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act” has the meaning set forth
in Section 8.13 of the Agreement.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
“Series A Preferred” means the redeemable
Series A Preferred Shares in the share capital of SM Cayman
with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 per share.
“Series B Preferred” means the redeemable
Series B Preferred Shares in the share capital of SM Cayman
with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 per share.
“Series C Preferred” means the redeemable
Series C Preferred Shares in the share capital of SM Cayman
with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 per share.
“Series C Warrants” means that certain
equity securities purchase warrant issued by SM Cayman to Linden
Ventures on March 17, 2008.
“Series D Financing” has the meaning set
forth in Section 12.9 of the Agreement.
“Share Exchange” has the meaning set forth in
the background to the Agreement.
“SM Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.9 of the Agreement.
“SM Cayman” has the meaning set forth in
Schedule A to the Agreement.
“SM Constituent Instruments” means the Company
Memorandum together with SM Cayman’s statutory registers
and such constituent instruments of other Group Companies as may
exist, each as amended to the date of the Agreement.
“SM Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning set
forth in Article VII of the Agreement.
“SM Entities” and “SM Entity”
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“SM Financial Statements” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.7(a) of the Agreement.
“SM Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set
forth in Section 14.3(a) of the Agreement.
“SM Institutional Shareholders” means the
following SM Shareholders and SM Warrantholders: China Seed
Ventures Management Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch,
Gentfull Investment Limited and Gavast Estates Limited.
“SM Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares
in the capital of SM Cayman, par value US$0.0001 per share.
“SM Option” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(d)(ii) of the Agreement.
“SM Party” or “SM Parties” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“SM Preferred Shares” means all shares of the
Series A Preferred, Series B Preferred and
Series C Preferred.
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“SM Restricted Shares” means all SM Shares
which may be granted under the Option Plan pursuant to an SM
Restricted Shares Award.
“SM Restricted Shares Award” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.1(c) of the Agreement.
“SM Shareholder(s)” has the meaning set forth
in the preamble to the Agreement.
“SM Shareholders’ Representatives” has the
meaning set forth in Section 16.5(a) of the Agreement.
“SM Shares” means the SM Ordinary Shares
(including the Other SM Shares) and SM Preferred Shares.
“SM Superior Proposal” means any bona fide
(i) proposal or offer for a merger, scheme of arrangement,
consolidation, dissolution, recapitalization or other business
combination involving SM Cayman, (ii) proposal for the
issuance by SM Cayman of over 50% of the SM Ordinary Shares as
consideration for the assets or securities of another Person or
(iii) proposal or offer (including a merger, tender offer
or exchange offer) to acquire in any manner, directly or
indirectly, over 50% of the SM Ordinary Shares or consolidated
total assets of SM Cayman, in each case other than the
Transactions, made by a third party, and which is otherwise on
terms and conditions which the board of directors of SM Cayman
or any committee thereof determines in its reasonable judgment
(after consultation with financial advisors) to be more
favorable to holders of SM Ordinary Shares than the Transactions.
“SM Warrantholder” has the meaning set forth in
the Background to the Agreement.
“SM Warrants” means the warrants granted by SM
Cayman to purchase SM Shares at the prices and on the other
terms set forth therein.
“Sponsor Entity” has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.10(a) of the Agreement.
“Sponsor Purchase Commitment Amount” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.10 (a) of the
Agreement.
“Sponsor Purchases” has the meaning set forth
in Section 12.10 (a) of the Agreement.
“Stockholder Approval” has the meaning set
forth in Section 11.1(a) of the Agreement.
“Stockholders’ Meeting” has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.1(a) of the Agreement.
“Subject Shares” has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.10(b) of the Agreement.
“Subsidiary” an entity shall be deemed to be a
“Subsidiary” of another Person if such Person
directly or indirectly owns, beneficially or of record,
(a) an amount of voting securities or other interests in
such entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at
least a majority of the members of such entity’s board of
directors or other governing body, or (b) at least 50% of
the outstanding equity or financial interests of such entity.
“Subway Placement Contract” means a Contract
between a Group Company and a Governmental Authority or other
operator or manager of a public transit system or any
advertising company that has obtained the rights to sell or
lease advertising space on such public transit system, in which
any Group Company has obtained a location on such mass transit
system (or any part thereof) for the purpose of selling
advertising or advertising times to advertisers.
“Survival Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.1 of the Agreement.
“Surviving Corporation” has the meaning set
forth in Section 1.1 of the Agreement.
“Tail Policy” has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.6 of this Agreement.
“Tangible Personal Property” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7.12(b) of the Agreement.
“Tax Benefit” has the meaning set forth in
Section 14.6 of the Agreement.
“Tax Return” means all federal, state, local,
provincial and foreign Tax returns, declarations, statements,
reports, schedules, forms and information returns and any
amended Tax return relating to Taxes.
