ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Asset
Purchase Agreement (“Agreement”) made as of the date
set out on the signature page below (“Effective Date”)
by and between General Components Inc., a Cayman Islands
corporation (“Seller”), General Components, Inc., a
Beijing, China Corporation (“Seller’s
Subsidiary”), and ZGS Corporation., a Delaware corporation
(“Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, each
of the Seller and Seller’s Subsidiary desires to sell and
Purchaser desires to purchase all of the VOIP business and
associated VOIP business assets of the Seller and Seller’s
Subsidiary (“the VOIP Business”).
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties, in reliance
on the representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions
contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the parties agree as follows:
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ARTICLE
1.
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SALE AND
TRANSFER OF ASSETS
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1.1
SALE. On the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date,
Purchaser or purchaser's Subsidiary (as defined in Clause 5.2) will
purchase from Seller and Seller will sell, transfer, assign, convey
and deliver to Purchaser all of the following assets used in or
part of the VOIP Business on The Closing Date (the
"Assets" ):
(a) All the
machinery, equipment, and furniture owned by each of Seller and
Seller’s Subsidiary (Schedule A);
(b) All the
raw materials and supplies, work and goods in process and finished
goods inventories owned by each of Seller and Seller’s
Subsidiary (Schedule B);
(c) All
accounts receivable due to each of Seller and Seller’s
Subsidiary (collectively, the “Accounts Receivable”)
(Schedule C);
(d) All
deposits of each of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiary (Schedule
D);
(e) All
contracts, agreements, purchase or sale orders of the VOIP Business
to which Seller or Seller’s Subsidiary is a party including,
but not limited to, the sina.net Agreement, the CandidSoft China
Telecom Guang Xi project agreement and the Tekelec Corp. Value
Added Reseller Agreement (Schedule E);
(f) To the
extent legally assignable, all licenses, approvals, permits and
certificates obtained from governmental agencies and held by each
of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiary in the VOIP business as of
the Closing Date (Schedule F);
(g) All
telephone numbers currently assigned to Seller or Seller’s
Subsidiary;
(h) trade
marks or trade names, licenses, intangible property and patents
owned by each of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiary used in the
VOIP Business;
(i) each of
Seller and Seller’s Subsidiary’s VOIP business customer
lists;
(j) all
goodwill of, in, related to or associated with the VOIP Business as
a going concern ;
(k) any
claims asserted by Seller or Seller’s Subsidiary in any
dispute or litigation involving the VOIP business; and
(l) the leasehold interest of Seller’s
Subsidiary in an office located at Room 2108, 21/F., Block C, Zhong
Guan Cun Technology Building, No. 34 Zhong Guan Cun South Avenue,
Hai Dian District, Beijing, China (the
“Facility”).
1.2
BUYER RETENTION. Notwithstanding
anything contained in Section 1.1 to the contrary, neither Seller
nor Seller’s Subsidiary is selling, and neither Purchaser nor
Purchaser’s Subsidiary is purchasing, pursuant to the
Agreement, any of the following, all of which shall be retained by
Seller.
(a) the
consideration delivered or to be delivered to each of Seller and
Seller’s Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) the
right of each of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiary to enforce
the obligations of each of Purchaser and Purchaser’s
Subsidiary under the this Agreement;
(c) any
assets of Seller or Seller’s Subsidiary not related to the
VOIP business; and
(d) any
liabilities other than those specified in clause 1.4 (d)
below.
1.3
CONDITION. Purchaser acknowledges
and agrees that neither Seller nor Seller’s Subsidiary makes
any warranties with respect to the Assets except as expressly set
out herein; the Assets are being sold “AS IS” and
“WHERE IS” and all warranties, express or implied, of
merchantability or fitness for purpose or otherwise with respect to
the condition, quality or suitability of the Assets, are hereby
expressly disclaimed.
1.4
CONSIDERATION. The purchase price
for the Assets shall be paid by Purchaser as follows:
(a) At the closing of the purchase
and sale of the Assets (the "Closing" ), Purchaser
shall issue and deliver to Seller that number of shares of the
common stock of Purchaser equal, upon issuance, to 30% of the
Purchaser's common stock on a fully diluted basis (providing the
Seller with a 15% economic interest in the equity of the Purchaser,
post debt service and repayment, taking into account all the shares
of Class A Common Stock of the Purchaser which the Purchaser has
committed to issue as of the date hereof). At or before Closing,
Seller shall become a party to the stockholder’s agreement
completed in the normal and usual form between all of the
shareholders of Purchaser and as entered into by the new investors
in Class A Common Stock and existing common stockholder of ZGS
entitled Investment Agreement.
(b) At
Closing, Purchaser shall pay to Seller the sum of $250,000 cash,
less the following:
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$30,000 paid to
Seller pursuant to the option agreement between Wayne Schreiner
(subsequently assigned by Wayne Schreiner to ZGS Corp.) and
Seller's Subsidiary dated May 9, 2006 (attached as Exhibit A),
and
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the accounts
payable to Tekelec Corp. which are assumed by the Purchaser
pursuant to Section 1.4(d) below.
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(c) At
Closing, Purchaser shall execute and deliver a promissory note in
the sum of $250,000 to Seller, due 60 days after Closing, adjusted
by:
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subtracting any
accrued but unpaid salaries which are agreed to be paid by
Purchaser.
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subtracting any
amount of consideration provided by Purchaser’s Subsidiary to
the Seller’s Subsidiary.
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subtracting any
amount due to Purchaser or Purchaser’s Subsidiary by Seller
or Seller’s Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.7
below.
