ACQUISITION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 2.1
THIS ACQUISITION AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”) is
made and entered into as of June 5, 2017 (the “Execution Date”), by and among
SYMBID CORP., a Nevada
corporation with its principal office located at Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00,
0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx (“Parent”); SINCERITY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD., a
proprietary corporation limited by shares formed under the laws of
Australia with its registered office located at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxx, X0X 0000 (the “Company”); and the sole
member/shareholder of the Company listed on Exhibit A,
attached hereto (the “Company
Shareholder”). The Parent, the Company and the Company
Shareholder are each a “Party” and referred to
collectively as the “Parties”.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, this
Agreement contemplates Parent’s acquisition of the Company
(the “Acquisition”) through a share
exchange in which Parent shall acquire all of the outstanding
capital stock of the Company consisting of 10,000 ordinary shares
(the “Ordinary
Shares” or the “Company Stock”) from the Company
Shareholder in exchange for 45,210,076 post-split shares (the
“Acquisition
Shares”) of common stock of Parent, par value $0.001
per share (the “Common
Stock” or the “Parent Common Stock”),
and:
WHEREAS, prior to
the closing of the Acquisition, the Parent will effect a 60:1
reverse split on its Common Stock (the “Reverse Split”)
and change its name to Sincerity Applied Materials Holdings Corp.;
and
WHEREAS,
simultaneously with the closing of the Acquisition, the Parent will
complete a private placement offering (the “Private Placement Offering”) of a
minimum of $250,000 (the “Minimum Amount”) and a maximum of
$500,000 (the “Maximum
Amount”) of units of securities of Parent (the
“Units”)
consisting of senior secured convertible notes (the
“Notes”) and
common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) at a purchase price of
$10,000 per Unit (the “Purchase Price”) upon the terms
and subject to the conditions of a subscription agreement in the
form of Exhibit B
attached hereto (the “Subscription Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors of the Company has unanimously (a) determined that
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including,
without limitation, the Acquisition, are fair to and in the best
interests of the Company and the Company Shareholder, (b) approved
and declared advisable this Agreement and the transaction
contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the
Acquisition, (c) directed that this Agreement be submitted to the
Company Shareholder for adoption, and (d) resolved to recommend the
approval of the adoption of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the
Acquisition, by the Company Shareholder; and
WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors of the Parent has unanimously (a) determined that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including,
without limitation, the Acquisition, are fair and in the best
interests of the Parent and its stockholders, and (b) approved and
declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, the Acquisition;
and
WHEREAS, prior to
the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2), Parent shall
(i) obtain and deliver to the Company letters of resignation
from each of Parent’s officers and directors, effective as of
the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2), and
(ii) cause the individuals set forth on Schedule 1.6
hereto to have been appointed as the officers and/or directors of
Parent effective as of the Effective Time; and
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WHEREAS, prior to
Closing (as defined in Section 1.2), Parent shall
dissolve all of its existing subsidiaries and contemporaneously
with the Closing, the Parent shall discontinue its existing
business, such that immediately following the Closing Parent shall
have no pre-Acquisition operating assets or
liabilities.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein
and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACQUISITION.
1.1 The Acquisition.
(a) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2),
the Company Shareholder whose name is set forth on Exhibit A
hereto hereby irrevocably contributes, transfers by assignment
pursuant to Section 40 of the Company’s Constitution,
and delivers to Parent (i) the 10,000 Ordinary Shares held by
such Company Shareholders as legal and beneficial owner; and
(ii) any and all rights associated with such Ordinary Shares
held by such Company Shareholder, in exchange for 45,210,076
Acquisition Shares. The Acquisition Shares shall be issued
subsequent to the Reverse Split and shall represent post-Reverse
Split shares.
(b) Exclusive
of the Reverse Split, if, during the period from the Execution Date
through the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Parent Common
Stock are changed into a different number or class of shares by
reason of any stock split, division or subdivision of shares, stock
dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares,
reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction, or
if a stock dividend is declared by Parent during such period, or a
record date with respect to any such event shall occur during such
period, then appropriate adjustments shall be made to number of
Acquisition Shares to be issued to the Company
Shareholder.
(c) Without
undue delay after the Effective Time (but in any event within five
(5) Business Days following the Effective Time), Parent shall
cause the Acquisition Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.1(a) to be
issued to the Company Shareholder. As used in this Agreement, the
term “Business
Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banks in the State of New York are
required or authorized by applicable law to close.
1.2 Closing;
Effective Time of the Acquisition. The consummation of the
Acquisition (the “Closing”) shall take place at the
offices of CKR Law LLP, 1330 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000, immediately following the satisfaction or waiver of the
closing conditions set forth in Sections 5.2 and 5.3. The date on which the
Closing actually takes place is referred to as the
“Closing Date”
and the time at which the Closing actually takes place is referred
to as the “Effective
Time”.
1.3 Actions
at the Closing. At the Closing:
(a) the
Company shall deliver to the Parent the various certificates,
instruments and documents to be delivered by the Company pursuant
to Sections 5.1 and
5.2;
and
(b) the
Parent shall deliver to the Company the various certificates,
instruments and documents to be delivered by the Parent pursuant to
Sections 5.1 and
5.3.
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1.4 Dissenting Shares. As the Company Shareholder
owns all of the outstanding capital stock of the Company, there
shall be no “Dissenting Shares” with respect to the
Acquisition. For purposes of this Agreement, “Dissenting Shares” means shares of
Company Stock held as of the Effective Time by a Company
stockholder who has not voted such Company Stock in favor of the
adoption of this Agreement and the Acquisition and with respect to
which appraisal shall have been duly demanded and perfected in
accordance with the Nevada Revised Statutes and not effectively
withdrawn or forfeited prior to the Effective Time.
1.5 Company Options, Warrants and Convertible
Securities. As of the Execution Date and the Effective Time,
the Company does not have and shall not have any outstanding
options, warrants or other securities exercisable for or
convertible into shares of Company Stock.
1.6 Directors and Officers
(a) At
or prior to the Closing, the Board of Directors of Parent shall
take the following actions, to be effective upon the Effective
Time: (i) elect to the Board of Directors of Parent the persons
identified on Schedule 1.6 hereto; and (ii) appoint as the officers
of Parent those persons identified on Schedule 1.6 hereto. All of
the persons serving as directors of Parent immediately prior to the
Closing shall resign in conjunction with the election of the new
directors, and all of the persons serving as officers of Parent
immediately prior to the Closing shall resign in conjunction with
the appointment of the new officers.
(b) The
provisions of this Section
1.6 are in addition to and shall not limit any rights which
the Company or any of its Affiliates may have as a holder or
beneficial owner of shares of Parent as a matter of law with
respect to the election of directors or otherwise. The
newly-appointed directors and officers of Parent shall hold office
for the term specified in, and subject to the provisions contained
in, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Parent and
applicable law.
1.7 No Further Rights. From and after the
Effective Time, the Company Shareholder shall cease to have any
rights with respect to the Company Stock, other than the right to
receive Acquisition Shares in connection with the
Acquisition.
1.8 Exemption from Registration; Rule 144
The
Parent and the Company intend that the Acquisition Shares to be
issued to the Company Shareholder, will be issued in a transaction
exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by reason of
Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(“Securities
Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder.
1.9 Tax Consequences. For U.S. federal income Tax
purposes, the Acquisition is intended to constitute a transaction
described in Section 351(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (the “Code”), and the parties will
report the Acquisition as such for U.S. federal income Tax
purposes. None of the parties will knowingly take any action, or
fail to take any action, which action or failure to act would cause
the Acquisition to fail to qualify as a transaction described in
Section 351(a) of the Code.
1.10 Parent’s Acceptance of the Ordinary
Shares. At the Effective Time, Parent shall accept the
contribution, transfer, assignment and delivery of the Ordinary
Shares under Section 1.1(a).
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1.11 Further Action. If, at any time after the
Effective Time, any further action is determined by Parent and the
Company to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of
this Agreement or to vest the Company with full right, title and
possession of and to all rights and property of the Company, the
officers and directors of the Company and Parent shall be, to the
extent permitted by law, fully authorized (in the name of the
Company and otherwise) to take such action. If, at any time after
the Effective Time, any further action is determined by Parent and
the Company to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes
of this Agreement or to vest Parent with full right, title and
possession of the Ordinary Shares, the officers and directors of
the Company and Parent shall be, to the extent permitted by law,
fully authorized (in the name of Parent and otherwise) to take such
action. Following the Effective Time, the Company Shareholder
agrees to take all reasonable action requested by Parent or the
Company in order to approve any of the actions described herein on
behalf of the Company or to vest Parent with full right, title and
possession of the Ordinary Shares.
1.12 Registration Rights. The Company Shareholder
acknowledges that Parent shall close the Private Placement Offering
of Units at the Effective Time pursuant to which the investors in
such Private Placement Offering will enter into a registration
rights agreement with Parent in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (the
“Registration Rights
Agreement”).
SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY.
The
Company represents and warrants to the Parent that the statements
contained in this Section
2 are true and correct, except as set forth in the
disclosure schedule provided by the Company to the Parent on the
date hereof (the “Company
Disclosure Schedule”). The Company Disclosure Schedule
shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and
lettered paragraphs contained in this Section 2; and to the extent
that it is reasonably apparent from the context thereof that such
disclosure also applies to any other numbered paragraph contained
in this Section 2,
the disclosures in any numbered paragraph of the Company Disclosure
Schedule shall qualify such other corresponding numbered paragraph
in this Section 2.
