EXHIBIT
10.1
TECHNOLOGY LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This Technology
License Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into on June 24, 2005,
(the "Effective Date") among the following parties:
PARTY
A: TAIYUAN PUTAI BUSINESS CONSULTING CO., LTD
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LEGAL ADDRESS:
426 Xuefu Street, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China
PARTY
B: SHANXI PUDA RESOURCES CO., LTD.
LEGAL ADDRESS:
426 Xuefu Street, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China
WHEREAS , Party A is a wholly foreign owned enterprise
registered in The People's Republic of China (the "PRC") under the
laws of the PRC;
WHEREAS , Puda Investment Holding Limited
(“Puda”), an International Business Company
incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, owns all of the
registered capital of Party A;
WHEREAS , Party B is a domestic company with exclusively
domestic capital registered in the PRC and is engaged in the
business of coal crushing, preparation and cleaning
(“Business”);
WHEREAS , Party A has established a business
relationship with Party B by entering into an Exclusive Consulting
Agreement dated as of the same date hereof (“Consulting
Agreement”) and an Operating Agreement dated as of the same
date hereof (“Operating Agreement”);
WHEREAS , pursuant to the Consulting Agreement and
Operating Agreement between Party A and Party B, Party B shall pay
Party A certain fees as set forth in the Consulting Agreement and
the Operating Agreement (“Other Fees”);
WHEREAS , Party B is an affiliated Chinese entity of
Party A;
WHEREAS , separately, Zhao Ming and Zhao Yao have
irrevocably assigned and transferred to Party A certain
intellectual property rights owned by them with respect to Party
B’s coal crushing, preparation and cleaning pursuant to a
Technology Assignment Agreement dated as of the same date hereof
(“Business”);
WHEREAS , in connection with the cooperation of two
parties, Party B desires to obtain from Party A, and Party A
desires to provide to Party B, a license to use Party A’s
water supported coal processing technology to permit Party B to use
such technology for its Business, pursuant to provisions of this
Agreement.
NOW
THEREFORE , Party A
and Party B through negotiations hereby agree as
follows:
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a.
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“Derivative Products” means any
product incorporating Product Technology that contains options or
features designed, developed or requested by Party B.
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b.
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“Designated Markets” means the coal
crushing, preparation and cleaning market.
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c.
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“Product
Technology” means the water supported jig washing methods,
processes and procedures to prepare and clean coal which have been
irrevocably assigned by Zhao Ming and Zhao Yao to Party A, together
with any Technology related thereto, and any and all intellectual
property rights (including patents) relating to any inventions now
existing or hereafter made, conceived, created or otherwise
developed by or for, or licensed to, Party A in connection with the
Business including, without limitation, any intellectual property
rights owned by Party A and arising from or under the Exclusive
Consulting Agreement between the parties. .
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d.
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“Technology” means any and all works
of authorship, inventions, schematics, documentation, designs,
specifications, descriptions, database types, development tools
(including, without limitation, testing, timing, verification and
simulation tools), software (in source code and object code),
know-how, files, records, mask works, ideas, technical data,
methods, processes, and other creations.
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e.
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“Use,” with respect to the Product
Technology or Technology, means make, have made, use, sell, offer
to sell, import, reproduce, distribute, perform or display
(publicly or otherwise), prepare derivative works based on or
otherwise modify, transmit or otherwise exploit such Product
Technology or Technology, or grant licenses (with the right to
grant sublicenses) of the right to do the same.
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Party A hereby grants and agrees to grant to
Party B a non-exclusive, world-wide, revocable license, under any
and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, mask work rights,
and other
intellectual property
rights now owned or hereafter acquired by Party
A, to Use of the Product Technology for the purposes of: (i) using,
designing, developing and manufacturing Derivative Products, (ii)
providing services by applying Derivative Products, or (3) selling
and otherwise distributing Derivative Products in the Designated
Markets. Party A will deliver the Product Technology to Party B at
Party B’s request for Use in accordance with this paragraph.
Such delivery will include both the physical transfer of tangible
embodiments of Product Technology and the oral and visual
communication of non-tangible Product Technology. Party B is
authorized to sub-license to any third parties, subject to the
terms of this Agreement, provided that a prior written approval
from Party A is obtained and a sharing of royalty agreement is
reached between Party A and Party B for such
sub-license.
3.1
Within 30
days after execution hereof, Party B will pay Party A USD$50,000 in
cash or a promissory note on terms to be negotiated by the
parties.
3.2
In addition
to the payment described in Section 3.1 above, Party B agrees to
pay Party A a royalty fee (“Fee”) equal to 20% of Party
B’s Operating Cash Flow. The Fee shall be paid monthly by
Party B to Party A within 10 days following the end of each month
based on the Operating Cash Flow for such month as estimated by
Party A and Party B in good faith (“Estimated Monthly
Amount”). Within sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal
quarter, Party A and Party B shall make a final determination of
the actual Operating Cash Flow for such quarter (“Final
Quarterly Amount”) based on the financial statements of Party
B, which have been reviewed or audited by the Parties’
registered certifying accountant for U.S. financial reporting
purposes (“Accountant”). To the extent the Final Amount
is greater than the Estimated Monthly Amounts for such quarter, the
Fee shall be adjusted and Party B shall promptly remit to Party A
the additional Fee due and owing. To the extent the Final Amount is
less than the Estimated Monthly Amounts for such quarter, the Fee
shall be adjusted and Party A shall promptly remit to Party B the
amount by which the Fee was overpaid.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, for each
fiscal year of Party B, (i) in the event that 20% of Party
B’s Net Income (as defined below) for the fiscal year is less
than the Fee for such fiscal year, the Fee shall be adjusted such
that it shall be equal to 20% of Party B’s Net Income for
such fiscal year, and (ii) in the event that 20% of Party B’s
Net Income is greater than the Fee for such fiscal year, the Fee
shall be increased such that it shall be equal to 20% of Party
B’s Net Income for such fiscal year.
For purposes of
this Agreement, the determination and calculation of Net Income and
Operating Cash Flow shall made in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) as
reflected on Party B’s U.S. GAAP financial state
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