DATED 13 October
2010
MIV THERAPEUTICS,
INC.
as Vendor
and
CCT TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
as Purchaser
and
MIV SCIENTIFIC HOLDINGS LTD.
as Company
SHARE PURCHASE AND SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
in relation to the purchase of
all outstanding shares of and the subscription of new shares in
MIV SCIENTIFIC HOLDINGS LTD.
CONTENTS
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Definitions and Interpretation
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2
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Sale and Purchase of the Sale Shares and Subscription of the
Subscription Shares
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13
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Consideration
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13
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Conditions
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17
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Actions Pending Completion
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21
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Completion
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25
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Post Completion Management
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29
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Warranties, Indemnities and Guarantee
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29
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Restrictions on the Vendor
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38
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Put Option
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39
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Confidentiality
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42
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Costs
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43
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General
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44
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Notices
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45
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Governing Law and Arbitration
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46
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Schedule 1 Details of the Group
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48
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Part A - Details of the Company
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48
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Part B - Details of InnoMed
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49
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Part C - Details of Shanghai Companies
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50
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Schedule 2 Part A - Details of the Patents and Part B - Domain
Name
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52
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Schedule 3 Warranties
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53
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Schedule 4 Resolution
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Schedule 5 Leased Properties
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85
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Schedule 6 Form of InnoMed Owner CPS Charge
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87
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Schedule 7 Form of Vendor CPS Charge
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108
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Schedule 8 Form of MIV Share Charge
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128
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Schedule 9 Specification of Specified Product
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148
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Schedule 10 Form of Deed of Taxation Indemnity
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149
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Schedule 11 Form of valuation report
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158
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Schedule 12 Key Management
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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 13 October 2010 BETWEEN:
MIV THERAPEUTICS, INC., a company incorporated in Nevada, the
United States of America and whose registered address is situated
at Suite 1500, 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada (the
"Vendor");
CCT TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a company incorporated in
Bermuda and whose head office and principal place of business in
Hong Kong is at 2208, 22nd Floor, St. George's Building, 2 Ice
House Street, Central, Hong Kong (the "Purchaser" or "CCT Tech");
and
MIV SCIENTIFIC HOLDINGS LTD., a company incorporated in the
British Virgin Islands whose registered office is situated at ABM
Chambers, P.O. Box 2283, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
(the "Company").
WHEREAS:
The Vendor is the beneficial owner of all the Sale Shares (as
defined below), comprising all the outstanding shares of the
Company (as defined below).
The Vendor has agreed to sell, and the Purchaser has agreed to
purchase, the Sale Shares on the terms and conditions set out in
this Agreement.
The Purchaser has agreed to subscribe the Subscription Shares on
the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. Definitions
and Interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In this Agreement where the context so admits, the following
words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
"Affiliate" means, (a) (in the case of a person who is an
individual) such person's (i) parents, (ii) spouse and the spouse's
parents and siblings, (iii) siblings and their spouses, (iv)
descendants and their spouses (whether by blood or adoption and
including stepchildren), and (v) any entity controlled by such
person; and (b) (in the case of a person which is an entity) such
person's subsidiary undertakings and parent undertakings and the
subsidiary undertakings of any such parent undertakings together
with the directors (or equivalent) of any such subsidiary
undertakings and parent undertakings;
"Applicable Law" has the meaning set out in paragraph 10.5 of
Schedule 3;
"Business Day" means a day on which commercial banks are open
for business in Hong Kong and the PRC (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, public holidays and any weekday on which Typhoon Signal
No. 8 or higher is hoisted or a black rain storm warning is given
in Hong Kong at any time during 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.);
"Business IPR" means all Intellectual Property owned by or
licensed to any of the Group Companies and relating to or used,
required to be used or held for use in connection with the business
of the Group including, upon completion of the transfer of the
Patents to the Company, the Patents;
"Business IT" means all rights and interest owned by or licensed
to any of the Group Companies in Information Technology which at or
before the Completion relates to or is used in connection with the
business of the Group;
"Capital Increase" means subject to and forthwith upon the Share
Consolidation and the Capital Reduction becoming effective, the
proposed increase of the authorised share capital of the Purchaser
from HK$120,000,000 divided into 12,000,000,000 shares of par value
of HK$0.01 each to HK$300,000,000 divided into 30,000,000,000
shares of par value of HK$0.01 each;
"Capital Reduction" means the proposed reduction of the par
value of each issued share from HK$0.10 each to HK$0.01 each by
cancelling HK$0.09 paid-up capital on each issued share upon the
Share Consolidation becoming effective;
"Capital Reorganisation" means the Share Consolidation, the
Capital Reduction, the Credit Transfer, the Reclassification and
Re-designation and the Capital Increase;
"Cash Option Consideration" has the meaning set forth in Clause
10.3;
"CCT Telecom" means CCT Telecom Holdings Limited, a company
incorporated in the Cayman Islands and continued in Bermuda as an
exempted company with limited liability and the shares of which are
listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange;
"CE Marking" is a product certification mark that is placed on,
constituting a manufacturer's declaration that the product complies
with the essential requirements of the relevant European health,
safety and environmental protection directives, namely the European
Directives.
"CEO" means the position of Chief Executive Officer; "Claim"
means a General Claim and/or a Tax Claim;
"Companies Ordinance" means the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32)
of the Laws of Hong Kong;
"Company" means MIV Scientific Holdings Ltd., a company
incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, further details of
which are set out in Part A of Schedule 1;
"Completion" means completion of the Subject Transactions
pursuant to Clause 6;
"Completion Accounts" means the unaudited consolidated profit
and loss account and unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Group on the Completion Date, prepared under the HK GAAP;
"Completion Date" means 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on the
second Business
Day next following the date on which all the Conditions (other than
the Conditions set
out in Clauses 4.1.5 to 4.1.8, which shall be satisfied or waived
on the Completion Date) have been satisfied or waived in accordance
with this Agreement or such other time and date as may be agreed by
all the Parties in writing), on which Completion shall take
place;
"Condition" means a condition set out in Clause 4.1 and
"Conditions" means all those conditions;
"Confidential Information" has the meaning set out in Clause
11.1; "Consideration" has the meaning set out in Clause 3.1;
"Consideration Shares" has the meaning set out in Clause
3.1.2;
"Consolidated Net Profit After Tax" means the consolidated net
profit after tax of the Group after deductions of all expenses,
losses, provisions and charges, but for the purpose of this
Agreement, after adding back amounts and/or charges related to
amortisation/depreciation of intangible assets and goodwill of the
Group;
"Control" of an entity means (a) the ownership or control
(directly or indirectly) of more than 50% of the voting share
capital of the relevant entity; or (b) the ability to direct the
casting of more than 50% of the votes exercisable at general
meetings of the relevant entity on all, or substantially all,
matters; or (c) the right to appoint or remove directors of the
relevant entity holding a majority of the voting rights at meetings
of the board on all, or substantially all, matters; or (d) the
ability to direct or influence the decisions or the management and
the day-to-day operations of the relevant entity and "controlled
by" shall be construed accordingly;
"Costs" means all demands, claims, actions, proceedings,
damages, payments, customs or other duties, fines, penalties,
losses, costs (including reasonable legal costs), expenses
(including Tax), disbursements or other liabilities or obligations
of any nature;
"Credit Transfer" means the proposed transfer of the credit in
the amount equal to the multiple of (i) the total number of the
issued shares of the Purchaser upon the Share Consolidation
becoming effective; and (ii) HK$0.09, arising from the Capital
Reduction to the contributed surplus account of the Purchaser which
shall be applied to set off against the accumulated losses of the
Purchaser on the date on which the Capital Reduction becomes
effective;
"Deed of Taxation Indemnity" means the deed of taxation
indemnity to be given by the Vendor and the Company in favour of
the Group Companies and the Purchaser, in the form set out in
Schedule 10 hereto, with such amendments as the Purchaser may
hereinafter agree to;
"Defaulting Party" has the meaning set out in Clause 6.4;
"Deposit" has the meaning set forth in Clause 3.2.1;
"Designated Account" means the bank account opened in the name
of the Company and is designated by the Company to receive the
Subscription Consideration (other than the Deposit), which account
shall be operated by signatories nominated solely by the
Purchaser;
"Dispute" has the meaning set out in Clause 15.2.1;
"Domain Names" means all of the Internet domain names of any
level registered, owned by or used by any of the Group
Companies;
"Encumbrance" means any claim, charge, mortgage, security, lien,
option, equity, power of sale, hypothecation or other third party
rights, retention of title, right of pre-emption, right of first
refusal or security interest of any kind;
"Environmental Licences" has the meaning set out in paragraph 13
of Schedule 3; "Estate Duty Ordinance" has the meaning set out in
paragraph 6.9 of Schedule 3;
"General Claim" mean any claim in respect of a breach of any
provision of the Transactions Documents, including, without
limitation, breaches with respect to covenants and Warranties
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, a claim pursuant to Clause
8.9) other than the Tax warranties and in all cases subject to
Clause 8.3;
"Governmental Authorities" means any governments, courts,
governmental, regulatory or official authorities, departments,
agencies or bodies, stock exchange (including the Stock Exchange
and the Securities and Futures Commission) whether in Hong Kong,
the PRC or elsewhere and "Governmental Authority" means any one of
them;
"Government Official" means any political party, political party
official or candidate for political office, or any officer,
employee, or anyone acting in an official capacity for or on behalf
of any: (i) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other
government; (ii) department, agency or instrumentality of a foreign
or other government, including any state-owned or state controlled
instrumentality of a foreign or other government; (iii)
governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature
(including any governmental agency, branch, department or other
entity and any court or other tribunal); (iv) Public International
Organization or multinational organization; or (v) body exercising,
or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial,
legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any
nature.
"Group" means the Company, InnoMed and the Shanghai Companies
and any other subsidiaries of the Company, from time to time and
each a "Group Company";
"Guaranteed Obligations" has the meaning set out in Clause
8.10;
"HK GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles,
standards and practices in Hong Kong, including but not limited to
Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards, Hong Kong Accounting
Standards and Interpretations issued by the Hong Kong Institute of
Certified Public Accountants;
"HKIAC" means the Hong Kong International Arbitration
Centre;
"HK$" means Hong Kong dollar, the lawful currency of Hong
Kong;
"Hong Kong" means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
the PRC;
"Information Technology" means computer systems, communication
systems, software (including all source code and object code
versions thereof, in any and all form and media), hardware and
documentation (including specifications, flowcharts, diagrams,
business rules, data and database models and structures and
compilation instructions) owned, used or licensed by or to any of
the Group Companies;
"InnoMed" means InnoMed Scientific Incorporation Limited, a
company incorporated in Hong Kong and whose registered address is
at 13/F., Kyoto Plaza, 491-499 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay, Hong
Kong, particulars of which are set out in Part B of Schedule 1;
"InnoMed Cash Consideration" means the price of US$5 million (or
its equivalent in HK$), representing that part of the InnoMed
Consideration payable in cash, which shall be paid by the Company
in cash to the InnoMed Owner in accordance with the provisions set
out in Clauses 3.3.1 and 3.3.2(a);
"InnoMed Consideration" means the aggregate price of US$20
million (or its equivalent in HK$), which comprises the InnoMed
Cash Consideration and the InnoMed Non-Cash Consideration, being
the total consideration for the purchase of the entire issued share
capital in and the InnoMed Shareholders' Loans of InnoMed by the
Company from the InnoMed Owner, in accordance with the InnoMed
Share Purchase Agreement, and which shall form part of the
Consideration;
"InnoMed Group" means the InnoMed and the Shanghai Companies and
any other subsidiaries of the InnoMed from time to time;
"InnoMed Non-Cash Consideration means the price of US$15 million
(or its equivalent in HK$), representing that part of the InnoMed
Consideration to be satisfied by the allotment and issue of
650,000,000 Redeemable CPS by the Purchaser to the InnoMed Owner in
accordance with the provisions set out in Clause 3.4.1, subject to
Clause 3.5.1;
"InnoMed Owner" means Innomed Scientific Limited which holds and
own the entire issued capital of InnoMed as at the date of this
Agreement and as at the Completion Date;
"InnoMed Owner CPS Charge" means the share charge in form and
substance set out in Schedule 6 to be executed by the InnoMed Owner
in favour of the Purchaser, pursuant to which such number of the
Redeemable CPS (which will be issued to the InnoMed Owner pursuant
to Clause 3.4.1) as specified in the first column of the table set
out in Clause 3.5.1 are charged in favour of the Purchaser during
the lock-up period commencing from the date of issue of such
Redeemable CPS up to the date set out against such number of the
Redeemable CPS in the second column of the table (both dates
inclusive) set out in Clause 3.5.1, subject to Clause 3.6;
"InnoMed Share Purchase Agreement" means the share purchase
agreement dated 12 October 2010 and entered into between the
Company, the InnoMed Owner and Mr. Hu, pursuant to which the
Company shall purchase, the InnoMed Owner and Mr. Hu shall sell, or
procure the sale of, the entire issued capital of InnoMed and the
InnoMed Owner shall assign the InnoMed Shareholder's Loan to the
Company at the InnoMed Consideration; and the Vendor and the
Company shall procure that completion of the InnoMed Share Purchase
Agreement shall take place simultaneously with Completion on the
Completion Date;
"InnoMed Shareholder's Loan" means the outstanding interest-free
loan due from the InnoMed to the InnoMed Owner as at the Completion
Date, which amounted to approximately HK$7,000,000 as at the date
of this Agreement;
"Intellectual Property" means (a) patents, trade marks, service
marks, logos, get-up, trade names, rights in design, inventions,
copyright (including rights in computer software to both object and
source code) and moral rights, rights in data, database rights,
semi-conductor topography rights, utility models, rights in
know-how, rights in trade secrets, proprietary information and
other proprietary materials and other intellectual property rights,
in each case whether registered or unregistered and including
applications and rights to apply for registration, (b) all rights
or forms of protection having equivalent or similar effect or
nature as or to those in paragraph (a) of this definition which now
or in the future may subsist anywhere in the world and (c) the
right to sue for past, present or future infringement of any of the
foregoing rights, but for the avoidance of doubt does not include
Information Technology;
"Jade Assets" means Jade Assets Company Limited, a company
incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability
and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CT Telecom which holds
29,326,391,124 shares of CCT Tech as at the date of this Agreement,
representing approximately 44.83% of the existing total issued
share capital of the Purchaser;
"Jade Assets Subscription" means the subscription by Jade Assets
at the Jade Assets Subscription Price of the number of new shares
in the Purchaser equal to the number of the existing issued shares
in the Purchaser that have been placed by the Jade Assets under the
Placing, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Placing
and Subscription Agreement;
"Jade Assets Subscription Price" means the price equivalent to
the Placing Price; "Key Management" means the persons listed in
Schedule 12;
"Leased Properties" means the properties leased by the Group,
details of which are set out in Schedule 5 and "Leased Property"
means any one of them;
"Leases" means all leases, tenancies and licenses relating to
the Leased Properties and "Lease" means any one of them;
"Listing Rules" means the Rules Governing the Listing of
Securities on the Stock Exchange;
"Long-Stop Date" means 31 December 2010, or such other date as
may be agreed by all the Parties in writing;
"Management Accounts" means the unaudited management accounts
and/or the unaudited consolidated accounts relating to any Group
Company or the Group for the period commencing from 1 January 2010
and ending on the Management Accounts Date;
"Management Accounts Date" means 30 June 2010;
"Material Adverse Effect" means an event, act or circumstance
that has a material adverse effect on the Patents and/or the
business, results of or operation or financial condition of the
Group taken as a whole;
"MIV Share Charge" means the share charge in substantially the
same form as set out in Schedule 8, to be executed by the Vendor in
favour of the Purchaser on or about the date of this Agreement,
pursuant to which the Vendor shall charge all the outstanding
shares in the Company to the Purchaser and such share charge shall
be released upon Completion;
"month" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month
and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next
calendar month, except that:
if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that
period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in
which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on
the immediately preceding Business Day; and
if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the
last Business Day in that calendar month.