For purposes of this Section 2, the phrase “to
the knowledge of the Company” or any phrase of similar import
shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge of any officer of
the Company as well as any other knowledge which such person would
have possessed had such person made reasonable inquiry of directors
and key employees of the Company and the accountants and attorneys
of the Company.
2.1 Organization, Qualification and Corporate
Power. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
Australia. The Company is duly qualified to conduct business and is
in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the
nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its
properties requires such qualification, except where the failure to
be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the
aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have
a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company
has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on the
businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties
owned and used by it. The Company is not in default under or in
violation of any provision of its Certificate Of Incorporation, as
amended to date, or its Bylaws, as amended to date, and any
comparable organizational documents, or under any Material Contract
(as defined below), except where such default or violation would
not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Material Adverse Effect”
means a material adverse effect on the assets, business, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company.
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2.2 Capitalization. As of the
Execution Date and the Effective Time, the authorized capital stock
of the Company consists and will consist of 10,000 Ordinary Shares.
As of the Execution Date and the Effective Date, and without giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the other Transaction Documentation, the Company’s
outstanding capital stock consists of and will consist of 10,000
Ordinary Shares. No other shares of any type or class are issued
and outstanding, and no shares of any type or class are held in the
treasury of the Company. As of the Execution Date and the Effective
Time, the Company has no and will have no other securities issued
and outstanding including, but not limited to, common stock
purchase warrants, stock options, convertible notes or other
securities exercisable for or convertible into Company Stock or
other Company securities. All of the issued and outstanding
Ordinary Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid,
nonassessable and, effective as of the Execution Date and the
Effective Time, are and will be free of all preemptive rights, and
have been or will have been issued in accordance with applicable
laws, including but not limited to, the Corporation Xxx 0000
(Australia). There are no outstanding or authorized Company
securities, rights, agreements or commitments to which the Company
is a party or which are binding upon the Company providing for the
issuance or redemption of any of Company Stock or pursuant to which
any outstanding Company Stock is subject to vesting. There are no
outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock or
similar rights with respect to the Company. There are no agreements
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound with
respect to the voting (including without limitation voting trusts
or proxies), registration, or sale or transfer (including without
limitation agreements relating to pre-emptive rights, rights of
first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights)
of any securities of the Company. To the knowledge of the Company,
there are no agreements among other parties, to which the Company
is not a party and by which it is not bound, with respect to the
voting (including without limitation voting trusts or proxies) or
sale or transfer (including without limitation agreements relating
to rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or
“drag-along” rights) of any securities of the Company.
All of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company
were issued in compliance with applicable securities
laws.
2.3 Authorization of Transaction. The
Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.
The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documentation to which it is a party, and, subject to
the adoption of this Agreement and (a) the approval of the
Acquisition by the vote of stockholders of the Company required by
Australia law and (b) the approvals and waivers set forth in
Section 2.3 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Company Consents”), the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the board of directors of the Company (i)
determined that the Acquisition is fair and in the best interests
of the Company and the Company Shareholder, (ii) adopted this
Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation Xxx
0000 (Australia), and (iii) directed that this Agreement and the
Acquisition be submitted to the Company Shareholder for its
adoption and approval and resolved to recommend that the Company
Shareholder vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the
approval of the Acquisition. This Agreement has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming it is a
valid and binding obligation of the Parent, constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws,
rules or regulations affecting creditors’ rights and remedies
generally and to general principles of equity, whether applied in a
court of law or a court of equity.
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2.4 Non-contravention. Subject to the
receipt of Company Consents, neither the execution and delivery by
the Company of this Agreement or the Transaction Documentation to
which it is a party, nor the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) conflict with
or violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws or comparable organizational documents of the Company, as
amended to date, (b) require on the part of the Company any filing
with, or any permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any
court, arbitrational tribunal, administrative agency or commission
or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency (a
“Governmental
Entity”), except for such permits, authorizations,
consents and approvals as to which the failure to obtain or make
the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect and would not reasonably be expected to
adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with
or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under,
result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any
party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any
notice, consent or waiver under, any contract or instrument to
which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to
which any of its assets is subject, except, in the case of the
foregoing clause (c), for any conflict, breach, default,
acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation which would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect and would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or any notice,
consent or waiver the absence of which would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (d) result in
the imposition of any Security Interest (as defined below) upon any
material assets of the Company other than the Security Interest
applicable to the Notes or (e) violate any federal, state, local,
municipal, foreign, international, multinational, Governmental
Entity or other constitution, law, statute, ordinance, principle of
common law, rule, regulation, code, governmental determination,
order, writ, injunction, decree, treaty, convention, governmental
certification requirement or other public limitation, U.S. or
non-U.S., including Tax and U.S. antitrust laws (collectively,
“Laws”)
applicable to the Company. For purposes of this Agreement:
“Security
Interest” means any mortgage, pledge, security
interest, encumbrance, charge or other lien (whether arising by
contract or by operation of law), other than (i) mechanic’s,
materialmen’s and similar Security Interests, (ii) Security
Interests arising under worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, social security, retirement and similar legislation, or
(iii) Security Interests on goods in transit incurred pursuant to
documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the Ordinary
Course of Business (as defined below) of the Company and not
material to the Company; and “Ordinary Course of Business” means
the ordinary course of the Company’s business, consistent
with past practice (including with respect to frequency and
amount).
2.5 Subsidiaries. The Company does not
have on the Execution Date, and at the Effective Time, will not
have, any Subsidiaries, nor does it have any direct or indirect
interest in any other business entity. For purposes of this
Agreement, a “Subsidiary” shall mean any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity in which a
Party has, directly or indirectly, an equity interest representing
50% or more of the equity securities thereof or other equity
interests therein.
2.6 Compliance with Laws. The
Company:
(a) and
the conduct of its operations, are in compliance with each Law
applicable to the Company or any of its properties or assets,
except for any violations or defaults that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(b) has
complied with all applicable securities laws and regulations,
except for any violations or defaults that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(c) has
not been the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy
proceeding, nor has it been a party to any material litigation or,
within the past two years, the subject of any threat of material
litigation; and
(d) is
not and has not, and the officers and directors of the Company are
not and have not in their capacity as an officer or director of the
Company, as applicable, been the subject of any civil, criminal or
administrative investigation or proceeding brought by any
governmental agency having regulatory authority over such entity or
person or alleging a violation of securities laws.
2.7 Financial Statements. The Company
has provided or made available to the Parent: (a) the compiled
balance sheet of the Company (the “Company Compiled Balance Sheet”)
at June 30, 2016 (the “Company Compiled Balance Sheet
Date”), and the related income statements for the
years ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 (collectively, the
“Company Compiled Financial
Statements”) The Company Compiled Financial Statements
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the
respective dates thereof and for the periods referred to
therein.
2.8 Absence of Certain Changes. Since
the Company Compiled Balance Sheet Date, and except as set forth in
Section 2.8 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, to the knowledge of the Company, there
has occurred no event or development which, individually or in the
aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have in the
future, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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2.9 Undisclosed Liabilities. To the
knowledge of the Company, except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no liability (whether absolute
or contingent, whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether due
or to become due), except for (a) liabilities shown on the Company
Compiled Balance Sheet, (b) liabilities not exceeding $100,000 in
the aggregate that have arisen since the Company Balance Sheet Date
in the ordinary course of business, (c) contractual and other
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business which are
not required by GAAP to be reflected on a balance sheet, and (d)
liabilities under this Agreement.
2.10 Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements. The Company is not a party to, and
has no commitments to become a party to, any joint venture, off
balance sheet partnership or any similar contract or arrangement
(including any contract or arrangement relating to any transaction
or relationship between or among the Company, on the one hand, and
any unconsolidated affiliate, including any structured finance,
special purpose or limited purpose entity or person, on the other
hand, or any "off balance sheet arrangements" (as defined in Item
303(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act)), where the
result, purpose or intended effect of such contract is to avoid
disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material
liabilities of, the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the Super
8-K.
2.11 Tax Matters.
For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
i. “Taxes”
means all taxes, levies or other similar assessments or
liabilities, including without limitation income, gross receipts,
ad valorem, premium, value-added, excise, real property, personal
property, sales, use, transfer, withholding, employment,
unemployment insurance, social security, business license, business
organization, environmental, workers compensation, payroll,
profits, license, lease, service, service use, severance, stamp,
occupation, windfall profits, customs, duties, franchise and other
taxes imposed by the United States of America or any state, local
or foreign government, or any agency thereof, or other political
subdivision of the United States or any such government, and any
interest, fines, penalties, assessments or additions to tax
resulting from, attributable to or incurred in connection with any
tax or any contest or dispute thereof.
ii. “Tax
Returns” means all United States of America, state,
local or foreign government reports, returns, declarations,
statements or other information required to be supplied to a taxing
authority in connection with the Taxes.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section
2.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has
filed all material Tax Returns that it was required to file, and
all such Tax Returns were complete and accurate in all material
respects. The Company is not and has never been a member of a group
of corporations with which it has filed (or been required to file)
consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Returns. The Company has paid
on a timely basis all material Taxes that were due and payable in
accordance with the Tax Returns. The unpaid Taxes of the Company
for tax periods through the Company Interim Balance Sheet Date do
not exceed the accruals and reserves for Taxes (excluding accruals
and reserves for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing
differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the Company
Interim Balance Sheet. The Company has no actual or potential
liability for any Tax obligation of any taxpayer other than the
Company (including without limitation any affiliated group of
corporations or other entities that included the Company during a
prior period). All Taxes that the Company is or was required by law
to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to
the extent required, have been paid to the proper Governmental
Entity.
