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Exhibit 10.1
STOCK TRANSFER
AGREEMENT
(CHINESE OMITTED)
Dated ______________________ among
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Sellers:
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Zhang Lina (CHINESE OMITTED), China ID Number:
310110197508045828
Zhang Qinxiu (CHINESE OMITTED), China ID Number:
310101194303143627
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Purchaser:
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Grown Winner International Limited, a company
incorporated in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the
address of which is 21/F., Chinachem Century Tower, 178 Gloucester
Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
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WHEREAS
(A) Shanghai Quo Advertising Company Limited <<(CHINESE
OMITTED>> (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") is
registered in the People’s Republic of China with limited
liability and with registered share capital of RMB3,000,000.00 A
brief introduction of the Company is set out in Appendix 1 to this
Agreement.
(B) As of the date of this Agreement, the Sellers hold 100% of
the Company’s registered capital.
(C) As of the date of this Agreement, the Purchaser’s
holding company, Network CN Inc. ("NWCN"), is listed on the OTCBB
in the United States (trading code: NWCN).
(D) Zhang Lina agrees to sell 90% of Company’s equity
stockholding held on the Date of Agreement and Zhang Qinxiu agrees
to sell 10% of Company’s equity stockholding held on the Date
of Agreement, and the Purchaser agrees to buy 100% of the
Company’s shares ("Sale Shares") beneficially owned by the
Sellers. The particulars of the Sellers and the Sale Shares are set
out in "Appendix 2" to this Agreement.
It is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Definitions
1.1 In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires or
expressly provides, the following words shall have the following
meanings respectively
"Agreement" means this agreement as amended and/or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with provisions herein;
" Board" means the board of
directors of the Company
"Business Day" means a day, other than a Saturday or any 8th
typhoon or rainstorm warning day, on which banks are open for
business in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;
"Company" has the meaning as stated in Recital
(A);
"Company Law" means the Companies Ordinance of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
(Chapter 32);
"Completion Date" means the date which is 10
business days after the day on which the condition set out in
Clause 3.1 has been complied with and satisfied by the purchaser,
or exempted;
"Completion" means the Completion of the sales and purchase of
the shares of the company in accordance with his Agreement;
"Purchase Price" means the price set out in
Clause 4.1 hereof, being the price payable by the Purchaser
hereunder.
"Director(s)" means the directors of the Company or any one of
them, as the case may be;
"Pledge or Mortgage" means the pledge or
mortgage of any assets, rights or similar interest (except those
specially required by law) and including debenture loans and pledge
of intangible assets, whether at present or in the future.
"Company" means this Company and its subsidiaries and any one of
these companies, as the case may be;
"HK$" means Hong Kong dollar;
"Hong Kong" means the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region;
"China" for the purpose of this Agreement means the
People’s Republic of China excluding Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative
Region;
"Purchaser’s Agent" means the party appointed by the
Purchaser to hold shares in the Company in accordance with this
Agreement;
"RMB" means renmibi, China’s legal tender;
"Sale Shares" means 100% of the Company’s equity to be
sold by the Sellers to the Purchaser hereunder;
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"Tax" means all the taxes arising or payable in China, including
but not limited to income tax, interest tax, personal income tax,
property tax, estate duty, stamp duty, sales tax, custom duty and
tax relief deduction and rebate as provided by the law, and also
includes relating tax penalties, fees and interest;
"US" means the United States of America;
"US$" means US dollar, the exchange rate of which is presumed
for the purpose of this Agreement to be one US$ to 7.8 HK$.
2. Stock Transfer
2.1 In accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Sellers as the beneficial owner of the Sale Shares
shall sell, and the Purchaser shall in accordance with the
covenants of this Agreement purchase the same and pay the
consideration set out in this Agreement for the purchase of the
Sale Shares free from pledge or mortgage or other encumbrances
which shall include without limitation all rights to share
dividends as may be declared or distributed on or after the date of
this Agreement.
3. Conditions
3.1 The completion of the sale and purchase of shares hereunder
shall be conditional upon:
(a) The Purchaser’s satisfaction with the completion and
result of a comprehensive due diligence inspection of the Company
(which shall cover without limitation the legal, financial and
commercial aspects) and the Purchaser shall have the absolute
discretion in deciding whether or not it is satisfied with the
result of such inspection.
(b) The obtaining of the relevant Board Resolution and
Shareholders’ Resolution of the Company to approve the terms
of this Agreement and all matters and affairs relating to the
transaction hereunder, as required.
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(c) To obtain all necessary consent and approval as may be
required under the laws and regulations governing stock trading in
the United States of America (including all relevant consents and
approvals of governmental and regulatory authorities) regarding the
transaction hereunder for the consideration as agreed by the
Purchaser.
