SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Between
Inner Mongolia Xiangzhen Mining
Group Co., Ltd.
as Seller,
and
Fortune Pegasus International
Limited
( 福
骏国际有限公司
)
as Buyer,
and
September 21, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page No.
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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SECTION
1.01. Certain Defined Terms
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SECTION
1.02. Interpretation. In this Agreement,
unless the context otherwise requires:
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ARTICLE
II SALE AND PURCHASE
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SECTION
2.01. Sale and Purchase of the Purchased
Shares
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SECTION
2.02. Purchase Price
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SECTION
2.03. Payment of the Purchase Price.
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SECTION
2.04. Closing
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SECTION
2.05. Closing Deliveries by the Seller
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SECTION
2.06. Closing Deliveries by the Purchaser
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SECTION
2.07. Acquisition of Rights
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ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
Seller AND THE COMPANY
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SECTION
3.01. Authority to Execute and Perform this Agreement of
the Seller
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SECTION
3.02. Authority to Execute and Perform this Agreement of
the Company
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SECTION
3.03. No Conflict
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SECTION
3.04. Ownership of the Purchased Shares.
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SECTION
3.05. Good Standing of the Company
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SECTION
3.06. No Undisclosed Liabilities
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3.07. Litigation and Compliance with the Law
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SECTION
3.08. Licenses and Permits.
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SECTION
3.09. Full Disclosure.
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SECTION
3.10. Binding Force
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
PURCHASER
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SECTION
4.01. Authority to Execute and Perform this
Agreement
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SECTION
4.02. No Conflict.
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SECTION
4.03. Financing
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ARTICLE
V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS
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SECTION
5.01. Contracts and Agreements
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SECTION
5.02. No Impairment
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SECTION
5.03. Obligations of the Seller, the Company and the
Purchaser.
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SECTION
5.04. Access to Information
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SECTION
5.05. Confidentiality.
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SECTION
5.06. Further Action
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ARTICLE
VI CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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SECTION
6.01. Conditions to Obligations of the Seller and the
Company
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SECTION
6.02. Conditions to Obligations of the
Purchaser
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ARTICLE
VII INDEMNIFICATION
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SECTION
7.01. Survival
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SECTION
7.02. Indemnification by the Seller
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SECTION
7.03. Notice of Claims
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ARTICLE
VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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SECTION
8.01. Termination
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SECTION
8.02. Effect of Termination
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SECTION
8.03. Waiver.
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ARTICLE
IX ARBITRATION
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SECTION 9.01.
Reference to Arbitration
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ARTICLE
X GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SECTION
10.01. Expenses
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SECTION
10.02. Notices
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SECTION
10.03. Severability
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SECTION
10.04. Amendment
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SECTION
10.05. Assignment and Succession
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SECTION
10.06. Entire Agreement.
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SECTION
10.07. Waivers, Remedies Cumulative.
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SECTION
10.08. Liabilities for Breach
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SECTION
10.09. No Agency.
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SECTION
10.10. Specific Performance
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SECTION
10.11. Counterparts.
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SECTION
10.12. Time of Essence
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SECTION
10.13. Governing Law
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SHARE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS SHARE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT is made as of
the 21st day of September, 2009 by and among Inner Mongolia Xiangzhen Mining
Group Co., Ltd. , a company organized and existing under the
Laws of People’s Republic of China with its legal
address at Jianguo Road, Wulanhua, Sizi wang Qi, Wulanchabu,
Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China (the
“ Seller ”), Tun Lin Limited Liability Company
in the Kyrgyz Republic, a n exempt
company organized under the laws of Kyrgyz Republic (the
“ Company ”) ,
Fortune Pegasus International Limited
福
骏国际有限公司
, a company organized
and existing under the Laws of British Virgin Islands with its
registered office at PO Box 4389, Road Town, Tortola, British
Virgin Islands (the “ Purchaser ”;
together with the Seller and Company, the “ Parties
” and individually, a
“ Party ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Seller is the sole registered and
beneficial owner of equity shares of the Company before the Closing
as defined below;
WHEREAS, as at the date of this Agreement, the
Company has an authorized capital of 5000 索姆
, of which 5000 索姆
have been issued to the Seller (the
collectively “ Sale Shares ” and each a “
Sale Share ”), further details of the Company
are set out in Schedule to this Agreement.]