(b) To
the knowledge of the Company, no examination or audit of any Tax
Return of the Company by any Governmental Entity is currently in
progress or threatened or contemplated. The Company has not been
informed in writing by any jurisdiction that the jurisdiction
believes that the Company was required to file any Tax Return that
was not filed. The Company has not waived any statute of
limitations with respect to Taxes, or agreed to an extension of
time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency, which waiver
or extension is still in effect.
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2.12 Assets. The Company owns or
leases all tangible assets reasonably necessary for the conduct of
its businesses as presently conducted. Except as set forth in the
Notes, no assets of the Company (tangible or intangible) are or
will be subject to any Security Interest on the Execution Date or
at the Effective Time.
2.13 Owned Real Property. The Company
does not own any real property.
2.14 Real Property
Leases. Section
2.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all real
property leased or subleased to or by the Company. The Company has
delivered or made available to the Parent complete and accurate
copies of the leases and subleases listed in Section 2.14 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. With respect to each lease and sublease listed
in Section 2.14 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(a) the
lease or sublease is a legal, valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of the Company and is in full force and
effect;
(b) the
lease or sublease will not, as a result of the execution and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the Transaction
Documentation or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, cease to be legal,
valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect
immediately following the Closing in accordance with the terms
thereof as in effect immediately prior to the Closing, and the
Closing will not, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time,
or otherwise, result in a breach or default by the Company or, to
the knowledge of the Company, any other party under such lease or
sublease;
(c) neither
the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party,
is in breach or violation of, or default under, any such lease or
sublease, and no event has occurred, is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is threatened, which, after the giving of
notice, with lapse of time, or otherwise, would constitute a breach
or default by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
other party under such lease or sublease, except for any breach,
violation or default that has not had and would not reasonably be
anticipated to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the
Company has not assigned, transferred, conveyed, mortgaged, deeded
in trust or encumbered any interest in the leasehold or
subleasehold; and
(e) to
the knowledge of the Company, there is no Security Interest,
easement, covenant or other restriction applicable to the real
property subject to such lease, except for recorded Security
Interests, leases, easements, covenants and other restrictions
which do not materially impair the current uses or the occupancy by
the Company of the property subject thereto.
2.15 Contracts.
(a) Section
2.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following
agreements (written or oral) to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party as of the date of this Agreement (other than
the Transaction Documentation (as hereinafter
defined)):
i. any
agreement (or group of related agreements) for the lease of
personal property from or to third parties (A) which provides for
lease payments in excess of $100,000 per annum and (B) which has a
remaining term longer than 12 months and is not cancellable without
penalty by the Company on sixty (60) days or less prior written
notice;
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ii. any
agreement (or group of related agreements) for the purchase or sale
of products or for the furnishing or receipt of services (A) which
calls for performance over a period of more than one year, is not
cancellable without penalty by the Company on sixty (60) days or
less prior written notice and involves more than the sum of
$100,000 per annum, or (B) in which the Company has granted
manufacturing rights, “most favored nation” pricing
provisions or exclusive marketing or distribution rights relating
to any products or territory or has agreed to purchase goods or
services exclusively from a certain party;
iii. any
agreement which, to the knowledge of the Company, establishes a
material joint venture or legal partnership;
iv. any
agreement (or group of related agreements) under which it has
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur,
assume or guarantee) indebtedness (including capitalized lease
obligations) involving more than $100,000 or under which it has
imposed (or may impose) a Security Interest on any of its assets,
tangible or intangible;
v. any
agreement that purports to limit in any material respect the right
of the Company to engage in any line of business, or to compete
with any person or operate in any geographical
location;
vi. any
employment agreement or consulting agreement which provides for
payments in excess of $200,000 per annum (other than employment or
consulting agreements terminable on less than thirty (30)
days’ notice);
vii. any
agreement involving any officer, director or stockholder of the
Company or any affiliate (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the
Exchange Act) thereof (an “Affiliate”) (other than stock
subscription, stock option, restricted stock, warrant or stock
purchase agreements the forms of which have been made available to
Parent);
viii. any agreement or
commitment for capital expenditures in excess of $100,000, for a
single project (it being represented and warranted that the
liability under all undisclosed agreements and commitments for
capital expenditures does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate for
all projects);
ix. any
other agreement required to be filed as an exhibit to the Super
8-K;
x. any
agreement, other than as contemplated by this Agreement, relating
to the future sales of securities of the Company; and
xi. any
other agreement (or group of related agreements) (A) under which
the Company is obligated to make payments or incur costs in excess
of $100,000 in any year or (B) not entered into in the Ordinary
Course of Business, in each case which is not otherwise described
in clauses (i) through (xi).
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(b) The
Company has delivered or made available to the Parent a complete
and accurate copy of each agreement listed in Section 2.15 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. With respect to each agreement so listed, and
except as set forth in Section 2.15 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule: (i) the agreement is a legal, valid, binding
and enforceable obligation of the Company and in full force and
effect, except as such enforceability may be limited under
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws, rules or
regulations affecting creditors’ rights and remedies
generally and to general principles of equity whether applied in a
court of law or a court of equity; (ii) the agreement will not, as
a result of the execution and delivery by the Company of this
Agreement or the Transaction Documentation, or the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
cease to be a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of
the Company, except as such enforceability may be limited under
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws, rules or
regulations affecting creditors’ rights and remedies
generally and to general principles of equity, whether applied in a
court of law or a court of equity, or to be in full force and
effect in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect
immediately prior to the Closing; and (iii) neither the Company
nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party, is in breach
or violation of, or default under, any such agreement, and no event
has occurred, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
threatened, which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time,
or otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the Company
or any Company Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
other party under such contract, except for any breach, violation
or default that has not had and would not reasonably be anticipated
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.16 Accounts Receivable. All accounts
receivable of the Company reflected on the Company Compiled Balance
Sheet are valid receivables subject to no setoffs or counterclaims
and are current and collectible (within 90 days after the date on
which it first became due and payable), net of any reserve for bad
debts on the Company Compiled Balance Sheet. All accounts
receivable reflected in the financial or accounting records of the
Company that have arisen since the Company Compiled Balance Sheet
Date are valid receivables subject to no setoffs or counterclaims
and are collectible (within 90 days after the date on which it
first became due and payable), net of a reserve for bad debts in an
amount proportionate to the reserve shown on the Company Compiled
Balance Sheet.
2.17 Insurance. The Company maintains
insurance policies (including fire, theft, casualty, general
liability, workers compensation, business interruption,
environmental, product liability and automobile insurance policies
and bond and surety arrangements) of the type and in amounts
customarily carried by organizations conducting businesses or
owning assets similar to those of the Company. There is no material
claim pending under any such policy as to which coverage has been
questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriter of such policy.
All premiums due and payable under all such policies have been
paid. The Company has no knowledge of any threatened termination
of, or material premium increase with respect to, any such
policy.
2.18 Litigation. As of the Execution
Date, there is no action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration or
investigation before any Governmental Entity or before any
arbitrator (a “Legal
Proceeding”) which is pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened against the
Company.
2.19 Employee Benefits Plans. The
Company maintains no employee benefit plans including equity
incentive plans or similar plans.
2.20 Environmental Matters.
(a) The
Company has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws (as
defined below), except for violations of Environmental Laws that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
civil or criminal litigation, written notice of violation, formal
administrative proceeding, or investigation, inquiry or information
request by any Governmental Entity, relating to any Environmental
Law involving the Company. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Environmental
Law” means any Law relating to the environment,
including without limitation any Law pertaining to (i) treatment,
storage, disposal, generation and transportation of industrial,
toxic or hazardous materials or substances or solid or hazardous
waste; (ii) air, water and noise pollution; (iii) groundwater and
soil contamination; (iv) the release or threatened release into the
environment of industrial, toxic or hazardous materials or
substances, or solid or hazardous waste, including without
limitation emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or
dumping of pollutants, contaminants or chemicals; (v) the
protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, including
without limitation all endangered and threatened species; (vi)
storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels,
and other closed receptacles; (vii) the reclamation of mines;
(viii) health and safety of employees and other persons; and (ix)
manufacturing, processing, using, distributing, treating, storing,
disposing, transporting or handling of materials regulated under
any law as pollutants, contaminants, toxic or hazardous materials
or substances or oil or petroleum products or solid or hazardous
waste. As used above, the terms “release” and
“environment” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”).
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(b) To
the knowledge of the Company, without independent investigation,
there are no documents that contain any environmental reports,
investigations or audits relating to premises currently or
previously owned or operated by the Company (whether conducted by
or on behalf of the Company or a third party, and whether done at
the initiative of the Company or directed by a Governmental Entity
or other third party) which were issued or conducted during the
past five years and which the Company has possession of or access
to.
(c) To
the knowledge of the Company, there is no material environmental
liability with respect to any solid or hazardous waste transporter
or treatment, storage or disposal facility that has been used by
the Company.