"Mr. Hu" means Mr. Ty Tiefeng HU, who holds all the equity
interest in Shanghai Ying Sheng as at the date of this
Agreement;
"Non-cash Option Consideration" has the meaning set out in
Clause 10.3.2; "Non-Defaulting Party" has the meaning set out in
Clause 6.4;
"Notice" has the meaning set out in Clause 14.1;
"Ordinary Share(s)" means the ordinary share(s) of HK$0.01 each
in the capital of the Purchaser upon the Capital Reorganisation
becoming effective;
"Parties" means the named parties to this Agreement and their
respective successors, assigns and legal personal representatives
and "Party" means any one of them;
"Patents" means the patents owned by the Company, particulars of
which are set out in Part A of Schedule 2;
"Placing" means proposed placing by Jade Assets of existing
issued shares of the Purchaser held by Jade Assets, on the terms
and subject to the conditions of the Placing and Subscription
Agreement, pursuant to which (i) in the event the Placing is
undergtaken before the Capital Reorganisation becoming effective,
Jade Assets shall place up to 13,000,000,000 existing issued shares
of the Purchaser at the Placing Price; and (ii) in the event the
Placing is undertaken after the Capital Reorganisation becoming
effective, Jade assets shall place up to 1,300,000,000 Ordinary
Shares of the Purchaser at the Placing Price;
"Placing Price" means the placing price per share at which the
Placing shall be undertaken, which shall not be less than HK$0.018
per existing issued share of the Purchaser if the Placing is
undertaken before the Capital Reorganisation becoming effective and
not less than HK$0.18 per Ordinary Share if the Placing is
undertaken after the Capital Reorganisation becoming effective;
"Placing and Subscription Agreement" means the placing and
subscription agreement entered into amongst the Placing Agent, Jade
Assets, CCT Telecom and the Purchaser on 13 October 2010 in
relation to the Placing and the Jade Assets Subscription;
"PRC" means the People's Republic of China excluding, for the
purposes of this Agreement, Hong Kong, the Macau Special
Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan (Republic of
China);
"PRC GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles,
standards and practices in the PRC;
"Purchase Consideration" has the meaning set out in Clause
3.1.2;
"Reclassification and Re-designation" means the proposed
reclassification and re-designation of the authorised share capital
of the Purchaser subject to and forthwith upon the Capital Increase
becoming effective so that the authorised share capital of the
Purchaser shall become HK$300,000,000.00 divided into
30,000,000,000 shares of par value of HK$0.01 each, comprised of
26,533,300,000 Ordinary Shares of par value of HK$0.01 each and
3,466,700,000 Redeemable CPS of par value of HK$0.01 each and the
proposed re-designation of the then issued shares of the Purchaser
into issued Ordinary Shares;
"Redeemable CPS" means the non-voting redeemable convertible
preference shares of par value of HK$0.01 each in the capital of
the Purchaser, with rights and obligations set forth in the
Resolution;
"Resolution" means the resolution to be proposed at and approved
by the shareholders of the Purchaser in general meeting in relation
to, inter alia, the creation of the Redeemable CPS with the rights,
benefits and restrictions attached thereto as set out in Schedule
4;
"RMB" means Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC;
"Sale Shares" means 80 Shares, which represent all the issued
shares of the Company as at the date of this Agreement;
"Second Payment" has the meaning set forth in Clause 3.2.2;
"SFDA" means the State Food and Drug Administration of the
PRC;
"Shanghai Companies" means Shanghai Ying Zhong and Shanghai Ying
Sheng;
"Shanghai Ying Sheng" means Shanghai InnoMed Technologies
Incorporation Limited), a company established in the PRC, whose
particulars are set out in Part C of Schedule 1;
"Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity Transfer Agreement" means the equity
transfer agreement entered into between InnoMed and Mr. Hu on 11
October 2010, pursuant to which InnoMed shall purchase all the
equity interest in Shanghai Ying Sheng, which shall be completed
before the Completion Date;
"Shanghai Ying Zhong" means InnoMed Scientific Incorporation
(Shanghai) Ltd ; a company established in the PRC, whose
particulars are set out in Part C of Schedule 1;
"Share Consolidation" means the proposed consolidation of every
ten existing shares of HK$0.01 each into one share of HK$0.10 each
in the capital of the Purchaser;
"Shares" means ordinary shares of no par value, which are
authorised to be issued by the Company;
"Specified Product" means the 4th generation of Nonpolymeric
Drug-Eluting Stents developed and to be manufactured by the Group,
the specification of which is set out in Schedule 9;
"Stamp Duty Ordinance" has the meaning set out in paragraph
6.8.2 of Schedule 3; "Stock Exchange" means The Stock Exchange of
Hong Kong Limited;
"Subscription Shares" means 20 new Shares, to be subscribed by
the Purchaser (or its designated nominee(s)) and to be allotted and
issued by the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement;
"Subject Transactions" means the sale and purchase of the Sales
Shares and the subscription and allotment and issue of the
Subscription Shares, all pursuant to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement;
"Subscription Consideration" has the meaning set forth in Clause
3.1.1;
"Surviving Provisions" means Clauses 1 (Definitions), 3.7
(Return of Deposit), 11 (Confidentiality), 12 (Costs), 13.1
(Successors and Assigns), 13.2 (Assignment), 13.3 (Whole
Agreement), 13.4 (Variations), 13.6 (Invalidity), 13.7 (No Waiver),
14 (Notices) and 15 (Governing Law and Arbitration);
"Takeovers Code" means the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and
Mergers;
"Tax" means all forms of tax whether direct or indirect and
whether levied by reference to income, profits, gains, asset values
or other reference and statutory, governmental or state
impositions, duties, contributions, rates and levies, whenever and
wherever imposed (whether imposed by way of a withholding or
deduction for or on account of tax or otherwise) and all penalties,
charges, costs and interest relating thereto;
"Tax Authority" means any Governmental Authority responsible for
Tax;
"Tax Claim" means a Claim relating to the Tax warranties set out
in paragraph 6 of Schedule 3;
"Third Payment" has the meaning set forth in Clause 3.2.3;
"Transactions Documents" means this Agreement, the Deed of
Taxation Indemnity, the InnoMed Share Purchase Agreement, the
Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity Transfer Agreement, the MIV Share
Charge, the InnoMed CPS Charge and the Vendor CPS Charge;
"US$" means United States dollar, the lawful currency of the
United States of America;
"VAT" means all forms of value added tax imposed in the PRC;
"Vendor CPS Charge" means the share charge in substantially the
same form set out in Schedule 7 to be entered into by the Vendor in
favour of the Purchaser, pursuant to which such number of the
Redeemable CPS set out in Clause 3.5.2 to be issued to the Vendor
pursuant to Clause 3.4 are charged in favour of the Purchaser
during the lock-up period specified in Clause 3.5.2, subject to
Clause 3.6; and
"Warranties" means the representations and warranties given
pursuant to Clause 8 and set out in Schedule 3 and "Warranty" means
any one of them.
1.2 Modification, etc. of
Legislation
Any references, express or implied, to statutes or statutory
provisions shall be construed as references to those statutes or
provisions as respectively amended or re-enacted or as their
application is modified from time to time by other provisions
(whether before or after the date of this Agreement) and shall
include any statutes or provisions of which they are re-enactments
(whether with or without modification) and any orders, regulations,
instruments or other subordinate legislation under the relevant
statute or statutory provision. References to Sections of
consolidating legislation shall, wherever necessary or appropriate
in the context, be construed as including references to the
Sections of the previous legislation from which the consolidating
legislation has been prepared.
1.3 Clauses, Schedules,
etc.
References in this Agreement to Clauses, Recitals and Schedules
are to clauses in, and recitals and schedules to, this Agreement
(unless the context otherwise requires). The Recitals and Schedules
to this Agreement shall be deemed to form part of this
Agreement.
1.4 Headings
Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction of this Agreement.
1.5 Subsidiary, Holding
Company and Undertakings
In this Agreement, the expressions "subsidiary", "subsidiary
undertaking", "holding company", and "parent undertaking" shall
have the same meanings as their respective definitions in the
Companies Ordinance.
1.6 Persons
References to "persons" shall include bodies corporate,
unincorporated associations and partnerships (whether or not having
separate legal personality).
1.7 Writing
References to "writing" or "written" shall include any methods
of producing or reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory
form but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include e-mail.
1.8 Gender
The masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter and
the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa.
1.9 Construction of Certain
References
1.9.1 In construing this Agreement:
(a) the rule known as
the ejusdem generis rule shall not apply and, accordingly, general
words introduced by the word "other" shall not be given a
restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are preceded by
words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things;
and
(b) general words
shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that
they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by
the general words.
1.9.2 This Agreement may not be construed adversely to a Party
only because that Party was responsible for preparing it.
1.10 Knowledge of the Vendor
Where any statement is to the effect that the Vendor is not
aware of any matter or circumstance or is a statement qualified by
the expression "so far as the Vendor is aware" or any similar
expression, that statement (a) shall be deemed to refer to the
knowledge of the Vendor and its directors and shareholders; and (b)
shall include a further statement that it has been made after due
and careful enquiries.
1.11 Business Day
Where under this Agreement the day on which any act, matter or
thing is to be done is a day other than a Business Day, such act,
matter or thing shall be done on the immediately succeeding
Business Day.
2. Sale and
Purchase of the Sale Shares and Subscription of the Subscription
Shares
2.1 Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Vendor shall sell, and the
Purchaser (or its designated nominee(s) which is/are the
wholly-owned subsidiary/subsidiaries of the Purchaser) shall
purchase, the Sale Shares free from all Encumbrances and together
with all rights attaching or accruing to them at Completion.
2.2 Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser (or its designated
nominee(s)) shall subscribe, and the Company shall allot and
issue to the Purchaser (or its designated nominee(s)), the
Subscription Shares at the Subscription Consideration free from all
Encumbrances and rank pari passu in all respects with all other
Shares that are in issue on the Completion Date together with all
rights attaching or accruing to them at Completion.
2.3 The Purchaser shall not
be obliged to complete the sale and purchase of any of the
Sale Shares or the subscription of any of the Subscription
Shares hereunder unless the sale and purchase of all of the Sale
Shares and the subscription of all the Subscription Shares is
completed simultaneously, but nothing in this Clause shall be
construed as waiving the liability of any Party in respect of any
antecedent breach that is the cause of the inability to complete
the Subject Transactions simultaneously.
3.
Consideration
3.1 Amount of
Consideration
The consideration for the Subject Transactions shall be US$ 100
million (United States Dollars One Hundred Million) (the
"Consideration"), which shall be satisfied as follows:
3.1.1 as to US$ 20 million in cash (the "Subscription
Consideration") to be paid by the Purchaser for the subscription of
the Subscription Shares in accordance with Clause 3.2; and
3.1.2 as to US$ 80 million (the "Purchase Consideration") by the
Purchaser allotting and issuing 3,466,700,000 Redeemable CPS (the
"Consideration Shares") for the purchase of the Sale Shares in
accordance with Clause 3.4.
3.2 Subscription
Consideration
Subject to Completion, the Subscription Consideration shall be
paid as follows:
3.2.1 subject to the execution and delivery to the Purchaser of
the MIV Share Charge by the Vendor in favour of the Purchaser, a
refundable deposit of US$ 1 million (United States Dollars One
Million) (the "Deposit") shall be paid by the Purchaser into a bank
account of the Company or the Vendor designated in writing by the
Company within 2 Business Days of the date of this Agreement and
the Vendor and the Company shall provide to the Purchaser an
official receipt of US$ 1 million (United States Dollars One
Million) as payment of the deposit for the InnoMed Cash
Consideration from the InnoMed Owner within one Business Day from
the date of payment of the Deposit;
3.2.2 subject to the persons designated by the Purchaser having
been appointed to be all of the authorised signatories to operate
the Designated Account, a further payment of US$ 11 million (United
States Dollars Eleven Million) (the "Second Payment") shall be paid
by the Purchaser into the Designated Account within 3 Business Days
of the Completion Date; and
3.2.3 the balance of US$ 8 million (United States Dollars Eight
Million) (the "Third Payment") shall be paid by the Purchaser into
the Designated Account within 1 year of the Completion Date.
An irrevocable instruction to remit each of the Deposit into the
bank account as designated by the Company, the Second Payment and
the Third Payment to the Designated Account in accordance with this
Clause 3.2 shall be good and complete discharge of the Purchaser's
obligation to pay such amounts.
3.3 Use of Subscription
Consideration
3.3.1 Each of the Vendor and the Company jointly and severally
undertakes to the Purchaser that the Company shall, and the Vendor
shall procure the Company to apply the Deposit as payment of the
deposit for the InnoMed Cash Consideration to the InnoMed Owner
(the Vendor and the Company undertake that the Deposit shall not be
used for any other purpose);
3.3.2 Each of the Vendor and the Company jointly and severally
undertakes to the Purchaser and the Purchaser undertakes to the
Vendor and the Company that the Company shall, and the Purchaser
shall, after Completion, use its reasonable endeavours to procure
the Company to, apply the Second Payment as follows:
(a) as to US$ 4
million for satisfying the balance of the InnoMed Cash
Consideration payable by the Company to the InnoMed Owners;
(b) up to US$ 3
million to be remitted by the Company to the Vendor within a period
of 5 Business Days following the day on which the Vendor provides
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser that CE Mark for
the Specified Product for the European Union has been obtained by
the Company as reimbursement of costs and expenses incurred and
paid by the Vendor for obtaining the aforesaid CE Mark, subject to
production of invoices to evidence the costs and expenses incurred
and receipts, where available for payment thereof; and
(c) as to the balance
of the Second Payment as working capital of the Shanghai Companies
by way of either increasing and contributing to the registered
capital of the Shanghai Companies or shareholder's loans; and
3.3.3 Each of the Vendor and the Company jointly and severally
undertakes to the Purchaser and the Purchaser undertakes to the
Vendor and the Company that the Company shall, and the Purchaser
shall, after Completion, use its reasonable endeavours to procure
the Company to apply the Third Payment as follows:
(a) as to US$ 5
million for the purposes of (i) human trial of; and (ii) obtaining
approvals of the SFDA and other relevant Governmental Authorities
on the Specified Product in the PRC; and
(b) as to the balance
as working capital of the Group or to be used in such other manner
as the Purchaser and the Key Management may agree.