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adding any
amount due to Seller or Seller’s Subsidiary by Purchaser or
Purchaser’s Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.7.
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(d) At
Closing, Purchaser shall assume the accounts payable of Seller to
Tekelec in an amount not to exceed $120,000.
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CLOSING AND
CONDITIONS OF CLOSING
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(a) The
Closing shall occur upon the earlier of (i) the close of business
on September 30, 2006 or (ii) as soon thereafter as practicable
following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to
Closing set forth in ARTICLE 4 and ARTICLE 5 of this Agreement, but
after the closing of the ZGS Investor Agreement whereby certain
investors are subscribing to the Class A Common Stock of ZGS (the
"Closing Date").
(b) At
closing, Purchaser and Seller will sign the documents specified in
this contract and all other documents reasonably needed to transfer
the business assets to Purchaser. Purchaser will pay Seller the
amounts required by this contract and Seller will transfer to
Purchaser the business assets.
1.6
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. The
assumption by Purchaser of liabilities of Seller pursuant to this
Agreement shall in no way expand the rights or remedies of any
third party against Seller or Purchaser as compared to the rights
and remedies which such third party would have had beneficially
against Seller had Purchaser not assumed such liabilities. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the assumption by
Purchaser of liabilities of Seller pursuant to this Agreement shall
not create any third party beneficiary rights.
ARTICLE
2. SELLER AND SELLER’S SUBSIDIARY’S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each of Seller
and Seller’s Subsidiary hereby, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant to Purchaser that the following facts and
circumstances are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement
and will be true and correct on and as of The Closing
Date:
2.1
ORGANIZATION. Each of Seller and
Seller’s Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which it is organized. Each of Seller and Seller’s
Subsidiary is qualified to do business in all jurisdictions in
which it does business and has all requisite power and authority to
own, operate, and carry on its business as now being
conducted.
2.2
OWNERSHIP. The Seller is the sole
owner of Seller’s Subsidiary. Each of Seller and Seller's
Subsidiary has the full right to sell or dispose of its Assets as
it may choose. Each of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiary own the
Assets being sold by it. At Closing, the Assets will be free from
any claims of others.
2.3
AUTHORITY. Each of Seller and
Seller’s Subsidiary has the full power and authority to
execute, deliver, and consummate this Agreement, subject to the
conditions to Closing set forth in this Agreement.
2.4
FULL DISCLOSURE. No representation,
warranty, or covenant made to Purchaser in this Agreement or any
document, financial statement, certificate, exhibit, or other
information given or delivered to Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement contains or will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact, or omits or will omit a material fact necessary to
make the statements contained in this Agreement or the matters
disclosed in the related documents, certificates, information, or
exhibits not misleading.
2.5
BROKER. Neither the Seller,
Seller’s Subsidiary nor any of its officers, directors,
employees, or stockholders, has retained, consented to, or
authorized any broker, investment banker, or third party to act on
its behalf, directly or indirectly, as a broker or finder in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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LIENS. There
are no liens or encumbrance on the Assets.
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2.7
OPERATIONS PRIOR TO CLOSING. Each
of Seller and Seller’s Subsidiary will use its best efforts
to operate and maintain the Assets and conduct the VOIP Business in
the ordinary course prior to Closing. Neither Seller nor
Seller’s Subsidiary shall dispose of or impair any of the
Assets or enter into any transactions outside of the normal course
of the VOIP Business without the prior consent of the
Purchaser.
2.8
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as
may be otherwise expressly disclosed to Purchaser prior to
Closing:
(a) to the
best of its knowledge, neither the Facility nor it is the subject
of any pending or threatened investigation or inquiry by any
federal, state, local or other governmental authority
(“Governmental Authority”) or is subject to any
remedial obligations under any applicable zoning ordinances and
building codes, flood disaster laws and health and environmental
laws, rules and regulations pertaining to health or the Environment
(“Applicable Laws”).
(b) To the best of its knowledge, it has
obtained any required permits, licenses or authorizations to
construct, occupy, operate or use any portion of the Facility by
reason of any Applicable Laws.
(c) It has
not received notice from any Governmental Authority that (i)
hazardous substances, solid wastes, asbestos or other substances
known or suspected to pose a threat to health or the environment
(“Hazards”) have been disposed of or otherwise released
on or to the Facility or exist on or within any portion of the
Facility, (ii) prior use by them or the prior owners of the of the
Facility, has occurred which violates any Applicable Laws, or (iii)
the use which they make or intend to make of the Facility will
result in the disposal or release of any hazardous substance, solid
waste or Hazard on, in or to the Facility.
(d) To the
best of its knowledge, there are no on-site or off-site locations
where hazardous substances, solid wastes or Hazards from the
Facility have been improperly stored, treated, recycled, or
disposed of.
(e) To the
best of its knowledge, there has been no litigation brought or
threatened nor any settlement reached by or with any parties
alleging the presence, disposal, release or threatened release, of
any hazardous substance, solid wastes, or Hazard from the use or
operation of the Facility.
(f) It has
not received notice from any Governmental Authority that the
Facility is subject to any environmentally related
liens.
(g) Neither
it nor, to its knowledge, any tenant of any portion of the
Facility, has received any notice from any Governmental Authority
with respect to any violation of any Applicable Laws.
(h) It has
not caused any violation of any Applicable Laws nor permitted any
environmental liens to be placed on any portion of the
Facility.
ARTICLE 3.
PURCHASER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Purchaser represents and warrants to Seller and
Seller's Subsidiary that:
3.1
AUTHORITY. Purchaser has full power
and authority to execute, deliver, and consummate this Agreement
subject to the conditions to Closing set forth in this Agreement.
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