2.21 Legal Compliance. The Company and
the conduct and operation of its business, is in compliance with
each Law applicable to the Company, or any of its properties or
assets, except for any violations or defaults that, individually or
in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.22 Permits. The Company has all
authorizations, approvals, clearances, licenses, permits,
certificates or exemptions (including, without limitation,
manufacturing approvals and authorizations, pricing and
reimbursement approvals, labeling approvals, registration
notifications or their foreign equivalent, and including those
issued or required under Environmental Laws and those relating to
the occupancy or use of owned or leased real property) from any
Governmental Entity (“Permits”) that are required for
the Company to conduct its business as presently conducted, except
for those the absence of which, individually or in the aggregate,
have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Each such Permit is in full force and
effect, and except for such instances as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no such Permit
will cease to be in full force and effect as a result of the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
2.23 Certain Business Relationships with
Affiliates. Except as listed in Section 2.23 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no Affiliate of the Company (a) owns any
material property or right, tangible or intangible, which is used
in and material to the business of the Company, (b) to the
knowledge of the Company, has any claim or cause of action against
the Company, or (c) owes any money to, or is owed any money by, the
Company.
2.24 Intellectual Property. The
Company owns no Intellectual Property. “Intellectual Property” means
patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade
secrets, and registered domain names and all applications for
registration therefor and computer programs and other computer
software, databases, know-how, proprietary technology, formulae,
and development tools, together with all goodwill related to any of
the foregoing.
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2.25 Duty to Make Inquiry. To the
extent that any of the representations or warranties in this
Section 2 are
qualified by “knowledge” or “belief,” the
Company represents and warrants that it has made reasonable inquiry
and investigation concerning the matters to which such
representations and warranties relate, including, but not limited
to, reasonable inquiry by its directors, officers and key
personnel.
2.26 Accountants. Leaf Xxxxxxxx (the
“Company
Auditor”) is and has been throughout the periods
covered by the Company Financial Statements to be provided pursuant
to Section 4.5 (a) a registered public accounting firm (as defined
in Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) and (b)
“independent” with respect to the Company within the
meaning of Regulation S-X. During the Company’s most
recent fiscal year and the subsequent interim periods, there were
no disagreements with the Company Auditor on any matter of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure,
or auditing scope or procedures. None of the reportable events
listed in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) or (v) of Regulation S-K occurred with
respect to the Company Auditor.
2.27 Brokers’ Fees. Other than
as set forth on Section
2.27 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no
liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any
broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
2.28 Books and Records. The minute
books and other similar records of the Company made available to
the Parent contain, in all material respects, complete and accurate
records in all material respects of all actions taken at any
meetings of the Company’s stockholders board of directors or
any committees thereof and of all written consents executed in lieu
of the holding of any such meetings.
2.29 Disclosure. No representation or
warranty by the Company contained in this Agreement, and no
statement contained in the any document, certificate or other
instrument delivered or to be delivered by or on behalf of the
Company pursuant to this Agreement, contains or will contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state
any material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances under
which it was or will be made, in order to make the statements
herein or therein not misleading. The Company has disclosed or made
available to the Parent all material information relating to the
business of the Company or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT.
The
Parent represents and warrants to the Company that the statements
contained in this Section
3 are, (unless otherwise stated to the contrary), true and
correct, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule provided by
the Parent to the Company on the date hereof (the
“Parent Disclosure
Schedule”). The Parent Disclosure Schedule shall be
arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered
paragraphs contained in this Article III; and to the extent that it
is reasonably apparent from the context thereof that such
disclosure also applies to any other numbered paragraph contained
in this Section 3,
the disclosures in any numbered paragraph of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule shall qualify such other corresponding numbered paragraph
in this Section 3.
For purposes of this Section 3, the phrase “to
the knowledge of the Parent” or any phrase of similar import
shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge which such person
would have possessed had such person made reasonable inquiry of the
accountants and attorneys of the Parent.
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3.1 Organization, Qualification and Corporate
Power. The Parent is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Nevada. The Parent is duly qualified to conduct
business and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the ownership
or leasing of its properties requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing,
individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect (as
defined below). The Parent has all requisite corporate power and
authority to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to
own and use the properties owned and used by it. The Parent has
furnished or made available to the Company complete and accurate
copies of its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Parent is
not in default under or in violation of any provision of its
Articles of Incorporation, as amended to date, or its Bylaws, as
amended to date, except where such default or violation would not
reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Parent Material Adverse Effect”
means a material adverse effect on the assets, business, financial
condition , or results of operations of the Parent, provided that
in no event shall any effects (whether alone or in combination)
resulting from or arising in connection with any of the following
be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the following be taken
into account in determining whether there has occurred, a Parent
Material Adverse Effect: (a) conditions generally affecting the
industries in which the Parent participate or the U.S. or global
economy or capital markets as a whole; (b) any failure by the
Parent to meet internal projections or forecasts or revenue or
earnings predictions; (c) the execution, delivery, announcement or
performance of the obligations under this Agreement or the
announcement, pendency or anticipated consummation of the
Acquisition; (d) any natural disaster or any acts of terrorism,
sabotage, military action or war or any escalation or worsening
thereof; (e) any changes (after the date of this Agreement) in
GAAP, other applicable accounting rules or applicable Law, or
changes or developments in political, regulatory or legislative
conditions, or (f) the taking of any action required by this
Agreement.
3.2 Capitalization. Immediately prior
to the Effective Time, and prior to giving effect to the issuance
of the Acquisition Shares, the authorized capital stock of the
Parent will consist of 290,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock,
$0.001 par value per share, of which approximately 3,122,259 shares
will be issued and outstanding, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, $0.001 par value per share, of which no shares will be
outstanding. The Parent Common Stock is presently eligible for
quotation and trading on the OTC Markets Group Inc.
(“OTC Markets”)
and is not subject to any notice of suspension or delisting. All of
the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of
all preemptive rights and have been issued in accordance with
applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the Securities Act.
Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documentation, there are
no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements
or commitments to which the Parent is a party or which are binding
upon the Parent providing for the issuance or redemption of any of
its capital stock. There are no outstanding or authorized stock
appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to the
Parent. Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documentation,
there are no agreements to which the Parent is a party or by which
it is bound with respect to the voting (including without
limitation voting trusts or proxies), registration under the
Securities Act, or sale or transfer (including without limitation
agreements relating to pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal,
co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any
securities of the Parent. There are no agreements among other
parties, to which the Parent is not a party and by which it is not
bound, with respect to the voting (including without limitation
voting trusts or proxies) or sale or transfer (including without
limitation agreements relating to rights of first refusal, co-sale
rights or “drag-along” rights) of any securities of the
Parent. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common
Stock were issued in compliance in all material respects with
applicable federal and state securities laws. The Acquisition
Shares, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms
hereof, shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free of all preemptive rights and will be issued
in compliance with applicable federal and state securities
laws.
3.3 Authorization of Transaction. The
Parent has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The
execution and delivery by the Parent of this Agreement and the
agreements contemplated hereby (collectively, the
“Transaction
Documentation”), and the consummation by the Parent of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Parent. Each of the documents included in the Transaction
Documentation has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
the Parent and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Parent enforceable against the Parent in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited under applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws, rules or regulations
affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and to
general principles of equity, whether applied in a court of law or
a court of equity.
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3.4 Noncontravention. The execution
and delivery by the of this Agreement or the Transaction
Documentation, and the consummation by the Parent of the
transactions contemplated hereby, will not (a) conflict with or
violate any provision of the organizational documents or bylaws of
the Parent, (b) require on the part of the Parent any filing with,
or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental
Entity, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with
or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under,
result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any
party any right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any
notice, consent or waiver under, any contract or instrument to
which the Parent is a party or by which it is bound or to which its
assets are subject, except for (i) any conflict, breach, default,
acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation which would
not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect
and would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) any
notice, consent or waiver the absence of which would not reasonably
be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect and would not
reasonably be expected to adversely affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, (d) result in the imposition of
any Security Interest upon any assets of the Parent or (e) violate
any Laws applicable to the Parent, except for any violation which
would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
3.5 Subsidiaries.
(a) The
Parent has no Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries which are to be
dissolved prior to the Effective Time.
(b) The
Parent does not control directly or indirectly or have any direct
or indirect participation or similar interest in any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or
other business association other than Subsidiaries which are to be
dissolved prior to the Effective Time.
3.6 SEC Reports and Prior Registration Statement
Matters. The Parent has furnished or made
available to the Company complete and accurate copies, as amended
or supplemented, of its (a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the SEC, which
contained audited balance sheets of the Parent as of December 31,
2016, and the related statements of operation, changes in
shareholder’s equity and cash flows for the two years then
ended; and (b) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended March 31, 2017, and (c) all other reports filed by the
Parent under Section 13 or subsections (a) or (c) of Section 14 of
the Exchange Act with the SEC (such reports are collectively
referred to herein as the “Parent Reports”). The Parent
Reports constitute all of the documents required to be filed or
furnished by the Parent with the SEC, including under Section 13 or
subsections (a) or (c) of Section 14 of the Exchange Act, through
the date of this Agreement. The Parent Reports complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder when filed. As of the date hereof,
there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters
received from the staff of the SEC with respect to any of the
Parent Reports. As of their respective dates, the Parent Reports,
including any financial statements, schedules or exhibits included
or incorporated by reference therein, did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. None of the Parent Subsidiaries is required to file
or furnish any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC. No
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement of
Parent under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act has been issued
by the SEC and, to Parent’s knowledge, no proceedings for
that purpose have been initialed or threatened by the
SEC.