WHEREAS, as at the date of this Agreement, the
Company is indebted to the Seller in the amount of US$1,761,784.78
(the “ Sale Loan ”).
WHEREAS, as at the date of this Agreement, the
Company is the holder of the Mining License together with all
title, right, interest and benefit thereto and therein free from
Encumbrances
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell to the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Seller,
one hundred percent (100%) of the Sale Shares and the Sale Loan,
all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and upon the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined
Terms. (a) As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Acquisition ” means the
purchase of the Purchased Shares by the Purchaser from the Seller
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
" Action " or “ Actions
” mean any claim, action, suit, arbitration, inquiry,
proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority
or non-governmental authority, including any action regarding
expropriation, confiscation or requisition.
" Affiliate " means, with respect to any
specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such specified Person.
" Agreement " or " this Agreement
" means the Share Purchase Agreement, entered into on
[ ], 2009 by and among the Seller, the Company and
the Purchaser (including all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, which
are expressly incorporated herein and constitute indispensable
parts hereof) and all amendments hereto which may be made in
accordance with Section 10.04 hereof.
" Assets " means all the assets, rights
and creditor’s rights due to the Company together with those
assets and rights which were used, held or enjoyed for the purposes
of the Business or are otherwise represented as being the property
or assets of the Company as of the date hereof.
" Business " means all the businesses
that the Group may engage or are engaging in according to
Law.
" Business Day " means any day that is
not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required
or authorized by Law to be closed in British Virgin Islands, or the
PRC.
" Control " (including the terms "
controlled by " and " under common control with "),
means, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or as trustee,
personal representative or executor, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
" Directors " means the member of board
of the Company.
" Deed of Assignment " means the deed of
assignment to be executed by the Seller as assignor and the
Purchaser as assignee substantially in the same form as set out in
Schedule 6.
" Disclosure Schedule " means the
Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, dated as of the date hereof,
which constitutes a part of this Agreement.
" Encumbrance " means any security
interest, pledge, assignment, mortgage, lien (including, without
limitation, environmental and tax liens), charge, encumbrance,
adverse claim or any contract or agreement constituting a privilege
or right of any nature restricting the full enjoyment, ownership or
transferability or any other arrangement having a similar
effect.
" Governmental Authority " means any
national, provincial, municipal and other local governmental or
regulatory authority, agency, commission, or any court, tribunal,
or judicial or arbitral body, including, without limitation, the
PRC Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform
Commission, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration
Commission, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the
State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and the State
Administration of Taxation, and their respective local
counterparts.
" Governmental Order " means any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, notice, directive, stipulation,
determination or award entered by or with any Governmental
Authority.
" Group " means, collectively, the
Company and the Subsidiaries
" Knowledge " means to the best of a
Person’s knowledge after making due and reasonable
inquiries.
" Law " means any promulgated and
publicly available applicable national, provincial or other local
law, ordinance, code, regulation, rule, order, measure, circular,
other requirement or rule of law.
" Management Account " means (i) the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Group as at the
Management Accounts Date and (ii) the unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of the Group as at the Management Accounts Date;
copies of which have been attached to this Agreement as Exhibit
“A”
" Management Account Date " means June
30, 2009
" Material Adverse Effect " means any
circumstance, change in, or effect on the Seller, the Company, the
Assets or the Business that, individually or in the aggregate with
any other circumstances, changes in, or effects on the Seller, the
Assets or the Business: (a) is, or would reasonably be expected to
be materially adverse to the Business, operations, Assets or
liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent
liabilities), employee relationships, customer or supplier
relationships, results of operations or the condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company or (b) could reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect the ability of the Company to operate
or conduct the Business in the manner in which it is currently
operated or conducted.