3.4 Consideration Shares
Subject to Completion, the Consideration Shares shall be
allotted and issued by the
Purchaser credited as fully paid at the issue price of HK$0.18
each as follows:
3.4.1 650,000,000 Redeemable CPS shall, subject to the charge
under the InnoMed Owner CPS Charge and the lock-up undertaking
described in Clause 3.5.1, be allotted and issued to the InnoMed
Owner on such day as provided in the InnoMed Share Purchase
Agreement to satisfy the InnoMed Non-cash Consideration;
3.4.2 390,010,000 Redeemable CPS shall, subject to the charge
under the Vendor CPS Charge and the lock-up undertaking described
in Clause 3.5.2, be allotted and issued to the Vendor on the fifth
Business Day following the day on which the Vendor provides
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser that CE Mark for
the Specified Product for the European Union has been obtained by
the Company, which is expected to happen within 12 months of
Completion;
3.4.3 1,040,010,000 Redeemable CPS shall, subject to the charge
under the Vendor CPS Charge and the lock-up undertaking described
in Clause 3.5.2, be allotted and issued to the Vendor on the fifth
Business Day following the day on which the Vendor provides
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser that the SFDA has
granted approval to Shanghai Ying Sheng for the Specified Product
in the PRC, which is expected to happen within 24 months of
Completion;
3.4.4 1,386,680,000 Redeemable CPS shall, subject to the charge
under the Vendor CPS Charge and the lock-up undertaking described
in Clause 3.5.2, be allotted and issued to the Vendor on the fifth
Business Day following the day on which the audited annual
consolidated financial statements of the Group prepared in
accordance the HK GAAP, audited by the auditors of the Purchaser,
for any financial year ending on or before 31 December 2012 are
delivered to the Purchaser and such accounts show that the audited
Consolidated Net Profit After Tax of the Group for any of such
financial year is at least HK$ 70 million;
3.4.5 notwithstanding Clauses 3.4.2 to 3.4.4, if (a) the events
set forth in both Clauses 3.4.2 and 3.4.4 occur as provided therein
but the event set forth in Clause 3.4.3 fails to occur; or (b) the
events set forth in both Clauses 3.4.3 and 3.4.4 occur as provided
therein but the event set forth in Clause 3.4.2 fails to occur, the
batch of the Redeemable CPS not yet issued, attributable to the
event in either Clause 3.4.2 or Clause 3.4.3 that has not occurred,
shall become issuable to the Vendor on or before the fifth Business
Day following the date on which the two events specified in either
above paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this Clause 3.4.5 have been
satisfied, notwithstanding that one but only one out of the two
events set out in either Clause 3.4.2 or Clause 3.4.3 fails to
occur as described therein; and
3.4.6. if the event set out in Clause 3.4.4 fails to occur as
described therein by 1 April 2013, all those Redeemable CPS not yet
issued under any one, two or all of Clauses 3.4.2 to 3.4.4 due to
the event(s) set out in that Clause or those Clauses failing to
occur, the Vendor agrees that those Redeemable CPS attributable to
the event or events set out in any one, two or all of the Clauses
3.4.2 to 3.4.4. that has or have not occurred, shall not be
issuable to the Vendor and the obligation of the Purchaser under
this Agreement to issue such Redeemable CPS shall cease and neither
the Vendor nor other interested party shall have any claim against
the Purchaser in respect thereof.
3.5 Lock-up Undertakings
Each of the Vendor and the Company jointly and severally agrees
and undertakes to the Purchaser that it shall:
3.5.1 procure that the InnoMed Owner shall not convert or
exercise the conversion rights attaching to such number of the
Redeemable CPS issued to them pursuant to Clause 3.4.1 set out in
the first column of the table below or offer, pledge, charge,
whether fixed or floating, sell, contract to sell, sell any option
or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell,
grant or agree to grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or
subscribe for, lend, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or
dispose of (nor enter into any agreement to transfer or dispose of
or otherwise create any options, rights, interests or Encumbrances
in respect of), either directly or indirectly, conditionally or
unconditionally, all or any of such number of the Redeemable CPS or
any rights attaching thereto and shall charge in favour of the
Purchaser such number of the Redeemable CPS under the InnoMed CPS
Charge during the lock-up period commencing from the date of issue
of such Redeemable CPS up to the date set out against such number
of the Redeemable CPS in second column of the table below (both
dates inclusive):
|
(1) Number of Redeemable CPS
|
(2) Date
|
|
|
|
162,500,000
|
31 December 2011
|
|
162,500,000
|
31 December 2012
|
|
325,000,000
|
31 August 2013
|
3.5.2 subject to Clause 3.6, not convert or exercise the
conversion rights attaching to the Redeemable CPS issued to the
Vendor pursuant to Clauses 3.4.2 to 3.4.4 or offer, pledge, charge,
whether fixed or floating, sell, contract to sell, sell any option
or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell,
grant or agree to grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or
subscribe for, lend, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or
dispose of (nor enter into any agreement to transfer or dispose of
or otherwise create any options, rights, interests or Encumbrances
in respect of), either directly or indirectly, conditionally or
unconditionally, all or any of such Redeemable CPS or any rights
attaching thereto and charge such Redeemable CPS in favour of the
Purchaser under the Vendor CPS Charge during the lock-up period
commencing from the date of issue of such Redeemable CPS up to 31
August 2013 PROVIDED THAT such number of the Redeemable CPS as
equal to 4% of the Redeemable CPS issued to the Vendor under each
of Clause 3.4.2, Clause 3.4.3 and Clause 3.4.4 shall not be subject
to the restriction in this Clause 3.5.2 unless the Redeemable CPS
are issued to the Vendor pursuant to Clause 3.4.5 in which event,
all the Redeemable CPS attributable to the event described in
either Clause 3.4.2 or Clause 3.4.3 which has not occurred shall be
subject to the restriction in this Clause 3.5.2.
3.6 Releases
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Clause 3.5.1 and
3.5.2, all the Redeemable CPS issued to the Vendor and the InnoMed
Owner respectively under Clause 3.4 shall forthwith be released
from the Vendor CPS Charge and the InnoMed Owner CPS Charge and not
be subject to the restrictions in Clause 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 if all the
events set forth in Clauses 3.4.2 to 3.4.4 have occurred on or
before 31 March 2013.
3.7 Return of Deposit
If, for whatever reasons, this Agreement is lapse or otherwise
terminated before the Completion Date, the Vendor shall pay or
cause to be paid to the Purchaser to the Purchaser's bank account
as designated in writing by the Purchaser within 3 Business Days of
the lapse or termination of this Agreement, an amount equal to the
Deposit paid by the Purchaser in accordance with Clause 3.2.1.
4.
Conditions
4.1 Conditions Precedent
The agreement to sell and purchase the Sale Shares and the
subscription and allotment and issue of the Subscription Shares is
conditional upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:
4.1.1 Due Diligence: the Purchaser having been satisfied with
the results of such enquiries, investigations and due diligence
reviews of the business, affairs, operations and financial position
of the Group Companies by the Purchaser or any of its officers,
employees, agents, professional advisers or other agents as the
Purchaser in its discretion deems necessary, desirable or
appropriate to undertake;
4.1.2 Valuation: the Purchaser having received a valuation
report addressed to each of the board of directors of the Vendor
and the Purchaser and prepared and issued by a competent valuer
approved by the Purchaser substantially in the same form as set out
in Schedule 11, showing a valuation not less than US$ 150 million
of the Group;
4.1.3 Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity Transfer Agreement: the
Purchaser having been satisfied that the Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity
Transfer Agreement has been implemented and completed in accordance
with its terms;
4.1.4 Legal Opinions: the Purchaser having received a copy of
the legal opinion addressed to the Company and the Purchaser(and in
the case of the PRC legal opinion, addressed to the Company with a
copy to the Purchaser) in form and substance satisfactory to the
Purchaser from the Vendor's legal counsel covering, among others,
the following matters:
(a) the due
incorporation and valid subsistence of each of the Group Companies
under the laws of its incorporation or establishment;
(b) each of the
Shanghai Companies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of InnoMed and the
entire registered capital of each of the Shanghai Companies is
registered in the name of InnoMed;
(c) upon Completion,
InnoMed shall be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and the
entire issued capital of InnoMed is legally and beneficially owned
by and registered in the name of the Company;
(d) upon Completion, the
Company shall be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser or its
designated nominee(s) and all the outstanding shares of the Company
shall be owned by and registered in the name of the Purchaser or
its designated nominee(s);
(e) all the Patents
are valid and subsisting and registered in the name of the Company;
and
(f) each of the
InnoMed Share Purchase Agreement and the Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity
Transfer Agreement is legal, valid and binding and enforceable in
accordance with its terms against the parties thereto and the
Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity Transfer Agreement having been duly
completed in accordance with the terms of the agreement and the
relevant PRC laws and approved by the relevant Governmental
Authorities in the PRC;
4.1.5 Warranties: the Warranties provided by the Vendor and the
Company remaining true and accurate in all respects and not
misleading in any respect as of the Completion Date by reference to
the facts and circumstances subsisting as at the Completion
Date;
4.1.6 Material Adverse Effect: the Purchaser being satisfied
that, from the date of this Agreement to the Completion Date, there
has not occurred any event or there has not been any change of
circumstances which has a Material Adverse Effect;
4.1.7 No Prohibitive Action: no notice, order, judgment, action
or proceeding of any court, arbitrator, Governmental Authority,
statutory or regulatory body having been served, issued or made
which restrains, prohibits or makes unlawful any transaction
contemplated by this Agreement or which is reasonably likely to
materially and adversely affect the right of the Purchaser to own
the legal and beneficial title to the Sale Shares and the
Subscription Shares, free from Encumbrances, following the
Completion Date;
4.1.8 Approvals: other than the approvals in Clauses 4.1.10 to
4.1.13, all necessary approvals and consents required to be
obtained by any member of the Group and/or the Purchaser from any
Governmental Authority or other third party in respect of this
Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereunder having
been obtained unconditionally and irrevocably, or where such
approval or consent is given subject to conditions, on such
conditions as are acceptable to the Purchaser acting
reasonably;
4.1.9 Placing: the successful raising of funds by the Purchaser
of not less than US$ 30 million (or its HK$ equivalent) by way of
placing (the "Placing") of up to 13,000,000,000 existing shares of
the Purchaser at the minimum placing price of HK$0.018 per share in
the event that the placing is completed before the Capital
Reorganisation becoming effective, or up to 1,300,000,000 Ordinary
Shares of the Purchaser at the minimum placing price of HK$0.18 per
share in the event that the placing is completed on or after the
Capital Reorganisation becoming effective;
4.1.10 Capital Reorganisation: the approval by the shareholders
of the Purchaser in general meeting of the Capital Reorganisation
and the Resolution;
4.1.11 Purchaser Shareholders' Approvals: the approval by the
shareholders of the Purchaser in general meeting of (a) this
Agreement, the Subject Transactions and any other transactions
contemplated under this Agreement; (b) the allotment and issue of
the Redeemable CPS under this Agreement; and (c) the allotment and
issue of the Ordinary Shares upon exercise of the conversion right
attaching to the Redeemable CPS, in accordance and compliance with
the Listing Rules;
4.1.12 CCT Telecom Shareholders' Approvals: the approval by the
shareholders of CCT Telecom in general meeting of (a) this
Agreement, the Subject Transactions and any other transactions
contemplated under this Agreement; and (b) the disposal and
possible disposal arising from dilution of CCT Telecom's
shareholding in the Purchaser as a result of the allotment and
issue of the shares in the capital of the Purchaser and the
Ordinary Shares upon completion of the Placing and the exercise of
the conversion right attaching to the Redeemable CPS respectively,
which constitute a very substantial disposal and a possible very
substantial disposal respectively for CCT Telecom under the Listing
Rules, in accordance and compliance with the Listing Rules; and
4.1.13 Listing Approval: the Listing Committee of the Stock
Exchange having granted the listing of, and permission to deal in,
on the Stock Exchange, the Ordinary Shares in issue arising from
the Capital Reorganisation and the allotment and issue of the
Ordinary Shares in the Placing and upon exercise of the conversion
right attaching to the Redeemable CPS, all in the capital of the
Purchaser.
4.2 Responsibility for
Satisfaction
4.2.1 Each of the Vendor and the Company shall use its best
endeavours to ensure the satisfaction of the Conditions set out in
Clauses 4.1.1 to 4.1.8 as soon as possible after the date of this
Agreement but in any event no later than the Long-Stop Date. The
Purchaser shall use its best endeavours to ensure the satisfaction
of the Conditions set out in Clause 4.1.9 to 4.1.13 as soon as
possible after the date of this Agreement but in any event no later
than the Long-Stop Date.
4.2.2 Each Party agrees that upon being requested by the other
Parties, it shall promptly co-operate with and provide all
necessary information and reasonable assistance requested or
required by any Governmental Authority in connection with such
licences, authorisations, orders, grants, confirmations,
permissions, registrations and other approvals necessary or
desirable for or in respect of the proposed transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
4.2.3 Each of the Vendor and the Company shall, and shall
procure each of the InnoMed Owner, InnoMed, the Shanghai Companies
and its shareholders to, provide to the Purchaser on a prompt and
expeditious basis all such information and assistance (including
but not limited to the audited accounts and/or audited consolidated
accounts and accountants' reports on the Group Companies for the
three financial years ended 31 December, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and
for the six month period ended 30 June 2010 in compliance with the
Listing Rules) as would be necessary in order for the Purchaser and
CCT Telecom to seek the approval of their respective shareholders
pursuant to the Listing Rules as described in Clauses 4.1.11 and
4.1.12 and to obtain the listing approval described in Clause
4.1.13, including but not limited to:
(a) the provision, for
inclusion into any announcements and/or circulars to be issued by
the Purchaser and CCT Telecom to their respective shareholders, of
all necessary current and historical information relating to the
Group Companies, their respective affairs, the shareholding
interest of the Vendor, the InnoMed Owner and Mr. Hu in any of the
Group Companies, the principal business activities in which each of
the Vendor, the InnoMed Owner, Mr. Hu and the Group Companies is
engaged as required by the Listing Rules; and
(b) the provision of
confirmations required by the Listing Rules from the Vendor and any
of the Group Companies that they are responsible for the truth,
accuracy and completeness of information provided hereunder.
4.3 Non-Satisfaction or
Waiver
4.3.1 The Purchaser may at any time waive in whole or in part
and conditionally or unconditionally any of the Conditions set out
in Clause 4.1.1 to 4.1.8 by notice in writing to the Vendor and the
Company.
4.3.2 The Vendor shall forthwith give notice to the Purchaser of
the satisfaction of each of the Conditions set out in Clauses 4.1.2
to 4.1.8 and in any event within one Business Day after the
satisfaction of such Condition.
4.3.3 If the Conditions are not satisfied or waived on or before
the Long-Stop Date, this Agreement shall automatically lapse,
provided however that (a) the Surviving Provisions shall continue
in force following the lapse of this Agreement; and (b) only in
circumstances where the Vendor, the Company or the Purchaser has
breached the provisions of Clause 4.2.1 or any of the other
covenants of the Vendor and/or the Company hereunder to be
performed or complied with by the Vendor prior to the Completion,
the lapse of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the
rights and liabilities of any Party accrued prior to such lapse. In
all other such circumstances, this Agreement shall lapse without
liability to any party hereunder.
