Zhongpin Inc. Enters Into Merger Agreement For “Going Private” TransactionMerger Agreement • November 26th, 2012 • Zhongpin Inc. • Meat packing plants
BEIJING and CHANGGE, November 26, 2012 – Zhongpin Inc. (Nasdaq: HOGS) (“Zhongpin”, the “Company”, “we”, “us” and “our”), a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Golden Bridge Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Parent”), Golden Bridge Merger Sub Limited, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”) and Mr. Xianfu Zhu, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among GOLDEN BRIDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED, GOLDEN BRIDGE MERGER SUB LIMITED ZHONGPIN INC. and MR. XIANFU ZHU (solely for the purposes of Sections 6.6(c) and 6.15) Dated as of November 26, 2012Merger Agreement • November 26th, 2012 • Zhongpin Inc. • Meat packing plants • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of November 26, 2012 (this “Agreement”), by and among Golden Bridge Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempt company with limited liability (“Parent”), Golden Bridge Merger Sub Limited, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Mr. Xianfu Zhu and Zhongpin Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” and, together with Parent, Merger Sub and Mr. Xianfu Zhu (with respect to Mr. Xianfu Zhu, solely for the purposes of Section 6.6(c) and 6.15 herein), the “Parties”).