" Mine " means Kulu-Jiegailieke
Coppergold Mine located at Chartcarl, Jalalabad, Southwest of
Kyrgyz Republic ( 库鲁
- 捷盖列克
铜金矿位于吉尔吉斯共和国西南部的贾拉拉巴德州恰特卡尔区
).
" Mining License " means collectively (i)
the mining license of no. [Au-88-02] issued to the [Company] by
[ 吉爾吉斯共和國政府地質和礦
產資源署
] in respect of [the Mine and (ii)
the exploration license of no. Au-137-04 issued to the the Company
by [ 吉爾吉斯共和國政府地質和礦
產資源署
] in respect of the Mine.
" Person " means any individual,
partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust, unincorporated
organization or Governmental Authority.
" PRC " means the mainland of the
People’s Republic of China, which for the purpose of this
Agreement does not include the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and
Taiwan.
" Real Property " means real property,
together with all buildings and other structures, facilities or
improvements currently or hereafter located thereon, all fixtures,
and all easements, licenses, rights and appurtenances relating to
the foregoing.
" Representative " means, as to any
Person, such Person’s affiliates and its or their directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors (including, without
limitation, financial advisors, legal counsel and
accountants).
“ Social Security Funds ”
means, collectively, pension insurance fund, medical insurance
fund, unemployment insurance fund, work-related injury insurance
fund and maternity insurance fund.
“ Subsidiary(ies) ” means,
subsidiaries of the Company, details of which are set out in
Schedule 2 to this Agreement.
" Tax "
or " Taxes " means any and all taxes, fees, levies, duties,
tariffs, imposts, and other charges of any kind (together with any
and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional
amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental
Authority, including, without limitation, taxes or other charges or
fees on or with respect to income, franchises, mining rights,
windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use,
capital stock, payroll, employment, Social Security Funds, workers'
compensation, unemployment compensation, or taxes or other charges
in the nature of excise, withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer,
value added, or gains taxes, license, registration and
documentation fees, and customs' duties, tariffs, and similar
charges.
" Tax
Indemnity " means the tax indemnity to be executed by the
Seller substantially in the same as set out in Schedule 5 to this
Agreement.
" U.S. Dollars” or “US$ "
means the official currency of the United States of
America.
(b) Each
of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite
each term:
SECTION 1.02. Interpretation
. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) words
importing the singular include the plural and vice
versa;
(b) words
importing a gender include every gender;
(c) references
to any document (including this Agreement) are references to that
document as amended, consolidated, supplemented, novated or
replaced from time to time;
(d) references
to Articles, Sections, Paragraphs, Schedules and Exhibits are
references to Articles, Sections, Paragraphs, Schedules and
Exhibits to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;
(e) headings
used in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
not be considered in the construction of this Agreement;
(f) references
to any Party to this Agreement include references to its successors
and permitted assigns;
(g) references
to any Law are references to that Law as amended, consolidated,
supplemented, re-enacted or replaced from time to time;
(h) whenever
the words “include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed
to be followed by the words “without
limitation”;
(i) the
words “hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement;
(j) references
to a Person include references to its successors and permitted
assigns.
(k) Schedules
to this Agreement shall be deemed to form part of this
Agreement
ARTICLE II
SALE AND PURCHASE
SECTION 2.01. Sale and Purchase
of the Purchased Shares . Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to purchase at the Closing
and the Seller agrees to sell to the Purchaser at the Closing the
Sale Shares .
SECTION 2.01A. Sale and Purchase
of the Sale Loan . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to purchase at the Closing and the
Seller agrees to sell to the Purchaser at the Closing the Sale
Loan.
SECTION 2.02. Purchase Price
. The purchase price for the Sale Shares and the Sale
Loans shall be 8,200,000 U.S. Dollars (US $8,200,000)
(the “ Purchase Price ”)
SECTION 2.03. Payment of the
Purchase Price .