4.4 Due Diligence
Subject to Clause 11, the Vendor shall (i) give or procure for
the Purchaser and/or any persons authorized by it in writing all
such access to the books, documents, title deeds, records, returns,
approvals, correspondence, accounts and other information of the
Group Companies as may reasonably be requested by or on behalf of
the Purchaser for the purpose of carrying out the review described
in Clause 4.1.1; (ii) for the purpose of such review permit them to
take copies of any such books, documents, title deeds, records,
returns, approvals, correspondence and accounts (to be returned in
the event of termination of this Agreement); and (iii) procure that
the directors of the Group Companies give promptly and
expeditiously all such information and explanations to any of such
persons as may reasonably be requested by such persons for the
aforesaid purpose.
5. Actions
Pending Completion
5.1 Vendor's General
Obligations
Except to the extent that the Purchaser requires otherwise in
writing, the Vendor shall, to the extent that the same is within
their powers, procure that pending Completion:
5. 1.1 each Group Company shall carry on its business in the
ordinary course so as
to maintain that business as a going concern of the Group, as a
whole;
5.1.2 each Group Company shall conduct its business in
compliance with all applicable legal, regulatory and administrative
requirements in any jurisdiction in which each Group Company
operates;
5.1.3 the Purchaser shall, upon prior written notice, be allowed
access during normal business hours to (a) the books and records of
each Group Company, including, without limitation, the statutory
books and records, leases, licences, contracts, details of
receivables, Tax records, contracts and customer and supplier lists
in the possession or control of any Group Company, together with
the right to take copies thereof; and (b) the management and
premises used by any Group Company;
5.1.4 the Vendor shall procure that each Group Company shall
provide all reasonable co-operation to the Purchaser with regard to
the management and operations of the Group Companies. The Vendor
shall consult with, and shall cause each Group Company to consult
with, the Purchaser with respect to any action which is reasonably
likely to affect the business of any Group Company in a material
respect. The Vendor shall provide, and shall cause the Group
Companies to provide, to the Purchaser such information as it may
reasonably request in writing for this purpose;
5.1.5 each Group Company shall take all reasonable steps to
preserve its assets (including, without limitation, the goodwill of
its business);
5.1.6 each Group Company shall take all reasonable steps
consistent with past practice to preserve the validity of its
Intellectual Property, including but not limited to the Patents;
and
5.1.7 neither the Vendor nor any of its Affiliates shall take
any action or cause any omission pending Completion (a) that is
reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the relationship of
any Group Company with its customers, suppliers, lessor(s),
licensor(s) or other business associate whose relationship with
such Group Company is material to such Group Company or the Group
as a whole; or (b) that is designed to, or causes, any customer,
supplier, lessor, licensor or other business associate of any Group
Company whose relationship with such Group Company is material to
such Group Company or the Group as a whole to terminate or
adversely amend their existing contractual arrangement with any
Group Company.
5.2 Restrictions on the
Vendor
Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 5.1, the Vendor
shall procure that each Group Company shall confer with the
Purchaser in relation to all material matters concerning the
management of such Group Company in the period between the date of
this Agreement and Completion and during such period shall procure
that each Group Company shall not, except as may be required to
give effect to and comply with the Transactions Documents, without
the prior written consent of the Purchaser:
5.2.1 issue or agree to create or issue any share, warrant or
other securities or loan capital or grant or agree to grant any
option over or right to acquire or convert into any share or loan
capital, reduce or redeem any of its share or registered capital or
otherwise take any action which might result in the Purchaser
acquiring on Completion a percentage interest in the Company lower
than that contemplated in this Agreement; the Company reducing its
equity interest in the InnoMed or InnoMed reducing its equity
interest in each of the Shanghai Companies;
5.2.2 consolidate, sub-divide, convert and/or cancel or vary the
rights of any of its authorised or issued share capital;
5.2.3 whether directly or indirectly, create any fixed or
floating charge, lien or other Encumbrance over the whole or any
part of its issued shares, securities and/or properties and assets
(including the Patents);
5.2.4 alter its memorandum and articles of association (or
equivalent constitutional documents);
5.2.5 change or enter into agreement to change the composition
of its board of directors;
5.2.6 purchase or redeem any share or provide financial
assistance for any such purchase;
5.2.7 make any change in the nature, scope or organisation of
its business or dispose of the whole of its business undertaking or
property or a substantial part thereof;
5.2.8 acquire or form any subsidiary or acquire any shares or
make any capital investment in any person or acquire the whole or
any substantial part of the business undertaking, assets or
business of any other person or enter into any joint venture or
partnership with any other person;
5.2.9 acquire or take any option or right of pre-emption in
respect of any material asset or any interest therein or sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets of whatsoever nature
except in the ordinary course of business and for a fair
consideration;
5.2. 10 purchase, lease or assume possession of any real
property or grant any lease or third party right in respect of any
of the real property currently held;
5.2.11 amend, change or terminate the terms of the InnoMed Share
Purchase
Agreement and the Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity Transfer
Agreement;
5.2.12 permit any of the Patents, its licenses, permits,
approvals granted by Governmental Authority to lapse or do anything
which would cancel or make any of those licenses, permits, or
approvals void or invalid;
5.2.13 enter into any contract or incur any commitment involving
any capital expenditure in excess of US$50,000.00 individually or
US$200,000.00 in the aggregate ;
5.2.14 incur any commitment which is not capable of being
terminated without compensation at any time within three months'
notice or less or which is not in the ordinary and usual course of
business or which involves or may involve total annual expenditure
in excess of US$ 100,000.00;
5.2.15 incur any borrowings or incur any indebtedness other then
the InnoMed Shareholder Loan in excess of US$25,000.00 otherwise
than in the ordinary course of business;
5.2.16 save as required by law or as required in accordance with
the terms of the relevant employment contracts, make any amendment
to the terms and conditions of employment (including, without
limitation, remuneration, pension and other benefits) of any
employee, provide or agree to provide any gratuitous payment or
benefit to any such person or any of their dependents, or dismiss
any employee or engage or appoint any additional employee;
5.2.17 acquire or agree to acquire or dispose of or agree to
dispose of any asset (including the Patents and other intangible
assets) the value of which exceeds US$100,000.00, otherwise than in
the ordinary course of business;
5.2.18 enter into any guarantee, indemnity or other agreement to
secure any obligation of a third party or create any Encumbrance
over any of the relevant Group Company's assets (including the
Patents) or undertaking;
5.2.19 enter into any insurance contract ;
5.2.20 acquire or agree to acquire any share, shares or loan
capital or other security or equity of any kind in any person;
5.2.21 declare, authorise, make or pay any dividend or other
distribution to shareholders (whether in cash, stock or in
kind);
5.2.22 make any change to the relevant Group Company's
accounting practices or policies or amend the relevant Group
Company's memorandum or articles of association or equivalent
constitutional documents;
5.2.23 commence any litigation or arbitration proceedings or
comprise or settle any litigation or arbitration proceedings or any
action, demand or dispute or waive a right in relation to
litigation or arbitration proceedings;
5.2.24 make or agree to make any payment in excess of
US$200,000.00whether in a single payment or a series of related
payments, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of
business;
5.2.25 pass any shareholder or board resolution for the
winding-up or for the appointment of an administrator,
administrative receive, receive, liquidator or similar in respect
of any Group Company, or the increase or reduction of the share or
registered capital of any Group Company;
5.2.26 release, discharge or compound any liability or claim,
where such liability or claim exceeds US$ 100,000.00;
5.2.27 make or agree to make any payment to any Vendor, the
InnoMed Owner, Mr. Hu or any of their respective Affiliate;
5.2.28 enter into any transaction or arrangement other than for
full consideration and on arm's length terms, including to give or
receive any service otherwise than at market value;
5.2.29 enter into any long term, abnormal or unusual contract
including to enter into or vary any contract or assume any
liability which is outside the ordinary or proper course of the
business of the Group Companies;
5.2.30 do any act or thing which would have a Material Adverse
Effect; or 5.2.31 negotiate or agree, conditional or otherwise, to
do any of the foregoing.
6.
Completion
6.1 Date and Place
Completion shall take place on the Completion Date at the
offices of the Purchaser (or such other time and place as the
Purchaser and the Vendor may agree in writing) when all (but not
some only) of the events described in this Clause 6 shall
occur.
6.2 Vendor's Obligations
At Completion, each of the Vendor and the Company shall cause to
be delivered to the Purchaser:
(a) evidence to the
satisfaction of the Purchaser of the satisfaction of the Conditions
set out in Clauses 4.1.2 to 4.1.7;
(b) a copy of the
board resolutions duly passed by the directors of the Vendor
approving the sale of the Sale Shares, the allotment and issue of
the Subscription Shares by the Company and any other transactions
contemplated in this Agreement and authorizing the execution of,
and the performance by the Vendor of its obligations under each of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, certified as a
true copy by a director of the Vendor;
(c) a copy of the
resolutions duly passed by the members of the Vendor approving the
sale of the Sale Shares, the allotment and issue of the
Subscription Shares by the Company and any other transactions
contemplated in this Agreement and authorizing the execution of,
and the performance by the Vendor of its obligations under each of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, certified as a
true copy by a director of the Vendor;
(d) in respect of the Sale
Shares (i) the existing share certificate(s) in respect of the Sale
Shares issued in the name of the Vendor; (ii) transfer
instrument(s) executed by the Vendor in respect of the transfer of
the Sale Shares to the Purchaser or its designated nominee(s); and
(iii) any power of attorney under which any such transfer
instruments are executed;
(e) (if required by
the Purchaser) irrevocable power of attorney (in such form as the
Purchaser may require) executed by the Vendor in favour of the
Purchaser or its designated nominee(s) to enable the Purchaser or
its designated nominee(s) (pending registration of the relevant
transfer instrument(s)) to exercise all voting and other rights
attaching to the Sale Shares and to appoint proxies for this
purpose;
(f) the written
resignations of those directors and secretary of each Group Company
who shall not continue his office as a director or secretary (as
the case may be) to take effect on the Completion Date, with an
acknowledgement signed by each of them to the effect that he has no
claim against such Group Company;
(g) a certificate of
the Vendor confirming that:
(i) the
Warranties remain true and accurate and not misleading as at the
Completion Date;
(ii) all covenants and
agreements required to be performed by it under this Agreement on
or prior to the Completion Date have been performed;
(iii) it is not aware of the
occurrence of any event or any change of circumstances which has a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(iv) it is not aware of any
notice, order, judgment, action or proceeding of any court,
arbitrator, Governmental Authority, statutory or regulatory body
having been served, issued or made which restrains, prohibits or
makes unlawful any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or
which is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the
right of the Purchaser to own the legal and beneficial title to the
Sale Shares and the Subscription Shares, free from
Encumbrances;
(h) the Deed of
Taxation Indemnity, the Vendor CPS Charge and the InnoMed Owner CPS
Charge, all duly executed by all parties thereto (other than the
Purchaser);
(i) service
agreement in forms and substance approved by the Purchaser duly
executed by the relevant Group Company with each member of the Key
Management;
(j) a copy of
the board resolutions of the Company certified true by an existing
director of the Company evidencing the approval of (i) the transfer
of the Sale Shares by the Vendor to the Purchaser or its designated
nominee(s); (ii) the subscription of the Subscription Shares by the
Purchaser or its designated nominee(s) and the allotment and issue
of the Subscription Shares by the Company; (iii) the resignations
referred to in Clause 6.2(f); (iii) the appointment of such persons
nominated by the Purchaser as new directors of the Company such
that not more than one-third of the members of the board of
directors of the Company shall be members of the Key Management
with the remaining members of the board being persons nominated by
the Purchaser; and (iv) alteration of the bank mandates, if any, of
the bank accounts of the Group Company with effect from Completion
in the manner specified by the Purchaser;
(k) a copy of the
board resolutions of each Group Company other than the Company
certified true by an existing director of such Group Company
evidencing the approval of (i) the resignations referred to in
Clause 6.2(e); (ii) the appointment of such persons nominated by
the Purchaser as new directors of such Group Company such that not
more than one-third of the members of the board of directors of the
Company shall be members of the Key Management with the remaining
members of the board being persons nominated by the Purchaser; and
(iii) alteration of the bank mandates, if any, of such Group
Company with effect from Completion in the manner specified by the
Purchaser;
(l) in respect
of each Group Company (i) the statutory books and minute books
(which shall be written up to but not including the Completion
Date); (ii) the memorandum and articles of association and bye-laws
or other equivalent constitutional documents; (iii) the certificate
of incorporation (and any certificate of incorporation on change of
name) or equivalent documents; (iv) the business registration
certificate or licence (if any); (v) tax returns relating to
unresolved assessments or for the current and past fiscal years (if
any) (vi) common seal (if any); (vii) title documents (if any); and
(viii) all material correspondence with external parties, if any,
including with its lawyers or accountants or with any tax or
revenue departments in relation to the affairs of any of the Group
Companies;
(m) a certificate of good
standing issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the
British Virgin Islands in respect of the Company dated no earlier
than seven (7) Business Days prior to the Completion, certifying
that the relevant company is on the Register of Companies, has paid
all required fees, and is in good standing under the laws of the
British Virgin Islands;
(n) a certificate of
incumbency in respect of the Company dated no earlier than seven
(7) Business Days prior to the Completion in form satisfactory to
the Purchaser;
(o) a copy of the
legal opinion(s) issued by the Vendor's counsel(s) dated the
Completion Date and addressed to the Company, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Purchaser, in accordance with Clause 4.1.4;
(p) all certificates,
instruments and documents deliverable to the Purchaser under clause
3 of the Vendor CPS Charge and clause 3 of the InnoMed Owner CPS
Charge;
(q) a copy of the
board resolutions of the Company certified true by an existing
director of the Company evidencing the approval of the purchase by
the Company of the entire issued share capital in and the InnoMed
Shareholder's Loan of InnoMed from the InnoMed Owner;
(r) a copy of the
board resolutions of InnoMed certified true by an existing director
of InnoMed and an existing director of the Company evidencing the
approval of the transfer of the entire issued share capital in and
assignment of the InnoMed Shareholder's Loan of InnoMed by the
InnoMed Owner to the Company;
(s) in respect of the
transfer of all the issued shares in InnoMed to the Company (i) the
existing share certificate(s) in respect of all the issued shares
which represent the entire issued share capital in InnoMed issued
in the name of the InnoMed Owner; (ii) transfer instrument(s)
executed by the InnoMed Owner in respect of the transfer of the
issued shares in (i) above to the Company; (iii) any power of
attorney under which any such transfer instruments are executed;
(iv) new share certificate(s) which cover all the shares in InnoMed
to be transferred to the Company duly allotted and issued by the
Company and approved by the board of directors of InnoMed; and (v)
deed of assignment of the InnoMed Shareholder's Loan, duly executed
by the InnoMed Owner and InnoMed in favour of the Company; and
(t) the Completion
Accounts.
