DATE: 30 MARCH 2006 WOO YUEN YU (as Vendor) AND TECH TEAM INVESTMENT LIMITED (as Purchaser) AND MICHELLE SIU KWAN LAM AND JOSEPH SUI KEI LAM (as Guarantors)
EXHIBIT
10.1
DATE:
30 MARCH 2006
WOO
XXXX XX
(as
Vendor)
AND
TECH
TEAM INVESTMENT LIMITED
(as
Purchaser)
AND
XXXXXXXX
XXX XXXX XXX AND
XXXXXX
XXX XXX XXX
(as
Guarantors)
FOR
6
SHARES OF US$1 EACH IN
LIGHTSCAPE
HOLDING LTD.
35th
Floor, Two International Finance Centre,
0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx
Tel:
(000) 0000 0000 Fax: (000) 0000 0000
Website:
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Our
ref: 53667-00002/NKA/CWF
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N D E X
Clause
No.
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Heading
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No.
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1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1
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2.
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SALE
AND PURCHASE OF THE SALE SHARES
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4
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3.
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CONDITIONS
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4
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4.
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CONSIDERATION
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5
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5.
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COMPLETION
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5
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6.
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VENDOR
WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES
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7.
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PURCHASER
WARRANTIES AND OTHER UNDERTAKINGS
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8.
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PROFIT
GUARANTEE
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10
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9.
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COMPLIANCE
WITH US SECURITIES LEGISLATION
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10.
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CONDUCT
OF BUSINESS PENDING COMPLETION
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12.
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ACCESS
TO INFORMATION
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13.
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FURTHER
ASSURANCE
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14.
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GUARANTEES
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15.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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16.
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TIME
AND WAIVER
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17.
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INVALIDITY
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18.
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AMENDMENTS
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19.
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NOTICES
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20.
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ASSIGNMENT
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21.
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
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22.
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COSTS
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23.
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COUNTERPART
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24.
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LEGAL
REPRESENTATION
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25.
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GOVERNING
LAW, JURISDICTION AND PROCESS AGENTS
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Schedule
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1
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DETAILS
OF THE COMPANY
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2
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DETAILS
OF THE SUBSIDIARY
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3
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VENDOR
WARRANTIES
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4
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TAX
INDEMNITY
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5
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NON-U.S.
SHAREHOLDER CERTIFICATE
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6
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EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENTS
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EXECUTION
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THIS
AGREEMENT is dated 30 March 2006
BETWEEN:
(1) |
(2)
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TECH
TEAM INVESTMENT LIMITED,
a
company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and having its
registered office at Sea Meadow House, Blackburne Highway, Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the “Purchaser”);
and
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(3) |
XXXXXX
XXX XXX XXX,
holder of Hong Kong Identity Card No. X000000(0) and whose
correspondence address is at Xxxxx 00, Xxxx xx Xxxxx Tower, 0 Xxxxxx
Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
together with XXXXXXXX
XXX XXXX XXX,
holder of US Passport No. 000000000 and whose correspondence address
is at
Xxxxx 00, Xxxx of Xxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
(collectively the “Guarantors”).
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WHEREAS:
(A) |
Lightscape
Holding Ltd. (the “Company”)
is a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited
liability and has an authorised share capital of US$50,000 divided
into
50,000 shares (the “Shares”)
of US$1.00 each, of which 10 Shares have been issued and allotted
and are
fully paid. The particulars of the Company and its subsidiary are
set out
in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2.
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(B) |
As
at the date of this Agreement, the Vendor is the legal and beneficial
owner of the Sale Shares, which shall be equivalent to 60% of the
issued
share capital of the Company upon
Completion.
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(C) |
The
Vendor has agreed to sell and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase
the
Sale Shares subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
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(D)
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The
Purchaser requires the Guarantors, who are related to or associated
with
the Vendor and who have requested the Purchaser to enter into this
Agreement, to give such covenants, undertakings and warranties together
with the Vendor and to jointly and severally guarantee the performance
by
the Vendor of its obligation under this Agreement as are set out
herein as
a condition to the Purchaser’s entry into this
Agreement.
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NOW
IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1.1 |
In
this Agreement (including the Recitals and Schedules), unless the
context
otherwise requires or permits, the following words and expressions
shall
have the meanings ascribed to each of them respectively
below:
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“Business
Day”
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“Completion”
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completion
of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with the
terms
and conditions of this Agreement;
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“Completion
Date”
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any
date falling within three Business Days after all the conditions
specified
in Clause 3.2 have been fulfilled (or waived) or such other date
as the
Vendor and the Purchaser may agree in writing prior to Completion
and
where the context otherwise requires, the date of which Completion
takes
place;
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“Consideration
Shares”
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3,000,000
new common shares of US$0.001 each in the share capital of GIS, to
be
issued and allotted to the Vendor for the settlement of the consideration
of the sale of the Sale Shares pursuant to Clause 4.1;
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“Employment Agreement”
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the
employment agreement between each of the Key Employees and Luminous
LED
Technologies Limited, in substantially the form as set out in Schedule
6;
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“Encumbrance”
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any
mortgage, charge, pledge, lien (otherwise than arising by statute
or
operation of law), hypothecation or other encumbrance, priority or
security interest, deferred purchase, title retention, leasing,
sale-and-repurchase or sale-and-leaseback arrangement whatsoever
over or
in any property, assets or rights of whatsoever nature and includes
any
agreement for any of the same and “Encumber”
shall be construed accordingly;
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“GIS”
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Global
Innovative Systems Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of
the
State of Nevada, the United States and the common shares of which
are
quoted on OTCBB;
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“Group”
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the
Company and its subsidiaries and “member
of the Group”
shall be construed accordingly;
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“HK$”
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Hong
Kong dollars;
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the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC;
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“Independent
Accountants”
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an
independent firm of accountants which is acceptable to the Purchaser,
appointed by the Company for the purpose of Clause 8;
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“Key
Employees”
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each
of the Guarantors and Chan Xxxxxx Xxx Tat;
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“Management
Accounts”
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the
unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet of the Group as at the
Management Accounts Date and the unaudited pro forma combined profit
and
loss accounts of the Group for the period commenced from the date
of the
establishment of the Company and ended the Management Accounts Date
including the directors’ report thereon (if any) and the notes thereto,
copies of all of which are annexed hereto and initialed by the parties
hereto for the purpose of identification;
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“Management
Accounts Date”
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28
February 2006;
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“Non-U.S.
Shareholder Certificate”
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the
certificate to be executed by the Vendor in substantially the form
as set
out in Schedule 5;
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“OTCBB”
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acronym
for The OTC Bulletin Board, an electronic quotation system that displays
real-time quotes, last-sale prices, and volume information
over-the-counter securities that are not listed on The Nasdaq Stock
Market
or a national securities exchange in the US;
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“PRC”
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the
People’s Republic of China;
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“Purchaser
Warranties”
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representations,
undertakings and warranties set out in Clause 7;
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“Sale
Shares”
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six
(6) Shares, which shall be equivalent to 60% of the issued share
capital
of the Company upon Completion, to be sold by the Vendor to the Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement;
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“Tax
Indemnity”
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the
deed of indemnity to be made between the Vendor, the Company and
the
Purchaser, in substantially the form as set out in Schedule
4;
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“Taxation”
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all
forms of taxation including overseas taxation and all forms of profits
tax, interest tax, estate duty and stamp duty and all levies, imposts,
duties, charges, fees, deductions and withholdings whatsoever charged
or
imposed by any statutory, governmental state, provincial, local government
or municipal authority whatsoever and the expression “Tax”
shall be construed accordingly;
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“this
Agreement”
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this
agreement for the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares, as amended
from
time to time;
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“Vendor Warranties”
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representations,
undertakings and warranties set out in Clause 6 and Schedule
3;
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“US”
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the
United States of America; and
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“US$”
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United
States of America dollars.
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1.2 |
The
headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall be
ignored in construing this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise
requires, references in this Agreement to the singular shall be deemed
to
include references to the plural and vice versa; and references to
one
gender shall include all genders and references to any person shall
include an individual, firm, body corporate or
unincorporate.
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1.3 |
References
to any statute or statutory provision shall include any statute or
statutory provision which amends or replaces or has amended or replaced
it
and shall include any subordinate legislation made under the relevant
statute.
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1.4
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References
in this Agreement to Clauses and Schedules are references to clauses
of
and schedules to this Agreement.
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1.5
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The
Schedules and Recitals shall form part of this
Agreement.
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1.6 |
Reference
to
a “subsidiary”
shall be construed in accordance with section 2 of the Companies
Ordinance
(Chapter 32 of Laws of Hong Kong).
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2.
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SALE
AND PURCHASE OF THE SALE
SHARES
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2.1 |
Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Vendor
shall
as legal and beneficial owner sell and the Purchaser shall purchase,
the
Sale Shares free from all Encumbrances together with all rights now
and
hereafter attaching thereto including but not limited to the right
to all
dividends and other distribution which may be paid, declared or made
in
respect thereof at any time on or after the date of this
Agreement.
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2.2 |
The
Vendor represents and warrants that there are no pre-emption rights
and
any other restrictions on the transfer
in
relation to the Sale Shares, whether conferred by the memorandum
and articles of association of the Company or
otherwise.
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2.3 |
The
Purchaser shall not be obliged to (but may) complete the purchase
of any
of the Sale Shares unless the sale and purchase of all the Sale Shares
is
completed simultaneously in accordance with this
Agreement.
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3.
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CONDITIONS
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3.1 |
The
Vendor shall give and shall procure that the Purchaser and/or any
persons
authorised by it in writing will be given such access to the premises
and
all books, documents, title deeds, records, returns, approvals,
correspondence and accounts of the Group and all such information
relating
to the Group as may be reasonably requested by or on behalf of the
Purchaser to undertake and conduct a full due diligence (including
but
without limitation, in all legal, financial and commercial aspects)
against the Group and be permitted to take copies of any such books,
documents, title deeds, records and accounts and that the directors
and
employees of the Group shall be instructed to give promptly all such
information and explanations to any such persons as aforesaid as
may be
requested by it or them
within fourteen (14) Business Days from the date of this
Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, such due diligence shall not limit or
otherwise qualify in any way the Vendor Warranties.
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3.2 |
Completion
is conditional upon:
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(1) |
the
Purchaser being satisfied with the results of the due diligence review
to
be conducted under Clause 3.1;
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(2) |
the
Purchaser having received from firm(s) of lawyers qualified to practise
laws in Hong Kong and/or the PRC acceptable to and as required by
the
Purchaser, legal opinion(s) confirming, inter alia, (i) relevant
members
of the Group in Hong Kong or the PRC are legally established and
continued
effectively; (ii) the Company’s title in the equity interest, direct or
indirect, in such members of the Group is valid and legally enforceable;
and (iii) members of the Group have obtained all necessary approvals
and
licenses for their then existing operation and
businesses;
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(3) |
GIS
having received all of the regulatory, stockholder and other third
party
approvals and authorizations necessary to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereunder;
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(4)
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no
event having occurred which suggests that there has been a breach
of any
of the Vendor Warranties that is material in the context of the sale
and
purchase of the Sale Shares;
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(5) |
the
listing of the issued shares of GIS on OTCBB not being revoked or
withdrawn, or, if applicable, suspended for more than ten (10) consecutive
Business Days (excluding any suspension pending the clearance or
issue of
the announcement or circular of GIS in relation to the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement);
and
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(6) |
all
necessary approvals, consents, authorisations and licences in relation
to
the transactions contemplated under this Agreement having been
obtained.
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3.3 |
The
Vendor shall use her best endeavours to assist the Purchaser in connection
with the due diligence review to be conducted under Clause 3.1 and
procure
the fulfillment of the conditions set out in Clauses 3.2(1) and (2)
and,
in particular, shall procure that all information and documents required
by the Purchaser (or GIS) pursuant to all applicable rules, codes
and
regulations whether in connection with the preparation of all
announcement, circulars, reports, independent advice or otherwise
are duly
given to the Purchaser (or GIS), the Securities and Exchange Commission
of
the US and other relevant regulatory authorities. The Purchaser shall
use
its reasonable endeavours to procure the fulfillment of the conditions
set
out in Clauses 3.2(3), (5) and (6).
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3.4
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The
Purchaser may at any time waive in writing any of the conditions
set out
in Clauses 3.2(1), (2), (4) and (6) on such terms as it may in its
absolute discretion consider appropriate. If any of the conditions
set out
in Clause 3.2 has not been fulfilled (or, as the case may be, waived
by
the Purchaser) on or before 12:00 noon on 30 April 2006 or such other
date
as the Purchaser may agree, this Agreement shall lapse and determine
(other than Clauses 15, 19, 22, 24 and 25 which shall continue to
have
full force and effect) and neither party hereto shall have any obligations
and liabilities hereunder save for any antecedent breaches of the
terms
hereof.
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3.5 |
The
Vendor shall, forthwith upon the fulfillment of the conditions set
out in
Clauses 3.2(1) and (2), inform the Purchaser of that fact and provide
such
documents as the Purchaser may require evidencing the fulfillment
of such
conditions.
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3.6 |
Subject
to the receipt of the notification from the Vendor in accordance
with
Clause 3.5, the Purchaser shall confirm in writing to the Vendor
that all
the conditions set out in Clause 3.2 have either been fulfilled to
the
satisfaction of the Purchaser or waived by the Purchaser, as the
case may
be.
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4.
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CONSIDERATION
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4.1 |
The
consideration for the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares shall
be an
aggregate amount of US$3,750,000, which shall be satisfied by the
allotment and issue of the Consideration Shares by GIS to the Vendor,
valued at US$1.25 per each Consideration
Share.
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4.2 |
The
Consideration Shares to be issued and allotted to the Vendor as
consideration for the Sale Shares pursuant to Clause 4.1 shall rank
pari
passu among themselves and with all other common shares of GIS then
in
issue.
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5.
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COMPLETION
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5.1 |
Upon
compliance with or fulfillment of all the conditions set out in Clause
3.2, Completion shall take place at the offices of the Purchaser
or such
other place as the parties shall determine at 4:00 p.m. on the Completion
Date when all the acts and requirements set out in this Clause 5
shall be
complied with (except that any of such acts and requirements may
be waived
by the party not in default of its obligations hereunder, PROVIDED
THAT
such waiver shall not prejudice any of the rights which it or any
other
party may have under this
Agreement).