(a) Within
7 business days from date of signing of this Agreement by all
parties hereto, the Purchaser shall pay an initial payment as part
payment for the Purchase Price in the amount of US$
200,000 to the Seller (the “Initial
Payment”) (receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by the
Seller); and
(b) At
Closing, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to
US $8,000,000 (the “Second Payment”), which represents
the remaining portion of the Purchase Price, by way of telegraphic
transfer to such bank account as designated by the
Seller.
SECTION 2.04. Closing
. Subject to the fulfillment of the provision of Article
VI and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the sale
and purchase of the Sale Shares contemplated by this Agreement
shall take place at a closing (the " Closing ") to be held
at the offices of Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft LLP, at 2301
China Center Place Tower 2, 79 Jianguo Road, Beijing 100025, China,
on October 31, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time or at such
other time and place as the Seller and the Purchaser mutually agree
upon, orally or in writing (which time and place are designated as
the “ Closing ”)
SECTION 2.05. Closing Deliveries
by the Seller . At the Closing, the Seller shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser:
(a) documents
issued by the Company to the Seller, ensuring that the Seller
legally owns 100% interest of the Company;
(b) other
opinions, certificates and documents required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 6.02;
(c) such
documents duly executed by the Seller as the Purchaser may
reasonably requested for effecting and completing the transfer,
assignment or otherwise vesting of the legal and beneficial
ownership to the Sale Shares to and in the Purchaser;
(d) certificate
of incorporation, common seal, rubber chop, minutes book, register
of directors, register of members and transfer and share
certificate book and memorandum and articles of association or
other equivalent incorporation and constitutional documents of each
member of the Group;
(e) all
books of account, records and documents of and relating to each of
the member of the Group;
(f) the
title deeds and other books, records and documents of and relating
to each Group Company, including without limitation, contracts and
policies of insurance, cheque books and the current bank statements
up to the date immediately preceding Completion of all relevant
accounts;
(g) resignation
letter of the director(s) and/or secretary of each member of the
Group in the form and substance satisfaction of the Purchaser
executed under seal;
(h) copy
of a board minutes duly certified by the director of the Company
approving transfer, assignment or otherwise vesting of the legal
and beneficial ownership to the Sale Shares to and in the Purchaser
and accepting the resignation by such director and/or secretary as
referred to in (g); and
(i) original
of Tax Indemnity duly executed by the Seller.
(i) original
of Deed of Assignment duly executed by the Seller and the
Company.
SECTION 2.06. Closing Deliveries
by the Purchaser . At the Closing, the Purchaser
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller:
(a) the
payment receipt of the Second Payment in accordance with Section
2.03 above; and
(b) the
certificates and other documents required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 6.01.
SECTION 2.07. Acquisition of
Rights . Upon the Closing and as of the Closing
Date, the Purchaser shall acquire the Sale Shares and the Sale
Loans and all related right, title and interest, free of any
Encumbrances.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
OF THE SELLER AND THE
COMPANY
The Seller and the Company hereby severally and
jointly represent and warrant to the Purchaser as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date as follows:
SECTION 3.01. Authority to
Execute and Perform this Agreement of the Seller
. The Seller is a PRC company, and has all necessary
power and authority (a) to enter into this Agreement, (b) to sell
the Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement, (c) to carry out
his obligations hereunder and (d) to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Seller and the Company, and (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser) this
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Seller and the Company enforceable against each of the Seller
and the Company in accordance with its terms. Neither
the Company, nor the Seller is subject to any bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, proceeding or other Actions
under Law affecting creditors’ rights generally.
SECTION 3.02. Authority to
Execute and Perform this Agreement of the Company
. The Company is organized and existing under the Laws of
the Kyrgyz Republic with good standing , and has all
necessary power and authority (a) to enter into this Agreement, (b)
to carry out its obligations hereunder and (c) to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company is duly licensed or
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the properties owned or leased by it or the
operation of its business makes such licensing or qualification
necessary. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Seller and the Company, and (assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Purchaser) this Agreement constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller and the
Company enforceable against the Seller and the Company in
accordance with its terms. Neither the Company, nor the
Seller is subject to any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium, proceeding or other Actions under Law affecting
creditors’ rights generally.