6.3 Purchaser's
Obligations
At Completion, the Purchaser shall cause to be delivered to the
Vendor:
(a) a copy of the
board resolutions duly passed by the directors of the Purchaser
approving the purchase of the Sale Share, the subscription of the
Subscription Shares and any other transactions contemplated in this
Agreement and authorising the execution of, and the performance by
the Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement, the MIV
Share Charge, the Vendor CPS Charge and the InnoMed Owner CPS
Charge, certified as a true copy by a director of the
Purchaser;
(b) duly completed
instrument of transfer with respect to the transfer of the Sale
Shares; and
(c) duly completed
application for subscription of the Subscription Shares.
6.4 Simultaneous
Completion
The Purchaser or its designated nominee(s) shall not be obliged
to complete the sale and purchase of any of the Sale Shares and the
subscription of Subscription Shares unless the sale and purchase of
all the Sale Shares and the subscription of all the Subscription
Shares is completed simultaneously.
6.5 Right to Terminate
If the foregoing provisions of this Clause 6 are not fully
complied with by the Vendor (the "Defaulting Party") by or on the
date set for Completion, the Purchaser (the "Non-Defaulting Party")
shall be entitled (in addition to and without prejudice to all
other rights or remedies available to the Non-Defaulting Party
including the right to claim damages) by written notice to the
Defaulting Party served on such date to:
6.5.1 effect Completion so far as practicable having regard to
the defaults which have occurred;
6.5.2 fix a new date for Completion (being a date no later than
five Business Days after the agreed date for Completion), in which
case the foregoing provisions of Clause 6.2 and 6.3 shall apply to
Completion as so deferred; or
6.5.3 elect to terminate this Agreement, whereupon all rights
and obligations of the Parties shall cease to have effect, provided
however that (a) the Surviving Provisions shall continue in force
following the termination of this Agreement; and (b) the
termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the
rights and liabilities of each Party accrued prior to such
termination.
7. Post
Completion Management
7.1 Management of the Company
The Purchaser agrees that for the period ending no earlier than
31 March 2013 after Completion, the medical device business of the
Group shall be primarily operated by the Key Management without
interference in the operations by persons who are not experienced
in the industry provided that (i) all financial and accounting
matters of the Group shall be managed by a professionally qualified
financial controller nominated by the Purchaser and (ii) in the
event of a material breach of any of the service agreements entered
into by any member of the Key Management, the Purchaser may, in its
absolute discretion, determine his or her employment in accordance
with the terms of the service agreement.
7.2 Incentive to the Key
Management
In the event that the annual audited Consolidated Net Profit
After Tax of the Group prepared under the HKGAAP and audited by the
auditors of the Purchaser exceeds RMB 100 million (Renminbi One
Hundred Million) (or the equivalent in HK$) for any financial year
after Completion, the Purchaser agrees that it shall initiate and
undertake discussions in good faith with the Key Management and
resolve on the best possible way to realize the most potential from
the medical device business engaged by the Group, (a) by way of
free stock options to the Key Management up to, in aggregate, 10%
of the entire issued share capital of the holding company of the
Group subject to the capital market activities referred to in (b)
below and the free stock options to the Key Management in the
holding company of the Group subject to the capital market
activities referred to in (b) below shall be increased, in
aggregate, to 12% of the entire issued share capital of the holding
company of the Group subject to the capital market activities
referred to in (b) below in the event that the annual audited
Consolidated Net Profit After Tax of the Group prepared under the
HKGAAP and audited by the auditors of CCT Tech exceeds RMB 150
million (Renminbi One Hundred and Fifty Million) (or the equivalent
in HK$) for any financial year after Completion and for the
avoidance of doubt, the free stock option in such holding company
as aforesaid to be granted to the Key Management shall only be
granted once and shall not be granted on an annual basis; and (b)
the Purchaser agrees to consider capital market activities
including a spin-off or a trade sale of the Group, whichever is
most appropriate given the market conditions at the relevant time.
The grant of the free stock options in such holding company as
aforesaid to the Key Management and/or the capital market
activities are subject to compliance with the Listing Rules and
other applicable regulatory requirements and where applicable, the
approval of the shareholders of the Purchaser at a special general
meeting of the Purchaser.
8. Warranties,
Indemnities and Guarantee
8.1 True and Accurate
Each of the Vendor and the Company hereby jointly and severally
represents, warrants and undertakes to and with the Purchaser
that:
8.1.1 each Warranty is true and accurate and not misleading in
any respect as at the date of this Agreement; and
8.1.2 each Warranty shall be true and accurate and not
misleading in any respect as at Completion as if they had been
given again at Completion and for this purpose only, where there is
an express or implied reference in a Warranty to "the date of this
Agreement", that reference is to be construed as a reference to
Completion.
8.2 Reliance
Each of the Vendor and the Company acknowledges that the
Purchaser has entered into this Agreement in reliance upon the
Warranties given by the Vendor and the Company, and has been
induced by them to enter into this Agreement. The Purchaser
acknowledges that the Vendor and the Company have entered into this
Agreement in reliance upon the Warranties given by the Purchaser,
and has been induced by them to enter into this Agreement.
8.3 Separate and
Independent
Each of the Warranties shall be separate and independent and,
save as expressly provided to the contrary, shall not be limited by
reference to or inference from any other Warranty or any other term
of this Agreement.
8.4 Purchaser's
Knowledge
No information relating to the Group or the Vendor of which the
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or its or their directors,
officers, employees, agents or advisors has knowledge (actual or
constructive) and no investigation by or on behalf of the Purchaser
shall prejudice any claim made by the Purchaser under the
Warranties or any other provision of this Agreement or operate to
reduce any amount recoverable, and liability in respect thereof
shall not be confined to breaches discovered before Completion.
8.5 Act or Omission
Each of the Vendor and Company shall and shall procure that
(save only as may be necessary to give effect to this Agreement or
with the prior written consent or at the written request of the
Purchaser) neither they nor, to the extent that the same is within
their respective powers, any Group Company shall do, allow or
procure any act or omission before Completion which would be
reasonably likely to constitute a breach of any of the Warranties
in any respect if they were given at or any time prior to
Completion or which would make any of the Warranties untrue,
inaccurate or misleading if they were so given.
8.6 Disclosure Prior to
Completion
Each of the Vendor and the Company agrees to promptly disclose
to the Purchaser in writing immediately upon becoming aware of any
fact, condition, change, matter, event or circumstance (including
any omission to act) which may arise or become known to it after
the date of this Agreement and prior to Completion which:
8.6.1 constitutes a breach of any of the Warranties made by the
Vendor and the Company in Clause 8.1; or
8.6.2 has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect.
For the avoidance of doubt, no such disclosure given pursuant to
this Clause 8.5 following the date of this Agreement shall be
deemed to qualify or limit in any way any of the Warranties.
8.7 Indemnity in respect of
the Warranties
From and after the Completion, each of the Vendor and Company
hereby jointly and severally covenants and undertakes to and with
the Purchaser to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and its
Affiliates, or at the Purchaser's direction any Group Company, from
and against any and all Costs which they may at any time and from
time to time sustain, incur or suffer as a result of or arising
from any breach of any of the representations made by the Vendor in
Clause 8.1 up to a maximum of US$100 million provided that the
Vendor may, subject to compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations, satisfy such Costs by delivering to the Purchaser the
Redeemable CPS for redemption by the Purchaser at a price of
HK$0.18 per Redeemable CPS.
8.8 Authority and Capacity of the Vendor and the Company
Each of the Vendor and the Company hereby jointly and severally
represents, warrants and undertakes to and with the Purchaser that
each of the following statements is at the date of this Agreement,
and shall at Completion be, true and accurate and not
misleading:
8.8.1 each of the Vendor and the Company and the InnoMed Owneris
an entity duly organised and validly existing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or establishment;
8.8.2 each of the Vendor, the Company and the InnoMed Owner has
the legal right and full power and authority to enter into and
perform this Agreement and any other Transactions Documents to
which it is a party, which when executed shall constitute valid and
binding obligations on it, in accordance with their respective
terms;
8.8.3 the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and any other Transactions Documents by each of the Vendor, the
Company and the InnoMed Owner to which each of the Vendor, the
Company and the InnoMed Owner is a party has been duly authorised
and approved by all necessary corporate (or equivalent) action and
no other corporate (or equivalent) approval is required by it;
8.8.4 the execution and delivery of, and the performance by each
of the Vendor, the Company and the InnoMed Owner of its obligations
under, this Agreement and any other Transactions Documents to which
it is a party shall not (a) result in a breach of (i) any provision
of its memorandum or articles of association or equivalent
constitutional documents to the extent applicable; or (ii) any law,
regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to it; or (b)
require any consent or approval of any Governmental Authority;
and
8.8.5 each of the Transactions Documents shall be legal, valid
and binding and enforceable against each party thereto (other than
the Purchaser) in accordance with its terms.
8.9 Warranties of the
Purchaser
The Purchaser represents, warrants and undertakes to the Company
and the Vendor that each of the following statements is at the date
of this Agreement, and shall at Completion be, true and accurate
and not misleading:
8.9.1 the Purchaser is an entity duly organised and validly
existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
establishment;
8.9.2 subject to Clause 4.1, the Purchaser has the legal right
and full power and authority to enter into and perform this
Agreement and any other Transactions Documents to which it is a
party, which when executed shall constitute valid and binding
obligations on it, in accordance with their respective terms;
8.9.3 subject to Clause 4.1, the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and any other Transactions Documents
to which the Purchaser is a party has been duly authorised and
approved by all necessary corporate (or equivalent) action and no
other corporate (or equivalent) approval is required by it;
8.9.4 subject to Clause 4.1, the execution and delivery of, and
the performance by the Purchaser of its obligations under, this
Agreement and any other Transactions Documents to which it is a
party shall not (a) result in a breach of (i) any provision of its
constitutional documents; or (ii) any law, regulation, order,
judgment or decree applicable to it; or (b) require any consent or
approval of any Governmental Authority;
8.9.5 subject to Clause 4.1 and Completion, the Redeemable CPS
to be issued to the Vendor and the InnoMed Owner pursuant to this
Agreement shall, on Completion be duly authorised and upon issue,
shall be validly allotted, issued, and fully paid up and free from
all Encumbrances;
8.9.6 subject to Clause 4.1, Completion and subject to the terms
of this Agreement, the Redeemable CPS issued to the Vendor and the
InnoMed Owner shall be capable of being converted into ordinary
shares of the Purchaser which shall be listed and can be dealt with
on the Stock Exchange; and
8.9.7 the Purchaser is not in breach of any rules, regulations
or requirements of the Stock Exchange or its listing agreement made
with the Stock Exchange (and, without limiting the foregoing, all
announcements, other disclosures, registrations and filings
required to be made by the Purchaser under or in accordance with
any such rules, regulations or requirements, or pursuant to such
listing agreement, have been duly made); the Purchaser has complied
and will comply with all other applicable rules, regulations and
other requirements
material or relevant to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including rules governing restrictions on and/or
disclosure of dealings) and, to the best of its knowledge, is not
aware of any breach of any such rule, regulation or other
requirement by any person.
8.10 Vendor's Guarantee
8.10.1 The Vendor guarantees unconditionally and irrevocably the
due and punctual observance and performance by the Company of all
the agreements, obligations, commitments and undertakings contained
in this Agreement and the other Transactions Documents (the
"Guaranteed Obligations").
8.10.2 Without prejudice to the Purchaser's rights against the
Company, as between the Purchaser and the Vendor, the Vendor shall
be liable under Clause 8.10.1 as if it were the sole principal
debtor and not merely a surety, and the liability of the Vendor
under Clause 8.10.1 shall not be released, discharged or diminished
by any amendment, variation, compounding, compromise or release of
the Guaranteed Obligations or any forbearance, neglect or delay in
enforcing or seeking performance of the Guaranteed Obligations or
any granting of time for such performance, indulgence or other
relief to the Company in respect of such performance.
8.10.3 The guarantee provided by the Vendor in this Clause 8.10
is to be a continuing guarantee and accordingly is to remain in
force until all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been performed or
satisfied. This guarantee shall cover all Guaranteed Obligations
notwithstanding the liquidation, insolvency, dissolution,
incapacity or any change in the constitution of the Company until
the last claim whatsoever against the Company has been satisfied in
full.
8.10.4 Should any Guaranteed Obligation which, if valid or
enforceable, would be the subject of the guarantee in this Clause
8.10, be or become wholly or in part invalid or unenforceable
against the Company by reason of any defect in or insufficiency or
want of powers or authorisation of the Company or irregular or
improper purported exercise thereof or breach or want of authority
by any person purporting to act on behalf of the Company or because
any of the rights have become barred by reason of any legal
limitation (save for any statutory limitation period), disability,
incapacity or any other fact or circumstance whether or not known
to the Company, the Vendor shall nevertheless be liable to the
Purchaser notwithstanding the avoidance or invalidity of any term
or condition of this Agreement whatsoever (including, without
limitation, avoidance under any enactment relating to liquidation)
in respect of that Guaranteed Obligation as if the same were wholly
valid and enforceable.
8.10.5 The Purchaser shall not be obliged before exercising any
of the rights, powers or remedies conferred upon them by this
Clause 8.10 or by law to (a) make any demand on the Company, (b)
take any action or obtain judgment in any court against the Company
or (c) make or file any claim or proof in a winding up or
dissolution of the Company. The guarantee provided by the Vendor in
this Clause 8.10 may be enforced against it by the Purchaser at any
time without first instituting legal proceedings against the
Company in the first instance or joining in the Company as a party
in the same proceedings against it.