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5.2
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At
Completion, the Vendor shall deliver or procure the delivery to the
Purchaser of all the following:
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(1) |
copy,
certified by a director of the Company as true and complete and that
the
resolutions therein are subsisting and have not been amended or revoked
as
at the Completion Date, of the resolutions in such form to the
satisfaction of the Purchaser passed by the directors of the Company
and
its subsidiaries (as appropriate) approving the following
matters:
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(i) |
transfer
of the Sale Shares to the Purchaser (or its nominee(s)) and the
registration of such transfer subject to the relevant instrument
of
transfer being duly presented for
registration;
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(ii) |
the
appointments of up to three (3) nominees of the Purchaser as directors
of
the Company with effect from the Completion
Date;
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(iii) |
the
appointment of up to one (1) nominee of the Purchaser as director
of each
subsidiary of the Company with effect from the Completion
Date;
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(iv) |
if
so required by the Purchaser, accepting the resignation of the company
secretary of the Company and the appointment of such person to the
company
secretary as the Purchaser may nominate by not less than three Business
Days’ notice before Completion;
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(v) |
the
revocation of all existing bank mandates of the Company and its
subsidiaries and the appointment of such persons as the Purchaser
may
nominate for the operation of the Company’s and the subsidiaries’ bank
accounts; and
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(vi) |
the
entering into by the Company of and authorizing any one director
thereof
to execute the same on its behalf the Tax
Indemnity;
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(2) |
valid
share certificate(s) in respect of the Sale
Shares;
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(3) |
duly
executed instrument(s) of transfer of the Sale Shares in favour of
the
Purchaser (or its nominee(s));
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(4) |
an
application, in such form as the Purchaser may reasonably prescribe,
for
the number of the Consideration Shares to be issued and allotted
to the
Vendor (or her nominee(s));
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(5) |
such
other documents as may be required to give to the Purchaser good
title to
the Sale Shares and to enable the Purchaser (or its nominee(s)) to
become
the registered owner thereof;
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(6) |
a
certificate issued by each of the Vendor and the Guarantors confirming
that she/he is not aware of any event which is in breach or inconsistent
with any of the Vendor Warranties;
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(7) |
the
Tax Indemnity duly executed by the Vendor, the Guarantors and the
Company;
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(8) |
the
Employment Agreements duly executed by the Key Employees and the
Company;
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(9) |
the
Non-U.S. Shareholder Certificate duly executed by the Vendor (or
her
nominee(s));
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(10) (i) |
copies,
certified by a director of the Company as true and complete,
of all
statutory records and minute books (which shall be duly written
up to date
as at Completion) including an original copy of the memorandum
and
articles of association or other equivalent constitutional documents,
certificate of incorporation and business registration certificates,
business licence, governmental approval letters and certificates
(if any)
and other statutory records of each Group
Company;
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(ii) |
copies,
certified by a director of the Company as true and complete, of all
tax
returns and assessments each Group Company, if any, (receipted where
the
due dates for payment fell on or before the Completion Date);
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(iii) |
copies
of all correspondence, if any, with its lawyers, accountants, tax
or
revenue departments, all other documents and correspondence, if any,
relating to the business affairs of each Group Company; and all title
deeds, evidence of ownership and documents relating to assets owned
by
each Group Company,
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or
written authorities in favour of the Purchaser for the collection of such
documents.
5.3 |
Against
compliance and fulfillment of all acts and the requirements set out
in
Clause 5.2, the Purchaser shall deliver to the
Vendor:
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(1) |
duly
executed instrument(s) of transfer in respect of the Sale
Shares;
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(2) |
copy,
certified by a director of the Purchaser as true and complete, of
the
resolutions in such form to the satisfaction of the Vendor passed
by the
directors of the Purchaser or GIS (where applicable) approving this
Agreement and other documents necessary for the purpose of effecting
this
transaction and authorising a person or persons to execute the same
(with
seal, where appropriate) for and on its behalf, the issue and allotment
of
the Consideration Shares in accordance with the provisions of Clause
4 and
enter the name of the Vendor (or its nominee(s)) as holders thereof
on its
register of members;
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(3) |
deliver
to the Vendor duly issued definitive certificate in board lots (as
far as
is practicable) for quotation on OTCBB for the Consideration Shares
issued
and allotted to the Vendor under Clause
4.1;
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(4) |
a
certificate issued by the Purchaser confirming that it is not aware
of any
event which is in breach or inconsistent with any of the Purchaser
Warranties; and
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(5) |
the
Tax Indemnity duly executed by the Purchaser;
and
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5.4 |
In
the event that the Vendor shall fail to do anything required to be
done by
her under Clause 5.2, without prejudice to any other right or remedy
available to the Purchaser, the Purchaser
may:
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(1)
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defer
Completion to a day not more than twenty-one (21) Business Days after
the
Completion Date (and so that provisions of this Clause 5.4(1) shall
apply
to Completion as so deferred); or
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(2)
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proceed
to Completion so far as practicable but without prejudice to the
Purchaser’s right to the extent that the Vendor shall not have complied
with its obligations hereunder; or
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(3)
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rescind
this Agreement (other than Clauses 15, 19, 22, 24 and 25 which shall
continue to have full force and effect) in which case none of the
parties
hereto shall have any claim of any nature whatsoever against any
of the
other parties under this Agreement (save for any rights and liabilities
of
the parties which have accrued prior to
rescission).
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5.5 |
In
the event that the Purchaser shall fail to do anything required to
be done
by it under Clause 5.3, without prejudice to any other right or remedy
available to the Vendor, the Vendor
may:
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(1)
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defer
Completion to a day not more than twenty-one (21) Business Days after
the
Completion Date (and so that provisions of this Clause 5.5(1) shall
apply
to Completion as so deferred); or
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(2)
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proceed
to Completion so far as practicable but without prejudice to the
Vendor’s
right to the extent that the Purchaser shall not have complied with
its
obligations hereunder; or
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(3)
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rescind
this Agreement (other than Clauses 15, 19, 22, 24 and 25 which shall
continue to have full force and effect) in which case none of the
parties
hereto shall have any claim of any nature whatsoever against any
of the
other parties under this Agreement (save for any rights and liabilities
of
the parties which have accrued prior to
rescission).
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6.
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VENDOR
WARRANTIES AND
INDEMNITIES
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6.1 |
Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantors hereby represents, warrants and
undertakes to the Purchaser and its successors and assigns that the
Vendor
Warranties are true, correct and accurate in all material respects
on the
date of this Agreement and will continue to be so up to and including
the
Completion Date with reference to the facts and circumstances from
time to
time applying.
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6.2 |
Each
of the Vendor Warranties is without prejudice to any other Vendor
Warranty
and, except where expressly or otherwise stated, no provision in
any
Vendor Warranty shall govern or limit the extent or application of
any
other provision in any Vendor Warranty. Each of the Vendor and the
Guarantors hereby agrees that the Purchaser shall treat each of the
Vendor
Warranties as a condition of this
Agreement.
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6.3 |
Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantors hereby agrees to fully indemnify
and
keeps the Purchaser and its successors and assigns fully indemnified
on
demand from and against any depletion of assets, all losses, costs
and
expenses (including legal expenses) which the Purchaser and its successors
and assigns may incur or sustain from or in consequence of any of
the
Vendor Warranties not being correct or fully complied with. This
indemnity
shall be without prejudice to any of the rights and remedies of the
Purchaser and its successors and assigns in relation to any such
breach of
Vendor Warranties and all such rights and remedies are hereby expressly
reserved.
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6.4 |
If
it shall be found at any time after Completion that any of the Vendor
Warranties is not true, correct and accurate or is not as represented,
warranted or undertaken and:
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(1)
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the
effect thereof is that the value of some assets of the Group including,
without limitation, the value of any asset stated in the Management
Accounts being less than its value would have been had there been
no such
breach or the matter warranted were as warranted;
or
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(2) |
the
Group has incurred or is under any liability or contingent liability
which
would not have been incurred if such matter were as represented or
warranted or the relevant undertaking were performed;
or
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(3) |
the
effect thereof is that the amount of a liability of the Group is
higher
than its amount would have been had there been no such breach or
the
matter warranted were as warranted,
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then,
without prejudice to any other provisions of this Agreement, each of the Vendor
and the Guarantors shall indemnify the Purchaser on demand on a full indemnity
basis, and holds it harmless from and against all liabilities, damages, costs,
claims, reduction in net consolidated assets or increase in net consolidated
liabilities and all reasonable expenses which the Purchaser may sustain, suffer,
or incur as a result of any of the foregoing and each of the Vendor and the
Guarantors shall pay to the Purchaser on demand the full amount of any such
loss
as aforesaid in immediately available funds.
6.5
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The
Vendor Warranties shall survive Completion and the rights and remedies
of
the Purchaser in respect of any breach of the Vendor Warranties
shall not
be affected by Completion or by the Purchaser rescinding, or failing
to
rescind this Agreement, or failing to exercise or delaying the
exercise of
any right or remedy, or by any other event or matter whatsoever,
except a
specific and duly authorised written waiver or release and no single
or
partial exercise of any right or remedy shall preclude any further
or
other exercise.
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6.6
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Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantors undertakes in relation to any
Vendor
Warranty which refers to the knowledge, awareness, information
or belief
of each of the Vendor and the Guarantors that he/she has made due
and
careful enquiry into the subject matter of that Vendor Warranty
and that
he/she does not have the knowledge, awareness, information or belief
that
the subject matter of that Vendor Warranty may not be correct,
complete or
accurate.
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6.7
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The
aggregate amount of the liability of the Vendor and the Guarantors
in
respect of any claim for breach of any of the Vendor Warranties or
to
indemnify as aforesaid or shall not exceed the aggregate amount of
the
consideration payable pursuant to Clause 4 (or the equivalent
thereof).
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6.8
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The
Purchaser shall reimburse to the Vendor and the Guarantors an amount
equal
to any sum paid by the Vendor or any one of the Guarantors in respect
of a
claim under the Vendor Warranties or to be indemnified as aforesaid
which
is subsequently recovered or paid to the Purchaser or the Company
by a
third party.
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7.
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PURCHASER
WARRANTIES AND OTHER
UNDERTAKINGS
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7.1
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The
Purchaser hereby represents, warrants and undertakes to the Vendor
and her
successors and assigns as follows:
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(1)
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it
is a wholly owned subsidiary of
GIS;
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(2)
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it
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws
of the
British Virgin Islands and has full power, authority and legal right
to
own its assets and carry on its
business;
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(3)
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the
Consideration Shares represent approximately 9.8% of the common shares
of
GIS in issue on the date of this Agreement, and approximately 8.9%
of the
common shares of GIS in issue on Completion as enlarged by the issue
of
the Consideration Shares; and
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(4)
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the
Consideration Shares shall, upon issue, rank pari passu among themselves
and with all other common shares of GIS then in issue and are free
from
all Encumbrances.
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7.2
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The
Purchaser agrees that the Vendor may treat each of the Purchaser
Warranties as a condition of this
Agreement.
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7.3
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The
Purchaser shall indemnify and keep fully and effectively indemnified
the
Vendor on demand from and against all losses, costs and expenses
which may
be incurred by her in connection with any breach of any of the Purchaser
Warranties or their successfully enforcing any claim for any such
breach.
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7.4
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The
Purchaser shall be under no liability in respect of a breach of any
of the
Purchaser Warranties or to indemnify pursuant to this Agreement unless
the
Purchaser shall have received written notice from the Vendor prior
to the
date falling on the first anniversary of the Completion Date in respect
of
the Purchaser Warranties or the indemnity as aforesaid giving full
details
of the relevant claim and any such claim shall (if not previously
satisfied, settled or withdrawn) be deemed to have been waived at
the
expiration of three (3) months after the first anniversary of the
Completion Date unless proceedings in respect thereof shall then
have been
commenced against the Purchaser.
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7.5
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The
indemnity provided for under Clause 7.4 is without prejudice to any
other
rights and remedies of the Vendor in relation to any breach of any
of the
Purchaser Warranties and all other rights and remedies are expressly
reserved to the Vendor.
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7.6
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Each
of the Purchaser Warranties is without prejudice to any other Purchaser
Warranty or other agreements or indemnities entered into between
the
parties or any of them and, except where expressly stated otherwise,
no
provision contained in this Agreement or other agreements or indemnities
shall govern or limit the extent or application of any other provision
of
this Agreement or such other
agreements.
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7.7
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The
Purchaser Warranties shall survive Completion insofar as the same
are not
fully performed on Completion.
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7.8
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The
Purchaser undertakes to allocate all business in relation to lighting
technology and lighting consultancy, other than those handled by
Beijing
Illumination (Hong Kong) Limited and its group companies, to the
Company
or its subsidiary provided that all supply of light sourcing equipment
products and ancillary products required for the business of the
Group
must first be sourced from Beijing Illumination (Hong Kong) Limited
and
its group companies.
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7.9
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The
Purchaser undertakes to use its best endeavours to obtain and maintain
a
listing for all the Shares issued any stock exchange or securities
market
on which the securities are listed or quoted or dealt in within 18
months
following Completion.
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8.
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PROFIT
GUARANTEE
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8.1
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In
consideration of the Purchaser’s agreement to enter into this Agreement,
each of the Vendor and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantees to the Purchaser that the aggregate net
profit
after taxation but before extraordinary items of the Group (the
“Net
Profit”)
for the twelve months ending 31 March 2007 as shown in the audited
consolidated financial statements of the Group ending such date shall
not
be less than HK$20,000,000 (the “Guaranteed
Net Profit”).
If the Net Profit is less than the Guaranteed Net Profit, then the
Vendor
and the Guarantors shall pay to the Purchaser in cash within fourteen
(14)
calendar days after the delivery of the audited consolidated financial
statements of the Group aforesaid an amount calculated as
follows:
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Amount
payable to the Purchaser = (Guaranteed Net Profit - Net Profit) x
60%
PROVIDED
THAT the aforesaid amount shall be rounded up to the nearest whole
dollar.
8.2
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The
Vendor undertakes to procure that the audited consolidated financial
statements of the Group shall be prepared by the Company and audited
by
the Independent Accountants in accordance with the generally acceptable
accounting practice, standards and principles of Hong Kong in respect
of
the twelve months referred to in Clause 8.1, together with any notes,
reports or statements included therein or annexed thereto, a copy
of which
shall be delivered to the Purchaser for review by not later than
two (2)
months following the balance sheet date of the relevant
period.