“Taxes” includes all forms of taxation,
whenever created or imposed, and whether of the United States or
elsewhere, and whether imposed by a local, municipal,
governmental, state, foreign, federal or other Governmental
Authority, or in connection with any agreement with respect to
Taxes, including all interest, penalties and additions imposed
with respect to such amounts.
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“Trade Secrets” means all trade secrets under
applicable law and other rights in know-how and confidential or
proprietary information, processing, manufacturing or marketing
information, including new developments, inventions, processes,
ideas or other proprietary information that provides advantages
over competitors who do not know or use it.
“Transaction Documents” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 6.3 of the Agreement.
“Transactions” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1 of the Agreement.
“Trust Account” has the meaning set forth
in Section 10.8 of the Agreement.
“U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted
accounting principles of the United States.
“Unaffiliated Accountants” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.2(b)(v) of the Agreement.
“Unaudited Financial Statements” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.7(a) of the Agreement.
“Unearned Portion” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.2(b)(ii) of the Agreement.
“VIE Contracts” means the Loan Agreement dated
September 10, 2007, between Jieli Consulting and the
shareholders of Jingli Shanghai, the Exclusive Technology
Consulting and Service Agreement dated September 10, 2007,
between Jieli Consulting and Jingli Shanghai, the Exclusive Call
Option Agreement dated September 10, 2007, among Jingli
Shanghai, its shareholders and Jieli Consulting, the Equity
Pledge Agreement dated September 10, 2007, among Jingli
Shanghai, its shareholders and Jieli Consulting and the Power of
Attorney dated September 10, 2007, by the shareholders of
Jieli Consulting.
“Voting Agreement” means the voting agreement
among Ideation, the ID Significant Shareholders, the SM
Shareholders and the SM Warrantholders (excluding DB) in the
form of Exhibit H to the Agreement.
“Voting Ideation Debt” has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.1(c) of the Agreement.
“Voting Jingli Debt” has the meaning set forth
in Section 7.4(b) of the Agreement.
“Voting SM Debt” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(b) of the Agreement.
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SCHEDULE A
SM
Entities
SEARCHMEDIA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, an exempted limited company
incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands
(“SM Cayman”)
JIELI INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
a company incorporated under the
laws of the PRC
(“Jieli Consulting”)
JIELI NETWORK TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
, a company incorporated under
the laws of the PRC
(“Jieli Technology”)
AD-ICON COMPANY LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws
of Hong Kong
GREAT TALENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, a company incorporated under the
laws of Hong Kong
SHANGHAI JINGLI ADVERTISING CO., LTD.
, a company incorporated under
the Legal Requirements of the PRC
(“Jingli
Shanghai”)
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SCHEDULE B
SM Share
Ownership*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of SM
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
SM Shareholder
|
|
Shares Held**
|
|
|
Ownership Interest
|
|
|
Deutsche Bank AG
|
|
|
32,727,272
|
|
|
|
32.2
|
%
|
China Seed Ventures
|
|
|
20,623,780
|
|
|
|
20.3
|
%
|
Xxxxxxx Xxx
|
|
|
15,159,500
|
|
|
|
14.9
|
%
|
Xx Xxxx
|
|
|
14,162,000
|
|
|
|
13.9
|
%
|
Gavast Estates
|
|
|
12,727,273
|
|
|
|
12.5
|
%
|
Gentfull Investment
|
|
|
5,454,544
|
|
|
|
5.4
|
%
|
Total Signing
|
|
|
100,854,369
|
|
|
|
99.2
|
%
|
Xxxxxxx Xxxx(1)
|
|
|
798,000
|
|
|
|
0.8
|
%
|
Total
|
|
|
101,652,369
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Does not reflect outstanding options issued under the ESOP. |
|
** |
|
Reflects the number of SM Ordinary Shares held by each SM
Shareholder after giving effect to the Preferred Conversion. |
|
(1) |
|
Non-signing shareholder. |
SM
Warrant Ownership*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of SM
|
|
|
|
Shares Underlying
|
|
SM Warrantholder
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
China Seed Ventures
|
|
|
12,670,568
|
|
Linden Ventures II
|
|
|
5,875,637
|
|
Deutsche Bank AG
|
|
|
3,794,546
|
|
Xxxxxxx Xxx
|
|
|
33,142
|
|
Xx Xxxx
|
|
|
33,142
|
|
Xuebao Yang
|
|
|
33,142
|
|
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
|
|
|
33,142
|
|
Xxx Xx
|
|
|
33,142
|
|
Total
|
|
|
22,506,461
|
|
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SCHEDULE B-1