8.11 Limitation on the liability of the Company and the
Vendor
Subject to any specific indemnity in this Agreement and the
provisions of the InnoMed Owner CPS, the Vendor CPS Charge and the
Deed of Taxation Indemnity:
8.11.1 each of the Company and the Vendor shall not be liable in
respect of a Claim to the extent that the facts and circumstances
directly giving rise to the Claim or claim have been fairly and
accurately disclosed in this Agreement;
8.11.2 each of the Company and the Vendor shall not be liable
for any Claim unless the Purchaser gives written notice to the
Vendor and/or the Company of any matter or event which may give
rise to the Claim as soon as practically after the Purchaser
becomes aware of such matter or event together with reasonable
details of the nature of such Claim then known to the
Purchaser;
8.11.3 each of the Company and the Vendor shall not be liable
for any General Claim unless the Purchaser gives written notice
containing reasonable details of the nature of the General Claim,
including, to the extent practicable, the Purchaser's estimate of
the amount of the General Claim, to the Company and/or the Vendor
on or before the date being three (3) years from Completion. The
Vendor shall not be liable for any Tax Claim unless the Purchaser
gives written notice containing reasonable details of the nature of
the Tax Claim, including the Purchaser's estimate of the amount of
the Tax Claim, to the the Company and/or the Vendor on or before
the date being seven (7) years from Completion. The Company and the
Vendor undertakes to the Purchaser that it shall notify the
Purchaser immediately upon it becoming aware of any circumstances
which may give rise to a Claim;
8.11.4 to the extent that a Claim arises out of a liability
which at the time that it is notified to the Company and/or the
Vendor is contingent only, the Company and/or the Vendor shall not
be under any obligation to make any payment to the Purchaser until
the liability ceases to be contingent;
8.11.5 a Claim shall not be enforceable against the Company
and/or the Vendor and shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, and
no new Claim may be made in respect of the facts giving rise to
such Claim, unless legal proceedings in respect of such Claim are
commenced (by being issued and served):
within 6 months of the such Claim ceasing to be contingent, if
the Claim is based upon what, at the time of service of notice of
the Claim on the Company and/or the Vendor, was a contingent
liability; and
within 12 months of service of notice of the Claim on the
Company and/or the Vendor with regard to any other Claim;
8.11.6 the aggregate amount of the liability of the Vendor in
respect of the aggregate of all Claims shall not exceed a maximum
of US$100 million provided that the Vendor may subject to
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, satisfy such
Claims by delivering to the Purchaser the Redeemable CPS for
redemption by the Purchaser at a price of HK$0.18 per Redeemable
CPS.;
8.11.7 the Company and/or Vendor shall have no liability in
respect of any Claim unless the amount of the Claim (excluding
interest and costs) exceeds US$1,000,000 in which case the Company
and/or the Vendors shall be liable for the entire amount and not
merely the excess. For this purpose, if a Claim relates to more
than one event or circumstance which would separately constitute a
Claim that Claim shall be treated as a separate Claim in respect of
each event or circumstance;
8.11.8 each of the Company and the Vendor shall not be liable in
respect of a Claim to the extent that the Claim would not have
arisen but for an act or omission of the Purchaser after Completion
or to the extent that the Claim would not have arisen but for a
breach of this Agreement by the Purchaser;
8.11.9 each of the Company and the Vendor shall not be liable in
respect of a Claim to the extent that the Claim arises or is
increased as a result of:
(a) a change in law,
administrative practice or published interpretation of the law,
after the date of this Agreement;
(b) any change in
generally accepted accounting practice after the Management
Accounts Date;
(c) any change in the
accounting policies or practice of the Purchaser, its subsidiaries
(other than the Group Companies), its parent companies,
subsidiaries of its parent companies, after the Management Accounts
Date; or
(d) the passing of any
legislation, or making of any subordinate legislation after the
date of this Agreement.
8.11.10 each of the Company and the Vendor shall not be liable
in respect of a Claim to the extent that the Claim relates to any
matter adequately provided for, or included as a liability or
disclosed, in the Management Accounts and/or the Completion
Accounts;
8.11.11nothing in this Clause 8.11 restricts or limits the
general obligation at law of each of the Purchaser and the Group
Companies to mitigate any loss or damage which it may suffer or
incur as a consequence of any breach of any Warranty or any other
provision of this Agreement or in relation to any other matter,
event or circumstance which gives rise to a Claim. Where the
Company and/or the Vendor is or may become under any obligation to
make any payment to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement the
Purchaser shall act reasonably in relation to matters giving rise
to such payment and take all reasonable steps to mitigate the loss
in respect of which the payment is or may become due;
8.11.12 the Purchaser agrees that it shall not be entitled to
recover damages or obtain payment, reimbursement, restitution or
indemnity more than once in respect of any one shortfall, damage,
deficiency, breach or other set of circumstances which give rise to
one or more Claims. For this purpose, recovery by the Group
Companies shall be deemed to be recovery by the Purchaser;
8.11.13 each of the Company and the Vendor shall not be liable
to the Purchaser for any indirect or consequential loss, loss of
profit or punitive damages;
8.11.14 each of the Company and the Vendor shall not be liable
for any Claim arising from any loss suffered or payment made by the
Purchaser or any Group Company which would not have been suffered
or made had such company not given warranties to any person (other
than the Purchaser) acquiring all or part of the shares in or
assets or undertaking of any Group Company on or after
Completion;
8.11.15this Clause 8.11 applies notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary and shall not cease to
have effect as a consequence of any rescission or termination of
any other provisions of this Agreement; and
8.11.16the limitations on the liability of the Company and the
Vendor set out in this Clause 8.11 shall not apply in relation to
the Vendor to the extent that the Claim is in respect of the fraud
of the Vendor.
8.12 Limitation on the Purchaser's liability
8.12.1 The Purchaser shall not be liable in respect of a Claim
to the extent that the facts and circumstances directly giving rise
to the Claim or claim have been fairly and accurately disclosed to
the Vendor and the Company prior to Completion.
8.12.2 The Purchaser shall not be liable for any Claim unless
the Vendor and the Company gives written notice to the Purchaser of
any matter or event which may give rise to the Claim reasonably
after the Vendor and the Company become aware of such matter or
event together with reasonable details of the nature of such Claim
then known to the Vendor and the Company.
8.12.3 The Purchaser shall not be liable for any General Claim
unless the Vendor and the Company gives written notice containing
reasonable details of the nature of the General Claim, including,
to the extent practicable, the Vendor and the Company's estimate of
the amount of the General Claim, to the Purchaser on or before the
date being three (3) years from Completion. The Purchaser
undertakes to the Vendor and the Company that it shall notify the
Vendor and the Company immediately upon it becoming aware of any
circumstances which may give rise to a Claim.
8.12.4 To the extent that a Claim arises out of a liability
which at the time that it is notified to the Purchaser is
contingent only, the Purchaser shall not be under any obligation to
make any payment to the Vendor and the Company until the liability
ceases to be contingent.
8.12.5 A Claim shall not be enforceable against the Purchaser
and shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, and no new Claim may be
made in respect of the facts giving rise to such Claim, unless
legal proceedings in respect of such Claim are commenced (by being
issued and served):
within 6 months of the such Claim ceasing to be contingent, if
the Claim is based upon what, at the time of service of notice of
the Claim on the Purchaser, was a contingent liability; and
within 12 months of service of notice of the Claim on the
Purchaser with regard to any other Claim.
8.12.6 The aggregate amount of the liability of the Purchaser in
respect of the
aggregate of all Claims shall not exceed a maximum of US$ 100
million.
8.12.7 The Purchaser shall have no liability in respect of any
Claim unless the amount of the Claim (excluding interest and costs)
exceeds US$1,000,000 in which case the Purchasers shall be liable
for the entire amount and not merely the excess. For this purpose,
if a Claim relates to more than one event or circumstance which
would separately constitute a Claim that Claim shall be treated as
a separate Claim in respect of each event or circumstance.
8.12.8 The Purchaser shall not be liable in respect of a Claim
to the extent that the Claim would not have arisen but for an act
or omission of the Vendor and/or the Company after Completion or to
the extent that the Claim would not have arisen but for a breach of
this Agreement by the Vendor and/or any of the Group Companies.
8.12.9 The Purchaser shall not be liable in respect of a Claim
to the extent that the Claim arises or is increased as a result
of:
a change in law, administrative practice or published
interpretation of the law, after the date of this Agreement; or
the passing of any legislation, or making of any subordinate
legislation after the date of this Agreement.
8.12. 10 Nothing in this Clause 8.12 restricts or limits the
general obligation at law of each of the Purchaser and its
subsidiaries to mitigate any loss or damage which it may suffer or
incur as a consequence of any breach of any Warranty or any other
provision of this Agreement or in relation to any other matter,
event or circumstance which gives rise to a Claim. Where the
Purchaser is or may become under any obligation to make any payment
to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement the Purchaser shall act
reasonably in relation to matters giving rise to such payment and
take all reasonable steps to mitigate the loss in respect of which
the payment is or may become due;
8.12.11 The Vendor and the Company agrees that it shall not be
entitled to recover damages or obtain payment, reimbursement,
restitution or indemnity more than once in respect of any one
shortfall, damage, deficiency, breach or other set of circumstances
which give rise to one or more Claims.
8.12.12 The Purchaser shall not be liable to the Vendor and the
Company for any indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit or
punitive damages;
8.12.13 The Purchaser shall not be liable to any Claim arising
from any loss suffered or payment made by the Vendor and the
Company or any Group Company which would not have been suffered or
made had such company not given warranties to any person (other
than the Vendor) acquiring all or part of the shares in or assets
or undertaking of the Vendor and any Group Company on or after
Completion;
8.12.14 This Clause 8.12 applies notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary and shall not cease to
have effect as a consequence of any rescission or termination of
any other provisions of this Agreement.
8.12.15 The limitations on the liability of the Purchaser set
out in this Clause 8.12 shall not apply in relation to the
Purchaser to the extent that the Claim is in respect of the fraud
of the Purchaser.
9. Restrictions
on the Vendor
9.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this Clause 9, the following words and
expressions shall have the following meanings:
"Affiliate" or "Affiliates" means, in the case of a person which
is an entity, (a) any person or entity which, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with the person, and (b) any person who is an executive
director or an executive (i.e. head of his/her respective
department) of the person who has access to any Confidential
Information. For the purposes of this definition, "control" of a
person or entity means the power, directly or indirectly, either to
(i) vote a majority of the securities having ordinary voting power;
(ii) determine the majority of the board of directors of such
person or entity; or (iii) by management contract have the right to
control the management and day-to-day operations of such person or
entity.
9.2 Restrictions on the Vendor and the InnoMed Owner
The Vendor agrees and undertakes with the Purchaser that for so
long as any of the Vendor and the InnoMed Owner or their respective
Affiliates hold any Redeemable CPS or any ordinary shares in the
capital of the Purchaser converted therefrom or is otherwise a
substantial shareholder (within the meaning of the Listing Rules)
of the Purchaser and for a period of 2 years after it ceases to be
a substantial shareholder, none of the Vendor, the InnoMed Owner,
or their respective Affiliates shall, either on their own behalves
or as agents and either directly or indirectly:
9.2.1 carry on, be engaged, concerned or interested in or in any
way assist in any business similar to or which may compete (either
directly or indirectly) with any business carried on by any member
the Group at any time and in anywhere in the world (including but
not limited to PRC) where any Group Company carries on business
during the 12 months preceding the relevant date of cessation;
9.2.2 canvass or solicit or accept orders from or do business
with any person with whom the Group has done business during the 12
months preceding the relevant date of cessation, or otherwise
induce or endeavour to induce any such person to cease being a
customer of the Group; and
9.2.3 at any time after the date of this Agreement do or say
anything which may be harmful to the reputation of the Group or
which may lead any person to reduce their level of business with
the Group or seek to improve their terms of trade with the
Group;
save that, prior to obtaining the CE Marking of the Specified
Product by the Company or the obtaining of the SFDA approval of the
Specified Product by Shanghai Ying Sheng, whatever is the earlier,
there will be similar business carried out by the Vendor, the
InnoMed Owner or their respective affiliates.
9.3 Validity and
Effectiveness
While the restrictions contained in this Clause 9 are considered
by the Parties to be reasonable in all the circumstances, it is
recognised that restrictions of the nature in question may fail for
technical reasons unforeseen and accordingly it is hereby agreed
and declared that if any such restrictions shall be adjudged to be
void as going beyond what is reasonable in all the circumstances
for the protection of the interests of the Group and the Purchaser
but would be valid if part of the wording thereof were deleted or
the periods (if any) thereof were reduced the said restriction
shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary to make it
valid and effective.
10. Put Option
10.1 Definitions
For the purpose of this Clause 10, where the context so admits,
the following words and expressions shall have the following
meanings:
"Exercise Notice" a
notice in writing pursuant to which the Put Option is
exercised;
"Exercise Period" the
period commencing on 1 April 2013 and ending on 25 July 2013 (both
dates inclusive);
"Option Completion Date" means 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on
the second Business Day next following the date on which all the
conditions set out in Clause 10.6 are satisfied or waived in
accordance with this Agreement or such other time and date as may
be agreed between the Purchaser and the Vendor in writing, on which
completion of the exercise of the Put Option shall take place;
"Option Price" has the meaning set forth in Clause 10.3;
"Put Option" has the meaning set forth in Clause
10.2; and
"Term" the period commencing on the Completion Date and ending
on 31 August 2013 (both dates inclusive).
10.2 Grant of Put Option
In consideration of the sum of HK$1.00 now paid by the Purchaser
to the Vendor (receipt of which the Vendor hereby acknowledges),
subject to Completion, the Vendor hereby grants to the Purchaser
the right (the "Put Option") to require the Vendor to acquire all
but not part of the Sale Shares and the Subscription Shares from
the Purchaser at the Option Price.
10.3 Option Price
The Option Price shall comprise the following:
10.3.1 HK$ 156 million in cash (the "Cash Option
Consideration"); and
10.3.2 an amount (the "Non-cash Option Consideration") equal to
the multiple of:
(a) the aggregate
number of the Consideration Shares issued by the Purchaser pursuant
to Clause 3.4 during the period from the date of this Agreement to
the Option Completion Date, regardless of whether the Redeemable
CPS remain subject to the lock-up undertakings under Clause 3.5,
the InnoMed Owner CPS Charge or the Vendor CPS Charge, or have
already been converted into Ordinary Shares; and
(b) HK$0.18. 10.4
Exercise of Put Option
10.4.1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and
without prejudice to any rights and remedies which the Purchaser
may have, the Put Option shall become exercisable during the
Exercise Period in the event that the audited Consolidated Net
Profit After Tax of the Group as shown in the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Group prepared under the HKGAAP audited
by the auditors of the Purchaser does not exceed HK$ 70 million for
any financial year ended on or before 31 December 2012.
10.4.2 Upon the Put Option becoming exercisable, the Purchaser
may exercise the Put Option by serving the Exercise Notice during
the Exercise Period on the Vendor notifying its intention to
exercise the Put Option.
10.5 Settlement of Option Price
10.5.1 The Non-cash Option Consideration shall be satisfied
by:
10.5.1.1 the Vendor delivering to the Purchaser on or before the
Option Completion Date all outstanding Redeemable CPS which, as at
the Option Completion Date, remain subject to the lock-up
undertakings in Clause 3.5 and/or the InnoMed CPS Charge and the
Vendor CPS Charge, for redemption at the price of HK$0.18 per each
Redeemable CPS to be redeemed, which shall be off-set against part
of the Non-cash Option Consideration; and
10.5.1.2 the Vendor paying the Purchaser in cash in either HK$
or US$ equivalent within 3 months from the Option Completion Date
an amount equal to the Non-cash Option Consideration after
deducting an amount equal to the multiple of the number of
Redeemable CPS delivered to the Purchaser for redemption and
cancellation under Clause 10.5.1.1 and HK$0.18. The Vendor shall
pay the funds to the bank account of the Purchaser designated in
writing by the Purchaser.
10.5.2 The Cash Option Consideration shall be payable by the
Vendor to the Purchaser in cash within 3 months from the Option
Completion Date and the funds shall be remitted to the bank account
of the Purchaser designated in writing by the Purchaser.