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3.7 Compliance with Laws. The
Parent:
(a)
and the conduct and operations of its business, are in compliance
with each Law applicable to the Parent, or any of its properties or
assets, except for any violations or defaults that, individually or
in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected
to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
(b)
has complied with all federal and state securities laws and
regulations, including being current in all of its reporting
obligations under such federal and state securities laws and
regulations, except for any violations or defaults that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect,
and all prior issuances of its securities have been either
registered under the Securities Act or exempt from
registration;
(c)
has not been the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy
proceeding, nor has it been a party to any material litigation or,
within the past two years, the subject of any threat of material
litigation;
(d)
is not and has not, and the past and present officers, directors
and Affiliates of the Parent are not and have not, been the subject
of, nor does any officer or director of the Parent have any reason
to believe that the Parent or any of its officers, directors or
Affiliates are the subject of, any civil, criminal or
administrative investigation or proceeding brought by any federal
or state agency having regulatory authority over such entity or
person or alleging a violation of securities laws;
(e)
except as set forth in or contemplated by the
Transaction Documentation, does not and will not at the Effective
Time, have any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, including but
not limited to notes payable and accounts payable, exclusive of
professional fees and expenses related to the Acquisition and
Private Placement Offering transactions, including brokers’
fees, and is not a party to any executory agreements;
and
(f)
is not a “blank check company” as such term is defined
by Rule 419 of the Securities Act.
3.8 Financial Statements. The audited
financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements of
the Parent included in the Parent Reports (collectively, the
“Parent Financial
Statements”) (i) complied as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and, as
appropriate, the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto when filed, (ii) were prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered
thereby (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes
thereto, and in the case of quarterly financial statements, as
permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act), (iii) fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the Parent as of the respective
dates thereof and for the periods referred to therein, and (iv) are
consistent in all material respects with the books and records of
the Parent.
3.9 Absence of Certain Changes. Since
the date of the balance sheet contained in the most recent Parent
Report, (a) there has occurred no event or development which,
individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have in the future, a Parent Material Adverse Effect
and (b) neither the Parent nor the Acquisition Subsidiary has taken
any of the actions set forth in paragraphs (a) through (m) of
Section
4.8.
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3.10 Undisclosed Liabilities. The
Parent has no liabilities (whether known or unknown, whether
absolute or contingent, whether liquidated or unliquidated and
whether due or to become due), except for (a) liabilities shown on
the balance sheet contained in the most recent Parent Report, (b)
liabilities which have arisen since the date of the balance sheet
contained in the most recent Parent Report in the Ordinary Course
of Business, (c) liabilities related to the Acquisition and Private
Placement Offering, and (d) contractual and other liabilities
incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not required
by GAAP to be reflected on a balance sheet.
3.11 Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements. The Parent is not a party to, and
has no commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off
balance sheet partnership or any similar contract or arrangement
(including any contract or arrangement relating to any transaction
or relationship between or among the Parent and any of its
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated affiliate,
including any structured finance, special purpose or limited
purpose entity or person, on the other hand, or any "off balance
sheet arrangements" (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K
under the Exchange Act)), where the result, purpose or intended
effect of such contract is to avoid disclosure of any material
transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Parent in
the Parent’s published financial statements or other Parent
Reports.
3.12 Tax Matters.
(a) Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.12, the Parent has filed all Tax Returns that it was
required to file, and all such Tax Returns were complete and
accurate in all material respects. The Parent has never been a
member of a group of corporations with which it has filed (or been
required to file) consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Returns,
other than a group of which only the Parent and its former
subsidiaries are or were members. The Parent has paid all Taxes
that were due and payable. The unpaid Taxes of the Parent for tax
periods through the date of the balance sheet contained in the most
recent Parent Report do not exceed the accruals and reserves for
Taxes (excluding accruals and reserves for deferred Taxes
established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax
income) set forth on such balance sheet. The Parent has no actual
or potential liability for any Tax obligation of any taxpayer
(including without limitation any affiliated group of corporations
or other entities that included the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries during a prior period) other than the Parent. All
Taxes that the Parent is or was required by law to withhold or
collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent
required, have been paid to the proper Governmental
Entity.
(b) Subject
to Section 3.12(a),
the Parent has delivered or made available to the Company complete
and accurate copies of all federal income Tax Returns, examination
reports and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed
to by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries covering its last three
completed fiscal years. No examination or audit of any Tax Return
of the Parent by any Governmental Entity is currently in progress
or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened or contemplated. The
Parent has not been informed by any jurisdiction that the
jurisdiction believes that the Parent was required to file any Tax
Return that was not filed. The Parent has not waived any statute of
limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to an extension of time
with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
3.13 Litigation. As of the Effective
Date, there is no Legal Proceeding which is pending or, to the
Parent’s knowledge, threatened against the Parent which, if
determined adversely to the Parent, could have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect or which in any manner challenges or seeks to
prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 3.13, any such pending
or threatened Legal Proceedings where the amount at issue exceeds
or could reasonably be expected to exceed the lesser of $10,000 per
Legal Proceeding or $25,000 in the aggregate shall be considered to
possibly result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect
hereunder.
3.14 Environmental Matters. The Parent
has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for
violations of Environmental Laws that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to
the knowledge of the Parent, threatened civil or criminal
litigation, written notice of violation, formal administrative
proceeding, or investigation, inquiry or information request by any
Governmental Entity, relating to any Environmental Law involving
the Parent.
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3.15 Brokers’ Fees. The Parent has no
liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any
broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
3.16 Disclosure. No representation or
warranty by the Parent contained in this Agreement, and no
statement contained in the any document, certificate or other
instrument delivered or to be delivered by or on behalf of the
Parent pursuant to this Agreement, contains or will contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state
any material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances under
which it was or will be made, in order to make the statements
herein or therein not misleading. The Parent has disclosed to the
Company all material information relating to the business of the
Parent or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.17 Duty to Make Inquiry. To the
extent that any of the representations or warranties in this
Section 3 are
qualified by “knowledge” or “belief,” the
Parent represents and warrants that it has made due and reasonable
inquiry and investigation concerning the matters to which such
representations and warranties relate, including, but not limited
to, diligent inquiry by its directors, officers and key
personnel.
3.18 Accountants. Xxxxxxxx LLP (the
“Parent
Auditor”) is and has been throughout the periods
covered by the financial statements of the Parent for the most
recently completed fiscal year and through the date hereof (a) a
registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12)
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002), (b) “independent”
with respect to the Parent within the meaning of Regulation S-X and
(c) in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A
of the Exchange Act and the related rules of the SEC and the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board. The report of the Parent
Auditor on the financial statements of the Parent for the past
fiscal year did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of
opinion, or was qualified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or
accounting principles, although it did express uncertainty as to
the Parent’s ability to continue as a going concern. During
the Parent’s most recent fiscal year and the subsequent
interim periods, there were no disagreements with the Parent
Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices,
financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures.
None of the reportable events listed in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) or (v)
of Regulation S-K occurred with respect to the Parent
Auditor.
3.19 Minute Books. The minute books
and other similar records of the Parent contains, in all material
respects, complete and accurate records of all actions taken at any
meetings of directors (or committees thereof) and stockholders or
actions by written consent in lieu of the holding of any such
meetings since the time of organization of each such corporation
through the date of this Agreement. The Parent has provided or make
available true and complete copies of all such minute books and
other similar records to the Company’s
representatives.
3.20 Board Action. The Parent’s
Board of Directors (a) has determined that the Acquisition is
advisable and in the best interests of the Parent’s
stockholders and is on terms that are fair to such Parent
stockholders and (b) adopted this Agreement in accordance with the
provisions of the Nevada General Corporation Law.
SECTION 4. COVENANTS
4.1 Closing Efforts. Each of the
Parties shall use its best efforts, to the extent commercially
reasonable in light of the circumstances (“Reasonable Best Efforts”), to take
all actions and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon
as practicable including, without limitation, using its Reasonable
Best Efforts to ensure that (i) its representations and warranties
remain true and correct in all material respects through the
Closing Date, and (ii) the conditions to the obligations of the
other Parties to consummate the Acquisition are
satisfied.
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4.2 Governmental and Third-Party Notices and
Consents.
(a) Each
Party shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain, at its
expense, all waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other
authorizations from Governmental Entities, and to effect all
registrations, filings and notices with or to Governmental
Entities, as may be required for such Party to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to otherwise comply
with all applicable Laws in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) The
Company shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain, at its
expense, all such waivers, consents or approvals from third
parties, and to give all such notices to third parties, as are
required under this Agreement.
4.3 Super 8-K. Promptly after the
Effective Date, the Parties shall complete a Current Report on Form
8-K relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby (including the “Form 10 information” required by
Items 2.01(f) and 5.01(a)(8) of Form 8-K and the financial
statements required thereby) (the “Super 8-K”). Each of the Company
and the Parent shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause the
Super 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four Business Days of the
Closing Date and to otherwise comply with all requirements of
applicable federal and state securities laws.