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9.
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COMPLIANCE
WITH US SECURITIES
LEGISLATION
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9.1
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The
Vendor acknowledges and agrees that the Consideration Shares to be
issued
and allotted by GIS have not been registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) (the “Securities
Act”)
or any other applicable securities laws and that such securities
will be
issued and allotted pursuant to safe harbour provisions relating
to the
prospectus and registration requirements set forth in Regulation
S of the
Securities Act the availability of which is predicated in part on
the
Vendor’s representations as contained herein and in the Non-U.S.
Shareholder Certificate. The Vendor agrees to abide by all applicable
resale restrictions and hold periods imposed by all applicable securities
legislation. The share certificate(s) representing the Consideration
Shares issued and allotted on Completion will be endorsed with the
following legend pursuant to the Securities Act in order to reflect
the
fact that the Consideration Shares will be issued and allotted to
the
Vendor pursuant to such safe harbor provisions relating to the prospectus
and registration requirements of the Securities
Act:
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“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN OFFERED IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION
TO A
PERSON WHO IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED HEREIN) PURSUANT TO REGULATION
S
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”).
NONE
OF
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT,
OR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, MAY NOT BE OFFERED
OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES (AS DEFINED HEREIN) OR
TO
U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT, PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION
NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN
EACH
CASE CONFIRMED BY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER AND ONLY
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, HEDGING
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT. “UNITED
STATES”
AND
“U.S.
PERSON”
ARE
AS
DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”
9.2
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The
Vendor agrees that she may exchange the certificate(s) representing
the
Consideration Shares by delivering such certificate(s) to GIS duly
executed and endorsed in blank (or accompanied by duly executed stock
powers duly endorsed in blank), in each case in proper form for transfer,
with signatures guaranteed, and, if applicable, with all stock transfer
and any other required documentary stamps affixed thereto and with
appropriate instructions to allow the transfer agent to issue a
certificate for the Consideration Shares to the holder
thereof.
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9.3
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The
Vendor further acknowledges that the Consideration Shares issued
pursuant
to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement will be issued
as
“restricted securities” as defined by Rule 144 promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act and will have such hold periods as are required under
applicable securities laws of the US and as a result may not be sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed, except pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, or unless, in the
opinion
of the GIS’s counsel, such transfer or other disposition is made pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
or
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,
the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and in each case
only in
accordance with all applicable securities
laws.
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9.4
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The
Vendor represents that the Vendor is acquiring the Consideration
Shares
for the Vendor’s own account, for investment purposes only and not with a
view to, or for sale in connection with, a distribution, as that
term is
used in Section 2(11) of the Securities Act, in a manner which would
require registration under the Securities Act or any state securities
laws.
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9.5
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The
Vendor acknowledges that it is able to protect its interests in connection
with the acquisition of the
Consideration Shares and can bear the economic risk of investment
in such
securities without producing
a material adverse change in Vendor’s financial condition. The Vendor
otherwise has such knowledge and experience in financial or business
matters that the Vendor is capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of
the investment in the Consideration Shares.
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9.6
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The
Vendor represents, warrants and covenants that it is not acquiring
the
Consideration Shares as part of a group within the meaning of
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act and the Vendor has not agreed to
act with any other person for the purpose of acquiring, holding,
voting or
disposing of the Consideration Shares purchased hereunder for purposes
of
Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act, and the Vendor is acting
independently with respect to its investment in the Consideration
Shares.
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10.
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CONDUCT
OF BUSINESS PENDING
COMPLETION
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10.1 |
The
Vendor hereby undertakes with the Purchaser to procure that, except
as
required by this Agreement, no resolution of the directors or shareholders
of any member of the Group shall be passed prior to Completion without
the
prior written consent of the
Purchaser.
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10.2 |
The
Vendor hereby undertakes with the Purchaser that until Completion
the
Group shall carry on its business in a manner consistent with past
practice and shall:
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(1) |
procure
that the Group shall not without first obtaining the prior written
consent
of the Purchaser enter into any contract or commitment of an unusual
or
onerous nature or other than in the normal and ordinary course of
business; and
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(2) |
keep
the Purchaser informed of all matters relating to the Group and its
business, assets and prospects.
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10.3 |
Without
prejudice and notwithstanding Clause 10.2, the Vendor undertakes
that it
shall pending Completion take all steps necessary to ensure that
the Group
shall not carry out any of the following actions and no resolution
of the
board of directors of any member of the Group or of its general meeting
shall be passed to carry out the same unless the written consent
of the
Purchaser is obtained:
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(1)
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the
creation or issue of any shares in any member of the Group or the
grant of
any options over any shares or the uncalled capital of any member
of the
Group or the issue of any warrant, debentures, securities or other
obligations convertible into shares in any member of the Group or
enter
into any agreement to do any of the same;
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(2)
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the
capitalisation, repayment or other form of distribution of any amount
standing to the credit of any reserve of any member of the Group
on the
redemption or purchase of any shares in any member of the Group or
any
other reorganisation of share
capital;
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(3)
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the
winding-up or liquidation of any member of the Group;
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(4)
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the
alteration of the rights attaching to any of the Sale Shares or the
shares
or registered capital in any member of the Group;
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(5)
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the
alteration of the memorandum and articles of association of any member
of
the Group and the passing of any resolutions inconsistent with the
provision of this Agreement;
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(6)
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the
acquisition or disposal of any lease or any other interests in real
property owned or occupied by each member of the Group or the creation
of
any Encumbrance over such property;
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(7)
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the
acquisition of disposal of any property or other asset by each member
of
the Group if the aggregate sum involved exceeds (or, in the case
of a
disposal, if the book value exceeds)
HK$100,000;
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(8)
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the
acquisition or formation by any member of the Group of any subsidiary
or
the acquisition of any share in any other company or the participation
by
any member of the Group in any partnership or joint
venture;
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(9)
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the
sale or disposal of the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking
or
the assets of any member of the
Group;
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(10)
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the
entering into of any material contract by any member of the Group
other
than in its usual and ordinary course of
business;
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(11)
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except
in the usual and ordinary course of business of the relevant member
of the
Group, the lending of any moneys (otherwise than by way of deposit
with a
bank or other institution the normal business of which includes the
acceptance of deposit), the granting of any credit or the giving
of any
guarantee or indemnity;
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(12)
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the
amalgamation or merger of any member of the Group with any other
company
or concern;
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(13)
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the
alteration of the composition of any board of directors of any member
of
the Group;
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(14)
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the
making of any capital commitment by any member of the
Group;
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(15) |
the
borrowing of any moneys or acceptance of credit facilities by any
member
of the Group from banks, financial institutions and any other third
parties other than in its usual and ordinary course of business;
or
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(16)
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the
making, declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution except
the
payment of HK$2,000,000 as bonus to Xx. Xxxxxx Xxx Tat XXXX out of
the
profits of the Company legally available for such payment calculated
up to
28 February 2006.
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10.4 |
If
at any time before Completion the Vendor or any of the Guarantors
comes to
know of any fact or event which:
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(1)
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is
in any way inconsistent with any of the undertakings or agreements
of the
Vendor or any of the Guarantors,
and/or
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(2)
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suggests
that any of the Vendor Warranties may not be correct or incapable
of being
carried out, and/or
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(3)
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might
affect the willingness of a prudent purchaser for value of the Sale
Shares
to complete its purchase or the amount of the consideration which
such
purchaser would be prepared to pay for the Sale
Shares,
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the
Vendor and the Guarantors shall give immediate written notice thereof to the
Purchaser in which event the Purchaser may within seven (7) Business Days of
receiving such notice rescind this Agreement by written notice to the Vendor
and
the Guarantors.
10.5
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If
at any time before Completion the Purchaser comes to know of any
fact or
event which:
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(1)
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is
in any way inconsistent with any of the undertakings or agreements
of the
Purchaser, and/or
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(2)
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suggests
that any of the Purchaser Warranties may not be correct or incapable
of
being carried out, and/or
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(3)
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might
affect the willingness of a prudent investor for value for the
subscription of the Consideration Shares to subscribe for the
Consideration Shares or the amount of the subscription price which
such
investor would be prepared to subscribe for the Consideration
Shares,
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the
Purchaser shall give immediate written notice thereof to the Vendor in which
event the Vendor may within ten (10) Business Days of receiving such notice
rescind this Agreement by giving to the Purchaser a notice in writing signed
by
them jointly (but not otherwise).
10.6 |
If
at any time before Completion the Vendor or any of the Guarantors
fails to
comply with any of his/her obligations under this Clause 10 or any
other
provisions of this Agreement or the Purchaser determines (acting
reasonably) that any of the Vendor Warranties might have been incorrect
or
is or may be incapable of performance, the Purchaser may rescind
this
Agreement by written notice to the Vendor and the
Guarantors.
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11.
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RESTRICTIONS
ON VENDOR AND
GUARANTORS
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11.1
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Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantors undertakes to the Purchaser that
he/she
shall not without the prior written consent of the Purchaser for
a period
of three (3) years after Completion either solely or jointly with
or on
behalf of any other person, firm, company, trust or otherwise whether
as
director, shareholder, employee, partner, agent or
otherwise:
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(a)
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carry
on or be engaged or interested directly or indirectly in any capacity
(except as the owner of shares or securities listed or quoted or
dealt in
on any stock exchange or securities market held by way of investment
only)
in any business which shall be in competition within Hong Kong and
the PRC
with the Company or any of its subsidiaries in the carrying on the
business of lighting technology and lighting
consultancy;
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(b)
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solicit
or entice or endeavour to solicit or entice away from the Company
or any
of its subsidiaries any employee, officer, manager, consultant (including
employees who are directors) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or
any persons whose services are otherwise made available to the Company
or
any of its subsidiaries on a full-time or substantially full-time
basis;
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(c)
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deal
with, canvass, solicit or approach or cause to be dealt with, canvassed
or
solicited or approached for business in respect of any trade or business
carried on or service provided by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
any person, firm or company who at Completion or within two years
prior to
Completion was a customer, supplier, client, representative, agent
of or
in the habit of dealing under contract with the Company or any of
its
subsidiaries;
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11.2
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Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantors further undertakes to the Purchasers
that:
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(a)
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he/she
will not at any time hereafter make use of or disclose or divulge
to any
person other than to officers or employees of the Company whose province
it is to know the same any information relating to the Company or
any of
its subsidiaries other than any information properly available to
the
public or disclosed or divulged pursuant to an order of a court of
competent jurisdiction;
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(b)
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he/she
will not at any time hereafter in relation to any trade, business
or
company use a name including the word or symbol “Lightscape” or its
Chinese equivalent or any similar word or symbol in such a way as
to be
capable of or likely to be confused with the name of the Company
or any
subsidiary and shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that
no such
name shall be used by any person, firm or company with which it is/they
are connected; and
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(c)
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he/she
shall not do anything which might prejudice the goodwill of the Company
or
any of its subsidiaries.
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11.3
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Each
and every obligation under this Clause 11 shall be treated as a separate
obligation and shall be severally enforceable as such and in the
event of
any obligation or obligations being or becoming unenforceable in
whole or
in part such part or parts as are unenforceable shall be deleted
from this
Clause 11 and any such deletion shall not affect the enforceability
of all
such parts of this Clause 11 as remain not so
deleted.
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11.4
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The
restrictions contained in this Clause 11 are considered reasonable
by the
parties hereto but in the event that any such restriction shall be
found
to be void but would be valid if some part thereof were deleted or
the
area of operation or the period of application reduced such restriction
shall apply with such modification as may be necessary to make it
valid
and effective.
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12.
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ACCESS
TO INFORMATION
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The
Vendor shall procure that, pending Completion, the Purchaser, its agents,
representatives and professional advisers are given promptly on request full
access to all such facilities and information regarding the business, assets,
liabilities, contracts and affairs of the Group and other evidence of ownership
of the assets owned by the Group as the Purchaser may require.
13. |
FURTHER
ASSURANCE
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Each
party shall execute, do and perform or procure to be executed, done and
performed by other necessary parties all such further acts, agreements,
assignments, assurances, deeds and documents within its powers to give effect
to
this Agreement and all transactions contemplated hereunder.
14. |
GUARANTEES
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14.1
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Each
of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees
to the
Purchaser the due and punctual performance of the Vendor of her
obligations under this Agreement and undertakes to indemnify and
keep
effectively indemnified the Purchaser (if necessary by payment of
cash on
first demand) against all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and
expenses
stipulated under this Agreement or otherwise which the Purchaser
may
suffer or incur in connection with any default or delay on the part
of the
Vendor in the performance or any such
obligations.
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14.2
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The
obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors shall be continuing
obligations and shall not be satisfied, discharged or affected by
an
intermediate payment or any change in the constitution or control
of, or
the insolvency of or any bankruptcy, winding up or analogous proceedings
relating to any of the parties to this
Agreement.
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14.3
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The
liability of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall be unaffected
by any
arrangement which the Purchaser may make with the Vendor or with
any other
person which (but for this provision) might operate to diminish or
discharge the liability of or otherwise provide a defence to a surety.
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Purchaser
is to
be at liberty at any time and without reference to the Guarantors
to give
time for payment or grant any other indulgence and to give up, deal
with,
vary, exchange or abstain from perfecting or enforcing any other
securities or guarantees held by the Guarantors at any time and to
discharge any party thereto and to realise such securities or guarantees,
as the Purchaser thinks fit and to compound with, accept compositions
from
and make any other arrangements with the Vendor without affecting
the
liability of the Guarantors
hereunder.
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14.4
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As
a separate and independent stipulation, it is hereby agreed by each
of the
Guarantors that any obligation and undertaking by each of the Guarantors
under this Clause 14 which may not be enforceable against the Guarantors
on the footing of a guarantee, whether by reason of any legal limitation
(other than any limitation imposed by this Agreement), disability
or
incapacity on or of the Vendor or any other fact or circumstance
whether
or not known to the Purchaser shall nevertheless be enforceable against
any of the Guarantors as the sole and principal obligor in respect
thereof.
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14.5
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Without
prejudice to the other provisions of this Agreement, the obligations
and
undertakings expressed to be assumed by or imposed on the Guarantors
under
this Agreement shall remain in force so long as the Vendor shall
have any
liability or obligation to the Purchaser under this Agreement and
until
all such liabilities and obligations have been discharged in
full.