SM Share
Ownership*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of SM
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
SM Shareholder
|
|
Shares Held**
|
|
|
Ownership Interest
|
|
|
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
|
798,000
|
|
|
|
0.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Does not reflect outstanding options issued under the ESOP. |
|
** |
|
Reflects the number of SM Ordinary Shares held by the
Non-signing SM Shareholder after giving effect to the Preferred
Conversion. |
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SCHEDULE C
Share
Allocation — Shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Initial
|
|
|
Earn-out Shares
|
|
SM Shareholder
|
|
Share Payment
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Deutsche Bank AG
|
|
|
2,210,316
|
|
|
|
26.36
|
%
|
China Seed Ventures
|
|
|
1,392,877
|
|
|
|
16.61
|
%
|
Xxxxxxx Xxx
|
|
|
1,023,834
|
|
|
|
12.21
|
%
|
Xx Xxxx
|
|
|
956,465
|
|
|
|
11.41
|
%
|
Gavast Estates
|
|
|
859,568
|
|
|
|
10.25
|
%
|
Gentfull Investment
|
|
|
368,386
|
|
|
|
4.39
|
%
|
Total Signing
|
|
|
6,811,446
|
|
|
|
81.23
|
%
|
Xxxxxxx Xxxx(1)
|
|
|
53,895
|
|
|
|
0.64
|
%
|
Total Shareholders
|
|
|
6,865,341
|
|
|
|
81.87
|
%
|
Share
Allocation — Warrantholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of ID
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cayman Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earn-out Shares
|
|
SM Warrantholder
|
|
Underlying Warrants
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
China Seed Ventures — Series A
|
|
|
675,375
|
|
|
$
|
1.48
|
|
|
|
8.05
|
%
|
China Seed Ventures — Series B
|
|
|
33,769
|
|
|
$
|
8.14
|
|
|
|
0.40
|
%
|
China Seed Ventures — Series C
|
|
|
79,443
|
|
|
$
|
6.51
|
|
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
China Seed Ventures — DB Transferred
|
|
|
67,152
|
|
|
$
|
0.0001
|
|
|
|
0.80
|
%
|
Linden Ventures II
|
|
|
396,826
|
|
|
$
|
6.30
|
|
|
|
4.73
|
%
|
Deutsche Bank AG
|
|
|
256,274
|
|
|
$
|
8.14
|
|
|
|
3.06
|
%
|
Xxxxxxx Xxx
|
|
|
2,239
|
|
|
$
|
0.0001
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
%
|
Xx Xxxx
|
|
|
2,239
|
|
|
$
|
0.0001
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
%
|
Xuebao Yang
|
|
|
2,239
|
|
|
$
|
0.0001
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
%
|
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
|
|
|
2,239
|
|
|
$
|
0.0001
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
%
|
Xxx Xx
|
|
|
2,239
|
|
|
$
|
0.0001
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
%
|
Total Warrantholders
|
|
|
1,520,034
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.13
|
%
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Non-signing shareholder. |
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SCHEDULE 9.5
OTHER
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
1. Circular No. 75
Registration. Complete the Circular No. 75
registration with the local SAFE branch with respect to
Xx. Xxx and Xx. Xxxx through the closing of SM
Cayman’s sale of Series C Preferred Shares.
2. Registration of Equity
Pledge. Register with the competent SAIC the
equity pledge set forth in the Equity Pledge Agreement by and
among Jieli Consulting, Jingli Shanghai and its shareholders
contained in the VIE Contracts.
3. Acquisition Agreements. Amend
the acquisition agreement for each Subsidiary of Jingli Shanghai
to provide (to the extent it does not already do so) for all
earn-outs or other contingent payments to be made in cash in
compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements in all
material aspects.
4. Power of Attorney. Amend the
Power of Attorney contained in the VIE Contracts to provide
Jieli Consulting with the right to change the agent under such
Power of Attorney.
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SCHEDULE 13.2(m)
SM
PARTIES REQUIRED CONSENTS
|
|
|
|
•
|
Completion of registration with the Shanghai Branch of SAFE by
the PRC resident shareholders of SM Cayman, with respect to the
issuance of Series C Preferred by SM Cayman, the
acquisition of Ad-Icon Company Limited by SM Cayman and the
incorporation of Great Talent Holding Limited.
|
|
|
•
|
The written consent of DB, pursuant to the Fourth Amended and
Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of SM Cayman (as
amended on March 28, 2009) and the Amended and
Restated Shareholders Agreement of SM Cayman dated
March 23, 2009.
|
|
|
•
|
Approval of the execution of the Agreement and the consummation
of the Transactions by the board of directors and the
shareholders of SM Cayman pursuant to the provisions of the
Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
Association of SM Cayman (as amended on March 28,
2009) and the Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement
of SM Cayman dated March 23, 2009.
|
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