4.4 Operation of Company
Business. Except as contemplated by this
Agreement, during the period from the Execution Date to the
Effective Time, the Company shall conduct its operations in the
Ordinary Course of Business and in material compliance with all
Laws applicable to the Company, or any of its properties or assets
and, to the extent consistent therewith, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business
organization, keep its physical assets in good working condition,
keep available the services of its current officers and employees
and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others
having business dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and
ongoing business shall not be impaired in any material respect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior to the
Effective Time, the Company shall not, without the written consent
of the Parent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
and except as contemplated by this Agreement:
(a) issue
or sell, or redeem or repurchase, any stock or other securities of
the Company;
(b) split,
combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; declare, set
aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its
capital stock;
(c)
create, incur or assume any indebtedness for borrowed money
(including obligations in respect of capital leases) except in the
Ordinary Course of Business or in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; assume, guarantee, endorse or
otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly,
contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other person
or entity; or make any loans, advances or capital contributions to,
or investments in, any other person or entity;
(d) acquire,
sell, lease, license or dispose of any assets or property, other
than purchases and sales of assets in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(e) mortgage
or pledge any of its property or assets, or subject any such
property or assets to any Security Interest;
(f) discharge
or satisfy any Security Interest or pay any obligation or liability
other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(g) amend
its charter, by-laws or other organizational
documents;
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(h)
change in any material respect its accounting methods, principles
or practices, except insofar as may be required by a generally
applicable change in GAAP;
(i) enter
into, amend, terminate, take or omit to take any action that would
constitute a violation of or default under, or waive any rights
under, any material contract or agreement;
(j) institute
or settle any Legal Proceeding;
(k)
take any action or fail to take any action permitted by this
Agreement with the knowledge that such action or failure to take
action would result in (i) any of the representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement becoming
untrue in any material respect or (ii) any of the conditions to the
Acquisition set forth in this Agreement not being satisfied;
or
(l) agree
in writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing
actions.
4.5 Additional Company Financial
Statements. Prior to the Effective Time, the
Company shall provide Parent with (a) the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Company (the “Company Audited Balance Sheet”) at
June 30, 2016 (the “Company
Audited Balance Sheet Date”), and the related
consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the years
ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 (collectively, the “Company Year-End Financial
Statements”) and (b) the unaudited balance sheet of
the Company (the “Company
Interim Balance Sheet”) at March 31, 2017 (the
“Company Interim Balance
Sheet Date”) and the related statements of operations
and cash flows for the nine-months ended March 31, 2017
(collectively, the “Company
Interim Financial Statements” and together with the
Company Audited Year-End Financial Statements, the
“Company Financial
Statements”). The Company Financial Statements shall
be prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except in each case
as described in the notes thereto), and shall fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the Company as of the respective dates thereof
and for the periods referred to therein and comply as to form with
the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC for inclusion of
such Company Financial Statements in the Parent’s filings
with the SEC as required by the Exchange Act.
4.6 Reverse Stock Split and Name
Change. Prior to the Closing, Parent shall change
its name to “Sincerity Applied Materials Holdings
Corp.” and effect the 1:60 Reverse Split. In connection
therewith, Parent shall file a Certificate of Amendment to its
Articles of Incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State and
make all required filings and notifications with the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority.
4.7 Access to Company Information.
(a) During
the period from the Execution Date to the Effective Time, the
Company shall permit representatives of the Parent to have
reasonable access (at all reasonable times, and in a manner so as
not to interfere with the normal business operations of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries) to all premises, properties,
financial and accounting records, contracts, other records and
documents, and personnel, of or pertaining to the
Company.
(b)
The Parent (i) shall treat and hold as confidential any Company
Confidential Information (as defined below), (ii) shall not use any
of the Company Confidential Information except in connection with
this Agreement, and (iii) if this Agreement is terminated for any
reason whatsoever, shall return to the Company all tangible
embodiments (and all copies) thereof which are in its possession.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Confidential Information”
means any information of the Company that is furnished to the
Parent by the Company in connection with this Agreement; provided,
however, that it shall not include any information (A) which, at
the time of disclosure, is available publicly other than as a
result of non-permitted disclosure by the Parent or its directors,
officers, or employees, (B) which, after disclosure, becomes
available publicly through no fault of the Parent or its directors,
officers, or employees, (C) which the Parent knew or to which the
Parent had access prior to disclosure, provided that the source of
such information is not known by the Parent to be bound by a
confidentiality obligation to the Company, or (D) which the Parent
rightfully obtains from a source other than the Company, provided
that the source of such information is not known by the Parent to
be bound by a confidentiality obligation to the
Company.
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4.8 Operation of Parent
Business. Except as contemplated by this
Agreement, during the period from the Execution Date to the
Effective Time, the Parent shall conduct its operations in the
Ordinary Course of Business and in material compliance with all
Laws applicable to the Parent or any of its properties or assets
and, to the extent consistent therewith, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business
organization, keep its physical assets in good working condition,
keep available the services of its current officers and employees
and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others
having business dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and
ongoing business shall not be impaired in any material respect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior to the
Effective Time, the Parent shall not, without the written consent
of the Company:
(a) issue
or sell, or redeem or repurchase, any stock or other securities of
the Parent or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such
stock or other securities, except as contemplated by, and in
connection with, the Acquisition and the Private Placement
Offering;
(b)
split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock;
declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in
respect of its capital stock except as contemplated by this
Agreement;
(c) create,
incur or assume any indebtedness (including obligations in respect
of capital leases); assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become
liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise)
for the obligations of any other person or entity; or make any
loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any
other person or entity;
(d)
enter into, adopt or amend any Parent Benefit Plan or any
employment or severance agreement or arrangement or increase in any
manner the compensation or fringe benefits of, or materially modify
the employment terms of, its directors, officers or employees,
generally or individually, or pay any bonus or other benefit to its
directors, officers or employees;
(e)
acquire, sell, lease, license or dispose of any assets or property
(including without limitation any shares or other equity interests
in or securities of any corporation, partnership, association or
other business organization or division thereof) except as
contemplated by this Agreement;
(f) mortgage
or pledge any of its property or assets or subject any such
property or assets to any Security Interest;
(g)
discharge or satisfy any Security Interest or pay any obligation or
liability other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(h)
amend its charter, by-laws or other organizational documents
(except as contemplated hereby);
(i)
change in any material respect its accounting methods, principles
or practices, except insofar as may be required by a generally
applicable change in GAAP;
(j)
enter into, amend, terminate, take or omit to take any action that
would constitute a violation of or default under, or waive any
rights under, any contract or agreement;
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(k) institute
or settle any Legal Proceeding;
(l) take
any action or fail to take any action permitted by this Agreement
with the knowledge that such action or failure to take action would
result in (i) any of the representations and warranties of the
Parent set forth in this Agreement becoming untrue in any material
respect or (ii) any of the conditions to the Acquisition set forth
in Article V not being satisfied; or
(m)
agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing
actions.
4.9 Access to Parent Information.
(a) The
Parent shall permit representatives of the Company to have full
access (at all reasonable times, and in a manner so as not to
interfere with the normal business operations of the Parent and the
Acquisition Subsidiary) to all premises, properties, financial and
accounting records, contracts, other records and documents, and
personnel of or pertaining to the Parent.
(b)
The Company (i) shall treat and
hold as confidential any Parent Confidential Information (as
defined below), (ii) shall not use any of the Parent Confidential
Information except in connection with this Agreement, and (iii) if
this Agreement is terminated for any reason whatsoever, shall
return to the Parent all tangible embodiments (and all copies)
thereof which are in its possession. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Parent
Confidential Information” means any information of the
Parent that is furnished to the Company by the Parent in connection
with this Agreement; provided, however, that it shall not include
any information (A) which, at the time of disclosure, is available
publicly other than as a result of non-permitted disclosure by the
Company, or its respective directors, officers, or employees, (B)
which, after disclosure, becomes available publicly through no
fault of the Company or its respective directors, officers, or
employees, (C) which the Company knew or to which the Company had
access prior to disclosure, provided that the source of such
information is not known by the Company to be bound by a
confidentiality obligation to the Parent or (D) which the Company
rightfully obtains from a source other than the Parent, provided
that the source of such information is not known by the Company to
be bound by a confidentiality obligation to the
Parent.
4.10 Expenses. The costs and expenses
of the Parent and the Company (including legal and accounting fees
and expenses of the Parent and the Company) incurred in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall
be paid by the Party incurring such costs and expenses; provided,
that in the event that the Acquisition and Private Placement
Offering are consummated, such costs and expenses shall be payable
at Closing from the proceeds of the Private Placement
Offering.
4.11 Indemnification.
(a) The
Parent shall not, and shall cause the Company not to, after the
Effective Time, take any action to alter or impair any exculpatory
or indemnification provisions now existing in the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws or comparable organizational documents of
the Company for the benefit of any individual who served as a
director or officer of the Company at any time prior to the
Effective Time, except for any changes which may be required to
conform with changes in applicable Law and any changes which do not
affect the application of such provisions to acts or omissions of
such individuals prior to the Effective Time.
(b) From
and after the Effective Time, the Parent agrees that it will, and
will cause the Company to, indemnify and hold harmless each present
and former director and officer of the Company (the
“Indemnified
Executives”) against any costs or expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or amounts paid in settlement incurred
in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or
occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or
claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest
extent permitted under Nevada law (and the Parent and the Company
shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent
permitted under Nevada law, provided the Indemnified Executive to
whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such
advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified
Executive is not entitled to indemnification).