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14.6
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Each
of the Guarantors hereby waives any right to require a proceeding
first
against the Vendor or any other
person.
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14.7
|
Each
of every obligation, covenant, representation, warranty and undertaking
of
the Guarantors provided herein shall be the joint and several obligations,
covenants, representations, warranties and undertakings of each of
the
Guarantors and the Purchaser shall be at liberty to release, compound
with
or otherwise vary or agree to vary the liability of, or to grant
time or
other indulgence, or make other arrangements with any one of the
Guarantors without the consent of or notice to the others and without
prejudicing, affecting the right, remedy and power of the Purchaser,
against the others.
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15. |
CONFIDENTIALITY
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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15.1 |
Each
of the parties hereto undertakes to the others that he/she/it will
not, at
any time after the date of this Agreement, divulge or communicate
to any
person other than to his/her/its professional advisers, or when required
by law, or to his/her/its respective officers or employees whose
province
it is to know the same any confidential information concerning the
business, accounts, finance or contractual arrangements or other
dealings,
transactions or affairs of any of the others which may be within
or may
come to its knowledge and it shall use its best endeavours to prevent
the
publication or disclosure of any such confidential information concerning
such matters.
|
15.2 |
No
public announcement or communication of any kind shall be made in
respect
of the subject matter of this Agreement unless specifically agreed
between
the parties hereto or unless an announcement is required pursuant
to the
applicable law and the regulations or the requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission of the US or any other regulatory body or
authority. Any announcement by any party hereto required to be made
pursuant to any relevant law or regulation or the requirements of
the
Securities and Exchange Commission of the US or any other regulatory
body
or authority shall be issued only after such prior consultation with
the
other party as is reasonably practicable in the
circumstances.
|
16. |
TIME
AND WAIVER
|
Time
shall in every respect be of the essence of this Agreement but no failure on
the
part of any party hereto to exercise, and no delay on its part in exercising
any
right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or
partial exercise of any right under this Agreement preclude any other or further
exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or prejudice or affect any
right against any other parties hereto under the same liability, whether joint,
several or otherwise. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. The
parties shall then use all reasonable endeavors to replace the invalid or
unenforceable provisions by a valid and enforceable substitute provision the
effect of which is as close as possible to the intended effect of the invalid
and unenforceable provision.
17. |
INVALIDITY
|
If
at any
time any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is or becomes illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the laws of any relevant
jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement in that jurisdiction nor the legality, validity
or
enforceability of such provision under the laws of any other jurisdictions
shall
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
18. |
AMENDMENTS
|
This
Agreement shall not be amended, supplemented or modified except by instruments
in writing signed by all parties hereto.
19.
|
NOTICES
|
19.1
|
Any
notice claim, demand, court process, document or other communication
to be
given under this Agreement (collectively “communication” in this Clause
19) shall be in writing in the English language and may be served
or given
personally or sent to the telex or facsimile numbers (if any) of
the
relevant party and marked for the attention and/or copied to such
other
person as specified in Clause 19.5.
|
19.2
|
A
change of address or telex or facsimile number of the person to
whom a
communication is to be addressed or copied pursuant to this Agreement
shall not be effective until five (5) days after a written notice
of
change has been served in accordance with the provisions of this
Clause 19
on all other parties to this Agreement with specific reference
in such
notice that such change is for the purposes of this
Agreement.
|
19.3
|
A
party may not designate a non Hong Kong address for the service of
communications to it.
|
19.4
|
All
communications shall be served by the following means and the addressee
of
a communication shall be deemed to have received the same within
the time
stated adjacent to the relevant means of
despatch:
|
Means
of despatch
|
Time
of deemed receipt
|
Local
mail or courier
|
24
hours
|
Telex
|
on
despatch
|
Facsimile
|
on
despatch
|
Air
courier/speedpost
|
3
days
|
Airmail
|
5
days
|
19.5 |
The
initial addresses and facsimile numbers of the parties for the service
of
communications, the person for whose attention such communications
are to
be marked and the person to whom a communication is to be copied
are as
follows:
|
To
the
Vendor and the Guarantors:
Address:
|
Xxxxx
00, Xxxx of Xxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
0000 0000
|
To
the
Purchaser:
Address:
|
16/F.,
Hang Seng Mongkok Building, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx
Xxxx
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
0000 0000
|
Attention:
|
Xx.
Xxxxx Tan
|
19.6
|
A
communication served in accordance with this Clause 19 shall be
deemed
sufficiently served and in proving service and/or receipt of a
communication it shall be sufficient to prove that such communication
was
left at the addressee’s address or that the envelope containing such
communication was properly addressed and posted or despatched to
the
addressee’s address or that the communication was properly transmitted by
telex, facsimile or cable to the addressee. In the case of communication
by telex, such communication shall be deemed properly transmitted
upon the
receipt by the machine sending the telex the telex answerback of
the
addressee; in the case of facsimile transmission, such transmission
shall
be deemed properly transmitted on receipt of a report of satisfactory
transmission printed out by the sending
machine.
|
19.7
|
Nothing
in this Clause 19 shall preclude the service of communication or
the proof
of such service by any mode permitted by
law.
|
20.
|
ASSIGNMENT
|
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and enure for the benefit of each party’s
successors or assigns and, none of the rights of the parties under this
Agreement may be assigned or transferred.
21.
|
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
|
This
Agreement (together with any documents referred to herein) constitutes the
entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters dealt
with herein and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements, statements,
understandings or transactions between the parties hereto in relation to
the
matters hereof.
22.
|
COSTS
|
Each
of
the Vendor, Guarantors and the Purchaser shall bear his/her/its own costs
and
expenses (including legal fees) incurred in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and all documents
incidental or relating to Completion.
23.
|
COUNTERPART
|
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of parties
hereto
may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterparts.
24.
|
LEGAL
REPRESENTATION
|
The
parties hereby acknowledge that Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxx only act for the
Purchaser in connection with this Agreement and each of the Vendor and the
Guarantors has been duly advised to seek independent legal advice and to
obtain
separate legal representation.
25.
|
GOVERNING
LAW, JURISDICTION AND PROCESS
AGENTS
|
25.1
|
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws
of Hong Kong.
|
25.2
|
The
parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of Hong Kong.
|
SCHEDULE
1
DETAILS
OF THE COMPANY
Name
of Company
|
:
|
LIGHTSCAPE
HOLDING LTD.
|
|
||
Date
of Incorporation
|
:
|
23
March 2004
|
|
||
Place
of Incorporation
|
:
|
British
Virgin Islands
|
|
||
Company
Number
|
:
|
587649
|
|
||
Registered
Office
|
:
|
Overseas
Management Company Trust (B.V.I.) Ltd.
OMC
Xxxxxxxx, P.O. Box 3152, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands
|
Existing
company secretary
|
:
|
Not
yet appointed
|
Authorised
share capital
|
:
|
US$50,000
divided into 50,000 Shares
|
|
||
Issued
share capital
|
:
|
US$10
(comprising of 10 Shares)
|
|
||
Existing
shareholder:
|
||
|
||
Name
of shareholder
|
|
No.
of
shares Percentage
|
|
||
WOO
Xxxx Xx
|
|
10 100%
|
Directors:
|
:
|
WOO
Xxxx Xx
|
Auditors
|
:
|
Not
yet appointed
|
|
||
Financial
year end
|
:
|
Not
yet determined
|
|
||
Principal
activities
|
:
|
Investment
holding
|
SCHEDULE
2
DETAILS
OF THE SUBSIDIARY
Name
of Company
|
:
|
Luminous
LED Technologies Limited
|
|
||
Date
of Incorporation
|
:
|
19
March 2005
|
|
||
Place
of Incorporation
|
:
|
Hong
Kong
|
|
||
Company
Number
|
:
|
957093
|
|
||
Registered
Office
|
:
|
Xxxxx
00, Xxxx xx Xxxxx Tower, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
|
|
||
Existing
company secretary
|
:
|
ACORE
LIMITED
|
|
||
Authorised
share capital
|
:
|
HK$10,000.00
divided into 10,000 shares of HK$1.00 each
|
|
||
Issued
share capital
|
:
|
HK$1,000.00
(comprising of 1,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)
|
|
||
Existing
shareholders:
|
||
|
||
Name
of shareholders
|
|
No.
of
shares Percentage
|
|
||
LIGHTSCAPE
HOLDING LTD.
|
|
1,000
100%
|
Directors:
|
:
|
WOO
Xxxx Xx
|
Auditors
|
:
|
Not
yet appointed
|
|
||
Financial
year end
|
:
|
Not
yet determined
|
|
||
Principal
activities
|
:
|
Investment
holding
|
SCHEDULE
3
VENDOR
WARRANTIES
l. |
Recitals
|
The
matters stated in the Recitals to this Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects.
2. |
The
Vendor, the Guarantors and the
Company
|
2.1 |
Each
of the Vendor and the Guarantors has the full power to enter into
and
perform this Agreement and this Agreement will, when executed, constitute
binding obligations on each of them in accordance with its
terms.
|
2.2 |
There
is no outstanding indebtedness or other liability (actual or contingent)
owing by any member of the Group to the Vendor or the Guarantors,
any
director of a member of the Group or any person connected with the
Vendor
or the Guarantors nor is there any indebtedness owing to a member
of the
Group by any such person.
|
2.3 |
The
entire issued share capital of the Company is as set out in Recital
(A)
and the Sale Shares are issued fully paid and are beneficially owned
by
the Vendor free from all Encumbrances and the same are freely transferable
by the Vendor without the consent, approval, permission, licence
or
concurrence of any third party.
|
2.4 |
True
copies or certified true copies of the memorandum and articles of
association or constitutional documents of the Company and its
subsidiaries and have been provided to the Purchaser. The copies
of the
memorandum and articles of association or constitutional documents
of the
Company and its subsidiaries so provided to the Purchaser are true
and
complete and have embodied in them or annexed to them a copy of every
such
resolution as is required by applicable laws of the place of the
incorporation or other relevant
legislation.
|
2.5 |
None
of the members of the Group has granted any right to call for the
issue of
or agreed to issue at any time after Completion any share or loan
capital.
|
2.6 |
None
of the members of the Group is under any contract, options, warrants
or
any other obligations regarding any part of its capital, issued or
unissued, or for the issue of any shares, debentures, warrants, options,
or other similar securities.
|
2.7 |
None
of the members of the Group has any other subsidiary and does not
have any
investment in any other company, other than Lightscape Technologies
Ltd.
(which the Group has an equity interest of 50% of its issued share
capital), Luminous Technologies Ltd. (which the Group has an equity
interest of 30% of its issued share capital) and Lightscape Technology
(Macau) Ltd. (which the Group has an equity interest of 49.6% of
its
issued share capital).
|
3. |
Financial
and taxation
|
3.1 |
The
Management Accounts were prepared in accordance with the generally
accepted accounting practice, standards and principles of Hong Kong,
substantially the same accounting practice, standards and principles
as
those adopted and consistently applied by the
Group.
|
3.2 |
Each
member of the Group has duly complied and will until Completion continue
duly to comply with its obligations to account to the relevant tax
authorities for all amounts for which it is or may become accountable
in
respect of Taxation.
|
3.3 |
All
returns in connection with Taxation that should have been made by
a member
of the Group have been made currently and on a proper basis and will
until
Completion continue to be so made.
|
3.4 |
Each
member of the Group has duly and punctually paid all Taxation which
it has
become liable to pay and is under no liability to pay any penalty
or
interest in connection with any claim for
Taxation.
|
3.5 |
The
Group has sufficient working capital to carry on its businesses in
their
present form and at present levels of turnover for the foreseeable
future
and for the purposes of carrying out and fulfilling in accordance
with
their terms all orders, projects and other contractual obligations
which
have been placed with or undertaken by the
Group.
|
3.6 |
Save
as disclosed in the Management Accounts, the Company and other members
of
the Group has no outstanding debts, liabilities and indebtedness,
whether
actual, contingent or deferred, due or payable or incurred in the
ordinary
and usual course of business, since the Management Accounts
Date.
|
3.7 |
Each
member of the Group has exercised its reasonable endeavours to preserve
and secure all tax benefits and
refunds.
|
3.8 |
All
assets of the Group of a wasting or depreciable nature are stated
in the
Management Accounts after deduction of depreciation, and such depreciation
being in amounts sufficient to write down such assets over their
respective expected useful economic lives, and unless stated to the
contrary in the Management Accounts, depreciation is calculated on
a
straight line basis and a consistent depreciation policy has been
adopted
over all assets and there has been no change in the basis or policy
of
depreciation.
|
3.9 |
All
accounting records, vouchers, invoices, ledgers, contracts and memoranda
and all other accounting documents of the Group and records of all
transactions thereof are in the possession of the relevant member
of the
Group and have been properly written up, kept and maintained in accordance
with generally accepted accounting practice and together shows a
true and
fair view of the affairs and financial position of the
Group.
|
3.10 |
A
consistent accounting policy has been adopted by each of the members
of
the Group over the past three years immediately preceding the Management
Accounts Date (or, from the date of incorporation when this is a
shorter
period) and there has been no material change
thereof.
|
3.11 |
None
of the members of the Group holds any security (including any guarantee
or
indemnity) which is not valid and enforceable against the grantor
thereof
in accordance with its terms.
|
3.12 |
In
relation to all financing arrangements to which any of the members
of the
Group is a party:
|
(a) |
there
has been no contravention of or non compliance with any provision
of any
such document which is material and adverse in the context of the
Group;
|
(b) |
no
steps for the enforcement of any Encumbrances have been taken or
threatened;
|
(c) |
there
has not been any material alteration in the terms and conditions
of any of
the said arrangements or facilities all of which are in full force
and
effect;
|
(d) |
nothing
has been done or omitted to be done whereby the continuance of the
said
arrangements and facilities in full force and effect might be adversely
affected or prejudiced; and
|
(e) |
none
of the arrangements is dependent on the guarantee of or on any security
provided by a third party.
|
3.13 |
The
total amount borrowed by each of the members of the
Group:
|
(a) |
from
its bankers does not exceed its overdraft facilities;
and
|
(b) |
from
whatsoever source does not exceed any limitation on borrowing contained
in
its constitutive documents or any other deed or document binding
on
it.
