Exhibit 10.1
GUANGDONG NEW GENERATION BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CO. LTD.
EQUITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT
The present agreement
is entered into
among the following parties
in Guangzhou on the 20th day of April 2004.
Guoji Enterprise
Co., Ltd., a limited liability company
established
with effective duration in accordance with the laws in the British Virgin
Islands. Its address of registration is Akara Bldg. 24 De Castro Street,
Wickhams Cay I, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands. The company is a
wholly-owned subsidiary company of China World Trade Corporation. The
legal
representative of the company is Zeng
Zhixiong (hereinafter abbreviated as Party
A or Transferee).
Guangdong Huahao
Industries
Group Co., Ltd., a limited liability
company established with effective duration in accordance with the laws in
China. Its address of registration is 15/F, No. 198
Linhexiheng Road, Tianhe
District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong
Province, China. The legal representative of
the company is Chen Zeliang (hereinafter
abbreviated as Party B, or collectively
referred to as Transferors together with Party C and Party D).
Huang Zehua, a natural
person of Chinese nationality, whose ID No. is
445221790628656 and whose place of residence is
Denggang Town, Jiedong County,
Guangdong Province (hereinafter abbreviated
as Party C, or collectively referred
to as Transferors together with Party B and Party D).
Suo Hongxia, a natural
person of Chinese nationality, whose ID No. is
410311710225004 and whose place of residence is Room
903, No. 14 Huajing Road,
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China
(hereinafter abbreviated as Party D,
or collectively referred to as Transferors
together with Party B and Party C).
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PREFACE
Whereas:
1. Parties
B, C and D jointly invested in the establishment of
Guangdong New Generation Business Management
Co., Ltd. (hereinafter abbreviated
as "Target Company") on April 3, 1998. The
primary business scope of the company
includes market research and planning, sales agency of airline
passenger and
freight transportation, business agency
and consultation on travel information.
Its address of registration is Ground
Floor, No. 980 North Jiefang Road, Yuexiu
District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong
Province, China. The legal representative of
the company is Zhu Jianxin.
2. The Target Company
is a limited liability company established with
effective duration in accordance with the laws in China. The company's
registered capital is RMB fifteen million (
15,000,000.00). The Transferors are
the existing shareholders of the Target Company and, as of the date this
agreement is signed, hold one hundred
percent (100%) of the shares of the Target
Company. To be specific, Parties B, C and D
respectively hold eight-six point
sixty-seven percent (86.67%), ten percent (10%) and three point
thirty-three
percent (3.33%) of the shares of the Target Company.
3. The Transferors agree to transfer to the Transferee fifty-one
percent (51%) of the shares of the Target
Company that they hold in accordance
with the prices set in Article 2.2 below as
well as other terms and conditions
set out in this agreement. The Transferee
agrees to take over the transferred
shares and rights as mentioned above in
accordance with the conditions set out
in the terms of this agreement.
Now therefore,
the parties hereby
enter into the following agreement
on the basis of equality,
voluntariness and consultation and in accordance with
the existing laws, administrative rules and regulatory documents in China:
Article One
Definition
1.1 In this agreement the following words
and phrases are defined as
follows unless otherwise specified in the context:
(1) "China"
refers to the People's Republic of China
(not including
Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan Province);
(2) "Hong Kong" refers
to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
of the People's Republic of China);
(3) "Renminbi"
refers to the legal
currency in the People's Republic
of China;
(4) "Share" refers to the shareholder's equity as held by the
existing
shareholder based on the proportion of the amount of registered capital
it
contributes according to the related legal documents in the total
amount of
registered capital of the Target Company. Generally
speaking, the shares may
take the form of stocks, share of equities and so on. In
this agreement the
shares are calculated in percentages.
(5) "Transferred
shares" refer to the
fifty-one percent (51%) of the
equities in the Target Company that the
Transferors transfer out in accordance
with the conditions and arrangements in this agreement.
(6) "Transfer
price" refers to the transfer price as specified
in
Articles 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 of this agreement.
(7) "Transfer
completion date"
refers to the details in Article 6.1.
(8) "Existing
shareholders"
refer to the
shareholders of the Target
Company as specified by the most recently dated effective contracts or
regulations before this agreement is signed and takes effect, i.e. the
transferring shareholders and the
Transferors of the equities in this agreement.
(9) "Several
enterprises" refers to the holding and (or) shareholding
companies by the Transferors as in Appendix 1.
(10) This agreement
refers to the entire text, complete appendices of
the agreement as well as all other documents
that all parties agree to list as
the appendices of the agreement.
(11) "China World Trade Corporation" refers to the company
registered
in the State of Nevada in the United States of America and
approved by the
securities regulatory authority in the
United States as listed company. To avoid
misinterpretation, it is important to note that China World
Trade Corporation
holds one hundred percent (100%) of the rights of the Transferee.
(12) "Asset assessment
date" refers to the base date of the
asset
assessment.
1.2 Articles,
clauses, items and appendices refer to the
articles,
clauses, items and appendices of this agreement.
1.3 The headings in this agreement are made for the sake of
convenience and do not affect the understanding and interpretation to the
agreement.
Article Two
Equity Transfer
2.1 Share of Transfer
2.1.1 All the parties in this agreement agree that the
Transferors
will make a one-time transfer to the
Transferee of fifty-one percent (51%) of
the shares of the Target Company that they hold in accordance with the
conditions set in this agreement. To be specific, (a) Party B transfers
thirty-seven point sixty-seven (37.67%) of the
shares it originally owns in the
Target Company and retains forty-nine percent
(49%) of the shares; (b) Party C
transfers all of the shares (10%) it
originally owns in the Target Company; (c)
Party D transfers all of the shares (3.33%) it
originally owns in the Target
Company.