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(c) The
provisions of this Section
4.9 shall survive the Closing and are intended to be for the
benefit of, and enforceable by, each Indemnified Executive, and
nothing in this Agreement shall affect any indemnification rights
that any such Indemnified Executive may have under the certificate
of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any contract or
instrument or applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, the obligations under this Section 4.9 shall not be
terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any
Indemnified Executive without the consent of such Indemnified
Executive.
4.12 Quotation of Acquisition
Shares. The Parent shall take whatever steps are
necessary to cause the Acquisition Shares, and any shares of Parent
Common Stock that may be issued in connection with or as the result
of the Private Placement Offering to be eligible for quotation on
the OTC Markets.
4.13 Parent Board; Amendment of Charter
Documents. The Parent shall, prior to the
Effective Time, take such actions as are necessary to authorize the
Parent’s Board of Directors to consist of three (3)
members.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF
ACQUISITION
5.1 Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligations. The respective obligations of each
Party to consummate the Acquisition are subject to the satisfaction
of the following conditions:
(a) the
Company shall have obtained (and shall have provided copies thereof
to the Parent) the written consents of (i) all of the members of
its Board of Directors, and (ii) the Company Shareholder to approve
the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documentation to which the
Company is a party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Parent;
(b) the
Parent and the Company shall have completed all necessary legal due
diligence to their reasonable satisfaction;
(c) the
closing of at least the Minimum Amount of the Private Placement
Offering shall have occurred, or shall occur simultaneously with
the Closing, on the terms and conditions set forth in the
Subscription Agreement; and
(d) each
of the individuals set forth on Exhibit D to this
Agreement shall have executed and delivered to the Parent an
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto
(the “Lock-Up and No-Shorting
Agreements”).
5.2 Conditions to Obligations of the
Parent. The obligation of the Parent to
consummate the Acquisition is subject to the satisfaction (or
waiver by the Parent) of the following additional
conditions:
(a) the
Company shall have obtained (and shall have provided copies thereof
to the Parent) all other waivers, permits, consents, approvals or
other authorizations, and effected all of the registrations,
filings and notices, referred to in Section 4.2 which are required
on the part of the Company, except such waivers, permits, consents,
approvals or other authorizations the failure of which to obtain or
effect does not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company
Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability
of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
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(b)
the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in this Agreement (when read without regard to
any qualification as to materiality or Company Material Adverse
Effect contained therein) shall be true and correct as of the date
of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Effective
Time as though made as of the Effective Time (provided, however,
that to the extent such representation and warranty expressly
relates to an earlier date, such representation and warranty shall
be true and correct as of such earlier date), except for any untrue
or incorrect representations and warranties that, individually or
in the aggregate, do not have a Company Material Adverse Effect or
a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(c)
the Company shall have performed or complied with its
agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with
under this Agreement as of or prior to the Effective Time, except
for such non-performance or non-compliance as does not have a
Company Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the
ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement;
(d) no
Legal Proceeding shall be pending wherein an unfavorable judgment,
order, decree, stipulation or injunction would (i) prevent
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (ii) cause any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation, and no such
judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction shall be in
effect;
(e)
the Company shall have delivered to the Parent
a copy of the written consent of the Company Shareholder consenting
to the Acquisition together with a certification from the Company
Shareholder that the Company Shareholder is an “accredited
investor” as such term is defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act;
(f)
the Company shall have delivered to the Parent
a certificate (the “Company
Certificate”) to the effect that each of the
conditions specified in clauses (a) and (b) (with respect to the
Company’s due diligence of the Parent) of Section 5.1 and clauses (a)
through (d) (insofar as clause (d) relates to Legal Proceedings
involving the Company) of this Section 5.2 is satisfied in all
respects;
(g) the
Company shall have delivered to the Parent a certificate, validly
executed by the Secretary of the Company, certifying as to (i)
true, correct and complete copies of the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws (or comparable organizational documents)
of the Company; (ii) the valid adoption of resolutions of the board
of directors and the Company Shareholders (whereby this Agreement,
the Acquisition and the transactions contemplated hereunder were
unanimously approved by the board of directors and the requisite
vote of the Company Shareholder); (iii) a good standing certificate
from the Australia Securities Corporation dated within five (5)
Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and (iv) incumbency and
signatures of the officers of the Company executing this Agreement
or any other agreement contemplated by this Agreement;
and
(h) the
Company shall have delivered to the Parent the financial statements
required by Section 4.5 together with pro forma financial
statements in respect of the Acquisition, all compliant with
applicable SEC regulations for inclusion under Item 2.01 (f) and/or
5.01(a)(8) of Form 8-K.
5.3 Conditions to Obligations of the
Company. The obligation of the Company to
consummate the Acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of the
following additional conditions:
(a) the
Parent shall have provided to the Company copies of the written
consent of Parent’s Board of Directors to the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and/or the other
Transaction Documentation, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Company;
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(b) the
Parent shall have obtained (and shall have provided copies thereof
to the Company) all of the waivers, permits, consents, approvals or
other authorizations, and effected all of the registrations,
filings and notices, which are required on the part of the Parent
pursuant to Section 4.2(a), except for waivers, permits, consents,
approvals or other authorizations the failure of which to obtain or
effect does not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability
of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(c) the
representations and warranties of the Parent set forth in this
Agreement (when read without regard to any qualification as to
materiality or Parent Material Adverse Effect contained therein)
shall be true and correct as of the Execution Date and shall be
true and correct as of the Effective Time as though made as of the
Effective Time (provided, however, that to the extent such
representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date,
such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of
such earlier date), except for any untrue or incorrect
representations and warranties that, individually or in the
aggregate, do not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(d)
the Parent shall have performed or complied with its
agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with
under this Agreement as of or prior to the Effective Time, except
for such non-performance or non-compliance as does not have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the
ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement;
(e)
no Legal Proceeding shall be pending
wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree, stipulation or
injunction would (i) prevent consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) cause any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded
following consummation, and no such judgment, order, decree,
stipulation or injunction shall be in effect;
(f) the
Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate (the
“Parent
Certificate”) to the effect that each of the
conditions specified in clause (b) (with respect to the
Parent’s due diligence of the Company) of Section 5.1 and clauses (a)
through (e) (insofar as clause (e) relates to Legal Proceedings
involving the Parent) of this Section 5.3 is satisfied in all
respects;
(g) the
Parent shall have delivered to the Company a Parent Certificate,
validly executed by Secretary of the Parent, certifying as to (i)
true, correct and complete copies of its certificate of
incorporation and bylaws; (ii) the valid adoption of resolutions of
the board of directors and stockholders of the Parent (whereby this
Agreement, the Acquisition and the transactions contemplated
hereunder were unanimously approved by the board of directors and
the requisite vote of the stockholders of Parent, as applicable);
(iii) a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of
the State of Nevada dated within five (5) Business Days prior to
the Closing Date; and (iv) incumbency and signatures of the
officers of the Parent executing this Agreement or any other
agreement contemplated by this Agreement;
(h) the
Company shall have received an official stockholder list from
Parent’s transfer agent and registrar showing the number of
shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time; and
(i)
the Parent shall have delivered to the Company (i) evidence that
the Parent’s Board of Directors is authorized to consist of
three (3) individuals, one of which shall be independent within the
meaning of the NASDAQ Stock Market’s corporate governance
rules, (ii) evidence of the resignations of all individuals who
served as directors and/or officers of the Parent immediately prior
to the Effective Time, which resignations shall be effective as of
the Effective Time, (iii) evidence of the appointment of the
following three (3) persons to serve as directors immediately
following the Effective Time: Xxxxx Xxxxx , as Chairman, Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxx, and (iv) evidence of the appointment of
such executive officers of the Parent to serve immediately
following the Effective Time as shall have been designated by the
Company, including Xxxxx Xxxxx as Chief Executive Officer, Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx as Chief Financial Officer, and Xxxxx Xxxx as Chief
Operating Officer.
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SECTION 6. DEFINITIONS
For
purposes of this Agreement, each of the following defined terms is
defined in the Section of this Agreement indicated
below.