|
3.14 |
There
were no material commitments on capital account outstanding as at
the
Management Accounts Date and, since the Management Accounts Date,
the
members of the Group have not made, or agreed to make, any material
capital expenditure, or incurred or agreed to incur any material
capital
commitments nor has any of them disposed of, or realised, any capital
assets material to its usual and ordinary course of business or any
interest therein.
|
3.15 |
The
net tangible asset value of the Group as at the date of this Agreement
calculated in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles
of Hong Kong is not less than the amount shown in the Management
Accounts
and the Vendor and the Guarantors consider that the accounting basis
and
policies adopted for such calculations are fair, reasonable and
appropriate to reflect the net tangible assets of the Group as at
such
date.
|
4. |
Assets
|
4.1 |
The
assets of the Group included in the Management Accounts are solely
the
property of the Group and are not subject to any Encumbrance or any
agreement to give or create any Encumbrance including any xxxx of
sale,
hire or hire purchase agreement, conditional sale, credit sale or
similar
agreement except for (i) any hire purchase agreement in the usual
and
ordinary course of business involving expenditure of less than
HK$1,000,000 per annum; (ii) title retention provisions in respect
of
goods and materials supplied to the Group in the usual and ordinary
course
of business; or (iii) liens arising in the ordinary course of business
by
operation of law.
|
4.2 |
Since
the Management Accounts Date, save for disposals in the ordinary
course of
its business, the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries have
been in
the possession of, or under the control of, the
Group.
|
4.3 |
The
fixed and loose plant, machinery, vehicles and other equipment used
in
connection with the business of the Group are in a good and safe
state of
repair and condition and satisfactory working order and have been
regularly and properly maintained.
|
5. |
Litigation,
disputes and winding
up
|
5.1 |
Except
as plaintiff in the collection of debt arising in the usual and ordinary
course of business (none of which exceeds HK$500,000), no member
of the
Group is engaged in (nor is any director in relation to the affairs
of any
member of the Group engaged in) any legal proceedings (including
litigation, arbitration and prosecution) and no such proceedings
are
pending or threatened, nor are there any facts likely to give rise
to such
proceedings known or which would on reasonable enquiry be known to
any
member of the Group or their respective
directors.
|
5.2 |
None
of the member of the Group, the Vendor and the Guarantors has in
relation
to the any company of the Group committed nor are they liable for
any
criminal, illegal, unlawful or unauthorised act or breach of any
obligation whether imposed by or pursuant to the laws of Hong Kong,
the
PRC or otherwise.
|
5.3 |
No
order has been made, or petition presented, or resolution passed
for the
winding up of or the taking of any analogous proceedings against
any
member of the Group; nor has any distress, execution or other process
been
levied in respect of the Group which remains undischarged; nor is
there
any unfulfilled or unsatisfied judgment or court order outstanding
against
any member of the Group.
|
6. |
Company
records
|
6.1 |
Each
member of the Group has kept duly made up all requisite books of
account
(reflecting in accordance with good accounting principles all the
financial transactions of the relevant member of the Group), minute
books,
registers, records and these and all other deeds and documents (properly
stamped where necessary) belonging to or which ought to be in the
possession of a member of the Group and its seal are in the possession
of
the relevant member of the Group or the lender(s) to the member of
the
Group concerned (where such documents form part of the loan or security
documents for loans made to the Group or documents required to be
delivered under such loan or security
documents).
|
6.2 |
All
accounts, books, ledgers, and other financial records of each member
of
the Group:
|
(a) |
have
been properly maintained, are in the possession of the Company and
contain
due and accurate records of all matters required by law to be entered
therein;
|
(b) |
do
not contain or reflect any material inaccuracies or discrepancies;
and
|
(c) |
give
and reflect a true and fair view of the matters which ought to appear
therein and no notice or allegation that any of the same is incorrect
has
been received, or if the Company has received such notice or allegation,
the incorrectness or errors have been
rectified.
|
6.3 |
Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph 6.1 the minute book of directors’
meetings and the minute book of shareholders’ meetings respectively of
each member of the Group contain full and accurate records of all
resolutions passed by the directors and the shareholders of the member
of
the Group concerned and no resolutions have been passed by either
the
directors or shareholders of the member of the Group concerned which
are
not recorded in the relevant minute
books.
|
6.4 |
All
documents requiring to be filed with the registrar of companies or
equivalent government bureau in the jurisdiction in which any member
of
the Group is incorporated or any other relevant authority by the
relevant
member of the Group have been properly made up and
filed.
|
7. |
Properties
|
7.1
|
The
property (the “Property”)
referred to in the Management Accounts comprises all the land and
premises
occupied by the Group at the date hereof and all the estate, interest,
right and title whatsoever of the Group in, under, over or in respect
of
any land or premises and the descriptions and user set out therein
are
correct and not misleading in all material
respects.
|
7.2
|
The
Group has exclusive and unfettered possession and is the sole occupier
of
the Property.
|
7.3
|
There
are no covenants, restrictions, burdens, stipulations, conditions,
terms
or outgoings affecting the Property which are of an unusual or onerous
nature or which affect the use or intended use of the Property and
there
are no other matters which adversely affect the right of the Group
thereto.
|
7.4
|
All
covenants, restrictions, stipulations, conditions and other terms
affecting the Property have been observed and performed and there
are no
circumstances which would entitle or require the government or any
landlord or other person to exercise any powers of entry and taking
possession or which would otherwise restrict or terminate the continued
possession of occupation of the
Property.
|
7.5
|
The
present use of the Property is the permitted use for the purpose
of the
relevant planning of building regulations and is not adversely affected
or
likely to be adversely affected by any planning proposals and the
Group is
not a temporary user or user subject to onerous or unusual conditions
giving rise to abnormal
expenditure.
|
7.6
|
The
Property is not affected by any order or notice of or proceedings
involving any governmental or local authority or other body or any
agreement with any of the same or by notices serviced by the Group
on any
such authority or body.
|
7.7
|
The
construction of all buildings and erections on the Property comply
with
all statutes, regulations, bye-laws and other relevant
legislation.
|
7.8
|
All
policies of insurance relating to the Property effected by the Group
(including fixtures, fittings and contents) are current and valid,
cover
the full re-instatement value thereof and are not subject to any
special
or unusual terms or restrictions or to the payment of any premium
in
excess of the normal rate for policies of the same kind and conform
in all
material respects with the requirements of the lease under which
the
Property is held.
|
7.9
|
No
structural or other material defects have appeared in respect of
or is
affecting the buildings and structures on or comprising the Property
or
nay parts thereof and all such buildings are in good and substantial
repair and condition.
|
7.10
|
There
are not in force or required to be in force any licences under any
applicable legislation or regulations which apply to the
Property.
|
7.11
|
The
Property is accessible by public roads and enjoys the services of
water,
gas, electricity, telephone line, sewerage and other utility services
and
the accessibility of such roads and these services are reasonably
adequate
for the operations of the business of the
Group.
|
7.12 |
There
are no circumstances under which by operation of law or otherwise
the
Group’s right to remain at or use the Property for the purposes for which
it is now used may be adversely affected for any reason
whatsoever.
|
8. |
Corporate
status
|
8.1 |
The
contents of Schedules 1 and 2 are true and accurate in all material
respects.
|
8.2 |
Each
member of the Group has been duly incorporated and constituted, and
is
legally subsisting under the law of its place of incorporation and
has the
requisite corporate power and all permits, authorities, licences
and
consents (whether granted by public or private authority) necessary
to
carry on its business in the matter and in the places in which its
business is now carried on and there are no circumstances which might
lead
to the suspension or cancellation of any such permits, authorities,
licences or consents, and there has been no resolution, petition
or order
for the winding-up of any member of the Group and no receiver has
been
appointed in respect thereof or any part of the assets thereof, nor
are
any such resolutions, orders and appointments imminent or
likely.
|
8.3 |
No
events or omissions have occurred whereby the constitution, subsistence
or
corporate status of any member of the Group have been or are likely
to be
adversely affected.
|
9. |
The
business
|
9.1 |
Since
the Management Account Date and save as Disclosed:
|
(a) |
each
member of the Group has carried on its business in the ordinary and
usual
course without having entered into any material transaction, assumed
any
material liability, or made any material payment not provided for
in the
Management Accounts which is not in the ordinary course of its business,
and there has not been any material adverse interruption or alteration
in
the nature, scope or manner of its business which would likely to
prejudice the interests of the Purchaser as a prospectively purchaser
of
the Sale Shares;
|
(b) |
each
member of the Group has paid its creditors within the time agreed
with
such creditors and there are no debts outstanding by the Company
which
have been due for more than six months other than intra-group indebtedness
which does not exceed HK$500,000 in aggregate for the Group as a
whole or
moneys borrowed from third parties of a non-trade nature (which do
not
exceed HK$500,000 in aggregate for the Group as a
whole;
|
(c) |
the
Group has not entered into, or agreed to enter into, any capital
commitments in an amount exceeding the aggregate of HK$1,000,000
(or its
equivalent in any other currency);
|
(d) |
no
share or loan capital has been issued or agreed to be issued by the
respective companies;
|
(e) |
no
distribution of capital or income has been declared, made or paid
in
respect of any share capital of any member of the Group and (excluding
fluctuations in overdrawn current accounts with bankers) no loan
or loan
capital of any member of the Group has been repaid in whole or part
or has
become liable to be repaid in advance of their scheduled dates of
repayment; and
|
(f) |
there
has been no material deterioration in the financial position or prospects
or turnover of the Group (taken as a
whole).
|
9.2 |
The
acquisition of Sale Shares by the Purchaser and compliance with the
terms
of this Agreement will not:
|
(a) |
cause
any member of the Group to lose the benefit of any right or privilege
it
presently enjoys or cause any person who normally does business with
the
Group not to continue to do so on the same basis as
previously;
|
(b) |
relieve
any person of any obligation to the Group (whether contractual or
otherwise) or enable any person to determine any such obligation
or any
right or benefit enjoyed by the Group or to exercise any right whether
under an agreement with or otherwise in respect of any of
them;
|
(c) |
result
in any present or future indebtedness of the Group becoming due or
capable
of being declared due and payable prior to its stated
maturity;
|
(d) |
give
rise to or cause to become exercisable any right of pre-emption;
or
|
(e) |
adversely
affect the Group’s relationships with its clients, customers, suppliers or
employees.
|
10. |
The
Group’s contracts
|
10.1 |
All
documents (which is likely to have a material effect on the financial
or
trading position or prospects of any member of the Group or involves
or is
likely to involve (i) expenditure by any member of the Group in excess
of
HK$1,000,000 in respect of any such document or (ii) obligations
or
restrictions of any member of the Group of an unusual or exceptional
nature or magnitude and not in the ordinary and usual course of business)
to which any member of the Group is a party and other documents owned
by
or which ought to be in the possession of the Group have been properly
stamped and are in the Group’s possession and true and complete copies
thereof have been delivered to the
Purchaser.
|
10.2 |
No
member of the Group is a party to any agreement, transaction, obligation,
commitment, understanding, arrangement or liability in which
it:
|
(a) |
is
incapable of complete performance in accordance with its terms within
six
months after the date on which it was entered into or
undertaken;
|
(b) |
is
known or is likely to result in a loss to the Group on completion
of
performance;
|
(c) |
cannot
readily be fulfilled or performed by the member of the Group on time
without undue or unusual expenditure of money and
effort;
|
(d) |
involves
or is likely to involve obligations, restrictions, expenditure or
receipts
of an unusual, onerous or exceptional
nature;
|
(e) |
is
a lease or a contract for hire or rent, hire purchase or purchase
by way
of credit sale or periodical
payment;
|
(f) |
is
a contract with any trade union or body authorized representing the
Company’s employees;
|
(g) |
requires
an aggregate consideration payable by the Company in excess of HK$500,000
otherwise than in the usual and ordinary course of business of the
Group;
|
(h) |
is
a contract for services (other than normal office
services);
|
(i) |
in
any way restricts the Company’s freedom to carry on the whole or any part
of its business in any part of the world in such manner as it thinks
fit;
or
|
(j) |
is
in any way otherwise than in the ordinary and proper course of the
Company’s or the respective subsidiary’s
business.
|
10.3 |
No
member of the Group is a party to any agreement under which the member
of
the Group or any other party is in default, being a default which
is
material in relation to the financial or trading position of the
Company
nor are there any circumstances likely to give rise to such a
default.
|
10.4 |
No
person other than a member of the Group has given any guarantee of
or
security for any overdraft, loan or loan facility granted to any
member of
the Group.
|
10.5 |
There
are in force no powers of attorney given by a member of the Group.