SECTION 3.03. No Conflict
. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Seller and the Company do not and will not (a)
violate, conflict with, or result in the breach of, any provision
of the articles of association of the Company, or (b) assuming
compliance with the consents and approvals contemplated by Section
3.03, conflict with or violate any Law or Governmental Order
applicable to the Company or the Seller or its assets, properties
or businesses or (c) constitute a breach of any contracts,
agreements or instruments to which either of the Seller or the
Company is a party or (d) conflict with, result in any breach of,
constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or
lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, require any
consent under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration, suspension, revocation or cancellation of,
or result in the creation of any Encumbrance on any
of its assets pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage or
indenture, contract, agreement, lease, sublease, license, permit,
franchise or other instrument or arrangement to which the Company
or the Seller is a party or by which any of its assets
are bound or affected.
SECTION 3.04. Ownership of the
Sale Shares and Sale Loans . The Seller legally and
beneficially owns the Sale Shares free and clear of all
Encumbrances. The Seller legally and beneficially owns the Sale
Loan free and clear of all Encumbrances.
SECTION 3.05. Good Standing of
the Company . The Company (i) has issued
5000 索姆
shares, (ii) is duly licensed or
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the properties owned or leased by it or the
operation of its business makes such licensing or qualification
necessary.
SECTION 3.06. No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Other than the debts, liabilities,
Taxes or obligations which has been disclosed in the Disclosure
Schedule to the Purchaser, there are no debts, material
liabilities, Taxes or obligations of the Company and there are no
existing conditions, situations or sets of circumstances which
could reasonably be expected to result in such debts, liabilities,
Taxes or obligations.
SECTION 3.07. Litigation and
Compliance with the Law . (a) There are no material
Actions by or against the Company, or affecting any of its Assets
or the Business, pending before any Governmental Authority (or
threatened to be brought by or before any Governmental Authority)
or any reasonable basis for such Actions to be commenced or any
known facts which may likely give rise to such
Actions. The Seller, the Company, the Assets and the
Business are not subject to any Governmental Order (nor are there
any such Governmental Orders threatened to be imposed by any
Governmental Authority).
(b) The
Company has conducted and continues to conduct the Business in
accordance with Law and with the requirements of applicable
authorities, including, without limitation, the land and resources
administration authorities and environmental protection
authorities. To the knowledge of the Seller, there is no
basis for any present or future Action against the
Company.
SECTION 3.08. Licenses and
Permits . The Company has all Governmental licenses,
permits, consents, certificates and authorizations, necessary or
desirable to carry on the Business. Such licenses,
permits, consents, certificates and authorizations are valid and in
full force and effect; the Company is not in default, and no
condition exists that with notice or lapse of time, or both would
constitute a default, thereunder; and none of such licenses,
permits, consent, certificates and authorizations will be
terminated or impaired as a result of the transactions contemplated
hereby, except for any changes therein as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 3.09. Full Disclosure
. (a) To the knowledge of the Seller and the Company,
there are no facts pertaining to the Company, the Assets or the
Business which could have a Material Adverse Effect and which have
not been disclosed in this Agreement and the Disclosure
Schedules.
(b) No
representation or warranty of the Seller in this Agreement, nor any
statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
contained herein or therein not misleading.
SECTION 3.10. Binding Force. This
Agreement is the only legally binding agreement regarding the
transfer of the ownership of shares. Any other agreements in
respect of the transfer of the ownership of shares and products has
been rescind and terminated.