10.6 Conditions Precedent to Exercise of Put Option
Completion of the exercise of the Put Option is conditional upon
compliance with the Listing Rules and the approval by the
independent shareholders of the Purchaser at a special general
meeting of the Purchaser of the (i) transfer of the Sales Shares
and the Subscription Shares to the Vendor; and (ii) (where
required), the redemption and cancellation of those Redeemable CPS
under Clause 10.5.1.1;
10.7 Non-satisfaction of Conditions
In the event that any of the conditions set forth in Clause 10.6
is not fulfilled, completion of the redemption of the Redeemable
CPS under Clause 10.5.1.1 and the transfer of the Sale Shares and
the Subscription Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Put Option
shall not be proceeded. In such case, the Purchaser may sell,
transfer or dispose of or otherwise deal with the whole or any part
of the Redeemable CPS in accordance with the terms of the Vendor
CPS Charge and/or the InnoMed Owner CPS Charge (as the case may be)
and the Vendor shall assist and shall execute and shall procure the
InnoMed Owner (as the case may be) to execute any transfer
instrument(s) as required to enable the Purchaser to sell,
transfer, or dispose of or otherwise deal with the whole or any
part of the Redeemable CPS.
10.8 Completion of the Exercise of the Put Option
10.8.1 Completion of the redemption of the Redeemable CPS
pursuant to the exercise of the Put Option shall take place on the
Option Completion Date. At completion of the redemption of the
Redeemable CPS under Clause 10.5.1.1, the certificates and transfer
instrument(s) duly executed by the Vendor and the InnoMed Owner in
respect of the transfer of the redeemed Redeemable CPS to the
Purchaser shall be delivered to the Purchaser for cancellation.
10.8.2 The Vendor shall comply with Clause 10.5.1.2 and Clause
10.5.2 and pay the amounts in cash to the Purchaser in accordance
with the provisions set out in those Clauses.
10.8.3 On the Option Completion Date and until such time when
the total Option Price has been settled by the Vendor, the
Purchaser may cause, and the Vendor shall procure, that such
directors, officers and managers be removed from the offices at the
Group and the bank mandates of the Group be altered as the
Purchaser may in its absolute discretion direct.
10.8.4 Upon compliance by the Vendor of its obligations under
Clauses 10.8.1 and 10.8.2 and subject to all the conditions set
forth in Clause 10.6 having been fulfilled, the Purchaser
shall:-
(a) transfer the title
of the Sale Shares and the Subscription Shares and shall deliver to
the Vendor, in respect of the Sale Shares and the Subscription
Shares, (i) the existing share certificate(s) issued in the name of
the Purchaser or its nominee(s); and (ii) transfer instrument(s)
duly executed by the Purchaser or its nominee(s) in respect of the
transfer of the Sale Shares and the Subscription Shares to the
Vendor;
(b) assign any
shareholder's loan owed by any of the Group Companies to the
Purchaser to the Vendor;
(c) cause such
director, officers and managers of the Group appointed by the
Purchaser be removed from office; and
(d) cause the bank
authorised signatory be altered as the Vendor may reasonably
request.
10.9 Listing of the Put Option
No application shall be made for the listing of the Put Option
on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange.
11. Confidentiality
11.1 Confidential Information
Each Party undertakes to the other Parties that it shall treat
as strictly confidential, and shall procure that its Affiliates and
its and their respective directors, officers, employees and
advisers treat as strictly confidential, all information (whether
oral, graphic, written or in electronic form) which it receives or
obtains as a result of entering into or performing this Agreement
or the other Transactions Documents (the "Confidential
Information"), including, without limitation:
11.1.1 information relating to the business, assets, financial
or other affairs of any of the other Parties;
11.1.2 information relating to the provisions and subject matter
of this Agreement and the other Transactions Documents;
11.1.3 information relating to the existence of this Agreement
and the other Transactions Documents and their purpose; and
11.1.4 information relating to the negotiations leading up to
this Agreement and the other Transactions Documents, including any
information relating to or in respect of any negotiations and
communications between the Parties after the date of this
Agreement.
Each Party shall not, and shall procure that its Affiliates and
its and their respective directors, officers, employees and
advisers shall not, use for its own business purpose or disclose to
any third party any Confidential Information without the prior
written consent of the other Parties.
11.2 Exclusions
The restrictions contained in Clause 11.1 shall not apply so as
to prohibit disclosure or use of any information if and to the
extent:
11.2.1 the disclosure or use is required by law or by any
securities exchange or Governmental Authority pursuant to rules to
which the Parties or their respective holding companies are
subject;
11.2.2 the disclosure is made by a Party to its Affiliates or to
its or its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees, bankers,
auditors, legal counsel, placing agent(s) and advisers provided
that such Affiliates or directors, officers, employees, bankers,
auditors, legal counsel, placing agent(s) and advisers are subject
to the same or substantially equivalent confidentiality obligations
as set out in this Clause 11.1;
11.2.3 the information becomes publicly available (other than by
a breach of this Agreement);
11.2.4 the other Parties have given prior written consent to the
disclosure or use; or
11.2.5 the disclosure or use is required for the purpose of any
judicial or arbitration proceedings arising out of this Agreement
or any other Transactions Document.
12. Costs
Save as expressly provided in this Agreement, or any other
Transactions Document, each Party shall pay its own costs
(including Taxes) in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
execution and implementation of this Agreement and the other
Transactions Documents and any other matters in connection
therewith.
13. General
13.1 Successors and Assigns
This Agreement shall be binding upon and enure for the benefit
of the successors, assigns and legal personal representatives of
the Parties.
13.2 Assignment
13.2.1 Neither the Vendor nor the Company shall assign this
Agreement or any of its rights and/or transfer any of its
obligations under this Agreement to any third party without the
prior written consent of the Purchaser.
13.2.2 The Purchaser may assign and transfer any of its rights
(but not its obligations) under this Agreement in whole or in part
and without restriction to any of its Affiliates.
13.3 Whole Agreement
This Agreement (together with the other Transactions Documents)
constitutes the whole agreement between the Parties relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement and shall with effect from the
date of this Agreement supersede any previous agreements or
arrangements between them relating to the subject matter
hereof.
13.4 Variations
No variations of this Agreement shall be effective unless made
in writing and signed by all the Parties.
13.5 Agreement Survives Completion
The Warranties and all other provisions of this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding Completion (except
insofar as they set out obligations which have been fully performed
at Completion).
13.6 Invalidity
If any provision or part of a provision of this Agreement shall
be, or be found by any authority or court of competent jurisdiction
to be, invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions or parts of
such provisions of this Agreement, all of which shall remain in
full force and effect.
13.7 No Waiver
No failure of a Party to exercise, and no delay or forbearance
in exercising, any right or remedy in respect of any provision of
this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right or
remedy.
13.8 Further Assurance
At any time after the date of this Agreement, each Party shall,
and shall use all
reasonable endeavours to procure (to the extent it is legally or
contractually entitled to do so) that any necessary third party
shall, execute such documents and do such acts and things as the
other Parties may reasonable require for the purpose of giving to
such Parties the full benefit and provisions of this Agreement.
13.9 Time of the Essence
Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement, both as regards
any dates, times and periods mentioned and as regards any dates,
times and periods which may be substituted for them in accordance
with this Agreement or by agreement in writing between the
Parties.
13.10 Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and
by the Parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective
until each Party has executed at least one counterpart and each
such counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement but
all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
14. Notices
14.1 Form and Addresses
Any notice or other communication in connection with this
Agreement shall be in writing in English (a "Notice") and shall be
sufficiently given or served if delivered or sent:
14. 1.1 in the case of the Vendor, to:
Address:
c/o 20th Floor, Alexandra House, Central, Hong Kong
Fax: (852) 2810 0664
Attention: Ms. Denise
Jong
14.1.2 in the case of the Company, to:
Address:
c/o 20th Floor, Alexandra House, Central, Hong Kong
Fax: (852) 2810 0664
Attention: Ms. Denise
Jong
14.1.3 in the case of the Purchaser, to:
Address:
2208, 22/F., St. George's Building, 2 Ice House Street,
Central,
Hong Kong
Fax: (852) 2102 8100
Attention: the board
of directors
or (in either case) to such other address, or fax number as the
relevant Party may have notified to the other Parties in writing in
accordance with this Clause 14.
14.2 Delivery
Unless there is evidence that it was received earlier, a Notice
is deemed given if: 14.2.1 delivered personally, when left at the
address referred to in Clause 14.1;
14.2.2 sent by prepaid registered post or courier, three
Business Days (or five Business Days if sent by airmail) after
posting it; and
14.2.3 sent by fax, when confirmation of its transmission has
been recorded by the sender's fax machine;
15. Governing Law and Arbitration 15.1 Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of Hong Kong.
15.2 Arbitration
15.2.1 Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or any other Transactions Document, or
the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, (each, a "Dispute")
shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in
accordance with the provisions of this Clause 15.2.
15.2.2 Where a Dispute is referred to arbitration by any Party,
the arbitration shall take place in Hong Kong in accordance with
the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as at present in force. The
appointing authority shall be the HKIAC. The arbitration shall be
managed by the HKIAC in accordance with its practice, rules and
regulations. The place of arbitration shall be in Hong Kong at the
HKIAC. There shall be one arbitrator who shall be appointed by the
HKIAC. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be
English and the applicable law of the arbitration shall be Hong
Kong law.
15.2.3 The foregoing shall not preclude any Party from seeking
interim relief or orders for interim preservation in any Court of
competent jurisdiction. Any such application to Court shall not
demonstrate an intention to act inconsistently in any way with the
agreement to settle disputes by arbitration set out in this Clause
15.2.
15.3 Appointment of Process Agent
15.3.1 The Vendor hereby irrevocably appoints RB Secretariat
Limited of 20th Floor Alexandra House, Central, Hong Kong (marked
for the attention of: Ms. Denise Jong) as their agent to receive
and acknowledge on their behalf service of any writ, summons,
order, judgment or other notice of legal process in Hong Kong. If
for any reason the agent named above (or its successor) no longer
serves as agent of the Vendor for this purpose, the Vendor shall
promptly appoint a successor agent reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser, notify the Purchaser thereof and deliver to the
Purchaser a copy of the new process agent's acceptance of
appointment, provided that until the Purchaser receives such
notification, it shall be entitled to treat the agent named above
(or its said successor) as the agent of the Vendor for the purposes
of this Clause 15.3. The Vendor agrees that any such legal process
shall be sufficiently served on them if delivered to such agent for
service at its address for the time being in Hong Kong whether or
not such agent gives notice thereof to the Vendor.
15.3.2 The Company hereby irrevocably appoints RB Secretariat
Limited of 20th Floor, Alexandra House, Central, Hong Kong (marked
for the attention of: Ms. Denise Jong) as their agent to receive
and acknowledge on their behalf service of any writ, summons,
order, judgment or other notice of legal process in Hong Kong. If
for any reason the agent named above (or its successor) no longer
serves as agent of the Company for this purpose, the Company shall
promptly appoint a successor agent reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser, notify the Purchaser thereof and deliver to the
Purchaser a copy of the new process agent's acceptance of
appointment, provided that until the Purchaser receives such
notification, it shall be entitled to treat the agent named above
(or its said successor) as the agent of the Company for the
purposes of this Clause 15.3. The Company agrees that any such
legal process shall be sufficiently served on them if delivered to
such agent for service at its address for the time being in Hong
Kong whether or not such agent gives notice thereof to the
Company.
Schedule 1
Details of the Group
Part A - Details of the Company
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Name:
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MIV Scientific Holdings Ltd.
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Company Number:
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1604922
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Address of Registered Office:
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ABM Chambers, P.O. Box 2283, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands.
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Date and Place of Incorporation:
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15 September 2010, British Virgin Islands
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Maximum Number of Shares:
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50,000 shares of no par value each
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|
Number of Issued Shares:
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80 shares
|
|
Directors:
|
Chris Chen
|
|
Secretary:
|
Nil
|
|
Annual Accounts Date:
|
31 December
|
|
Auditors:
|
Not yet appointed
|
|
Shareholders
|
MIV Therapeutics, Inc
|
Part B - Details of InnoMed
|
Name:
|
InnoMed Scientific Incorporation Limited
|
|
Company Number:
|
954899
|
|
Address of Registered Office:
|
13/F., Kyoto Plaza, 491-499 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay, Hong
Kong.
|
|
Date and Place of Incorporation:
|
10 March 2005, Hong Kong
|
|
Authorised Share Capital:
|
HK$10,000.00
|
|
Issued Share Capital:
|
HK$2.00
|
|
Directors:
|
Mr. Hu
|
|
|
Mr. Kong Chun Fai
|
|
Secretary:
|
Mr. Chung Wai Shing, William
|
|
Annual Accounts Date:
|
31 December
|
|
Auditors:
|
T.O.Yip & Co
|
|
Shareholders
|
InnoMed Scientific Ltd. (Cayman Islands)
|
Part C - Details of Shanghai Companies
Shanghai Ying Zhong
Name:____
Company Number: 3101 15400250240(
浦東 )
Address of Registered
Office:
中國上海市張江高科技產業東區瑞慶路
528 號
21 乙四層 (4/F., 21
Yi, 528 Rui Qing Road, Zhang Jiang Gao Ke Ji Chan Ye Dong Qu,
Shanghai City, The PRC)
Date and Place of
Establishment: 27 November
2008, Pudong New Area, Shanghai,
PRC
Registered Capital: US$4,000,000.00
(US$800,000.00 paid up)
Legal Representative: Ty Tiefeng HU ( 胡鐵鋒 )
Directors: Mr. Ty
Tiefeng HU
Annual Accounts
Date: 31
December
Auditors:
Shanghai Jing Long Certified Public Accountants
Co., Ltd.
Shareholders
InnoMed Scientific Incorporation Limited
Shanghai Ying Sheng
Name: 上海贏生醫療科技有限公司
Company Number: 企獨滬浦總字第
321340 號 ( 浦東 )
Address of Registered
Office:
中國上海市張江高科技園區蔡倫路
720 號
1 號
樓 212
室
(Room 212, Yi Hao Lou, 720 Cai Lun Road, Zhang Jiang Gao Ke Ji Yuan
Qu, Shanghai City, The PRC)
Date and Place of
Establishment
26 December 2005, Pudong New Area, Shanghai,
PRC
Registered Capital: US$1110,000.00
(US$110,000.00 paid up)
Legal Representative: Ty Tiefeng HU ( 胡鐵鋒 )
Directors: Mr. Hu, Ty
Tiefeng
|
Annual Accounts Date:
|
31 December
|
|
Auditors:
|
Shanghai Jing Long Certified Public Accountants
|
|
|
Co., Ltd.
|
|
Sole Shareholder
|
Ty Tiefeng HU (M)
|
Schedule 2
Part A - Details of the Patents
|
Filing No.
|
Name of application
|
Country of
application
|
Specifics
|
|
M006-
|
Compositions Formulated for
|
Canada, The PRC,
|
Polymer free drug
|
|
7011 WO0
|
Solvent-Regulated Drug Release
|
US, Japan, India, Europe
|
delivery alternative
|
|
M006-
|
Electrolyte Solution and Method
|
Canada, The PRC,
|
Hap, Polymer free
|
|
7004WO0
|
for Electrolyte Co-Depositing of Thin Film Calcium Phosphate and
Drug Composites
|
US, Japan, India, Europe
|
drug delivery alternative
|
|
M006-
|
Coatings For Implantable
|
Canada, The PRC,
|
Polymer free drug
|
|
7018WO0
|
Medical Devices For Liposome Delivery
|
US, Japan, India, Europe
|
delivery alternative
|
|
M006- 7017WO0
|
Calcium Phosphate Coated Medical Devices Which Regulate Drug
Release
|
Canada, The PRC, US, Japan, India, Europe
|
VestaSync, Hap
|
|
M006- 7019WO0
|
Lipid Coatings For Implantable Medical Devices
|
Canada, The PRC, US, Japan, India, Europe
|
VestaSync
|
|
M006- 7020WO0
|
Method of Coating Medical Devices
|
Canada, The PRC, US, Japan, India, Europe
|
VestaSync
|
Part B - Domain Name
www.innomedscientific.com
Schedule 3
Warranties
1. Group
Companies
1.1 Incorporation
Each of the Group Company is a company duly established and
validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation.