No
person, as agent or otherwise, is entitled or authorised to bind
or commit
a member of the Group to any obligation not in the ordinary course
of the
relevant member’s business.
|
11. |
Insurance
|
11.1 |
The
Group has maintained insurance covers in respect of all risks and
up to an
extent that may reasonably be expected of a prudent businessman operating
a business similar to that of the
Group.
|
11.2 |
All
insurance policies taken out by the Group are valid, binding, in
full
force and effect and not voidable. To the best knowledge of the Vendor
and
the Guarantors, there are no circumstances which might lead to any
liability under any such insurance policies being avoided by the
insurers
or the premiums being increased and there is no claim outstanding
under
any such policy nor are there any circumstances likely to give rise
to a
claim.
|
12. |
Employment
and
disputes
|
12.1
|
There
has been no past and there is no existing or pending industrial or
labour
dispute with the employees of any member of the Group which is of
a
material nature exists or is
imminent.
|
12.2
|
To
the best of knowledge, information and belief of the Vendor and the
Guarantors, there is no existing or imminent material labour disturbance
by the employees of any of the principal suppliers, manufacturers
or
contractors of any member of the Group which might be expected to
result
in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of any
member
of the Group.
|
12.3 |
No
member of the Group has established or incurred an obligation to
establish
or given any undertaking in respect of any retirement, death or disability
scheme or arrangement relating to any present or past employee or
director
of any member of the Group or any other person under which any obligation
or liability has arisen or might reasonably be expected to arise
which is
material.
|
12.4
|
The
Group has neither given notice of any redundancies or layoffs nor
started
consultations with any independent trade union or employees’
representatives regarding redundancies, lay offs or dismissals within
the
period of one year prior to the date hereof. No circumstances have
arisen
under which the Group is likely to be required to pay damages for
wrongful
dismissal, to make any statutory severance, redundancy or long service
payment or to make or pay any compensation for unreasonable dismissal
or
to make any other payment under any employment protection legislation
or
to reinstate or re-engage any former employee. No circumstances have
arisen under which the Group is likely to be required to pay damages
or
compensation, or suffer any penalty or be required to take corrective
action or be subject to any form of discipline under any laws conferring
protection against discrimination, harassment, victimisation or
vilification by reason of age, gender, family circumstances, race,
religion or disability. So far as the Group is aware, there are no
current, pending or threatened claims of any type against it by any
existing or former employees.
|
12.5
|
There
are no existing service or other agreements or contracts between
the Group
and any of its directors or executives or employees which cannot
be
lawfully terminated by six calendar months’ notice or less without giving
rise to any claim for damages or compensation other than a statutory
redundancy or severance or long service payment, and the Group has
complied with all its obligations under all ordinances, statutes
and
regulations, codes, orders and awards in connection with its employees
and
with all collective agreements with respect to trade unions or to
employees of the Group.
|
13.
|
Environment
issues
|
13.1
|
The
Group is currently complying with all environmental laws in Hong
Kong, the
PRC and other relevant jurisdictions and has at all times complied
with
all environmental laws.
|
13.2
|
No
discharge, release, leaching, emission or escape into the environment
of
any hazardous substance or any substance regulated by any relevant
environmental law has occurred or is occurring in the conduct of
the
business of the Group or in the conduct by the Group of any former
business or in connection with or in relation to any assets of the
Group
or in connection with or in relation to any former assets of the
Group
while such former assets were in the ownership or under the control
of the
Group and no such discharge, release, leaching, emission or escape
has
occurred or is occurring for which the Company might otherwise be
held
liable.
|
13.3 |
Allwaste
which is or has been used, produced, controlled or disposed of
by the
Group and all waste which is or has been located at the Group’s properties
is and has been stored, labelled, handled, released, treated, processed,
deposited, transported, documented and disposed of in accordance
with all
environmental laws.
|
13.4 |
The
Group in carrying on its business has ensured that the best available
techniques not entailing excessive cost are used for preventing the
discharge, release, leaching, emission or escape into the environment
of
any hazardous substance or of any substance regulated by relevant
environmental laws.
|
13.5 |
There
have not been nor are there threatened or pending any civil or criminal
actions, notices of violations, investigations, administrative proceedings
or written communications from any regulatory authority under any
environmental laws against the Group or any of its assets or any
of its
directors, employees, officers or agents and, so far as the Group
is
aware, there are no facts or circumstances which may give rise to
the
same.
|
14. |
Intellectual
property rights and trade
secrets
|
14.1 |
The
business of the Group (and of any licensee under a licence granted
by the
Group) as now carried on, does not, and is not likely to, infringe
any
intellectual property right (that is to say, patent, patent application,
knowhow, trade or service xxxx, trade or service xxxx application,
trade
name, registered design, copyright, logo or other similar intellectual,
industrial or commercial right) of any other person (and would not
do so
if the same were valid).
|
14.2 |
To
the extent that the Group has been granted any licence for the use
of any
intellectual property right, all such licences are in full force
and
effect.
|
14.3 |
Without
prejudice to paragraph 14.1 above, the Group does not use any processes
and is not engaged in any activities which involve the misuse of
any
knowhow, lists of customers or suppliers, trade secrets, technical
processes or other confidential information (together “Confidential
Information”)
belonging to any third party. There has been no actual or alleged
misuse
by any person of any of its Confidential Information. The Group has
not
disclosed to any person any of its Confidential Information except
where
such disclosure was properly made in the usual and ordinary course
of the
Group’s business and was made subject to an agreement under which the
recipient is obliged to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential
Information and is restrained from further disclosing it or using
it other
than for the purposes for which it was disclosed by the
Group.
|
14.4 |
The
Group has not (otherwise than in the ordinary and normal course of
business and to its staff and officers whose province it is to know
and
its professional advisers) disclosed, or permitted to be disclosed,
or
undertaken or arranged to disclose, to any person other than the
Purchaser
any of its knowhow, trade secrets, confidential information, price
lists
or lists of customers or suppliers.
|
15. |
Events
since the Management Accounts
Date
|
Since
the
Management Accounts Date:
(a) |
there
has been no material adverse change in the financial condition or
prospects of any of the members of the Group and each of the members
of
the Group has entered into transactions and incurred liabilities
only in
the ordinary course of trading;
|
(b) |
no
resolution of any of the members of the Group in general meeting
has been
passed other than resolutions relating to the business of an annual
general meeting which was not special
business;
|
(c) |
the
financial year end of each of the members of the Group has continued
to be
and has not changed;
|
(d) |
no
event has occurred which would entitle any third party (with or without
the giving of notice) to call for the repayment of indebtedness prior
to
its normal maturity date;
|
(e) |
the
business of each of the members of the Group has been carried on
in the
ordinary and usual course and in the same manner (including nature
and
scope) as in the past, no fixed asset or stock has been written up
nor any
debt written off, and no unusual or abnormal contract has been entered
into by any of the members of the
Group;
|
(f) |
no
asset of any of the members of the Group has been acquired or disposed,
or
has been agreed to be acquired or disposed of, otherwise than in
the
ordinary course of business and there has been no disposal or parting
with
possession of any of its property, assets (including know-how) or
stock in
trade or any payments by any of the members of the Group, and no
contract
involving expenditure by it on capital account has been entered into
by
any of the members of the Group, and no liability has been created
or has
otherwise arisen (other than in the ordinary course of business as
previously carried on);
|
(g) |
there
has been no disposal of any asset (including stock) or supply of
any
service or business facility of any kind (including a loan of money
or the
letting, hiring or licensing of any property whether tangible or
intangible) in circumstances where the consideration actually received
or
receivable for such disposal or supply was less than the consideration
which could be deemed to have been received for tax
purposes;
|
(h) |
no
event has occurred which gives rise to a tax liability to any of
the
members of the Group or deemed (as opposed to actual) income, profits
or
gains or which results in the relevant company becoming liable to
pay or
bear a tax liability directly or primarily chargeable against or
attributable to another person, firm or company;
and
|
(i) |
no
remuneration (including bonuses) or benefit payable to any officer
or
employee of any of the members of the Group has been increased nor
has any
of the members of the Group undertaken any obligation to increase
any such
remuneration at any future date with or without retrospective
effect.
|
16. |
General
|
All
information contained in this Agreement or in the documents referred to herein
and therein and all other information concerning the Group and/or any part
or
parts of its business operations assets and liabilities (actual or contingent)
supplied in the course of the negotiations leading to this Agreement to the
Purchaser or its agents was when given true, complete and accurate in all
material respects and there is no fact or matter which has not been disclosed
which renders any such information or documents untrue, inaccurate or misleading
in any material respect at the date of this Agreement or which if disclosed
might reasonable be expected to influence adversely the Purchaser’s decision to
purchase the Sale Shares on the terms of this Agreement.
SCHEDULE
4
TAX
INDEMNITY
DATE:
[ ]
2006
WOO
XXXX XX
(as
the Covenantor)
AND
TECH
TEAM INVESTMENT LIMITED
(as
the Purchaser)
AND
LIGHTSCAPE
HOLDING LTD.
(as
the Company)
DEED
OF INDEMNITY
35th
Floor, Two International Finance Centre,
0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx
Tel:
(000) 0000 0000 Fax: (000) 0000 0000
Website:
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Our
ref: 53667-00002/NKA/CWF
THIS
DEED OF INDEMNITY is
made
on [ ]
2006
BY:
WOO
XXXX XX, holder
of
Hong Kong Identity Card No. X000000(0) and whose correspondence address is
at
Room 1112, 11/F., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx (the
“Covenantor”),
IN
FAVOUR OF:
(1) |
TECH
TEAM INVESTMENT LIMITED,
a
company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and having its
registered office at Sea Meadow House, Blackburne Highway, Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the “Purchaser”);
and
|
(2) |
LIGHTSCAPE
HOLDING LTD.,
a
company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and having its
registered office at OMC Xxxxxxxx, P.O. Box 3152, Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands (the “Company”)
on its own behalf and as trustee for its subsidiary whose
name, place of incorporation and attributable interest of the Company
are
set out in Schedule 2 to the Agreement (as defined
below).
|
WHEREAS:
(A)
|
By
an agreement (the “Agreement”,
such expression shall include the same as supplemented and amended
from
time to time)
dated [—]
2006 and made by, among others, (i) the Covenantor, as vendor; and
(ii)
the Purchaser as purchaser whereby the parties agreed, among other
matters, for the sale and purchase of such number of Shares which
shall be
equivalent to 60% of the issued share capital of the
Company.
|
(B)
|
It
is a condition of the Agreement that the Covenantor shall enter into
this
Deed to provide the Company with an indemnity subject to the terms
and
conditions herein contained.
|
NOW
THIS DEED WITNESSES AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED as
follows:
1.
|
(a)
|
Words
and expressions used herein, unless otherwise expressed or required
by
context, shall have the same meanings as those used or defined in
the
Agreement.
|
(b)
|
In
this Deed, in addition to the definitions in the Agreement, the following
words and expressions shall have the following
meanings:
|
“Claim” |
any
assessment, notice, demand or other documents issued or action taken
by or
on behalf of the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong or any other
statutory or governmental authority whatsoever in Hong Kong, the
PRC or
any other part of the world from which it appears that the Companies
or
any of them are liable or are sought to be made liable for any payment
of
any form of Taxation or to be deprived of any Relief or right to
repayment
of any form of Taxation which Relief or right to repayment would
but for
the Claim have been available to the Companies or any of
them
|
“Companies” |
the
Company and its subsidiary;
|
“Relief” |
any
relief, allowance, concession, set off or deduction in computing
profits,
income or expenditure against which a Taxation is assessed, or any
credit
granted by or pursuant to any legislation or otherwise relating to
all
forms of Taxation;
|
“Taxation”
|
(i)
|
any
liability to any form of taxation whenever created or imposed and
whether
of Hong Kong, Singapore or of any other part of the world and without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing includes profits tax,
provisional profits tax, interest tax, salaries tax, property tax,
provisional profits tax, business tax on gross income, income tax,
value
added tax, interest tax, salaries tax, property, estate duty, death
duty,
capital duty, stamp duty, payroll tax, withholding tax, rates, social
welfare tax, social welfare insurance, sales and lease tax, dividend
tax,
import customs and exercise duties and generally any tax duty, impost,
levy or rate or any amount payable to the revenue, customs or fiscal
authorities of local, municipal, governmental, state, provincial,
federal
level whether of Hong Kong, Singapore or of any other part of the
world;
|
(ii) |
such
amount or amounts as is referred to in Clause l(c) hereof;
and
|
(iii) |
all
interest, penalties, costs, charges and expenses incidental or relating
to
the liability to Taxation or the deprivation of any Relief or of
a right
to repayment of Taxation which is the subject of the indemnity contained
herein to the extent that the same is payable or suffered by the
Company.
|
(c)
|
In
the event of deprivation of any Relief or of a right to repayment
of any
form of Taxation, there shall be treated as an amount of Taxation
for
which a liability has arisen the amount of such Relief or repayment
or (if
smaller) the amount by which the liability to any such Taxation of
the
Companies or any of them would have been reduced by such Relief if
there
had been no such deprivation as aforesaid, applying the relevant
rates of
Taxation in force in the period or periods in respect of which such
Relief
would have applied or (where the rate has at the relevant time not
been
fixed) the last known rate and assuming that the Companies or any
of them
(as the case may be) had sufficient profits against which such Relief
might be set or given.
|
2.
|
Subject
as hereinafter provided, the Covenantor hereby covenants and agrees
with
the Purchaser (for itself and as trustee for its successors in title,
and
as separate covenants with each of the Companies that she will fully
and
effectually indemnify and at all times keep fully and effectually
indemnified the Purchaser and/or each of the Companies from and
against:
|
(a)
|
the
amount of any and all Taxation falling on the Companies or any of
them
from or by reference to any income, profits, gains, transactions,
events,
matters or things earned, accrued, received, entered into or occurring
on
or before the Completion Date or any event or transaction on or before
the
Completion Date whether alone or in conjunction with any other
circumstances whenever occurring and whether or not such Taxation
is
chargeable against or attributable to any other person, firm or company,
including any and all Taxation resulting from the receipt by the
Companies
of any amounts paid by the Covenantor under this Deed;
and
|
(b)
|
all
reasonable costs (including all legal costs), expense or other liabilities
which the Purchaser or the Companies may incur in connection
with:
|
(i)
|
the
settlement of any claim under this
Deed;
|
(ii)
|
any
legal proceedings in which the Purchaser or any of the Companies
claims
under or in respect of this Deed and in which judgment is given for
the
Purchaser or any of the Companies;
or
|
(iii)
|
the
enforcement of any such settlement or
judgment.
|
3.
|
This
Deed does not cover any Claim and the Covenantor shall be under no
liability under this Deed in respect of
Taxation:
|
(a)
|
to
the extent that provision has been made for such Taxation in the
Management Accounts; or
|
(b)
|
which
would not have arisen but for any act or omission by the Purchaser
or any
of the Companies effected without the prior written consent or agreement
of the Covenantor, otherwise than in the ordinary course of business
after
the date hereof; or
|
(c)
|
for
which each of the Companies is primarily liable as a result of
transactions in the ordinary course of normal day to day trading
operations since the Completion Date;
or
|
(d)
|
to
the extent that such Claim arises or is incurred as a result of the
imposition of Taxation as a consequence of any retrospective change
in the
law or practice coming into force after the date hereof or to the
extent
such Claim arises or is increased by an increase in rates of Taxation
after the date hereof with retrospective
effect.
|
4. (a) |
No
claim under this Deed shall be made by the Purchaser or more than
one of
the Companies in respect of the same
Taxation.
|
(b)
|
No
claim under this Deed shall be made if a Claim in respect thereof
has been
made pursuant to the Agreement.
|
(c)
|
The
Covenantor shall not be liable in respect of any Claim under this
Deed
after the sixth anniversary of the Completion Date except for Claims
notice of which has been given to the Covenantor on or prior to such
sixth
anniversary.