SECTION 3.11. Further Representations and
Warranties. The Seller and the Company jointly and severally
warrants and represents to the Purchaser the warranties set out in
Schedule 3 to this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
OF THE PURCHASER
The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to
the Seller as of the date hereof and as of the Closing as
follows:
SECTION 4.01. Authority to
Execute and Perform this Agreement . The Purchaser
is a Corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands and has all
necessary power and authority (a) to enter into this Agreement, (b)
to purchase the Purchased Shares, (c) to carry out its obligations
hereunder, and (d) to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the Purchaser, the performance by the Purchaser of its obligations
hereunder and the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite
action on the part of the Purchaser. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser, and (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the Seller and the
Company) this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against the Purchaser in
accordance with its terms.
SECTION 4.02. No Conflict
. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Purchaser does not and will not (a) violate,
conflict with or result in the breach of, any provision of the
Memorandum and Articles of Association (or similar organizational
documents) of the Purchaser or (b) conflict with or violate any Law
or Governmental Order applicable to the Purchaser or any of its
assets, properties or businesses or (c) constitute a breach of any
other contracts, agreements or instruments to which the Purchaser
is a party or (d) conflict with, result in any breach of,
constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or
lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, require any
consent under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration, suspension, revocation or cancellation of,
or result in the creation of any Encumbrance on any of its assets
pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage or indenture, contract,
agreement, lease, sublease, license, permit, franchise or other
instrument or arrangement to which the Purchaser is a party or by
which any of its assets are bound or affected.
SECTION 4.03. Financing
. The Purchaser has, and at the Closing will have,
available to it cash or other investments or available sources of
credit to enable it to consummate the purchase of the Purchased
Shares on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS AND
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01. Contracts and
Agreements . The Seller and the Company covenant and
agree that from the date hereof to the Closing Date and thereafter,
none of the contracts, agreements or arrangements between the
Company, or any Affiliate of the Company and any third Person for
the benefit of the Company shall be affected by the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; the Seller shall not, nor shall he
cause any other Person to, take any action, in any manner, to
amend, terminate or cancel any of such contracts, agreements or
arrangements.
SECTION 5.02. No Impairment
. The Seller and the Purchaser shall not knowingly
engage in any practice, take any action, fail to take any action or
enter into any transaction which could cause any of their
representations or warranties to be untrue or result in a breach of
any covenant made by them in this Agreement.
SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the
Seller, the Company and the Purchaser . (a) As soon
as is practicable following the execution of this Agreement, each
parties shall obtain all required approvals and consents of, and
effect filings with, the Governmental Authorities
for the sale and purchase of Sale Shares and the Sale
Loan contemplated hereby.
(c) If,
after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing
Date, any event shall occur or any matter shall arise of which the
Seller or the Company becomes aware and which results or is likely
to result in any of the representations and warranties of the
Seller and the Company contained herein being untrue or inaccurate
in any material respect as at the Closing Date, or which otherwise
materially affects the Assets, liabilities, Business, financial
condition, operations, results of operations, customer or supplier
relations, employee relations of the Company, the Seller and the
Company shall notify the Purchaser in writing thereof as soon as
practicable after becoming aware of such event or matter and the
Seller shall (at their own cost) make any investigation of the
event or matter which the Purchaser may reasonably
require.
SECTION 5.04. Access to
Information . From the date hereof until the
Closing, upon reasonable notice, the Seller shall and shall cause
each of the representatives of the Seller and of the Company to:
(i) afford the representatives of the Purchaser full access, during
normal business hours, to the offices, properties, plants, other
facilities, books and records ,
tax returns, notices and other
correspondences with any tax authorities of the Company and to the
representatives of the Seller and the Company who have any
knowledge relating to the Seller or the Business or Assets and (ii)
furnish to the representatives of the Purchaser all current
detailed monthly financial statements and such additional financial
and operating data and other information regarding the Business,
the Assets, properties, liabilities and goodwill of the Company as
the Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request.