Defined Term
|
Section
|
Acquisition
|
Recitals
|
Acquisition
Shares
|
Recitals
|
Affiliate
|
2.15(a)(vii)
|
Agreement
|
Introduction
|
Business
Day
|
1.1(c)
|
CERCLA
|
2.22(a)
|
Closing
|
1.2
|
Closing
Date
|
1.2
|
Code
|
1.9
|
Contemplated
Transactions
|
7.3
|
Company
|
Introduction
|
Company
Audited Balance Sheet
|
4.5
|
Company
Audited Balance Sheet Date
|
4.5
|
Company
Audited Year-End Financial Statements
|
4.5
|
Company
Auditor
|
2.26
|
Company
Compiled Balance Sheet
|
2.7
|
Company
Compiled Balance Sheet Date
|
2.7
|
Company
Certificate
|
5.2(f)
|
Company
Compiled Financial Statements
|
2.7
|
Company
Confidential Information
|
4.5(b)
|
Company
Consents
|
2.3
|
Company
Disclosure Schedule
|
Section
2
|
Company
Financial Statements
|
4.5
|
Company
Interim Balance Sheet
|
4.5
|
Company
Interim Balance Sheet Date
|
4.5
|
Company
Interim Financial Statements
|
4.5
|
Company
Material Adverse Effect
|
2.1
|
Company
Shareholder
|
Introduction
|
Company
Shares
|
Recitals
|
Contemplated
Transactions
|
7.3
|
Defaulting
Party
|
7.6
|
Dissenting
Shares
|
1.4
|
Effective
Time
|
1.2(b)
|
Environmental
Law
|
2.20(a)
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Exchange
Act
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1.8(b)
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GAAP
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2.7
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Governmental
Entity
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2.4
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Indemnified
Executives
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4.9(b)
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Intellectual
Property
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2.24
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Laws
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2.4
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Legal
Proceeding
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2.18
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Maximum
Amount
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Recitals
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Minimum
Amount
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Recitals
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Non-Defaulting
Party
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7.6
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Notes
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Recitals
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Ordinary
Course of Business
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2.4
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Ordinary
Shares
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Recitals
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OTC
Markets
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3.2
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Parent
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Introduction
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Parent
Auditor
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3.18
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Parent
Certificate
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5.3(g)
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Parent
Common Stock
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Recitals
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Parent
Confidential Information
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4.7(b)
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Parent
Disclosure Schedule
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Section
3
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Parent
Financial Statements
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3.8
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Parent
Material Adverse Effect
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3.1
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Parent
Reports
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3.6
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Party
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Introduction
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Permits
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2.22
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Private
Placement Offering
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Recitals
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Reasonable
Best Efforts
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4.1
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Registration
Rights Agreement
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1.12
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SEC
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1.8(a)
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Securities
Act
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1.8(a)
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Security
Interest
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2.4
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Subsidiary
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2.5(a)
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Super
8-K
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4.3
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Tax
Returns
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2.11(a)(ii)
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Taxes
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2.11(a)(i)
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Transaction
Documentation
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3.3
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Units
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Recitals
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SECTION 7. TERMINATION
7.1 Termination by Mutual
Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at
any time by mutual consent of the Parties, provided that such
consent to terminate is in writing and is signed by each of the
Parties.
7.2 Termination for Failure to
Close. This Agreement shall automatically be
terminated if the Closing Date shall not have occurred by July 7,
2017; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to this Section 7.2
shall not be available to any Party whose breach of any provision
of this Agreement results in the failure of the Closing to have
occurred by such time.
7.3 Termination by Operation of
Law. This Agreement may be terminated by any
Party hereto if there shall be any statute, rule or regulation
issued by a Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that
renders consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (the “Contemplated
Transactions”) illegal or otherwise prohibited, or a
court of competent jurisdiction or any Governmental Entity of
competent jurisdiction shall have issued an order, decree or
ruling, or has taken any other action restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting the consummation of such transactions and
such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final
and non-appealable.
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7.4 Termination for Failure to Perform Covenants or
Conditions. This Agreement may be terminated
prior to the Effective Time:
(a) by
the Parent if: (i) any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 hereof have not
been fulfilled in all material respects by the Closing Date; (ii)
the Company shall have breached or failed to observe or perform in
any material respect any of its covenants or obligations under this
Agreement if such breach is not cured within ten (10) days of
written notice of such breach from Parent (to the extent such
breach is curable) or (iii) as otherwise set forth herein; provided
that Parent and Acquisition Subsidiary may not exercise the right
in this Section
7.4(a) if it is then in breach of any provision of this
Agreement; or
(b) by
the Company if: (i) any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.3 hereof have not
been fulfilled in all material respects by the Closing Date; (ii)
the Parent shall have breached or failed to observe or perform in
any material respect any of its covenants or obligations under this
Agreement if such breach is not cured within ten (10) days of
written notice of such breach from the Company (to the extent such
breach is curable) or (iii) as otherwise set forth herein; provided
that Company may not exercise the right in this Section 7.4(a) if it is then in
breach of any provision of this Agreement;.
7.5 Effect of Termination or Default;
Remedies. In the event of termination of this
Agreement as set forth above, this Agreement shall forthwith become
void and there shall be no liability on the part of any Party
hereto, provided that such Party is a Non-Defaulting Party (as
defined below). The foregoing shall not relieve any Party from
liability for damages actually incurred as a result of such
Party’s breach of any term or provision of this
Agreement.
7.6 Remedies; Specific Performance. In
the event that any Party shall fail or refuse to consummate the
Contemplated Transactions or if any default under or breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or condition of this Agreement
on the part of any Party (the “Defaulting Party”) shall have
occurred that results in the failure to consummate the Contemplated
Transactions, then in addition to the other remedies provided
herein, the non-defaulting Party (the “Non-Defaulting Party”) shall be
entitled to seek and obtain money damages from the Defaulting
Party, or may seek to obtain an order of specific performance
thereof against the Defaulting Party from a court of competent
jurisdiction, provided that the Non-Defaulting Party seeking such
protection must file its request with such court within forty-five
(45) days after it becomes aware of the Defaulting Party’s
failure, refusal, default or breach. In addition, the
Non-Defaulting Party shall be entitled to obtain from the
Defaulting Party court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees
incurred in connection with or in pursuit of enforcing the rights
and remedies provided hereunder.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Press Releases and Announcements. No Party
shall issue any press release or public announcement relating to
the subject matter of this Agreement without the prior written
approval of the other Parties; provided, however, that any Party
may make any public disclosure it believes in good faith is
required by applicable Law or stock market rule (in which case the
disclosing Party shall use reasonable efforts to advise the other
Parties and provide them with a copy of the proposed disclosure
prior to making the disclosure).
8.2 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement
shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than
the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns;
provided, however, that (a) the provisions in Section 1 concerning
issuance of the Acquisition Shares is intended for the benefit of
the Company Shareholder and (b) the provisions in Section 4.11 concerning
indemnification are intended for the benefit of the Indemnified
Executives and their successors and assigns.
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8.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including
the documents referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement
among the Parties and supersedes any prior or (other than as set
forth in the Transaction Documentation) contemporaneous
understandings, agreements or representations by or among the
Parties, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
8.4 Succession and Assignment. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties named
herein and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No
Party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights,
interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written
approval of the other Parties.
8.5 Counterparts and Facsimile Signature. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile signatures
delivered by fax and/or e-mail/.pdf transmission shall be
sufficient and binding as if they were originals and such delivery
shall constitute valid delivery of this Agreement.
8.6 Headings. The section headings contained in
this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
8.7 Notices. All notices, requests, demands,
claims and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any
notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder
shall be deemed duly delivered four Business Days after it is sent
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or one Business Day after it is sent for next Business Day
delivery via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service, in
each case to the intended recipient as set forth
below:
If to
the Company or the Company
Stockholders:
Sincerity
Australia Pty Ltd.
00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxx X0X 3141Attn: Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxx, CEO
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Copy to
(which copy shall not constitute
notice
hereunder):
CKR Law
LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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If to
the Parent (prior to the
Closing):
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
00
0000 XX
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Attn: Korstiaan
Zandvliet, President & CEO
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Copy to
(which copy shall not constitute
notice
hereunder):
CKR Law
LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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Any
Party may give any notice, request, demand, claim or other
communication hereunder using any other means (including personal
delivery, expedited courier, messenger service, telecopy, telex,
ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, request,
demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to have been
duly given unless and until it actually is received by the Party
for whom it is intended. Any Party may change the address to which
notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications
hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other Parties notice in
the manner herein set forth.
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8.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York
or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws
of any jurisdictions other than those of the State of New
York.
8.9 Amendments and Waivers. The Parties may
mutually amend any provision of this Agreement at any time prior to
the Effective Time. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement
shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by
all of the Parties. No waiver of any right or remedy hereunder
shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by
the Party giving such waiver. No waiver by any Party with respect
to any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant
hereunder shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent
default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant
hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any
prior or subsequent such occurrence.
8.10 Severability. Any term or provision of this
Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any
jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or
enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other
situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision
hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the
court making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability
shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete
specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or
unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is
valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the
intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and
this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.
8.11 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the
parties hereto irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of the courts of the State of New York and the US
District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection
with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the
matters contemplated herein, agrees that process may be served upon
them in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware
for such persons and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Law, and covenants not to assert or plead
any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the
venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or
that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court
has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Any Party may make
service on another Party by sending or delivering a copy of the
process to the Party to be served at the address and in the manner
provided for the giving of notices in Section 8.7. Nothing in this
Section 8.11,
however, shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process
in any other manner permitted by law.
8.12 Waiver Of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BETWEEN THE PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT.
8.13 Survival. None of the representations or
warranties in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective
Time.
8.14 Construction.
(a) The
language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language
chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule
of strict construction shall be applied against any
Party.
(b) Any
reference to any federal, state, local or foreign statute or law
shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires
otherwise.
[signature
page follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Acquisition
Agreement as of the date first above written.
PARENT:
By:
/s/ Korstiaan Zandvliet
Name: Korstiaan
Zandvliet
Title: President
COMPANY:
SINCERITY
AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
By:
/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Name: Mr.
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: CEO
COMPANY
SHAREHOLDER:
ZHANG
FAMILY TRUST
MF
& HP PTY LTD [TRUSTEE]
By: /s/ Xxx
Xxxx
Name:
Xx. Xxx Xxxx
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