|
5. (a) |
In
the event of any Claim arising, the Purchaser and the Companies
or any of
them shall, by way of covenant but not as a condition precedent
to the
liability of the Covenantor hereunder, give or procure that notice
thereof
is given, as soon as reasonably practicable, to the Covenantor
and, as
regards any Claim, the Companies or any of them and/or the Purchaser
shall
at the request of the Covenantor take such action, or procure that
such
action be taken, to cause the Claim to be withdrawn, or to dispute,
resist, appeal against, compromise or defend the Claim and any
determination in respect thereof, but subject to the Purchaser
and the
Companies or any of them being indemnified and secured to its reasonable
satisfaction by the Covenantor from and against any and all losses,
liabilities (including additional Taxation), damages, interest,
penalties,
costs, charges and expenses which may be thereby sustained or
incurred.
|
(b)
|
Without
the prior approval of the Purchaser (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld), the Covenantor shall make no settlement of any Claim nor
agree
any matter in the course of disputing any Claim likely to affect
the
amount thereof or the future taxation liability of the
Company.
|
6.
|
If,
after the Covenantor has made any payment pursuant to this Deed,
any of
the Companies shall receive a refund of all or part of the relevant
Taxation, the relevant company shall repay to the Covenantor a sum
corresponding to the balance of the refund remaining after deducting
the
aggregate of (a) any costs, charges and expenses payable or sustained
or
incurred by the Company and/or the Purchaser in recovering such refund,
and (b) the amount of any additional Taxation which may be suffered
or
incurred by the Company in consequence of such
refund.
|
7.
|
The
indemnities, agreements and undertakings herein contained shall bind
the
assigns or successors of the Covenantor and shall enure for the benefit
of
each party’s successors or assigns. The whole or any part of the benefit
of this Deed may be assigned by the Purchaser and the Companies or
any of
them.
|
8.
|
The
provisions of the Agreement relating to service of notice shall be
incorporated in and be deemed to be part of this
Deed.
|
9.
|
Time
shall be of the essence of this
Deed.
|
10.
|
This
Deed shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance
with
the laws of Hong Kong and the parties irrevocably submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts in relation to
any
proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Deed, but this
Deed
may be enforced in any other courts of competent
jurisdiction.
|
AS
WITNESS
whereof
this Deed has been duly executed on the day and year first above
written.
THE
COVENANTOR
SIGNED,
SEALED AND DELIVERED
|
)
|
by
WOO XXXX XX
|
)
|
in
the presence of:
|
)
|
THE
PURCHASER
|
|
SEALED
with the common seal of and
|
)
|
|
)
|
SIGNED
by
|
)
|
|
)
|
for
and on behalf of
|
)
|
|
)
|
TECH
TEAM INVESTMENT LIMITED
|
)
|
|
)
|
in
the presence of:
|
)
|
THE
COMPANY
|
|
SEALED
with the common seal of and
|
)
|
|
)
|
SIGNED
by
|
)
|
|
)
|
for
and on behalf of
|
)
|
|
)
|
LIGHTSCAPE
HOLDING LTD.
|
)
|
|
)
|
in
the presence of:
|
)
|
SCHEDULE
5
NON-U.S.
SHAREHOLDER CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE
OF NON-U.S. SHAREHOLDER
OF
GLOBAL
INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
In
connection with the issuance of 3,000,000 shares of common stock (“Pubco
Common Stock”)
of
Global Innovative Systems Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Pubco”),
to
the undersigned pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement dated [28] March 2006
(the “Agreement”),
the
undersigned and the Guarantors (as defined in the Agreement), I hereby agree,
represent and warrant (where applicable) that:
1. |
I
am not a “U.S.
Person”
as such term is defined by Rule 902 of Regulation S under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities
Act”)
(the definition of which includes, but is not limited to, an individual
resident in the United States of America (“U.S.”)
and an estate or trust of which any executor or administrator or
trust,
respectively is a U.S. Person and any partnership or corporation
organized
or incorporated under the laws of the
U.S.);
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2. |
I
will not, during the period commencing on the purchase date of the
Pubco
Common Stock (“Purchase
Date”)
and ending one year after the Purchase Date (the “Distribution
Compliance Period”),
offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer any or all shares of the
Pubco
Common Stock in the U.S., its territories or possessions, or to a
U.S.
Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than
distributors), other than in accordance with Rules 903 or 904 of
Regulation S under the Securities Act, pursuant to registration under
the
Securities Act or an available exemption therefrom and, in any case,
in
accordance with applicable state and foreign securities laws;
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3. |
Neither
I, any of my affiliates, nor any person acting on my or their behalf
has
engaged, or will engage, in any Directed Selling Efforts (as defined
in
Regulation S) with respect to the Pubco Common Stock or any distribution,
as that term is used in the definition of Distributor in Regulation
S
under the Securities Act, with respect to the Pubco Common
Stock;
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4. |
Neither
I, any of my affiliates, nor any person acting on my or their behalf
has
undertaken or carried out any activity for the purpose of, or that
could
reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market
in
the U. S., its territories or possessions, for any of the Pubco Common
Stock;
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5. |
If
I offer and sell any shares of the Pubco Common Stock during the
Distribution Compliance Period, then I will do so only (a) in
accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, (b) pursuant to
registration of the Pubco Common Stock under the Securities Act,
or
(c) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. I will not engage in any hedging
transactions involving the shares of Pubco Common Stock unless such
hedging transaction is conducted in compliance with the Securities
Act;
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6. |
The
transactions contemplated by the Agreement (a) have not been
prearranged with a purchaser located in the U.S., its territories
or
possessions, or who is a U.S. person, and (b) are not part of a plan
or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the Securities
Act;
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7. |
I
am not part of a group that has been formed principally for the purpose
of
investing in securities not registered under the Securities
Act;
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8.
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I
have not undertaken, and will have no obligation, to register any
of the
Pubco Common Stock under the Securities
Act;
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9. |
Pubco
is entitled to rely on the acknowledgements, agreements, representations
and warranties and the statements and answers of me contained in
the
Agreement and this Certificate, and I will hold harmless Pubco from
any
loss or damage either one may suffer as a result of any such
acknowledgements, agreements, representations and/or warranties made
by me
not being true and correct;
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10. |
I
have been advised to consult my own legal, tax and other advisors
with
respect to the merits and risks of an investment in the Pubco Common
Stock
and, with respect to applicable resale restrictions, am solely responsible
(and Pubco is not in any way responsible) for compliance with applicable
resale restrictions;
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11. |
I
acknowledge that the Pubco Common Stock is not listed on any other
stock
exchange or automated dealer quotation system and no representation
has
been made to me that the Pubco Common Stock will become listed on
any
other stock exchange or automated dealer quotation system, except
that
currently certain market makers make market in the common shares
of Pubco
on the OTCBB (as defined in the
Agreement);
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12. |
At
the time of the origination of contact concerning the purchase of
the
Pubco Common Stock, and at the date of execution and delivery of
the Sale
and Purchase Agreement relating thereto, I, and any person acting
on my
behalf, was and am outside the U.S., its territories and possessions
when
receiving and executing the Agreement and am acquiring the Pubco
Common
Stocks as principal for my own account, for investment purposes only,
and
not with a view to, or for, resale, distribution or fractionalization
thereof, in whole or in part, and no other person has a direct or
indirect
beneficial interest in the Pubco Common
Stocks;
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13. |
I
acknowledge that neither the Securities Exchange Commission of the
U.S.
nor any other securities commission or similar regulatory authority
has
reviewed or passed on the merits of the Pubco Common
Stock;
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14. |
I
acknowledge that the Pubco Common Stock is not being acquired, directly
or
indirectly, for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person or a person
in the
U.S.;
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15. |
I
acknowledge and agree that Pubco shall refuse to register any transfer
of
Pubco Common Stocks not made in accordance with the provisions of
Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act,
or
pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities
Act; and
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16. |
I
understand and agree that the
Pubco Common Stocks
will bear the following legend:
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“NONE
OF
THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”),
OR
ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, NONE MAY BE OFFERED
OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS (AS
DEFINED HEREIN) EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION
NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN
EACH
CASE CONFIRMED BY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER AND ONLY
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE AND PROVINCIAL SECURITIES LAWS. HEDGING
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED
UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.”
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate of Non-U.S.
Shareholder.
____________________
By:
WOO
XXXX XX
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Date: _________________,
2006
SCHEDULE
6
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENTS
2006
LUMINOUS
LED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
and
[name
of Employee]
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
35th
Floor, Two International Finance Centre,
0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx
Tel:
(000) 0000 0000 Fax: (000) 0000 0000
Website:
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Our
ref: 53667-00002/NKA/CWF
THIS
AGREEMENT
is made
on 2006
Between:
(1)
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LUMINOUS
LED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED,
incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong, whose registered office
is at
Xxxxx 00, Xxxx of Xxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
(the
Company);
and
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(2)
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[name
of Employee]
(holder
of Hong Kong/PRC identity card/holder of US Passport no. [·])
of
[address]
(the Employee).
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Whereas:
(A) |
Prior
to the execution of this agreement, the Employee was employed by
the
Company. The Company and the Employee have agreed to reduce the terms
of
the employment in writing as recorded by the provisions
herein.
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(B) |
The
Employee will be deemed to have continuous service with the Company
from
the [date
employment commenced with relevant company]
and all accrued entitlements will be recognised by the
Company.
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IT
IS AGREED
as
follows:
Definitions
1. |
In
this Agreement the following expressions shall have the following
meanings:
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Businesses
means
all
and any trades or other commercial activities of the Company or any Group
Company with which the Employee has been informed or concerned or involved
with
to any material extent at any time during [his/her] appointment by the Company
which the Company or any Group Company carries on with a view to
profit;
Board
means
the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee of the
board of directors;
Companies
Ordinance means
Chapter 32 of the Laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region;
Confidential
Information
means
all and any information of a confidential nature or which the Employee should
reasonably have known is of a confidential nature (whether or not recorded
in
documentary form or on computer disk or tape) relating to the business methods,
corporate plans, management systems, finances, new business opportunities,
research and development projects of the Company or any Group Company and any
and all trade secrets, secret formulae, process, inventions, designs, know-how,
discoveries, technical specifications and other technical information relating
to the creation, production or supply of any past, present or future product
or
service of the Company or any Group Company, but does not include information
that is already in the public domain;
Effective
Date
means
the date upon which completion of the Sale and Purchase Agreement takes
place;
Employment
means
the Employee’s employment in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement;
Employment
Ordinance
means
Chapter 57 of the Laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region;
Group
Company means
the
Company and any company which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company
from time to time;
Sale
and Purchase Agreement means
the
sale and purchase agreement among Woo Xxxx Xx, Tech Team Investment Limited,
Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxx and Xxxxxx Xxx Xxx Xxx dated [*] 2006 to effect the sale
of certain ordinary shares in the Company from Woo Xxxx Xx to Tech Team
Investment Limited;
subsidiary
and
subsidiaries
shall be
construed in accordance with sections 2(4) to 2(6) of the Companies Ordinance;
and
Termination
Date
means
the date on which the Employment is terminated howsoever caused (including,
without limitation, termination by the Company which is in repudiatory breach
of
this Agreement).
Term
and Appointment
2.1 |
According
to the terms of this Agreement, the Employee shall be appointed as
the
[insert
Employee’s Job Title].
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2.2 |
Subject
to clause 10, the Employment commences on the Effective Date and
shall continue unless or until terminated by either party according
to
clause 11.
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Duties
3.1 |
During
the Employment, the Employee will:
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(a)
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diligently
perform all such duties and exercise all such powers as are lawfully
and
properly assigned to [him/her] from time to time by the Company or
any
authorised employee of the Company, whether such duties or powers
relate
to the Company or any other Group
Company;
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(b)
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comply
with all directions lawfully and properly given to [him/her] by the
Company or any authorised employee of the Company;
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(c)
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unless
prevented by sickness, injury or other incapacity, devote the whole
of
[his/her] time, attention and abilities to the business of the Company
or
any other Group Company for which [he/she] is required to perform
duties
and shall not (without the Company’s prior written consent) be directly or
indirectly engaged, concerned or interested in any other business
activity, trade or occupation; and
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(d)
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promptly
provide the Company with all such information as it may require in
connection with the business or affairs of the Company and of any
other
Group Company for which [he/she] is required to perform
duties.
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3.2 |
The
Employee shall be required to work the Company’s normal business hours
from [9] a.m. to [6] p.m., Monday to Friday, together with such additional
hours as are required in the proper performance of [his/her] duties.
The
Employee acknowledges that [he/she] has no entitlement to additional
remuneration for any hours worked in excess of the Company’s normal
business hours.
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3.3 |
The
Employee’s normal place of work is [Hong Kong]. However, the Employee may
be assigned to work in either of the Company’s offices in [insert
appropriate destinations]
and may be required to make overseas business trips as may be required
for
the proper performance of [his/her] duties under the
Employment.
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Salary
4.1 |
The
Employee’s initial salary is [insert
amount]
per annum (less any required deductions) paid monthly in arrears
in [12]
monthly instalments by autopay on or before the [28th] day of every
calendar month or, if that is not a bank business day, on the immediately
preceding bank business day. The Company shall also make mandatory
contributions as required by the Mandatory Provident Fund Ordinance.
The
amount of the salary will not be increased for periods prior to [*]
2006
but will be reviewed by the Company each year during the term of
the
Employment. Any increase in salary shall, unless specified by the
Board or
the Employment is terminated in accordance with the terms herein,
become
effective for all periods after 31 December of the year in which
it is
notified to the Employee. Such increase in salary shall not exceed
[15]
per cent. per annum of the amount of salary paid during the previous
12
month period.
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[Insert
provisions for any increases or salary review if
relevant.]
4.2 |
The
Employee’s salary is inclusive of all fees and other remuneration to which
[he/she] may be or become entitled as an officer of the Company or
of any
other Group Company.
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Bonus
5.1 |
The
Employee shall be entitled to, on completion of every 12 months of
service, a management bonus in respect of each financial year of
the
Company after [31 December 2006] in an amount to be determined by
the
Board in its absolute discretion, provided that the total amount
of
bonuses payable to all employees for the time being of the Company
shall
not exceed [five (5)] per cent. of the combined or, as the case may
be,
consolidated audited net profit of the Group (after taxation and
minority
interests and the payment of such bonuses but before extraordinary
items)
for that financial year. Payment of such bonus shall be made on such
date
as the Board may resolve.