SECTION 5.05. Confidentiality
. (a) The existence and contents of this Agreement, any
negotiations and documents related thereto or to the Acquisition,
and any information disclosed by either Party to the other Party
under this Agreement shall be treated as confidential information
and none of the Parties shall disclose such information to any
third Person, except to the extent that such information (i) is or,
through no fault of a Party or its representatives, becomes public
information, (ii) is already known to a Party or its
representatives before the same is disclosed to it hereunder, (iii)
is required to be disclosed by applicable Law, or (iv)
is agreed in advance in writing to be disclosed by the
Parties.
(b) No Party shall make any press
release or other public announcement in connection with the
Acquisition except: (i) a release or announcement in a form agreed
to by all Parties; or (ii) any release or announcement required by
any applicable legal, regulatory or stock exchange requirements to
which any Party is subject, but in such case the Party subject to
the disclosure shall notify the other Party and shall exercise all
rights which it may have to prevent or restrict disclosure and
shall not disclose any information which it is not bound to
disclose by such requirement.
SECTION 5.06. Further Action
. The Seller, the Company and the Purchaser shall
execute and deliver such documents and other papers and take such
further actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the
provisions hereof and give effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby.
SECTION
5.07. Conduct Pending Closing. The Seller and
the Company undertakes to the Purchaser that pending Closing, each
of them shall not and share procure no member of the Group to carry
on any of the actions set out in Schedule 4 to this Agreement
without prior written consent of the Purchaser.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
SECTION 6.01. Conditions to Obligations of
the Seller and the Company . The obligations of the
Seller and the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment, at or prior
to the Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless
otherwise waived by the Seller and the Company:
(a)
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser
. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser
contained in this Agreement shall have been true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing, with the same force and effect
as if made as of the Closing, and the Seller shall have received a
certificate of the Purchaser to such effect signed by a duly
authorized officer thereof;
(b)
Resolutions of the Purchaser . The Purchaser
shall have delivered to the Seller a true copy, certified by a
director or the company secretary or assistant secretary or an
equivalent officer of the Purchaser, of the resolutions duly and
validly adopted by the board of directors of the Purchaser
evidencing its authorization of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby;
SECTION 6.02. Conditions to
Obligations of the Purchaser . The obligation of the
Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment, at or prior to the
Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless otherwise
waived by the Purchaser:
(a)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Company
. (i) The representations and warranties of the Seller
and the Company contained in this Agreement shall have been true
and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing with the same force and effect as if made as of the
Closing, other than such representations and warranties as are made
as of another date; the covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement to be complied with by the Seller and the Company on or
before the Closing shall have been complied with in all material
respects, and the Purchaser shall have received a certificate from
the Seller to such effect signed by the Seller and the Company a
duly authorized officer of the Company;
(b)
No Proceeding or Litigation . No Action shall
have been commenced or threatened by or before any Governmental
Authority or non-governmental Authority against the Seller, or the
Company seeking to restrain or materially adversely alter the
transactions contemplated hereby which, in the reasonable, good
faith determination of the Purchaser, is likely to render it
impossible or unlawful to consummate such transactions contemplated
hereby or which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; provided , however , that the
provisions of this Section 6.02(b) shall not apply if the
Purchaser has directly or indirectly solicited or encouraged any
such Action;
(c)
Resolutions of the Seller . The Seller shall have
delivered to the Purchaser a true copy, certified by directors of
the Seller, of the resolutions duly and validly adopted by the
shareholders’ meeting evidencing its authorization of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) Regulatory
approval. The obtaining of all such necessary approval,
consents, permission, registration, filings from the government
departments, authorities or agencies and/or registries in relation
to the transaction contemplated under this Agreement to the
satisfaction of the Purchaser;
(e) Due
Diligence. the Purchaser being satisfied with the
results of the due diligence review to be conducted on the
business, operation, assets and liabilities of each member of the
Group.
(f) Simultaneous
Closing. the Purchaser shall not be required to purchase
any of the Sale Shares or Sale Loan unless closing for the Sale
Shares and Sale Loan take place simultaneously.
SECTION 6.03. Covenants by the
Seller and the Company . Each of the Seller and the
Company agrees and undertakes to the Purchaser that each of
them