(d) All the covenants and confirmation contained in this
Agreement being truthful and free from misleading information from
the date of this Agreement until the date of Completion.
(e) The Sale Shares be freely transferable to an independent
third party without violation of the laws and regulations of the
People’s Republic of China or its governmental policy.
3.2 The Sellers shall use its best endeavours to assist the
Purchaser and such persons as the Purchaser may authorize for such
purpose to complete the due diligence inspection and to allow them
to enter into the premises of the Company and to peruse all the
books, documents, contracts, records, tax forms, permits,
correspondence and return forms and such other information of the
Company as the Purchaser may reasonably require, so that it can
conduct a comprehensive due diligence exercise (covering, but not
limited to, the legal, financial and business aspects of the
Company), and allow copies to be made of the relevant documents.
The Company’s directors and staff should give the Purchaser
all the required information and explanations. For the avoidance of
doubt, the carrying out of due diligence inspection will not
exonerate the Sellers from any obligation or liability towards the
Purchaser nor limit the scope of such obligation or liability.
3.3 The Purchaser is entitled to waive any requirement under
Clause 3.1 hereof. If, (a) any condition under Clause 3.1(a) has
not been fulfilled (or otherwise waived by the Purchaser) before
3:00 p.m. on the Completion Date or on such postponed date for
Completion as the Purchaser may agree or (b) the Purchaser is not
satisfied with the result of the due diligence inspection according
to Clause 3.2 hereof and notify the Sellers according in writing,
then this Agreement shall become null and void and neither party
shall have any further obligation or liability towards the other
under this Agreement.
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3.4 If any pre-condition to Completion has not been fulfilled on
or before the Completion Date or has been rendered unfulfillable
then the Sellers or the Company must upon its gaining knowledge of
the situation forthwith inform the Purchaser in writing
accordingly. Both parties hereby declare that notwithstanding the
issue of the written notification mentioned above all the
Sellers’ legal obligations under this Agreement will remain
unchanged.
3.5 From the date of this Agreement until the Completion Date,
save and except with the consent of the Purchaser, the Sellers
covenant to procure that the Company will:-
keep the daily operation and maintenance of best practice
maintain its full operation;
accounts payable in a timely fashion;
maintain all records of the major operation the Sellers and the
Company accurately.
comply with the government’s main demands, except where is
reason to object to such demand and the consent of the Purchaser to
raise such objection having been obtained;
pay up the payments which should be paid out of the turnover or
profits, taxes and fees and government funds, except where there is
sufficient reason for claiming that such sums are not payable and
the prior consent of the Purchaser to object to such payment having
been obtained;
fulfill all the provisions of contracts signed by the Sellers or
the Company;
refrain from selling any of the Company’s assets and
contractual rights without first obtaining the prior written
consent of the Purchaser.
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(b) The Sellers on the signing of this Agreement will covenant
and confirm that they will not suffer or allow the Company to:
change its Articles of Association
wind-up voluntarily;
transfer its interest to a third-party;
declare or pay dividends to its Shareholders;
issue, re-purchase, sell or transfer or assume any liability for
the issue, re-purchase, sell or transfer of any share in the
Company;
create new class of shares or to sub-divide its shares or merge
existing shares;
change any obligations contained in any signed contract and its
contents, including the loan or mortgage contract
sell any assets and contractual rights of the company without
first obtaining the written consent of the Purchaser.
3.6 The Sellers and the Company agree to give the Purchaser, the
Purchaser’s Agent and its representative reasonable access to
check and inspect the papers of the Company from now on until the
Completion Date. The Sellers shall assist the accountant appointed
by the Purchaser in order to conduct an audit of the
Company’s accounts in accordance with the accounting
principles and standard prevailing in Unit States of America.
3.7 The Sellers covenant with the Purchaser and confirms that
there has not been a substantial depreciation of the capital assets
of the Company, the business of the Company, on the prospects or
financial position of the Company.
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3.8 In the event of any breach of the Sellers’ covenants
or the occurrence of any event prior to the date of this Agreement
which would constitute a breach of such covenants and such breach
of covenant cannot be fulfilled (in the case of covenants
requirement the fulfillment of certain criterion) or rectified
before Completion of the transaction hereunder, the Purchaser shall
be entitled to terminate this Agreement and the transaction
hereunder by written notice to the Sellers.
4. The prices of shares transfer
4.1 The price for the acquisition of the shares of the Company
hereunder is HK$7,500,000.00. The Purchasers shall in accordance
with Appendix 2 pay HK$500,000.00 as part of the price and pay the
remaining balance of the price to be paid in kind on Completion
Date, being 300,000.00 shares of Network CN Inc., the holding
company of the Purchaser, which are listed on OTCBB stock market.