2.1.2 After
the paid transfer of the fifty-one
percent (51%) of the
shares from the above-mentioned Target Company, the Transferee becomes the
controlling shareholder of the Target Company. Upon the completion of the
transfer, the composition of the shares in the
Target Company becomes: Party A
owns fifty-one percent (51%) of the shares and
Party B owns forty-nine percent
(49%) of the shares.
2.2 Transfer
Price
2.2.1 The Transferee purchases the "transfer shares" from the
Transferees at the transfer price of RMB ninety-one million eight
hundred
thousand (91,800,000.00), in which parties B, C and D
respectively obtain the
transfer prices of RMB seventy-nine million five
hundred sixty-three thousand
and sixty (79,563,060.00), RMB nine million one hundred eighty thousand
(9,180,000.00) and RMB three million fifty-six thousand ninety-four
(3,056,940.00).
2.2.2 The Transfer
Price refers to the purchase price of the transfer
shares, including the variety of shareholder's equities contained in the
transfer shares. Such shareholder's equities refer to all the current and
potential equities attached to the transfer shares,
including all the benefits
represented by fifty-one percent (51%) of all the
personal properties and real
estate as well as the tangible and intangible assets
that the Target Company
owns. They also include but are not limited to all the
profits and dividends
prior to the completion date of the equity transfer for the year
2004. The
Transfer Price does not include: (a) any liabilities
or other account payable
(hereinafter abbreviated as "Undisclosed
Liabilities") of the Target Company not
listed in Appendix 2 of this agreement and
(b) the existing shortfall, damage,
reduction or loss of use value between the
current assets of the Target Company
and the checklist contents in Appendix
3 (collectively referred to as "Property
Devaluation or Damage".)
2.2.3 In case of Undisclosed Liabilities
and Property Devaluation or
Damage (if existing), the Transferee shall shoulder the compensation
responsibilities in the proportion of fifty-one
percent (51%) of the amount of
the Undisclosed Liabilities.
Article Three
Payment
3.1 Means of Payment
3.1.1 All the parties of the agreement agree that the Transferee
shall
pay to the Transferors the Transfer Price by
means of the Renminbi it legally
owns and the stocks it has the right of
disposal of. Among the payment, (a) RMB
thirty million (30,000,000.00) shall be made in cash, and (b) the
remaining
Transfer Price to the Transferors shall be in the form of the
additionally
issued common stocks from China World
Trade Corporation which will apply to the
securities regulatory authority in the
United States for such issuance. The unit
price per share of the stocks used for payment is
converted as ninety percent
(90%) of the average closing price for the ten
(10) trading days prior to the
completion date of the transfer for China
World Trade Corporation as well as the
foreign exchange rate published by the
State Administration of Foreign Exchange
of China as of the date of the additional issuance.
3.2 Time of Payment
3.2.1 The Transferee shall, on or before May 10, 2004, pay RMB
ten
million (10,000,000.00) to Party B of this agreement in the
form of loan (see
Appendix 4; the Target Company and the
primary shareholder Chen Zeliang of Party
B shall guarantee such a loan). By
the time when all the prerequisites detailed
in Clause 4.1 below are satisfied and
fulfilled before the deadline specified in
Clause 5.1, this loan may be converted into the Transfer Price to the
Transferors.
3.2.2 Within
five (5) business days of the satisfaction and
fulfillment of all the prerequisites detailed in
Clause 4.1 of this agreement
and of the completion of procedures by the Target Company
with registration
management authority for the change of shareholders and for the
new business
license, the Transferee shall pay to the Transferors the cash
portion of the
remaining Transfer Price. The stock portion shall be paid to the
Transferors
within two (2) months thereafter.
3.2.3 All the parties shall pay the taxes incurred in "Equity
Transfer" in this agreement in accordance with the laws and regulations.
3.2.4 The Transferee has the right to pay the Transfer
Price to the
Transferors in any equivalent foreign
currency (if necessary and not contrary to
the existing related laws and regulations in China).
Article Four
Prerequisites of
the Equity Transfer
4.1 Only after the following prerequisites are
completely satisfied
will the Transferee fulfill the obligation of paying off the
entire Transfer
Price.
(1) For the purpose of the transactions in this agreement, the
Transferors shall unconditionally transfer to
the Target Company all the shares
they control and own in several enterprises so that the
Target Company will
legally become the legitimate shareholders
of the several enterprises mentioned
above and enjoy the shareholder's rights in proportion to the shares
transferred. The Transferors shall complete the
related registration procedures
for the change of shareholders on or before June 1, 2004. However, the
registration procedures for the change of shareholders for Easy Boarding
Business Trip Service Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou Baiyun
International Airport and
Guangzhou Airport Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
are not subject to the above-mentioned
time constraint, but such registration
procedures for the change of shareholders
shall be completed on or before September 30, 2004.
(2) For the purpose of the transactions in this agreement, the
Transferors shall urge the Target Company to complete the purchase
of sixty
percent (60%) of the shares from each of Hainan
Xinkaili Airline Service Co.,
Ltd, Beijing Golden Eagle Airline Service Co., Ltd. and Zhengzhou Shaolin
Tourism Development Co., Ltd. The related
registration procedures of the change
of equities shall also be completed on or before June 1, 2004.
(3) For the purpose of the transactions in this agreement, China
World
Trade Corporation shall apply to the securities regulatory
authority in the
United States for the additional issuance of common stocks and the
approval
shall be obtained on or before June 15, 2004.
(4) The Target Company and Party B of this agreement shall have
signed
a loan arrangement d