1.2 Details of the Group
Companies
All of the details shown in Schedule 1 relating to the Group
Companies are true and accurate in respect of the matters dealt
with.
1.3 The Sale Shares and the
Subscription Shares
1.3.1 As at the date of this Agreement, all the Sale Shares have
been duly authorised and validly allotted and issued and are fully
paid up. Save and except as contemplated under the Transactions
Documents, the Company has not exercised any lien over such Sale
Shares and there is no outstanding call on any such Sale Shares,
free from all Encumbrances.
1.3.2 As at the date of this Agreement, save and except as
contemplated under the Transactions Documents, the Vendor is the
legal and beneficial owner of all the Sale Shares, free from all
Encumbrances.
1.3.3 The allotment and issue of the Subscription Shares have
been duly authorised by the Company and, when duly allotted, issued
and delivered in accordance with this Agreement shall be free from
all Encumbrances and shall rank pari passu with the Shares in issue
on the Completion Date.
1.3.4 Immediately after Completion pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser (or its designated
nominee(s)) shall own 100% of then entire issued capital of the
Company as enlarged by the Subscription Shares.
1.3.5 The Company has completed, to the extent not being so at
the date of this Agreement, the increase of Company's maximum share
capital if necessary, so as to enable the Company to issue the
Subscription Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
1.4 Other Group Companies
1.4.1 The Company does not have a subsidiary other than the
Group Companies (other than the Company) set out in Schedule 1.
Save and except the unpaid registered capital of Shanghai Ying
Zhong of US$3,200,000.00, the Company does not have any outstanding
liability arising in relation to any subsidiary it may have had at
any time.
1.4.2 The Company has no interest in, and has not agreed to
acquire an interest in, a corporate body other than InnoMed.
InnoMed has no interest in, and has not agreed to acquire an
interest in, a corporate body other than the Shanghai
Companies.
1.4.3 Upon completion of the InnoMed Share Purchase Agreement,
the Company shall be the legal and beneficial owner of 100% of the
issued capital of InnoMed, free from all Encumbrances. As at the
date of this Agreement, InnoMed is the legal and beneficial owner
of 100% of the equity interest in Shanghai Ying Zhong, free from
all Encumbrances. Upon completion of the Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity
Transfer Agreement, which shall take place before Completion,
InnoMed shall be the legal, beneficial and registered owner of 100%
of the registered capital of the Shanghai Companies, free from all
Encumbrances.
1.4.4 As at the date of this Agreement, the registered capital
of Shanghai Ying Zhong and Shanghai Ying Sheng, are US$4,000,000.00
and US$110,000.00, respectively, whereas the paid up registered
capital of Shanghai Ying Zhong and Shanghai Ying Seng are
US$800,000.00 and US$110,000.00, respectively. There is no other
authorised, issued or outstanding securities or loan capital of
each of the Shanghai Companies. Other than the unpaid registered
capital of Shanghai Ying Zhong of US$3,200,000.00, there is no
other authorised, issued or outstanding securities or loan capital
of each of the Shanghai Companies and there is neither any
outstanding liability to contribute to the registered capital of
any of the Shanghai Companies nor any pending application to
increase the registered capital of any of the Shanghai Companies.
All contributions, cooperative conditions and other obligations of
the shareholders of the Shanghai Companies have been made and there
are no outstanding obligations due and not yet fulfilled by any of
the shareholders to the Shanghai Companies.
1.4.5 The entire registered capital of each of the Shanghai
Companies shall, upon completion of the Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity
Transfer Agreement, be legally and beneficially owned by InnoMed
alone and shall have been duly authorised and, save and except the
unpaid registered capital of Shanghai Ying Zhong of
US$3,200,000.00, fully paid-up.
1.4.6 Save and except as contemplated under this InnoMed Share
Purchase Agreement and the Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity Transfer
Agreement, there is no Encumbrance, and there is no agreement,
arrangement or obligation to create or give an Encumbrance, in
relation to the issued capital of InnoMed or the registered capital
of any of the Shanghai Companies. No person has claimed to be
entitled to an Encumbrance in relation to issued capital of InnoMed
or the registered capital of any of the Shanghai Companies.
1.4.7 Each of the Shanghai Companies has carried on its business
within the business scope specified in its business licence and in
compliance with the requirements of applicable PRC laws and
regulations. The operation and conduct of the business by, and term
of operation of, each of the Shanghai Companies are in compliance
in all respects with applicable PRC laws and regulations.
1.5 Pre-Emption, etc.
1.5.1 Save and except as contemplated under the Transactions
Documents, no person has the right (whether exercisable now or in
the future and whether contingent or not) to call for the
allotment, conversion, issue, sale or transfer of any share or loan
capital or any other security giving rise to a right over the
capital of the Company under any option, convertible notes,
convertible bonds, convertible preference shares or other agreement
(including conversion rights and rights of pre-emption).
1.5.2 Save for the InnoMed Share Purchase Agreement, no person
has the right (whether exercisable now or in the future and whether
contingent or not) to call for the allotment, conversion, issue,
sale or transfer of any share or loan capital or any other security
giving rise to a right over the capital of InnoMed under any option
or other agreement (including conversion rights and rights of
pre-emption).
1.5.3 Save for the Shanghai Ying Sheng Equity Transfer
Agreement, no person has the right (whether exercisable now or in
the future and whether contingent or not) to call for the
allotment, conversion, issue, sale or transfer of any equity
interests or other equity or loan capital or any other security
giving rise to a right over the capital of any of the Shanghai
Companies under any option or other agreement (including conversion
rights and rights of pre-emption).
1.5.4 There are no outstanding or authorised stock appreciation,
phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights with respect
to any Group Company.
1.6 Insolvency, etc.
1.6.1 No order has been made, petition presented, resolution
passed or meeting convened for the winding-up (or other process
whereby the business is terminated and the assets of the company
concerned are distributed among the creditors and/or shareholders
or other contributories) of any Group Company. There are no cases
or proceedings under any applicable insolvency, reorganisation or
similar laws in any relevant jurisdiction and no events have
occurred which, under applicable laws, would justify any such cases
or proceedings.
1.6.2 No petition has been presented or other proceedings have
been commenced for an administration or judicial management order
to be made (or any other order to be made by which, during the
period it is in force, the affairs, business and assets of the
company concerned are managed by a person appointed for the purpose
by a Governmental Authority) in relation to any Group Company nor
has any such order been made.
1.6.3 No receiver (including an administrative receiver),
liquidator, judicial manager, trustee or custodian (or equivalent
in the relevant jurisdiction) has been appointed in respect of the
whole or any part of any of the property, assets and/or undertaking
of any Group Company and no step has been taken for or with a view
to the appointment of such a person.
1.6.4 No Group Company has taken any step with a view to the
suspension of payments or a moratorium of any indebtedness or has
made any voluntary arrangement with any of its creditors.
1.6.5 No Group Company is insolvent or unable to pay its debts
as they fall due.
2. Accuracy of
Information Provided to the Purchaser
2.1 All information
contained in this Agreement remains true and accurate in all
material respects.
2.2 Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, neither the Company nor any
Vendor makes any representation or warranty to the Purchaser
with respect to the transactions contemplated herein other than the
Warranties.
3. Accounts and
Records
3.1 Latest Accounts
3. 1.1 The Management Accounts have been prepared and the
Completion Accounts shall be prepared in accordance with applicable
law and in accordance with applicable accounting standards
applicable to the Company and InnoMed and the Shanghai Companies so
as to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities and
state of affairs of the relevant Group Company as at the Management
Accounts Date and the Completion Date respectively and of the
profits or losses for the period concerned and as at the Management
Accounts Date and the Completion Date respectively make:
provision for all actual liabilities required to be provided for
in the Management Accounts or the Completion Accounts as the case
may be in accordance with applicable accounting standards (as the
case may be);
provision (or note) for all contingent liabilities required to
be provided for in the accordance with the applicable accounting
standards; and
provision reasonably regarded as adequate for all bad and
doubtful debts.
3.1.2 The bases and policies of accounting of each Group Company
(including depreciation) adopted for the purpose of preparing their
respective Management Accounts and the Completion Accounts are the
same as those adopted for the purpose of preparing the respective
audited accounts of each Group Company for each of the previous
three financial years or since its establishment.
3.2 Non-Recurring Items,
etc.
The trends of the profits or losses of each Group Company for
the three financial years ended on the 31 December 2009 of such
Group Company and for the six month period ended 30 June 2010 as
shown in the accounts of the Group Company have not (except as
disclosed in such accounts) been affected by changes or
inconsistencies in accounting practices, by the inclusion of
non-recurring items of income or expenditure, by transactions of an
abnormal or unusual nature or entered into otherwise than on normal
commercial terms or by any other factors rendering such profits for
all or any of such periods exceptionally high or low.
3.3 Tax
3.3.1 Full provision or reserve has been made in the books of
accounts for all Tax liable to be assessed, charged or imposed on
each Group Company or for which each is or may become accountable
in respect of:
(a) profits, gains or
income (as computed for Tax purposes) arising or accruing or deemed
to arise or accrue on or before the Management Accounts Date;
(b) any transactions
effected or deemed to be effected on or before the Management
Accounts Date or provided for in the books of accounts of the Group
Company; and
(c) distributions made
or deemed to be made on or before the Management Accounts Date or
provided for in the books of accounts.
3.3.2 Proper provision or reserve for deferred Tax in accordance
with HK GAAP or PRC GAAP (as the case may be) has been made in the
books of accounts of the Group Company.
3.4 Depreciation of Fixed
Assets
The fixed assets have been depreciated in accordance with the
accounting policies of each member of the Group Company.
3.5 Debts
Save as disclosed in the Management Accounts and the Completion
Accounts, none of the material debts receivable or due to any Group
Company which are included in the books of accounts of the Group
Company or which have subsequently arisen has been outstanding for
more than three months from its due date for payment or has been
released on terms that the debtor has paid less than the full value
of its debt and all such debts have realised or shall realise in
the normal course of collection their full value as included in the
books of the relevant Group Company after taking into account the
provision for bad and doubtful debts made in the books of accounts.
For the avoidance of doubt, a debt shall not be regarded as
realising its full value to the extent that it is paid, received or
otherwise recovered in circumstances in which such payment, receipt
or recovery is or may be void, voidable or otherwise liable to be
reclaimed or set aside.
3.6 Borrowings
3.6.1 Save as disclosed in the Management Accounts and the
Completion Accounts, no Group Company has any outstanding, nor has
agreed to create or incur, borrowings or indebtedness in the nature
of borrowings.
3.6.2 Save as disclosed in the Management Accounts and the
Completion Accounts, no Group Company has outstanding any loan
capital, nor has it factored any of its debts, nor engaged in any
financing of a type which would not be required to be shown or
reflected in its books of accounts or borrowed any money which it
has not repaid.
3.7 Accounting and Other Records
The statutory books, books of account and other records of
whatsoever kind of each Group Company are up-to-date in all
material respects and maintained in accordance with all applicable
legal requirements on a proper and consistent basis and contain
complete and accurate records in all material respects of all
matters required to be dealt with in such books and all such books
and records, documents of title and copies of all subsisting
agreements to which any Group Company is a party, and all other
documents which are the property of each Group Company, are in its
possession (or under its control) and no notice or allegation that
any is incorrect or should be rectified has been received. All
accounts, documents and returns required by law to be delivered or
made to any Governmental Authority and which failure to deliver or
make such documents and returns may incur any penalty, have been
delivered or made.
3.8 Changes Since the Management Accounts Date
Since the Management Accounts Date as regards each Group
Company:
3.8.1 there has been no Material Adverse Effect and no event,
fact or matter has occurred or is likely to occur which shall give
rise to any a Material Adverse Effect;
3.8.2 its business has been carried on in the ordinary course as
regards the nature, extent and manner of carrying it on, without
any interruption or alteration in its nature, scope or manner, and
so as to maintain the same as a going concern;
3.8.3 it has not entered into any material transaction or
assumed or incurred any liabilities (including contingent
liabilities) in excess of US$200,000 or made any payment not
provided for in the Management Accounts, otherwise than in the
ordinary course of carrying on its business;
3.8.4 its business has not been materially and adversely
affected by the loss of any important customer or source of supply
or by any abnormal factor not affecting similar businesses to a
like extent and there are no facts which are likely to give rise to
any such effects. For these purposes, an important customer or
source of supply in respect of the Group means one which in either
of the two financial years immediately preceding the Management
Accounts Date accounted for 5% or more (in the case of a customer)
of the turnover of the Group or (in the case of a source of supply)
of the goods, services or equipment supplied to the Group;
3.8.5 no dividend or other distribution has been declared, made
or paid to its members, except as provided for in the relevant
balance sheet;
3.8.6 save and except as contemplated under the Transactions
Documents, no share or loan capital or any other security giving
rise to a right over the capital has been allotted or issued or
agreed to be allotted or issued;
3.8.7 it has not redeemed or purchased or agreed to redeem or
purchase any of its share capital;
3.8.8 it has not made or received any surrender relating to
group relief or any surrender of a Tax refund;
3.8.9 no insurance claims have been refused or settled below the
amount claimed; and
3.8.10 it has not entered into any commitments or contracts of a
long term nature ("long term nature" meaning that the agreement or
arrangement is not capable of performance within its terms within 6
months after the date on which it was entered into or undertaken or
cannot be terminated on less than 6 months' notice).
4. Legal
Matters
4.1 Compliance with Laws
Each Group Company has carried on and is carrying on its
business and operations in all material respects so that there have
been no breaches of applicable laws, regulations and bye-laws in
each country in which they are carried on and there have not been
and are not any breaches by any Group Company of its constitutional
documents and there has not been and there is no investigation or
enquiry by, or order, decree, decision or judgment of, any
Governmental Authority, tribunal or arbitrator outstanding or
anticipated against any Group Company or any person for whose acts
or defaults it may be vicariously liable, nor is there any notice
or other communication (official or otherwise) from any
Governmental Authority, tribunal or arbitrator with respect to an
alleged actual or potential violation and/or failure to comply with
any such applicable law, regulation, bye-law or constitutional
document, or requiring it to take or omit any action.
4.2 Licences and
Consents
All statutory, municipal and other licences, consents,
authorisations, orders, warrants, confirmations, permissions,
certificates, approvals and authorities (the "Licences") necessary
for the carrying on of the businesses and operations of each Group
Company have been obtained, are in full force and effect and all
conditions applicable to or standards required for maintaining any
such Licence have been and are being complied with on an on-going
basis in all material respects. There i