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5.2
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After
the Termination Date the Employee will not be entitled to the bonus
in
clause 5.1 and the payment of any bonus to which the Employee may be
eligible for after the Termination Date will be at the sole discretion
of
the Company.
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Mandatory
provident Fund
and Medical Scheme
6.1 |
The
Employee is entitled to join the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme
and the
medical scheme open to membership by employees of the Company, subject
to
the terms and conditions of the trust deed and rules governing the
Mandatory Provident Fund from time to time in force, and to the terms
and
conditions of the medical scheme from time to time in
force.
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6.2 |
The
Employee’s contribution to the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme shall be
deducted from [his/her] salary.
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Holiday
7.1 |
The
Employee is entitled to [10] working days’ paid holiday (inclusive of
statutory annual leave according to the Employment Ordinance) per
calendar
year during [his/her] Employment (plus public holidays in Hong Kong),
to
be taken at a time or times convenient to the Company and in any
case
within 12 months of accruing. The right to paid holiday will accrue
pro
rata during each calendar year of the Employment. Holidays in excess
of
statutory annual leave may not be carried over from one year to the
next
and payment will not be made in lieu of holidays not taken. Any holidays
in excess of statutory annual leave will be forfeited if not taken
within
12 months of accruing.
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7.2 |
On
termination of the Employment, the Employee shall be entitled to
payment
in lieu of accrued but untaken holiday (other than holidays forfeited
in
accordance with clause 7.1) on a pro rata
basis.
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Sickness
and Other Incapacity
8.1 |
Subject
to the Employee’s compliance with the Company’s policy on notification and
certification of periods of absence from work, the Employee will
continue
to be paid [his/her] full salary during any period of absence from
work
due to sickness, injury or other incapacity, up to a maximum of [two
(2)]
days for each completed month of service in the first year of service
and
[four (4)] days for each completed month of service thereafter.
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8.2 |
The
Employee will not be paid during any period of absence from work
(other
than due to holiday, sickness, injury or other incapacity) without
the
prior permission of the Company.
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Intellectual
Property
9.1 |
The
Employee shall forthwith disclose full details of any inventions,
designs,
know-how or discoveries, whether registrable or not, or whether patentable
or a copyright work (Inventions)
in confidence to the Company and shall regard [himself/herself] in
relation thereto as a trustee for the
Company.
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9.2 |
All
intellectual property rights in such Inventions shall vest absolutely
in
the Company which shall be entitled, so far as the law permits, to
the
exclusive use thereof.
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9.3 |
Notwithstanding
clause 9.2 above, the Employee shall at any time assign to the Company
the
copyright (by way of assignment of copyright) and other intellectual
property rights, if any, in respect of all works written, originated,
conceived or made by the Employee (except only those works written,
originated, conceived or made by the Employee wholly outside [his/her]
normal working hours hereunder and wholly unconnected with the Employment)
during the continuance of the
Employment.
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9.4 |
The
Employee agrees and undertakes that at any time during or after the
termination of [his/her] employment [he/she] will execute such deeds
or
documents and do all such acts and things as the Company may deem
necessary or desirable to substantiate its rights in respect of the
Inventions and other intellectual property rights referred to in
this
clause 9, including for the purpose of obtaining letters patent or
other
privileges in all such countries as the Company may
require.
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Termination
10.1 |
Either
party may terminate the Employment by providing the other party with
[three/six/twelve] months’ written notice. The Company may, in its sole
discretion, also terminate the Employment by making a payment in
lieu of
notice.
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10.2 |
At
any time during the Employment the Company may also terminate the
Employment immediately and with no liability to make any further
payment
to the Employee (other than in respect of amounts accrued due as
at the
date of termination) for serious misconduct, including, without
limitation, if the Employee:
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(a)
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commits
any serious or repeated breach of any of [his/her] obligations under
this
Agreement or [his/her] Employment;
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(b)
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is
guilty of serious misconduct which, in the Board’s reasonable opinion, has
damaged or may damage the business or affairs of the Company or any
other
Group Company;
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(c)
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is
guilty of conduct which, in the Board’s reasonable opinion, brings or is
likely to bring [himself/herself], the Company or any other Group
Company
into disrepute;
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(d)
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is
charged with a criminal offence (other than a road traffic offence
not
subject to a custodial sentence);
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(e)
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is
disqualified from acting as a director of a company by order of a
competent court;
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(f)
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is
or becomes incapacitated or ill to the extent that [he/she] is unable
to
perform the inherent requirements of the Employment and the Employee
has
exhausted all of [his/her] entitlement to paid sickness leave set
out in
clause 8, or
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(g)
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is
declared bankrupt or makes any arrangement with or for the benefit
of
[his/her] creditors.
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Any
delay
or forbearance by the Company in exercising any right of termination shall
not
constitute a waiver of it.
10.3 |
On
termination of the Employment for whatever reason (and whether in
breach
of contract or otherwise) the Employee
will:
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(a)
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immediately
deliver to the Company all books, documents, papers, computer records,
computer data, and any other property relating to the business of
or
belonging to the Company or any other Group Company which is in [his/her]
possession or under [his/her] control. The Employee is not entitled
to
retain copies or reproductions of any documents, papers or computer
records relating to the business of or belonging to the Company or
any
other Group Company;
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(b)
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immediately
resign from any office [he/she] holds with the Company or any other
Group
Company (and from any related trusteeships) without any compensation
for
loss of office. Should the Employee fail to do so [he/she] hereby
irrevocably authorises the Company to appoint some person in [his/her]
name and on [his/her] behalf to sign any documents and do any thing
to
give effect to [his/her] resignation from office;
and
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(c)
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immediately
pay to the Company or, as the case may be, any other Group Company
all
outstanding loans or other amounts due or owed to the Company or
any other
Group Company. The Employee confirms that, should [he/she] fail to
do so,
the Company is to be treated as authorised to deduct from any amounts
due
or owed to the Employee by the Company (or any other Group Company)
a sum
equal to such amounts.
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10.4 |
The
Employee will not at any time after termination of the Employment
represent [himself/herself] as being in any way concerned with or
interested in the business of, or employed by, the Company or any
other
Group Company.
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10.5 |
The
Employee agrees that any payments pursuant to this clause 11 will
be in
full and final settlement of any and all claims the Employee may
have
against the Company or any other Group Company arising out of or
in
connection with [his/her] Employment or its
termination.
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Suspension
11.1 |
Where
notice of termination has been served by either party whether in
accordance with clause 10.1 or otherwise, the Company shall be under
no obligation to provide work for or assign any duties to the Employee
for
the whole or any part of the relevant notice period and may require
[him/her]:
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(a)
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not
to attend any premises of the Company or any other Group Company;
and/or
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(b)
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to
resign with immediate effect from any offices [he/she] holds with
the
Company or any other Group Company (and any related trusteeships);
and/or
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(c)
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to
refrain from business contact with any customers, clients or employees
of
the Company or any Group Company;
and/or
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(d)
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to
take any holiday which has accrued under clause 7.1 during any period
of suspension under this
clause 11.1.
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11.2 |
The
provisions of clauses 12 and 13 shall remain in full force and effect
during any period of suspension under
clause 11.1.
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11.3 |
Any
suspension under clause 11.1 shall be on full salary and benefits
during any period of suspension).
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Confidential
Information
12.1 |
The
Employee acknowledges:
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(a)
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that
the Confidential Information is valuable to the Company and other
Group
Companies;
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(b)
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that
the Company will provide the Employee with access to Confidential
Information so that the Employee is properly able to carry out the
duties
pursuant to this Agreement;
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(c)
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that
the Employee owes, without limitation, a duty of trust and confidence
to
the Company and a duty to act at all times in the best interests
of the
Company;
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(d)
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that
the disclosure of any Confidential Information to any customer or
actual
or potential competitor of the Company or any Group Company would
place
the Company at a serious competitive disadvantage and would cause
immeasurable damage to the Businesses and therefore the restrictions
contained in clauses 12 and 13 are reasonable to protect the
Company;
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and
the
Employee undertakes that [he/she] will not at any time (whether during the
Employment or for a period of [36] months from the Termination Date) use for
[his/her] own or another’s advantage, or reveal to any person, firm, company or
organisation and shall use [his/her] best endeavours to prevent the publication
or disclosure of any Confidential Information concerning the business or affairs
of the Company or any other Group Company or any of its or their
customers.
12.2 |
The
restrictions in this clause shall not apply so as to prevent the
Employee
from using [his/her] own personal skill in any business in which
[he/she]
may be lawfully engaged after the Employment is
ended.
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Restrictive
Covenants
13.1 |
The
Employee covenants with the Company (for itself and as trustee and
agent
for each other Group Company) that [he/she] shall not, whether directly
or
indirectly, on [his/her] own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction
with
any other person, firm, company or other
entity:
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(a)
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during
the Employment or for the period of [12] months following the Termination
Date, solicit or entice away or endeavour to solicit or entice away
from
the Company or any Group Company any person, firm, company or other
entity
who is, or was, in the [six (6)] months immediately prior to the
Termination Date, a client of the Company or any Group Company with
whom
the Employee had business dealings during the course of [his/her]
employment in that [six (6)] month period. Nothing in this
clause 13.1(a) shall prohibit the seeking or doing of business not in
direct or indirect competition with the business of the Company or
any
Group Company;
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(b)
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during
the Employment or for the period of [12] months following the Termination
Date, solicit or entice away or endeavour to solicit or entice away
any
individual person who is employed or engaged by the Company or any
Group
Company either as a director or in a managerial or technical capacity;
or
who is in possession of Confidential Information belonging to the
Company
and/or any Group Company and with whom the Employee had business
dealings
during the course of [his/her] employment in the [six (6)] month
period
immediately prior to the Termination Date;
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(c)
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during
the Employment or for the period of [12] months following the Termination
Date, carry on, set up, be employed, engaged or interested in a business
anywhere in Hong Kong, at the Termination Date which is in, whether
directly or indirectly, competition with the business of the Company
or
any Group Company as at the Termination Date with which the Employee
was
actively involved during the [six (6)] month period immediately prior
to
the Termination Date. It is agreed that if any such company ceases
to be
in competition with the Company and/or any Group Company this
clause 13.1(c) shall, with effect from that date, cease to apply in
respect of such company. The provisions of this clause 13.1(c) shall
not, at any time following the Termination Date, prevent the Employee
from
holding shares or other capital not amounting to more than [five
(5)] per
cent. of the total issued share capital of any company whether listed
on
any recognised stock exchange or not and, in addition, shall not
prohibit
the seeking or doing of business not in direct or indirect competition
with the business of the Company or any Group
Company.
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13.2 |
While
the Parties agree that the restrictions contained in Clause 12 and
13 are
reasonable in all the circumstances, it is agreed that if any court
of
competent jurisdiction holds that the length of the post-termination
covenants contained in clauses 12 and 13 are not reasonable, the
parties
agree that:
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(a)
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the
covenants are to apply for a period of [nine (9)] months from the
Termination Date; or, if this period is held to be
unreasonable;
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(b)
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for
a period of [six (6)] months from the Termination Date; or if this
period
is held to be unreasonable;
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(c)
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for
such other period as any court of competent jurisdiction decides
is
reasonable.
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13.3 |
The
period during which the restrictions referred to in clauses 13.1(a)
to (c) inclusive which apply following the Termination Date shall
be
reduced by the amount of time during which, if at all, the Company
suspends the Employee under the provisions of clause 11.1.
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Miscellaneous
14.1 |
This
Agreement, together with any other documents referred to in this
Agreement, supersedes all other agreements both oral and in writing
between the Company and the Employee (other than those expressly
referred
to herein). The Employee acknowledges that [he/she] has not entered
into
this Agreement in reliance upon any representation, warranty or
undertaking which is not set out in this Agreement or expressly referred
to in it as forming part of the Employee’s contract of
employment.
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14.2 |
The
Employee represents and warrants to the Company that [he/she] will
not by
reason of entering into the Employment, or by performing any duties
under
this Agreement, be in breach of any terms of employment with a third
party
whether express or implied or of any other obligation binding on
[him/her].
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14.3 |
Any
notice to be given under this Agreement to the Employee may be served
by
being handed to [him/her] personally or by being sent by registered
post
to [him/her] at [his/her] usual or last known address; and any notice
to
be given to the Company may be served by being left at or by being
sent by
registered post to its registered office for the time being. Any
notice
served by registered post shall be deemed to have been served two
days
(excluding Sundays and statutory holidays) after the date of the
registered post receipt.
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14.4 |
The
provisions of clauses 12, 13 and 14 shall remain in full force and
effect after the Termination Date.
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14.5 |
This
Agreement and the relationship between the parties shall be governed
by,
and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Hong
Kong).
Each of the parties agrees that the courts of the Hong Kong are to
have
non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes (including claims
for
set-off and counterclaims) which may arise in connection with the
creation, validity, effect, interpretation or performance of, or
the legal
relationships established by, this Agreement or otherwise arising
in
connection with this Agreement, and for such purposes irrevocably
submit
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Hong
Kong.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF THIS AGREEMENT
has
been
signed on the date the day and year first above written.
SIGNED
for
and on behalf of
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)
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LUMINOUS
LED
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)
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TECHNOLOGIES
LIMITED
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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SIGNED
by
the [name
of Employee]
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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IN
WITNESS
whereof
this Agreement has been duly executed by all parties hereto the day and year
first above written.
THE
VENDOR
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SIGNED
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)
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by
XXXXXXXX
XXX XXXX XXX
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)
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lawful
attorney for WOO
XXXX XX
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)
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SGD.
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in
the presence of:
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)
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THE
PURCHASER
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SIGNED
by
TAN, XXXXX
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)
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)
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for
and on behalf of
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)
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)
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SGD.
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TECH
TEAM INVESTMENT
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)
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LIMITED
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)
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)
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in
the presence of:
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)
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THE
GUARANTORS
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SIGNED,
SEALED AND DELIVERED
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)
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by
XXXXXXXX
XXX XXXX XXX
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)
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SGD.
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in
the presence of:
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)
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SIGNED,
SEALED AND DELIVERED
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)
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by
XXXXXX
XXX XXX XXX
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)
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SGD.
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in
the presence of:
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)
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ANNEXURE
Management
Accounts