The payment of the monetary portion of the price will be made in
one installment on the third days respectively after the Completion
Date and be paid into the account designated by the Sellers. Both
parties to this Agreement agree to presume for the purpose of
determining the quantity of shares to be given to the Sellers under
this clause that the value of such shares of Network CN Inc. shall
be equivalent to HK$7,000,000.00 (approximately US$2.99 per share
of Network CN Inc.).
5. Completion
5.1 The transaction hereunder shall be completed at the office
of Crown Winner International Limited, where address is 21/F.,
Chinachem Century Tower, 178 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong
Kong.
Transaction time shall be 3:00 p.m. on the Completion Date (or
such other location and time as the parties may otherwise agree)
and on such Completion the conditions contained in the Clause 5 and
Clause 3.1 shall be fulfilled.
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5.2 On Completion Date, the Sellers shall provide the
following:-
(a) A set of documents to be certified by the directors of the
Company or its legal representative, being the complete record of
the shareholders’ resolution and board resolution of the
Company approving the present transaction and the matters as stated
in Clause 4.1 hereof.
(b) All legal documents such as minutes of meetings etc.
(updated to the Completion Date):-
All return forms (concerning receipts and payments up to
Completion Date);
All other documents and correspondences relating to the Company
which have been retained or remained under the control and
ownership of the Sellers.
Unless otherwise agreed by the Purchaser the items mentioned in
Clause 5.2(b) shall be retained by the Company after Completion
Date.
5.3 On Completion Date the Sellers shall convene a meeting of
the shareholders of the Company at the request of the Purchaser in
order to confirm their approval of the contents of this Agreement
including the following:-
(i) To approve the sale of the Sale Shares; and
(ii) To modify the Articles of the Company as the Purchaser may
require for the purpose of completing the purchase of the Sale
Shares.
5.4 The following Clauses 6 to 16 (both inclusive) shall survive
Completion of the transaction hereunder and remain in force
thereafter.
6. The Structure of the company
6.1 On Completion of the transaction hereunder the business and
operation of the Company shall be managed by the Board.
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6.2 The Board shall have 3 members, the Purchaser or the
Purchaser’s Agent shall have the right to nominate all 3
persons to the Board of the Company from time to time.
6.3 The quorum for Board meetings shall be 2 Directors, whether
attending in person or by proxy.
6.4 Board meetings shall be held at least once in every half
year, unless otherwise agreed by all the Directors.
7. Exclusivity
7.1 The Sellers have negotiated exclusively and in good faith
with the Purchaser regarding the transaction under this Agreement
and the details thereof and the Sellers agree that it will not seek
another purchaser for the same after the signing of this Agreement.
If the Sellers unilaterally and without good cause enter into
negotiation with another prospective purchaser for the sale of the
shares of the Company without first obtaining the consent in
writing of the Purchaser then the Sellers must compensate the
Purchaser with the payment of a reasonable sum so as to compensate
the Purchaser for the time, cost and effort spent in the
negotiation of this transaction.
8. Commitments
8.1 The Sellers and the Company jointly covenant with the
Purchaser (to the intent that such covenant will be binding whether
or not the transaction has been completed):-
(a) These covenants are truthful and accurate in every respect,
up to and including the Completion Date.
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(b) Both the Sellers and the Company have the requisite legal
capacity and authority to enter into and perform those provisions
this Agreement with binding effect on them.
(c) The Sale Shares represent 100% of the equity (having taken
into account all diluting effect, if any).
(d) The shares of the Company are not subject to any share
option or pledge or debenture or similar instrument issued in
favour of a third party which entitles such third party to claim
against the Company regarding the same.
(e) There is and will be no Pledge or Mortgage of the shares to
affect the sale of the shares hereunder whether at present, on
Completion Date or in the future.
(f) The Sellers have the right to sell the Sale Shares according
to the Agreement in a legally binding and complete manner without
the need to obtain the consent of a third party.
(g) The data in Appendix 1 and 2 are accurate and truthful in
all respects.
8.2 At any time prior to the Completion of the transaction, if
any of the following events occur:-
(a) Any violation of the Sellers’ covenants and
confirmation mentioned above;
(b) The presence of any misrepresentation or misleading element
in the above mentioned covenants;
(c) And such event would have affected the willingness of a
reasonable purchaser to pay for such purchase, then the Sellers
shall immediately inform the Purchaser in writing and the Purchaser
shall be entitled to rescind this Agreement within 7 days of its
receipt of such notice (inclusive of the date of receipt).
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